Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 400



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 400

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After the ceremony, which was either a government army departure ceremony or a Cheonmasingyo departure ceremony, ended.

A force of just over 50,000 men began to advance north.

Since more than half of them were reservists who were not even properly trained, it might at first seem like a reasonable choice to fight in Nanju.

However, the Cheonmasingyo was in no position to just crouch and hold out in Nanju.

While they were stuck in Nanju, if the Western Army’s military was targeting a place other than Nanju, it would have been difficult in many ways.

In particular, if they had taken over the route connecting Xinjiang and Lanzhou or the route connecting Lanzhou and Shaanxi, a disaster could have occurred where all supplies would have been cut off.

However, since they could not lead a siege with these men who were not even elite troops, they planned to engage in a great battle.

Perhaps because more than half of them were reservists, there was a somewhat tense atmosphere among them as they advanced north.

At that moment, Baekwoonhak took out his lute and began to play it.

Is it because he is a master who has reached the level of a master through secret techniques, or is it because he is the head of a family of interest called Baek Clan?

His playing was excellent, and even the notes he sang on the lute were so full of inner energy that they could be heard by soldiers dozens of yards away.

The tune was one that was familiar to most of those here.

As if to prove the expectations of the soldiers who were enjoying the music of the pipa, Baek Woon-hak, who was playing the pipa, began to sing.

“On a dark night, on a dark night, I set out to find dawn.”

Those who came to help the Cheonmasin Church, without exception, shouted the following lyrics.

“Oh, Heavenly Horse, I thank You for giving us light.”

A hymn modified to fit the Cheonmasingyo religion. It was called Gwangmyeongga (Siloam).

Baek Woon-hak, who was more excited by the people’s response, played the pipa even more passionately.

Now he didn’t even need to sing.

When the soldiers nearby heard his performance, they began to sing a hymn, and the sound of their singing spread so that those further away also began to sing along.

His playing continued without pause, and before we knew it, he was moving on to the next song.

“Fight the wicked, you sin-free brothers!”

“I will fight boldly against those evil enemies over there!”

In response to his playing, the soldiers walked in time with the beat.

“Light! Light! Heavenly Demon Church~!!”

“Light! Light! Heavenly Demon Church~!!”

Their loud singing simply spread out in all directions.

The commander in the central part of the army looked around with a dizzy expression, his head spinning around.

‘… How can this be called a rebel army?’

No matter how I looked at it, I couldn’t help but feel like it was a religious war rather than a treason.

But the confusion didn’t last long.

Instead of stopping Baekwoonhak’s performance, the conductor sighed lightly and smiled bitterly.

‘Rather than fighting as a weightlifter, this seems better.’

Because these people, who had been looking very tense, were all advancing with powerful expressions.

It was a morale-boosting effect that could not even be compared with his speech.

* * *

The advance, accompanied by hymns, continued for a whole day.

As the sun was setting, we set up a temporary camp and spent the night there, then continued our advance early the next morning.

A man who happened to be assigned to the position of shieldman. Takjugang was also walking along, shouting hymns as best he could.

His faith in the Cheonmasingyo religion was genuine.

I believed in them even when they used to be called Mireukmyungyo, but recently my faith has grown stronger.

When his son was seriously injured and all his possessions were stolen due to the evil deeds of the Hwasan faction, the Cheonmasingyo returned, drove out the Hwasan faction, and healed his son.

I thought I could give my life if only I could repay that favor.

So, at least when I was heading to Nanju, I was definitely thinking about something like that.

But the further north I went out of Nanju, the more I began to feel a sense of unease and fear creeping up from deep within me.

I was scared.

‘No! I would give my life for these people! They are the ones who protected my precious son!’

Whenever the fear within him tempted him, he sang the hymn in an even louder voice.

How long did it take for me to sing hymns so absentmindedly?

Bam.

He was half-conscious and accidentally hit his head on the back of the man in front of him.

I turned my body slightly in puzzlement and lifted my leg, and saw something in the distance.

It was people.

Because the northern part of Gansu borders the territory of northern nomads, there were not many terrains such as mountains or valleys.

