Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 422



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 422

Local War (1)

Ilmok glanced at the eunuch who had fallen due to the combined attack of Jin Ha-yeon and Hwang Bo-ak and turned his head.

Another old eunuch was seen running away, using his light attack to trample on the heads and shoulders of the soldiers.

After thinking for a moment, Ichimoku quickly changed the direction of the fingers he was using to perform the swordsmanship.

Wedge-eeeeeek.

Immediately afterwards, the Sword of Ascension that had been chasing the eunuch flew towards Ilmok’s hand.

I wanted to deal with both eunuchs this time, but the circumstances were not favorable.

‘It is dangerous to go deep into enemy territory.’

His condition was not very good, and Jin Ha-yeon and Hwang Bo-ak were not in good condition either.

The two had returned to Angang secretly at dawn the previous day, avoiding enemy surveillance.

Although he had a day of rest, he was probably physically at his limit.

Because they had to run hundreds of miles without stopping, finish the journey in two days, engage in battle as soon as they arrived, and then finish the journey hundreds of miles again in two days.

“Take care of the remaining enemy soldiers!”

Ilmok, who gave instructions to Jin Ha-yeon and Hwang Bo-ak who had dealt with the eunuch, brandished the retrieved Sword of Ascension and dove into the flock of sheep.

Crunch!

When Ilmok, Jin Hayeon, and Hwang Bo-ak started to run wild, the soldiers could not dare to stop them.

In addition, when high-ranking officials such as Hyukryun Seon-a and Hwangbo Yeon, who had come out of the wall to help Ilmok, joined in, the effect was as if a wall had been erected in one place on the battlefield.

The enemy soldiers could not dare to pass the path they had blocked, and behind them were only the screams and groans of enemy soldiers who had fallen to their deaths while trying to climb the wall.

Is it because there is no progress despite pouring in troops? Is it because the plan that was aimed at one eye has completely gone awry?

The mood of the enemy main force, which had been pouring in troops without rest as if it was going to end the battle today, changed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Whoa, retreat!!”

Late, signals ordering a retreat from the enemy base rang out one after another.

However, the retreat was not easy either.

Because they had already sent out tens of thousands of troops, those at the front lines and the enemy soldiers in the middle were entangled with each other and could not retreat.

They had to wait for the soldiers in the rear to escape first, but the problem was their fear.

“Get out of the way!! I mean Vicky!!”

With the order to retreat, the enemy’s ranks completely collapsed, and a scene like a chaos unfolded.

But that was just the beginning.

Phew!!

A signal rang out from the Angang Fortress, followed immediately by a loud explosion.

It was the sound of a cannon being fired.

In addition, the soldiers on the walls once again fired a rain of arrows, and the sorcerers’ spells were a bonus.

While Abigyuhuan is transforming into a true hell.

Once again, the sound of drums rang out, and the gates of Angang, which had not been opened even once during the battle, opened.

“Hit it!!!”

These were the people who could not climb up because there was not enough space on the wall. There were about 20,000 soldiers waiting under the wall.

They charged at the enemy, who were held back by a hail of fire, arrows, and sorcery, and were unable to retreat.

Although the enemy’s numbers appeared to be at least twice as many, there was not a shred of fear on their faces.

“Heavenly Horse has arrived!!”

“Manmaangbok!!!”

They charged towards the enemies, shouting the slogan of the Cheonmasingyo, and Ilmok and his party, who had been on the battlefield in advance, cleared their way.

“Drop your weapons and surrender!!”

“May God’s mercy be upon those who wish to join us in opposing the eunuchs!!”

With cries for surrender.

* * *

After executing or capturing enemy soldiers who failed to retreat.

Ilmok returned to the castle with his soldiers.

He didn’t take the risk of rushing all the way to the enemy’s main force.

Although they were able to gain great profits by taking advantage of the siege and momentum, there was a risk that if the fight was prolonged in the form of a grand battle, the friendly forces would suffer greater losses.

And, even to this extent, it had already achieved enormous results.

“It is a great victory! And it is a great victory beyond comparison to anything that has happened before!”

You can tell just by looking at the fact that Comrade Do Ji-hwi, who had roughly estimated the situation through his subordinates, was shouting with a face that looked like he was about to faint from joy.

“If you add the soldiers they sent before and the ones who died today, it would easily be 60,000. There are also about 20,000 seriously injured. And about 20,000 of them abandoned their weapons and surrendered. It’s like destroying half of the enemy’s 200,000 strong army!”

