The Warring States That Felt a Little Off (39)

The night passed quickly.

When the first light of dawn appeared on the horizon, the Dragon Tiger Alliance—which only Lin Yun himself acknowledged as an alliance—woke to the sound of a resounding bugle.

The soldiers boiled water and cooked. After all, the enemy was still some distance away.

Some soldiers with time on their hands began making final checks of their weapons and armor, making sure everything was in order and properly fastened so nothing would go wrong.

Then, under the commands of their ashigaru captains, they began forming up.

Meanwhile, Lin Yun was in the command tent, watching the enemy's movements in real time with Kanna's scouting ability.

"The Demonic Soldiers are twenty kilometers away."

"The Demonic Soldiers are ten kilometers away."

"The Demonic Soldiers are five kilometers away."

People of this era didn't really understand kilometers... but at least they knew the enemy was almost upon them.

The ashigaru gathered in groups and took their positions under their captains' direction. It was just that, despite being an alliance, even with Lin Yun acting as a mediator, Takeda Shingen still commanded the troops under his command, and Uesugi Kenshin still commanded hers.

After all, even if the leaders could force the issue, the people below them couldn't. They had been enemies until recently, so it was already a good thing that no conflicts had broken out.

In theory, Lin Yun was a neutral party, and the retainers of both the Takeda and Uesugi Clans more or less trusted him.

But setting aside the fact that Lin Yun would have to charge in and face Orochi directly when the time came, his reputation simply wasn't enough to win everyone over. To put it simply, he couldn't command the respect of all the troops. Lin Yun figured he could handle a