Because it was a place that was no different from a plain, the enemy’s appearance approaching from afar was clearly visible.

Above all, since he was assigned to be a shieldman and was at the forefront of the advance, the enemy’s appearance was very clear to his eyes.

Takjugang swallowed his saliva without realizing it, seeing the enormous number even from afar.

Gulp.

Is the sound of swallowing saliva really this loud?

Takjugang, who had such doubts, realized it belatedly. Those around him were also swallowing dry saliva, just like him.

‘It wasn’t just me who was scared.’

The moment I realized that fact, the hand holding the shield began to tremble.

I couldn’t help but think that it was fortunate that he was from the reserves and was in the rear among the shield soldiers.

‘Should I run away?’

A moment when a greater temptation than before came to him.

The familiar sound of a lute came to his ears.

At the same time, the sound of hymns being sung again could be heard everywhere.

It was a strange thing.

It felt like the fear that had been roughly tempting him was subsiding a little.

“Fight the wicked, you sin-free brothers!”

“I will fight boldly against those evil enemies over there!”

As we sang hymns together to overcome our fears, this thought occurred to me.

‘Fighting against evildoers? Me?’

While a war was raging in his head, his feet moved forward on their own to the beat of the hymn.

For a real war, not a war in our heads.

For a while, they marched forward singing hymns toward the enemy.

The enemy soldiers that were visible in the distance were getting closer and closer.

‘crazy….’

The number was significant.

It was the 80,000-strong army of the Western Military Command that protected the northwestern part of the country.

Eighty thousand might seem like a small number considering the army guarding the northwestern part of the vast Central Plains, but this was only the number of troops guarding the border.

The Western Military Command was in charge of the defense systems of the three provinces and one state in the northwestern part of Central Plains: Gansu, Shaanxi, Qinghai, and Ningxia.

In other words, if war broke out and the soldiers divided into each province joined together, including conscripts, it would instantly transform into an army of 300,000 strong.

The only problem was that reinforcements had not yet arrived from the three provinces and one state that were supposed to join the Western Military Command.

This was also one of the reasons why the Ichimoku and Dojihisa gave up on Susung and advanced after the meeting.

While they were stuck in Nanju, if other castles’ troops joined them, it would become even more impossible to handle.

Of course, the number of Takju River, 80,000, vaguely felt like an enormous number.

Even in such fear, his damned legs kept moving forward to the beat of the hymn.

‘Please, stop it.’

Was his wish granted? At some point, with the sound of a magnificent drum, the soldiers in front of him began to stop walking one by one.

Takju River felt like the enemy was really standing right in front of us.

In reality, there was a gap of about this size between the two units.

It was a distance that was so great that they could never reach each other even if they shot arrows or cannons at each other.

At that moment, the sound of drums rang out again several times and the people nearby began to move to the side.

As I followed the movement and moved to the side, I saw that the ranks had opened up and someone was moving forward, past the soldiers.

‘…An incarnation of Maitreya?’

A young man who could now be called a master of all people, and the women who followed him. And a commander.

They each rode their horses and marched out of the camp, stopping about halfway between the enemy and friendly forces.

Then, the commander’s powerful shout filled with his inner strength resonated throughout the area.

“The military is meant to protect the empire!! Why, Your Majesty, do you point your sword at the people!!”

The enemy troops seemed to be groaning at the commander’s shout, and after a while, someone’s shout was heard.

“Punishing treason is also the military’s job!!!”

Perhaps it was because Takjugang was at the forefront. Even though it was a shout made in the middle of enemy territory, it was not difficult to hear the voice.

“Are you saying that the role of the military is really to follow the orders of vile eunuchs who have no regard for the lives of the people?!”

For a moment, the commander and the governor had a heated argument.

A sharp shout broke into their conversation.

“Hey you!! How dare a commander like you insult him!!”

At that shout, the commander shouted again.

“Look at that arrogant eunuch, Admiral!! What you are following is not the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, but the orders of that wicked eunuch, Grand Duke Taikong!!”

