Black Corporation: Joseon

Episode 1076 Tosagupin (6)

That day was a ‘nightmare day’ for Kizilbashi. The Kizilbashis who charged into the front entrance, which was in charge of the imperial troops belonging to the guard, were caught in the fire net of the imperial army’s freight car and collapsed.

“retreat! retreat!”

At the Kizilbashi leader’s urgent retreat order, the Kizilbashi stopped charging and retreated.

“Swim around and shoot! As soon as you find a gap, rush in! “There is no need to insist on the entrance!”

At the order of the Kizilbashi leader, the Kizilbashis circled around the camp and began shooting. This tactic was a familiar one to the Kizilbash. It was a tactic that worked well when attacking a makeshift fortress without a properly built wall.

However, the Allied Powers of the Three Kingdoms they were dealing with, especially the Ming and Imperial armies, were worn out from dealing with the nomads. In the Persian region, only wealthy tribes could manage to have two or three doors, and there were nearly 60 freight cars. In this situation, the Kizilbashi circling around the camp were nothing more than a moving target.

“It would be a shame to be worse than the Imperial and Ming armies!”

“Imperial and Japanese troops are on the news! If you fail here, you will be a disgrace to His Majesty the Emperor! Do it right!”

“We can’t use freight cars like Ming or Japan!” “I’ll let you take the freight car to the port!”

As competition broke out between the soldiers of the three countries, more and more Kizilbashi warriors fell to the ground along with their horses.

“stripe!”

“We must retreat!”

“Where are you retreating to?”

“We have to go to the palace! “We must speak to the Shah and receive reinforcements!”

“I think the Shah will give up his troops!”

The warrior who had been urging the leader to retreat responded immediately.

“As long as we attack them, war will definitely break out!”

“That’s right!”

The leader came to his senses after hearing the warrior’s words. Just before the battle, he had already predicted that a war would break out. However, he had completely forgotten about the battle going differently than he expected.

“good night! I will go to the Shah. The brothers were tying up the feet of those heretics, and at the right moment…”

Boom! Quack! bang!

The moment the installation was completed, the Imperial Army’s new toys – which were called mortars in history before the intervention of Hyang – began spewing fire all at once. Ming and Japanese artillery, developed independently by introducing the concept of the imperial army’s new type of wagu, also began to fire. As artillery pieces joined the battle, the damage to the Kizilbashi warriors began to increase rapidly.

In the end, the head of Kizilbash urgently changed his order.

“Retreat immediately! “Everyone go to the palace!”

“You mean everyone?”

“Yes! We must use every means possible to persuade the Shah! And if it doesn’t work out…..”

‘You have to take the palace and the Shah hostage!’

The leader of Kizilbashi swallowed his last words and raised his voice.

“Retreat! “Retreat to the palace!”

* * *

“The redheads retreat!”

It was the nickname ‘Red Head’ given to Kizilbashi because of his unique red turban. The soldiers’ reports went up quickly. After receiving the report, the general commander looked back at the envoys who had rushed in.

“I’m thinking of sending out the cavalry to chase. Will it be a political problem?”

“Which direction are they retreating from?”

“Hmm… towards the royal palace.”

In response to the commander-in-chief’s reply, the imperial messenger immediately gave an order.

“Then pursue immediately! There is no need to sweep it up! Just stop them from entering the palace!”

“All right. “Send out the cavalry!”

Following the general commander’s order, the cavalry, which had been resting for a while, immediately mounted their horses and left the camp. The cavalry left the camp and began to follow the retreating Kizilbashi warriors. The imperial envoy who saw the cavalry’s movements bowed slightly to the Ming and Japanese envoys.

“I’m sorry. “The situation was urgent, so I made an arbitrary decision.”

In response to the imperial envoy’s apology, the Ming and Japanese envoys looked as if it was nothing special.

“Wasn’t this inevitable? “It’s okay.”

“I understand.”

It was a common occurrence in history that people in crisis attempted to escape the crisis or turn it into an opportunity by using the monarch as a hostage. In this case, there were two solutions. One was to not give time for such an attempt, and the other was to push in and suppress it, ignoring the monarch’s well-being. In the current situation, where the condition of being a monarch of a foreign country was added, the rule was to block enemies from entering the palace as much as possible.

“What if they succeed in entering the palace and the shah takes their side?”

The imperial messenger immediately answered the question of the Ming Dynasty messenger.

“We have to implement plan B.”

“Plan…”

“I’m worried I shouldn’t go there.”

At the imperial envoy’s answer, the Ming and Japanese envoys looked worried.

-The Empire and Ming Japan will do their best to overthrow the current Persian regime and establish a new, cooperative monarchy in the three countries.

This was the content of plan B. It was a plan that took advantage of the great antipathy among the Persians due to the brutal oppression of the Kizilbashis. But in any case, a foreign power overthrew the regime that controlled Persia. No matter how much the Persians had a strong antipathy toward the Kizilbash, foreign powers were a different story. If one made a mistake, there was a high risk that the three kingdoms would fall into a swamp.

That is why this plan became the second.

“We must avoid being criticized as much as possible!”

* * *

What happened in the camp was quickly conveyed to Ismail.

“So the Kizilbashi are coming this way?”

“Yes, Sha.”

