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History[]
Young Ou Hon training his spear technique
Born after his mother died during childbirth, Ou Hon would be raised in the Ou Family's main estate and was look after by Ban You, an old aide of the family who would eventually become his future right-hand man and possibly a father figure. Despite his talent, his father Ou Sen treats him in a cold manner, supposedly because of rumors that he is not his actual son and his mother Shu Kei cheated on him. When he first started taking up the spear, in a rare occurrence, his father Ou Sen told him that the basics started from the center of his right half. Probably doing it on a whim, to Ou Hon it was of the first time he actually saw his powerful father interact and exchange words with him. It was on that day forward that Ou Hon's training truly began as he would relentlessly train even when the weather was harsh and he's palms were sore or bled.
He started training in military warfare from a young age and when he was introduced, he had already managed to become a 300-man commander at a relatively young age.
Story[]
Alliance Arc[]
Ou Hon is first seen in the border battle with the Wei after the alliance between Qin and Zhao was made. Destroying the enemy HQ, he is surprised to see that someone else thought of the same thing. Ou Hon introduces his unit to the Hi Shin then goes on to explain the vast difference between the elite and common soldier. When Shin threatens Ban You, he gives him a glancing blow before telling him about the ongoing competition for the seat of a great general in Qin before insulting him. Shin tries to attack Ou Hon and is pushed back by a reverse thrust from his spear as the Qin commander tells him that the Gyoku Hou will take all the achievements to be had. His unit gets outmaneuvered by Shin who gets to the next Wei commander's HQ before them.
Sanyou Campaign Arc[]
At the start of the Wei campaign, he ran into the Hi Shin unit on the march to Sanyou and warned them to be careful or else they'd get slaughtered. As the siege on the Wei city of Kourou continued without success, Ban You informs him of the arrival of a particular item. On the 11th day of the siege, he led his unit to act as they overcome the tall walls with the use of a siege tower. On the wall, Ou Hon and his men easily annihilated the nearby forces and as they fought towards the left of the city wall and called for a defensive circle formation to the surprise of the enemy.
Stating that he had no interest in the general's head, his men dropped down and open the gate only to let in, to their surprise, Mou Ten and the Gaku Ka unit. When his men confronted them, he told his men to drop the issue, recognizing Mou Ten's win of that city.
After Shin struck a fellow Qin commander who was pillaging the city, he noticed Mou Ten's handiwork in Shin's lighter punishment. He asked why Mou Ten chose to help him since Shin was nothing but a child, which the latter replied that he just played along with his power as the commander's grandson.
At the siege of Kinrikan, Ou Hon and his unit battled Wei troops on the walls before he ordered them into a small arc formation when they encounter heavy infantry. He noted the skills of the Hi Shin unit and the appearance of 1000-man commander Kaku Bi.
Ou Hon promoted to 1000-Man Commander
Ou Hon was later promoted to the rank of 1000-Man Commander along with Shin and Mou Ten temporarily due to Rin Ko's decimation of battalion commanders, notably Kaku Bi, with the condition of permanent promotion to a battalion commander if they kill 3 1000-man unit leaders or a General. His new unit was part of the vanguard in the first battle between Qin and Wei.
As the battle between Ren Pa and Mou Gou began, he and the Hi Shin unit charged into the fray. At first, they did well against the first wave, but then Gen Pou joined the battle. He sent out a dust screen and coordinated archers and chariots that ended up destroying eighty percent of the initial wave. The Hi Shin unit pressed forward, ignoring the severe losses they suffered. As Shin was charging forward, Ou Hon was killing the sound troops that coordinated the archers, which made him able to sneak up on Gen Bou and save Shin, who was about to be killed by Gen Bou's troops. Unfortunately, Gen Pou decided to retreat, and he and Shin were forced to retreat.
Ou Hon rested up and was visited by Shin and Mou Ten that night, the latter creating a plan involving all 3 units attacking Rin Ko on the following day. They implemented this plan the next day, and Ou Hon and his unit charged at Rin Ko due to the opening made by the Gaku Ka Unit. When he and Shin engaged Rin Ko in a duel, he was hard-pressed to fight as both Rin Ko's skill and his previous injury inflicted by Rin Ko caused him to take a defensive stance during the fight. His previous wound put him on the sidelines as he watched Shin and Rin Ko fight.
When Shin went down and was about to be attacked by Rin Ko's guards, he beat them back, telling Shin to get on his horse as they need to leave. Ordering his men to retreat, he told the Hi Shin Unit to follow as well, then went to the escape route secured by Ban You.
That final day of the war, he, Mou Ten and Shin was placed at the rear, and he did nothing notable for the rest of the war. But Rin Ko charged through the reserves, but they ignored him and targeted Hi Shin Unit.
