Episode 1155 Well, if it’s absolutely necessary. (5)
In that atmosphere, even Cheongmyeong looked at Lim So-byeong with some expectation.
The reason he called this meeting is not because he doesn’t know what to do from now on. He had finally figured out what to do first.
Nevertheless, there are two reasons why he hosted the meeting.
One is because we can no longer stick to the way of thinking alone and leading alone.
As I said to Baekcheon a moment ago, each of these people here are people who must make their own decisions and lead others when war breaks out.
If you get into the habit of waiting for someone to make a decision for you, you will inevitably end up unable to make the right decision when you need to make it yourself.
So at least these people should be the ones who find the best for themselves. In order to do that, Cheongmyeong also needs to tone down his opinion a little.
Even if the outcome of the meeting was contrary to what Cheongmyeong thought was the best path, he believed that it would be the best in the end.
Another one is….
‘I can’t do it alone.’
Cheongmyeong is not omnipotent.
No matter how terrible the war was and how many times he crossed the line of fire that others could not even imagine, there is a limit to Qingmyeong’s experience and perception.
Although his way of thinking has been correct up to now, his strength alone is not enough to deal with the great enemies of Jang Il-so and the Demonic Cult.
So, we are trying to gather opinions. Because the people here are worthy of listening to Cheongmyeong.
At that moment, Lim So-byeong opened his mouth.
“What is important to win?”
“…yes?”
As Namgung Do-wi asked in a daze, Lim So-byeong tapped his head with a folded fan.
“I guess the question was a bit difficult. “If two people fight, who wins?”
“That’s right… I’ve been training a little harder.”
“No, no. “He understands his opponents better.”
“I think that someone who clearly knows their limitations has a higher chance of winning.”
Arguments poured out.
At that time, if it was an obvious statement, the person with hives blurted it out as if it was absurd.
“Isn’t it just that the stronger one wins?”
There was silence for a moment. As everyone’s eyes focused on her, Jo Geol’s face turned red.
“Oh no, I mean….”
“That’s right!”
“…Eh?”
Sigh!
Lim So-byeong opened his fan.
“If you go around and talk about it, adding various modifiers, there is only one conclusion. The stronger one wins. “Isn’t that the only truth about Gangho?”
“Look at that! “What I said is right!”
“Who said what?”
“Why are you upset alone?”
“Oh my, Cha-am, you did well.”
“These guys!”
Everyone turned their gaze coldly on Jo Geol. There are bound to be people in the world who don’t want to be praised even if they do well.
“Then what should we do to win the war?”
Namgung Do-wi, who received that burdensome gaze, slightly tilted his upper body back.
“That’s right…”
I never imagined that such a ridiculous answer would come out of my mouth, but the current atmosphere was forcing him to give only one answer.
“We just need to become stronger.”
“oh my. “You’re feeling a little dizzy now.”
“….”
I gave the most stupid-looking answer in my life and received praise. That fact threw Namgung Dowi into an inexplicable sense of self-destruction. Of course, I did not notice anything strange about the fact that I was secretly happy after receiving a compliment from Safa member Lim So-byeong.
“Now then, what are some ways to become stronger?”
“That’s right…”
Lim So-byeong seemed to not have been expecting an answer up to this point, so he summarized it neatly.
“Just two things. “Either strengthen the quality or increase the quantity.”
Baekcheon gets angry at those words.
“No, then the small and medium-sized ones….”
“I’m just saying this just in case, but increasing the quantity means supplementing those who will serve as a force. “I’m sure there’s no one here who has the one-dimensional idea that if we gather all these idiots together, our power will become stronger, right?”
“Okay then.”
“….”
A stinging gaze fell on Baekcheon, who momentarily turned away from his words. He lowered his head and gritted his teeth inwardly.
“But…”
Dangpae quietly opened his mouth.
“Those aren’t necessarily the only two ways, right? Strategy, tactics and…”
“Ah, strategy?”
Lim So-byeong chuckled.
“Oh well, that can happen. “If you use your brain well, you can fight against an enemy twice as strong as you.”
