I liked this chapter. We had the muscle head see that he was a fool for looking down on the enemy and order a retreat in a smart way, we had the guy who had been asking for a retreat get heated and try to mount an attack against the special forces despite it being a bad idea, and we saw common soldiers mount a miniature coup against the stupid royal. I liked all of these because even though one side has more evil leaders, most characters are being given depth and thoughts that I think make sense. Heck even that shit royal being entitled to the very end fits in for someone as shit as them, and I am more interested in seeing their impact on the story in their death than anything they did in their life.
I don't mind buying into our little death god Waifu when we also get a nice fleshed out world around her too.