Sanyou Aftermath Arc[]
After the campaign, his unit subjugated the Joukei region along with three others before arriving at Sanyou city. Meeting up afterward with Mou Ten and Shin, Ou Hon told them that his unit was staying to defend the city's surroundings. A while later, he was promoted to 2000-Man Commander.
Coalition Invasion Arc[]
Ou Hon is seen meeting up with Shin and Mou Ten saying the courts screwed up for allowing this to happen. Shin then tried to congratulate him for making 2000-Man Commander. When Ou Hon rebuffs him, Shin then said he was going to go all the way to 3000-Man Commander in this battle alone. Trying to one-up him Ou Hon then told Shin he will aim for 5000-Man Commander because after that is General.
Ou Hon rushes to save Mou Ten.
When the Battle of Kankoku Pass started, he was assigned to the combined Mou Bu-Tou army. When the Mou Bu-Tou army engaged Chu troops, Ou Hon arrives in time to save Mou Ten from certain death, pushing back Kou Yoku with a series of spear thrusts. When Kou Yoku unsheathed the Bakuya Sword, he called the Chu commander a "southern monkey" and challenged him to a duel. Neither side could gain the upper hand and they broke off when Tou defeated and killed Rin Bu Kun in battle.
On the 15th day, he and Mou Ten were temporarily promoted to the rank of 5000-Man Commanders and put in charge of the left and right armies respectively. Accepting it instantly, he and Mou Ten both used their respectively used their cavalry to give the center Tou Army respite between battles, making it possible for Tou to hold his position.
After the Coalition Army retreat Ou Hon along with the Mou Bu Army attacked the Coalition Army's rear.
Later he was seen making fun of Shin for not being able to kill Hou Ken, but he later clicked his tongue in annoyance during the ceremony in which Shin was promoted to the rank of a 3000-Man Commander. After the reward ceremony, he was promoted to 3000-Man Commander himself due to his accomplishments during the war. He was then assigned to the city of Rindai which was North of Shin's current location Kaisou.
Fire Dragons of Wei Arc[]
The Gyoku Hou Unit was personally requested by Tou to reinforce the Qin forces in the Choyou Region. They then met up with the Hi Shin Unit. After an exchange of words, Shin and Ou Hon then began to duel each other. They were then stopped by Tou, who had been waiting for them.
Later at the Qin HQ, Ryuu Koku explained that the situation had changed. He explained that they may have gathered up all the various troops in the Choyou Region, but Wei was also consolidating their forces there, led by great general Go Hou Mei.
Because the Wei brought in reinforcements of 60,000 troops the Tou Army was going to send a request for reinforcements from the Ou Sen Army that was positioned in the Kakuyou Region on the Qin/Zhao/Wei border. But were stopped by Ou Hon who explained what would happen if Ou Sen were to abandon his post, in which the Zhao would use the opening use to destroy all of the Qin forces and reclaim Sanyou City and the region and sell it back to the Wei. But the rest of the commanders saw his reasonings as just his personal feelings towards his father. While Ou Hon admitted that his personal feelings had some sway in his judgment or it being own pride, he revealed that there was still a way for Qin to take Choyou. Ou Hon's plan was to split their forces into several parts, but the "main offense" was to be carried out by three groups. The Gyoku Hou Unit, the Roku O Mi Army, and the Hi Shin Unit. Setting the mission time to just a 3-day time limit.
Though all three forces had decided on fighting independently, amazingly enough, the timing at which they began the battle matched each other perfectly.
Having demonstrated their overwhelming might by breaking through the enemy's front-line troops on the first day, the Gyoku Hou Unit was swiftly closing in on the Wei reserve army.
The Gyoku Hou Unit had passed the Ei Forest and were heading toward the Wei reserve Army's HQ as they were making explosive progress. The current Gyoku Hou boasted a level of strength that was unthinkable for a 4000-Man Unit. It was revealed there were three reasons why they had grown so strong - The first being the growth of Ou Hon himself. The second was how well trained the unit as a whole had become. Lastly because of the existence of 1000-man Commander Kan Jou, a member of the Ou Sen Army who had been assigned to the unit half a year ago. Kan Jou was placed in charge of the Gyoku Hou's right-wing. The right-wing had quickly returned after clearing out the enemies in the southern forest. It was started by a soldier that it still looked as if Kan Jou had not shown his full strength. No one actually knew why this 1000 Man Unit was assigned to the Gyoku Hou Unit. Ban You revealed that he had asked him, however, he always evaded the question. He then said he might have been a shady sort of character who they couldn't fully trust. But there was no doubt that at the very least, his strength was something they could rely on.
