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Story[]
Early Foundation and Formation[]
Keiyou Campaign
During the Qin/Wei war, Shin earned enough achievements to be promoted to 100-men commander which made the Qin/Zhao war, the first engagement in which Shin's 100-men unit saw any action. He got his unit composed of survivors of the Battle at Dakan Plains, and Jyouto Village draftees. That's after Ou Ki trains Shin on Stateless Area.
Battle of Bayou Arc[]
General Ou Ki made the decision that it was necessary to organize a special small strike force for special tasks, reminiscent of Shou Bun Kun's way of warfare in the past. He, therefore, placed this role on Shin's shoulders and named his unit the Hi Shin Army. The first task given to them by Ou Ki was to kill the Zhao general Fuu Ki.
The Qin's left army lead by Kan Ou numbered only half the numbers of the Zhao right army lead by Fuu Ki, allowing him to encircle the Kan Ou's forces and massacre the Qin soldiers. This meant that the Hi Shin Army had to accomplish their task quickly or else risking the annihilation of the Qin left the army. Because Fuu Ki used his superior numbers to encircle Kan Ou's forces, his HQ's defenses were decreased considerably. The Hi Shin Army approached Fuu Ki's HQ as close as they could by moving in the ditch behind a stroke of forest that separated the center and left battlefields. When they reached the end of this forest stroke, they used a surprise assault to penetrate the Zhao defenses and reach Fuu Ki's HQ. As the Hi Shin Army fought its way through enemy ranks, they had to split off their force as the pace began to slow down because of exhaustion of the soldiers, half of them on killing Fuu Ki, the other led by En to delay the guards. But when they finally reached Fuu Ki, he decided to do a tactical retreat, only to be halted by a trick of Ou Ki, who had a few people hold flags in the forest behind Fuu Ki's army. Shin took this opportunity to kill Fuu Ki. But his unit lost more than 30 men.
The Hi Shin Unit spends the next two days with Kan Ou's army on the sidelines, waiting for their next task. But Hou Ken appeared, and later assisted by Man Goku Army, they were decimated, 30 more men died, including San Ka and Bi Tou on casualties.
They were saved by Ou Ki when Shou Mou trapped them. They follow the Great General onto rescuing Mou Bu from Chou Sou's trap. In that engagement, they lost Ou Ki.
After the battle, Shin was promoted to 300-Man Commander, and the unit further bolstered themselves.
Sanyou Campaign Arc[]
One year after the Zhao war and general Ou Ki's death. The Hi Shin Army is found on the front lines, on the border between Qin and Wei. Thanks to their accomplishments in the Zhao war, they were bolstered to 300 men strong, they remained an independent unit that did not belong to any specific army, and would tour the battlefields as reinforcements. There was not a single foe strong enough to pose a challenge to the veterans of the Zhao war and this allowed them to rack up victory after victory. As the Hi Shin Army continued their undefeated streak, they became both a symbol of dependability for their allies while at the same time, a target of caution for their enemies. In other words the name of the Hi Shin Army without a doubt, begun to resound throughout the front lines. The Hi Shin Army then meets a special 300-man unit, the Gyoku Hou Unit under the command of Ou Hon. Because the Hi Shin Army was an infantry unit, they were mocked by Ou Hon. It then became a race between those two to get the most achievements. While the Hi Shin Army lacked the elite training the Gyoku Hou Unit had, the Hi Shin Army began to use strange tactics to gain the upper hand, like crawling through corpses to capture an HQ while the other one pushes through.
Hi Shin Army rejoicing for being promoted to a 1000-Man unit.
After months on the front lines, the Hi Shin Army was placed in the center army reserves along with the Gyoku Hou and Gaku Ka Unit. The three were temporarily promoted to 1000-Man Commanders after Rin Ko killed several. They were given the remnants of the Kaku Bi Unit under So Sui after they lost their commander.
The three units were placed in the middle, under Mou Gou. The unit suffered heavy casualties, as like Gyoku Hou, when Gen Pou used his smoke tactic on them. But in order to restore morale, the unit was declared victors on that battle and put into reserve.
But Rin Ko charged through, killing Ei Bi. The unit halted the rampage, killing the young General. Then the reserved unit was ravaged by Kai Shi Bou's forces, but Kyou Kai, despite wounded, held the brutes as Shin went to the HQ assisting Mou Gou from Ren Pa's attack.
