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Episode 166. The Battle of the Palace Part 1

The most difficult unit to train is the Pengbaesu. You must defend your position and block the enemy in any situation. You must block the rain of arrows and the fierce spear attacks with a shield. No matter what happens, you must stand firm and defend your position. It is difficult and hard, so people do not want to do it since battles relying on bows became the norm. Even commanders formed formations without Pengbaesu and did not realize that something was wrong.

Since there was no formation to stop them, the two armies tangled up and fought one-on-one, swinging their swords. So at least use your sword well. You can swing it around and have a little more strength than others. With that level, you couldn’t defeat the black warriors who had trained for years. Their training was just for fighting the forbidden army.

The panicked Jo Dong-gil shouted at the top of his lungs and urged them to fight, but it was not enough. The ones who fell as soon as they were hit were the Geumgwan. The soldiers on the walls and rooftops saved their lives by intercepting them with their bows. The Geumgwan’s role was to strike down those who were caught in the crossfire and struggled. The archers lined up on the rooftops were too careful to shoot properly, fearing that they might hit their own soldiers. Even when they were ordered to shoot, the men approached Gangnyeongjeon while they hesitated.

Dalcheon shook his head. There are things that cannot be helped. It is the case of people who have strong beliefs and do not listen to others. They do not know that they are wrong and wrong and will ultimately fail until it happens to them.

The situation changed drastically when the Jin army, who had thought they could subdue them with martial arts alone, retreated. Only when the archers began to fire countless shots did some of their battle lines collapse, but they were already close to Gangnyeongjeon.

Dozens of the royal guards were blocking the passage to Gangnyeongjeon and resisting. The gap was narrow, so the rebels could not easily approach, but as those on the outskirts of the formation began to fall, the situation became precarious. Jo Dong-gil shouted at the top of his lungs to block it. However, it was not an order. It was just a shout that arose in his mind, not an order to instruct the soldiers what to do.

As the royal guard retreated, the sound of Dalcheon’s voice penetrated Jo Dong-gil’s ears.

[Transmission] ‘You’d better get out of the way and let those guys into Gangnyeongjeon.’

I shouted to no one.

“That can’t be!”

Having even the slightest bit of loyalty can actually be poisonous.

[Transmission] ‘I say it again. It is an order. Please step back and get out of the way. His Majesty is not in the Gangnyeongjeon. The trick is to pretend to retreat and get out of the way.’

The words that His Majesty was not here sounded like a lifeline to Jo Dong-gil. Then he could step aside and retreat. He could not protect Gangnyeongjeon, but if that was the plan… … .

“Ring the bell! Fall back. Retreat!”

In a situation where we were pushed and pushed and barely able to defend the front door, where should we retreat? Countless troops ran away at the order to retreat.

They did not chase the scattered royal guards. Instead, they poured into the gates of Gangnyeongjeon like a swarm of ants. They crossed the wide yard and climbed up to the empty main hall in the center, but there was no resistance.

“Find the King! Find the King!”

They used to call him a usurper, but now they use the term king. As the black crowd poured into Gangnyeongjeon, three firecrackers rose high into the sky.

Jo Dong-gil, who had been hiding and sitting down, looked up blankly. What is this? Suddenly, another soldier came to mind. He remembered his own mistake of shouting that the troops of Hanseongbu and Geun-gi were unnecessary since they were the ones guarding the palace. He barely acknowledged the deployment of archers and tried to do it on his own to achieve great feats. Why would he share the credit when he fought to the death?

No. It is not too late even now. His Majesty seems to have fled to another place, so the troops outside must come in and subdue them.

The fireworks went up and firecrackers exploded high in the sky. Then, the troops of Hanseongbu and Geun-gi poured in like water swollen by the monsoon season. The cavalry with long spears took the lead and rushed through the palace like angry waves. They struck down everything they saw, and the enemies that the royal guards had been unable to defeat fell helplessly. It took less than an hour to surround all the buildings around Gangnyeongjeon.

“What, this was a plan? Were we bait?”

Cho Dong-gil sighed. It was a mistake to just listen to my role and leave the conference room. The biggest reason was that I didn’t want to listen to the words of a country bumpkin who had been the head of the royal guard a long time ago.

A smile appeared on the face of the man passing by on horseback. It was an expression visible in the gap between the darkness and the flickering light of the torch. Was it a sneer?

“Surround and pressurize! Not a single one can escape!”

The soldiers all responded with a loud shout to Yuseokdo’s shout. A small ladder was set up, and the archers climbed up the wall. A black line of people climbed up onto the roof. They quickly sat down as they climbed up, and two or three of the ceremonial …

Meanwhile, the rebels who invaded Gangnyeongjeon confirmed that there was no new king. There was no ondol in the east or ondol in the west. Gangnyeongjeon was empty. They knocked down and broke the doors that blocked their view, looking for timid men hiding behind them, but there was nothing.

“doesn’t exist!”

“There’s no one!”

“I don’t see a single rat!”

The one who appeared to be the leader of the black group shouted quite loudly.

“Find him! Find him and kill him!”

They say to look for it even though it isn’t there. That’s why those who can’t control their temper shouldn’t go upstairs. The soldiers pretended to look for it while breaking down the door.

That was a mistake. If there was none, it would have been right to run somewhere else. It would have been right to search every corner of the palace before they could prepare to fight.

