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Although his force value is relatively low compared to other abilities, Jojo is an all-rounder type who is close to a full hexagon.

A joiner who makes full use of Maengjang’s unique senses and exploits the enemy’s weak points like a ghost.

Even I, who infiltrated the soldiers, strictly selected only those who were at the mid-commander level of the enemy and cut them off.

The combination of the three of us was virtually invincible.

If this was a star-like RTS game, users playing the Yellow Turban side would probably be throwing away their keyboards and mice by now, wondering what kind of balance this is.

“Don’t back down! Don’t back down, hold on! Prove your faith in the religious leader – Wow!”

“Okay, add one more.”

I used a dabcheonbo to sneak in among the yellow heads and stabbed the stomach of the one that had been making a lot of noise earlier, and the ones around me looked at me with fear as they suddenly appeared and began to retreat hesitantly. Even if they are fanatics, are they afraid of death?

As soon as the enemy line, which had barely maintained its form fueled by faith, showed signs of collapsing, the strike force led by Jo In attacked the enemy. The timing was so accurate that I couldn’t help but laugh.

Once from east to west,

Turn on the spot and do it again,

They were swallowed up by the waves of men and horses that rose up without rest as if they were not tired and were attacking the enemy, and all they could do was to be swept away helplessly.

It was right after that that the main force, which was moving under Cao Cao’s command, began to show movement.

Cao Cao’s main force began to gradually subdue the enemies, who had become like a roll of toilet paper torn by a cat’s claws, using their numerical superiority.

Just like that, another battle ended.

It’s only been three weeks since we left Chohyeon, our home base, but this was already our tenth battle.

“No matter how many times I kill it, there is no end to it. If anyone sees it, they will think it is rising from the ground.”

“The hungry people stood up to try to survive at all costs, so it was practically like waging war against the world.”

“Wow, that sounds powerful.”

I put the sword I was cleaning with a cloth into its sheath. It was almost at the same time that a slight pain spread along my forearm.

Because of that, I frowned slightly without realizing it, but maybe he noticed my expression? Jo Jo’s face, who was looking at the scene where the cleanup was in full swing, quickly hardened.

“···Are you hurt?”

“It’s no big deal.”

“So I told you to wear your armor properly!”

Cao Cao did not just stop at words.

He made me roll up my sleeves until the wound was exposed, as if he wanted to make sure it wasn’t really a big deal to ease his anger.

Thanks to this, what was revealed were bruises that remained on his left forearm with a bluish appearance.

“···.”

“Uh, um…that’s strange. I don’t think I’ve ever bumped into anyone…”

Fortunately, the wound was not as serious as it appears on the face of it. There was no need to use any medication, as it was just a wound that would heal on its own if left alone for a few days.

That’s how I saw it, but maybe it was seen differently in Jojo’s eyes?

I didn’t know that the corners of my eyes would droop and go up. Since I was doing this with a wound that really wasn’t a big deal, I felt embarrassed and couldn’t help but say something.

“No, if someone saw it, they would at least think that my arm was cut off. Huh?!”

“Don’t say that even as a joke.”

No matter how much I was momentarily upset, I couldn’t help but pinch the bruised area instead of anywhere else.

Terrible year…

After struggling for a moment with the pain that made not only the hair on his head but all the hair on his body stand on end, he barely escaped the pain and spoke to Jojo, who was still looking upset.

“No, what I meant was… relax your expression.”

“···.”

“Don’t you know that if a commander behaves like that, it will even affect the soldiers under him?”

This was a time when morale was more important than anything else.

Although the soldiers who had departed with us from Chohyeon were firmly maintaining our focus, the number of new ones who had joined us in the past few days was not small.

After all, the number of troops, which was only 3,000 at first, has now surpassed 5,000 and has now reached 6,000.

Thanks to this, it was the commanding power of Cao Cao and Cao Ren that barely managed to maintain the solidarity that had become no better than a grain of sand compared to the stickiness at the beginning of the campaign.

However, if Cao Cao, who can be said to be one of the central figures, has a gloomy expression like this, what would the soldiers think when they see it?

“So, smile a little. No, does it seem more trustworthy to have a blank expression?”

