As Prophet - Chapter 117
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Episode 117. Tactical Meeting
Cheolmuwoong suggested.
“They’ve opened up a rear infiltration route. We can change the direction of that route. So we’re going to put up markers in the other direction to direct them to another route.”
“Good! Ahaha! And since they’re coming at night, I’d like to lure them into a valley with all sides blocked off and take them out in one fell swoop. Do it right after the meeting. Mr. Cheolmuwoong will take charge.”
“Loyalty!”
Dalcheon tilted his head.
“But why bother going around the back? It’s an empty lot with no people, so you can just run in and storm through the main gate.”
The answer was given by Yoo Seok-do.
“You would think that the front defenses were strong. When you look at it from below, the front wall is, so to speak, a rather high wall, even though it is built roughly. You might think that if you just close the gate, you will have difficulty climbing over the wall.”
“Ahem. I guess we need to strengthen the defense of the front wall.”
“Yes. Since they couldn’t come in, I sent Apa in. They don’t know the situation inside very well.”
“Ahem, I understand. Mr. Yuseok, please take care of that. It’s the same. Increase the defense of the front and allow a small number of people to take on the large number of enemies.”
He also ordered the training center’s resignation. He had already entered the academy that day upon hearing the news that Dalcheon had returned.
“Will you fight with us?”
“… … .”
When I ask questions about things I haven’t thought about, I don’t get an answer right away. Even when I was studying, I still thought of myself as an outsider and an outsider. The fact that we have different starting points and different circumstances makes it difficult to mix things up and make decisions. It’s because I still think I belong to the training center.
The prince waited anxiously for the king’s reply, as he was not sure whether he could order things around or trust him.
“Or you can back out now. This place is about to turn into a sea of blood.”
“We will do it together.”
He immediately gave me orders, as if he knew the answer would come out.
“They can bypass the right flank. Make it a trap field. Use snares, slings, spears, and swords to make it a place where people cannot approach.”
“Loyalty!”
Dalcheon asked the training center’s Sajeong the same question.
“Are we going to join together?”
Originally, I thought of the three as a group, but this kind of decision should be asked of each individual. He answered easily whether he knew Dalcheon’s thoughts or not.
“Of course. Just tell me what to do.”
“Go to the Yangju County Office and ask for help from Jin Dong-hee. I’m requesting Jin Dong-hee’s personal dispatch. He hasn’t received his official position yet, so he’s unemployed. Or is he the secret agent of Yangju County? Hmm, in any case, someone who knows this place well should be there.”
He answered right away, probably because he thought he had been given a relatively easy task.
“All right.”
“Not only that, you have to ask the county magistrate to support you with county troops. Well, that is… … Since you will be credited with punishing the unjust scoundrels by the county magistrate of Yangju, you will have a wide path to promotion in the future. You have to convince the county magistrate.”
It’s a little difficult.
“What if they say no?”
“If it doesn’t work with nice words, um… … you should threaten them. If the rebellion succeeds later, tell them that it was unjust and that they will be cut down soon and that the next three generations will not be able to take the civil service examination. Right? If three generations of people fail the civil service examination, they are not nobles, right?”
“Yes.”
The Grand Prince grumbled and laughed. He laughed because such a simple method would not work, and he laughed because the means of intimidation was too clumsy. Even if he were to destroy his entire clan, or even his entire family, he would not follow him. In this situation, there are few officials who would step forward to help. Why would he side with the unfavorable side instead of the one that is able to?
Dalcheon immediately sent the training center’s situation to Yang Ju-hyeon.
“Oh, I’m going to ask the troops here. Then tell them I’m here.”
“Are you coming because of that? I think you’ll pretend not to know.”
Dalcheon became serious.
“If it were me, I would come.”
“All right.”
It doesn’t mean I’m convinced. I don’t know if what you said is true, but I’ll try it, so please don’t say anything else, that’s what it was like.
The remaining training center’s circumstances were asked.
“What do I do?”
“Ahem. The most important thing.”
“Just speak.”
“Go to the training center and tell the elder Dojeong everything you know about the situation and ask for support. The name is Daegunmama.”
“Will that work?”
“Well, if that doesn’t work out, then don’t worry. The training center’s troops are enough. Well, tell him that I fought and defeated 500 scoundrels while heading to Yanggeun for training purposes. That gentleman, he has no achievements because he stayed at the training center. Did he fight the Japanese? Did he defeat the Jurchen? Nothing, right? Since he has no achievements, that’s probably the end of his career. Please emphasize that.”
It’s a really stupid idea, but I don’t think it’ll work.
“Whose name is it this time?”
“Please do it in my name. The governor has requested it.”
“Why… wouldn’t the name of Grand Princess be better?”
“He seemed to be a person who thought, ‘I’m a soldier, so I work hard in places where I don’t have anything to do.’ I thought he was someone who wouldn’t get involved in a power struggle between royal relatives.”
It must have been a short meeting, but I saw a lot. As he said, he understood the temperament of the person and the direction of his tendencies. Whether it was right or wrong would be a problem for later. Suddenly, this gentleman wanted to hear what he thought. The prince asked.
“Then what kind of being am I?”
“He is a prince who is desperate to become king.”
“Such a low expression!”
“Isn’t that so? Then, should we say that he is a wise man who wants to become king and lay the foundation for a thousand-year empire?”
“I do think so, but that’s too much.”
