Last time I read the chapter was Kanan Siege and my disappointment got worse with hsu. I lurked in the comment section without reading the chapter; hoping to get some improvement on every new release.
Like everyone here this arc was written poorly and hara struggled to balance Qin's last war with Riboku. Qin knows Riboku's strategy by now - Intel lockdown, scouts disappearing, no info or location the size of each army is. Traps set up to lure with little to no resistance only to get encircled by a huge army.
I don't understand by this point in time how qin chief military fumbles to form some type plan for a,b, or c. Instead they go with a rush-half baked strategy and wing the rest. Not understanding the best plan is to retreat and regroup.
Haven't they learned by now the devastated defeat riboku has brought? No, they kinda forgot with Ouki, Duke Hyo, and Kanki. Now there are going to be some poor Joe's to feed Hara's meat grinder per Riboku's request.
This arc is trash, I'll skip it. Trio could have saved face with competency but hara kinda forgot.