Harano had determined his objective but wasn't in a rush to act—he only had so much at stake. If he lost it all, he'd probably have to cosplay as Xiang Yu and stage a Wanjin suicide. He'd never felt that way before, but now, just picturing it—if he lost his carefully trained army in a single battle—he finally understood why Xiang Yu didn't want to go on living. It'd hurt so much he might actually want to die.
This was the new army's very first battle, and even if the enemy was a pushover, everything had to be fully prepared before going in.
First, he told Ah Man to send more people out for further intelligence gathering and map making. Then he sent an urgent letter to Nagano Castle, reporting that the local lords of Chita County were lawless and inhumane, even attacking passing ships, and asked Nagano Castle what he should do about it.
