98 – Battle of Hannae
Xinling passed us and went down the watchtower.
Wanting to follow us, we inadvertently took our steps, and Shin Leung-gun stopped us.
“Everyone is watching from above. How the battlefield changes, what changes the flow.”
Originally, he would have to keep his position like a commander-in-chief, but Shinneung-gun’s case was special.
Her army under her command is not a unified army, but a coalition of several independent armies.
As the commander-in-chief, she entrusted each army with its role, and it could be said that Shinneung-gun fulfilled its role.
The freedom of movement created because of it. Shin Leung-gun boldly threw herself into the middle of her battlefield.
“Soldiers of Wei!”
While considering safety, Shin Lung-kun shouts as he gradually steps forward from the watchtower located in the rear so that he can clearly see the entire battlefield.
Towards those who have gathered to defend her own country.
“Have you forgotten! The days when the fame of martial arts covered the Dead Sea! The days when we defeated those sneaky Qin guys!”
The current Qin Dynasty arose based on Shangyang’s variation.
The national wind planted in the Qin Dynasty by Shang Ang, who devoted all his energy to the development of national power with the great principle of punishment, has continued to this day and has remained as the iron and blood law of the Qin Dynasty.
Then, was Qin weak before Shang Yang? Right. Before Shang Yang’s transformation, the Qin Dynasty had never been as feared an enemy as it is now.
But it wasn’t like that from the beginning. Rather, as shown in the fact that the Qin Dynasty was listed as one of the Seven Greats of the Warring States, it was one of the great powers and proudly established the Seoyong Jipae. They stabilized the west by subjugating the barbarians and Seoyungs in the west, and gradually strengthened their national power while holding onto fertile spectators.
Even the most powerful competitor, the Qin Dynasty, was split into Zhao Dynasty, Wei Dynasty, and Han Dynasty.
“At Yinjin! We defeated 500,000 of Qin with only 50,000 soldiers! What about now! We have reached 70,000, and the combined forces of all the countries that have gathered to help us reach 200,000! 10 If you have won twice as much, how can you be afraid of enemies who are less than twice your size!”
Battle of Yinjin. In the great battle that remained as a legend, the country of Wei overcame an overwhelming inferiority that was incomparable to now and won a great victory.
The army of Wei, led by Ogi, a master general who achieved the heyday of the Wei Dynasty and the author of the War of War, which divides sick leave with Sun Tzu’s military method, miraculously succeeded in crushing the great army of the Qin Dynasty.
The aftermath continued for 30 years. The Qin Dynasty, which had become a heavenly power and began to reveal its ambitions to the central plains, suffered a huge blow before it properly started and fell into a weak country on the periphery.
Ogi’s life was like the answer to the prosperous country and the military.
Thanks to the lessons I took from Hankyung in the past, I was able to fully understand Sinreung-gun’s intentions.
Sinreung-gun is meant to remind you. The great victory won by the country of Wei.
Ogi left the country of Wei, but in the state of Wei, there was now an army of Xinlings.
The martial arts fostered by Ogi have disappeared, but the Wei Dynasty now had a joint army.
Sinling’s army can win by going directly to the front. The morale of the Wei army, which had been shaken as soon as he chanted, was instantly put in order. Conversely, the front lines of the Qin army began to stumble at the word that Shinling army had stepped up.
Unbelievable influence that one individual existence can exert such a huge power.
Although Xinlinggun left Wei for her Zhao Dynasty, her Wei people’s devotion to her was still the same.
The momentum of the Wei army was boiling to the point where they wondered if it was really the same army from just before, just by feeling that such an army of Sinling was with them.
Obviously, the quality of each soldier was high in the Qin Dynasty. At the same time, the quantity of troops was also ahead of Qin.
The scene of the Qin army being pushed back despite having an absolute advantage in both quality and quantity was phenomenal.
Why is morale important? The answer was unfolding before my eyes.
He had a rough understanding of how important morale was in battle, to the extent that later generations would say “Moral bread”. However, after witnessing the power in person, you realize that it was only scratching the surface.
‘If there is an absolute presence of the commander, is it possible to overcome the inferiority of troops? .’
Now that heat weapons have not developed, morale is a particularly important factor in battles between cold weapons.
Even if it’s not happening right in front of your eyes, isn’t it not long before an unprecedented situation that far transcends that?
It was the great battle of Paengseong by Hang-wu, who wiped out 560,000 enemies with 30,000 troops.
However, the thought that if I really believed in only one morale booster that I personally did, it would be a little lacking, never left my head.
No matter how important commanders and morale are, it was shameless to hope that the Qin army would collapse with just that.
At first, the Qin army, which was tightly disciplined with unmatched military law, hesitated at the cry that the Xinling army had appeared, but that was short-lived.
