[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition chapter 167

167 – Battle of Gyeonseong – Battle of Heuksan Bandits (3)

A bandit with a sword encountered a heavily armed cavalryman on the plain.

There was no need to talk about the result.

The corpses of the thieves already lying around provide the answer to that question.

“I won comfortably.”

“Of course it was the army that would win.”

Sima Yi remained calm despite his victory.

As she said, she was calm, as if she had won what she should have.

“If you tried to run, you would have been chased and died anyway, and if you decided to fight to the death, you had to accept death. Unfortunately, it seems like you missed the enemy’s leader.”

The enemies were unable to come to their senses due to the cavalry’s rush and breakthrough.

In the first place, it is absurd to hope that bandits carrying swords rather than spears will survive an encounter with heavily armed cavalry in the plains.

There was almost no damage to our troops.

…Honestly, I can’t say that there are no dead people, but they were not killed by bandits.

“I’m sorry, General. I didn’t expect that.”

“No. You are not the ones to feel sorry for. They are the ones who fell from their horses due to lack of training.”

When they set fire to the forest and ran over it, some horses could not run properly.

The ability of the horses selected as Hoseokgi was too great to say that all they had to do was run when the fever cooled down.

Jo In thought that the Hopyogi were sufficiently capable of running over the remaining fire, and in fact they were, and less than ten of them fell to their deaths due to the horse’s surprise.

Nevertheless, about 100 casualties occurred.

The reason is because of the iron pieces and traps spread throughout the forest.

“Burning the wood in fire actually had a positive effect. If I had done it wrong, I would have stepped on the iron thorns.”

“Rather than stepping on iron thorns with your hoof, it was much better to step on the thorns and run forward quickly.”

The thieves had laid so many traps that it was actually safe to step on the burnt tree branches that were turning to ash, even if it was hot for a moment.

Some of the thieves even succeeded in achieving their purpose of ambush.

He tied an invisible rope where the horse was running, causing the horse to fall, and even ran over and killed a cavalryman on the horse before running away.

“As a preface, this is a satisfactory achievement.”

“…….”

Still, I decided not to say anything embarrassing like, “Someone died.”

No matter how much you try to make a fool of Zhang Liang in order to avoid killing your allies…no, no matter how much strategy and tactics you come up with, people still die.

We already know that minimizing damage to allies on the battlefield is the way to save people.

‘Think in numbers.’

About a hundred people died.

And as many as four thousand enemy bandits were killed.

“Is this the power of phone marking…!”

Join let out an exclamation at the surprisingly large ‘exchange fee’. As a military officer, he seemed to feel a thrill that was difficult for me to sympathize with.

‘I’m sure I don’t have the constitution to be a general active on the battlefield.’

I keep thinking that the enemies were once ordinary people, so I guess he doesn’t feel like a general.

Therefore, I decided to fulfill my role as a husband to a woman.

“You worked hard, Eui-ya. Don’t be too discouraged.”

“hmm….”

Sima Yi was disheartened by the damage he had suffered.

According to her thoughts, the casualties would have been less than half of what they are now.

“Thanks to you for noticing the ambush, hundreds of people were saved from being killed. Aren’t you satisfied?”

“But many people died because we asked to run on the residual fire. The root of the problem was that we were too greedy with the enemy right in front of us.”

Sima Yi was discouraged.

Comforting here is not the way to treat Sima Yi.

“There are definitely horses that don’t hold up well. Next time, let’s think of a new method.”

“yes….”

What has already happened has happened, and what Sima Yi needs is praise, reflection on the current situation, and goals for the future.

“I need to think of a way for a horse to run over the burning ground. Master, is there any way?”

“Well, that’s right… ah.”

I remembered.

…But the origin of the idea is a bit different.

“Hmm, Uiya. Do you remember when you walked through the forest barefoot last year?”

“If it was last year…ah.”

Sima Yi clapped his hands and realized the moment.

“Yes. I remember. The weather was unusually hot and the soles of my feet almost got burned.”

“Shall we put shoes on the horses too?”

“…Good. Aside from what to do with the shoes, that’s a good opinion.”

Sima Yi finally began to smile with a relaxed expression.

“What would Zhuge Liang do in a situation like this?”

“Why Liang?”

“I’m just curious. In times like this, if it’s Liang….”

What would Zhuge Liang do?

“…Perhaps they should have run after cooling the ground?”

“Where can I pour as much water as I can?”

“Suddenly, a rain shower fell from the sky, just enough to put out the lights and make it easy for the horses to run.”

“…Somehow it seems like he can do it.”

Sima Yi shuddered.

“He knows the weather amazingly. He must have calculated when a rain shower would fall and shot a fire arrow.”

“It’s okay. I was joking. It would be difficult to take it seriously.”

“I know. I made a joke too. How could anyone do something like that?”

Knock, patter.

“…uh.”

From the sky, raindrops began to fall slowly.

* * *

“Damn, damn!”

Sugo wrapped the cloth around his forearm and gritted his teeth.

The news that as many as 4,000 Heuksan bandits who had gone out to ambush him were killed quickly spread widely in Gyeonseong, the stronghold of the Heuksan bandits, and Su Go’s subordinates could not give Su Go a kind look.

-He said he was going to take over the major and it was great.

-I’m sure they caught an ambush while installing it.

-If I stay hidden, will everything be resolved? The opponents are crazy people who set fire to the forest.

“Off, ugh!!”

Sugo had no choice but to let out a scream.

“How do I know? They’ll set the forest on fire!!”

The tactic I received from ‘that person’ was simple.

They attempt to ambush the forest they must pass through on their way to Gyeonseong, greatly reduce their power, and then fight in Gyeonseong.

