blue-san, if you see the map I posted above, there are patches of land that are darkened, which I imagine are trees. If we take into account that Kisui moved his troops up to the half way point, then I imagine that Mouten went through that side and attacked. We might see him retreat into the forest.
Can we consider that Mouten just took out around 2500~ troops between the infantry and the soon 1000 cavalry troops?
It seems there was a translation error and the orphan of the north is going to take command of the 100,000 troops. Not sure if anyone mentioned it.
It is very impressive how well Ousen understands the troops he has at his disposal. Not to mention the marauding troops have participated in more than one campaign with Ousen. The fact that he placed Mouten by himself proves that he knows Mouten's strategical capacity. What is interesting is how he placed Ouhon as a reserve unit for Akou.
The best part though is how well he knows Shin. I have this feeling that he placed the Hi Shin Unit so far back for a couple of reasons: So the enemy, especially Riboku and the other commanders that would target the Hi Shin Unit are not aware of their movements. Riboku by now should consider Shin and his troops a real threat and not knowing when or where they will strike is going to affect his judgment in the battlefield. The other reason, which is more in the comedy aspect, is that he put Shin so far back, that he might not even use him in the first few days of the campaign. This will make Shin absolutely livid and when he strikes he'll be unstoppable, he might even have some of his lips swollen from biting them and after he strikes he'll go: Kokoko.
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