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Fictional work. Any similarity
to real names or events is coincidental.
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Underage smoking is prohibited.
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Down with the traitor!
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Loyalty and patriotism!
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{\an8}Long live our Commander-in-Chief!
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Down with the traitor!
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{\an8}DOWN WITH THE TRAITOR
LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM
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Year 60 of the Yamato era. Spring.
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After Seii Commander Ohga Wajima
reclaimed her authority overnight...
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WE'LL CALL THIS OPERATION
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"WINTER GENERAL STRATEGY"
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{\an8}FUKUI REIHOKU CASTLE
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{\an8}...the Yamato forces under
Borderland General Mitsuhide Ryumon,
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found themselves at a disadvantage
at Fukui Reihoku Castle.
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AAARGH
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Meanwhile, in Osaka,
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a lone young man
sought an audience with the Emperor
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to carry out a mission entrusted to him
by the strategist Yasuaki Kaku.
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TAIRA
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I, Aoteru Misumi,
Auditor of the Borderland General Corps,
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request an audience with His Majesty,
the Emperor of Yamato!
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Aoteru Misumi, age 18.
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Three years had passed
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since the low-ranking agricultural officer
from Ehime,
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passed the Toryumon, fulfilling
his promise to his late wife, Saki,
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and joined the Borderland General Corps.
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Then, what did you come here for?
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I've come to request
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an imperial edict from Your Majesty
ordering a withdrawal.
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What exactly lies ahead for Aoteru?
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OSAKA
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What?
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- Withdrawal? Absolutely not!
- That's right!
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{\an8}EPISODE 11:
LIE ON FIREWOOD AND PERSUADE THE HEAVENS
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{\an8}Withdraw now, when our allies
are struggling on the front lines?
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{\an8}Exactly. Send reinforcements,
and the Seii forces will be crushed!
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And you call for withdrawal?
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That's beyond absurd, Auditor Misumi!
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Wait, what? Why withdraw?
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If we send the Osaka army,
couldn't we defeat Seii?
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Look here, isn't this ridiculous,
Auditor Misumi?
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You sought an audience with His Majesty
to request reinforcements,
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yet you make no such request.
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To deceive His Majesty in a petition
is a grave crime.
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With time of the essence, dealing with
this sort of nonsense is frankly tiresome.
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Your Majesty,
I propose he be put to death at once.
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Put-- Put to death?
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ROAR
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- I agree!
- He should be executed!
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{\an8}Please give the order!
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{\an8}MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS - STRATEGIST
MAGURO TOYOTA
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{\an8}Please, everyone.
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Calm yourselves.
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It is true that, outside the main hall,
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I explained to the guard
how vital a request for reinforcements
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from the Borderland General Corps
would be.
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However, all I said was that I had come
regarding the matter of reinforcements.
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I never once said I had come to request
reinforcements from His Majesty.
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Right. Auditor Misumi is correct.
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My subordinate recorded every single word
of the conversation with the guard.
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But, Auditor Misumi,
withdrawal is out of the question.
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If Ryumon were to withdraw temporarily,
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then regroup and defeat the Seii forces,
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no one would object
to his remaining in command.
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But in the meantime,
what becomes of Fukui?
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The people who live there?
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The more than 30,000 soldiers
isolated in Seii territory?
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It would take days for Ryumon to redeploy.
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Do you truly expect
the Seii forces to wait quietly?
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And if they launch a coordinated attack
on those isolated forces, then what?
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My own son is among those isolated forces.
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Do you believe
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that as long as Ryumon's authority
is preserved...
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BANG BANG
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...any other losses are acceptable?
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Or is this your intent?
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Your wife was executed on my orders.
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Do you mean to repay that
by letting my son die?
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It is true that
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if the Borderland General withdraws,
your son will not survive, Lord Taira.
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I see.
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That's a shame.
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That leaves a damn bad taste.
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HE'LL BE PUNISHED!
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However.
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I did not come here
to propose a withdrawal
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HMM?
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HUH?
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HUH?
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But you just asked for an imperial edict
ordering a withdrawal!
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Allow me to repeat myself.
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I did not come
to propose a withdrawal to His Majesty.
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I came to receive
an imperial edict ordering one.
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The aim is to lure the Seii forces in
with a feigned withdrawal,
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then spring an ambush
using remnants of the late Japan era
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and wipe them out in one fell swoop.
