The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

After giving a brief instruction, Yu Jin disappeared from the battlefield without waiting for Goro's reply.

"I...I understand!" After a long while, Goro finally managed to utter three words as he watched the embers vanish in an instant.

……

Flying from the battlefield toward the Kujou Camp, the most striking change along the way was the increase in the number of camps and military flags on the ground.

Military flags fluttered, and the camp was solemn.

The atmosphere of Kannazuka makes people instinctively cautious.

But instead of feeling nervous, Yu Jin even felt like laughing.

This wasn't because he looked down on the shogunate, but because the purple light emanating from the sand dunes was much weaker than before.

Seeing that the fire in the furnace, which was about to explode, had been extinguished, Yu Jin's mood finally improved.

It seems this isn't all bad news after all!

The purple light still spread, but there was no need for Yu Jin to worry about it now. After crossing the Tatakasa, he arrived at the Kujou Jinya.

As the front-line headquarters of the shogunate army, even when the entire front was mobilized, a considerable number of soldiers were still stationed in the camp.

There's nothing strange about this; leaving room for maneuver is perfectly normal. Otherwise, it would be laughable if the enemy could easily break through your base with a single counterattack.

What really caught Yu Jin's attention was the illogical distribution of troop strength.

Logically, the soldiers left behind should be used for guard patrols. However, most of the troops in the Kujou garrison were gathered around a large tent, which looked quite strange.

"This……"

"Could there be some kind of deadly weapon in here?" Yu Jin's eyes darted around as he began to speculate in his mind.

The fact that a military camp would be heavily guarded suggests that the Shogunate army was hiding some valuable items there.

Thinking of this, Yu Jin couldn't wait to hide himself and sneak inside.

Chapter 492 The Idle Duo

2024-02-17

"What is the patriarch thinking? Why would he order an advance on the front lines at this time?!"

Inside the tent, Kujo Sara paced back and forth. She kept her head down, trying to figure out the intention behind Kujo Takayuki's order.

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure out how much benefit the order to "advance the battle line" would actually bring. On the contrary, the more Kujo Sara thought about it, the more she felt it was a foolish move.

"No, I need to go out and see the head of the family!" Kujo Sara shook her head and was about to walk out of the main tent to see Kujo Takayuki.

Lifting the tent flap, Kujo Sara's eyes fell upon two crossed spears.

"General Kujo, you have been on the battlefield and must be exhausted. Please rest for a while. This is the order from the head of the Kujo family."

The soldiers guarding the position bowed their heads, showing the proper etiquette, but they did not move their weapons an inch.

"You..." Upon seeing this, Kujo Sara clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

But when she saw the patrolling soldiers in the distance, she forced herself to suppress the anger that was rising within her.

"You guys are ruthless! Interfering in military affairs will have consequences!" After leaving behind a lukewarm warning, Kujo Sara had no choice but to return to his tent.

"How about that? I told you it wouldn't work, didn't I? You're not some kind of general leading an army anymore."

The composed Kujo Masahito saw Kujo Sara return empty-handed and felt no surprise whatsoever.

Now they have both lost their positions. At best, they are just scions of noble families.

Moreover, he was a scion of a prominent family who held no official position.

"Kujo Masahiro, aren't you worried about the outcome of the shogunate army's campaign?! ​​You know how serious the consequences of a rash attack can be."

Seeing Kujo Masahiro's relaxed demeanor, Kujo Sara slammed his fist on the table and shouted.

“I’m worried.” Kujo Masahito nodded, then put down his teacup and sighed, “But what’s the use of worrying? We can’t even talk to each other anymore.”

Kujo Sara fell silent upon hearing this. She sat cross-legged opposite Kujo Masahito, picked up the teapot, and gulped down her tea, giving off a sense of drowning her sorrows in alcohol.

Neither Kujo Sara nor Kujo Masahito drink alcohol.

"Looking at it another way, this is actually quite leisurely, isn't it?" Kujo Masahito could only offer this consolation when he saw Kujo Sara's sullen expression.

"Leisurely? While you're leisurely, I'm busy." A sharply angled steel helmet slowly rose from under the table, startling both Kujo Sara and Kujo Masahito.

"Cough cough cough!" Kujo Sara put down the teapot, slapped his chest a few times, and caused large waves to appear in the camp far from the coast.

However, neither Yu Jin nor Kujo Masahito paid attention to the "strange sight" before them, because they both had more important things to do.

"Where did you come from?" Kujo Masahito was startled when he saw Yu Jin's figure. He then quickly looked towards the tent flap, fearing that someone might have entered at this moment.

"Don't worry about that. Also, you can speak a little louder, because I'm using soundproofing."

Ember picked at his ear and pointed to the distorted, flowing air nearby, indicating that he had already soundproofed the area.

"Shouldn't this be where secret weapons are kept? Why are there only the two of you here?"

