Episode 391. Raw? Saro? (2)
Cao Cao’s feeling of abandoning his castle and running away was unbearable, as if one part of his heart had been cut out. The headache got worse and worse, it felt like my head was going to explode.
“Rep. Nam. Is there any other slander other than spitting?”
“I’m sorry, Seung-sang. There is no other way than to eliminate the source of the disease.”
“Huh~ This is really frustrating. I didn’t ask for another way other than something I can’t do in the midst of this!”
“sorry.”
Rep. Nam-ho lowered his head toward Jojo, hiding his annoyed expression.
‘This is really a quandary. We must get out of here. It’s not easy to open this guy’s head in the current situation. Even if it fails…’
Jojo looked at Nam-ho with a frown and then turned his head.
“ha! Military Kwak.”
“Your master.”
“How is the war going?”
“The soldiers who retreated from the fortress are holding out by forming a square centered on the east gate.”
“Oops! And what happened to the brother-in-law who stabbed me in the back? As for my guys…”
“It’s a pity, but it’s already a situation where enemy soldiers keep pouring out of Jingga. We sent troops, but it seems difficult to destroy them.”
“No, then you mean we have to leave Jingga as it is and retreat?”
“I understand the heart of the governor a hundred times, but I think it is right to promise revenge at a later date.”
“Obviously hyungga… I will engrave you on my bones and destroy the Gujok for sure!”
“The advance party of the main forces has penetrated the north gate, so hurry up and climb into the carriage.”
“I get it.”
Cao Cao climbed the high carriage and turned his head to look at the generals and soldiers concentrating on defending the East Gate in a circle.
Ironically, thanks to Hwabu’s soldiers flocking to the east gate, the other gates were relatively weak, and they were able to open the north gate as an escape route.
“I will definitely come back and decapitate you, firer!”
“Go!”
“yes.”
He Zeh took the lead in opening the road, and the wagon with Cao Cao set off.
Then, the 1,000 surviving guards and about 200,000 soldiers who joined belatedly followed.
On the east gate side, about 50,000 soldiers formed a square to buy time until the end, but the possibility that they would survive and join the retreating force was extremely small.
‘How many million troops have been cut in half! Is the sky really on the side of the fireman?’
Jojo shouted that he would cut the fireman’s head with courage, but he was not fooled. I felt as if I was walking on a single rope at the edge of a cliff, knowing how precarious my future journey would be.
Tears poured down Jojo’s face
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‘Once upon a time, I established an emperor and commanded the world… Am I following the fate of those who preceded me? ha ha ha! It’s pitiful, Jojo.’
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“Zhou Gong Cao Cao is concentrating all forces toward the North Gate. If we don’t send more troops right away, we might break through.”
The flower pot widened its eyes in surprise at the captain’s report of the frontline situation, but the fireman still remained calm.
“Isn’t it said that the north gate is open? You may miss out on jojo. Go ahead and send reinforcements.”
“It was already predicted by the secretaries that my brother Jojo would flee through the north gate toward Georok-gun.”
“what? Did you already predict? If you predicted, wouldn’t you have to send more troops than now?”
Flowerpot turned her head and looked at the soldiers waiting in line, unable to enter the east gate. Turning them to the north gate seemed enough to form a siege.
“Even mice bite cats when cornered, right? Leaking the north gate is part of the plan, so you don’t have to worry about it, brother.”
“Is it part of the plan to deliberately allow Jojo to escape? Do you intend not to avenge your brother?”
“Of course I have to avenge my brother. However, if we block Jojo, who is prepared to be imprisoned, while blocking the North Gate, not only will our soldiers suffer great damage… but there is something that bothers me more than anything else.”
“what are you talking about? Do you mind?”
“Cao Cao was the one who once made the emperor and commanded the world for a while.”
“……”
“I don’t want to let Cao Cao end up as a feudal lord.”
“huh? What do you mean?”
“I hope that the end will be as miserable as the mistakes Jojo made. Isn’t it Jojo who almost took the world? When would such a person have the hardest time? After losing everything, don’t you feel miserable when you run from hole to hole like a rat? If he dies fighting on the battlefield… he himself and other descendants may also rate him highly. So I hoped he would find his own rat hole. Only then will the revenge I desire be completed.”
Hearing the fireman’s words, the flower pot’s eyes trembled.
“But wasn’t he your brother-in-law once? Do you need to go that far? Furthermore, he has the ability to gather troops anywhere. If you miss it, you could end up regretting it.”
“Since he was my brother-in-law, it would be right for me to pay for the crime. And no matter where he runs, I will follow him to the end, so I won’t have the energy to gather an army.”
“If you just chase after Jojo, other feudal lords might invade the imperial palace.”
“If my brother goes and strengthens the defenses of Ye Zhu, who will dare to invade the imperial palace?”
In an instant, the flowerpot’s eyes widened.
“what? I? Wouldn’t it be better for me to go after Cao Cao and for you to return to the imperial city?”
“Cao Cao is a cunning and cunning bastard. Even though they are defeated and run away, I don’t know what to do, so it’s better for me to go after them myself.”
