Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 454



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Episode 454 Bae Soo-jin (2)

Early in the war, around the time the Western Army was defeated in Gansu.

Ilmok had once talked to Yang Guang, the provincial commander of Gansu, about Mokgap Jincheonlei.

The story of why the Western Army did not use the wooden gabjincheonroe and firearms recklessly even though they were available.

Then Yang Guang answered.

This is because the Western Army Command doesn’t have much spare gunpowder.

It was said that not only the Western Army Command, but all the other Commanderies were short of gunpowder.

This was partly because gunpowder was not easy to manufacture, but also because a significant amount of gunpowder was flowing into the Forbidden City rather than the Governor-General’s Office.

Several months have passed since then.

During the war, the enemy occasionally used artillery and mortars, but not in large quantities.

Although it was threatening, it was not enough to significantly affect the battle situation, so it was naturally forgotten.

But when I heard that the enemy leadership was retreating to the fortress, that information came to mind.

“I think I’ll have to join the main force.”

Seo Jae-pil made a puzzled expression at Ilmok’s words.

“What do you mean? Your Majesty needs absolute stability.”

Where would you go if you couldn’t even fight properly?

Ichimoku also knew that his condition was not good. However, he could not just sit back and relax here.

What if, as he thought, there was a huge amount of gunpowder left in the castle?

And what if the leader of the cult, Master Wi Jin-hak, gets caught in that trap and dies?

Since the situation was already such that they had almost seized the upper hand, they could have won the war even if Wei Jinxue died.

However, the moment they lost their center, terrible chaos would have descended upon the Cheonmasingyo.

Perhaps, even if they won the war, they might have failed to take over the Central Plains.

No, that wasn’t the strategic issue.

‘I can’t let the Ambassador die. No, even if he wasn’t the Ambassador, I can’t just let him die.’

That picture kept appearing in Ichimoku’s head.

A trap that could cause the entire fortress to explode.

A hellish scene where the troops of the Cheonmasingyo who had advanced into the fortress were swept away all at once.

“There is information that must be relayed to the main unit.”

“If you do, I will prepare the letter right away, Your Majesty.”

Ilmok shook his head at Seo Jae-pil’s suggestion.

“I will go myself. Rather than just sending a letter and waiting here anxiously to see if it was delivered properly, I think it would be more comfortable to go myself.”

Seo Jae-pil, realizing that Ilmok had no intention of giving in, thought for a moment and then asked an unexpected question.

“Is that information really that important in this war?”

“exactly.”

“If only that information could be conveyed properly, would the war end soon?”

“That is highly likely.”

At Ilmok’s answer, Seo Jae-pil, who had been calculating something, nodded and opened his mouth.

“If you do it, I will go with you.”

“Shouldn’t Rep. Seo be taking care of the patients here?”

Seo Jae-pil shook his head at Ilmok’s criticism.

“Anyway, once the war is over, there won’t be any more casualties. In the end, there’s no need for me to stay here. So, why don’t I go to the main headquarters with the left sergeant, examine the left sergeant’s details, and continue treating him?”

It was a somewhat reasonable story.

In the end, Ilmok accepted Seo Jae-pil’s proposal, and Seo Jae-pil left the palace to prepare to leave.

The Ilmok’s disciples also stopped their training and returned to the main hall, preparing to return to the main unit with Ilmok.

After half an hour had passed.

Those who had finished preparing left the palace, and in front of the manor there was a fairly large carriage pulled by four horses.

They got on the carriage and left Xi’an, heading in the direction the main force was advancing.

Every time the carriage made a loud jolt, Ichimoku, whose injuries had not yet fully healed, groaned faintly.

“Okay.”

At that sight, a feeling of regret appeared on Hyukryun Seon-ah and Jeong-hyeon’s faces.

In the end, Hyukryun Seon-ah, who could no longer hold back, spoke first.

“Is there really a need for Your Majesty to go to the main unit in person? If you just give the order, the girl will go and come back herself.”

