Black Corporation: Joseon

Episode 964: Everyone is a hustler except me…. (1) The place where

the Allied Empire-Italy army coming south from Siena and the Kingdom of Naples army coming north from Naples met was a plain located southeast of Rome. In history before the intervention of the fragrance, the two sides that met on the plain where Leonardo da Vinci International Airport was located were creating an ominous atmosphere of imminent danger.

Even though the cavalry on both sides, who had already gone out to scout, reported, the momentum on both sides was ferocious. Fortunately, the riders were standing at the front, and an order was issued prohibiting hasty engagement, so there was only a confrontation. As the tense battle between the two sides continued, the highest-ranking commanders from both armies appeared at the front.

“My name is Corleone, who leads the Florentine Legion of the Italian Army.”

When Corleone, representing the commanders sitting on the horse, introduced himself by slightly lifting his hat, Alfonso, who was sitting across from him, also slightly lifted his hat and responded.

“My name is Alfonso, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Naples and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Kingdom of Naples. Are the strangers there members of the Imperial Army?”

Lee Si-ae, who listened to the story through an interpreter, nodded lightly and responded.

“My name is Lee Si-ae, a thief who commands the Imperial Army.”

After the introductions were over, Corleone got to the point.

“Are you going to join us or are you going to stop us?”

Alfonso did not give up and answered Corleone’s direct question right away.

“We will be together until we enter Rome. After that, it will depend on your actions.”

At Alfonso’s answer, the commanders of the Allied forces, including Corleone – especially the Florentine and Swiss forces – smiled strangely. The commanders standing in the front row ended with a strange smile, but the commanders standing behind everyone burst into laughter. Lee Si-ae’s mutterings, heard through an interpreter, directly reflected the feelings of these commanders.

“Only when you flutter like that and burst into tears, will you realize your true nature.”

“Pfft!”

“Oh, don’t translate this.”

“Yes, old master thief.”

Having agreed to a kind of truce, the two armies stood shoulder to shoulder and headed toward the gates of Rome. This was not a metaphor. The pride of the Kingdom of Naples was hurt to follow in the footsteps of the Allied forces, but standing in front of the Allied forces made the back of my head itch.

This was the same for the Allied Forces. Thanks to this, the two armies stood side by side and headed toward the gates of Rome. And that too at a reasonable distance. When the Allied forces and the Kingdom of Naples troops arrived in front of the castle gate, the gate opened slightly and church army officers and soldiers came out holding white flags.

“Is this surrender?”

While the soldiers were muttering as they looked at the church troops holding white flags, an officer of the church army raised his voice.

“I brought you a personal letter from Duke Juan Borja de Gandia, Commander-in-Chief of the Church Army!”

At the shout of the Church Army officer, soldiers from the Allied Forces and the Kingdom of Naples Army simultaneously rushed out and glared at each other. As the Allied Forces and the Kingdom of Naples Army were glaring at each other, and the Church Army was unable to do one thing or another and only watched, the commanders of the Allied Forces and the Kingdom of Naples stepped forward.

A battle of wits broke out once again, and a tent was set up halfway between the Allied forces’ camp and the Kingdom of Naples’ camp. As the commanders of both armies sat around a round table in the tent, an officer of the Church Army took out Juan’s personal letter from his pocket.

“But to whom…”

‘To whom are you giving your personal letter?’ As the situation became more tense once again over the question, ‘Who will be the first to read a personal letter?’, Lee Si-ae gave an order to the interpreter.

“You go out and get it and then read it out loud.”

“You mean me?”

The interpreter, who was overwhelmed by the bloody atmosphere, was shocked and asked Lee Si-ae. Then Lee Si-ae responded with an expression that said there was nothing she could do.

“Either way, if someone in military uniform steps forward, there will be a lot of trouble. You are the only person here who is not in military uniform. Please do me a favor.”

“All right.”

The interpreter, who had received a request from Lee Si-ae that was not a request, gave a small hexadecimal message and walked towards the church officer.

“huh?”

“uh?”

While the commanders of the Allied and Kingdom of Naples forces momentarily froze, the interpreter who took the letter as if snatching it from a church army officer read it loudly.

“Notice to the armed forces outside the gates! A messenger from the Holy Father has reached the leaders of both sides! I propose a truce until the messengers come with an answer! I believe that if you are good Christians, you will accept this offer!”

The commanders on both sides, who heard the story through an interpreter, all looked at Lee Si-ae. Lee Si-ae smiled and responded to the interpreter’s report when she returned with a personal letter in her hand.

“I am not a good Christian, but I accept the offer on the honor of the Imperial Army and His Majesty the Emperor.”

Allied commanders who heard Lee Si-ae’s answer through an interpreter immediately joined in.

“We, the Italian Army, will accept that offer.”

When the Allied Forces accepted the offer, Alfonso opened his mouth with a chewed expression.

“We, the Kingdom of Naples Army, also accept the offer.”

‘I can’t believe the steamboat was taken away! ‘This will never happen again!’

In any case, the truce went into effect as the Allied forces and the Kingdom of Naples troops accepted the proposal.

* * *

As the truce went into effect, the church army on the wall, the Allied forces under the wall, and the Kingdom of Naples army looked only at each other. It would depend on what answer the messenger brought, but the soldiers were very glad that they could rest without fighting. As more time passed, the atmosphere between the Allied Forces and the Naples Kingdom Army, which had been sharp at each other, began to soften.

