Episode 913: The Imperial March 2 – Charge return, run on the ground. (1)
A few days before the proclamation was posted throughout the empire, cries of soldiers and officials began to echo from the Imperial Army General Staff Headquarters, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Finance and Economy.
A marine ergency ship left its ho base and was traveling through the sea at top speed.
“Ignore everything else! It’s all about speed! “We have to go to Southwest Province—today’s Taiwan—at full speed!”
The marine ergency front, which removed the artillery and gunpowder and loaded water and food in its place, ran at full speed toward the southwestern province.
The captain of the mariti ergency front who arrived in the southwest island imdiately got off the ship as soon as it docked.
“It’s urgent! “Bring the horse!”
“yes?”
“word!”
“Yes old!”
While the soldiers on the dock went to get the horses, the captain gave an order to the adjutant who followed behind.
“Replenish food and water as quickly as possible! You can beat up the person in charge or steal it! The most important thing is speed! “I take responsibility!”
“ancient!”
“Finish by the ti I get back! “Again, I take responsibility!”
“Yes yep!”
With those words, the captain, who arrived on the horse, spurred the horse’s side.
“Hey!”
As the captain disappeared with the wind, the adjutant looked at the soldiers who had co down and shouted.
“Did you hear what the captain said? Shake it off!”
“ancient!”
The captain rode his horse at full speed and headed straight to the commander’s office as soon as he arrived at the imperial military headquarters stationed in the southwest.
“Get out of the way!”
The captain pushed the adjutant who was guarding the door to the commander’s office and entered, imdiately took out the sealing order from his pocket and presented it to the commander.
“This is an ergency order sent from Seoul.”
“Yes? Thank you. “Would you like to have a cup of tea while I check?”
“There is no ti. We need to get to Suez as quickly as possible. then.”
“Yes? “Have a hard ti.”
As he spoke, the captain gave a military salute, and the commander responded with a puzzled expression.
When the captain got back on his horse after finishing his errand, the screams of the commander stationed in Southwestern Province echoed through the headquarters.
“Aaaah!”
This situation continued wherever the ergency front line passed.
The imperial commanders who received the ergency orders from captains in Luzon, Temasek, and Chittagong were astonished.
“Why!”
“Aaaah!”
“Holy shit!”
Leaving behind the commanders’ screams and swearing, the captain steered the ship toward the next destination.
anwhile, the commanders who had scread and cursed imdiately called their subordinate commanders together.
“From now on, all units will undergo a deep cleaning! Sweep and wipe so that not a single speck of dust is visible! And organize your books properly! “Keep in mind that if you have one long gun in your ledger, you must have one in reality!”
The subordinate commanders looked bewildered at the commander’s order.
“yes? “Are the damned Ministry of Finance and Economy or the Board of Audit and Inspection coming?”
“Tae Sang-tae is coming!”
“Ouch!”
“Shit!”
“Move while you’re swearing!”
“Yes yep!”
At the commander’s shout, the subordinate commanders rushed out. The commanders who returned to their units trained their officers and soldiers.
“From now on, we will sweep and mop everything!”
“Close inventory again!”
* * *
“Shit! Why on earth! why! why!”
As soon as the commander of Suez, the final destination, confird the order, he cursed and scread.
“Why on earth are you coming?”
“I don’t know what the jurisdiction is!”
“I guess so…”
Nam-i, the Suez station commander who managed to co to his senses, looked at the rest of the orders handed to him by the captain.
Nami, who was looking at the envelopes of orders with destinations for Henry’s port, Livorno and Florence, respectively, gave an order to his adjutant, who was as white as himself.
“Send these orders imdiately by the fastest iron horse. If not, please organize a special episode and send it.”
“Yes yep!”
As the adjutant holding the orders quickly disappeared, Nami looked back at the captain standing in front of her.
“So when are you going back? “I’d like you to bring so letters from the soldiers stationed here on your way back?”
“I think I need to rest and move for at least three days. Because all the children are spread out. “I ca all the way from my hotown to here without being able to rest.”
“is it? Okay. “I will provide you with a place to rest.”
“thank you.”
Thanks to Nami’s help, the crew mbers of the ergency frontline who completed the delivery were able to rest comfortably.
The sailors, who had been eating and sleeping for the first two days, were able to regain their energy on the third day.
And the sailors, who were so energized, began to brag with the typical bragging of a sailor.
“Have you seen the guys who got from headquarters to Suez as fast as us?”
“I didn’t just co here! “I’ve been through all the rough places!”
* * *
The reactions of Port Henrique and Livorno, which received the orders sent from Suez, were not much different.
“To calculate the ti it takes to get from Seoul to here…”
The commanders of Port Henrik and Livorno, who had been calculating the date with their fingers and thumbs, sighed softly.
“Whoa~. At least I have so ti to spare. “I can take a closer look…”
The commanders, who were montarily relieved, burst into laughter.
“however! An older person is just in a comfortable place! Why are you coming? why! why!”
“Why is there an old saying that the more precious a person is, the more important it is not to move carelessly?”
These were the words shouted by most of the commanders who accepted the order.
* * *
This situation was the sa in Florence.
“Whoa~. Damn it….”
Yu Eung-bu, who was left alone and struck by lightning, quickly found the Woohwang Cheongsimhwan, chewed it, and swallowed it, sighing and swearing at the sa ti.
Yu Eung-bu, who quickly regained his composure, perhaps thanks to Woohwang Cheongsimhwan, called the embassy official waiting outside and gave an order.
