Tom Holland

So it's the end of May and the pass is called Kurikara.

And they hear that Kiso is coming the opposite way.

So they kind of rush on.

And effectively, they want to get through the pass before him, don't they?

So they can meet him on the ground on the other side.

Yeah, he's come from the Dagobah system.

So Kiso arrives the next day, doesn't he, to join Yoda?

Yeah.

But he has 20,000 men.

He has a substantial force.

Remind us, the Tyra had 100,000, that was the claim?

100,000.

So it's still outnumbered five to one, pretty much.

But his plan is basically, he's like a Hannibal.

I mean, every battle comes back to Hannibal's battles.

He wants to surround them, doesn't he?

And basically use their own ridiculous weight of numbers, make them unmaneuverable, they will get in each other's way, and he will be able to outflank them and bring

The result of this is the most crushing and decisive victory ever won by a samurai commander, right?

Because the Taira invasion has been driven back.

The Taira forces are in headlong chaotic retreat and Kiso pursues them with extreme prejudice, doesn't he?