Black Corporation: Joseon

Chapter 800

Episode 800 Bloody Battle in the Jungle (6)

Just as the native warriors belonging to the conquest army discovered the Mesica army, Mesica’s scouts also discovered the native warriors.

The jaguar warrior leading the scouts immediately gave orders to the lower-ranking warrior.

“Tell them that you found the people you couldn’t find before.”

“yes.”

When the Jaguar Warrior saw the junior warrior who had received orders heading to the rear, he lightly chewed his mouth.

“I can’t believe I’m meeting people here who have been hiding so long that I couldn’t find them… If I do well, I can rise to the level of Eagle Warrior. “We can also wash away the stigma of being ‘the cursed one.’”

The face of the jaguar warrior, who did not hide his desire, was severely intertwined.

The jaguar warrior, who was now greedy to capture the native warriors alive, was the one who safely survived the storm of smallpox that hit Mesica.

* * *

The death rate among Messicans infected with smallpox was more than half.

The death rate was very high compared to the mortality rate in Europe and Asia, which was about 30%.

Unlike Asians and Europeans who had suffered from smallpox for thousands of years and developed immunity to it, whether they knew it or not, it was the first time the Mesica people and the surrounding indigenous people had experienced the disease.

Those who survived were not in good condition either.

Some people lost their hearing or vision while suffering from high fever, and many people suffered from intellectual disabilities.

Even those who safely endured this danger had their entire bodies entangled. Whether they were lightly entangled or greatly entangled, there was only a difference. They were all entangled.

Those with an ugly appearance soon came to be called ‘the cursed’.

And regardless of gender, age, or status, people were discriminated against.

Afterwards, the tribes around the Mesica people faced even more difficult times.

In the past, the people the Mesicas mainly targeted were warriors or children.

It was intended to reduce the power that could threaten them and to use them as sacrifices.

However, after the smallpox epidemic swept through, young women with clear skin were also captured and taken to Tenochtitlan.

“This is a spiritual body that has escaped the curse! “You must get it for future generations!”

It was to give birth to children of the Mesica people.

* * *

Eagle warriors from the rear, who heard the news through a junior warrior, rushed to the front leading the warriors.

“Where did it go?”

“It’s over there.”

In response to the Eagle Warriors’ question, the Jaguar Warrior raised his hand and pointed forward.

The eagle warriors who saw the direction the jaguar warrior was pointing all nodded.

“It’s auspicious.”

“It’s auspicious.”

The Eagle Warriors were very nervous about meeting the imperial army at any moment as they advanced through the jungle. For these people, the news that they had found a tribe that had been hiding for so long was enough to be considered auspicious.

“We have enough warriors, so let’s attack right away.”

“That’s right. The faster this happens, the better. “If you do it wrong, those who notice can hide even deeper.”

“I agree.”

After reaching an agreement, the eagle warriors began to advance through the jungle, led by a group of jaguar warriors who first discovered the native warriors.

In the hope of obtaining the women who had escaped the curse, the Mesica warriors began to push through the jungle with all their might.

* * *

The Messika warriors, who were pushing through the jungle with all their might, stopped for a moment.

At some point, the jungle that was blocking their sight disappeared, and beyond the wide open space, people other than the natives they had targeted were gathered.

Those who wore the clothes of strangers who gave them terrible fear and disappeared.

“omg!”

“They’re already here!”

The warriors stopped in fright and immediately turned around. However, they got tangled up with other Messika warriors who were running after them.

Right then.

Beep!

Ta-ta-ta-ta-tang! Tatang! bang! bang!

With a loud whistle, the guns of the conquering army soldiers, starting with the light wagon, opened fire all at once.

“Oops!”

“Ugh!”

The Messica warriors, who were struggling with those running forward and those trying to run back, were covered in bullets from the conquering army and fell to the ground, covered in blood.

“profit! They are a minority! Fight!”

“Fight!”

The Eagle Warriors, cornered in a dead end, decided to fight and pushed the warriors forward.

“It is a body that can withstand a curse! Fight!”

“let’s fight!”

In response to the eagle warriors’ fierce fighting, the warriors rushed to the conquering army with the determination to die.

It was an inevitable choice for them.

For the Mesica warriors, it was shameful to turn one’s back on the enemy.

In addition, most of the warriors here now were ‘cursed people.’ If I were to be put in a situation where I was already receiving such unfavorable attention and had to run away from the enemy, I could have lost everything I had accumulated so far.

Therefore, they had no choice but to desperately attack the conquering army.

The most desperate of these were the slave soldiers who made up the majority of the lower class warriors.

Slave soldiers who achieved meritorious achievements in battle were able to escape their status as slaves. If you earned more merit there and became a jaguar warrior, you could receive land and even slaves. However, in the opposite case, they would again become slaves working on farms or, in the worst case, they would become sacrifices.

Because they were in such a dead-end situation, they attacked the conquering army like moths to fire.

bang! Tatang! bang! Ta-ta-ta-ta-tang!

bang! Quack!

With sharp gunshots tearing the air and throwing bombs exploding from all directions, Commander Ahn Kwon continued his command, shouting at the top of his voice.

“The barrage on the left is thin! Reinforce the left side!”

“yes!”

“Do not spare your grenades and bullets! “Keep in mind that if you don’t save it, you will die!”

“yes!”

