Chapter 566

Episode 566: Disconnection. (5)

The fighting spirit of the Liaodong Army plummeted after seeing our troops suffer near-massacre losses at the Insan Camp and the Yalu River.

“What do we do? What do we do?”

Although they were holding weapons in their hands and moving around according to the orders of their commanders, the eyes of the Liaodong Army soldiers were shaking and anxious.

Just then, someone shouted from behind the soldiers.

“The rear has collapsed! “Let’s run away!”

“The rear has collapsed!”

As shouts of ‘The rear has collapsed!’ came out from all over, the Liaodong army’s main camp collapsed in an instant.

“Let’s run away!”

“I have to live!”

Shouting like a scream, the soldiers left their positions and ran backwards.

Once it began to collapse, the Liaodong Army’s main base began to collapse in an instant.

“Holy shit! Even a retreat requires a strategy!”

Cho Byeong-deok, who was furious after seeing this scene on the hill, gave an order to his staff.

“Immediately lead the reserve force and take those idiots under control! Do your best to retreat! “It’s not a rout!”

“Yes old!”

At Jo Byeong-deok’s order, the staff members turned their heads. The sight of them going down the hill with the guards was more urgent than ever before.

However, their appearance was not moving to lead an orderly retreat according to Jo Byeong-deok’s orders, but was closer to a desperate struggle to escape from the dead.

“With those people...” Jo

Byeong-deok, who was smiling wryly at the sight being seen in public, ordered the guards standing around him.

“You guys come down too.”

“I have to guard the general.”

“I’ll be coming down soon too. “I’m just staying because I want to make sure the Koreans don’t cross the Yalu River.”

“It’s dangerous.”

“Don’t worry. “I know very well that my life is important.”

“Haona....”

“Hurry and come down!”

Following Jo Byeong-deok’s order, the guards also went down the hill. However, there were some who remained until the end, and these were Jo Byeong-deok’s family soldiers.

“You guys should come down too.”

“I will remain and protect the family until the end.”

In response to the soldiers’ firm response, Jo Byeong-deok silently turned his head and looked at the Yalu River.

Jo Byeong-deok, who was staring blankly at the Yalu River, muttered softly.

“You were drunk...”

When he came to Liaodong with the crown prince, he suddenly became drunk from the important responsibility he had taken on.

As I had hundreds of thousands of troops in my hands, I became intoxicated with numbers.

Starting with the Hwaryong gun, I got drunk by holding in my hands the artillery that I had only been looking at.

Lastly, he was intoxicated with the ambition to ascend to the highest position in the country after annexing Joseon.

“It’s time to wake up from the long dream...”

As the Liaodong army completely retreated from the riverside and the Joseon army began to take their place, Jo Byeong-deok drew his sword.

“under!”

Jo Byeong-deok raised his sword high and began charging towards the Joseon soldiers. Following him, the cavalry soldiers also charged towards the Joseon soldiers.

“It’s the enemy!”

“shooting! shooting!”

Ta-ta-ta-tang!

That was Jo Byeong-deok’s last.

* * *

The staff who came down from the hill under Jo Byeong-deok’s orders began making desperate efforts to control the fleeing soldiers.

* * *

While the battlefield was being cleared on one side, work on crossing the Yalu River was in full swing.

Beep! Beep!

At the sound of the whistle, the crane installed on the Panokseon lifted the wooden bridge.

The naval soldiers and engineers took their positions by pushing the floating bridge back and forth.

“good! get off! get off!”

At the signal, the wooden bridge slowly came down. There were steel hooks attached to both ends of the bridge, and the hooks held the panokseon’s clothes tightly.

If placed correctly, it would create a solid bridge connecting the two panokseons.

Two days later, the main camp of the Joseon army crossed the Yalu River.

This is what happened during Heo Hu’s stay in Beijing.

* * *

Heo Hu, who was heading to Seunghwadang while listening to Kim Jong-seo’s explanation, counted his hands and muttered.

“The news must have reached Beijing by now. The emperor’s expression must have been worth seeing. “Isn’t it true that my head is gone?”

Inside the conference room of Seunghwadang, where I entered mumbling like that, a heated discussion was taking place among the ministers.

“Now that we have earned the cause and have already crossed the Yalu River, let’s cross the Yao River too!”

“Joha no! Then it will not be a local war, but an all-out war!”

“Didn’t you look at the emperor’s edict earlier? I said I would hold you accountable! “All-out war is inevitable anyway!”

As the pros and cons of expanding the war continued to rage, Hyang asked Jo Mal-saeng.

“I would like to hear the opinion of the Minister of Defense.”

Jo Mal-saeng immediately responded to Hyang’s request.

“The military’s opinion is the same as before. Liaodong is the limit of our current Joseon capabilities. “If you cross the wall, there will be problems with supply.”

“How about using the navy?”

Jo Mal-saeng shook his head in response to Hwang Hee’s question.

“Even if we mobilize all of the challenger-class fronts and civilian merchant ships, it will not be enough. I’ve said this time and time again, but neither the Ming nor we lack the ability to invade each other’s mainland. In the end, everything must be resolved in Liaodong.”

“If that’s the case with the military...”

“It’s a bit disappointing...”

The expansionists could not hide their disappointment. But they couldn’t help it either. It was a situation where the military, the main force in the war, said it was impossible.

Jo Mal-saeng, perhaps aware of the feelings of those who spread war, added.

“It may seem tempting to want to storm the Forbidden City and grab the emperor by the collar, but when you think about the amount of material consumed in this battle and the amount of material that will be consumed in the future...”

Jo Mal-saeng spoke while looking at Kim Jeom and the Minister of Finance and Economy. It was cloudy.

The ammunition and materials consumed by the Joseon Army in this battle were equivalent to the amount consumed by the entire Land Forces during two months of training.

This was only consumed in the Insan camp, excluding the supplies used by the navy and cavalry.

The conscription of reserve forces had already begun throughout Joseon. It was certain that the supplies they would consume would exceed what they had experienced so far.

Jo Mal-saeng, who had been slightly speechless, spoke again.

“Therefore, the best solution for now is to completely control Liaodong. “I leave it to the navy to take out their anger on the emperor’s insidious scheme.”

“Hmm... I guess that would be okay too.”

“It looks good. “What do you think of me?”

Hyang also nodded at Hwang Hee’s words.

“I think it’s reasonable.”

‘I’d like to say we should ride all the way to the Forbidden City... but it would be more profitable to just harpoon all the ports. Because it can completely undermine the market dominance of the people....’ As

Hyang gave Jo Mal-saeng’s hand, the future direction was decided. At that time, Kim Jeom opened his mouth.

“No matter what anyone says, you must get your hands on radish sprouts! At least as much as radish sprouts!”

At Kim Jeom’s shout, all the ministers and ministers nodded.

According to information obtained from prisoners, all the minerals that made the weapons of the Liaodong army, including Hwaryongpo, came from Fushun.

“Open coal mine? “If you dig a little, you can find iron ore and copper coal?”

After receiving the report, Kim Jeom immediately ran to Hyang and shouted.

“You must get your hands on some radish sprouts!”