Episode 1380. The preparations are now complete. (5)
Food deuk.
The hawk that landed on Hu Jiaming’s wrist tilted slightly. As if she didn’t like the fact that she had flown a long way and finally arrived on the fast-running man’s shaking arms, she pecked Ho Ga-myeong’s forearms several times.
Hu Jiaming gently handed over the raw meat he had prepared in advance, and only then did the true hawk calmly bite into it.
Hu Jiaming lightly stroked his head with his index finger, opened the small container tied to the falcon’s ankle, and took out a letter. Soon his eyes lowered.
He was thinking about something as he stared at the book with half-opened eyes and nodded so softly that it was barely visible. Then he took out a small pencil from inside his sleeve.
Sararak.
He wrote something down on a small piece of paper, waved the paper in the air a couple of times to dry it, quickly rolled it up, and stuffed it into a small container attached to the hawk’s feet.
Click.
After sealing the lid tightly to prevent it from opening, he lowered the hawk’s back and raised his arms. The hawk, which hesitated a few times as if it didn’t want to lose the raw meat it was still eating, soon flew high into the sky and disappeared into the thick darkness.
“fist.”
“yes!”
The deputies who were following closely behind him opened their eyes at the sound of his voice.
“Change the herpes.”
“yes?”
“Divide the troops into left and right around the main attack in the center. “Each army’s emplacements are horizontally long.”
At the unexpected order, the lieutenants exchanged puzzled looks with each other.
“question.”
“That… soldier. “If you spread it out wide laterally, the tracking speed will slow down.”
“Does not matter. “They also won’t be able to move quickly anymore.”
That makes sense. What they have passed through so far was an area that was no different from Muju Communist Mountain from the perspective of the Sapaeryun, but from now on, they are entering the Yangtze River basin where they have concentrated their forces.
Naturally, they will inevitably collide with the scattered waves, and the speed of striking and moving forward will inevitably be slowed down.
“But then wouldn’t it be better to speed up the process?”
At those words, Hu Jiaming glanced back. The adjutant, who received the indifferent gaze, flinched and lowered his head.
“I guess you didn’t understand.”
“I’m not good enough…”
“Changing the formation means that the strategy of war has changed, and changing the strategy means that the purpose has changed.”
“⋯⋯Then what?”
“Once the herding is over, we have to spread the net.”
As Hu Jiaming looked ahead again, there was an eerie chill in his eyes that he did not show to his lieutenants.
“Now we surround and destroy.”
“Yes, military!”
A voice full of determination rang out. The corners of Hu Jiaming’s eyes twitched briefly.
From the moment he failed to annihilate them in the canyon, his authority to command disappeared. All that remains is to strictly follow Jang Il-so’s orders.
The orders he received from Jang Il-so were very simple.
‘We’ll attack from behind them.’
However, if we explain this in a little more detail, the meaning changes slightly.
‘We will follow closely behind them, attack and put pressure on them.’
And if you add the interpretation of the family name, the meaning changes a little more.
‘We will put pressure on them so they can’t think of anything else and will definitely drive them all the way to the Yangtze River basin.’
If someone else had heard this command, they would naturally have thought I was crazy. Isn’t going all the way to the Yangtze River what the volcanoes escaping from Gangnam want most?
Can we call it ‘pressure’ to force people to do what they want? Can driving someone to go where they want to be really be called ‘chase’?
This cannot even be called an art of war. The essence of strategy is to prevent the enemy from achieving what he wants.
But I didn’t think so. No, he is not only that. Even those who pointed the finger because the instructions made no sense would slowly lower their fingers if they found out that the person who gave the instructions was a loser.
I know the nickname.
The key is ‘pressure’. No, a more accurate expression might be ‘control’.
By following them closely and continuously putting psychological pressure on them, Sapaeryeon can achieve one thing for sure.
This means that we can prevent them from suddenly doing crazy things like they have done so far.
‘It’s ridiculous.’
If Hu Jia-ming is the Huashan Sword Association that we have observed so far, he could suddenly turn west and go to Yunnan on his way up the Yangtze River, or turn east again and take a boat from the East Sea to go north to Zhejiang.
No, he might just turn in the opposite direction, break through the pursuing Maninbang, and then calmly return to Haenam.
Doesn’t make sense? How many times has he done something ridiculous so far?
If you think about it the other way around, it would be weirder not to do something like that.
The Yangtze River is full of enemies. But why does the Huashan Sword Association have to go to the Yangtze River, which is overflowing with enemies?
Because, no matter how much you try to block the wide Yangtze River, it’s difficult?
no. The Hwasan Sword Association would rather say this. It would be dozens of times more difficult to block that sea than to block the Yangtze River, so why bother going in a direction that is convenient for the enemy?
For ordinary people, going around the long Yangtze River is an impossible idea, but for the Hwasan Sword Association, it is no big deal.
He is a man who travels in a straight line across the enemy-infested terrain from the Yangtze River to Haenam and chooses the route that reaches Haenam in the shortest time.
