@kavinh I recall that Zhao have been dumping poison on the corpses of the horses and soldiers on the battlefield in the plains so they may have to acquire the food elsewhere.
Sense & Turnip take a one week break from scanlating and already snipers are rolling out the watermarked pages and paypal plugs. You should feel ashamed for this. Completely disrespectful to these groups and the efforts they put in to release this manga weekly.
There is no way you're looking critically at this story if you think Houken isn't a mess of a plot device. I think Riboku's role as a stepping stone for the next generation of generals was played off way better than Houken. Giving him a backstory and motivation this late into the game was a huge...