As Prophet - Chapter 191



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Episode 191. Finding the Fox’s Den

A group of soldiers poured out of the moat in a single line. Immediately, a ray of light several times the height of a person, with a straight sword, cut through the air. There was no scream. As soon as I came out of the dark path, the ray of light cut my body in two, and I couldn’t do anything. I probably didn’t even know he was there. I pushed in like crazy, and I was hit as soon as I came out of the long dark path.

The sword of Dalcheon danced. The swaying beam of light lightly cut down the men.

Cheolmuung arranged his men in three rows. The first row sat, the second row stood, and the third row mounted horses, forming a fan-shaped formation facing the mook.

“We’re here! Now stand back!”

Dalcheon stepped aside at Cheolmuwoong’s shout. The enemy troops poured out again.

Beep!

The front line fired arrows. They felled the men with a dull thud. As they burst through the fallen men, the second line fired, and then the third line fired again. In the meantime, the first line, which had been measuring the flesh, fired again.

“Shoot! Don’t miss a single one!”

Cheolmuwoong sent the tradition forward from behind. No matter how big it was, it was inside the house. There was not enough space for the soldiers to enter.

Baek I-jeong ordered the walls of the houses adjacent to the rear to be torn down. As the soldiers secured space, they opened them up to connect them to Ilseong-gun’s house.

Baek Yi-jeong, who had been additionally deployed, brought the soldiers up to the roof. Although they were women, the women who thought they were related to the real person followed them obediently. Those who had put down the ladder and climbed up to the roof stood tightly together from the ridge to the top of the roof and pulled the bowstring.

As soon as they came out, they fell like hedgehogs.

They came out until they couldn’t get out anymore because of the fallen corpses. The guys who knew that their way was blocked by corpses came out by tearing down the ark. Another arrow was fired, and the cave behind the ark that had been formally covered up was revealed. It seemed like they dug a tunnel through the slope behind the house.

Dalcheon’s mouth twitched. The word ‘Fire!’ sounded like thunder to Cheolmuwoong’s ears. Cheolmuwoong, startled, shot a firework and threw a stick behind him. He threw the stick until the area in front of the cave was engulfed in flames.

The shooting stopped. The archers’ fingertips trembled as they shot so many times. Dozens of empty quivers lay scattered in front of the vanguard.

“Block the exit.”

“Loyalty!”

The soldiers who approached the burning cave threw tiles into the fire. The soldiers with spears inspected the piles of corpses that were piled up like mountains and shot them to confirm their demise. Dalcheon called Cheolmuwoong when he saw that the entrance was blocked.

“This won’t be all. Let’s move on, leaving only one spot.”

“Loyalty!”

Cheolmuung called his men and ordered them to retreat. The army that had been rushing in like a flood began to retreat like an ebb tide.

Dalcheon told Yeo-ui’s house. A group of soldiers ran like the wind. Foxes don’t dig only one hole. If this one was blocked, they would have thought of digging another hole. The way to kill all the guys trapped in the cave…

Dalcheon turned around Cheolmuwoong who was looking at the battlefield.

“I will seal the entrance beyond the wall. Please make sure this place collapses.”

“Loyalty!”

Dalcheon stopped Baek Ijeong from following him.

“Go outside the castle. You can go alone.”

“It’s dangerous.”

Dalcheon smiled brightly.

“There is nothing in the world that can put me in danger.”

“still.”

“We have to fight the same battle in another hole. Please help us.”

Dalcheon explained the location of Yeo-ui’s house. He said that since the space there was wider, more people would jump out, and he ordered them to block it in the same way.

* * *

Dalcheon ran to the wall and climbed over in one breath, then found the entrance where the men had disappeared. If one well-equipped man had led the way, there would have been 2,000 men, but not a single one was left. It was a mistake to think that the entrance would be a cave. It is unknown whether the entrance was disguised as a house or a house was dug. Thousands of horses were tied up as the men got off their horses and gathered there.

‘This is it. This is the right place.’

A group of cavalrymen saw the entrance and quickly ran forward, swinging their swords. Three or four of the idle troops who had been just letting their horses move fell. Those who discovered Dalcheon late rushed in like the wind. The cavalrymen spurs were enough to make their horses leap out. Dalcheon pulled his body out to the side, stood diagonally, and slashed his sword horizontally. The enemy fell before his sword even touched him. The invisible sword energy cut through armor, horses, and human bodies all at once.

After knocking down the people guarding the entrance, who were jumping around in all directions, I found a dark room decorated similar to Ilseong-gun’s house. There were clear traces of countless soldiers passing through.

It was a structure that supported the two walls with sleepers as high as a person, wide enough for two people to pass, and placed thick logs on top of them to prevent them from collapsing. Wooden boards were placed tightly on the inside to prevent the soil from collapsing on the left and right. I ran to the place where the pitch-black darkness blocked my view, but the structure was the same.

Dalcheon entered the cave a few dozen times and struck the inside of the cave where there was no one. The thick timber that supported the pile of dirt collapsed and the ceiling collapsed. He swung his sword and cut the timber of the ceiling and the walls on both sides. It collapsed from above and poured down from the sides.

Dalcheon jumped out through the gap and broke the part that hadn’t collapsed. He cut the wood supporting the left and right with his sword. The ceiling collapsed as it split in two. He broke it again as he came out. He would either die because he couldn’t get out or suffocate. If there was no other passage, there was no way they would come back unharmed.

After destroying a dozen or so chapters, Dalcheon jumped out and shook off his body.

