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, immediately gave an order to the messenger.
“Go and call Shin Chong!”
“A new gun?”
“Manbok!”
“ah! yep!”
After a while, a soldier followed the messenger and ran to where Oh Bang-seop was.
“I have been called!”
“Oh yes! Manbok! Welcome! 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 mean the one on the brown horse with white spots?”
“that’s right!”
Manbok put down the telescope and measured the distance for a moment before looking back at Bangseop.
“You can catch it!”
“Then catch it!”
“yes!”
Manbok answered firmly, quickly loaded his gun, lifted it, and aimed 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, immediately 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 same time 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 come back even more cunning! “Kill them all!”
“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 me!”
“yes!”
Jo Taenam’s cavalry, which had killed all of the captured Ayutawa tribe, immediately 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 messed 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 times.
* * *
Ak Sang-ho, who was riding next to Jo Tae-nam, made a joke.
“But aren’t we going to skip this time? Let’s take some of the heat on Joseon this time!”
“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 men in the shadow of the hill, carefully climbed the hill.
I could have headed straight to Gamoksabo, but if I did something wrong, it could have become 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 same product, but the one made by our merchants is not very good...” *
* *
As telescopes made by Joseon became 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 embankment 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 men came 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 men back, Cho Tae-nam looked back at Ak Sang-ho.
“There must be a lot to write about in the market.”
“That’s right.”
* * *
Meanwhile, 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.”