After the battle, the unit was permanently promoted and the Kaku Bi Unit joined them.
Sanyou Aftermath Arc[]
After the war, Kyou Kai left for her own mission, so the unit was on a losing streak. So Ten was brought in as the unit's strategist by Mou Ten, after saying that it's a waste seeing a Commander like him got demoted. They were able to completely subjugate Risei in only ten days. They also went to Kei City as part of the defense from Wei's Ga Gyuu's Army. And they saved Hi Sui when Ga Gyuu relented on the deal. They were sent to Chu lines sometime and was recalled again to Sanyou. Then they were lost way due to a lack of updated maps. They chanced upon Jo a minor 'Kingdom" with only elderly, children and women defending the city against Han's siege. They rescued the city, killing Ba Kan. They later arrived on the lines.
Coalition Invasion Arc[]
When the invasion started, the Hi Shin Army went to regroup, but arrived in a city too late, as Wei massacred the inhabitants. They went on chasing the main Wei Army until they met Duke Hyou Army thinking the same thing. They attacked Go Hou Mei's army until Ri Boku and the Zhao arrived on the site, which the unit retreated
Battle of Kankoku Pass[]
On the first day of the Battle of Kankoku Pass, Shin saves Duke Hyou's rear army from an ambush and uses it to attack and killed the Zhao general Man Goku while using the rest of the rear as his own. After witnessing Shin awakening as an Instinctual type and being able to command and save most of Duke Hyou's soldiers, he gave Shin 300 men to make up for the ones he lost, and two units of 500 men, to do with them as he sees fit. This made that Hi Shin Army a 2000-Man Unit and Shin temporarily a 2000-Man Commander.
But the battle on the following days was nothing but skirmishes. Until the Duke smelled fishy, and went on the rear, tagging along Shin and half of the unit and a portion of his army. The hunch is right, as Ri Boku Army went on attacking every Qin strongholds on Bu Pass. The Duke halted them, but the Duke died to the hands of Hou Ken. The unit and other Duke Hyou Army suffered further when they were ambushed by Zhao's attackers. They arrived on Sai, wounded, worn out and broken.
Battle of Sai[]
During the Battle of Sai, the Hi Shin Unit was posted on the south wall and managed to hold out, suffering casualties from the siege on a week, until the Mountain Tribe managed to break through the attacker. As soon, as the threat was over, Shin took a few of the men of his unit and headed down, in order to fight Hou Ken, who was still handicapped from the Duke Hyou breaking his left arm. He did not only manage to defend against him, but also blew away his glaive in a strength contest, and injured him. Ri Boku decided that the mission is a failure and retreated.
After the Coalition Invasion, Shin was promoted to a 3000-Man Commander, making the Hi Shin Unit a 3000-man Unit. The new unit was also joined by Hi Hyou Unit, The new Hi Shin Unit went towards the region of Kaisou, however, it was not for the sake of making war. Because of the fierce attacks of the Coalition army, a lot of regions were destroyed completely and had no defense, making it easy for the enemy soldiers to attack. The Hi Shin Unit's task was to defend the Kaisou region and help in the restoration, for which they split in 2 groups - Restoration and Security. The security team was made of Shin, ex Kaku Bi units and 500 duke Hyou Soldiers. The Restoration team was led by Bi Hei and the rest of the soldiers of the unit participated in rebuilding everything as well.
Conspiracy in the Court Arc[]
Kyou Kai returned after her revenge and started taking in promotions. The unit was tasked by the King to assist the Subjugation Force, including Heki Army. With general Heki’s suppression force trapped in a pincer between the joint Zhao led by Mai Kou and rebel armies led by Ryuu, the Hi Shin Army slid in alongside Heki’s right flank to take the entire Mai Kou's army of 10,000 by themselves, enabling Heki to focus on Ryuu and Tonryuu Army by themselves. Composed of both Shin's 4,000 and Kyou Kai's 1,000 men, the 5000-Man Unit was superior in both the martial and strategic strength of its leaders, with Shin displaying his aptitude with a glaive, and on top of her usual otherworldly swordplay, Kyou Kai's deployment of her and Ten's tactics, their actions crushed the Zhao army advance, and in effect removed the pressure on Heki's right flank, allowing him to focus on the rebel army.
