Kingdom (キングダム)

We're not too late, but it would seem the situation is dire.

A thousand of us riders against their 30,000.

The faster we do this, the better.

Exactly right.

Let's go.

H-Here they come!

Get into formation at the rear--quickly!

Huang Long! Break right!

Sir! Follow me!

He's made a separate unit on the right.

Lord Changping, the army's high commander.

His tactical genius may be beyond all doubt,

but there are no accounts of him as a battlefield commander.

How will he shape a battle he's experiencing firsthand?

He does cut a dashing, morale-boosting figure leading the charge...

That's enough! Fall back, Lord Changping!

W-Wait, Lord Changping!

Fall back! What are you doing?!

Here they come!

Go after the gaudy horse in front!

Worry not!

Didn't you know?

Why, back in my master's youth...

Die!

...he was mightier than Meng Wu!

Jie Yi! We're going to finish off Duke Rongdi.

Understood!

"Reversal Rush"

Duke Rongdi! The enemies at our back aren't slowing down!

They're coming right for us!

Circle troops to the back!

Looks like pulling our main unit back and away from the enemy in front

came back to bite us.

Sure enough, they're experts! One move alone won't stop them.

Strike at their flank--slow them down!

Simply astonishing...

Bi!

Who'd have thought the high commander was such a ferocious general?

Generously speaking...

...his military prowess is Meng Wu-level.

What's more, his brain, without exaggeration, is on a par with Li Mu's.

That'll send a chill down your spine.

Imagine if he'd served in his birthplace of Chu instead of Qin.

Indeed...

Calvary approaching from the right!

They mean to attack our flank!

Gouge out their side!

It's all right.

Huang Long will handle them.

"Noko Squad"

"Huang Long's Unit"

"Lord Changping's Main Unit"

Huh?!

The unit that broke to the right--

They've returned!

That's what Huang Long's unit does.

Now the enemy's flank is open to be devoured!

How can that be?

The Noko squad on the left-- gone in a flash!

Is the Hamui squad on the right here yet?

Sir! Any minute now.

The 800-rider Hamui squad has returned!

Have them dive right in from the right!

Sir!

There's no detached unit on their left !

Cavalry approaching along the wall to the left!

What?!

There must be tons of them!

Now they're going for our left flank?!

I need 200 from Bi's squad to follow me! We'll slow that bunch down!

Wait, Bi.

That won't be necessary.

Time to rush on in.

A black-clad cavalry from inside the castle...

Are those the high commander's very own...?

So the Pantherfang Riders are alive and kicking!

Kill them.

Now there are walls to their left and their right.

Will you look at that-- Meng Yi's joined us.

I couldn't miss the chance to see my master-turned-general from the inside.

Can't argue with that!

Say, Master Jie Yi...

Isn't this the lightning-belt formation?

The black-clad cavalry that was blocking the gate in front of us...

Did they come outside in response to the high commander's arrival?

The left and right look to have secured an approach down the center.

This...

...is the lightning-belt.

General Shang Lu!

Order all troops in the area to break formation at once

and form walls on all sides!

But that's absurd!

We're surrounded-- smack in the middle of a slugfest!

Break formation and we won't last 15 minutes!

He's right!

We don't even need that long!

It'll be over in an instant either way.

All we can do is leave everything to the high commander.

I can't agree to that. I still have over 5,000 troops here!

You think I can risk all those lives on something I don't fully understand?!

I may be the Fei Xin Force's tactician,

but I'm also high commander Lord Changping's pupil.

I absolutely get what you're saying, General.

As a commander, you're not wrong.

But right now...

You have to trust me-- and Lord Changping!

The lightning-belt involves building walls on all four sides,

immobilizing the enemy commander, and taking his head with a central blade:

a one-hit-kill maneuver.

It's normally used in large-scale battles or on sprawling battlefields;

my master is going off the difference in our troop counts.

But we can't put up a wall behind their general.

It's a free-for-all back there.

We can use that as a wall, pushing him up against it.

It's not the most reliable, but it's better than noth--

"Qin"

Raise every last flag you have!

No need to force your way forward-- just stay in formation!

"Qin"

Stand firm in the back there, too!

In the back--a wall!

So that's where you are, He Liao Diao!

He Liao Diao!

Diao?

The lightning-belt is complete.

You've got nowhere to run, Duke Rongdi!

With this... you're done for!

Go! Go!

The enemy's not slowing down!

What are they doing?!

One good hit and our main unit won't hold out--

even if it is just a thousand of them!

Dammit! Where are our flank reinforcements?!

The Hamui squad on the right is still tangling with the cavalry in black!

The left was intercepted by the detached unit!

And there's a wall at our back that's blocking our movement!

D-Dammit! Where'd they find the strength for all that?!

Duke Rongdi!

Let's just retreat to the right or the left.

If we remain here, we'll take their assault head-on!

Ready yet, He Liao Diao?

Stay strong! We're almost there!

Just a little longer...

...and Lord Changping's blade will reach their general, Duke Rongdi!

--Go! --Get him! Go on--get him!

"Qin"

Listen up: This is it!

We can never make this encirclement again.

This right here is our one and only shot at victory!

We will take Duke Rongdi's head with a one-hit kill,

even if it costs us our lives!

Now he's boosted morale to a fever pitch!

Quickly, Duke Rongdi--withdraw!

While we buy you time, you make your retreat to the left or the right!

If we can just get through this crisis, we'll win!

Duke Rongdi!

There's no way out of this now.

D-Duke Rongdi...

Run in any of the four directions and a wall will stop me;

they'll get me from behind.

They must know that's their only chance of winning.

Such an extraordinary enemy-- they can hardly be expected to waste it.

Duke Rongdi!

The mightiest of the Rongdi becomes their king.

Tell me:

Do you believe in the might of your king in this moment?

We do!

Of course we do!

Our lives, our all--for you, Duke Rongdi!