The Gyoku Hou Unit was able to smash through the enemy front line troops on the very first day, coming out virtually unscathed. Following that, on the second day, they had even managed to defeat the enemy reserve army's first wave.
Later on, at the Gyoku Hou's center army, Koku Kin mocked the Wei's defenses. And how it didn't seem like there was any sign of Earl Shi. Ban You told him not to get complacent. If the Fire Dragons were present, then the second day wouldn't go as easily. They then received a report that signs of dust being kicked up near the forests to their left. Ban You then noticed it was a battalion of the Wei army's vaunted armored war chariots. They were heading for the Gyoku Hou's left-wing. Ou Hon had 800 cavalries follow him, target their rear. Ban You had the rest of them take up defensive formations around the infantry and hold the position. Kan Jou ignored his master's command and took his men to reserves.
Ou Hon vs Earl Shi
They had fallen right for Wei's trap. Wei cavalry was heading straight for the infantry they just left behind. Ou Hon realized the chariots were just a decoy. Ban You noticed the flag of the Wei fire dragons. He dueled against Earl Shi but repelled and the unit was reduced to a halt. On the third day, he dueled once again with the Earl, and he was victorious against a master spearman, which led him to be promoted to a 5000-Man Commander, but he was dismayed when Shin also got promoted to an equal rank, despite the campaign was his plan, and Shin only killed Rei Ou by accident and failed to kill Gai Mou.
State of Ai Arc[]
After the ceremony, his unit, inserted to Roku O Mi Army, went on to reinforce Mou Bu Army/Gaku Ka Unit's defense against Chu's Ka Rin Army's diversionary attack at Nanko Fort, to assist Ai Army's plan to take Kanyou by force.
Western Zhao Invasion Arc[]
Ou Hon along with Shin and Mou Ten were recalled to Kanyou by orders of Shou Hei Kun to discuss the future planning around the Gyou Campaign. His men were part of Ou Sen Army. Initially, they were used for screen offenses. Then he was dispatched to his father's right-wing during the Battle at Shukai Plains with Shin, Kyou Kai, and Hi Shin Unit as a backup.
On the first day of battle, he was placed in the back as a support, but he was unhappy with this role. When A Kou was pincered he rushed to his rescue. Upon seeing this Ou Hon and the Gyoku Hou Unit rush into the small gap between the first and second waves. Their target is Ba Nan Ji. Intending to cut in his army from the side, to isolate Ba Nan Ji riding in the front. A Kou uses that chance to tell Ei Gan to take overall command, while he himself takes 100 riders to Pincer Attack Ba Nan Ji's between the Gyoku Hou Unit and himself to kill him. Ou Hon then leaves his unit to Kan Jou with the task to keep the enemy’s rear busy. He himself goes after Ba Nan Ji's head, now that Ba Nan Ji is isolated. While Ou Hon makes his way towards Ba Nan Ji, Ba Nan Ji suddenly appears in front of him killing multiple soldiers. Ba Nan Ji introduces himself and tells Ou Hon that he thinks the Qin king is a beast among beasts, clad in human skin, for raising armies to stamp out the six other states entirely. As Ba Nan Ji continues talking Ou Hon strikes his spear towards Ba Nan Ji's face resulting in Ba Nan Ji knocking it away. As Ou Hon and Ba Nan Ji are dueling, the young commander fires off multiple spear thrusts in short succession towards the old Zhao general who is therefore stuck on the defense. Ba Nan Ji 's soldiers then tell him to disengage because they are running out of time. Ba Nan Ji disagrees and throws his glaive at Ou Hon. Ou Hon blocks it, but Ba Nan Ji grabs him by the wrist and throws him to the ground. With both men falling he is trying to punch Ou Hon with his fist, which he calls “Iron Hammer”. They separate and Ba Nan Ji's soldiers give him his glaive just in time to block the incoming strike from the mounted A Kou. Meanwhile, the Qin is attacked in their rear by Ba Nan Ji's distraction force from earlier, which was blocking the A Kou Army's second wave. Ba Nan Ji’s assault on the Qin’s left and Ou Hon and A Kou choosing to gather there has resulted in a large disparity in strength along the length of Qin’s line which allowed the Gaku'Ei Army to catch their breath and mount a comeback.