The Hi Shin Army then followed Heki's army to Tonyruu where their focus became the rescue of the framed prince Sei Kyou. As the army and the unit fought their way, Shin advances and rescued the Prince's consorts and his wife Rui, but too late on him, as he was mortally wounded. The unit returned to the front and Shin went to Kanyou.
Fire Dragons of Wei Arc[]
Before the battle, the unit was posted on Wei lines once again, until they were called by Tou alongside Ou Hon to assist Tou Army to take Choyou, from Go Hou Mei Army. As per Ou Hon's plan, the three units of them, alongside the Roku O Mi Army will take on three sides on three days, while Tou and his army were acting as bait for Rei Ou, while Hon and Shin will take on Earl Shi and Gai Mou.
But the 1st day was not on Shin's favor, when he underestimated Gai Mou, with Ten taken hostage. 2nd day started when they exchange Jun Sou with Ten and continued pushing Gai Mou's position. 3rd day came, and Kyou Kai and her Kyou Kai Unit was tasked to push through the Wei HQ. The unit was later reinforced by Ryuu Koku Army. Shin went on and accidentally killed Rei Ou when he intercepted Go Hou Mei.
Shin is promoted to the rank of a 5000-Man Commander and Kyou Kai is promoted to a 3000-Man Commander on this campaign.
State of Ai Arc[]
The unit was busy building a defensive position on Choyou when an encrypted message from Shou Hei Kun warning of a coup and an invasion. Shin took only Ten and some of his force amounting to 1000, leaving Kyou Kai to resume the construction with the rest.
The unit went through Bu Pass until they reached the river. Sai Army built a flotilla of boats, but the Sai Army struggled to cross the river, with Ai Army defending the other side. The unit went on a tactic and secured the riverside. The unit chased the Ai Army as the latter sieging Kanyou with both Sai Army and Qin loyalists.
The unit struggled when both Ai Army and Ryo Fui Faction loyalists are infiltrating the city. The unit and Sai Army and other loyalists act as the main fighting force, with Shin infiltrating the city, and rescued the Royal Harem from Han Roki's attack.
After Kanyou was rescued, the unit returned to Choyou, and Shin got a handful of Ryuu Koku's scolding.
Kokuyou Campaign Arc[]
The unit was called by Kan Ki to aid his own Kan Ki Army in capturing Kokuyou Hills from Zhao. The unit was put into right flank, after an exchange, which Bi Hei was taken in exchange for Na Ki, a member of Kan Ki's inner circle.
Their mission is a failure, when they were caught by Ki Sui Army in an ambush then distracting them and capturing the hill Kan Ki tasked them to capture. The next day, they were put again into action, but to go there, they must cross a river held by Ba Tei. They succeeded when En took some men and distracted the enemy, capturing the river and continuing on.
As they settled near the center hill, Kan Ki decided not to move, snapping what remained of Kei Sha's patience and charged himself through the unit's position. Kyou Kai meanwhile, after being healed by one of the villagers, went to duel with Ryuu Tou. Kan Ki used the chaos to deploy Zen Ou Clan against the General, enabling Shin to kill him. Kyou Kai killed Ryuu Tou.
But the promotion went negated after the duo tried to assault Kan Ki for his gory actions.
The unit was later relieved by Mou Ten's Gaku Ka Unit.
Bureaucrats Job Arc[]
The unit went on a recruitment drive for 1,000 men. Some of the recruits were just fascinated by the unit's legendary feats and most of the veterans came from peasant backgrounds. The recruits were later on put on a very brutal training regimen.
Western Zhao Invasion Arc[]
The Hi Shin Unit was sent along with the Gaku Ka Unit, and Gyoku Hou Unit with Ou Sen Army, Yo Tan Wa Army, and Kan Ki Army to a most daring battle ever, capturing Gyou, situated on Zhao's heartland.
Alongside the Yo Tan Wa Army, the unit was tasked to capture Retsubi where their rookie members experienced their first real battle. Then as Ou Sen organized, they were inserted into his own army to take Atsuyo.
Battle at Shukai Plains[]
The unit was initially situated in the middle, and Ou Sen commanded Shin to takehis fastest soldiers of his unit to explicitly kill Ki Sui, the commander of Zhao's Right Wing. That failed when Ri Boku went and killed Ma Kou. He was recalled.