Because they deployed their soldiers so ignorantly, they were able to achieve tremendous results without having to attack the enemy main force.

“Now that we’ve dealt with one of the eunuchs of Byeongpil, they won’t be able to cross over to Ankang so easily!”

Although he didn’t want to pour cold water on the reaction of his commanding officer who was about to die of joy, Ilmok asked in a calm tone.

“So, how much damage was there on the friendly side?”

To that question, Comrade Do Ji-hui tried to calm his emotions and answered.

“If you add up the dead and seriously injured, it comes to just under a thousand.”

Most of them were hit by enemy arrows or cannonballs, including the enemy’s wooden armor-piercing projectiles, and some were hit by surprise attacks from those who had surrendered until the very end during the final assault.

When Ilmok made a bitter expression, Comrade Do Jihui quickly opened his mouth.

“Left, it is regrettable that there has been damage, but compared to the enemy’s damage, this is nothing but a drop in the bucket.”

“… That’s true, but I can’t help but feel regretful.”

After saying that, Ilmok quickly shook off his regret and looked at Hwang Bo-ak and Jin Ha-yeon.

“You both worked really hard. If you two hadn’t done your best, we wouldn’t have been able to reduce the sacrifices like this.”

It wasn’t a story limited to Ankang. It was a story that I heard that the two of them had joined forces and won the Battle of Mt. Mudang.

Under the command of Ilmok, Hwang Bo-ak made an awkward expression, and Jin Ha-yeon smiled faintly and shook her head.

“We simply did as the Master instructed. How can this be considered credit to us?”

“You did it even though it was too much work. If that’s not credit, what else is there?”

In the warm atmosphere between the two, Hwang Bo-ak felt even more awkward.

“Ahem. So, what do you plan to do now?”

Ilmok answered Hwang Bo-ak’s question, who coughed in vain.

“First, we plan to observe the movements of the central army and pursue our allies. We plan to send the wounded to the rear for treatment and manage those we capture as prisoners.”

“In addition, it would be a good idea to clean up the area in front of the walls. We need to burn the corpses to prevent them from becoming poisonous, and at the same time, we need to collect any usable materials from the scattered debris.”

Comrade Do Ji-hui added flesh to Ilmok’s plan.

Ilmok nodded and looked at Hwang Bo-ak and Jin Ha-yeon.

“With this level of damage, they won’t be able to target Ankang for a while. Besides, we have troops sent to Hanjung, so we should be able to properly send reinforcements to the shaman.”

Once the rough plan was set, Comrade Do Ji-hwi came out of the hall and began to carry out the instructions.

For two days, maintenance was carried out according to the instructions of Ichimoku.

From the Sichuan area, a letter from the Gansu Province Commander arrived.

After reading all the contents of the letter, the veins on the back of Ichimoku’s hand stood out and the letter was crumpled.

“These guys are worse than beasts.”

* * *

Early in the war.

At the time when Ilmok had just taken control of Gansu and Wei Jinhe had destroyed the Huashan and Zhongnan clans.

In Sacheon, the Cheongseongpa was preparing to revolt.

However, Sacheon was originally a territory ruled by the three major powers, so it was impossible to control all of Sacheon with only the influence of the Cheongseong faction.

In the end, they barely succeeded in taking control of only the northern part of Sacheon, north of Seongdo, thanks to the original influence of the Cheongseongpa and the influence of the past Mireukmyungyo that had spread across northern Sacheon.

At that time, the imperial order was transmitted to each army, and the Southern Army Command’s order was also transmitted to Sacheon Chengdu.

The Sacheon Seongdo Commandery Commander-in-Chief called in all of Sacheon’s government troops, and with Cheongseongsan as the starting point, the Cheongseong faction and rebel forces began to fight a daily war with the Sacheon government troops.

The deadlock continued for several days.

There was a major change in the situation.

“Gwang! Myung! Myung Cheonma Shin! Kyogyo!”

The Oman reinforcements led by the Gansu Province Commander and Missionary Baek Un-hak arrived.

With the help of these reinforcements, the Cheongseong faction succeeded in driving out the government forces led by the Sacheon Doji Commander and taking control of Sacheon Chengdu.

Gansu Province Commander Yang Guang wrote a letter that day and left it with the messenger.

Not long after defeating the Cheonghae Army, Ilmok received two letters. Of these, this was the letter that came from Sacheon.