“It won’t be easy, but…”
“Then three times as much?”
“….”
“Five times as much? Ten times as much?”
The party became completely dumb for an instant. If you can beat someone 10 times stronger by using your brains, why would people be afraid to climb a mountain at night? I go around catching tigers with my bare fists.
“Do you understand? In the first place, strategy or tactics are meaningless in the face of power differences. If you could win without using your brain, would you go crazy and think about ways to win? “My body is bad, so my head is suffering.”
“Oh no… Gaojo Han also defeated Xiang Yu.”
“If we had fought one-on-one, I would have been beaten to death! “Didn’t that guy use all the power he had and attack them all?”
“….”
After hearing it, I found that to be true.
“Who is stronger now, the Sapaelian or us?”
“Yes…”
You can answer this without even thinking about it.
“It’s Sapaeryeon.”
“yes. “That one is stronger.”
It is still not easy to deal with Sapaelyeon alone with Cheonwoomaeng’s strength. Of course, the situation may change depending on how smoothly the people who are united move together, but based on the revealed power alone, the Sapaeryeon is clearly superior.
“In the first place, a thoughtful person does not waste time coming up with a plan to overcome stronger power with insufficient power. In the meantime, let’s find a way to increase power.”
Everyone began to be fascinated by Lim So-byeong’s words.
“But the quality of the troops!”
Lim So-byeong turned his head and looked at Cheongmyeong.
“There’s a guy here who takes care of everything. Even though that guy has a nasty temper and can’t possibly use it anywhere else, this one ability is at the level of a civil servant exam… Ehehehehe! Put it down. If I get hit with an inkstone, I will die. “I’m dying!”
Cheongmyeong reluctantly lowered the inkstone he had lifted. Lim So-byeong continued speaking, wiping cold sweat with his sleeve.
“So the only thing left is to increase the amount.”
“But…”
The party leader who heard those words made an ambiguous expression.
“If we can’t help with the small and medium-sized faction, we have no choice but to bring in the large clan, but in the current situation, there is no place for us to join, right?”
“It’s not like I have any power left. “In the first place, everyone came together and gathered together.”
“Hmmmm.”
As everyone spoke with puzzled faces, Lim So-byeong smiled meaningfully.
“So, everyone agrees that the Great Gate Clan is necessary?”
“…if only possible.”
“Of course, it would be possible if it were possible, but isn’t it a problem because it is realistically difficult?”
Lim So-byeong’s point hit them right where it hurt.
In the first place, there are two reasons why Cheonwoo-maeng is trying to increase understanding of each other and strengthen cooperation. One is to reduce the number of victims, and the other is…
‘Because if we don’t do that, we really won’t be able to win.’
Baekcheon looked at Lin Xiaobyeong with a serious face. The most painful thing that Lim So-byeong said so far was, ‘Once people do something, they feel relieved.’
Those were words that fit Baekcheon perfectly. Although I was aware that there was a clear gap between Cheonwoo-maeng and Sapae-ryeon, I devoted all my attention to training every day. Rather than solving the fundamental problem, they tried to do what they could.
‘Is this a difference in perspective?’
Maybe this is the difference between Lim So-byeong, who thinks and tries to solve it on his own, and Baek-cheon, who is still waiting for someone to come up with a solution.
Baekcheon engraved this moment deeply in his heart.
Lim So-byeong said, folding his fan with a loud sound.
“great. Lightning!”
“Yes, Green Forest King!”
“Open the map!”
“yes!”
Beonchung unfolded the large map he was holding in his hand. Because it was so large, it took two people to open the map on both sides, so it could be opened by one person.
‘You prepared that in advance?’
Tang Gunak looked at Lim So-byeong with a bewildered expression. Now that I see it, it seems that the Green Forest King had guessed that this conversation would take place here from the beginning.
“Currently, there are four factions whose affiliations are not clear in the midfield.”
“Your place?”
“yes. These two are places you all know. “The remaining two of Saoeosa Palace are Namhae Sun Palace and Podalap Palace.”
“Ah…”
Those who heard those words blinked. And when the words Podalapgung came out, Cheongmyeong’s eyes instantly sparkled.