On the second day of battle Chou Ga Ryuu sent his forces against Gyoku Hou Unit in an intention to pincer them together with Gaku Ei Army. They were stuck until Ou Hon had an idea. He counters this by having Ban You lead most of the Gyoku Hou away while he led a detachment comprised up to 600-700 Calvary men to attack the edges of the Ba Nan Ji army's formation. This resulted in its collapse during the second day of Battle at Shukai Plains.[1]
Ri Boku starts the third day by sending the mysterious general known as Gyou’un to the Zhao’s left. The A Kou Army starts to nearly collapse, Ou Hon seeing this went with some of the Gyoku Hou Unit to assist A Kou while leaving Kan Jou and the rest to guard Ba Nan Ji. When Ou Hon went to attack the Gyou’un Army flanks he realized they set up a trap for him. He ordered his men to retreat but Ban You got left behind surrounded by Zhao. Ou Hon tried to save him, but he was too far away. When Ban You was about to die Shin and Kyou Kai arrived with cavalry, killing the Rai’un Unit attacking Ban You. Shin told Ou Hon that at the moment he only had about a few dozen cavalries with him, and the rest will arrive later, so they had to work together side by side to get out of this situation as they fight side by side. Gyoku Hou then fight against the Ba Nan Ji Army for the rest of the day.
On the 9th day he follows A Kou's plan to pincer Gaku'Ei with Hi Shin Unit. However, this turns out to be Ri Boku's trap as A Kou who was fighting other armies gets into trouble. Ou Hon then rushes to save him leaving Gaku'Ei to Shin. He maintained charge during A Kou's incapacitation and rescued the commanding general but was declined the full control of the right-wing. And Kan Jou heard a rumor that Hon was not Sen's child, the reason for his cold treatment of his own father, which shocked Shin.
Later he came up with the idea of "awakening" the special units and shared it with Shin. The 12th day started when both him and Shin went on to push the right wing's momentum and forcing Zhao to fall back.
On the 12ve day all the Zhao armies cooperated according to Ri Boku's plan in order to target Ou Hon's head. Gyou'un led a portion of his elites into Gyoku Hou's HQ and used a special formation called Raigoku. However, Ou Hon with the help of Kan Jou was able to escape the encirclement. Kan Jou broke through, telling his master to flee while he used himself as a shield and only shielded his spear against the slash. But his master returned and saved him. He stabbed Gyou'un's arm while his men guarded the sides, but the man returned fire and slashed him unconscious. They fell back and Kyuu Kou had to sacrifice himself for their escape. After the deed, Chou Ga Ryuu and others retreated. The night ends with Ou Hon unconscious.
Ou Hon slays Zhao General Gyou'un.
On the final day of battle Ou Hon finally awakened and returned to the battlefield determined to face Gyou'un in single combat. Despite the momentum of the Hi Shin's charge, the attackers themselves were nearing exhaustion, and under the leadership of the Ten Spears, their opponents were not easily broken. Hon took the blow from Gyou'un's glaive, breaking his mount's leg bones and tendons, then Hon countered with a spear thrust in his body. Before dying, Gyou'un tasked both Hon and Shin with his last words. Later Ou Sen's HQ is pincered by Fu Tei and Ba Nan Ji. Despite his wounds and being completely exhausted, Ou Hon and a small handful of his Gyoku Hou's most trusted men had chased after Ba Nan Ji and his army arrived at the HQ shortly after them, although they were unable to impact the outcome of the battle in any way. As the old soldier of Ganmon and Fu Tei closed in, Ou Hon was addressed as a fool by his Commander-in-Chief, for coming to his rescue with such paltry numbers while being wounded. But when Mou Ten and the Gaku Ka soldiers arrives they are together able to help Ou Sen escape while escorting to the General to safety.
After the war ended Ou Hon returned to Kanyou to an award ceremony and was promoted to general. He also got married with his fiancée Sai Ka.[2]
Zhao Crisis Arc[]
Ou Hon continued to fight Zhao Army under the command of Ou Sen, but due to the lack of troops Qin didn't make much of a progress.
Shiyuu Conflict Arc[]
Ou Hon is seen commanding Gyoku Hou Army against Zhao forces. He was easily pushing back Zhao units due to two reasons. One was that his tactics evolved after becoming a general and second was due to A Ka Kin joining his army.[3]
Battle of Eikyuu Arc[]
Ou Hon and the Gyoku Hou Army marching out to meet the Zhao in the Battle of Eikyuu
Shortly before the battle Mou Ten reveled that Ou Hon and Shi Ka's child was born. Ou Hon was placed on the left wing during the battle in the most dangerous spot. He was ordered by Kan Ki to capture Eikyuu which was considered a suicide mission. Before the attack he sends A Ka Kin to pincer Zhao forces from behind. He kept attacking for 8th days, but the terrain and the number advantage have proven too much to overcome. He passed out from the strain on the battlefield and his unit suffered major casualties. However, when Hi Shin Army showed up, they were able to help them out. With the rest of his strength Ou Hon came to deliver Shin the information about Eikyuu's weak spot that he discovered, which enabled them to take the fortress. After the battle he is visited in his tent by Ei Sei. The king gives him words of praise and leaves some of his soldiers to Ou Hon for him to rebuild his unit.