The Bloody General Sword

Eps 43s

The thrashing of the horse's legs entered the main barracks, dust flying as the entire army entered the special area. Tents had been burned and some were attempted to be extinguished by the soldiers, smoke billowing leaving the smell of charred firewood. The general then got off his horse, he then ran towards Renzai's tent, it turned out that the tent was on fire, panic struck the general, the voice of the general echoed calling Renzai's name. He ran to the medicine hall and entered the place with a gasp of breath.

"Where's Renzai, where's my daughter. Is she okay?" His eyes were directed at the two nurses who were treating the injured physician Jang. When she heard Renzai's name, the nurses were screaming, she was terrified to hear the name mentioned.

"What about my daughter, she must be scared and hiding somewhere, where is she?" The general panicked. A snorting sound was heard from physician Jang. He then opened his eyes slowly. He frowned as he looked at General Geem, unable to open his two injured eyes.

"Your daughter is in your tent, General. Don't worry, your daughter is great, capable of protecting herself." Her speech. He then closed his eyes again and recalled how those hideous red eyes had turned on the girl's face.

The general again ran towards the tent, from a distance he saw his daughter talking to Vice Cheon. Vice Cheon looked down and spoke seriously to him.

"Ranzai." Said the general.

The two turned around, General Geem's pale face clearly visible, deputy Cheon retreated slowly as General Geem approached.

"How are you you not hurt, right? You okay?" Her speech. Renzai smiled faintly.

"I'm fine Dad, don't worry. Back then, when the enemy came attacking, I ran with the other nurses, so they didn't find us." Renzai said lying smoothly.

Looking at General Geem's face was greatly relieved, he then gently patted his daughter's head. "Dad was so worried, you had absolutely no idea that our enemies were so ruthless, what if they found you and caught you?" Her speech. "I will beg the prince that your punishment be quickened, we will return to Hajang. You don't have to see this war, this war will never end, Renzai. One day the enemy side will come again and try again to take the fort." General's Speech.

"You better get back in the tent, get some rest. I still have to take care of some important matters, and talk to the crown prince."

"Good dad."

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Vice Cheon looked pensive, he recalled the conversation with Miss Renzai. He talked about a great war strategy, so that later the enemy would not attack again. "How could he have told me to talk when great people would be meeting in a moment? I'm just a vice-captain, if I speak in front of princes and generals, what about the captain, he will definitely say, why didn't you tell me that strategy earlier? Ughhh, I'm going crazy." Vice Cheon said as he lowered his head.

The sound of ruckus rang out from above the dense tree, he could see how frustrated Cheon's vice was under Renzai's orders.

"Hehe is very funny to see the dilemma faced by Cheon's deputy, on the one hand he is just a vice-captain who has not been worthy to speak at important meetings, especially in the presence of the prince, on the other hand, general and the whole captain. But on the other hand he was terrified of our General, however he had to convey it." Otaru.

"If only we could approach the prince, it would be easier to set up a strategy and fulfill the General's wishes. But he is the prince of Yamagashi who is the great enemy of our general. Moreover, it was possible that his past memories would return little by little and it would be dangerous for the general's safety." Tutsima.

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All the captains in each barracks gathered in the prince's tent. Everything has gathered, seen Cheon's deputy asking permission to general Geem, so that he is allowed to attend the meeting, on the grounds that he also wants to know what actions are taken by the enemy later. General Geem nodded his head even though he furrowed his brows, only this time did Vice Cheon look enthusiastic.

They had all gathered together and formed a large circle, the large table was in the middle with a map of the territory of each city and village as well as the territory of the enemy plastered before them.

"The enemy forces will not stop attacking us, after taking control of the Gamyoung fortress they will bring back a large army to again defeat us and seize the fortress. The Gamyoung fortress area is a very strategic region, if it is already ours, then the entire vast land up to the enemy border region will become the territory of the kingdom of Hangjang. If they pass through it, then they have crossed the line of Hajang. So, I'd like to ask all of you for your opinion on the next strategy." General's Speech.

The prince nodded his head, "What General Geem said is true, but to defeat all the enemies that will come soon, it is very impossible to see the condition of all our soldiers that only hundreds of people are left, let alone some of our soldiers many wounded. Our conditions are very unlikely to start a war." Prince.