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What? Wait, what is this?
What does he mean?
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A simple withdrawal
could make the enemy suspect an ambush.
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But by issuing an imperial edict,
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the Seii forces will believe
the retreat is genuine.
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Then hidden troops,
together with units feigning defeat,
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will encircle them on three sides
and crush them.
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The so-called Shimazu feigned retreat.
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The operation will take place
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in Ota, Echizen, where Chief Clerk
Kinta Moriyama was exiled.
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Ota is a basin surrounded by mountains,
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{\an8}and since the unrest at the end of
the Japan era, it has become a ghost town,
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{\an8}making it an ideal location for an ambush.
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However, moving troops from Reihoku
could expose the plan to the Seii forces.
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So we will use the soldiers who escorted
Chief Clerk Moriyama as our ambush force.
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Yet with their numbers only around 200,
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how do we form an encirclement
with so few men?
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The answer...
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lies in an encirclement using remnants
of the late Japan era. Scrapped cars.
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{\an8}"Scrap guards"? What even is that?
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First, once the imperial edict
of withdrawal arrives...
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ROAR
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...Borderland General Ryumon's forces
will feign defeat and retreat,
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drawing the Seii army in pursuit
and leading them into Ota.
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FUKUI REIHOKU CASTLE
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Meanwhile, Chief Clerk Moriyama's
ambush unit will line the flanks
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of the Seii army's expected route
with large numbers of scrapped cars.
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YAMATO
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{\an8}Once the Seii army enters Ota,
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{\an8}General Ryumon's forces
will turn and counterattack.
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The ambush unit will then drop
the scrapped cars from the cliffs,
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striking the Seii army below.
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If we also cut off their retreat,
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then, in the truest sense of the phrase,
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we can wipe out the Seii army
in one fell swoop.
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ZING
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Right.
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It's an impressive plan.
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Credit where it's due,
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the Borderland General Corps laid
the groundwork well in advance.
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But an ambush
against mere Seii forces is soft.
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What matters is making them understand
that Yamato cannot be conquered.
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And for that, don't you think we should
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deploy reinforcements
and crush them completely?
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I do not.
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Because if we deploy reinforcements,
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Buo in the east
is far more likely to enter the war.
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Bu-- Buo?
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As you all know,
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many key officers
in the Borderland General Corps
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are currently committed
to defending against the Seii army,
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leaving Aichi,
our border with Buo, poorly guarded.
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YAMATO - BUO
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In other words, Buo is very likely to
seize this opportunity to enter the war.
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And one more thing.
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Many of those who founded Buo,
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including its first emperor,
Momokuni Hojo,
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and its first military strategist,
Juro Musashikami, are now old.
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It's highly likely they see this as
their last chance to destroy our country.
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Should reinforcements be sent to Fukui,
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not only Aichi but even Osaka
would be left exposed.
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We could find ourselves facing enemies
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on both the Seii and Buo fronts,
risking a three-way war.
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What? Isn't that bad? Like, really bad?
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- A three-way war?
- Now you're talking!
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Bring it on!
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Enough!
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You sit in safety, far from the border,
and fail to grasp how serious this is.
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Do you think war is a game,
or something out of a manga?
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If this becomes a three-way war,
it is likely to drag on.
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And if it does, not only will costs soar,
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but the land will be ravaged
and farming will grind to a halt.
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When people can no longer farm,
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more people will starve,
conflict will erupt at home,
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and countless lives will be lost.
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What do you take human life for?
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ZING
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ZING
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Your Majesty, if I may.
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Huh... What?
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The essence of war
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does not lie in settling victory
through direct force,
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but in thwarting the enemy's intent.
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What? What's that?
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To force an enemy nation to submit
through sheer numbers
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is the poorest form of war.
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As Sun Tzu teaches,
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"In war, the best policy is to take
a state intact, to ruin it is inferior."
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"To capture the enemy's army
is better than to destroy it."
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"To subdue the enemy without fighting
is the acme of skill."
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You mean win without fighting?
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Three years ago, Buo seized an opening
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while Minister Taira toured the country
in Your Majesty's stead.
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They broke through our border defenses
and invaded Nagashino.
