Chapter 522 Yeon Gaesomun’s Pain
Yeon Gaesomun was cleaning the battlefield in a good mood. Under his command, he pulled out another nail set by Lee Sun-sin. In this way, the situation continued to tilt in his favor.
As long as the situation continues to accumulate at this slow pace, Lee Sun-sin will have no choice but to be defeated.
However, just when Yeon Gaesomun was in a good mood and felt that everything in the future was under his control, the Fox God arrived at the military camp.
"Master Lu, the White Fox from Mingguang City wants to see you!" The guard stepped in first and announced.
Yeon Gaesomun's heart trembled when he heard the words. After a little thought, he instantly understood what had happened. Then his expression remained unchanged, and his eyes were as calm as water.
"Let him in!" Yeon Gaesomun said calmly.
Soon the fox god walked into Yeon Gaesomun's tent. His aura was weak, but he was still firmly hanging on the edge of the half-broken realm.
"What happened in Mingguang City? How many enemies are there?" Yeon Gaesomun asked calmly. Just by looking at the state of the Fox God, he knew that the situation was not good.
The Fox God told Yeon Gaesomun in a deep voice and in detail everything that had happened, and Yeon Gaesomun's face turned pale.
He knew that the Han Dynasty would retaliate, but he never expected that the Han Dynasty's attack would be a fatal blow.
At this time, just insert the two sharp knives into his back.
"Let's find a place to recover first. I will handle this matter." Yeon Gaesomun waved his hand and let the fox god retreat.
"Qiu, what do you think?" Yeon Gaesomun felt extremely powerless. He already had the answer in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud.
As Yeon Gaesomun asked the question, a stunningly beautiful woman emerged from the shadows.
The woman called Qiu found a place to lie down casually and spoke lazily.
"Do you need to ask me this? With two fronts attacking you, you will definitely lose, right? What's more, the old guy King Goryeo is not dead yet!"
Qiu stretched out his slender fingers and grabbed a handful of grapes from the void, eating them gracefully, not at all moved by Yeon Gaesomun's increasingly violent aura.
"If you bring people back, can you drive them away?" Yeon Gaesomun asked desperately.
"Haha, Yeon Gaesomun, Mr. Lu, we will not take action until you replace the King of Goryeo. This is the rule and the contract!"
Qiu said bluntly, how could she risk violating the contract and fight for Yeon Gaesomun? Did she think she was here to help the poor?
Yeon Gaesomun closed his eyes in pain, but the good situation began to collapse one after another.
The fire in Yeon Gaesomun's heart grew stronger and stronger, and he must become the King of Goryeo.
However, Yi Sun-sin had been unable to capture the city even though it was so close. Now the important cities in the rear had fallen, and the gates to the core areas of the entire northern Goryeo had been demolished. If he did not withdraw his troops, he would be in trouble.
It is possible that the Han Dynasty will be able to overthrow and kill the King of Goryeo in one go. The old guy, the King of Goryeo, deserves to die, but he must not die at the hands of other people.
Yeon Gaesomun was furious, but he knew he had to turn back.
Once the news of the fall of the North is exposed, the soldiers under his command may rebel. If he insists on having his own way, Yi Sun-sin may seize the opportunity to turn the tables, and then there will be nothing he can do to save the situation.
Even though these neutral parties have already started discussing the details of cooperation with him, if the situation really turns around, they will definitely kick him away and start cooperating with Yi Sun-sin.
"Now that Mingguang City has fallen, it will be Guangyang City's turn next!"
"No, maybe Guangyang City has also fallen, otherwise it would be unreasonable to attack Mingguang City alone."
Yeon Gaesomun was silently calculating in his heart that he had to withdraw his troops and return for support, but he could not let Lee Sun- seize the opportunity. Otherwise, if he was entangled, he would not only lose his advantage, but Lee Sun-sin would also most likely seize the opportunity to bite off a piece of his flesh.
"In this weather, and with the enemy coming on a long-distance raid, they are definitely not a large army. This means they are super elite troops, so I must bring my headquarters with me."
Yeon Gaesomun thought with a headache that he could only speculate the intelligence from the rear based on the worst-case scenario. The number of people he transferred from the front line was definitely not a small number.
After so many people were withdrawn, there were too many cities that needed to be abandoned on the front line, and the situation even had to return to the period before liberation overnight, to the period before the Southern Expedition began.
"What's the situation in the cities closest to Mingguang City?" Yeon Gaesomun asked his men.
"The nearest one is Sanyang City. This city is a transportation hub connecting several nearby cities. It has undergone several expansions and is now stationed with six regular legions, mixed with the 30,000 surrendered soldiers who surrendered earlier." The subordinate reported quickly.
"The god worshipped in this city is the Sheep God, one of the top gods in the records."
"Sheep God, six regular legions, nearly 90,000 people?" Yeon Gaesomun felt a little relieved, which meant that the crisis would not expand further.
There were many legions stationed in these important cities, some of which were neutral or soldiers he had captured from Yi Sun-sin.
He did not do anything to these soldiers, but instead treated them well.
After unification, these soldiers became his strength. He could transfer them to the rear and squeeze out more strength from the rear to help him fight.
Yeon Gaesomun was very angry. The Han Dynasty had really hit his weak spot and dealt him a fatal blow.
At this time, the fall of the key areas in the rear would be like pushing him into a fire pit. Even if he went back and drove away the Han Dynasty, he would most likely face a second wave of Han invasion.
In this situation, without the advantage of military strength and with an extra enemy, he could not think of how he could completely defeat Lee Sun-sin, take over the world legitimately, and integrate all the power of Goryeo.
What he wanted was not the little power that Yi Sun-sin had. To be precise, the combined strength of his own troops and Yi Sun-sin's was only a fraction of that of Goryeo.
The true heritage of Goryeo lies in the exclusive gods of each city.
The Mirror God, who is not one of the top gods, has a divine guard under his command that is more powerful than the Royal Guards . So how much power do those top gods have?
This can be regarded as the heritage and strength passed down from generation to generation in Goryeo. It can be said that the gods are responsible for both success and failure. The beliefs that gave birth to the national will have all turned into faith to strengthen these gods. One can imagine how weak the Goryeo humans were.
This is also the reason why Gan Ning and others felt horrified. The civilians of Goryeo have been completely domesticated. The two mountains of bureaucracy and gods are pressing down on their heads, and they have given up on themselves.
The body is exploited by the bureaucrats and the spirit is exploited by the gods. There is basically no hope at all.
And the cruelest thing is that bureaucrats and gods are one and the same. Bureaucrats can be transformed into gods, and gods can be transformed into bureaucrats.