"What if we use the soldiers from the second Barracks, about two days' journey, they will arrive as additional troops before the enemy troops enter the territory of the Gamyoung fortress." Said one of the captains present there.

"No, it's a big risk. If the forces in the second Barracks are weak, enemies from elsewhere will attack and they will take control of our territory easily. I don't agree with that idea." General Geem.

"W-what if we use that strategy, I mean Erm .. in the fortress area around the forest there are Hogweed leaves that thrive, the weeds are very poisonous, the weeds are very poisonous, if exposed to a little skin or eyes or parts of our body, it will cause permanent blindness and itching and burning that sting." Vice Cheon.

"Do you mean to use that giant grass? just touching it will hurt our bodies, we can't move it around the fortress let alone the distance of the fort and the forest is far enough." Said one of the captains sitting right in front of Vice Cheon.

"We will not put him to death, of course, for similarly we will weaken some of our soldiers, but we will only spread our plans to the enemy, let him know our strategy, that we use the poison plants of Hogweed to confront them, and we will give false information that the armies of Hanjang have spread poison into the rivers that flow along the fortress, he said, also have been given poison that will flow into their territory." Vice Cheon.

General Geem then turned to look at him. "So you're saying, you want to weaken the enemy's spirit or knock them mentally out of fear of the poison, so they'll rethink attacking our fortress, in other words we will use psychological assault tactics, before the war, we have weakened the enemy's spirit." General Geem.

"True generals, if they find out, they will take quite a long time to regroup their strategy, so that we can get a large number of additional troops from the city of Hanjang, he said, their journey will reach a week, when the enemy believes it, then we again gather the strength of our soldiers." Said Vice Cheon."

"Your strategy is interesting and great vice Cheon." The prince praised him. Vice Cheon just lowered his head and unwilling to look at his captain, he was squinting his eyes at him.

"Is there any other opinion regarding Cheon's deputy strategy?" General Geem. No one denied it, so the decision was made.

"We're going to use Vice Cheon's strategy, because that's the only hope we can do. I hope this information will spread to enemy territory tomorrow." Prince.

"Additional troops will be coming in a week, hopefully this false information will be trusted and they will be scared."

***

Renzai was standing facing the vast field in front of his tent, when he did not see the general Geem and the prince Yamagashi had come out of the tent.

"Renzai, why are you out at night like this, outside is still so dangerous." General Geem. Renzai glanced at the prince, and looked back at his father. "I just want to get some fresh air, because it's very smoky." Renzai.

"You are right, but we need a lot of fire to broaden our view from the enemy. So I want you to hang on a little bit, Renzai."

"Good Dad."

"Oh yeah, have you apologized to the prince about your punishment?" General Geem looked at Renzai then looked at the prince standing behind him.

The general looked at Renzai while exhaling his breath. "Dad will give you time, speak to the prince." General Geem immediately entered the tent. The General's words made Renzai want to anger General Geem. His tongue was weak and could not say it. Renzai looked at him cynically with a hostile look.

"Did your view show that you wanted to apologize? You seem to want to swear at me, Miss Renzai." Prince spoke with his voice deep.

His teeth were bluffing perfectly, even to say a single word Renzai looked extremely difficult. The prince looked at her and waited, but no words came out of his lips.

"Did you know? That face of yours now looks so strange, forget that apology, you've served enough of your punishment during this war, so I take that as your apology to me. One day I'll definitely hear your apologies." The prince smiled faintly and then moved from before Renzai.

Gosh, Miss Renzai is really stubborn, even princes can't force her to talk. Thought Vice Cheon who walked behind the prince and the other captains.

"Is she the daughter of General Geem? I heard about his punishment. She's so beautiful, am I the only one who's aware of it? What if after this war I would ask you to wave it for me." Said one of the captains who came from the third Barracks, he had since noticed Renzai when they had all just exited the meeting tent, he had been watching Renzai, he is the son of a right-wing minister of trust emperor named Kim Hyun Ki.

Apply her? Miss Renzai will kill you, she must have gone mad**. Vice Cheon whispered as he heard the words of the man walking before him.