"Greater powers and resources do not guarantee tactical superiority" - Sun Bin
The skies parted and made way for the sun. Zenshi's armour shone, and the approaching enemy's number reflected in his eyes. He had significantly fewer men than Chu's army, but he stood calm, and that calm temper terrified the soldiers of Chu's army. With pseudo confidence of being numerically more, they decided to engage the Han army.
"Tan Ri!! They are fewer in number!!"
The overjoyed lieutenant saw that view. He shouted with happiness and informed all the others.
"Why are they even less than 1000?"
"Eh?"
"Why aren't you happy? Maybe the soldiers might have left them!!"
"No, something is wrong!"
The captain of the left wing feared that something was odd. Their spies were always precise in terms of information. It was like they had relayed the wrong information.
"no we were played?"
"What do you mean played??!!"
The General also felt that something was odd, and his reasoning was the same. This realisation shook him.
"What is going on in that boy's head?"
"Damn!! Anyway, everyone attack and HQ be vigilant!!"
Zenshi smiled after he counted all the soldiers on the opposite team. His lieutenant, Ri Ning, shivered after seeing that large army. His eyes reflected the fire that always burned inside him.
"Everyone emerge!"
Flags appeared in the forests on both sides. Chu's general only had thoughts of regret. The regret that he didn't read into this man's tactics.
"Retreat!"
Chu's general called back his army. The horses stopped in the middle of the plane and headed back along with the soldiers on top.
"He used the terrain damn!"
"Charge!"
Zenshi gave the order to charge. His 500 men charged at all the soldiers who were retreating. Chasing them down and slashing their heads.
"Eh?"
His 499 men slashed almost all the soldiers who were retreating. The general noticed something. All his soldiers were being sidelined in a way that the Han army was making way for something.
"They are making a way?"
A way was being made amidst that chaos, through which he headed for the main army. Zenshi was heading for the second wave of the army all by himself.
"What is that man? He is heading for an army of 9000 by himself?"
9000 soldiers rushed from the other side to kill Zeneshi, and from the other side, there was only him. He drew out his sword from his waist. It was a black sword that resembled black flames. On the blade, something was written.
"Kurotsuchi" Zenshi muttered.
His horse collided with the second wave of the army. In an instant, he slashed 10 men. He leapt from his horse and threw his sword. It pierced two soldiers. Zenshi leapt on the horse of another soldier. He punched and cracked his skull. He took the helmet and threw it. That hit another soldier, causing him to fall. That caused the chain reaction of chaos.
Everyone who followed him on their horses tripped over his body, making all of them fall. He raised his hand, and from the forest emerged the rest of his men. All on their horses headed towards the HQ. Crushing all the enemy soldiers who fell in that chain reaction. Zenshi was in the front, leading all of them to the HQ.
The soldiers who were alive chased him. But his soldiers, whom he ordered to fight with the first wave, chased them. Slashed every one of them, and now all of Zenshi's 1000 soldiers had reunited.
In the HQ that was on the peak, stood only the two strategists. They didn't run or even attempt to. They knew that it was impossible. They were conversing with each other during their final moments.
"Shin, I guess we were destroyed, eh?"
"Yeah, Hui were destroyed"
"I never thought his strategies were this deadly"
"Me too, using the terrain to his advantage, that man is beyond a war lord"
"When I think about what he did, it still gives me chills"
"Hm... he gathered the 500 men on his side and divided the other 500 into 250 and hid them in the forests on either side. When the general ordered to attack and when our army was near, he ordered his hidden men to raise their flags. This terrified the general, and he ordered the retreat. During that retreat, he ordered his army to chase and kill our 1000 men with his 500 men. Leaving only 9000 on this side. He approached them alone and killed several; at least he killed more than 100 by his own hand in that reaction. Then he ordered the army in the forest to come out. The soldiers who were left chased the 500-man army to slash them. But the 500 men who intercepted the first wave chased them and killed them all. Now he is reunited with his army and is heading to the HQ to kill us"
"That is precisely the reason why he is the topmost enemy of our state"
"Not only our state even Zhao and Wei fear him"
"With this level of tactics, he could easily take a nation down"
The army arrived in front of them, the 1000 men had taken down the Chu army and captured the HQ. Zenshi got off his horse and walked there. They had already decided that it was their end. The end of the journey for them. His aura was intimidating, but still they stood before him.
"Oh...there are people here!!"
"Huh?"
"Well, well, what is your name and position?"
Zenshi's eyes were glowing, and he was overjoyed to see two of them. He was goofing around them, and the rest of the army was getting annoyed.
"Commander, take off the flag!" The leader of the 4th unit shouted.
Neither of them could understand this man anymore. He was fighting in the war with that serious face, and now he was just chill.
"This is the same man we saw earlier, right?"
Zenshi just took down the flag and hoisted the flag of Han. He just came walking casually and stood before them, smiling. He extended his hand and requested them.
"Join the Zenshi unit!"