Has a third season been announced? If so, when will it come out?
Yeah this series is really addictive.....i like history but since i started with kingdom i tried to avoid reading about the unifaction of china by the first emporer or anything related to that becouse i dont want to get spoiled. Does anyone know how close the story of kingdom and the actuall history of china are related to each other. I supect that alot of the relationships in the anime (especially those with Ei Sei) are fictional or overemphasize. And other characters i believe never existed like karyoten. Also were ouhon and mouten really such badass warriors and commanders or some overprivileged sissy bags who only claimed rank becouse of family status. Last question are the tactics and strategys the generals like ouki, ousen and kanki used in the anime manga fictional or historical true.
Ps: Does anyone have new news on season 3?
POTENTIAL SPOILERS: If memory serves me right, Ouhon and Mouten were both very successful generals in that era. I know Mouten was, he as the guy tasked with building part of the Great Wall of China. Ouhon's father was extremely successful as well, moreso than Ouhon historically. historians know next to nothing about Shin before he ends up as a general in China, so I really doubt he was friends with Ei Sei in history as well. I can't speak for tactics and strategy, I don't know enough about ancient military practices to answer that i'm afraid.
Take it from me, if there's gonna be a third season then it will be in this year 2015 -_-
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The relationship between Shin (Li Xin) and Ei Sei (Ying Zheng) is fictional. Also, Shin was actually a part of the Shi class (Noble) and related to Ri Boku (Li Mu). Ou Hon (Wang Ben) was a decent commander and he often served under his father (Wang Jian). Mou Ten (Meng Tain) was also a Great General and served under Wang Jian as well. When Qin unified China, Tain was given the task of building the original Great Wall (later Dynasties expanded/fortified it). Wang Jian eventually became Supreme Commander of Qin and he was largely responsible for Qin's successes. As a result, Chinese historians considered him to be one of the four greatest generals of the Warring States Era. Li Mu was also one of those four generals. Li Xin is not very well known other than his involvement in the Qin conquest of Yan and Chu. As for the tactics and strategies, though I don't know if the commanders used them in the actual battles, some of them does work in reality. For example, Ouki choosing to fight in a rocky and uneven field to counteract the legendary Zhao cavalry force is a great idea. Another is when Duke Hyou forced march his forces in an attempt to control the hills of Dakan Plains. Even though Hyou's army was exhausted, the hills would have offer them protection from Wei feared chariots. However, the Wei army recognized the importance of those hills and were able to claim them first. In terms of the tactic, the best one I saw so far is during the Battle of Bayou. Fuuki's tactic of surrounding the enemy on three sides but leaving the rear open is brilliant. In fact, the Roman legions often used this tactic to defeat their enemies. The idea is to pincer the enemy on three sides thus causing them to lose moral. However, it is crucial that your force do not completely surround them for the enemy might fight to the death instead of surrendering. Rather, in leaving the rear open, the enemy will likely panic and try to escape through it. Once the enemy have broken their ranks by retreating, you would send in your cavalry to easily finish them off. The problem is that you might likely expose yourself to attack like Fuuki. The Roman usually avoided this problem by stationing their auxiliaries to defend the flanks. Another thing is that it is important your own troop can maintain their lines, which Fuuki troops failed to do so thus allowing Kanou to stall him allowing Shin to kill him. Again, the Roman often avoided this problem due to the fact that their heavy infantry were arguably the best in the world.
Yes the Roman heavy infantry were the best, but do you know who kicked their assess..!!
The Arab Muslim Army with their famous Great General Khalid ibn Alwaleed the general who led his army for a 100 battle and did never lose a battle in his life..
and do you know how he defeated the Roman in almost every battle against them..
will by attacking and smashing the flanks..!!
so the roman had the best armored heavy infantry & cavalry in the world but General Khalid had the fastest cavalry, so his cavalry was able to achieve that..
simply he used what we call to day "Hit and Run" and he was the first one to use this method, he named "Kar w Far" ^^
Not really, when I was talkiing about the Romans, I meant the later Republic/early Republic. By the time the Muslims invaded, the Byzantine have largely abanboned the heavy infantry based army. Rather, they depend on shock cavalry who were less effective against the lighter Arabian lancers. In fact, the Byzantine had to hired Vikings from the Russian principalities to rebuilt a effective heavy infantry force. These Vikings (now called Rus) would go on to form the legendary Varangian Guard.
It has been proven countless times that an trained infantry force can withstand cavarly if properly commanded. For example, the battle of Tours, in which Charles's infantries managed to defeat the much larger Umayyad cavalry army. Instead of blindly charge the Muslims, the Franks maintain their ranks and position on the hills. In doing so, they were able to repel waves of Muslim horsemen. Charles also took the time to flank around the Muslims and began to attack their camps causing many to route.
Khalid was not also the first on to use the hit and run tactic against the Romans. The Parthians have used it centuries eariler at the Battle of Carrhae to defeat the Romans. Their horse archer were sent in to do hit-and-run to draw out the Roman cavarly. Then, they would leave the Roman cavarly into an ambush. Afterwards, they send in horse archers to force the Roman infantry into formations that cannont stop the Parthian heavy cavarly charge thus forcing the Romans to flee and get cut down.
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