I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

54 – Shinpyeonggun Yeompa

As befits an old man who has spent his entire life on the battlefield, the atmosphere itself felt a different level of pressure from those who had seen it before. Adding to that the muscular body exposed over the tightly swollen clothes, it felt like I was facing a huge statue rather than a person.

But again, the appearance was while. I heard that he was in his 60th birthday, but looking at his face, he looked like a middle-aged man in his mid-late 40s, or early 50s at most. It wasn’t because his skin was smooth and handsome, it was because he was overflowing with masculine beauty.

His face, which was completely invisible for his age, combined with the heavy atmosphere created by wrinkles, bulging eyes and angular chin, reminded us of the boss of a huge organization that we see in any movie.

‘This is why he is called the First General in the World.’

Just by looking at his face, you can tell that his reputation is not false.

I wondered if there was anything special about Yeompa for such prominent characters, but even though Yeompa was different, something was different.

I was overwhelmed by his spirit for a moment, but when I saw his eyebrows wriggling, I barely came to my senses and quickly put my hands together.

“Meet Lord Shinpyeong. I am Young master of Yan, Dan.”

“Hmm. If it was a little later, it would have ended there.”

“Isn’t it because I was deeply moved by meeting Shinpyeong-gun?”

“I don’t like talkative people. You’d better be careful with your words.”

No, it’s a problem even if you don’t talk, it’s a problem even if you do. Can people who suffer from this live in sorrow?

What Yeompa is saying is that you shouldn’t be flattering. However, if you say you understand here, what you just said really becomes flattery. In this case, you should be more bold.

“Is that so? That makes sense. I agree with Shinpyeong-gun.”

“Ha, your words are slick.”

“I truly believe so.”

I brought out a comment I had prepared for today’s meeting.

“Uidangipa Yonggun Choi Jeong (毅單起頗 用軍最精). How can I not be nervous and thrilled about Shinpyeonggun?”

Originally, it was said that it was called Gijeonpamok Yonggun Choijeong, and it was a word that appeared in the Thousand Characters.

Baekgi, Wangjeon, Yeompa, and Imok are grouped together and called the best generals of the Warring States period.

There is no need to explain malice any more, and she was the savior of Qi, who revived Qi, which had been driven to destruction by that malice, at once.

Yeompa followed my words, probably thinking over the meaning of what I said, and smiled. It was not a mockery, but an inadvertent flow of satisfaction.

‘Studying Chinese characters in my previous life is still helpful sometimes.’

When I confirmed that my words had worked, I drew a smile of repentance inwardly.

“Malignant, leaflet, white flag, salt wave. They are the most chaste when it comes to commanding the military. They know how to make up some pretty funny words.”

“It’s just releasing my shallow personal opinion.”

“Yes. It’s shallow.”

Again, this old man is mean. He says he’ll be the last to come out? That order is not in order of strength, but in order of birth and death.

Malice died the fastest, Baekgi died recently, and Yeompa is still alive, so I arranged them in that order.

“The malice and the white flag are excellent generals. The malice is perfect, and the white flag is a man to chew on, but we recognize their abilities. However, leave out the leaflets. He is not enough to join us. Mabok-gun should have joined us instead.”

“Isn’t Anpyeong-gun a master of fire-cows?”

“That’s right. But there was an argument with Ma Fok-kun. So it’s right for Ma Fok-kun to go in.”

Mabok-gun, along with Impression-yeo, Yeompa, and Pyeongwon-gun, was the Bongho of Patriarch (趙奢) who led the renaissance period of the Zhao Dynasty. He was also a great general who voluntarily took on the battle against the Jin Dynasty, which even the Yeompa expressed disapproval of, and led to a great victory.

“Did that happen? I didn’t know that.”

“He died too soon.”

Yeompa murmured bitterly.

It must be a nostalgic past for him. Unlike the current Cho Nara, which is barely holding on as it is now, the Cho Nara of the predecessors was a powerhouse that had a reputation in the world.

However, all of his former colleagues who had achieved a period of resurgence against the Qin Dynasty left and only Yeompa was left.

Yeompa, who was soaked in perfume for a while, soon returned with cold eyes.

“If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have seen a bastard set it up.”

Comprehensive.

He was the son of a patriarch who replaced Yeompa as the commander-in-chief of the Great War of Jangpyeong, and was the one who completely ruined it.

I only knew this much, but Yeompa told me in more detail what kind of person Jogwa was.

“Jo Gwa was a child prodigy. At such a young age, he memorized all the military law books, and there was no way he was speechless when arguing about strategy with Cho, who even broke leaflets. I praised him that he would be the main beam to protect us.”