After saying that, I put on a face that anyone would admire as solemn, but did you find my expression funny? A sound of wind coming out of Jojo’s mouth.

“Fuuhu, what is that.”

“Isn’t he just like a general?”

“The current general is a woman?”

“No, there is momentum or something like that.”

It must have been a moment when he was chatting with Cao Cao and sharpening something that had been sharpened in the aftermath of the battle.

“Oh, disciple? Are you hurt?!”

Has the battlefield finally been cleared?

Jo-in, who had driven his horse to the vicinity of where we were, jumped off his horse and shouted with concern.

It was almost at the same time that Jojo’s expression, which had been slightly relaxed, became hard again.

“If you got hurt, even if it was something I used-”

“Join.”

“Yes, ep?!”

“You’ve finished all your work, right?”

If not, I won’t leave it alone.

Jojo’s voice seemed to say exactly that.

Were you influenced by those voices? Jo-in’s body, which was already frozen like a mouse in front of a cat, became even harder.

It must have happened at the moment when Jo In, who got the joining timing wrong, was being caught by Jo Jo like a rat.

One of the scouts who had spread out in all directions to guard against the approaching enemy came running towards us with a blank look on his face. Then, almost falling off the horse, he reached in front of us.

“Come on, General!”

Could it be that something went wrong?

The moment everyone’s expressions hardened because it was like that face, the scout who was shaking his shoulders and taking a deep breath shouted in an urgent voice.

“Northwest…! An unidentified army is approaching this direction from the northwest…”

“Northwest?”

“Yes, yep!”

“···Something is a bit strange.”

Yes, just like JoJo said, something was a little strange.

That’s because the place where we are now is an area called Chogun, which is south of the defeated country that was the starting point, and the northwest from here was the direction of advance.

And, unlike the other regions of Yeju, which had long since fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban enemy, Jin County, ruled by King Liu Chong, was one of the few regions that withstood their offensive.

But an unidentified army appeared from that direction.

“Could it be that even Jinwangbu fell to them?”

Was it because of this that I came to think of that possibility before anything else? Cao Cao, who was listening to the scout’s words, suddenly became serious.

That’s right.

If, as guessed, even the Jin army fell into the hands of the Yellow Turban Reds, then the defeated country that could be considered our home base would be surrounded by enemies on all sides, with no allies around to help us.

“In that case, it would be better to step back now and at least secure the defeat-”

“I know you’re embarrassed, but please calm down first.”

Is that why it was like that?

After urgently dissuading Cao Cao, who was already assuming the worst case scenario, he turned his attention to the messenger who brought the news of the problem.

Then, in a panic, I started pointing out the parts I couldn’t check one by one.

“You said it was an unidentified army, right? What is the scale?”

“It looked similar to us.”

“I would estimate that there are about 5,000 to 6,000 people… What is their armed status?”

“Now, I’m not sure. Because the distance was so far…”

Well, we don’t even live in an era where there are things like telescopes.

Even if you’re a scout, you ultimately have no choice but to rely on your own eyesight. If you’re not a Mongolian, how far can you see with the naked eye?

“Were you wearing a yellow bandana? Or maybe he was holding a flag dyed yellow.”

Still, it may be possible to distinguish to that extent.

So I asked about the part I was most curious about, and the scout seemed to be thinking for a moment, but then slowly shook his head.

“I don’t think that was the case.”

“Then?”

“Definitely a red flagㅡ”

Red?

It may have been the moment when I was tilting my head at the somewhat unfamiliar color of the flag.

After taking a few deep breaths, I wonder if the momentary feelings of emotion that came up have subsided. Jo Jo, who had been listening to the conversation between Jo In and me and the scouts, stepped forward with his purple eyes wide open.

“Red? Did I just say red?”

“Yes, yep! What kind of safety would you lie about?”

As I watched Jojo react so strongly, I felt like I knew something. The identity of the army that suddenly appeared from the northwest.

That’s because there was only one group that Jojo could have reacted like this to.

The move that Cao Cao made on the day he left Chohyeon,

It finally came back to us.

It grew like a snowball.

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” Cao Cao, the prefect of Chu Xian, come forward and obey His Majesty’s orders! ”