As Prophet - Chapter 195



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Episode 195. The Fox’s Den

The commanding officer’s gaze followed the long tail of the great celestial weapon that rose high into the sky and then headed toward the enemy camp. Five celestial weapons directly hit the enemy’s retreating main camp. They exploded as they fell, and exploded after hitting the ground. Kwaang Kwaong, the gunpowder exploded with a loud noise. Pure white light spread in all directions, and a brighter silver flash spread brilliantly.

Five explosions and flashes of light erupted from the center of the enemy lines, followed by hundreds of thousands of screams. The cries of shock at the destructive power were more numerous than the cries of pain from the injured.

Afterwards, white smoke rose and dust rose dozens of meters high.

It was the first time that the attacking Joseon side had seen such a sight. Both friendly and enemy forces looked at it with wide eyes and could not close their mouths.

A gray shadow leaped up from the gate. He jumped up in one breath, leaped over the wall, stepped on the wall, and jumped out like the wind. It was Dalcheon. Leaving a short word of “go,” he dashed out toward the two hundred or so chapters beyond where the dust clouds were rising. People are faster than swallows. He had already jumped into the center of the battlefield.

Dalcheon, who jumped into the crucible of chaos, drew his sword and cut down everything he saw. Those who were confused and couldn’t see clearly fell down, spewing red blood.

Dalcheon jumped into the center where Nohoraha Special Forces had been before the explosion. The person had turned into a red lump of flesh. When he got to the center, dozens of blackened corpses had fallen. As he cut down the running rescue forces and ran towards them, he saw Nohoraha Special Forces surrounded by soldiers a little way from the center of the explosion. It seemed like he had been hastily carried on a stretcher, but half of the person’s body was black and he didn’t look like a person.

“Great Khan! Come to your senses! Great Khan!”

At the sound of the wake-up call, I checked the location of the guy once more. Dalcheon rushed in and cut down the guys surrounding him with one stroke. A dozen or so people fell down, clutching their waists as they were swept sideways. I slashed once more in the opposite direction, and the remaining people fell helplessly.

“The enemy!”

“It’s him!”

“Stop it!”

Those who discovered Dalcheon late shouted, but they could not stop his speed. Dalcheon killed those surrounding him with just two sword strikes and struck Nohoraha Teuk-a’s neck. There was nothing he could do as he lay there helplessly. Just like the others, his neck fell off, and Dalcheon grabbed the bastard’s hair and ran. However, it was not towards Hanyangseong, but in the direction he had been running. A group of rear guards flinched as they ran. Dalcheon changed direction. While running away from the dusty area, he shouted that Khan was dead.

Dalcheon stormed through the enemy lines and returned to Heunginjimun. He ran like a grasshopper and reached the gate, where the gate was quickly opened. The commander-in-chief came running down.

“Ohhh, Jinin! Did you catch him?”

Dalcheon threw away the hair he was holding. Nohoraha’s head rolled on the dirt floor. The dirt was mixed with blood and sweat.

“Please check.”

“That’s amazing. You didn’t miss that opportunity and did it again.”

When Yuseokdo lifted his tangled hair and examined his face, the skin on his forehead was slightly split open, like a shell splitting open.

“Hey, what is this?”

The crowd came closer. The elaborately made human skin was peeled off. Dalcheon sighed with a disappointed expression.

“Oh no! Hey, no.”

“An elaborate human skin was placed over the shell.”

“Take it off.”

At the disgusting sight, Yuseokdo turned his head and took off the skin while glancing around. The man who took off the skin had a young face of about thirty. His face was frozen, distorted with wounds and pain. It seemed to have been quite painful before being cut by Dalcheon’s sword. Dalcheon shook his head.

“No. You were hiding while putting another guy in front of you.”

“It’s a shame.”

Dalcheon’s shoulders slumped in disappointment.

“Ugh, how many of them do I have to kill… … .”

The commander-in-chief comforted Dalcheon.

“But they must have been terrified. The divine weapon flew away, and then the Khan’s head was cut off, even though it was fake. How scary it must have been.”

“Let’s see. Let’s go up and see.”

When the party climbed up to the gate, they saw that the Jurchen formation was in disarray. The left and right wings that had been continuously attacking had retreated far away and appeared as a single black line, and the central army had retreated far away, leaving behind only numerous corpses. No, it seemed as if they had fled in surprise. It seemed as if it was difficult to command the army.

“Ugh. If we just go out and attack with cavalry at a time like this, that’ll be the end of it.”

“Let’s guard. The cavalry must deal with those coming through the cave.”

“It’s a shame.”

Dalcheon slumped down on the railing behind him.

“This will be the end of today’s battle.”

Yuseokdo comforted Dalcheon once more. Dalcheon’s mouth twitched.

“Your Majesty?”

“You arrived safely at Ganghwa.”

“What about Bukhansanseong?”

“I’m fine.”

“Is there any news from the Rock Cave? I am worried that there might be another cave.”

“Not yet. Even if there is, it will come at night.”

“I suppose so. What about our ships?”

“Everyone is gathered at Songpa Ferry across the river. They said that if there is even one ship on the north bank of the Han River, they will kill it.”

Dalcheon checked each situation and said he would rest for a while. When Yu Seok-do gave the signal, soldiers holding large shields surrounded Dalcheon in a circle. Yu Seok-do had them sit in the center of the circle.

He exerted a lot of strength at once. Dalcheon sat cross-legged and began to meditate on the spot.

* Breakfast: Un-gi breakfast. The act of generating and regulating the flow of qi through breathing in qigong.

