90 – Combined Forces
“You’re here!”
“Shrineung-kun!”
The level selected as the gathering place for the combined forces.
Arriving there, I saw Shinneung-gun waiting outside the gate and got off the carriage and ran away.
Shin Leung also got off his horse and walked towards me.
Opening my arms wide seemed like a reunion hug, but I couldn’t have done that in front of so many people.
“In Yan…Eup!”
But Sinreung-gun was different from me. He took me into his arms, not paying any attention to how the people around him looked.
“Poetry, Xinling-kun, the eyes that see…”
“To be ashamed. Isn’t it too late? Punishment, punishment.”
I wasn’t even wearing armor, so the soft silky feel rubbed my cheeks, and Shin Lung-kun’s hands ruffled my hair.
Shinleung-gun, who forced me to shameful as punishment for being late, let me go.
“Come on, let’s go inside.”
“I’m here with you, so I’ll be with them.”
“The Chu army is stationed in Gong, so there is plenty of time. And the commanders should gather and have a meeting. Didn’t you say you came with the Geukja?”
Shin Leung-kun used the title of extreme god, which means exalted exaltation.
Noticing that her gaze was not on me, I followed her gaze and looked behind her. She was super excited about when she was approaching.
“That’s right. I am Geukshin, a general who assists the crown prince of my country.”
“I’ve heard of the fame. It’s a weapon for Xinling’s army.”
“How can I not know its name?”
Unlike when he greeted me warmly, Shin Leung-gun was courteous to Geuk-God.
I’m older than Geukshin and Xinlinggun combined, but no matter how much I’m no longer a hostage Young master, I’m the Prince of Yan.
Only in this way does the prestige around them not stand.
“Huh? You’ve become very fierce after becoming the crown prince. I know that you give strength to your eyes. I know, I know. From now on, I’ll treat you as an honored guest like my crown prince.”
When Xin Leung-kun said that half-jokingly and half-seriously, it bothered me because it seemed to put some distance.
Staying in Handan together for several years, I have spent quite a lot of time with Xin Leung, as well as with the work of the guild. During the Cho-Yeon War, he taught me what to do and showed me how to move the world like a teacher.
I quickly shook my head, thinking that I was sensitive because of the gazes around me.
“It wasn’t really like that. However, I wanted to cover the time and place a little…”
“Gigkick, it’s the same, you. It’s because I’m so glad you like it, so please understand. From now on, I’ll be careful too.”
Let’s really go in this time. There are many people waiting.
Sinreung-kun left his words and turned around.
Do I still look like a child to Shin Leung-gun when I was a hostage in Jo Nara?
Feeling nervous, while Shin Leung-gun was tidying up his disheveled hair, the extreme god approached me and whispered.
“I’m glad you look good.”
“I’m glad. I’m worried that the scam will stand up right away.”
“It can’t be. Rather, it’s a good thing.”
Openly hugging and being treated like a child, what good is that?
When I frowned in disbelief, Geukshin smiled lightly and gave an almighty answer.
“Because the opponent is that Shinneung-kun.”
Then Geukshin opened his mouth as if he wanted to continue explaining in more detail, but after seeing Geukshin and I standing still, Shin Leung-kun urged us to come quickly.
“Let’s talk as we go.”
“I will tell the managers.”
“Please.”
Leaving Yan’s army in the hands of Geukshin, I quickly caught up with Xinling’s army.
Putting aside the old relationship with Xinling, first of all, I am the general manager of the Yan army, and Xinling is the commander-in-chief of this joint army, so it was necessary to coordinate among the leaders.
I caught up with Shin Leung-gun and entered the urgent gate, but Shin Leung-gun spoke to me in a slightly apologetic voice.
“About what just happened. Were you very displeased? I’m sorry. It’s true that you did it because you were happy, but to some extent it was intentional.”
“Yes? It wasn’t offensive. But intentional?”
What Geukshin was trying to say just now, and Shinneung-kun are the same. What was the benefit of that action?
Passing through the city gate and seeing the scenery inside the palace spread out in front of my eyes, Lord Xinling placed his palm on my shoulder and gently pulled him over.
“Hey, can you see the people?”
“Yes.”