‘Hey, you’ve done a lot of things.’

I swallowed hard when I saw the horses gathered not far away. If there were only people, I would lead those horses and run away. I racked my brain to think of a good way, but nothing came to mind. It was a pity. It was a pity. If I can’t do anything about it now, there will be no next time.

Curious and worried about what was going on inside the castle, he jumped over the wall like a grasshopper again. The soldiers guarding the wall cheered when they saw Dalcheon. Dalcheon laughed bashfully as he spun around in the air. He remembered my face because we had been together once. He jumped from roof to roof.

* * *

As one hole was blocked, I came out through another hole. As expected, it was the An Family of Il-dae-gye, located not far away.

Cheolmuwoong hurried, but after quite a few men had exited, the Joseon cavalry arrived. The black-clad warriors took the lead and opened the way. Cheolmuwoong arrived without time to prepare his formation.

“Hit! Attack!”

As the army advanced, the houses on the outskirts of the alley collapsed. The inner streets were wide, but too narrow for cavalry to maneuver. They used their high positions to intercept them with archers, but they were vulnerable in close combat. They pushed in spearmen and longswordsmen and placed archers here and there. They placed archers on the roofs and walls surrounding the area.

While I was blocking the black unmanned men who came armed only with swords, the Yejin army came out of the cave in a line. Those who had passed through the dark cave came out with faces as if they had been liberated and ran wild. They were not well-armed because they had to pass through the narrow space, and their armor was too weak to be called armor.

“Form two rows of troops! Form a long line of troops!”

He pushed the soldiers running from behind into a narrow space.

“Archers, shoot without stopping! Concentrate your fire!”

Cheolmuwoong, who had pushed his troops forward, turned to the side. He destroyed the houses surrounding Anga and sent in his troops.

“What are you going to do?”

In response to Baek Yi-jeong’s question, Cheol Mu-woong briefly explained his plan.

“I plan to surround them like before. There are already a lot of them out there, but I plan to drive them all into the caves.”

“all right.”

Baek Yi-jeong grabbed the spear and climbed up the wall. In the battle area in front, a bloody battle was being fought face to face, but the soldiers behind him were standing still at the blockage.

“Come this way. We’ll tear down the wall and surround them.”

He used the view from high above to guide(?) the follow-up troops forward.

“Push the fence over there. Yes, over there.”

The Joseon army poured into the collapsed wall. There was no sign of people in the houses inside, as if they had been empty for a long time. The soldiers who entered the courtyard of the houses tore down the wall facing the house and entered. This was the rear of the Jurchen army fighting the Joseon army on the other side.

“Form your ranks! Peng Baesu forward!”

“Forward to the Pengbaesu!”

“Forward to the Pengbaesu!”

“In front of the Pengbaesu.”

While the soldiers were reorganizing their formation, these guys’ platoon came from behind. Baek I-jeong gave a brief explanation and even told them where to command, and the guy’s face turned bright red.

“Forward! Push them back!”

The Joseon army, which had been running from all directions but unable to enter, entered Anga. It was around that time that Dalcheon arrived.

It was a mistake to think that they would not use it since it was already discovered. If it had been used for a long time, there would have been a device, but I overlooked it. Many had already escaped the cave, and the Joseon army had also entered in large numbers while surrounding the enemy. The two armies fought together in a narrow space. They could not retreat even a single step. If one person was killed, another ally would die. When the person behind the dead person stepped forward, the fight to the death continued.

Baek I-jeong, who saw Dal-cheon arrive, ran towards him.

“What should I do?”

Dalcheon’s expression slightly distorted. He was concerned about her walking around the battlefield in the body of a woman. Although he had studied well, he still did not think of her as a warrior.

Dalcheon surveyed the battlefield and saw the hole through which they were coming out. It was a small pavilion built close to the slope, disguised as a place. The exit was there. That was also the reason why they could freely move in and out of Hanyang. They moved hundreds of people in one night without being noticed, and attacked the large army with them. They had worked hard for this goal for a long time.

“We have to break it down.”

“How?”

“Go, go to the gun emplacement and get me a few Jincheonroe. Be careful, and only one per person. The path is complicated, but the distance is short.”

“All right.”

I pulled out, but I couldn’t go back because of the soldiers rushing in. I received an order, and I had to do my part for the battle. Baek Yi-jeong climbed over the wall. He asked the soldiers who were swarming in to step aside, and climbed over the wall again. No matter how many people there were, there was space after climbing over three or four walls. He checked the direction and ran forward.

When I went to the gun position and asked for some Jincheon-roe, the officer readily gave them to me. I told the men working at the gun position to run with one. The alley leading to An-ga was blocked by soldiers. I had to move the Jincheon-roe, but I couldn’t move. Baek I-jeong, who was stamping his feet, asked Yeo-su, who was shouting at the end of the alley, to hurry up and go.

“General.”

“yes?”

“We need to go in, but the soldiers are so thick that we can’t. Inside, there’s a bloody fight going on in a narrow space. The Jin-in ordered us to bring this. We plan to put it in the cave where they’re coming from and blow it up.”

“What do you want me to do!”

Yeosu got angry when I asked her to do something she couldn’t do herself.

“We’re standing so close together, could you please tell us to move forward quickly?”

Yeosu opened her eyes wide at the word delivery.

“Oh, this will end the fight. I understand.”

Yeosu blew the whistle hanging around his neck. The soldiers gathered in front of the alley looked back.

“It’s a thunderbolt! It’s the order of the true man! Pass it on! Pass it on!”