Tak Ju-gang, who was listening to the argument from behind, nodded.

‘That, that’s right. It’s all because those eunuchs are ruining my country! That’s why I, I came here.’

Why? Even though he was clearly repeating it in his head, his arms and legs were shaking incessantly.

‘If I, the likes of me, come with you, what, what will change?’

Takjugang’s expression darkened even more as he turned his head to calm down.

Those around him also looked just as nervous.

As the hymn ceased, the fear they had suppressed with the madness called faith began to consume them.

“Those wicked eunuchs are toying with the government and exploiting and massacring the people!!”

Only the commander’s shouts were barely keeping their spirits up.

‘T, yeah. Uh, we are justice. Huh, the eunuchs are the bad guys! T, so please. Uh, join us!’

However, the enemy leader did not listen to his wishes.

“No matter what you say, nothing will change!! Joining hands with the Cheonma Sect, which was already branded a group of traitors two hundred years ago!! Is it even possible to seek peace by borrowing the power of foreign powers!!”

The commander who had shouted like that, before the commander could even answer, shouted again as if there was no need to talk any further.

“What are you guys doing!! Don’t you destroy every single one of those traitorous bastards!!”

At the same time, the sound of drums and horns rang out from the enemy camp.

The enemy troops all marched toward us while maintaining their formation.

“Hit it!!”

Even cracks appeared in the enemy lines, and cavalrymen began to rush out from all over and charge.

“Punish the traitor Yang Gwang!”

The mounted generals charged fiercely as if trying to capture the commander.

Death was coming towards them.

The fanatics who had been intoxicated by the hymns and had been seeking a way to die on their own feet were only then completely freed from their hypnosis.

My whole body was paralyzed with terrible fear.

‘Please, move!!’

I wanted so badly to run away, but my feet wouldn’t move.

While waiting for death, nailed to the spot like that.

Strange voices were heard from all over.

“uh…?”

Takjugang was swept away by the sound and looked straight ahead.

‘Why…?’

The Ilmok Confucius and the women, and the commander of the Taoist temple were still there.

The enemy is right before their eyes, and it is clear that they will soon be swept away by death.

‘Those people, are their legs frozen too?’

The moment such a trivial thought occurred to him, Confucius Ichimoku, who had been standing there as if he was nailed to the spot, stretched out both his hands in front of him.

Following the outstretched arms of Ichimoku Confucius, something like a bead floated forward.

‘Taegeuk?’

Takjugang’s gaze was inexplicably drawn to the leisurely-looking sight that did not fit the atmosphere in which death was about to engulf them.

And the moment when the enemy cavalry finally arrived right in front of Prince Ichimoku and his party.

A soft, muffled voice pierced his ears.

“Disappear.”

Crackle crackle crackle!!

A noise like a flock of thousands of birds flying around resounded.

bang!!!!

The world was enveloped in light.

Due to the intense noise and light, Takjugang had to quickly cover his ears and close his eyes.

Perhaps because he was still quite a distance from where the light burst out, Takjugang was able to open his eyes again soon.

“ah…?”

It wasn’t a voice coming from his mouth.

It was a voice uttered by someone around him, and Takjugang also agreed with that voice.

Where the army of death had just been advancing, there was now nothing left.

Only Prince Ichimoku and his party were alive and breathing, and the hundreds of cavalrymen that had been charging toward them had already turned to dust and disappeared.

Gulp.

Takjugang swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.

My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst.

It wasn’t fear.

‘Ahhh… .’

It was the awe of witnessing a god.

When Confucius Ilmok created light, the world changed.

It was bright.

The light that destroys evil and opens a new world.

This was a fight with God.

‘With God on our side, what is there to fear?’

It was a holy war that could not be lost.

“All troops.”

The voice of God calling broke the chains of fear that had been holding the limbs of the lambs.

“Charge!”

The moment the order of Confucius Ichimoku was given.

“Heavenly Horse has arrived!!”

“Manmaangbok!!!”

The terrified soldiers of Oman had already been transformed into holy warriors heading to the temple.