At the fireman’s strong tone, the pot paused for a moment and then nodded.
After experiencing this war, I could see how fierce the battle between my brother and Cao Cao was. If he had been himself, he might not have been able to deal with Cao Cao even if he had commanded 2 million troops.
“Yes, where can you do better than me? Do not follow your words.”
“I plan to have the highly mobile Seoryang Army chase after Jojo, who is fleeing through the North Gate, so brother, after confirming that Jojo has fled to Georok-gun’s capital, return to the imperial capital.”
“Geo-rok-gun is close by, so can we get rid of Seo-ju-gun that quickly?”
“Cao Cao is now running away with only 200,000 troops. Even if it takes a few days, the troops will be cut in half on the way to Georok-gun, so even without your brother’s army, it will be enough to catch Jojo.”
“Yes, do as you say. After all, if the large army moves, the speed will be that much slower and a lot of military rice will be used.”
The flowerpot nodded and turned her gaze to the north gate.
After listening to my brother’s words, I realized that the soldiers opened the north gate on purpose.
‘As expected, my eyes to see and lead the battlefield are far less than wealth!’
After a while, when about 90% of Cao Cao’s soldiers came out of the city, the Xiliang army, which had been preparing, rushed in and cut off the tail of the 10% that had been stretched back.
The 10th of the soldiers who had just come out of the north gate or hadn’t yet returned to the city or fled in all directions as the link was broken helplessly by the charge of the Xiliang cavalry.
Cao Cao’s soldiers were busy running away in a hurry, unable to help the troops in the rear.
The flower pot nodded, looking at Caojo-kun like that.
‘Right now, I’ve lost a lot of work, but if I keep going through that kind of thing for a few days, I don’t know if I’ll be cut in half, or maybe even half in half, just like Boo said!’
In fact, it was a ghost-like mental system that used the enemy’s psychology.
* * *
Hwabu’s soldiers poured in from the north and east gates, and soldiers continued to pour out from Jingjiazhuang to attack the remaining Cao Cao’s soldiers. Eventually, Cao Cao’s soldiers, who lost their commanders, abandoned their weapons in a heap and surrendered.
The number of soldiers who surrendered at Eopseong was close to 100,000.
Cao Cao thought he had left about 50,000 soldiers, but there were many more hiding in private houses throughout the castle or between collapsed walls and stone walls.
In particular, most of those who did not run away and hid were those who were hit by poisoned arrows.
They knew that they could not be detoxified by following Jojo or running away, so they waited until the castle was captured and surrendered.
Thanks to their surrender, Hwabu’s army increased more than those who had decreased during the capture of the castle.
“There are too many of Master’s captives who were shot and poisoned by arrows, so the ingredients for the antidote are in short supply.”
At Lee Dang-ji’s report, the fireman’s eyebrows narrowed.
“How much medicine is lacking?”
“With the amount we have now, we can only detoxify about half of the poisoned people.”
“That is a very difficult situation. What did the military merchants supplying the medicine say?”
“They said they couldn’t increase it because they were already maximizing the supply of medicinal materials.”
The painter let out a short sigh and thought of other medicines that could detoxify the poison.
“Immediately, run to the medicine cabinet, take out all the windproof ginger, large fish, licorice, and violets, and bring them to the tea room.”
“yes? Master, aren’t those medicinal materials the ingredients of the drug cancellation?”
If I had been able to make an antidote with those herbs, I wouldn’t have bothered to come to the busy fireman and say something like this.
“Mung bean and black bean are, of course, the best for detoxification, but didn’t you already say that the ingredients are not enough? Then, even if the effect is a little less, it would be better to mix it with other medicines and increase the amount. It will take a long time to be detoxified because these are helpful medicines anyway, but there will be a lot more people who can get the antidote instead. So hurry up.”
“All right.”
As Lee Dang-ji hurriedly ran away, the painter mentally planned how to mix the medicines to achieve the highest detoxifying effect.
‘There is no problem even if mung bean and black bean are laid as a base and licorice and windbreak are mixed. The problem is the ratio of Dongbyeon or Daejo meat, but if mixed too much, mung bean and black bean’s weakness can be reduced, so about 10% each should be appropriate!’
Originally, if the ratio of the antidote was changed, numerous clinical trials had to be conducted, but there was no time to do so now.
Based on the experience of preparing medicines so far, there is no choice but to infer the appropriate ratio by designing medicines as if drawing a blueprint.
“It would be nice to have some dried ginger, but since there isn’t any dried ginger, I’ll have to put it at a minimum considering the toxicity.”
While on the way to the bath room, the burner roughly finished designing the ratio of medicinal materials.
When he arrived at the tea room, he could see numerous doctors and medical women brewing detoxifying drugs.
After receiving their greetings, the fireman brought several medicinal herbs with Lee Dang-ji and the people.
When he did that, Obo, Buna, and other lawmakers came running to see if they had heard the news.
After listening to Lee Dang-ji’s explanation, they nodded and tilted their heads.
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