Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 1217



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Side story 31. 1592 South Sea War. (31)

“What is the Empire up to?”

The Imperial General Headquarters was at a loss when they received information that the Imperial Army, which had been talking about “lightning stone fire” every time it advanced, was moving at a sluggish pace.

“Regardless of the Empire’s true intentions, isn’t it a good thing that we can buy some time?”

“You should also consider that if you ignore that truth, you could end up in even bigger trouble!”

In the end, it was Toyotomi who sorted out this confusion.

“What does that matter now! What is the most urgent matter for us now? Sending troops to Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu! Think about that first!”

“Ha, hot!”

“I trust these damn people who are trying to see the forest when they can’t even see the trees properly… .”

Toyotomi, unable to control his anger, stormed out. Everyone who remained muttered the same thing to themselves.

‘Who would say… .’

However, as the Empire began to advance and two days passed, the Imperial General Headquarters began to tremble at the knowledge of the Empire’s true intentions.

“So what these guys wanted was ‘collapse’… ”

“Scary guys… .”

As word spread that the Imperial Army was destroying everything in its path—houses, rice paddies, fields, and even people—the people of Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu all fled.

At first, only the residents along the road and rail networks leading to Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu began to evacuate, but as the Imperial Army began its zigzag advance, all the residents in the area began to evacuate.

As a result, the situation quickly worsened.

The few roads and railroads that survived were blocked as they were filled with Japanese people trying to escape.

With the road blocked, the Japanese army that was moving to block the imperial army was also tied down.

“Get out of the way! Government troops are passing by! Get out of the way!”

“If you don’t get out of the way, I’ll bite you!”

“It’s the military police!”

“It’s the military police!”

As the military police, who had stepped forward to clear the road, swung their clubs wildly, the refugees panicked and fled to either side of the road.

But as time passed, public sentiment turned.

“Get out of the way!”

“How can I get out of here? There’s no way!”

“What? You bastard! Where are you going against the government troops!”

“This chaos started because of those government troops!”

At that moment, the military policeman, unable to control his anger, beat the middle-aged man who was openly resisting with a club.

“Ouch! Aah! Ouch!”

“Get out of the way! If you say so! Get out of the way! Where! How cheeky!”

A middle-aged man fell to the ground covered in blood as he was struck by a club wielded by a deranged military policeman.

“honey!”

“Oh my, Father!”

The man’s wife cried and hugged the man as he fell to the ground. Her teenage son, who was crying beside her, could not control his anger and ran towards the military police.

“What crime did our father commit!”

“Do you want to end up like your father?”

“evil!”

The son, who was hit in the head with a club swung openly by a military policeman, fell to the ground bleeding.

Exactly!

Just then, a stone flew from somewhere and hit the gendarme’s head.

“Ouch!”

“Huh? Hey! Who are you!”

As the military policeman who had been hit in the head with a rock fell to the ground clutching his head, other military police who had been watching from the side ran over and surrounded him.

“Who are you! Come out!”

“If you don’t come out, I’ll arrest you all!”

The military police’s warning was not a threat. When no one came forward, the military police began to arrest anyone they saw.

“Hey you! It’s you!”

“Arrest him!”

“Oh no, it’s not me!”

“I said no!”

The men who were caught by the military police waved their hands and shouted no, but the military police swung their clubs at them.

“I can’t stand it!”

“Chicks! Are you a military policeman?”

Eventually, the refugees, unable to bear the continued violence, turned on the military police.

“You guys! Get back!”

“It’s a do-or-die situation anyway!”

These were refugees who had already lost everything and were pushed to the edge of a cliff.

In the end, the military police were beaten to death with the clubs they were swinging, covered in blood.

“The military police are dead!”

“The military police are dead!”

As the gendarmes died, the distraught refugees began to scatter in all directions.

“You shouldn’t be here!”

“If you do something wrong, we’ll be the ones to blame!”

Refugees who saw the scene began to leave the road and scatter in all directions.

A while later, the military police commander who came running after receiving the urgent report turned pale when he saw the scene.

As the refugees trampled through the fields and rice paddies along the road, they were left in shambles.

It wasn’t just the fields that were the problem.

Even the swords and pistols that the dead military policemen were carrying were all gone.

“People have tasted blood. It has become the worst.”

The ominous words of the military police commander turned out to be a prophecy.

It didn’t take long for the refugees on the run to turn into bandits.

Small villages or houses standing alone on the outskirts became targets of looting.

Many of those who were plundered by the refugees who swarmed like locusts became other refugees and fled.

As rumors spread that the refugees had turned into bandits, villages that were still intact began to be wary of outsiders.

The men of the village patrolled the village with spears and sickles, preventing strangers from approaching.

Eventually, public sentiment in the Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu regions became increasingly resentful, and the Japanese government’s control gradually fell to rock bottom.

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The problem was that this wasn’t the end.

The Japanese army gathered its troops and hastily launched a defense, but was repeatedly defeated by the Imperial Army’s firepower.

As the front lines collapsed, the Japanese Army suffered massive casualties and missing people.

The problem was these missing people.

There were many who were listed as missing even though they were killed or injured on the battlefield and could not be confirmed. However, there were also many who deserted when the command system collapsed.

Since the soldiers who were forcibly conscripted and deployed after completing only the minimum training were more than half of them, they fled without looking back as soon as the front line and command structure collapsed.

Oda and Toyotomi constantly emphasized and educated them on ‘loyalty to Japan and the Japanese emperor.’ However, since Oda and Toyotomi themselves were oppressors of the Japanese emperor, this education did not work properly.