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YAMATO - BUO
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If Buo enters the war,
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and Seii has a large-scale operation
planned with our reinforcements in mind,
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we risk losing a vast part of our army.
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If this is a ruse by Seii,
we will lose a vast part of our army!
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Reinforcements or an ambush.
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In the broader view,
which serves our nation?
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Which spares needless loss of life?
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Your Majesty,
I ask for your courageous decision.
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Honestly, I don't understand any of this!
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And the Japan-era "scrap guard" plan...
What's that even supposed to mean?
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And where the heck
is this frog he mentioned?
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But...
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I ignored Ryumon's warning
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to handle Muuton Nagao's
something-something stratagem with caution
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and sent our standing forces
to Kanazawa anyway.
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And this is the result.
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I won't let any more lives be lost
because of my decisions!
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All right.
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I've decided!
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- I--
- Your Majesty.
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Have you already forgotten
what I told you then?
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Your Majesty's only allies are...
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the Tairas alone.
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I issue an imperial command!
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Auditor Aoteru Misumi
of the Borderland General Corps,
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deliver the edict of withdrawal
to Ryumon without fail!
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GASP
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Misumi, take it!
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I humbly accept!
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Misumi!
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Onward!
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At once!
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This is my courage.
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AM I GOING TO BE PUNISHED?
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I-- I should probably think up an excuse...
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Just in case.
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{\an8}THE OTA SCRAPPED CAR AMBUSH
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{\an8}A feigned withdrawal?
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It was the advice from Strategist Kaku.
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"Lie on firewood
and persuade the heavens."
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The phrase comes from
the Spring and Autumn period in China,
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when a king slept on hard firewood
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so he would never forget his enemy.
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I took it to mean that I should persuade
the Emperor of Yamato
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to achieve our goal.
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Yikes.
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What kind of eccentric advice is that?
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And as for that goal,
drawing on his earlier line,
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"only a rare few become frogs,"
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frogs undergo metamorphosis,
giving the phrase a dual meaning.
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I took "firewood" to refer
to alternative fuel for automobiles,
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and "lie" to mean lying
to wait for an ambush.
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No normal person would think that!
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You are definitely one of the rare few!
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So you tracked down
where Chief Clerk Moriyama was exiled,
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and that's how you figured out
the real meaning behind the advice.
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Still, he could have just made it clearer.
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An answer given to you by another
cannot persuade the Emperor.
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You must arrive at it yourself.
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That is likely what Strategist Kaku...
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Though it's possible I'm completely off.
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Hey, come on!
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If we go all out to Fukui
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{\an8}and it turns out you got it wrong,
that's no joke!
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{\an8}No, but...
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{\an8}I wrote out every possible double meaning,
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considered each scenario,
examined every pattern,
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and arrived at the most plausible answer.
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Well, even if you are wrong,
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I'll prove you are right.
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I'm just that good.
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I'm really counting on you. Mr. Tsune.
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What?
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Did you say something?
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Never mind.
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Hurry!
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{\an8}OSAKA - YEAR 60 OF THE YAMATO ERA - SPRING
00:45, 12 DEGREES CELSIUS
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{\an8}Maguro, what do you make of the ambush?
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It's a remarkably clever strategy.
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Even more chilling
is that it was already in motion
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while the Self-Injury Stratagem
was still only suspected.
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To foresee someone like Moriyama
would appear, urging surrender to Seii
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and then to use that to their advantage...
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That Strategist Kaku is quite something.
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Truly a natural-born genius.
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My lord, as long as that genius lives,
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the Borderland General Corps
will remain secure.
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But what happens when he dies?
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According to a report I've just received,
it seems Kaku has collapsed in camp.
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He likely knows his time is short,
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and intends to entrust
what follows to Misumi.
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And it's true, Misumi's sharper
than when I last sat with him.
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Quick-witted and more eloquent.
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{\an8}ROOK
PROMOTED ROOK
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{\an8}Yet, the wise speak little.
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{\an8}In the end, he's nothing more than a fool.
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Right.
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But you see, Maguro...
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it's precisely because he's a fool
that he can grow into something bigger.
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Thanks to his persuasion,
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the emperor I raised from childhood,
the one I even gave my daughter to,
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has started thinking like a strategist.
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And that's not what I want.