“Let’s just discuss what’s right in front of us. After we kill the crown prince and secure the right to the throne… … Ahem.”
Dalcheon hesitated. Looking at the prince, he thought that he would not be lacking even if he became king now. The goal should be clear, but it was an unnecessary thought. He shook his head and then stated his circumstances.
“Please tell him that this is his only chance.”
No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem convincing, but he asks them to go and persuade him as if he were sending them a golden glove. But the shape of the board is strange. They are private soldiers, but isn’t Dalcheon trying to mobilize regular soldiers? They have fought in the shadows until now, and I thought they would continue to do so, but the combination of Yang Ju-hyeon and the training center is going in a completely different direction from them.
Suddenly, the prince, whose thoughts had wandered to this point, looked at Dalcheon again. He seemed to be doing things carelessly, but wasn’t he steadily building up a cause?
“Will they respond?”
Dalcheon smiled brightly. It seemed like an expression that said, “Don’t worry at all,” and it also seemed like an attitude of an onlooker who said, “It’s none of my business, so whatever happens, it doesn’t matter.” The duality of the tone was released from one person’s words and expression at the same time.
“We have been fighting in the shadows so far. Without Your Majesty’s knowledge.”
“Do you think His Majesty doesn’t know about this?”
“Yes, I know everything, but there were many cases where people pretended not to know after hearing the results.”
“I am a person of the Sun who lives in the great light of the world. I do not commit assassinations. I respect the laws of this country quite a bit. That is how I have handled things so far.”
“I don’t think he’ll come.”
“Come. An official’s desire for promotion is stronger than his desire for money or women.”
“How did someone who only lives in the mountains know that?”
“Hahaha! We study history. It’s not like we read old stories just for fun. Hahaha.”
No matter what you ask, he answers without hesitation.
“What does the main force do now?”
“I hope that this opportunity will bring down His Highness the Crown Prince.”
“Lowering?”
“I hope that this is the last war, and that if I kill him this time, I can end it all and make him believe that the credit should be his.”
“So you are telling me to kill His Majesty the King in a fair and square way?”
“My mother is different, so I really don’t know if I can feel that he is my brother.”
“You have to pretend to be like that on the outside.”
Dalcheon spoke firmly while looking at the thing stuck to the wall.
“First, consider the Crown Prince’s current position, and second, consider the number of people who will come out to fight tonight.”
“All right.”
Finally, Baek Yi-jeong remains.
“Don’t I have a mission?”
“This is Yu-gun. Please wait next to me. You have a lot of work to do.”
“All right.”
* * *
After the meeting, Dalcheon went up the mountain. He saw the general ordering his men to change their clothes and send them out. He had a precise meeting, but there was not much he could do because there were no people and there was not enough information. He went to the side and went to the prisoners.
They were in bad shape after being stabbed and beaten. They are people with no loyalty. There is no use keeping them. I touched the acupoints on their upper bodies, prevented them from moving their arms and mouths, and then released them one by one.
“Won’t you become another enemy?”
“are you okay.”
Dalcheon speaks as if nothing happened to Baek Yi-jeong’s concerns and smiles brightly. I’ve been fooled by that face several times. There’s a magic to making it seem like it’s not difficult at all even though it’s a very difficult situation.
First, I stopped by Yuseokdo, who sets traps. He works with five people and swings his sword like an axe. He cuts trees and sets traps here and there. They are a little bigger than those used to catch animals. If you step on them, your feet will be punctured, and if you fall, the wooden spear on the ground will stab you in the stomach. He made a ring with vines and covered it with leaves. If you get caught, you fall, and if you fall, the sharp things will cut you.
“You’re doing well.”
At Dalcheon’s praise, Yoo Seok-do laughed foolishly like before.
“Just leave it to me.”
“He is a man who can lead an army of a million men if he has subordinates… … .”
“If you just leave it to me, I’ll sweep it all away.”
Dalcheon lightly wrapped his arm around Bulmokhani’s shoulder as he had done to her, and then headed up the mountain. Cheolmuwoong, who had brought ten people with him, was changing the direction of the markers the men had made and blocking the easy passages with bushes.
“Then where will they go?”
Cheolmuwoong stopped ordering his soldiers and pointed to one side of the valley.
“I’ll make you go down there.”
“Over there?”
“Well, it’s a cliff. I’m planning on blocking it so it can’t be seen from the front.”
“I don’t have time.”
“I will definitely do it.”
Dalcheon went upside down following the signpost. A village in the valley between the mountains was visible.
“That’s the assembly point.”
Baek Yi-jeong’s eyes sparkled.
“Wouldn’t it be better if we just sweep it away there?”
“But there are few of us… … .”
Baek Yi-jeong tried to talk about Dal-cheon’s military power, but held back. This was because of his tendency to refrain from using force directly.
I went back to the side of the school building. The training center was working hard. With ten soldiers, they prepared for a siege, raised the wall like a rampart, and prepared a firing point to shoot arrows. Will they be able to do it in time? There aren’t enough people. They have no choice but to do it as much as they can. Two people fixed the door, layered thick wood to increase the defense, and soaked it with water to prepare for firefighting.
The cradle of children’s learning was turning into a battlefield. Two men were digging a trap in front of the castle wall. They dug it like a sledgehammer and covered it with branches and dirt. They were raising stones on top of the wall to increase its height, but progress was slow because there were not enough people. It was unfortunate, but what could they do? They looked far to the west.
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