Gwon Ahn, who continued his command by encouraging his subordinates and reinforcing areas where his firepower was weak, soon took a long breath.

“Whoa~. “With this, we have achieved some degree of victory.”

“That’s right. Congratulations, Nari. “This is the first victory of the conquering army.”

Gwon Ahn shook his head at his subordinate Ki Chong’s words.

“The battle is not over yet. Hasty optimism is prohibited. “Are the reserves ready?”

“Yes, Nari.”

“The reserve force is the most important in order to properly dominate this battle. “Please check again.”

“Yes, Nari.”

At Gwon Ahn’s order, Ki Chong turned around to check the situation of the reserve unit.

Kwon Ahn, who sat down on the driver’s seat of the cart used as a temporary command center, muttered softly as he surveyed the battlefield.

“It would be best not to mobilize the reserve forces… but if we do our best, it will be possible.”

Gwon Ahn began to secretly become greedy for the honor of being ‘the commander who won the first battle of the conquest army’.

Gwon-gwan Ahn, who was smiling slightly as he imagined his name appearing in a report that would be sent not only to Hyang, the situation, but also to Wan, the emperor, jumped up from his seat and screamed.

“Where are the idiots who leave the right side empty when they tell us to strengthen the left side! right! Reinforce the right side again!”

“Yes yes sir!”

While Gwon Ahn was rushing around dreaming of victory, the Eagle Warriors commanding the Messika warriors on the other side were looking desperate.

“I was in too much of a hurry…”

“Greed blinded me…”

“I wasn’t in a hurry…”

The eagle warriors currently commanding the battlefield were regretting their hasty decisions.

“I had to notify them later and then wait for support.”

* * *

As soon as they received the report that they had discovered the natives, the Eagle Warriors sent a messenger to the rear to inform them of this and immediately moved to the front.

Afterwards, out of a desire to catch the natives, they decided to attack right away.

This was their decisive mistake.

The Messicans were also aware of the arrival of the conquering army and believed that the conquering army would move once the rainy season ended.

And the soldiers were gathered together and moved to intercept this conquering army.

Because of the mountain range in the middle, the travel route was extremely limited. Since many soldiers had to move there, it was possible to predict which way the conquering army would come.

Therefore, the Messica army chose the expected route for the conquest army to move.

It was an excellent choice up to this point. In reality, the conquering army moved along the route predicted by the Messicans.

However, their critical mistake was overlooking the moving speed of the conquering army.

The Mesica people pioneered the jungle with blunt stone tools or bronze tools and transported most supplies, including food, using human power.

However, the conquering armies pioneered the jungle using logging tools made of high-quality steel. The transportation of supplies was also done using carts pulled by horses and donkeys.

In addition, contrary to the expectations of the Messicans, the conquest army came much closer than the Messicans had expected, thanks to leaving the beachhead before the end of the rainy season.

Because they did not expect this, the Eagle Warriors made a fatal mistake.

Even belated regrets did not change the hopeless situation.

In the end, the eagle warriors beckoned nearby warriors and called them to order.

“Go to headquarters immediately and report their arrival. “I also tell them to prepare well.”

“yes.”

The lower-level warriors who heard the eagle warriors’ orders immediately disappeared into the jungle.

The eagle warriors who sent the messenger took up their weapons and jumped into the battlefield.

* * *

Beep! Beep beep!

“Stop shooting!”

“Stop shooting!”

After hearing Gwon Ahn’s whistle sound, the soldiers took their hands off the trigger to ‘stop shooting’.

“Clear the battlefield!”

“Search for enemy survivors!”

Under orders from Gwon An and commanders, the soldiers of the conquest army paired up and searched the battlefield.

The soldiers searched for survivors, prodding the fallen Messika soldiers with bayonets on their long rifles.

To be precise, it was not a search, but rather a killing of the Messika wounded who were still alive.

It was a very cruel act, but the soldiers of the conquering army had no hesitation. The reason they volunteered for the conquest army was to punish the Mesica people who committed human sacrifice and cannibalism, which were outrageous acts for human beings.

Gwon An, who was watching the soldiers’ actions with a slightly frowning expression, gave an order to Gwan Cho standing behind him.

“If I were the enemy commander, I would definitely send a messenger to the rear. “Tell them to send out the native warriors again to monitor the enemy’s movements.”

“Yes, Nari.”

Following Gwon An’s orders, the native warriors began to move with logging swords.

“Kaaak~. “Tsk!”

The native warriors spat on the corpse of a Mesica warrior who had fallen nearby, and then retreated into the jungle, silencing their footsteps.

* * *

At the same time, Lee Jing-ok, who was in the rear, received a report from a messenger sent from the vanguard unit.

“So you won?”

“That’s right.”

“Thank goodness. “How much damage is there?”

“They say there are only a few minor injuries.”

“That’s good news. “Do you have anything to add?”

“There is a high possibility that there will be a full-scale attack by the enemy, so fire support is needed.”

“That is highly likely.”

Lee Jing-ok nodded his head in agreement and ordered the messenger.

“Tell them I will prepare it and send it to you right away. “Go.”

“Yes General!”

After hearing Lee Jing-ok’s order, the messenger gave a military salute and ran toward the vanguard again.

“It’s finally starting.”

Lee Jing-ok, who looked at the location of Seonbong for a moment, soon gathered his staff.