After hearing the guard captain’s report, Ismail turned to the prime minister. The Prime Minister, who received the silent question, answered right away.

“We must stop them from entering the palace.”

“I think the same thing. Immediately close the palace door and block their entrance! “This is my command!”

“yes!”

“If you try to enter the palace despite hearing my order, attack immediately!”

“yes!”

As the captain of the guard hurriedly left Daejeon after receiving the order, the prime minister bowed his head to Ismail and said,

“Just in case, we need to select reliable troops to defend Daejeon.”

“Hmm…..let’s do it.”

Ismail, who pondered the Prime Minister’s proposal for a moment, soon nodded and accepted the Prime Minister’s proposal. It was an open secret that the eyes and ears of Kizilbash were hidden throughout the palace. If that was the case, it was certain that Kizilbash’s hand would also be in the Royal Guard. In the worst case, he could have disobeyed his orders, opened the palace gates, and come to capture him with the Kizilbashi.

After a while, soldiers selected by the Prime Minister began to build a wall around Daejeon. Hearing the commotion made by the soldiers guarding the barrier, Ismail put the sword he had unsheathed on his waist and put two rifles in their holsters. Ismail muttered softly while stroking the two six-shot rifles he had obtained with great difficulty.

“Inshallah…”

* * *

“Chief! “The chase from the heretics is fierce!”

“Pick up the speed!”

The Kizilbashi had no choice but to accelerate their pace due to the pressure of the imperial cavalry pursuing them from behind.

“It’s a palace!”

“It’s a palace!”

The Kizilbashis, who had been livid as they watched the Shah’s palace approaching, soon turned to a look of despair. The palace gate, which should have been open at this time, was closed. The head of Kizilbashi arrived at the gate and raised his voice towards the gatehouse.

“Open the door! “You must see the Shah!”

“This is the Shah’s order not to let anyone enter the palace!”

“Do you not know me? grow! “Hurry and open the door!”

“It’s the Shah’s order!”

The head of Kizilbashi looked frustrated at the continued rejection and looked back.

bang! Tatang! bang!

As the gunfire of the imperial cavalry pursuing them got closer and closer, the leader of Kizilbashi once again shouted earnestly toward the gatehouse.

“O brother! Please open the door! “Brother!”

The gatekeeper, who heard the leader’s shout from the top of the gatehouse, began to worry. Although he was a member of the Guard, he was also a collaborator of Kizilbash. But he soon bit his lip and cried out as if he was spitting out blood.

“It is the Shah’s order! “I can’t open it for you!”

“Brother!”

“It’s the Shah’s order!”

The gatekeeper, who mentioned the ‘Shah’s orders’, completely turned his back. There were Kizilbashi collaborators among the gatekeepers, but there were none who opposed the gatekeeper’s decision.

This was because, in their view, the outcome had already been decided.

* * *

When the tightly closed palace gate did not open until the end, the head of Kizilbashi turned his head.

“Brothers! We have been betrayed! “Shah and his ministers have betrayed us!”

At the leader’s scream, the faces of Kizilbashi’s warriors became filled with despair.

“Escape! Gathering brothers from other places! Let’s take revenge on the traitors! Let’s get revenge!”

“Let’s get revenge!”

At the leader’s cry, the warriors shouted ‘revenge’.

“Escape now with all your might! Let at least one person survive and tell the other brothers about this tragedy! And ask for revenge! let’s go!”

“Ooooh!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the surviving Kizilbashi warriors began charging towards the approaching imperial cavalry, following the leader. As the Kizilbashi warriors charged, the imperial cavalry split to the left and right and began a diversionary maneuver.

bang! Tatang! Ta-ta-tang!

Even during the desperate diversionary maneuver, the imperial cavalry’s cavalry guns and light vehicles were firing fiercely. In response, the Kizilbash also opened fire on the imperial cavalry. However, the casualty rates of both sides showed a stark difference.

After pulling the trigger, the Kizilbash had to stand up and reload. Of course, it was impossible to reload the Suseok-style rifle, which boasted a uniquely long barrel, on horseback. Therefore, what they used was a single-shot pistol imported from Europe or the Ottomans. Of course, a few used Imperial six-barreled cavalry rifles – full-length rifles with percussion caps. But the number was extremely small.

Another problem was that the opponent was the Imperial cavalry. Since the Joseon Dynasty, horseback martial arts were a must for cavalry soldiers. Many martial arts disappeared and were transformed, but the one that survived to the end was Masangjae. The Kizilbashi were often taken aback by the imperial cavalry’s skill of instantly disappearing on horseback. On the other hand, the new cavalry rifles and light cavalry carried by the imperial cavalry spewed fire at the enemies even when performing feats.

* * *

The bloody struggle between those trying to prevent escape and those trying to escape ended with a few Kizilbashi succeeding in escaping. In front of the main gate of the palace where Ismail was staying, the bodies of people and horses who had lost their lives were spread out. Among them was the body of the head of Kizilbash.

After the battle, the Imperial cavalry was collecting the wounded and dead. Soon after, messengers and soldiers from the Three Kingdoms Alliance arrived at the royal palace. While the soldiers who came with us were helping collect the remains of our fallen soldiers, the messengers arrived in front of the gate and shouted towards the gate tower.

“Let the Shah know of our visit!”

“Wait a moment!”