I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

52 – Turbulence

Dae was the first to hear that the world was surrounded.

This was because it was not only close in terms of distance, but also a place that directly induced the encirclement of the world.

The Cho Nara Army stationed in Dae did not move.

There was a separate army to surround Gye.

They were only in a position to watch the turmoil of the world as if they were watching a mirror from across the river.

“Wow…The world is really under siege?”

In Imok’s room, the girl sitting across from him muttered as if it were ridiculous.

She was a very unique girl with black hair on the outside and blue hair on the inside.

Are you about Jihak (15 years old)? Her cynical tone of voice and cold impression, along with her eyebrows raised up like a cat, gave off a beautiful yet haughty look.

“Uncle, the person who received Pyeongwongun’s seal was said to be the Young master of that kite, right?”

The girl caught her attention and called her Mister in a most friendly way. She didn’t seem to have any resemblance to meek Imok because it wasn’t her blood relatives, but it was clear that she was a close friend from the way she naturally accepted Imok.

Yi-mok nodded her head in response to the girl’s question.

“I think.”

“If it’s what you think, you’re right.”

As with Yeompa, Lee Mok also immediately recognized who the owner was as soon as he saw the sign of Pyeongwon-gun reappear.

I had never seen Heedan, but I had heard it through rumors. The girl stuck out her tongue, remembering the face she didn’t even know.

“By the way, aren’t you completely crazy? No matter how important the merger is, they let North Koreans into their own country.”

Yes.

It wasn’t the Zhao army that suffered preemptive attacks, nor the Qi dynasty that was aiming for the Yan dynasty.

Their true identity was the Xiongnu, who lurked beyond the Great Wall and looked over the central plains.

It was said in the letter. Ask Li Mok, who has become a fear of the Xiongnu, to lead the Xiongnu to Yan.

It was said that the detailed method would be left to Imok. At first glance, it’s easy to think that it was because the sender of the letter couldn’t think of a way, but from E-Mok’s gaze, it seemed closer that he didn’t feel the need to mention it because he knew himself well.

And Imok followed the request in the letter.

Now, spreading rumors that the western part of Yan was empty, and saying that if the Xiongnu went to Yan, they would not attack the rear, and gathered troops outside the Tai and Anmen gates and locked themselves in the city.

The Xiongnu moved according to the intentions of Eolssi and Imok.

About 10 years ago. In the great battle with Li Mok, the northern immigrants, including the Xiongnu, suffered 100,000 casualties. The Xiongnu, who did not dare to pay attention to the central plains because of their attention, drove their horses without hesitation to the newly appeared prey.

But is it really a reckless sacrifice made without thinking about the aftermath simply to bring the Xiongnu into the country?

Imok had a different idea.

“That’s not true. This is most likely a very well-designed ploy.”

“This?”

“Let me explain…”

“No! Let me think about it. Hold on.”

The girl, who reached out her hand to continue the commentary, blocked Imok’s mouth, crossed her arms and flicked her fingers, lost in her thoughts.

Lee Mok looked at the girl with her kind face and waited for her. Soon the girl opened her mouth.

“First of all, the power of the Xiongnu did not recover properly. However, it must have regained enough leeway to turn its eyes to the outside world.”

“Yes.”

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From the Xiongnu’s point of view, being defeated by Li Mok was a disaster that was tantamount to evaporating a whole generation, so it was still weaker than at that time.

“And Young master of Yan will have his own limbs in Yan, right? Then we can send people to Yan in advance and bring people into the city to reduce the damage.”

As the girl said, Huidan actually sent the people located on the road to the Xiongnu into a safe castle through the mercenaries in the Yan Dynasty.

Huidan didn’t have public powers yet, but it was enough to spread the rumor that the Xiongnu were invading. Of course, at the time the rumor was spread, the Xiongnu hadn’t even left, but it was true that the Xiongnu had come anyway, so it didn’t matter if it was true or not.

“While protecting the people by relying on the castle, you mean to make peace with our Zhao country and return the army to wipe out the Xiongnu?”

“That’s the point.”

“But there are parts I don’t understand. Not just one or two.”

“Which part is that?”

“First of all, if the Xiongnu made up their mind and wandered around Yan, it wouldn’t be much of a headache. What were you thinking of opening the way to the world?”

Let’s say we protected the people and supplies with a one-step quick forced evacuation.

Let’s say that he made the Xiongnu aim for the most delicious religious system.

If you succeed in recalling the invasion force of Zhao, keeping the precepts will be easy. But they could run away to the east, or they could scatter from the inside and roam here and there.

However, in Lee Mok’s judgment, there was nothing wrong with that part.

