As Prophet - Chapter 143



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Episode 143. Battle of Donuimun Part 2

If you don’t take care of it yourself, the work will be slowed down, and even if you do finish it, it will be incomplete. And there has never been a gathering like this before. There has never been a gathering this urgent and full of people before.

“You have to take care of it yourself.”

The most foolish commander is the one who thinks that just because he gives orders, they will be done. Those who complain that their subordinates don’t listen are the same ones. Those who nag about why they don’t do as they are told are the same ones. They don’t know how to command.

“Yes. There are such difficulties.”

“Those who are fighting now must go to Yangju, Goyang, Gimpo, Yangcheon-hyeon, Siheung-hyeon, and Gwacheon-hyeon and gather them.”

“What about Bupyeong Dohobu?”

“Of course. We have to do that too. Here, we can only gather people for Yeonhui-bang, Bansong-bang, and Seogang-bang. The orders haven’t even arrived for the distant places I mentioned earlier. We won’t be able to gather everyone by tomorrow. Even if we were to contact them now, we would have to gather the troops again, and it would take time to arm them and come.”

Dalcheon looked around the battlefield. Those who were being pushed back along the new path were followed by reinforcements, and the push stopped.

“The number of them is increasing. The black drones scattered here and there are exerting their power.”

“I need to bring more arrows.”

“Please give instructions quickly.”

“debriefing!”

The troops in the camp additionally passed through Donuimun. It was a fairly wide space, but with so many soldiers fighting with all their might, it was so narrow that there was no room to step.

The spleen commanders of the Gyeonggi Gamsa commanded and pushed back the enemy, but the front line was almost in a collision with the enemy. The battle line was on the verge of collapse. The archers shot arrows across the clashing front lines and knocked down the advancing enemy soldiers. In the vanguard, the friendly forces were broken, and other soldiers were sent into the broken battle line to prevent a break-through.

Dalcheon sent some of his reinforcements up the wall. He stationed dozens of archers at the gatehouse to provide support fire. He rained down arrows on the men who were running towards him.

They keep pushing forward even as they die and fall. What makes them so extreme? Although many rebels were killed, they were able to enter the wide open space behind the Donui Gate.

Dalcheon, who couldn’t stand to watch, climbed up to the gate and pulled his bowstring. He fired arrows at the black hordes that were breaking the friendly forces’ lines here and there. Normally, this would have been an outrageous attack, but he was able to hit them because they were trapped in such a dense crowd. He swung his sword three or four times while others swung their swords once, and fired a hail of arrows at the men who were creating space. He also ordered the soldiers on the gate to focus their fire on the black hordes.

After defeating a few of them, their advance weakened. The Gamyeong army pushed forward with force. The rebels stabbed their swords through the large shields, and the Gamyeong army struck them with spears. When someone fell while pushing the shield, another one would take up the shield and advance.

The change in the nature of the push-and-pull struggle was due to the enemy forces taking a detour. Since the new road leading to Donuimun was blocked, they took a detour and joined up through an alley. It was a narrow space, a battlefield where they killed each other and died again. The side that could deploy more troops would ultimately win.

Dalcheon looked back. There were no additional troops from the camp. Among the people dressed in white, the brave ones approached with their necks stretched out and their feet on the ground to watch, but there were no additional reinforcements.

He chose this place as his battlefield. I want to say that this is not the place, but it is not something I can control. The battlefield is almost always decided by chance, and the result is also a series of similar coincidences that lead to victory or defeat.

Dalcheon put down his bow and picked up the Cheongryonggeuk. It was a good spear that was strong enough.

“Back off! Back off!”

He spoke loudly, adding history and lifting up the long-term sense of place to the sky.

“Wow, wow, wow!”

Dalcheon, who was in the gate tower, jumped and flew. A long space sound resonated high in the sky. Dalcheon landed in the heart of the densely packed enemy. He swung his blue dragon sword toward the densely packed place without any space to step. With a single strike, more than a dozen people fell, and the sea of ​​people split like an alley.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

With one shout, more than a dozen people fell. It was a scary thing for those who were hit. Those who were nearby where Dalcheon had drawn retreated like the tide.

Dalcheon’s Cheongryonggeuk, which had landed on the ground, drew a large circle. The spear, neither too fast nor too slow, flew toward those surrounding them. The spear of the spear shone pure white, and those that touched it were shattered, broken, and cut. The enemy’s spear was shattered and their armor was cut.

When the circle that had been spinning not so slowly was completed, there was no one left intact within a dozen or so jang radius. Human bodies were separated into upper and lower parts, and weapons were torn in two or shattered. It seemed as if Changgeuk had divided the entire space into upper and lower parts. Even the light of the air that filled the space seemed to change from upper to lower.

“Haaaaaahhhhhh!”

Dalcheon, who had once again drawn a long space, skipped a couple of steps toward the new path where the enemies were rushing, and drew another identical circle. Another space was created in addition to the already created circular space. There were no living beings. There was no movement of dying. All beings in that space were annihilated. It was not a sword fight of striking, blocking, or stabbing.

It wasn’t a flashy or fancy swordsmanship. If we were to talk about the common swordsmanship, I guess we could call it a horizontal slash? It was a horizontal slash. It was a simple movement that anyone could block or dodge. However, no one was able to dodge or block it. The moment the slow-flowing spear completed its circle, the area turned into a graveyard for the dead.

