Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 210
Episode 210: Homecoming. (3)
Although he cursed as much as he could, Oh Ha-seok had no choice but to help Mansour.
This was because they thought that if Mansour’s family collapsed, there was little chance that they would return to Joseon.
“If you fail, you will most likely become a slave.”
Oh Ha-seok trembled as he mentioned slaves.
This was because it reminded me of the slaves I saw at the slave market in Alexandria.
“So it’s a judgment call. Everyone, brace yourselves.”
“yes!”
The military officers gritted their teeth and responded to Oh Ha-seok’s words. Oh Ha-seok looked back at the interpreters.
“You, too, prepare well. When I came here, I saw that everyone was good at shooting arrows. “Please do this again.”
“I understand.”
The interpreters answered while fiddling with the horseback rifles and bows on their belts.
After making up his mind, Oh Ha-seok headed to where Mansour was.
“I will help the leader.”
“Thank you!”
* * *
Oh Ha-seok had already made up his mind and moved proactively.
“First, I need a map.”
“There is no map!”
In response to Mansour’s answer, Oh Ha-seok poured out all kinds of curses in his mind. Oh Ha-seok took a long, deep breath to cool down his boiling anger and opened his mouth.
“Then draw it on the ground.”
“I understand.”
Mansur picked up a nearby tree branch and drew a map on the ground. After seeing a map of the Otaibi family’s mansion and neighboring houses, Oh Ha-seok went outside the gate and compared it with the actual streets.
“Hmm…”
Oh Ha-seok observed the surroundings while stroking his beard, which was covered in sand and dust, and went inside to lead Mansour and his military officers.
“Go to the ship and bring all the Japanese guns and gunpowder pills.”
“All right.”
“And the chief. Are you friendly with the neighbors nearby?”
“Most of them are houses of our relatives or workers.”
“Then gather them all together…”
Oh Ha-seok paused for a moment and continued talking, pointing at various places on the map drawn on the ground with a branch.
“Luckily, the back side faces the sea, so there is no road. So enemies can only come from this front. There are three main roads leading to the mansion. Except for the main road in the middle, block the other two streets and small alleys immediately. “Defense is easy when you minimize the enemy’s access route.”
“I will.”
Mansur, who responded to Oh Ha-seok’s words, immediately gave orders to the elders.
The elders who heard Mansur’s orders immediately mobilized people to carry out Oh Ha-seok’s orders.
Meanwhile, Oh Ha-seok continued to sort out the situation.
“Is that… Azram? “Did you ask for support from the family you moved with?”
“I sent someone, but I haven’t received an answer yet.”
“Damn it…”
After hearing Mansour’s answer through an interpreter, Oh Ha-seok swore without even realizing it.
Mansur, who saw Oh Ha-seok’s expression, continued speaking.
“The situation won’t be good there either. “I turned three of the five families that control Aden into enemies.”
In response to Mansour’s answer, Oh Ha-seok made a point that struck me deeply.
“That family may not be destroyed, but don’t forget that your family will be destroyed.”
“….”
“I wonder who is looking after my nose when it is three feet wide now… Tsk!”
Oh Ha-seok, who was clicking his tongue, saw the camels and horses being dragged inside and quickly looked back at Mansour.
“No way… have you already given away the wealth you brought from Alexandria?”
“Not yet.”
After hearing the answer, Oh Ha-seok breathed a sigh of relief.
“Whoa~. That’s a good thing. Put the wealth you brought from Alexandria in the deepest part of the mansion. And send someone to that Azram or whatever family and tell them. ‘If we fail, you will also fail.’ “I said.”
“… But if the Azram family harbors any grudges…”
When Mansour, who thought Oh Ha-seok’s remarks were too excessive, hesitated, Oh Ha-seok’s voice rose.
“There is no time to think about later now! “Don’t worry about that until you survive safely this time!”
“Oh, I understand.”
