Episode 467: Liaodong (遼東) (3)
As the Eulsik wagons and artillery joined the battle, Oh Bang-seop looked as if he had lost his mind.
“Whoa~. “Now the blockage in my stomach is finally clearing up.”
Oh Bang-seop, who looked relieved as if the congestion had been cleared, lifted the telescope again and examined the battlefield.
Oh Bang-seop, who had left the battlefield, which had been devastated by fire trucks and artillery pieces, and was looking behind him, made a bloody remark.
“Oh my~.”
Oh Bang-seop, who discovered Ayuta and his party through the telescope, imdiately gave an order to the ssenger.
“Go and call Shin Chong!”
“A new gun?”
“Manbok!”
“ah! yep!”
After a while, a soldier followed the ssenger and ran to where Oh Bang-seop was.
“I have been called!”
“Oh yes! Manbok! Welco! Use this to look 100 yards (about 330m) behind you!”
“yes!”
Manbok took the telescope that Bangseop gave him and examined the battlefield, and Oh Bangseop was next to him and pointed out the target.
“You see those guys gathered 100 seats behind! That guy in the middle is Han! “Can you catch it?”
“You an the one on the brown horse with white spots?”
“that’s right!”
Manbok put down the telescope and asured the distance for a mont before looking back at Bangseop.
“You can catch it!”
“Then catch it!”
“yes!”
Manbok answered firmly, quickly loaded his gun, lifted it, and aid it at Ayutawa in the distance.
“The wind…”
Manbok, who had guessed the direction and strength of the wind by looking at the smoke and dust rising from the battlefield, slowly controlled his breathing while aiming at Ayutawa.
bang!
Oh Bang-seop, who was observing Ayutawa in the distance through a telescope next to Manbok, imdiately clenched his fists.
“Gotcha!”
* * *
“Oof!”
“one!”
“Haan!”
When Ayutawa, who was sitting on the horse, fell off the horse with a single scream, the warriors around him quickly got off the horse and ran towards Ayutawa.
The old warrior sitting in his arms as Ayutawa fell to the ground saw the blood on his hands and looked at the other warriors.
“He passed away.”
“what?”
“How… Wow!”
ping!
Suddenly, one of the surrounding warriors fell to the ground again with a single scream.
“What!”
“Everyone get on your horse!”
“Retreat!”
“Hyosi…. Ugh!”
As the comrades around him fell one by one, sprinkling blood, Takshi, the eldest warrior, hurriedly knelt down on the horse’s back and shouted.
“Everyone retreat!”
At the sa ti as he shouted, Taksi turned his body while lying on his stomach and fired a sword into the air. Under other circumstances, it would have been a feat that viewers would admire as a wonderful craft.
Beep!!!!
As Hyosi flew into the sky with a loud noise, those who were still alive grabbed the reins and began to escape the battlefield.
But the Joseon army did not just let them go.
“Don’t miss the freight cars until the end!”
“You can’t miss even the last one!”
At the shouts of Oh Bang-seop and the officers, the soldiers opened fire on the wagons at the fleeing Jurchen people and pulled the triggers of their rifles.
“If they return here alive, they will co back even more cunning! “Kill them all!”
anwhile, commanders who had gained practical combat experience in the north called older Jurchen tribe chiefs and warriors ‘old tigers’. It was similar to a pun, substituting ‘tiger’ for ‘barbarian’, but the aning was not a joke at all.
-A tiger that grows old and cannot hunt wild animals attacks people. The problem was that it was not easy to hunt such an old tiger. This is because tigers that have survived until they reach that age and have accumulated all kinds of experience are extrely cunning. Once an opponent threatens him, he will bite him until he dies or the opponent dies.
-The sa goes for the Jurchen people. If you don’t hit it properly, it becos more cunning and attacks to get revenge. Once you decide to bleed, you need to dry the seeds.
This was the attitude of the Joseon army toward the Jurchen people who were hostile to Joseon.
No, it was also the ‘law of the plains’ that encompassed not only Jurchen but also Mongolia.
* * *
In the end, the number of Jurchen people who attacked Gamoksabo and escaped safely could be counted on one finger.
“If only we had cavalry, we could have defeated them all.”
Feeling sorry for the mobile patrol that passed through Bo just four days apart, Oh Bang-seop gave orders to his subordinate officers.
“Clear the battlefield. In particular, take care of the corpse of the chief that Manbok caught. Because I have to send it to Hanseong. ah! “Be sure to bring emblems or amulets that reveal which tribe you belong to!”
“yes!”
Following Oh Bang-seop’s order, the officers led their n and began to move.
But Oh Bang-seop’s work did not end here.
“Please find out how many dead or injured residents there are and their nas. “I have to report it to His Majesty the Lord.”
“yes!”
“And please properly investigate the number of bullets and bigyeokjincheonroe consud by the Eulsikhwacha and artillery and bring them back.”
“yes!”
“We will investigate and compile a list of soldiers who died or were injured in battle, as well as those who made ritorious contributions!”
“yes!”
Oh Bang-seop, who gave the order, grumbled slightly.
“They say it is more arduous to write general instructions than to command a battle…”
Befitting its nickna ‘the country of records,’ Joseon left solid records on everything. Looking at the mountain of records he left behind in an almost pathological way, historians later comnted that he was a ‘record lover.’ But there were also good things about keeping records of everything.
‘Who started first?’ This was because every ti the issue of , Korea had sothing to say.
“We have records, do you? “Can you show the original?”
* * *
While the cleanup was in full swing at Gamoksabo, there were so who looked at the Joseon soldiers.
The top of a hill about 200 miles west of Gamoksabo.
Several Ming soldiers were lying on the ground, looking at Master Ga.