Then the unit again was tasked to reinforce the right-wing, with Gyoku Hou Unit and A Kou Army facing armies of Gyou'un, Chou Ga Ryuu, Ba Nan Ji, and Gaku Ei. The battle went on, as their supplies exhausting, nothing got gained until Shin killed Gaku Ei. That's where the right-wing got shifted gears.
But they suffer another setback, this time, both A Kou and Ou Hon got incapacitated, so Shin decided to plan on how to defeat Zhao's left with both A Kou Army's Dan Sa and Ban You of Gyoku Hou Unit agreed and made Shin temporarily taking over the right-wing. They successfully defeated the majority of the defenders, with both Gyou'un and Chou Ga Ryuu. last of Rin Shou Jo's confidantes slain by them and Ou Hon, at the cost of Shou Sa, who dies after saving Kan To's unit. The unit, quite recovered, charged through the right, was pinned by Kin Mou and his Kin Mou Army, wanting to avenge Kei Sha. A Ka Kin was sent by Dan Sa to assist him. They pushed to Ri Boku's HQ, only to be hindered by Hou Ken himself, killing Kyo Gai and some of Hi Hyou Unit men trying to avenge Duke Hyou . Shin killed him.
Gyou[]
Shin chose 1/5th of his soldiers to follow Ou Sen. They entered Gyou afterwards. Many months later, they return to Qin, with honors. They were later seen at the inner palace grounds, hearing the message about Shin's promotion. Months later, they organized their army, with most of them are promoted, are going to Gyou.
Zhao Crisis Arc[]
One month after the appointment of Ri Shin to the rank of General, the newly constructed Hi Shin Army is ordered by the Chief of Military affairs, Shou Hei Kun to go to the eastern border of Qin at Gyou. As they arrived in Gyou, great general Ou Sen warns them to be ready for an all-out offensive. The reason for this was the news that Ri Boku's execution was to take place on the morrow in Kantan. In spite of the defense of Zhao's great general Ko Chou, he wants to take advantage of the disorder that will be generated from Ri Boku's death and to make a breakthrough and take the capital. However, with the death of Zhao's King Toujou, Prince Ka immediately released Ri Boku from his imprisonment. Ri Boku then promptly gave the order for the Kantan Army to join the frontlines to defend Zhao. At the sight of these reinforcements, Ou Sen cancels his plan and gives the order to fall back to the second line of defense. Despite the exile of Prince Ka and Ri Boku, Kantan manages precise and effective measures to strengthen the area's defenses, preventing any advance of Qin's armies in their territory. Cities of Hango and Heiyou behind the Zhao's front lines was transformed to military strongholds.
Shiyuu Conflict Arc[]
Due to the alliance with Wei for three years, Qin's armies at the Wei borders headed north to join the fight against Zhao. In response to this news, Zhao dispatched a large army from the north to the front lines and the fight at the border between Qin and Zhao rose in intensity. The Gaku Ka Army and Gyoku Hou Army show incredible strength and progress while the Hi Shin Army struggled to match the Zhao on the battlefield.
It was because of the hole Shou Sa left as deputy infantry commander. Although Hai Rou was given the position to fill, he needed time to learn his new duties and excel at his new position . There was also a bigger reason for their difficulties. Kyou Kai was still bedridden ever since her duel with Hou Ken and from saving Shin from nearly dying from his duel with Hou Ken with her forbidden life sharing technique on the final day of the Battle at Shukai Plains. Kyou Kai's absence put her soldiers into disarray and significantly weakened the Hi Shin Army's overall offensive.
Kyou Rei, an assassin from the Kyou tribe of Clan Shiyuu came to meet Kyou Kai and join the army on a trial basis. Despite the victories Kyou Rei offers on the battlefield thanks to her mighty power, she puts the other soldiers in danger by disobeying orders and ignoring tactics. She is seen as a blood-thirsty lunatic and is despised for her reckless behavior by Kan To and some of the veterans. Moreover, she nearly kills Kou as she threatens him. The officers and soldiers finally lost patience and asked her to leave the army. Kyou Kai steps in and stops them before a fight breaks out. It was then revealed that Kyou Rei is the new Shiyuu and that she came to kill Kyou Kai because she broke the rules, as only the Shiyuu can live outside the village.