“Go to Livorno imdiately and arrange for two fast ships to be sent to Portugal and Hungary. “The mission is to urgently return ambassadors from Hungary and Portugal.”
“Ergency return?”
Seeing the official’s face full of doubts, Yu Eung-bu pondered slightly and then continued speaking.
“Well, you guys should know this in advance. “Tae Sang-tae is coming here.”
“Hiccup!”
“Now you understand why there is an ergency return, right? “If you don’t get the timing right, you don’t know what kind of disaster will happen, right?”
“I’ll move right away!”
Yu Eung-bu, who watched the official disappearing for a mont, gazed intently at the order placed on the desk.
The orders that arrived in Florence were quite thick, unlike the orders that went elsewhere.
“‘He comforts the imperial soldiers and people of the empire and takes on an advisory role’… That’s advisory… Huh~.”
Yu Eung-bu let out a long sigh again and continued.
“What about his personality?”
* * *
Less than 15 days later, Seong Sam-Moon and Shin Sook-Ju returned to Florence.
Shin Sook-ju and Seong Sam-moon, who entered the embassy office with white faces, shouted at the sa ti.
“Show the orders!”
“Here it is.”
Seong Sam-moon and Shin Sook-ju’s first reactions as they took turns reading the order handed to them by Yu Eung-bu were very similar to Yu Eung-bu’s.
“Why on earth!”
“why!”
After a while, Seong Sam-moon and Shin Suk-ju regained their composure and continued talking with Yu Eung-bu.
“It says it’s for comfort and advice, but I’m sure it doesn’t end there.”
“I can assure you.”
After exchanging words like that, Seong Sam-moon and Shin Suk-ju looked at Yu Eung-bu.
If war broke out in Italy, which was now almost certain, Yu Eung-bu would beco the provincial marshal and command the imperial army and navy.
However, if Hyang ca here, Yu-eung-bu would be shackled. It was written in the military law that even the monarch could not arbitrarily interfere with the decisions of generals in war, but this was rarely followed according to the military law.
In addition, his ability to see the big picture of the great war taking place between nations was far superior.
This was due to the experience accumulated starting from the last Battle of Liaodong.
In other words, from the mont the scent arrived, whether one liked it or not, the intervention of the scent beca unavoidable.
However, Yu Eung-bu, who could be said to be the biggest victim, had a surprisingly calm expression.
“I was worried at first too, but now I feel fortunate.”
“huh?”
“why?”
“To be honest, although I have been in the military for a long ti, I still lack the ability to see and draw the big picture. But now that there is soone who can fill that part, I can take a breather. And won’t there be no need to tremble or worry about supply or troop expansion issues?”
“Ah…”
“Maybe…”
Seong Sam-moon and Shin Suk-ju nodded at Yoo Eung-bu’s words. It was clear that the situation was here and that they would not create a dangerous situation by neglecting supply or reinforcent of troops.
Looking at Seong Sam-moon and Shin Suk-ju, whose expressions gradually beca brighter, Yu Eung-bu concluded his speech with a slight smile.
“And wouldn’t you be more worried about the thieves than ? Because it suddenly beca layered. “He is a thief by na, but if he does sothing wrong, he will have to hear the sound of his tongue being kicked right in front of his nose.”
Shin Suk-ju and Seong Sam-moon, who unconsciously recalled the sound of incense being kicked by Yu Eung-bu’s words, got goosebumps on their bodies.
* * *
While all the imperial military bases along the route from the southwestern provinces to Suez were suffering, an incense-burning fleet departed from Jemulpo.
The first place where Xiang’s fleet arrived was the Ming Dynasty naval base located near Nanjing.
“Now that I’m out, wouldn’t it be nice to et my neighbors and strengthen my friendships?”
“Japan is okay, but the na is a bit…”
Hyeon and Han Myeong-hoe expressed their disapproval at Hyang’s words, but Hyang instead smiled and answered.
“With the Emperor of Ming and Tang Jin, there is no need to worry and there is no need to talk about Japan, right?”
“But…”
“Those who oppose the empire in Ming or Japan will have to be considerate. “If such an unpleasant thing were to happen, the Emperor of Ming or the King of Japan would be given the best justification and opportunity.”
In this way, Xiang had a eting with Emperor Shenghua in Nanjing, and then arrived in Japan and had a eting with the Japanese king.
Ming and Japan were not the end. He also t with the sultans of laka and Luzon Bengal and continued talks, strengthening good neighborly friendship with the empire.
And he did not forget to comfort the imperial soldiers every ti he arrived at the imperial military port, including the southwestern provinces.
“You must have had a hard ti cleaning.”
“…yes.”
The soldier, struck by Hyang’s words, mumbled before answering, and the commander next to him beca thoughtful. Hyang chuckled and lightly patted the commander’s shoulder.
“It’s okay. That’s what happens when soone high cos. “Thank you for your hard work.”
“thank you!”
* * *
As the scent was heading towards Suez, rumors also reached the European powers.
-The first emperor of the ‘Land of Flowers’ cos to Italy!
-‘The Wise Man of the East’ cos to Italy!
The European intellectual community began to stir up excitent over the rumor.
“No matter how close war is, we can’t miss out on such a great opportunity!”
“Let’s go to Italy!”
While the greatest intellectuals were packing their bags, the monarchs of the great powers were also in trouble.
“The emperor, and the emperor who founded the empire, is coming, so you can’t just sit still….”
“You say the emperor is coming, but you can’t just send soone with such a title as an envoy.”
And the coin faction ran to the monarchs as if they had been waiting.
“It’s your chance! If we do it right, we can achieve the best results without having to go to war!”
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