Cheonho Cho Tae-nam, who had been quietly observing the situation of Assistant Gamok, looked back at Bucheonho Ak Sang-ho, who was lying down next to him.
“I saw sothing good while chasing those damn Yeojin bastards.”
At Jo Tae-nam’s words, Ak Sang-ho quietly nodded.
“Let’s go down.”
“yes.”
The two quietly turned around and ca down the hill.
In the shadows of the hills, the Ming cavalry under their command was hiding.
* * *
The cavalry commanded by Cho Tae-nam and Ak Sang-ho was part of the unit ordered to subdue the Ayuta and the tribe.
The continued subjugation caused serious damage to the Ayuttawa tribe, but it was not easy to chase the Ayuttawa tribe, who fled on horseback, throwing away most of what they had.
In the end, an order was given to Cho Tae-nam’s unit.
-Pursue and annihilate until the end.
According to this order, Jo Taenam’s cavalry pursued the Ayuttawa tribe.
After a tedious chase, Ayu Tae-nam’s tribe fled to the Joseon border, putting Jo Tae-nam in a difficult situation.
“Why…”
* * *
The Ming and Joseon Dynasty were competing over the Liaodong region, and various things were still happening in secret.
Therefore, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty army and the Joseon army was ‘inextricable and inviolable’, that is, it was neither distant nor close.
Since it was a situation that would imdiately beco an international problem if they were to beco entangled by mistake, the soldiers of Ming Dynasty and Joseon maintained a bleak relationship, keeping their distance as much as possible.
Therefore, the situation beca difficult as the Ayutawa tribe approached the Joseon border.
* * *
“Eight! Hwangmyeong cos first! Track it!”
“yes!”
In this way, Cho Tae-nam’s unit continued the pursuit again. In this way, they were able to capture the Ayutawa tribe near the Songhua River, which passes north of Gamoksabo.
“Cheonho! “There are no warriors!”
Jo Taenam, who was looking at the tent village that was in shambles due to the Ming army’s attack, frowned at the reports of his subordinates.
“huh? Is it a trap? Or did you abandon them? Find out properly!”
After a while, his subordinates reported the whereabouts of the warriors.
“These crazy guys went to attack a village in Joseon!”
Jo Tae-nam was shocked by his subordinates’ report.
“Holy shit! “Move now!”
“What are those Yeojin bastards going to do?”
“Kill !”
“yes!”
Jo Taenam’s cavalry, which had killed all of the captured Ayutawa tribe, imdiately rode away.
“Where is the nearest Joseon village?”
In response to Jo Taenam’s question, the guide pointed to the east.
“There is Pastor Ga across the river!”
“Holy shit!”
Jo Tae-nam swore at the guide.
“Why should I even touch it!”
The persistence of the Joseon army was notorious even within the Ming army. As soon as the stupid Jurchen people ssed with it, the Joseon military, especially the Joseon mobile patrol team, chased the offending Jurchen people to the end. Since it was not uncommon for people to cross the border while pursuing them, Ming and Joseon diplomats argued over this issue several tis.
* * *
Ak Sang-ho, who was riding next to Jo Tae-nam, made a joke.
“But aren’t we going to skip this ti? Let’s take so of the heat on Joseon this ti!”
“Is that how it works?”
While talking like that, Cho Taenam’s cavalry crossed the shallowest ford of the Songhua River and approached the west side of Jiamoksabo.
“I see a hill over there. “Let’s take a look at the situation over there.”
“yes.”
Cho Tae-nam and Ak Sang-ho, who hid their n in the shadow of the hill, carefully climbed the hill.
I could have headed straight to Gamoksabo, but if I did sothing wrong, it could have beco an international problem. Therefore, I had to be very careful when moving.
The two people climbed to the top of a low hill, took out a Korean-made telescope and put it to their eyes.
“It’s interesting to look at Joseon through Joseon-made products.”
Jo Tae-nam nodded at Ak Sang-ho’s joke.
“It is the sa product, but the one made by our rchants is not very good…” *
* *
As telescopes made by Joseon beca popular, the Ming Dynasty also produced similar products. Of course, it could not be made identically due to intellectual property rights issues, and there were problems with glass manufacturing, so it was an item made by cutting crystal.
However, the material called crystal itself was an expensive item, and since it was carved by eye, it was the worst cost-effective product.
Thanks to this, it was common for executives in the Ming Dynasty to obtain and possess Joseon-made telescopes.
* * *
As he joked, what he saw through the telescope was the warriors of the Ayuttawa tribe being destroyed by the firepower of the Joseon army.
“Hmm….”
“Hoo….”
Jo Tae-nam and Ak Sang-ho observed the battle with excited expressions. In particular, Ak Sang-ho watched the battle, chewing on the beef jerky he had taken out from his chest.
What caught the eyes of the two people observing the battlefield was the sight of fire trucks firing bullets from the fort’s embanknt and the scene of Ayutawa falling down after being shot by a sniper.
* * *
After observing that the battle finally ended with the warriors of the Ayutawa tribe being annihilated, the two n ca down the hill and got back on their horses.
Jo Tae-nam, who was looking at the faces of his subordinates who were looking at them with very tense faces, opened his mouth.
“The Joseon army finished.”
At Jo Tae-nam’s words, a mixture of relief and regret appeared on the faces of his subordinates.
“I’m going back. Don’t forget to take as much as possible with you when you return. “If you present it to His Majesty, you will be rewarded.”
“yes!”
As he led his n back, Cho Tae-nam looked back at Ak Sang-ho.
“There must be a lot to write about in the market.”
“That’s right.”
* * *
anwhile, a group of people were also observing the battle on the hill north of the Songhua River, northeast of Jiamoksabo.
Those who had quietly observed the battle mounted their horses when it was over.
“Let’s go back to Taishi. I have a lot to report.”
“yes.”
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