During their duel Kyou Kai managed to save Kyou Rei from her guilt of killing her twin sister Shiki during the ritual. After apologizing for her behavior to the whole Hi Shin Army she is officially incorporated into Kyou Kai's unit. She also healed Kyou Kai by reconnecting her severed Chi vessels.
Battle of Eikyuu Arc[]
While the armies of Qin approach the fortresses of Bujou and Heiyou, the Hi Shin Army is kept on standby between the Ou Sen Army and Kan Ki Army at the request of Kan Ki. The Kan Ki Army made the first move by heading in the direction of Heiyou. This gave Ko Chou the opportunity to launch his army against Kanki's army taking advantage of the major numerical superiority of his 240,000 troops vs Kanki's 80,000 troops.
8 days after the beginning of the confrontation, Kan Ki finally asks for the reinforcement of the Hi Shin Army, 15,000 strong, to conquer Eikyuu and flank the right side of Ko Chou's headquarters. When Ri Shin arrived, the Gyoku Hou Army who had been assigned there since the beginning was almost totally annihilated by the Gaku Haku Kou Army. Shin then notices a small group of Gyoku Hou remnants fighting for their lives and suspects Ou Hon to be among the remaining survivors. Shin then calls for an all out charge before his army or the Gaku Haku Kou Army can get into position. With the Hi Shin Unit taking all the attention from the Zhoa army the Kyou Kai Unit was able to find an opening and make haste to rescue Ou Hon. When they were close enough to the Gyoku Hou remnants Kyou Kai gave Kyou Rei the task of rushing on foot to save Ou Hon. After utilizing her priestess dance, Rei managed to reach Ou Hon and save his life. The Hi Shin Unit and the remnants of the Gyoku Hou Army then retreated back to safety.
Thanks to Shin's efforts to save the remnants of the Gyoku Hou, Ou Hon was able to provide vital information and prevents them from falling into the same traps as they did. Ou Hon points out the only place which would allow the Hi Shin Army to take Eikyuu was an extremely steep area of the cliff which was neglected and lightly defended by the troops of the Gaku Haku Kou Army. As the battle started, the adjutant of the Gyoku Ho, Ban You, was uncertain of the Hi Shin Army's infantry and their ability to conquer such a steep cliff. Ka Ryo Ten then tells Ban You the Hi Shin's infantry are amongst the best due to their peasant background, the rigorous selection process they went through and the extreme training and battles they have undergone. After some close calls from falling, getting hit by the rain of rocks plan and changing their accent path to avoid the rocks they managed to climb the cliff. With Kan To leading the charge, the infantry managed to get a foot hold at the top of the cliff. The infantry then got rid of the soldiers throwing the rocks which allowed the remaining infantry scaling the cliff to climb the more accessible section of the cliff. Eventually Suu Gen and Kyou Kai make it to the top of the cliff and began heading towards the defensive barricades at the top of the cliffs. Shin reads this plan and starts to make his way up the cliff with the cavalry towards the newly opened up hole in the barricades. Once Shin and the cavalry made it up the cliff they made a push for the Gaku Haku Kou headquarters.
Even with the foothold created by the infantry and the cavalry being lead by Shin the Hi Shin Army was having difficulty advancing towards the enemies headquarters without additional support. Ban You then mentions to Ka Ryo Ten that a pincer attack might be possible as A Ka Kin had been dispatched several days earlier by Ou Hon to flank Zhao's army and may be ready in position. As it turns out A Ka Kin was waiting in position for the opportune time to flank the Gaku Haku Army's left flank. When he saw Shin attacking from the right flank A Ka Kin launched his pincer attack on Zhao's left wing. The Gaku Haku Kou strategist Ki Shou sees the pincer attack and sends troops from the center to fortify the left flank. This thins out the reinforcements being sent to the right wing allowing Shin and company to gain momentum. After crumbling the left wing A Ka Kin withdrew back into the nearby forest using his cavalries mobility to continue to pester and apply pressure to Zhao's HQ. Just as this happened Gaku Haku Kou makes his appearance on the field in front of Hai Rou and Kyou Rai. By using his unique martial arts he stops Hai Rou in his tracks and sends Kyou Rai flying off the cliff. As Rai is falling she shouts to Hai Rou and warns him that Gaku Haku Kou is utilizing a strange martial arts. He uses his martial arts and speed to blitz Shin and attacks Shin from the side. At this point Gaku Haku Kou's elite corps, the Senkyou shows up and halts the Hi Shin Army's forward progress. Shin and Gaku Haku Kou begin to duel on foot.