Realizing that he had not yet told them his reasoning, Ichimoku quickly opened his mouth calmly.

The expressions of those present turned pale at the simple explanation that a terrible trap might be prepared in the castle.

The sight of tens of thousands of people being swept up in a huge explosion came to mind.

Strangely enough, the explosion that came into the minds of the three women was very similar to the scene created by the Ichimoku Hon-okjang.

Because that was the explosion they were most familiar with.

At that moment, when Ilmok groaned faintly again due to the vibration of the carriage, Jeong-hyeon spoke urgently.

“My lord, this is important information, but I, uh, don’t think there is any need for Your Majesty to take action directly. The girl has just heard it, so the girl will go and see for herself.”

“I will also go with you. Please trust us.”

For some reason, Hyukryun Seon-ah spoke with earnest eyes.

Ichimoku could vaguely understand their feelings.

Because I knew you had been focusing on your training recently.

They were anxious that they might not be of any help to their lord, Ilmok.

After much thought, Ilmok opened his mouth.

“Still, I think I should go and see for myself.”

As soon as Ichimoku finished speaking, the two women’s eyes shook.

Before they could say anything else, Ilmok added.

“It’s not that I don’t trust you. If you were to receive information that could possibly threaten my safety, would you be satisfied with just sending me a letter?”

“… … .”

The women were speechless.

What if you come across information that could kill you?

He would have taken action himself to convey the information by any means necessary.

It wasn’t a problem of trusting or not trusting others. You would be anxious and nervous and not be able to do anything.

The two women, realizing that they could not break Ichimoku’s stubbornness in the end, bowed their heads and answered.

“We will do our best to assist you.”

“Choi, I will do my best to arrive at the main headquarters as soon as possible.”

The women did their best to help Ilmok, as if they were trying to keep their promise.

Seo Jae-pil, who was watching the conversation from the side, also did his best.

Every time the carriage was stopped for a moment to give the horses water or a rest, a large amount of herbal medicine was boiled, divided into portions, and fed to Ilmok.

Every time he drank the herbal medicine, Ilmok would sit cross-legged in the carriage and take a fortune-telling class.

Thanks to the treatment he received in Xi’an, his internal injuries had recovered somewhat, although not completely.

It was a method of treating internal injuries by using the magic energy of the lower dantian, the most stable of the three energies, to evenly spread the energy of the herbal medicine throughout the body through the blood vessels.

Ichimoku, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly remembered his teacher who had left and let out a chuckle.

I didn’t think that if only the ascended Master had been there, we wouldn’t have had to fight such a difficult war.

This was because I remembered something that happened not long after I joined the new religion.

When I was just starting to learn the Talhonmujeonggeom.

Cheonma said that one should be able to eat fortune food even in unstable situations, and that he had the fortune food served in a moving carriage.

‘Did you have this situation in mind?’

Even though he was an ascended master, he probably didn’t have foresight, but somehow I couldn’t help but think that he would have done that.

After distributing the herbal medicine’s energy to each acupuncture point in this way, Seo Jae-pil pulled out the needle.

It was to revive the energy of the blood vessels that were in the worst condition and whose recovery was still slow.

If it were normal times, I would have probably ordered the carriage to stop.

Sticking a needle into a blood vessel in a rattling carriage. It couldn’t have been anything other than crazy.

But now, time was of the essence.

‘Yes. He may be a crazy congressman, but he is definitely a congressman with real ability.’

Trying to suppress his anxiety, Ilmok willingly surrendered himself to Seo Jae-pil.

I spent several days receiving treatment in that moving carriage.

They encountered the remaining Cheonmasin Sect forces near Luoyang, Henan Province.

These were the people that Zhuge Liang had left behind just in case. In order to secure a reliable supply route.

The horses, which had been running for several days with little rest, were already on the verge of collapse, so Ilmok and his men changed horses there and rode out in pursuit of the main force again.

A few days later like that.

They passed Hanam and arrived at Habuk, where the main force was headed.

