Episode 322. Teaching my older brother (1)
“Buya!”
“older brother!”
The fireman was a little taken aback when he saw that Hwabok was the one riding a horse in front of the soldiers who had come to meet him.
Whether or not he knew the painter’s heart, Hwabok had a very happy expression.
“I heard that they went down to Ikju this time and were fighting a big war… It’s good that they’re so safe.”
“yes. But what are you doing here with your brother wearing armor?”
“Since a great war broke out, shouldn’t the country also fight?”
“Your tongue brother is fighting?”
Like Hwa-bok, the administrative expert who does not know the martial arts and does not excel in martial arts usually sends only soldiers as reinforcements and does not directly jump into the battlefield.
It occurred to the fireman’s mind that it was Jojo who had called his eldest brother to the battlefield.
The reason he did this, without even thinking about it, was to attract more of his own power.
‘Heh, Joe, you were too impatient this time. How can you use only this amount? No matter how urgent it is, there is a line that must be followed!’
Disappointment came along with embarrassment.
The painter welcomed his brother without revealing his intentions, and then stopped the advance of the entire army.
“Today, make a youngchae here.”
When the fireman’s order came down, the hwabok made a puzzled expression.
It was still about an hour before sunset. No matter how hard you try, you can go another thirty miles.
“Why did you stop marching already?”
“It’s been a while since I met my brother, so I need to have a drink. You can’t drink while riding a horse.”
“Mupyeonghu will be waiting for you to die of thirst…”
Hwabok couldn’t finish talking.
The fireman was looking at the soldiers who came with them with cold eyes.
“Are you guys my brother’s soldiers?”
“Yes, Master Eosa.”
The officers all bowed their heads in unison. He got along so comfortably with the painter a while ago, but he didn’t dare to even look into the eyes of the painter.
“At least a thousand cavalrymen aren’t all there, where is the rest?”
“I am joining the army of Muheunghu.”
“Tsk! done. Okay, everyone, go back and rest. We camp here today.”
“All right.”
Although he was a sweet painter to his older brother, he had the dignity of a great empress when dealing with his subordinates.
The soldiers in Hwabok naturally shrank and retreated.
“General.”
“Your master.”
“I want to have a drink with my brother after a long time, but can’t I get a good drink?”
“All right. I will colonel you immediately.”
Yeo-po immediately realized why the painter was so angry.
So, I didn’t ask anything about the march and followed the order as it was and fulfilled it.
“Are you doing this because I came out?”
Hwabok is also aware of it, so he asked the painter indirectly. The painter looked at his brother and sighed quietly.
“I didn’t know that Hyung Cho had such a bird’s chest. Why on earth did you call your elder brother, who is an administrator, to the battlefield?”
“If Queen Wu Ping was defeated in this war, the area under my control would fall to Yuan Shao, so I couldn’t stand still. And I also came out because I was worried about you.”
The painter understood his brother’s feelings, but it was difficult to say that it was all Jojo’s drink.
I turned around quietly.
“What about your sister-in-law and your nieces and nephews?”
“I sent them to Yeju first.”
“My mother will like it after a while.”
“Will you like it when you fled because the war broke out?”
“If I give you the news of victory, you will surely feel relieved.”
“Anyway, if you really stopped the advance because of me, it’s my heart to want to dissuade you.”
“Hyung-nim is one of the reasons why. It’s not just because of my brother. It was because I thought it would be good to prepare a strategy at this point.”
While Hwabu and Hwabok were talking, Lü Bu had the soldiers pack the youngchae and called Liu Bei’s bloody brother or a schemer like Pangtong to bring them near Hwabu.
“Hello everyone. This is my older brother, Hwa-bok, and he is the governor of Dong-gun and Ha-nae-gun.”
When the painter introduced them, the people who came with Yeo-po politely and respectfully bowed.
“Hao, Yeopo, who is the general of the Duke of Zhou. I once met him as an enemy, but now I see him as the older brother of the Duke of Ju.”
“I am Liu Bei, who used to be in the camp of Gongsun Zan’s company. And these are the younger brothers…”
“Nice to meet you. General Gwan Woo-ra…..” ”
…..”
Hwa-bok realized anew what position his younger brother was in as he received excessive courtesy from various generals and tacticians.
When he was in Cao Cao’s camp, he was just one of many governors. In particular, because he was an administrator, he rarely attended strategy meetings, and even if he did, he could not say a word and only listened.
“It is really reassuring to have great generals and bookkeepers who I have only heard about through rumors be with my younger brother. I wish you all the best in the future.”
After greeting each other, Hwabok had a drink with them.
Because it was a battlefield, it was not a drinking party with plenty of snacks, but it was more joyful and fun than any other drinking party because I was hanging out with many heroes.
After drinking for a while, I naturally started talking about why the fireman stopped the march of the troops.
“In fact, the reason why I stopped marching is not necessarily because of my older brother. It is true that the reason lies with my older brother, but at this point we all knew that we needed to preserve the soldiers’ stamina.”
“…..”
At the words of the fireman, the longevity and the bookkeepers nodded.
The fireman continued his pause to help his brother understand.
“If you recover your health, can’t you reduce the damage of your allies even a little? As a former lawmaker, I feel like all my soldiers are like family. Every time one of them dies, it’s so sad. That is why it is so.”
“How could that be your only feeling? Not only the feudal lords, but all the people mourned the death of each other. But how can that be easier said than done? There is no monarch in the world who wants to be defeated.”
“Yes, the reason I stopped marching is for that victory. I thought this would be the most suitable way to deceive the elements.”