“And another one… is the blood palace that is included when referring to the Saewoeogung.”
“But the blood palace….”
“Yes, yes. I know. But for now, let’s put aside the issue of possibility and discuss only the forces that do not belong.”
“Hmm. If that’s the case…”
In the first place, the Blood Palace was a mysterious sect whose origins were not clearly known, and its disciples were famous for their wicked tendencies, so they did not fit in with Cheon Woo-maeng.
“They say Sae-o and Jung-won can’t get along, but that doesn’t apply to Cheon Woo-maeng at least. And fortunately, the heads of the two factions outside of Sae are here, so it will be a little easier to persuade them.”
“…Why didn’t I think of that?”
“So…”
Everyone looked at each other as if it was absurd.
Of course, just because Beast Palace and Bing Palace are members of the Cheonwoo Alliance, there is no guarantee that they will take the Cheonwoo Alliance’s side. Saeoeosagung does not have a particularly representative sect, and its solidarity is looser than expected.
But isn’t it also clear that those two schools have the potential to make up for the shortcomings of Cheonwoomaeng?
“Among these, the place that can be the most powerful is Podalap Palace…”
“No.”
Cheongmyeong quickly waved his hand.
“War will break out on the way from Seojang to here.”
“That’s correct.”
Lim So-byeong licked his appetite as if he felt regretful.
“Furthermore, it is known that the Podalap Palace rarely leaves its own region and does not intervene in disputes between other clans unless it is a really big problem. So there would be no chance.”
Ogum recalled the Banseon Lama he had met in the past and nodded.
No, in the first place, I didn’t think I could even ask that person to fight with us. I could tell even from that brief meeting. It’s different from a typical unmanned vehicle.
“Then the rest is here.”
Sigh!
The moment Lim So-byeong lightly pointed at a place on the map, people’s eyes widened.
“…You’re going there?”
“Oh no, do people live there too? “Is the midfield that wide?”
“Okay.”
Meng So scratched his head as he looked at the spot where Lim So-byeong took the picture.
“It’s the Namhae Sun Palace.”
“Yes that’s right. “It is a Daemun sect that currently does not belong to any place.”
“But… haha. That won’t be easy. “In the first place, isn’t the Namhae Sun Palace located in Im-eup?”
“Of course.”
“To begin with, their speech and writing itself are different from ours. “You won’t be able to mix easily.”
“You have to endure that.”
“and… Crucially, the Namhae Sun Palace is not a sect that wields imperial power outside the world as you know.”
“yes?”
“He is a true king. “The archers of the Namhae Sun Palace are members of the royal family.”
“…Eh?”
Even Lim So-byeong seemed to not know this and blinked.
“Really?”
“…What can I do by lying about this? So they wouldn’t think of coming to a foreign country and fighting in the first place. From their perspective, how would the proposal to join Cheon Yu-maeng sound?”
“That’s right…”
“Wouldn’t it sound like they are asking members of the royal family to participate as ronin in a war taking place in another country?”
“Uh…”
“If you’re going to send an envoy, leave me out. “Because I don’t want to be dismembered in a thousand miles away.”
Lim So-byeong became dumb and looked at Meng So in confusion.
And then Cheongmyeong opened his mouth.
“It started out grandly. what? “In the end, you’re saying that no one will be able to bring it with you, right?”
“Yes, but he ignores everything and ignores it like he’s proud.”
“what? “It means nothing?”
As the atmosphere became increasingly hostile, Lim So-byeong hesitated and took a step back. In particular, the look in Namgung Dowi and Baekcheon’s eyes was unusual.
“Now wait a minute! yet! “There’s still more!”
“What kind of modification is this again!”
“Stop your useless resistance and take the hit gently!”
“No, there is! I told you there were four in the first place! “I’m sure it’s here! Right here!”
Percussion!
The moment Lim So-byeong pointed at a place on the map again, everyone’s attention focused on the tip of his finger.
“…what?”
“Is he sane….”
“Is this person really crazy?”
Absurd reactions came out of everyone’s mouths at the same time.