While the duel is taking place Kan Jou shows up with some remnants of the Gyoku Hou at the Hi Shin headquarters. He used himself as bait in an attempt to lure away enemies from Ou Hon. Ka Ryo Ten tells Kan Jou if he insists on joining the fight to help the Kyou Kai Unit who is currently surrounded at the foot of the cliffs and trying to make their way up the cliffs to help Shin. After a good while of dueling Gaku Haku Kou, Shin realizes that Ou Ki's Glaive is still too heavy and slow making it a bad match up against Gaku Haku Kou's speed. It is at this moment that Hai Rou remembers what Kyou Rai told him about the martial arts and tells Shin. This confirms Shin's suspicions and he calls over Bi Hei to hold Ou Ki's glaive. Shin then pulls out his sword that he got from his childhood friend Ri Hyou. A Ka Kin in the forest notices the enemies rear main army headed towards the Hi Shin Army and decides to attack their flank in attempt to slow them down. After Shin started using his sword to duel Gaku Haku Kou the duel became much more even, and because of this Gaku Haku Kou throws his giant mace at Shin and calls for his Moon Blade from Chou Kou. The duel once again favors Gaku Haku Kou as his speed with his blade is too great for Shin to match. Shin realizes he needs to free up his movement like he did in his childhood duels with Ri Hyou in order to keep up with Gaku Haku Kou. Doing this allowed Shin to keep up and even allowed him to land some hits on Gaku Haku Kou. Being an expert in dueling Gaku Haku Kou once again changed up his fighting style and started throwing punches, kicks and knees at Shin. With this new fighting style Shin couldn't get past the defense created by Gaku Haku Kou's swordsmanship mixed with random punches and kicks. Shin realized that he needed to get past the Moon Blades defense and gave Bi Hei an awkward look as if to tell him to be ready. Shin then rushes Gaku Haku Kou and baits him into throwing a knee strike. Shin sacrifices his right forearm by bracing his sword with his bracer and blocking Gaku Haku Kou's knee strike with his sword, splitting his kneecap in two. This greatly hindered Gaku Haku Kou's mobility and Shin instantly called to Bi Hei, who understood the assignment. With the help of Kou, Bi Hei threw Ou Ki's Glaive to Shin, and with the destructive power of the glaive Shin broke the Moon Blade in two and killed Gaku Haku Kou.
Immediately after their lord's death, the remaining Senkyou Unit troops attacked Shin. At this time the rear main army of the Gaku Kahu Kou Army was approaching the Hi Shin Army with its cavalry leading the charge. The situation was beginning to look dire when the Kyou Kai Unit finally made its way to the top of the Eikyuu cliff. With Kyou Kai and Kyou Rai leading the unit they headed directly at the approaching main rear army. Once again Kyou Kai orders Kyou Rai to stay behind and help out the Hi Shin Army while continuing onward with the cavalry in the wedge formation. Meanwhile at the Gaku Haku HQ the strategist Ki Shou gets news of lord Gaku Haku Kou's death and has his attention fixed on the right-wing battle and the clash between the rear main army and the Kyou Kai Unit. While he was trying to rally the troops and surprise the news of his lord's death, A Ka Kin seized the opportunity during the chaos and launched a surprise attack on the Gaku Haku HQ claiming the head of the strategist Ki Shou. This marked the fall of the Gaku Haku HQ and along with Den Yuu taking the head of Gaku Haku Kou and showing it to his troops it instantly demoralized the entire army. With these two events the capture of Eikyuu and the Hi Shin Army's victory was complete.
Shin and Kyou Kai reminisce about if Ou Hon didn't give them the strategy that they wouldn't have emerged victorious. Likewise, Rei starts gloating as she mentions that it was due to her saving him earlier that the Hi Shin were victorious. Meanwhile at the Hi Shin HQ, Ten sends out a message to Na Ki to track the retreating Zhao forces movements. She then allowed a brief respite for the rest of the army before moving into position to flank the Ko Chou HQ. With news of Eikyuu falling to Qin, Ko Chou sent the 5,000 reserve troops from the Ko Haku Kou Army in the center battlefield to the right wing to cut off the Hi Shin Army.