Hwabok, who listened to the fireman’s words, looked up at the various bookkeepers and longevity, and even looked over the surrounding terrain.
And he tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.
“This is the best place to fool the elements? Even though I’m not familiar with the art of war… Aren’t I too far away from the battlefield?”
“So the element will be deceived. I wouldn’t be fooled if Yuan Shao had fewer troops than he does now, but he’s already more than enough. So, are you using Cao Cao’s military properly while holding out on the water?”
“I can understand why you’re holding out with Mercury, but how are you using Cao Cao’s military?”
The painter put the glass to his mouth and gave Bangtong a glance.
Bangtong, who received the fireman’s gaze, took on a bright color and opened his mouth toward the fire suit as if he had been waiting.
“I will tell you something about how Yuan Shao uses Cao Cao’s military.”
“Did you say you were a broadcasting bookstore earlier?”
“yes.”
“Tell me.”
“yes. When the city is divided inside, there is no more suitable material to bond with than the enemy outside.”
“Hmm, so now Shao is taking advantage of Cao Cao’s attack and uniting the troops he absorbed from Gongsun Zan with his original troops?”
“yes. In fact, Gongsun Zan’s soldiers and Yuan Shao’s soldiers met as enemies, so they had no choice but to have a rough relationship for a while. However, when Cao Cao’s army attacks and threatens their lives, as they do now, they have no choice but to unite to survive, and then solidarity is naturally strengthened, and comradeship is formed.”
“ah! Right. That makes sense. That’s why they don’t come out after locking the castle gates, even though there are much more elemental forces.”
“yes. And even if they open the castle gates and come out, those who come out will be the main forces of the elements. No matter how fast the solidarity is strengthened, it would still be difficult to put the soldiers absorbed from Gongsun Zan on the offensive.”
“aha! That’s why Yuan Shao opened the gate after Cao Cao’s army failed in the siege.”
“It is. At that time, you can achieve great results with a small number of troops.”
Hwabok nodded, thought for a moment, then opened her mouth again.
“But what does that have to do with stopping the advance of troops here?”
Bangtong did not answer right away, but glanced at the fireman. Then the painter opened his mouth.
“Brother, the reason I told you to stop the military advance is because the Eye of Yuan Shao must be here somewhere.”
“huh? There is Sejak here?”
“It’s not that there is Sejak among our soldiers, it’s that there will be people hiding and looking around. Well, maybe Yuan Yuan was meticulous and planted Sejak in our army. Of course, the chances are small.”
“If there are people hiding and watching, it will be reported to Yuan Yuan that we stopped our advance like this.”
“It is. Then the element will be impatient. And it will keep many possibilities in mind.”
“If I’m in a hurry, I’ll open the city gates and attack Cao Cao, or I’ll lock the gates even more tightly.”
“yes. As my older brother said, I will do one of those two things and keep an eye on my dynamics. But what do you think would happen if I stopped like this and kept still?”
“Wu Pinghu, I am in a hurry, so I will send another envoy to urge you to come, and Yuan Shao will think that you have a different mind.”
“You saw it right away. Seeing this, you also have an eye for strategy.”
“It’s my eyes, isn’t it that you forcibly opened it just now? So, what is the situation you are trying to induce?”
“If I were an element, I would interpret it like this. That fireman came to help Jojo, but he has other plans inside, so he’s looking at the liver.”
“…..”
“And maybe Joe will have similar thoughts.”
“Isn’t there nothing good for you then?”
“The war will end quickly only when both of them are in a hurry. Perhaps one of them was in a hurry…”
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Even at the time when Hwabu and Hwabok were drinking, Jojo was engaged in a one-step battle with Yuan Shao.
Cao Cao’s army, who suffered heavy losses in the siege and retreated, was fiercely pursued by Yuan’s army, who came out through the gate, and Cao Cao, who had dug a trap in advance, made great profits by using the trap.
As this happened several times, Yuan Shao’s army also learned how to avoid the traps dug by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao suffered great losses in the seventh battle and retreated 10 li further before he could barely build the camp.
As the situation progressed, Yuan Shao’s army now came out of the castle and began to pressure Cao Cao’s army by packing up the youngchae.
“what! You don’t budge?”
“Your master.”
Cao Cao’s heart became impatient when the fireman stopped moving at two days’ distance. So, he sent Manchong again to urge the fireman, but the fireman sent Manchong back, making various excuses.
Upon receiving Manchong’s report, Cao Cao’s face changed.
“No matter how shallow I tried to drag my brother into the battlefield, I still couldn’t budge for two days without stopping the advance… Could it be that he had a different opinion?”
Come to think of it, it was doubtful that he had brought only 100,000 troops, although he made the excuse that he had not yet conquered Woljeon and Yunnan.
It is a troop that I thought was not a troop that came to help from the beginning, but rather condescending.
“Come to think of it, compared to the vast territory occupied, the number of soldiers is absurdly small!”
As I doubted, doubts made new doubts bloom, which in turn raised concerns.
‘Alas! I left the void empty and came… Could it be that the painter was aiming for the imperial palace?’
The reason why the imperial palace was empty was because Manchong, who had been to the painter, made such a suggestion.
As doubts piled up, I even wondered if the suggestion might have implicitly reflected the opinion of the fireman, not Manchong alone.
‘If you come with 100,000 soldiers, calm me down, occupy the imperial palace, and aim for the moment when both I and Yuan Shao fight and both sides lose their strength…the whole world will fall into the hands of the fireman!’
thud.
It was as if he had been hit in the back of the head with a sledgehammer.
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