And a few days later.

As they were gradually clearing out the surrounding areas starting from Sacheon Seongdo, they received bad news.

There was news that the Southern Army Command had begun to advance north toward Sacheon with an army of two hundred thousand men, and that even the Jeomchang faction, known as the Gupa Ilbang, was with them.

The Cheongseongpa and Cheonmasingyo, who had taken control of about seventy percent of Sacheon but failed to take control of everything, led their army to a place called Aan.

This place was located about two or three days’ distance from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and could be said to be the route through which enemy forces departing from Yunnan entered Chengdu.

There, the Cheonmasingyo and Cheongseongpa, who had prepared well, fought desperately against the large army of the Southern Army advancing north, and held out tenaciously.

The excellent tactics of Yang Guang and the high morale of his soldiers who were almost fanatics. The martial arts skills of the masters of Cheongseongpa and Cheonma Sect led by Baekwoonhak, etc.

There may be various reasons, but there was one biggest reason why they were able to overcome the overwhelming numerical difference.

That was the wooden armor that was obtained while subduing the Western Army Command.

In addition to the wooden gabjincheonroe of the Western Army Command, there was also a small quantity of wooden gabjincheonroe stored at the Gansu Province Commander’s Office. All items containing gunpowder were entrusted to them.

Jincheon-roe was very effective when thrown by besiegers at the walls, but it was even more effective when used by the defenders.

Even when Baek Woon-hak, a master of dark magic, used the wooden armored thunderbolt, the effect was no different from a disaster.

bang!!

The wooden gabjincheonroe exploded, flying farther and more accurately than when thrown by others.

“Hahahahaha!! Look! This is the divine skill of this body!!”

Baek Woon-hak, a seed of extreme interest, would often go crazy over the splendid explosions he created.

Thanks to his efforts, the soldiers of the Cheonmasin Church, who were on the defensive, had high morale and were giving off a fanatic vibe.

On the contrary, a tense atmosphere was brewing in the command barracks of the Southern Army, which had not been able to break through the enemy lines for several days.

“How long are you going to keep doing this?”

Eunuch Cha, who had joined the Southern Army by order of Taekonggong, asked in a hushed tone.

He had been chased by Dokgo Ryong for days and nights in the past and was half-mad, but he had now returned to his original form.

At least, as long as he didn’t go north and didn’t encounter Dokgo Dragon again, he wouldn’t return to the same ugly state as before.

“Isn’t this happening because of that damned Seogun’s Jincheonrye!”

“That damn Jincheonrye isn’t infinite, so why don’t we just keep sending in soldiers?”

It was Eunuch Cha who regarded the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers as nothing.

As the eunuch who knew nothing about strategy or tactics kept nagging at him, the Southern Commander frowned and said.

“Are you kidding me with a siege? Besides, they’re not just using Jincheonrye. Just wait and see. We’ll shake them up little by little like this, and when Jincheonrye falls, we’ll see the end.”

“Eww. Tsk.”

The eunuch clicked his tongue and sat down on the chair with his arms crossed, a look of displeasure on his face.

‘I don’t know why you do something so difficult and time-consuming. You’re just being a fool.’

Not wanting to continue the conversation with the stuffy general, Eunuch Cha sat alone, lost in his thoughts.

Then, suddenly, something occurred to him, and Eunuch Cha sat up and opened his mouth.

“This is so stupid!”

As the Southern Commander glared at him, Eunuch Cha opened his mouth.

“Why do we have to fight a siege with those guys holed up in the castle?”

The Southern Admiral’s expression became even more distorted at that question.

“His Majesty the Emperor has ordered that all the treasonous bastards be killed! And in that castle, those damned treasonous bastards are gathered, so of course we should kill them!”

“That’s what I’m saying! Just let them crawl out on their own feet!”

“???”

As the Southern Commander looked at him, wondering what kind of crazy talk he was hearing, Eunuch Cha laughed bitterly.

“Both the Cheonmasingyo and the Cheongseongpa are just a bunch of hypocrites. I don’t know what they’re thinking inside, but they’re the ones who pretend to put the protection of the people first by making up lame excuses.”

Eunuch Cha said, trying hard to erase the terrible memories from the North.

When I was in danger of dying in a fight with Dokgo Dragon, I remembered how I survived by using a child as a shield.

“If we avoid Aanseong and go back and kill all the civilians in Sacheon, they will crawl out on their own.”