Even in the middle of a crowded and noisy battlefield, I eat breakfast. I am grateful to the person who provides me with the conditions to eat breakfast. Just as ordinary people maintain their physical strength by eating grains, Taoists can maintain their strength by guiding.

Dalcheon, who had been motionless for a while like a high priest who had been selected, opened his eyes around sunset. A soft silver light was leaking out from his eyes.

* * *

The chaos in the Yeojin camp was not easily resolved. They were surprised by the power of the new weapon they had never seen before, and they had no idea what to do with the defense of Hanyang Castle, which was stronger than they had expected. The cave they had prepared in advance collapsed, crushing hundreds of people to death. They dug into the caves later and rescued the people, but many died of suffocation and few survived.

They fired in front of the castle, but the Joseon army hiding behind the castle walls steadily responded, which was an impassable barrier. The generals were the first to waver. The tribal chiefs of each tribe and the elders of the villages and towns were shaken, so the soldiers were also shaken. Those who would have rushed home at the mere order to retreat were just watching.

“Nothing is going right!”

Nohoraha Special Agent grumbled. Eunmyeon comforted him.

“That was expected.”

“I didn’t expect to be attacked by the navy. More than 2,000 people were killed or wounded.”

“Yes, it is unfortunate. There was no such thing as a navy, so they conscripted civilian ships and loaded them with archers. They covered their front with wet shields and shot from a distance of a hundred or so yards at the intersection, so our troops were just targets. It was really unexpected. You have to think that there is a head over there.”

“Are you talking about the true man?”

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t you know that?”

“We tried hard to kill him, but we all failed.”

“If we had just left him alone, he would have returned to the mountains. Didn’t he stay in Hanyangseong because we were attacking him for no reason?”

The format is a question, but the content is a criticism. It was a reprimand for not preparing in advance.

“No. I was building a school and teaching children. I attacked them in advance, but I was defeated.

“He would have stayed in Yangju even if we hadn’t attacked him. He was beyond our expectations.”

“We had to either include it or eliminate it.”

“I should have done that, but later I was busy avoiding and running away. I have never seen such a powerful force. Even if dozens of our unmanned soldiers were attached, they couldn’t handle one person. Didn’t you see him rush in and cut off the fake Khan’s head? Oh my, such an unmanned soldier.”

“Just now, it felt like my neck was going to fly off. My stomach was tingling at the thought, ‘If I lie down injured, he’ll come and cut my neck off!’”

Eun-myeon changed the subject.

“I’ll try to get him tonight.”

“how?”

“I plan to send in unmanned men at night and attack his bedroom.”

“You said you’ve already failed many times.”

“There is no tree that will not fall after ten blows.”

“It will only end up poking him in the face. Just leave him alone. What can one unmanned man do to an army? It is safest to move with the army.”

“If you just let them run wild, won’t they run wild too much?”

“Isn’t there another way to sneak troops into Hanyangseong?”

“There is another one, but the ends are not connected.”

“end?”

“It’s just a dug tunnel. If you dig upwards from your current location, you’ll come across the area near the training center. It’ll be somewhere around there. If you finish digging at night and go in tomorrow… … .”

Nohoraha’s eyes lit up.

“We have to break through the castle walls. Our sacrifices are too great in front of the castle walls. We also have strange weapons.”

“Okay, let’s continue right away. The problem is where the starting point is, as far as they can see. It’s a place where there are a number of small houses that are grouped together like a single house. They’ve all been bought up and no one lives there, but it’s not too far from the city walls.”

“Use the darkness of the night to send in people to finish the construction. And block the front with straw to block their view nearby.”

“Okay, we’ll start right away. By the way, are you okay, Khan? How is your wound?”

“It’s not good. The situation is urgent, so I can’t show it, so I’m doing this. It’s not good.”

“I wish you a speedy recovery.”

“The sun will set soon. Come out and have a look.”

“Take a rest.”

Eun-myeon, who returned to his camp, gathered his subordinates.

“We must open a blood route to the south.”

“It’s difficult there. The east side is low ground, so the soil is wet, and I thought it would be easy to dig through, but I gave up because I encountered bedrock.”

“Yes, that’s right. But you don’t have to go all the way to the original destination. Just reinforce the ceiling and walls and drill upwards.”

“The ground is weak and could collapse. And the entrance is too close to the wall.”

Eun-myeon leaned back. There are people who only say no. No, there are many. It seems like they have a million and twenty-one reasons why things can’t be done in the world buried deep in their hearts, and when they say something, they just pull out the appropriate one.

“Then what should we do?”

“The southernmost part of the rock cannot be used. It will collapse.”

When I told him that it still wasn’t possible, Eun-myeon raised her voice.

“I asked, ‘How can we push the army into Hanyangseong at a time like this?’”

“sorry.”

It was only then that the man kneeling before Eun-myeon realized that all he had been saying was that he couldn’t do it.

“If there is another way, please tell me.”

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t think straight because I was reminded of the difficulties I faced during construction.”

“Even the middle is fine. As long as we can sneak the troops inside the walls, we can do it under cover of night, and cover the entrance before daybreak.”

We have to do something about it. There is no other way. The general next to him raised his hand.

“If the goal is to open the gate, then choosing a place with less security is also a way to get over it. There are many houses in the south, so I would consider climbing up the mountain from the direction of Inchangbang and getting over the wall.”

Eun-myeon turned her head. If you pick on the guy who says it can’t be done and scold him, the guy who says he can do anything is going crazy. However, Eun-myeon is not one to miss this opportunity.

“I will give you 200 soldiers. Go over the mountains or the walls and infiltrate the castle and open the gates.”

“Loyalty! I will definitely make it a success!”