If he really intended to completely aim for the purpose of ‘the safest way to escape’, bypassing the Yangtze River would be the most correct choice.
If we think about all of this, the instructions given by Jang Il-so and the intention of the movement are clearer than ever.
Exactly…
In that sense, this is the order given by Jang Il-so. And the intention of Jang Il-so’s movement is clearer. Exactly…
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“It’s about reducing the number of things.”
In the large carriage, Jeok-ho, who was sitting across from Jang Il-so across a small table, looked puzzled.
“Did you say ⋯⋯a number of things?”
“okay.”
Jang Il-so nodded with a calm expression. Although it was not a particularly slow nod, those who saw the movement couldn’t help but think that he was always living with boredom.
“What does it say in the art of war?”
“⋯⋯I⋯⋯.”
Jeokho pursed his lips as if hesitating slightly.
He also does not know the art of war. In order to lead your followers, you must know even if you don’t want to know. One reason may be that Jang Il-so likes subordinates with military force, but does not particularly like subordinates with only military force.
“It is difficult for me to dare to discuss military tactics in front of Lord Lian.”
“Hahahaha.”
Jang Il-so burst out laughing as if it was fun.
Jeokho knows. That smile was never due to satisfaction with the answer.
It is said that although some people are wary of flattery, there is no one who hates flattery. Because everyone likes to be praised.
But that doesn’t apply to Jang Il-so.
His extremely high position was as natural to him as breathing, and his own greatness was also obvious. That’s why he’s not happy. It’s strange to feel happy when you get complimented on how well you breathe.
“It’s funny every time I hear something like this.”
“⋯⋯Even if I make a mistake⋯⋯.”
“I don’t know much about the art of war. “I would have learned it if I needed it, but I never really needed it.”
Jeokho held his breath. But those two eyes were asking. Nevertheless, how was he able to toy and oppress those who had mastered the art of war?
“Anyway, the art of war is also used by people. So it’s easy if you just know the person. Remember. If you want to defeat your enemy, you only need to remember two things.”
“May I ask what that is?”
“One thing is obvious. “All you have to do is pick and do what the enemy doesn’t like.”
Jeokho nodded at those words.
This is the same as Jang Il-so’s principle of action. It’s difficult to understand the middle process, but looking back, Jang Il-so ended up doing one after another that his opponents found most disturbing.
“Do you know what the other one is?”
“⋯⋯I don’t know.”
“Hmm. Actually, this is a bit more important, but I usually don’t understand it even when I listen to it.”
A little anticipation appeared on Jeokho’s face. I thought that perhaps this answer would reveal the secret of Jang Il-so’s strategy.
However, Jeokho’s expectations were disastrously shattered.
“It means people.”
“Yes, Lord Ryeon.”
“He doesn’t even know himself.”
“⋯⋯Yes?”
A doubt appeared on Jeokho’s face. What nonsense is this?
“Tsk tsk. “You are the same.”
“⋯⋯Well, it’s actually so simple that I can understand it⋯⋯.”
“Hmm. How should I say it to make it easier to understand… okay. I think this might be a little easier to understand. It means people. “You always lie to yourself.”
Jang Il-so paused for a moment and asked with a grin.
“It’s common. “If there were a scholar with the greatest integrity in the world, what would you think of him?”
“Well… I guess they think it’s amazing.”
“why?”
“Isn’t integrity in itself worthy of respect?”
Jang Il-so laughed softly.
“Yeah, I see. But… do you think what that scholar really wants is an honest self and a path to studying Confucianism?”
“yes?”
“To say that you have the most integrity in the world means that your integrity is pathological. What such a person really wants is usually not integrity itself, but the integrity of oneself.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Everyone is the same. When you really want what you want, you achieve great things. “Then what does that person of integrity truly want?”
“That’s right…”
Jeokho’s face hardened.
“Honor…”
“That’s right. People like that want fame to an excessive degree. But… he probably doesn’t think that way. He probably feels that he is keeping the principles he has established. “He even deceives himself.”
A sigh escaped from Jeokho’s mouth. Even hearing the answer is difficult. In the end, doesn’t it mean that we need to fully understand what’s hidden inside a person?
“If you say so, does this mean that the Hwasan Sword Association, which currently leads Haenam, is hiding something in the agreement?”
“That is so natural. Because he is a child with a disease in his head. But what we need to pay attention to here and now is something else.”
The corners of Jang Il-so’s mouth went up eerily.
“Have I ever said that I am similar to that child?”
“⋯⋯I’ve done it a few times.”
Red Tiger was also questionable. Why would the Jang Il-so of the world give such an insignificant person such an evaluation?
“That is literally true. “He and I are exactly alike in one way in particular.”
“You mean clarity?”
“Clearness? Hahahahaha!”
Jang Il-so laughed as if it was absurd.
“No, no. It’s not like that. “The thing I have in common with that child is…”
His eyes were alluring and at the same time eerie.
“⋯⋯What no one believes. “I don’t trust anyone in this world even one bit.”
