Season 3: Chapter 334. Fire (5)
The reason Anto hadn’t specifically prepared against Best Yi Sun-Shin was simple. He barely felt the need to.
From his perspective of always filtering events down to core patterns, Best Yi Sun-Shin’s strategy was ultimately one-dimensional. Not only was Joseon’s overall plan heavily built around Almond’s ability to execute, but Best Yi Sun-Shin always used that ability for one thing: a base assault.
Surprisingly, this was true. She charged forward like a boxer obsessed with knockouts, aiming only for one side of the jaw. And yet her opponents still couldn’t stop her and collapsed.
The reasons? First, that punch was blindingly fast and precise. Second, she pretended to hit everywhere else before landing that final blow. But in the end, her strike always targeted the most lethal pressure point.
This was most clearly seen in her rush tactics against Japan. She had even drawn her sword and personally led a rush. Such a move would be suicide for any other leader, yet she dove in.
So Anto felt confident again this time. If he could steer the game toward that familiar pattern, she would strike as soon as a window appeared. A rush for the leader would happen.
‘As expected.’
The result turned out exactly as he hoped. She continued attacking the main base even with her dwindling archer force and succeeded. Anto had been focused on defending his expansion, leaving the main base briefly unguarded.
The Joseon archers wiped out or chased away all the workers. Resource gathering in the main base completely collapsed. Despite being militia, the archers broke through the town hall’s arrow defenses and made it inside. Pulling off such a feat as militia was incredible.
However, they didn’t know that Anto had acknowledged Best Yi Sun-Shin’s strengths and prepared accordingly. The place they had reached... wasn’t the main base.
"A rush that can’t lose," Toby, the head of Rome’s think tank, murmured and nodded to himself.
"Anto used to say things like this sometimes. Wouldn’t it be fun to pull off something like this?"