In various places in the room, the black drones who were leading the battle retreated in fear. This was because they felt a qi wave that ordinary people could not sense. I realized how powerless my force was in front of the sight of an infinite power that could not be approached and annihilated an area. As the black drones retreated, the attack power dropped significantly, and the rebels had no choice but to retreat helplessly.

At first, the attempt to persuade them by striking back and forth was just a joke. The movements of moving while stepping on the soft steps and cutting down the densely packed soldiers were not human. If a celestial being came down and swung a sword, would it be like this?

In the center of Joseon, the old Joseon spirit descended from the mountain man of Taebaek, and the rumor is that his disciple is the best in the world. And because the original legend is noble, we must bow down with respect. It was Taebaek. It was Taebaek mountain man. The black warriors had to recall the words of Dalcheon, who said Taebaek. They had to recall the mad shout that if they did not stop and bow, they would annihilate their home mountain.

If someone asks about the immortal, he said that they should go to Taebaek. He said that if they studied for a while and felt that they had improved a little, they should go and proceed humbly as if they were being examined. He said that if there was something they did not know while studying, the answer would be there, and that the pulse of Daejoseon, which united the grasslands, Liaodong, and the distant lands of Liaoxi, was there.

There was the protagonist of that absurd story, a ghost story, a legendary story, no, not even a legend, but a myth. Ah! What did we do wrong… … .

They said that after using such a sword technique once, it would take a long time to do it again, but he used it continuously. It went on and on.

Fear breeds fear. It spread sideways, backwards, and in all directions. After four or five strikes, the rebels retreated. They ran away when they saw their comrades retreating. They ran in all directions without looking back. They were not worthy of fighting. They were gods. The feeling of discontent over why such a person should be here on such a day was buried in fear.

I ran along the new road. Even if I had to step on the same side that I fell on, I had to run one more step. I ran into the alley. I ran so fast that several of the walls of the houses facing the alley collapsed. I will never hold a sword again. I will never set foot on Hanyang again. No matter what someone offers me, I will not respond. I will hide deep in the mountains and live without breathing.

The Gamyeong Army rained down arrows on the fleeing enemies. Those who were hit by arrows and fell blocked the path, so they climbed on people and escaped.

Dalcheon waved his hand to stop the pursuit.

“stop!”

A loud sound filled with history vibrated right next to my heart, which was standing precariously. Gyeonggi Gamyeong-gun stopped dead in his tracks, feeling as if his heart would burst if he took even one wrong breath. Dalcheon spoke briefly.

“Form your ranks. Guard the Money Gate.”

The game inspector ran over with an embarrassed expression and bent down.

“Thank you, rookie, for helping me defeat the enemy. Thank you. Thank you so much.”

“Gather your troops as planned.”

“Loyalty!”

The hands of the court official who was watching the game trembled slightly.

“Get the dead out and heal the wounded.”

“I will do so.”

Should I have knelt on the ground? Was I rude to this man? The generals who had organized the army came and knelt before Dalcheon. They reported the number of troops without being told. They reported the total number of men, the number of people present, the number of wounded, and the number of dead, and waited for orders.

“Thank you for your hard work. Guard Donuimun. Summon the military and gather at Gwanghwamun.”

“Loyalty!”

The sound of shouts of loyalty and obedience resonated throughout the Donuimun Gate.

Dalcheon turned around. He turned his head in shame for having done something so shameful. How great it would be if I could be free from what I did. Since it was something that happened right in the middle of the enemy lines, the friendly forces probably didn’t see it very well. There’s a thing called human height. They only saw the result, but no one went near the countless corpses that had fallen in a circle. That’s because there was an indescribably terrifying result there.

Dalcheon headed to Gwanghwamun with 50 of his direct subordinates.

* * *

The news spread quickly. Reports reached Yeo-ui that hundreds had died because they had failed to block Donuimun. The camp was gathering troops, but if those troops entered Hanyang, they would not be able to secure a superiority in force. In addition, the soldiers who had been deployed to the Donuimun battle were scattered in all directions, causing great losses. When they heard that Donuimun was likely to be breached, they sent troops directly under Jeon Ga, but they were defeated.

“They say there was a guy there.”

“That guy? Dalcheon?”

“yes.”

“The people are shaking. I saw their martial arts. They said that it was not human martial arts. They said that dozens of people were killed with one swing of the spear.”

“Do you think you’re innocent even though you’re scared by something like that?”

“There is talk that we must not go against Taebaek’s will.”

“You’re talking like Taebaek.”

“I am reporting the facts.”

The man wearing white robes fell down before Yeo-ui without saying a word.

“I think it would be better to delay the operation. Maybe we can do it again after the Northern Army arrives.”

“How can you stop something that has already started? Do you know why you can’t stop it even if you’re going to get wiped out if you keep going?”

“I will listen.”

“Because it will cause greater damage. If you do as you have been doing, you can at least avoid catastrophe.”

“ah.”

“Don’t I know that he is scary?”

“I’m sorry.”

“Let’s just go ahead and do it. I’ll see how far he goes.”

“Loyalty!”

“Encourage the soldiers and urge those who are gathering.”

“Loyalty!”

“I will finish it today.”

The man of Yusam bowed and took a step back. His actions were just like the manners one would show before a king.