His plan, which he assured that there was no need to worry because the enemy’s only troops were cavalry, burned to ashes overnight and flew into the sky.

An ambush in the forest.

Light the forest.

It is natural that unless you want to burn to death with the fire, you have to get out of the forest.

“Cao Cao, you crazy b*tch! You said that Zhou Zhou was a devil stained with blood, and your subordinates are the same!”

Crazy guys setting fire to the forest.

You set fire to a forest, but there is no law against setting fire to a castle.

“Damn it, what if they set fire to the castle? The walls of Gyeonseong Fortress aren’t that high…!”

Gyeonseong, which was forcibly occupied by thieves, is not an easy place for Suseong.

Of course, the opponent does not have cavalry that is good for siege, but if the castle gate is breached, the situation changes greatly.

Just as the thousands of bandits who had set out to ambush the cavalry were trampled by them, it was obvious that they would soon collapse.

But fortunately, the current situation is not too bad.

The castle walls were in the process of being diligently reinforced, and even more so, with rain starting to fall from the sky, there was no need to worry about catching fire.

If it rains, the cavalry’s mobility will naturally decrease.

“Damn, did you say you were going to do this for no reason? Should you have just quietly run away to the north of Jinyang and robbed the immigrants?”

Sugo was biting his nails in agony.

But no matter how much he struggled, the right answer did not come easily, and in the end, there was only one choice for him.

“If I surrender here, everything will be lost. Cancer, nothing like that. I will fight unconditionally.”

There is no going back now.

The only way is to fight and win or fight and die.

“Excuse me, General.”

“…huh?”

It was not a voice that would be heard in a place where thieves would be present.

Sugo immediately turned his head back, and there was a neatly dressed man in civil service uniform.

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“Oh, my. Hello, Mr. Kwak! Well, this matter-”

“He is very disappointed about this.”

“Well, that was force majeure! It was something I couldn’t do anything about!”

“It’s not that I’m disappointed in you. It’s that I’m disappointed in the atrocities of Cao Cao’s army, which burned the forest without hesitation. He was very angry, asking how the government army could do such a thing.”

“Is that so? hahahaha….”

Sugo sent shivers down his spine, feeling as if a knife was pointed at his throat.

“Well, the government army isn’t going to come to subdue them, is it?”

“There will be no official army other than Cao Cao’s army. The general can simply stage a sit-in protest against the enemies in Gyeonseong.”

“holding a castle?”

“That’s right. The enemy is an army of 10,000 made up entirely of cavalry. There will definitely be a limit to food, so if you hold out as long as you can, the general will win. They will have no choice but to leave as time passes.”

“Uh, how long do I have to hold out?”

“…It would be about thirty days at most.”

The man in civil service uniform smiled wryly and tapped Sugo on the shoulder.

“Hold on for just 30 days, and He will move on after that.”

“Thirty days…!”

“Yes. Thirty days. If that happens, they will run out of food and have no choice but to retreat. Do you understand? Your goal is not to defeat them.”

“Subjugation…failure…!”

“Yes. Just hold on no matter what. If that happens, after that….”

“He will subdue us! We will flee to Jinyang!”

Sugo opened his mouth wide and laughed.

“hahahaha! I understand! I, Susukto, will do my best to hold on!”

* * *

“There is a bit of sacrifice, but there is a quick way to defeat the enemy within five days. There is minimal sacrifice, but it takes 15 days. Which one will you choose?”

Sima Yi, who had already gained trust, began to show off his tricks in front of the generals to his heart’s content.

“How do you do the latter?”

“The height of the castle wall is not very high. Even if you build a wooden fence now, the height is not absolute. You can build an inclined structure that a horse can climb on, attach it to the castle wall, and climb it.”

“When do you come down?”

“You have to come down the stairs. It will be possible if you use the Japanese language.”

“It’s possible, but it’s possible.”

Cao Ren’s gaze was directed at me, not Sima Yi.

“Well, sir. Did you receive any hints from the Duke of Zhou or anything like that?”

“You didn’t say anything.”

“Then what? If you were the Duke, which of Sima Yi’s plans would you choose?”

“hmm….”

It involves sacrifice, but it’s a way to end the battle a little faster.

A way to make sacrifices to a minimum.

‘For me, it’s definitely the latter.’

If it were me.

However, what Jo In asks is ‘Jo Jo’s judgment.’

“Jojo, of course you would say that. You have great power, but there is no need to save it.”

“…Indeed. There is a reason why Jojo sees you as his son-in-law.”

Jo In clicked his tongue and tapped my shoulder.

“That’s correct. You recognized Jo Maeng-deok right away even from afar, even though I’ve been looking at him for decades. hahahaha! Then what do you think I’ll do?”

“If it’s General Jo In….”

I felt the heat coming from his hand holding my shoulder.

“We will crush the enemy. Right, right?”

“Yes. I have prepared a tactic for that as well. Would you like to listen?”

“okay.”

Sima Yi quickly announced the strategy to capture Gyeonseong.

Cao Ren listened to Sima Yi and clicked his tongue in admiration for her tactical insight.

“It’s really amazing. Just hearing it makes me feel like I’ve already won.”

“They say you can’t let your guard down, but you can’t help it. Such an overwhelming power difference.”

Just one cavalry job.

Fifteen thousand sword soldiers.

“Just knock on the walls, open them, and kill the thieves.”

“how?”

“With overwhelming force.”

“So what? Can I just go and stick my spear in the gate?”

“Master will do that for you.”

While I was quietly listening, attention was drawn to me.

“…Wait. Who? Me?”

“Yes, Master.”

Sima Yi extended his hand to me.

“Master, you specialize in breaking through solid walls, right?”

“…….”