When we arrived at Gamdan (邯鄲), located at the entrance to Habuk from Hanam, there were still troops from the Cheonmasingyo there.

But, it wasn’t the main body.

“We captured this place three days ago and headed towards Beijing in pursuit of the enemy leadership.”

When I asked the representative of those guarding the place, this was the answer I got:

‘It’s only been a few days since I heard that he was heading to Hebei. And now he’s retreated all the way to Beijing.’

It was clearly a victory, but upon hearing the news, Ichimoku’s suspicions grew even stronger.

They replaced their tired horses there again and drove the carriage towards Beijing.

After four days of riding with minimal rest for their horses, and when the horses driving the carriage were on the verge of collapse, they were able to reach the vicinity of Beijing.

“Wow!”

“Heavenly horse has arrived!! May all fortunes come true!!”

Beijing was filled with hymns, shouts, and cheers.

Ilmok and his party quickly got out of the carriage and looked around.

The scars of war remained all over the walls of Beijing, and corpses were strewn about near the walls.

Ilmok and his party walked quickly, passed through the city gate, and entered the inner city of Beijing.

Could it be because I received the utmost assistance from the Sibis and Seo Jae-pil for a little over ten days?

Although he wasn’t completely recovered, Ichimoku’s body felt much lighter than when he left Seoan. However, he was still in a state where it was difficult to display his full strength.

At that moment, a loud explosion was heard, tearing apart the hymns and shouts from afar.

bang!!!

The startled Ilmok and his group immediately unleashed their lightness and ran towards the direction from which the sound had come.

‘Let’s calm down. At this point, it’s not that dangerous.’

It was a loud noise, but it wasn’t the kind of loud noise that would sweep away an entire area like the Destruction of the World. I thought it was the sound of a thunderbolt or something similar exploding.

As I was driving around downtown Beijing, I began to hear shouts and hymns coming closer.

One of the soldiers from the Tianma Sect, who was walking around the streets of Beijing, turned his head and looked surprised when he saw Ilmok.

“uh?”

Because I never imagined that the left wing, known to be in the rear, would suddenly appear here.

“Your Majesty, what brings you here?”

As soon as the man recognized him, Ilmok quickly approached him and asked him.

“Where did the leader go?!”

The man said, pointing with his finger towards the castle walls.

“Now, let’s go towards the Forbidden City.”

“Shit.”

Since he didn’t have time to explain, Ichimoku hurled a swear word and quickly unleashed his lightness and ran towards the Forbidden City.

As we approached the Forbidden City, the number of visible soldiers of the Heavenly Demon Sect increased significantly.

Even when I got close to the castle walls and looked around, I saw that the outer gate of the Forbidden City had already been breached.

With the breached gate as the starting point, fierce fighting was still taking place inside and outside the castle walls.

Screams, shouts, hymns, and chants praising the Heavenly Horse burst out from all directions.

“Kill me!!!”

“Hit it!!”

“Gwang~myeong Gwangmyeong Cheonmasin~gyo!!”

Occasionally, the ominous sound of a thunderbolt exploding echoed through the air.

bang!

In the midst of the already chaotic situation, some of the soldiers recognized Ilmo and shouted.

“Left, the left master has arrived!”

“The Left Commander has returned for our victory!!”

The shouts of those who recognized the sight spread like wildfire.

“Wow!!”

“The messenger of God has returned!!”

“You must have come to end the war!”

The morale of the soldiers, who already seemed to be enjoying victory, soared to the sky.

As if willing to walk into an enemy trap.

Since he had only inadvertently encouraged the religious fanatics, Ichimoku’s expression naturally crumpled.

“Get out of the way right now!!”

It took a while to get through the cracks between these people who may or may not be soldiers or fanatics.

In the distance, the figure of Wei Jin-hak heading towards the inner wall of the Jagumseong Fortress was visible at a glance.

Ilmok shouted at the top of his lungs towards Wi Jin-hak, who was visible in the distance.

“Stop!!!”