Hearing Oh Ha-seok’s words, Mansour called the elder. Although it was extreme, what Oh Ha-seok said was not wrong.
Oh Ha-seok, who was looking at that, grumbled.
“Why is a man who was so good at making decisions at sea acting like that? “Do you have a disease that makes you a coward when you come to land?”
But Mansour also had his reasons. The five families of Aden, especially the Azram family, were the families with the longest history and greatest power.
That’s why Mansour had to feel intimidated, whether he knew it or not.
* * *
After a while, the military officers who had headed to the dock returned with the Mansur family’s crew.
“I brought all 6 Japanese guns and gunpowder!”
“You brought all the gunpowder and bullets for President Jang and Ma Sang, right?”
“ancient!”
After hearing the military officers’ answers, Oh Ha-Seok went out the gate again, taking the military officer, who was good at gunnery, with him.
Oh Ha-seok pointed to a small water puddle in the center of the square in front of the gate.
“Do you see that puddle?”
“yes.”
Oh Ha-seok continued, pointing to a road stretching beyond the puddle.
“Right now, all roads except that one are being blocked. Then all the enemies will flock that way, right?”
The military officers immediately understood what Oh Ha-seok said.
“I guess we can use that puddle as a standard and shoot Joranhwan from the left and right.”
“yes!”
“Hmm…”
The military officers turned and looked at the walls extending to the left and right of the gate.
“It would be enough to drop about 1 piece (approximately 3m) around the gate.”
“It would be better to make a hole than to tear it down.”
“Since there are 6 guns in the Japanese gun, including the one brought as a spare, I think we can divide them into 3 guns and take turns loading and discharging.”
Words about what to do came out of the military officers’ mouths.
Oh Ha-seok could not hide his confidence at that sight.
“As expected, they are Joseon’s naval attachés!”
The people most familiar with artillery, including the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese, were the naval forces of Joseon. And the people in front of Oh Ha-seok were chosen from among those military officers.
“What are you doing? Then move quickly!”
“yes!”
* * *
People were busy moving around inside the Otaibi family mansion.
“Yala (يلا quickly)! Yala!”
With shouts coming from all directions urging him to move quickly, Oh Ha-seok continued to give orders.
“Get rid of the leaves covering the roofs of the barns and stables!”
“Put buckets filled with water at the entrances of buildings! “If a fire starts, you have to be able to put it out right away!”
“Gather all the fabric and make it into a bandage! Take the medicine in advance!”
In order to convey Oh Ha-seok’s orders, the interpreter and translator had to shout until they were hoarse.
The conversation took place between an interpreter and an interpreter, but things progressed quickly.
This was because the workers knew very well that it was a desperate situation.
Oh Ha-seok, who was looking at that scene, smiled bitterly.
“I didn’t know that I would be able to use what I learned while suffering from Jurjin and Japanese pirates here.”
When the hectic preparations were almost completed, the people watching started screaming.
“come!”
“It is the flag of the Sindhwa family!”
Oh Ha-seok and Mansour, who heard the shout, climbed the temporary watchtower next to the gate.
The only road leading to the Otaibi family was approaching, filled with private soldiers from the Sindwa family.
* * *
The private soldiers of the Sindhwa clan halted their march at the entrance into the square from the street.
A man on horseback came forward among the quietly standing soldiers.
Mansour, seeing the man’s face, swore softly.
“Damn bald man…”
The person who came forward was the bald merchant who came when he returned from his first voyage and took away everything he had brought from Joseon.
The merchant who came out to the square raised his voice.
“Ottaibi family, listen! The Otaibi family and our Sindwa family have had a good relationship for a long time! Instead of being greedy for small profits and getting into big trouble, let’s resolve things peacefully!”
Mansur shouted loudly at the merchant’s words.
“How are we going to solve this?”
“I want to share the wealth I gained in Alexandria…”
The bald merchant was speechless. This was because the arrow fired by Mansour pierced his heart.