The people of Wei watch over us from within.
They were looking at us as we were looking at them.
“What the people want is not as grandiose as they thought. Rather, it is very simple. To survive today safely and to be able to go out to the fields while looking at the sun tomorrow.”
Xin Leung-gun stopped walking for a moment and this time looked in my direction.
“It is the duty of us rulers to protect that wish.”
“…Understood.”
But I’m still not sure what that has to do with the hug I just had.
Noticing that there was a part of me that I still didn’t understand, Shin Leung-kun smiled and started walking again.
“Where are we walking now?”
“It’s not acute.”
“Louder.”
“This is Wei Nara.”
“Yes. Wei. To the people of Yan, how far away is Wei? Isn’t that the princess of this country?”
It was only now that I belatedly realized why Geukshin said it would be okay if it was Shinneung-gun.
It was okay not because it was Sinreung-gun, the national four military commander, but because it was Sinreung-gun, the commander-in-chief of the Hapjong Army.
Soldiers must have felt uneasy in a corner of their hearts in the territory of a foreign country they had entered for the first time in their lives. What if they betray us? For the sake of the country of Wei, wouldn’t the people of Yan be used as discards?
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Such anxiety would erode the morale of the military and eventually lead to their departure.
However, Shin Leung’s behavior in front of the soldiers diluted much of that anxiety.
As the prince of her country and her commander, I, her commander-in-chief, seem to have a close relationship with her, so at least we won’t be killed by dogs. The soldiers must have felt that kind of relief when they saw me.
“Remember. A joint army is formed by the people of many countries coming together. Prioritize only your own people, and forget the people of other countries, the fact that it will never happen again.”
The commander of the combined force must be neutral.
You must not show favoritism to any one country, and you must make a cause for the world, not just one country.
It is easy to say, but Shin Leung-gun tried to achieve it even by selling his own feet.
This must be the true value of the Xinling Army, who united the world as the commander-in-chief of the joint army twice.
‘And it’s something I have to follow from now on.’
Extreme God was right.
I have achieved great growth even in my own opinion.
From a helpless hostage who went to Cho Nara at the young age of 8, she became a young 16-year-old crown prince who controls the country with one stone, one of the seven great kings of the country.
In the process, I met many people and learned from them.
But I still lack a lot.
Compared to Qin Shi Huang, who will devour the world and unify this great China, I was too weak.
So, we need to learn more. We need to keep more people by our side.
Just like my great-great-grandfather, King So Yeon-yang, I must build the Hwanggeumdae and invite talented people from all over the world, and I must devote myself to becoming a vessel that can contain the world, receiving the teachings of Shin Leung-gun.
“I’m sorry, Shin Leung-kun.”
To be honest, I was intoxicated by having risen to the position of crown prince.
Sending Chu-yeon to Geuk-sin, making a connection with Ak-seung through Sama-sang, persuading Ak-gan, and personally meeting Jin-gae and enlisting him.
All of the series of processes to attract the military were carried out under my leadership. It was the result of my hard work, and it was a ploy that I thought of and succeeded purely on my own.
So I was intoxicated. Maybe I am a very capable person.
To a topic that has yet to face a true ordeal.
Shin Leung-kun patted my back like that and then, as always, said coolly.
“I have just passed knowledge, but if you want to complete it already, write it! Don’t be discouraged and just keep learning. Don’t be sad about your lack of study, be happy that you still have something to study.”
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Wouldn’t it be fun to learn and learn from time to time?
It was the first phrase of the famous Analects of Young master.
I thought I could understand why Shin Leung-gun had to comfort me with those words.
After that phrase, two more phrases follow.
If Yubengjawon Bangrae (有朋自遠方來), it’s the Bulyeokrakho (不亦樂乎).
If you are a worker, you are an unreasonable soldier.
Wouldn’t it be fun to have friends from far away?
If people don’t recognize you and don’t accumulate anger, how can you not be a gentleman?
Young master’s words comforted me now, when studying abroad is not yet a school that has built such a great reputation, maybe to include those two sentences.
Her inner feelings of being happy and happy that I came.
Even so, the mind of a senior who wants to teach me the path of a gentleman that I will pursue in the future.