Above all, the actions of the commander himself are a double-edged sword.
“To go all the way like that… Isn’t it too reckless!”
Hang-tae spat out an astonishment close to a scream.
Sinreung-gun was already near the front line. And the Qin army attacked even more ferociously at the appearance of such Shinling army.
That’s exactly what I was worried about. A commander who is trusted and respected by his soldiers raises the fighting spirit of his soldiers just by his presence.
But what if such a commander is defeated by the enemy?
You may be able to turn your eyes to revenge and generate more power, but in most cases, morale plummets more than it rises high. As the morale that fell into the abyss was directly related to defeat, Shin Leung’s advance was close to a high-risk, high-return gamble.
‘It’s not for nothing that Admiral Yi Sun-sin hid his death.’
Even Yi Sun-shin did not know how his soldiers would react when he died, so he covered up his death and blocked his variables.
No matter how great Shinneunggun is, it is impossible to predict the future, which was impossible even for Admiral Yi Sun-sin.
‘I don’t know if Shin Leung-gun had assumed that he would die from the beginning and had arranged personnel to catch the wind in preparation for it…….’
I don’t think so.
Because Hang-tae, who had a clearer view of the battlefield than I, had judged that way, he must have commented on Shin-leung-gun’s actions as reckless.
However, the reaction of Sama-san, who must have had better eyesight than Hang-tae, was different.
“Xin Leung-kun, I knew you were a scary person, but seeing it in person is even more so.”
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“What do you mean by that?”
Did Sama-san see something that neither I nor Hang-tae saw?
When I asked Sama-Sang, who gave the opposite evaluation to Hyang-Tae for being reckless, Sima-Sang answered with his eyes still on the battlefield.
“War is to deceive oneself (兵者詭道也). Tempt with profit, get drunk if confused, defend if the enemy is strong, avoid if strong, mess up if angry, arrogant by belittling, move if you want to rest, make defense Attack where you are not aware of, and advance where you are not conscious. This is victory in the art of war, so don’t let the enemy know first.”
“Sun Tzu’s method of war…?”
Hangtae muttered in dismay at the origin of the phrase that Sama-san chanted quietly.
“Then, Shin Leung-kun’s numbers are to entice you into profit?”
“It’s one of many numbers.”
“If you say that it boosts morale and attracts the enemy, are you saying that Lord Xinling is really aiming for something else!”
“Perhaps.”
Despite Hang-Tae’s prompting, Sama-Sang answered briefly in a dry tone and then slowly moved her gaze.
“Looks like a leftist?”
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Mong-oh was looking at the battlefield where Jin-gun was fiercely attacking.
As soon as he saw the change in the front line, Mong-oh felt it.
“It’s finally out, Shin Leung-kun…”
That Shinneung-gun himself stepped forward.
“Tell the entire army! The name Xinleung will not sway! Both wings are already confident of our superiority! I will take this opportunity to capture Xinleung here! Whoever inflicts even one wound on Xinleung will be given a first class rank! Xinleung To those who capture or kill , I promise to take the place of the prince together with Mangeum!”
It was Mong-oh who comforted the soldiers by saying that it was nothing, but Mong-oh himself knew better than anyone else that this was absolutely not the case.
Battle of Handan in which the name of Xinling shook the world.
Mong-oh was also there. At the time, Wang-heul was the captain and Mong-oh himself was the manager, but the shocking defeat reversed the relationship between Wang-heul and Mong-oh.
But Mong-O was sure that even if he had been in the position of Wang-heul, the result would not have changed.
That’s why Shin Leung-gun’s ability was shocking.
“It is the most feared enemy in the world. If we can eliminate it from here, even if 100,000 die in this battle, we will win.”
Some say that the worst enemy of the Qin Dynasty is Yeompa.
However, Mong-oh was able to assert that this was absolutely not the case, and that the greatest wall that the Qin Dynasty had to overcome was not Yeompa, but the Sinneunggun Guard.
Salt wave is rather easy. He is a single fire general. He filled the shackles with Yeompa for his fiery personality of making enemies himself.
The formidable confidence of the past was possible thanks to the presence of impressionists who could perfectly assist such Yeompa.
As soon as Im Sang-yeo lay down on the sickbed, Yeompa collapsed helplessly due to a simple internal division on the side of the Qin Dynasty. Yeompa, who tried to give away a tactical defeat and take a strategic victory, had to leave Jangpyeong.
However, Shinneung-gun is different. Unlike Yeompa, there were so many people who followed her. Even inside the Qin Dynasty.
‘We have to remove it from here.’
The time when Mong-oh was determined to step forward and try to comfort his soldiers.
In a corner of Mong-oh’s field of vision, the change began.
“What the hell is that…!”