Although the truce played a major role, war merchants also played a role. War merchants who followed the Allied and Kingdom of Naples troops sold alcohol and food while traveling between the Allied and Kingdom troops’ camps. It wasn’t just alcohol and food. Suddenly, prostitutes gathered near the camp and began selling alcohol and their bodies to the soldiers.

After hearing the report, Lee Si-ae muttered with a bewildered expression on her face.

“In a sense, it is the unification of Italy. The South and the North have become one.”

Lee Si-ae, who studied the report for a moment, gave orders to his subordinate commanders.

“We will do our best to manage the soldiers. We will not stop them from buying and consuming alcohol and food, but if any soldiers are caught with a venereal disease, we will be severely reprimanded.”

“ancient!”

Because of Lee Si-ae’s orders, the imperial army commanders managed their soldiers with a spark in their eyes. The management of soldiers was also an important item in evaluating the qualifications of commanders.

“How did we get this opportunity? We can’t just let it go!”

In any case, between the Allied forces and the Kingdom of Naples army, the imperial army was called ‘Saennim’ and ‘Monk.’

“You’re so good at fighting, but you’re terrible at everything else!”

“The monks in our village will treat women better than those!”

But this was a misunderstanding. Many of the imperial troops who came to Italy were from New Zealand. To the imperial soldiers from The New Territories, European women looked very unfamiliar. In addition, the European landscape itself was unfamiliar, so the soldiers from Shinji were busy seeing the scenery and trying new drinks and foods. When it comes to food, Italy is on par with France. The situation was similar for soldiers from places other than Shinji.

“The eyes are big, the breasts are big, the ass is big, everything is nice, but it smells so bad! And it’s dirty!”

In the eyes of soldiers from areas where ‘imperialization’ had already been completed, Europeans were too dirty. And the body odor unique to Europeans was also severe. Thanks to this, the soldiers of the Imperial Army unintentionally led a ‘modest’ life. Of course, among them, there were always those who got into trouble. In any case, as tensions between the Allied forces and the Kingdom of Naples troops eased, soldiers from both sides talked frequently.

What emerged as a new and hot topic among the soldiers, who were talking about their hometowns, women, etc., was the weapons of the imperial army. To be exact, it was a fire truck carried by imperial army officers and soldiers of special forces such as assault troops.

“What is that gun? It seems only the Imperial Army carries it… but at first glance, it looks like a children’s toy.”

“It’s a shame that my big friends use such small guns.”

As the Kingdom of Naples army laughed at the fire truck, which was slightly more than half the size of the Florentine long guns and double rifles, the Allied soldiers, especially the Florentine soldiers, looked strange.

“By the way, that’s the one that killed the most French people in Pavia after imperial artillery shells.”

“After all, that’s the gun that only the Swiss and Imperial armies have.”

“Oh, so you say so?”

At the words of the Allied soldiers, the eyes of some Naples Kingdom soldiers began to shine. Seeing the Neapolitan soldiers like that, the expressions of the Allied soldiers became serious. This is because Naples has long been famous for having many petty thieves. The Allied soldiers, whose expressions became serious, warned the Neapolitan soldiers.

“It’s better not to think about unnecessary things.”

“If you want to live, you have to be quiet, right?”

“Huh? Me what?”

“Eh~. Don’t think like that!”

In response to the Allied soldiers’ warning, the Kingdom of Naples soldiers waved their hands excessively and shook their heads. However, the expressions on the faces of the Kingdom of Naples soldiers who left their posts and came back were not like that.

“How much do imperial weapons sell for on the black market?”

“Didn’t the merchant I met a while ago say that if I brought him imperial weapons, he would buy them at a high price?”

Meanwhile, the Allied soldiers who were watching the Kingdom of Naples army disappearing from behind shook their heads.

“There will be bloodshed soon.”

“There will be bloodshed among the imperial army. Don’t you know how many ghost-like people there are…”

* * *

A few days later, deep at night,

there were shadows secretly sneaking into the Jegu Army’s camp. The shadows, alone or in groups of two or three, were hiding in tents to avoid the eyes of the imperial soldiers on guard. They walked carefully between the shadows. The shadows that were moving so cautiously found suitable tents and approached them.

Squeak.

They carefully tore the fabric of the tent and when the shadows raised their heads, a blunt piece of metal hit them on the head. Heads up. What the shadows could see was the muzzle of a gun pointed at their heads.

Beep! Beep!

And not long after, whistles sounded here and there in the camp.

* * *

The next morning, Alfonso welcomed an unwelcome guest.

“Soldier. “They stole it?”

“Yes. “I’m telling you to take over the captured soldiers and the bodies of the soldiers who died while trying to escape.” ”

This…”

Alfonso, barely able to hold back his swearing, roughly pulled back the curtain of the tent and went outside. In front of Alfonso’s tent, the Kingdom of Naples was tied up with ropes. Soldiers were gathered on their knees. Behind them, the officers and soldiers of the Empire and the Allied Forces who had dragged them were rolling their eyes. And on a cart next to them were corpses covered in cloth. “

Whew~. ”

Alfonso let out a long sigh and ordered his subordinate commander.

“Take care of those thieves according to military law. And what about the bodies?”

“They died while trying to escape.” ”

I didn’t hear any gunshots?”

“Well… they were killed by a weapon similar to an axe.”

“Axe?”

“Imperial soldiers used tomahawks. He said.”