However, it is said that the investigation did not recommend Jo Gwa until right before his death.

“Why do you think it is? The reason why the investigation did not recommend Jo Gwa.”

As a result, the investigation’s judgment was correct. Because Jogwa caused a disaster called the Great War of Jangpyeong.

But what part of my son did the investigation guess the future? Anyone would have been delighted if the son whom he would love more than anyone else showed outstanding intelligence. Maybe even if it was me, wouldn’t I brag about it to the neighborhood?

Come to think of it, I knew of a case similar to this.

Jegalgeun, a famous figure in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that I enjoyed watching.

Jegalgeun’s son, Jegalgak, stands out by showing off his amazing talent from an early age like Jogwa. However, it is said that Jegalgeun lamented that such a son would ruin the family.

Why?

Zhuge Gag certainly had great talent, but it was because he was too lighthearted in his actions and words.

“Because it was too light.”

“Whoa. What?”

“Didn’t you say that in a battle of words with Ma Bok-kun, there was no way to get in the way? Isn’t that because you weren’t thinking deeply, and you just answered the contents of the martial law book you memorized?”

“Right.”

Yeompa’s eyes looked strange. I didn’t say much, but I felt that Yeompa’s evaluation of me had increased.

“Do you play musical instruments?”

How did you know that?

I learned to play the guitar in my previous life, but in my current life I used to play a similar instrument, the geum. Geum is not like the gayageum or geomungo that were famous in the previous life, and the gold of the time was slightly smaller than that and had 7 strings.

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“It’s only a level that I know how to handle a little.”

“Then you’ll understand quickly.”

I couldn’t keep up with the flow of the conversation, but Yeompa started speaking lion idioms.

“Kyojuju (膠柱鼓瑟).”

“Do you glue the feet of the pipa or deul?”

“What would happen then?”

How come. It will be a half instrument that can only produce one note because it is out of tune.

“Impression Yeo was an evaluation of Jo Gwa.”

Jo Gwa said that he was an idiot who could only memorize the military manual and not respond in any way to a situation that was not in the military manual.

In addition to Jo Gwa’s father, Jo Gwa’s mother, and even Im Sang Yeo, who was at the upper level at the time, opposed Jo Gwa’s appointment, but Jo Gwa appointed Jo Gwa and pulled the trigger of defeat.

“I am concerned that you may be the Second Coming of Cao Guo.”

He is called a prodigy by those around him, but he is an empty cart that is luxurious on the outside but lacks substance.

If I really am that kind of person, and if I gain the support of Pyeongwon-gun and Sinreung-gun and become the representative of the nations, the damage at that time would not be as great or small as that of Jogwa.

And if those words are true, the unification of the world in the Qin Dynasty will come true at a speed faster than the wheel of history originally rolled.

“Can you prove that you are a different person from Jo Gwa?”

Yes. It’s like a salt wave to throw a stone fastball like this coolly.

I asked, thinking of other things I prepared besides the comment.

“Do you enjoy playing Go or Jukbak?”

“I know how to do it, but I don’t enjoy either. They’re too different from a real battlefield.”

“I understand. Baduk contains a profound logic, but all stones have equal value, so it is not possible to assign a value to the master. There are too many of them, not enough to capture the subtlety of tactics.”

I put the thing I had prepared between me and the salt waves.

Previous work with Shinneung-gun overlaps.

“If you do, what about organs?”

“It’s a long game… It’s okay as a mock battle.”

In Janggi, the value of each horse is different, but the value also fluctuates as the game progresses. Sometimes the most worthless bottle or pawn becomes equivalent to tea, and the second most powerful weapon after tea sometimes becomes inferior to pawn.

However, from Yeompa’s point of view, even that was not enough.

“I admit that shogi is a good game, but the battlefield is a huge thing that doesn’t fit on such a small board.”

This is the reaction I expected.

I assumed that a longevity of the size of a salt wave would feel the lack of organs.

So, I increased the scale of the organ for the salt wave.

Kung.

The new game board, which made a rather heavy sound, was twice as large as the old chess board.

“It’s called Daejanggi (大將棋). There are left, middle, and right wing all lined up on the battlefield.”

This modified janggi, otherwise called Gwangsanghee, boasts an enormous scale that moves a total of 86 pieces by handling 43 pieces on each side.

In Daejanggi, new rules have been added, such as new equipment that did not exist before, such as guerrilla troops, ambush troops, and gi (騎), which means heavy cavalry, and that you can capture the opponent’s equipment and use it yourself.

The Grand Chronicle, which contains the fluidity of the war situation and the change of tactics, is literally a microcosm of battle.

“Would you like to share a move?”