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{\an8}KNIGHT - ROOK
BISHOP - SILVER GENERAL
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{\an8}Why not consider poisoning him,
like the late emperor?
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Right.
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Well, that's an option too.
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But I've got a more interesting idea.
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And to pull it off,
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Ryumon and his corps need
to win this battle.
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My lord,
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checkmate.
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Whoa!
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YAMATO
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BATTLE OF DAISHOJI
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At dawn, the Seii army,
led by Commander-in-Chief Ohga Wajima,
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began its assault on the isolated
Nagamine forces at Daishoji,
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carrying out the Winter General Strategy.
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I'll tell you what we are after!
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{\an8}DAIKICHI KONOURA
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{\an8}Nagamine's head!
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{\an8}Anyone who wants glory, follow me!
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Come on, move it!
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ROAR
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Report!
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Segoe Bridge has fallen.
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{\an8}NAGAMINE FORCES MAIN CAMP
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{\an8}- The Seii army has breached our camp!
- Is that true?
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{\an8}TONOTSUGU TAIRA
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Sir!
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Aterui Kura's Seii forces
have taken positions at Atago Bridge!
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Urgent report!
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We are being pushed back at Atago Bridge
by Seii reinforcements from Okuetsu!
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The enemy's onslaught is brutal.
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{\an8}If reinforcements don't get here soon,
we will be wiped out!
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{\an8}What should we do, Shiryo?
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{\an8}GOH SUGOH - SHIRYO NAGAMINE
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{\an8}I'm going out there too!
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Until reinforcements arrive,
this will no doubt be a hard fight!
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We Satsuma--
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No, we Yamato warriors
will show them our true mettle!
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{\an8}ROAR
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Victory is ours!
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Go!
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WAJIMA ARMY HEADQUARTERS
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Report!
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Nagamine's main force appears
to have left headquarters.
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They have split into two groups, heading
for Daikichi's division and Kura's army.
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Thanks for the report.
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Until further orders,
get some rest, all right?
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SO PRECIOUS!!
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Yes-- Yes, ma'am!
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{\an8}YASUKE KONOURA
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{\an8}As expected,
Nagamine's main force has moved out.
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If we keep pressing with Daikichi's unit
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and drive Nagamine
into the exposed northern plains,
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our victory should be assured.
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Yasuke, you and Daikichi did well.
Everyone did.
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Calling in Aterui was a sound decision.
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It may be difficult
for him to take command,
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but his presence alone
is enough to deter the enemy.
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{\an8}That said, Military Chief Kura insists...
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{\an8}ATERUI KURA
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{\an8}..."I've awakened after sacrificing Muuton,
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Strategist Hei,
and Sato of Kuzuryu Castle."
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"That's why I'm strong now. Let me fight."
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Those were his exact words.
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Right.
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Write back at once. Tell him,
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"Your strength lies
in your presence alone."
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"That is the power you have awakened."
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"Enter the battle yourself,
and you will lose it all."
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If we take Daishoji,
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and Jien and his forces
lay siege to Reihoku Castle,
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Yamato's reinforcements will surely come.
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And that is exactly what we want.
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The Winter General Strategy, I see.
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I believe we should take
Reihoku Castle tonight,
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before Yamato's reinforcements arrive.
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This is the moment of truth!
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Let us unite as one
and press forward together!
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ROAR
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Reporting!
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Roughly 12,000 soldiers under Jien Hibi
are advancing to this castle.
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{\an8}FUKUI REIHOKU CASTLE
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{\an8}They will arrive in about two hours.
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Where are the reinforcements?
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The enemy's right on our doorstep!
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Borderland General Ryumon.
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We are out of time!
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Order us to engage the enemy!
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Give us the order!
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Please, give the order!
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- All right, then.
- Wait!
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An imperial decree from His Majesty
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the Emperor of Yamato
to Borderland General Ryumon!
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"Ryumon and all soldiers
at Fukui Reihoku Castle!"
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"Abandon the castle at once and withdraw!"
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"This is my imperial command!"
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Aoteru and Yoshitsune.
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A hope carried forward
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by the young men who passed
the Toryumon with lofty ambitions.
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What fate awaits this war
that will divide the realm?
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"TO SUBDUE THE ENEMY WITHOUT FIGHTING
IS THE ACME OF SKILL."
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{\an8}Creative Supervisor : Hideo Kimura