Because of this, the instinct of ‘each for himself’ took precedence over the justification of ‘defending Japan from imperial invasion.’

And as these deserters spread out, the lack of security became more serious.

As this chaos unfolded, the rear areas of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki were completely emptied, and the Imperial Army was able to push into the rear of the coastal defenses of Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu without suffering major losses.

In response, the Imperial Navy’s main fleet entered the Kanmon Strait.

The Imperial Navy, having entered the strait, began to pour shells on the Japanese coastal batteries in Shimonoseki and northern Kyushu, and at the same time, the Imperial Army artillery, which had invaded from behind, also began to pour shells on the Japanese coastal batteries.

The coastal batteries, built for the purpose of attacking enemy fleets (perhaps imperial ones) entering the Kanmon Strait from both sides, were instead attacked from both sides.

The Imperial Army clearly demonstrated its prowess in artillery warfare, its specialty, and the Japanese coastal batteries were simply beaten by the Imperial Army’s concentrated artillery fire.

In the end, the battle that began at sunrise ended with the white flag being raised on the coastal batteries built in Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki at sunset.

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-Fall of Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki

-Coastal batteries in Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki surrender to the Imperial Army.

“It eventually collapsed… .”

“Wasn’t this something you expected? From the beginning… .”

bang!

As the conference room door opened roughly and Toyotomi entered, the Minister of the Navy quickly shut his mouth, stood up from his seat, and bowed.

“Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu were taken over?”

“Yes, yes.”

“You idiots! You incompetent bastards!”

Toyotomi, who was criticized as incompetent by everyone in the conference room, gave an order as soon as he sat down.

“Army, mobilize all forces! Block Yamaguchi Port! Stop the Imperial bastards from setting foot on Yamaguchi! Navy, go out and stop the Imperial Navy! Stop it even if it means dying!”

“yes.”

The Army Minister and the Navy Minister responded to Toyotomi’s order in quiet voices.

‘The situation was already at its worst, and the end was predetermined. In this situation, it would be a pain in the butt to explain it to that monkey.’

This was the intention of the Minister of the Army and the Minister of the Navy.

“Do whatever it takes to stop it! If you can’t stop it, the only thing left is to be captured by the Empire, suffer all sorts of humiliations, and be hanged! Choose! A shameful death, or honorable seppuku!”

“Do your best….”

“Your Majesty the King, enter the exam!”

Before the Army Minister could finish speaking, a military police officer guarding the entrance to the Imperial Headquarters came running and announced the arrival of the Japanese Emperor.

At the officer’s shout, everyone in the conference room, including Toyotomi, was so surprised that they jumped up from their seats.

After a while, Japanese Emperor Ouchi Takayo appeared in the conference room.

As Takayo took his place at the highest seat, everyone, starting with Toyotomi, bowed to him simultaneously.

“His Majesty the King!”

“Please take a seat.”

At Takayo’s command, Toyotomi and the others sat down respectfully.

Once everyone was seated, Takayo opened her mouth.

“I heard that the situation is very bad.”

Toyotomi nodded his head in response to Takayo’s words.

“It is true that the situation is not good. However, many Japanese generals, including myself, are doing our best, so we will soon be able to push the Empire back.”

“Even if the divine wind doesn’t blow?”

“…yes.”

Even the world’s greatest Toyotomi could not immediately answer Takayo’s sharp question.

“Hmm… .”

Takayo, who had been quietly looking at Toyotomi, opened his mouth again.

“I heard that Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki have fallen. The Kanmon Strait is close to Yamaguchi. What will you do if the Imperial Army sets foot in Yamaguchi Port?”

“That will never happen!”

Takayo continued speaking quietly in the face of Toyotomi’s strong denial.

“You said ‘if.’ If. So answer.”

In response to Takayo’s question, Toyotomi looked at the Minister of the Army and the Minister of the Navy.

‘Are you passing the buck again?’

‘But, I can’t help it…’

Eventually, the Minister of the Army answered on Toyotomi’s behalf.

“I’m thinking about Mongjin.”

“Hmm… If that happens, it’ll easily become a long-term war.”

“That’s right.”

“The damage won’t be small, right?”

Then Toyotomi stepped forward.

“In order to protect His Majesty’s person and to save Japan from imperial intimidation, this is something we must endure! Even if it means sacrificing the lives of all the people of Japan!”

“A Jade Seal… A Jade Seal… .”

Takayo, who was chewing over the word ‘Jeoksu’ that Toyotomi had shouted, gave an order to the guard who had followed him into the conference room.

“Guardians, arrest the author, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.”

“Hot!”

At Takayo’s command, the guards grabbed Toyotomi Hideyoshi by both arms and raised him from his seat.

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Why me!”

Toyotomi, who had become lost in thought, raised his voice toward Takayo. Takayo responded calmly to Toyotomi’s shout.

“Don’t you know? You dared to blind my eyes and ears, and manipulated the state affairs. And that’s not all? You waged a useless war against an empire that had been your neighbor for a long time. So why are you asking?”

At Takayo’s words, Toyotomi understood the whole situation and burst into laughter with a look of despair on his face.

“Huh? Haha, hahahaha! I see! That’s what it was!”

After saying these meaningful words, Toyotomi was dragged out.

With Toyotomi gone, Takayo gave orders to the Army Minister and the Navy Minister.

“Order all troops to raise the white flag immediately.”

“yes.”

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