A swarm of men came crawling up the walls and roofs. There were quite a few of them sitting in a shooting position.

“Let’s go to Gyo Tae Jeon! Everyone, let’s go to Gyo Tae Jeon!”

“debriefing!”

It was a meaningful order, but it was already too late. The main gate leading to the Gyo Tae-jeon was blocked. A sword carriage filled with razor blades blocked the way, and the soldiers’ defensive posture behind it was unusual. It was not the gold army that had fallen in vain, with only their clothes flashy.

“The battle ends here today. Do not let it break through!”

“Loyalty!”

They ran to the other side. However, the door leading to the side hall through which they entered was the same. Hundreds were trapped in Gangnyeongjeon. That was all. The troops, which numbered over 2,000, suffered great losses as they crossed the palace walls. Fortunately, there were many excellent martial artists included.

I looked at the gate and the wall. Which would be easier? Something must have been set up behind the wall, and the archers, with only their upper bodies exposed, stood in a line. And soon after, the order I was worried about was given.

“They’re surrounded! Kill them all!”

“Shoot him!”

Thousands of arrows flew towards the unmanned troops. It was impossible to block all the arrows coming from the four directions: east, west, south, and north. The rebels were hit and fell without a fight.

“Escape inside! Escape inside Gangnyeongjeon!”

Instead of running away, Gangnyeongjeon turned into a death trap. It must have been a plan from the beginning. It must have been a plan to empty Gangnyeongjeon, lure the enemy, and then destroy them all at once. Then what about the Geumgwan who fell helplessly? They were defeated. They were thoroughly defeated.

As they took refuge inside the building, the arrow attacks stopped. Then Jang Chang-soo ran in a line and stood with his back to the wall. He ran along the wall at a brisk pace and completely surrounded them. There were dozens, if not hundreds, of them.

When Jang Chang-soo, who had gathered under the wall, completed one layer of encirclement, another group ran up and stood behind him. Two layers, no, and then another. Three layers of encirclement were completed, and dozens of shields came in. They seemed not to be worried at all about the rebels’ counterattack, and they completed a three-dimensional encirclement. While they were coming in and completing the encirclement, the rebels could do nothing.

“You are surrounded! Drop your weapons and surrender!”

It was so old-fashioned. The rebels were shaken by the same old-fashioned advice that was the same in the past and the same now. Of course, no one surrenders when told to. I thought it was a showy cry to show that they had the ability to do so.

But then, through the gap in the doorway, he appeared. He was wearing shabby military attire and a sword. What was different today was that he was wearing a wide-brimmed cloak. He pulled out as if he was annoyed and stood in the middle of the Gangnyeongjeon yard where corpses were strewn like fallen leaves.

“ah!”

The leader of the rebels let out a sigh without realizing it. Then, a man wearing a hat pointed with his hand.

“He is the leader of this place. He is the head of the armed forces. It seems he commanded the battle today. He usually doesn’t show up and is just guarding Yeoui, but it seems he was in a bit of a hurry.”

Dalcheon’s mouth twitched.

“What’s your name?”

“I don’t know. It’s just called number one.”

“Number 1? Number 1? Um, you call them by numbers instead of names?”

“yes.”

“Then there must be a number 2 too.”

Dalcheon can hear everything. At the word “No. 2,” No. 2’s shoulders flinched. Dalcheon’s gaze curved gently like a crescent moon. Who knows who No. 2 is?

The one explaining from behind Dalcheon was none other than Seo Saeng-won. His face was covered with a thin cap, but his voice could not be hidden.

The black unmanned figures standing on the main hall glared at Seo Saeng-won with frightening eyes. Isn’t betrayal the most infuriating thing? Since he has already joined the enemy’s side, he cannot claim his former relationship. Even if he wants to hit him with a bang, he is physically out of range, and even if he tries to pressure him with social relations, he is already in the other camp, so there is no effective method. And the scariest thing is that he knows our weaknesses too well.

“Would they surrender if we told them to?”

“Since we are no match for him, it would be right to surrender, but he is not that kind of person. He does not care about his subordinates. He will not surrender even if all his subordinates die. I think I can somehow escape. I will never surrender.

I feel sorry for the people under him. They entrusted their bodies to him in exchange for some money, but they didn’t know it was a rebellion. They call us a bunch of usurpers, but in fact, it was a legitimate process of abdication. Those who have nothing to do with us are raising slogans about what to do with the usurper, but in reality, they are trying to put our leader, Yeo-ui, on the throne. They say it’s not the Lee Dynasty, but the Jeon Dynasty.

“Think of the Jeon clan too. That is putting a human being above the king. That is the Wang clan.”

“Wang? Hmm, are you talking about the remnants of the previous dynasty?”

“That’s right. They’re hiding it thoroughly, but they keep talking about the legitimacy of the revolution. Yes, I don’t know if they’re going to revolutionize or not, but why is the word ‘reverse surname’ in front of it? It means they’re going to change the Lee surname to Jeon. Hahaha, it’s funny. They’re hiding it behind several layers of veils, but everyone who needs to know knows. It’s really pitiful that these people who didn’t even know that were sold for a few pennies are so pitiful. They should be buried here. It was good until then. How good was it to teach them martial arts and send money home? They probably never dreamed that they were the ones who were arranged to be sacrificed for a day like this.”