I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

85 – In the West

Although I became crown prince, I was staying in a mansion outside the palace, not the palace.

First of all, since I still have the military title of Changseong-gun, and there are diners gathered under me, I decided that it would be better to have a separate mansion than the royal palace.

After being installed as the crown prince, many people besides the existing ones came to the palace wanting to come in as diners, so it was an essential measure to embrace them.

Among the hundreds of diners, the existing members stood out by far.

Jeon Guang was known in the Yan Dynasty as being called Tak’s Cheosa from long ago.

Yeo Hong-seong, who possesses the most powerful single weapon among those around her in the prefecture.

Sama-Sang is a multi-talented beauty who complies with armed forces, is knowledgeable in the art of war, and is capable of doing anything she can’t do.

And the Living Legend Mosu, which is painful to explain.

In this way, the four of them were regarded as the best among my diners in the world, and were called the princely four friends.

Chu Yeon, who persuaded the god, also asked him to come in as my guest, but he refused, saying that he had a different job to do, even though he had the same heart to serve me. He said he would contact me occasionally through the upper management, but I was worried because there was little contact these days.

Last time I gave the news, I said that I would be absent for a while, but I wonder if people’s hearts will calm down with that one line of explanation.

“Mr. Chu is also old.”

“Last time, Chuyeon contacted Wei Nara.”

“Yes. I heard that he met Zhang Yi in person. He said that he was a great talent.”

“I think it’s probably going to Chu.”

“Are you Chona?”

Mosu was called Chuyeon and Ohungaek, and they lived together under Pyeongwongun.

Is there something only the two of you know? I asked, referring to the first person that comes to mind when I think of Chu.

“Did you go see Chunshin-gun?”

Along with Prince Pyeongwon and Prince Shinneung, he is the last stone of the Four Gracious Princes, who are famous in all countries.

Although it is said to be the last stone, it was not that he was significantly inferior in terms of ability, but rather that he was called that because he was not of the royal family unlike the other four nobles.

Choo-yeon, who knew that I was aiming for a merger, might try to lay the foundation by meeting Chun-shin-gun one step ahead.

“That also makes sense. Since Qin has begun to show its ambitions again, it would be better to move from now on for the sake of the merger.”

Last year, the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Western Zhou, seized the territory of the Han Dynasty, and invaded the Zhao Dynasty.

If it hadn’t been for attention, the Taiyuan area west of the Taihang Mountains would have been taken away by the Qin Dynasty.

Thanks to that, the existence of Imok, which had been forgotten after the subjugation of the Xiongnu, became known again. The second-in-command following Yeompa of the Sanggun Army was originally predicted to be an evil monk, but with this incident, it seems that Imok has firmly established himself as a general next to Yeompa.

Winning and losing are important, but there was something more important. It is said that it confirmed the will of the current King Jin, not to inherit the peace line established by King Jin Hyo-mun, the previous King Jin.

The brief peace given by the successive deaths of King Jinsoyang and King Jinhyomun finally came to an end.

From now on, an endless whirlwind of war will rage in the midfield until a decision is made whether or not the world is unified.

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The current King of Jin also wages war without hesitation, but Jung, who will succeed him as King of Jin, is the one who will end this long Warring States Period and become emperor.

‘Seriously, if you choose that path….’

It seems that I still have lingering feelings in my heart.

Looking at the wind from one side, maybe Jeong will give me a different choice from the Qin Shi Huang I know.

If Jeong wants to destroy all nations and unify the world, then I will stand on the other side. Even though I would have made that decision.

Mosu’s voice brought me out of the midst of complicated emotions.

“But the person Chu-yeon wants to meet seems to be a different person than Chun-sin-kun.”

“…Someone else? Another acquaintance of Mr. Chu in the country of Chu…I heard that Sun-ja recently went to the country of Chu at the call of Chun-sin-gun.”

Xunzi served three times as the dean of Jiha Hagung, the dean of the school I was planning to go to. Of course, he was acquainted with Chu Yeon, who was from Jihagung Palace.

“I’m sure I’ll meet with Hwang Sun-hwang, but I’m thinking of someone else.”

It’s not Chunshin-kun, it’s not Sunja, then there’s no one else that comes to mind.

When I couldn’t come up with a new name anymore, Mosu opened his mouth to tell me the correct answer. If it wasn’t for the intervention of a third party who came in right after that, Mosu would have given a clear answer.

“Young master…”

“Dan! It’s inside! Enter!”

As Mosu cut off his words, the sudden voice he heard was full of urgency and resoluteness that he would not accept a refutation.

Drrureuk!

The third person, Sama-Sang, who opened the door and came in was startled when he saw that not only me but also Mo-soo was with him, but he didn’t seem to have the time to care about that. The eyes of Sama-san, who had just bowed and passed by, turned directly to me.

No matter how free-spirited Sama-Sang is and has a strong tendency to act as he wants, there was definitely a line basically.

Nevertheless, to act like this means that there is a justification for acting like this.

Rather than scolding Sima-san, I asked to understand the situation first.

“Tell me calmly. What happened?”

“…It’s a war.”

War has been around since the year before last.

Last year, Li Mok, the teacher of Sima Sang, participated in the war as the lead role.