Mansur, who fired the arrow, muttered with an expression of relief.
“Fucking bald.”
“Odaibi shot an arrow!”
“It’s a battle!”
“charge!”
At the command to charge from behind, the private soldiers of the Sindhwa family flocked to the square with shouts.
“Wow~”
* * *
“It’s started.”
“That’s right.”
From the shouts heard in front of them, the heads and elders of the Sindhwa family knew that the battle had finally begun.
There was an optimistic atmosphere among the chiefs and elders.
The power of the Sindhwa family was overwhelming that of the Otaibi family.
According to what was known so far, the number of soldiers of the Odaibi family, including sailors, did not exceed 200. However, the Sindhwa family had a pure fighting force of over 400, excluding sailors.
Of course, I was worried about the Azram family and the Zayed family, but right now, those two families were being kept in check by private soldiers from two other families allied with Sindwa, blocking the entrance.
“The shallowness is visible, but…”
The head of the Sindhwa family quenched his appetite.
This was because he could see that the two families allied with him had used a shallow trick to avoid suffering losses.
However, as a Sindhwa family, we had to overlook it even though we knew it.
For them, the best course of action was to mobilize all their overwhelming power and take down the Otaibi family in the shortest possible time and with minimal losses.
“If you hit it all at once with overwhelming power, it will collapse on its own.”
The head of the Sindhwa family nodded at the elder’s words.
“Dealing with two foxes later will be a bigger problem.”
The head of the Sindhwa family was even more worried about the two families that had allied with his family.
At that very moment, a huge explosion echoed in the square.
bang! Quack!
* * *
“come! atmosphere! atmosphere!”
At Oh Ha-seok’s command, the archers of the Odaibi family hung arrows on their strings and only swallowed their saliva.
The main force of the Otaibi family were sailors.
Through the practical combat they experienced upon returning from training in Joseon, they had turned into well-honed warriors. And the sailors understood Oh Ha-seok’s orders even without an interpreter.
Even if the command was ‘Wait! ‘ ‘Aim! ‘ ‘Banpo! ‘ ‘Shoot!’ There were only 4 of .
Of course, I have become accustomed to Korean swear words many times over.
In any case, through the battles they experienced on the way back, the crew had absolute trust in Oh Ha-seok’s judgment.
Mansour also trusted Oh Ha-seok.
In fact, Mansour went so far as to give the following orders to his crew:
“When battle breaks out, absolutely obey the orders of the Korean commander! My orders are next!”
Therefore, the sailors who climbed onto the scaffolding along the wall and grabbed the bows were waiting according to Oh Ha-seok’s orders.
Even though the private soldiers of the Sindhwa family were approaching right in front of them.
As the leader of the approaching Sindhwa family passed the puddle, Oh Ha-seok shouted and pulled the trigger of the horseback gun,
“Fire!”
bang!
The gunfire became a signal, and the military officers who were waiting ignited the President’s fire.
Quack!
With a loud explosion, the two gun barrels burst into flames.
A total of 200 rounds of fire bombs loaded into the barrel were fired at the private soldiers of the Sindhwa family.
With just one bombardment, the Sindhwa family’s front line was completely destroyed.
The soldiers of the Sindhwa family stopped in place as they experienced something for the first time in their lives.
The soldiers muttered involuntarily at the cruel scene unfolding before their eyes.
“Oh Allah….”
The comrades who had been running away with great vigor just moments ago were lying in a sea of blood.
The Joranhwans, which had been newly improved – allowing them to fire more at once by reducing their size as much as possible while maintaining their lethality – were once again proving their power against private soldiers instead of pirates.
“Shoot!”
As Oh Ha-seok continued to shout, the waiting sailors fired their arrows all at once.
It wasn’t just the sailors standing behind the fence.
Soldiers of the Otaibi family, who had been hiding behind the roofs and windows of houses located around the only access road, revealed themselves and began to march towards the private soldiers of the Sindwa family.