“The Xiongnu cannot escape to the east. The Great Wall blocks the north, and the reverse water flows in the south. The only way to escape is the west, but the Yan army returns from the west, so the Xiongnu are trapped.”

“Why can’t I go east?”

“Because Yodong has that person.”

It is said that King Soyeonyang, who achieved the heyday of kite, had two famous swords.

The name of the sword he held in his right hand was Akui. A military god who drove Qin and Yanggang to the brink of destruction.

There was also Yeompa in the joint army created by Yan against Qi. Yeompa, who joined as the representative of Jo Nara, met with evil and readily acknowledged his total command.

They don’t know it, but in the future, Zhuge Liang compared himself to evil, and the reputation of malice, which became more famous, surpassed that of the current Yeompa, and was not inferior at all.

And King Soyeonyang had another sword comparable to this malice.

King Yeonso’s left sword, Jingae.

Qin Gae defeated the Xiongnu and the Eastern Hu, when evil intentions pacified Qi, and while growing in power, won a great victory against the rising Joseon Dynasty, greatly expanding the territory of the Yan Dynasty.

It was a time when all sides of Yan shuddered with shudder as Malice and Jingae pacified the southwest and northeast, respectively.

“The reputation of Jin Gai, who annihilated the Xiongnu before me, still lives on in the Xiongnu.”

Qin Kai drove out the Xiongnu 10 years earlier than Li Mu destroyed them.

Jin Gai wiped out the Xiongnu bordering Yan, and he pushed the Xiongnu to the border area of the neighboring Zhao Dynasty.

As a generation passed, the fear of Yan almost disappeared, but the fear of Jin Gai remained.

“Even though I’m not moving from the rocking right now.”

Nonetheless, the reason why they invaded Yan was because Jin Gae kept silent after the death of King So Yeon-yang.

People in the world called such Jingae, Liaodong’s prostrate tiger, Liaodong’s Bokho (伏虎).

If Jingae had escaped Liaodong and entered the center of Yan, it would have been Jingae, not Yulbok, leading the Yan army.

If that was the case, even Yeompa wouldn’t have looked down on Yeongun.

“Even if you don’t come out of Liaodong, if you enter Liaodong, you will move relentlessly. I understand. Then, the second thing I don’t understand is that no matter how confident you are in clearing the country, the damage won’t be great at the point of allowing the land?”

It is difficult to say that the land where Yan was settled is a very good environment for farming.

Farming is not easy by raising an army, but if you step on the hooves of the Xiongnu, it is safe to say that this year’s farming is virtually ruined.

However, even this seemed to be their goal in the eyes of Imok.

“It’s rather a good thing.”

“Why?”

“If production is given, it means that the amount of food is also reduced.”

With this, the full story of Heidan’s plan was revealed.

Persuading Yeom Pa to capture the Yan army, and persuading Li Mok to push the Xiongnu to Yan.

And through the Xiongnu, they terrorize the King of Yan and at the same time ruin farming and take away the power of war.

There will be some bloodshed between Yan and Zhao, but since there will not be a unilateral slaughter of one side like the Jangpyeong Great War, there is plenty of room for peace. After creating a sense of crisis, bring about peace with the Zhao Nara and end the war by subjugating the Xiongnu with Yeongun.

‘It is beneficial for us to be able to sort out the Xiongnu that were gradually bothering us. Even if Yan was in vain, the war ended without damage, so it was beneficial. Is the path to a supporting alliance still open?’

If this was all designed by Heidan, that boy alone, he must have been a genius more than Lee Mok himself. It is an insight to look down on heavenly principles in place.

‘But that’s impossible. I don’t know about Chen Kai, but it’s impossible for Young master of Yan to know everything about the situation of the Xiongnu.’

Then you must have sought someone’s advice.

Lee Mok quickly saw through even the target.

People who are serious about it may have diners from Pyeongwon-gun, such as Punggi, Chuyeon, and Mosu, but they weren’t good at drawing a big picture like this.

Then there is only one answer.

‘Is it Shinneung-gun?’

With her, anything is possible.

Even in her Qin Dynasty, it was not unreasonable for her to have a bird’s eye view of the world from her place, as long as she had followers who envy her.

However, this is not a basis for lowering the evaluation of Heidan, saying that it is Shinneunggun’s skill.

Rather, it was to admire the fact that he had succeeded in capturing Shinneung-gun and borrowed her wisdom.

‘Hee Dan. There must be a reason why Pyeongwon-gun entrusted the seal to you.’

I will watch. Not here far away, but by his side.

Through the eyes of someone other than oneself.

“Sang-ah, you should visit Handan.”