But I was a little puzzled that Sama-Sang was so flustered, but I held back my curiosity and listened to Sima-Sang’s words.

“The Qin Dynasty raised an army again.”

“The speculation that the crown prince’s birthday contest was particularly grandiose was to dilute the appearance of defeat and to mobilize her soldiers, I guess.”

King Jin’s grudge against Cho was famous.

I heard a few words about him when I was a hostage in Cho Nara. The hostages of the Qin Dynasty in the past were at a level where they couldn’t even lead a proper life.

Even I, who was helped by Pyeongwon-gun, feel anger at Jo when I recall those memories. He barely escaped and returned to the Qin Dynasty, leaving behind his wife and children, avoiding King Zhao, who was trying to kill him, so the depth of his hatred must be immense.

Of course, even if you fail once, it is obvious that it will continue to cause war unless it is a crushing defeat that shakes the foundations of the country, for example, the Great War of Jangpyeong.

War is inevitable.

But.

“400,000.”

Isn’t this number too staggering?

“What?”

“This time, the Qin Dynasty mobilized an army of 400,000. It’s the information you gave me, so I’m sure.”

“400,000…”

It is said that 400,000 people died in the Great War of Jangpyeong, but that was because they gathered and annihilated even the people who cooperated with the country of Cho, not pure elite soldiers.

If 400,000 pure elite soldiers had been crushed, Jo Nara would have collapsed from within.

That is why the number of 400,000 was large.

A large army of 400,000 is a figure that can be mobilized as much as the Cho Dynasty before Jangpyeong, which was considered a powerful country among the seven warlords, the Cho Dynasty before losing its capital, and the Qi Dynasty before King Yeonhwa.

It is clear that the Qin Dynasty is currently the strongest country, but in terms of population, it was not terribly overwhelming. But collecting 400,000 soldiers….

“You’ve made up your mind. King Jin has made up his mind to avenge himself.”

“How many troops were mobilized for the last invasion of Taewon?”

“It was 100,000. On Jo Nara’s side, there were 30,000 eyes and 20,000 sergeants, a total of 50,000.”

“Then if it’s 400,000…”

“Yes. It is safe to say that all regular troops were mobilized except for the minimal defense forces remaining on the mainland.”

At this level, even in the Qin Dynasty, which implemented a military conscription system and had a militaristic tone, it was at the level of scraping together.

“Is it a reproduction of Jangpyeong?”

Mosu muttered in a calm voice.

Even during the Great War of Jangpyeong, King Jinsoyang gathered all those over 15 years of age who could fight and sent them to Jangpyeong.

But Sima Xiang corrected the premise we had been thinking about wrong.

“Wrong. Qin is attacking Wei, not Zhao.”

“The Wei Dynasty…The Jin Dynasty’s pack of wildcats. Their heads are working well.”

I think I have matured in this era, but to me, tactics and strategies were vague and difficult.

When I couldn’t keep up with the conversation between the two, Mosu gave a more detailed explanation.

“Consider the terrain. It is difficult for Qin to attack Zhao.”

“It’s because of Mt. Taehang.”

“That’s right. From the point of view of the Zhao Dynasty, if you build a fort on the narrow road that crosses Taihang Mountain and protect it, you can easily defend the inner land. Just like the Hamgok Pavilion of the Qin Dynasty.”

“But Taiyuan across Mount Taihang doesn’t have to do that. That’s why the Qin Dynasty targeted Taiyuan first.”

If you don’t get Taiyuan, crossing Taihang Mountain is a very dangerous act.

While marching in the mountains, you are ambushed from the flank or rear by the Zhao army through Taewon? A catastrophe is confirmed.

“We have already occupied Sangdang-gun in the south, so if we take it to Taewon-gun, the road to Taihang Mountain will be safe. Well, it was blocked by the uncle.

It was a structure that had no choice but to target Taewon-gun first if they wanted to promote Cho Nara. Because he knew that, he must have looked for an opportunity to run while stationed at Anmun, not Dae.

From the Qin Dynasty’s point of view, it must have been something like a redhead in the middle of the night, rather than an eye that popped out of nowhere. Although there was Anmun in the north of Taewon, Anmun would have thought that it was difficult to care about the south because the population was small and it was devoted to stopping the northern immigrants.

Of course, the stabilization was over with the touch of Imok, and the situation of Anmun changed greatly as the Xiongnu was swept away once last time.

Not knowing the true value of Imok can be said to be the failure of the Qin Dynasty.

After receiving an unexpected blow from Imok, the Qin Dynasty changed the direction of its advance.

“It will not be their purpose to hit Wei this time, but for their means.”

“The passage between Mount Taihang and the Yellow River. They intend to occupy it and enter the interior of the country of Zhao.”

Sima Sang’s passage refers to the relatively familiar name of the Three Kingdoms period. It was a road that could reach Handan, the capital of the Zhao Dynasty, through flat land without having to cross Mount Taihang.

But he said it was easy to fight and die, but difficult to lend a road.

The Wei Dynasty won’t readily give the Qin Dynasty an opportunity to thrust a blade into the soft belly of the Zhao Dynasty, with which it formed an alliance.

“In other words, this war isn’t just aimed at the Zhao nation, it’s a war waged against the Zhao-Wei alliance.”