Kan Ki would go onto deploying the incredibly risky strategy known after its inventor Sun Bin. It was such a risky strategy that Ou Sen wouldn't even attempt it. This allowed Kan Ki to launch a surprise attack on the Ko Chou HQ from all sides sowing confusion. Kan Ki saved his best elite troops for this attack. The Zenou clan was among them and easily broke through the first two defensive lines. With his HQ being overrun in such a fast manner Ko Chou decided to evacuate his HQ for safety. Due to Kan Ki's head games Ko Chou picked the wrong direction to escape and ran right into Kan Ki's trap. Ko Chou had 100 of his best elite troops protecting him, but Kan Ki brought 200 of his finest troops in the Shu Ma Clan. The Shu Ma clan made quick work of Ko Chou's elite troops and soon it was just Ko Chou surrounded by Kan Ki's troops. Not wanting to be taken alive Ko Chou slits his throat before charging into the Shu Ma Clan in an attempt to take down Kan Ki with him.
With Ko Chou dead his head was paraded around the battlefield and word of his death was spread to the nearby battlefields in an attempt to demoralize the remaining troops. This news had also reached Ma Ron who quickly sent out his misinformation courier units to spread false rumors about the Ou Sen and Yo Tan Wa Armies showing up greatly reversing the Ko Chou Army's massive numerical advantage in troops. With the amalgam of these fake rumors and the news of Ko Chou's death, there was mass capitulation on all surrounding battlefields. With this plan in action an ocean of prisoners began to accumulate. In total 100,000 prisoners surrendered and were captured, which was way beyond Ma Ron's calculations for the effectiveness of his misinformation plan.
Over on the Ko Chou's right wing the Hi Shin Army was in battle with the 5000 men of the Ko Haku Kou Army. Word of Ko Chou's death had finally reached the KoHaku Army and they started to retreat towards Heiyuu. The messenger Ba'In from Kan Ki eventually arrived to Shin with news of Kan Ki's victory. It was later found out that Rai Do was captured and tortured to death. Kan Ki didn't take the death and torture of his best friend lightly. Kan Ki then sent Ba'In back to the Hi Shin Army with orders to pursue the remaining Zhao soldiers who fled to Heiyuu and keep watch on them. This order would take the Hi Shin Army far enough away for Kan Ki as to allow him to fulfill his new plan without any interference . This plan was revenge for the torture and death of his best friend Rai Do. And without interference from the Hi Shin Army, Kan Ki ordered the beheading of all 100,000 prisoners.
Kyou Kai and Kyou Rai being finely in tune with their surroundings were the first to be aware of the beheadings. News of the massacre eventually reached the Hi Shin Army and verified Kai and Rai's gut feelings. Shin then realizes why they were stationed so far away from the Kan Ki Army. Shin enraged wanted to march on Kan Ki's Army and enact justice upon Kan Ki, otherwise he felt that this massacre might go unpunished. Ka Ryo Ten insists that Shin not march on the Kan Ki Army as it would be met with force and senseless killing. She assured Shin that Kan Ki would face justice, but not by his hands, but by that of the king of Qin himself, Ei Sei. After the meeting between Ei Sei and Kan Ki was over, Shin found Sei sitting alone beside the piles of burnt skulls from the massacre. Shin takes Sei somewhere less depressing to talk about recent and future events. Shin tells Sei about the insanely steep difficult cliffs and the battle at Eikyuu. Sei tells Shin the he could not enact justice upon Kan Ki because Qin needs his abilities. Sei then points towards Heiyou and Bujou over the hills and tells Shin those are the last two strongholds before the Zhao capital Kantan.
Zhao's Retaliation Arc[]
At the beginning of 234 BC, the Hi Shin Army participates in the capture of the fortress of Heiyou alongside the Kan Ki Army. After 10 days, the city is conquered, Kan Ki takes care of the plundering and delegates the management of prisoners to Hi Shin Army. The prisoners of Heiyou know the reputation of Hi Shin Army, famous for not taking part in plundering and not harming the civilians, soothing their fears.
Two months later, they took part in the new campaign to conquer Gian in the north of Kantan, and thus prevent the flight of Zhao royalty and shorten the duration of the war when the royal capital will be taken.