Ember looked around and saw nothing but ordinary everyday furniture; there wasn't even a trace of a weapon, let alone any powerful weapon.

"Secret weapon? What secret weapon could the Shogunate possibly have? When you pin your hopes for victory on a particular weapon, the vortex of defeat is already looming over you."

After briefly stating a profound truth, Kujo Masahito took a few deep breaths. "As for us, as you can see, we are currently under house arrest."

"..."

Yu Jin looked up at Kujo Masahito and Kujo Sara, unsure of what to say.

"You...aren't you two direct descendants of the Kujo family? How come you're under house arrest?"

After a long silence, Yu Jin covered his forehead and asked.

This is a lot of information; he needs to process it.

The Kujo family had three legitimate sons: the eldest son, Kujo Masahiro, and the eldest daughter, Kujo Sara. Now that two of them have been deposed, how can the Kujo family maintain its position?

"Even if they are direct descendants, they cannot go against the will of the patriarch, especially since the current patriarch is my father."

"His authority does not allow anyone other than the General to question it, not even us, his children."

Kujo Masahito shook his head; he had no choice but to accept having such a strong-willed head of the family and father.

"Defying the patriarch's will? So, you're saying that the huge group of people outside weren't sent by you?"

Yu Jin twitched his ears. Question? What could Kujo Masahito and Kujo Sara possibly question? Probably only the order to send troops.

Kujo Masahito nodded, acknowledging Yu Jin's statement.

"That's great! I have a pretty good impression of you. If I really had to make a move, I'm worried I wouldn't be able to!"

Seeing this, Yu Jin sheathed his straight sword. This made Kujo Masahito and Kujo Sara, who were standing nearby, twitch their eyelids.

They initially thought Ember was carrying a weapon to cut open the tent and sneak inside, but it turned out he was using it to stab them.

"Yu... Yu Jin, you're joking. We would never give such an order." Kujo Masahito could only manage an awkward laugh after hearing this.

“No, that’s not right. I can understand your objection, but Kujo Sara…”

"uh-huh?"

Yu Jin glanced at Kujo Sara behind Kujo Masahito and snorted twice. As the executor of the Eye Hunt Order, shouldn't Kujo Sara unconditionally obey orders from above?

"Don't look at me like that. I know I don't know much about politics. But when it comes to warfare, military strategy and tactics, I'm quite confident."

"The stalemate between the shogunate army and the resistance army is not because we are afraid to fight. Rather, it is because the shogunate's current strength is only enough to push the battle line this far."

"Such a rash attack will do nothing to improve the war effort except waste manpower."

"That's why I opposed the patriarch's order. The most important thing now is to gradually erode the resistance's strength, and then launch a full-scale attack once the quantitative change leads to a qualitative change!"

Kujo Sara slowly explained her inner thoughts. She had a general grasp of the course of the war for a long time to come.

Unfortunately, her idea remains just that—an idea. There's simply no chance of it being implemented.

Even if I were to be reinstated one day, it would only be after the Shogunate army had suffered a crushing defeat.

At that time, my strategy will definitely be different from what it is now.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to be thinking so much. I was just too soft-hearted and didn't want to attack."

When Kujo Masahito heard that Kujo Sara had so many considerations in her heart, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

His opposition to Kujō Takakō's order was simply because he didn't want to see rivers of blood.

“Brother, you’re not suited for this position.” Kujo Sara glanced at Kujo Masahito.

There's a saying that a kind-hearted officer cannot command an army. This doesn't mean that non-commissioned officers in the military don't care about the lives of their soldiers, but rather that they should have a reasonable understanding of the casualties in each battle.

Send the most suitable troops to meet the enemy. Do not let necessary casualties cloud your judgment and delay the opportunity to fight.

That would only result in even greater casualties.

"I know this is inappropriate, isn't it? Besides, I don't plan to get involved in military affairs anymore."

Kujo Masahito showed no embarrassment at Kujo Sara's advice. His weakness was his own, a fact he was well aware of.

He genuinely didn't want to get involved in military affairs and become the commander-in-chief of the shogunate army; it was purely his father who forced him into the position to consolidate the power of the Kujo family.

I'd rather not be the head coach!

Chapter 493 The Shogunate's Reliance

2024-02-17

"Never mind all that nonsense, I have a question for you: do you know why the Shogunate has gone mad?"

Seeing that Kujo Sara and Kujo Masahito were about to veer into family matters, Yu Jin quickly interrupted them.

"Well... I'm sorry, I'm not really sure about that." Kujo Masahito pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"In fact, I don't understand many of my father's decisions. I don't know if I'm too stupid or if my father is too wise."

Recalling his father's various orders, Kujo Masahito had no shortage of doubts.

He simply didn't say it out of respect for his father.

"If you're stupid, then what am I?" Kujo Sara snorted coldly upon hearing Kujo Masahiro's self-deprecating remark.