During their advance northward, Atsuyo, a fortress northwest of the royal capital, was sieged. Ou Sen Army personally takes care of its conquest and the Hi Shin Army is in standby to prevent any outside attack. When Ryuu Fu and Ko Haku Kou will lead a suicidal exit in order to kill Kan Ki and thus to avenge their general Ko Chou, Hi Shin Army will intervene in order to save him and Ri Shin will kill Ryuu Fu in spite of all the disgust that he feels for Kan Ki and his army because it's his duty to defend him.
Ou Sen finally manages to conquer Atsuyo, but its capture was 3 times longer and 3 times more costly in casualties than expected and he decides to stay there until all his troops recover before heading back to Gian. Consequently, only half of the force planned continues to the north.
Between Atsuyo and Gian, at the rendezvous point for the reinforcements from Taigen, only 50,000 soldiers, instead of 210,000, managed to join them after their defeat by the ambush near Roumou city. Despite the bad news and the difficulty that the capture of Gian is now, all the officers vote to continue the campaign. Only Ri Shin feels that things are going strangely too well and that it's necessary to be careful. When he asks what Kan Ki feels, he answers that he feels it even more than him and that it doesn't matter because he always wins.
They did not participate in the capture of Sekirei, Heki conquered this city which had been deserted by Zhao.
At the Battle of Gian with the entire Qin army caught in Ri Boku's trap, Shin takes the time to observe the battle. Seeing the entire situation, he gives orders to completely abandoned the right flank, putting Kan Ki's personal army in difficulty, to join Gaku Ka Army on left flank. Thus, he obtains enough strength locally to open a way out of Ri Boku's ambush. The Hi Shin and Gaku Ka armies then proceed to take a Drill Formation in order to break out of the ambush but the Sekia Army led by Gaku Shou and Jyou Ka Ryuu do the same. They begin to clash in an all-out melee in the initial charge.
Jyou Ka Ryuu kills and cuts down Gaku Rai. Enrage at the sight of Gaku Rai falling in battle, both Shin and Ga Ro proceed to engage fight the Zhao General in a duel but his two commanders Un Gen and Un Kei interfere while Mou Ten and the Gaku Ka deal with Gaku Shou and his soldiers. Meanwhile Kyou Kai and her unit continue to push forward and manage to break through the Zhao, and they regroup. Over on Shin's side, the situation turns into a brawl. After founding Gaku Rai's body, Sou Jin and Sou Tan come to assist Shin and Ga Ro as they kill Un Kei and injure Jyou Ka Ryuu while Shin takes the opportunity to wound the Zhao general and knock him off his horse. And Ga Ro keeps Un Gen occupied while also wounding him. Shin and the rest of the Hi Shin Army's front continue their attempt to break out as they fight the rest of Jyou Ka Ryou's army, but they stop in their tracks in front of Gou Za Kou, Jyou Ka Ryou's lieutenant, who takes the time to gloat but is suddenly ambushed by Kyou Kai and beheaded. Although this is the perfect opportunity to flee, Shin chooses to come to the aid of Gaku Ka Army, who were in trouble against Gaku Shou and Fuu On in order to flee together.
After disabling Gaku Shou and Jyou Ka Ryuu, both the Hi Shin Unit and Gaku Ka Army each lose half of their soldiers and start to retreat from the pursuit of Zhao General Kotsu Min Haku's army. They meet by chance in a forest where they had taken refuge and they meet Han Zen, the Kan Ki Army's sieging engineer, his siege tower team and the Saki Clan from the Kan Ki Army. It was a detachment which had been ordered to follow another way that the main army and had to participate in the siege of Gian later. It's decided by mutual agreement between Ri Shin and Mou Ten to make the siege of Gian during the night. The fortress was captured despite their small manpower because all the troops had been dispatched for the battle of Gian and all the civilian population had been moved to Hika.
During the Battle of Hika, Kan Ki manages to ambush Ri Boku's personal unit while the Hi Shin Army and Gaku Ka Army, which were waiting on 2 other possible paths are now tasked with delaying Ri Boku's reinforcements as much as possible. They are confronted with the army of Gaku Shou. The ambush fails and Kan Ki hands the golden wing of the Six Great Generals to Shin to return it to Ei Sei and asks him to flee with Ma Ron, Ogiko and the Saki Clan.