Chapter 1: Defense Part 1
Korea, 1000A.D.
Gen. Ku said:"c'mon men! Move your feet! We gotta get to the frontlines by midday! We have a city to defend and an attack to be held!" From his voice you can presume, that he's strict and disciplined, likke a veteran warrior.
One of the soldiers asked "Psst!!! Psst!!!! Why is Gen. Ku like that? Where did he came from?" "As far as I know, he came from Hamyeongbuk-Do province." the soldier beside him replied. "I hear that province has a lot of bandits." the 1st soldier said. "Yeah, the province has a lot of bandits but believe me or not, Gen. Ku fought them like a one man army." the 2nd soldier replied. "Amazing!" said the first soldier, "Furthermore, after that, he was appointed as the commander of the 2nd army, right?". "A truly amazing spot for a man like him" the 2nd soldier replied. "Men, drop and give me 20!", Gen. Ku said. " One sir, two sir, three sir, four sir,.............. twenty sir! Thank you sir!" the two replied.
"Those undisciplined lads.......... they must be traned like us! Ready to confront the enemy. Maybe I'll go and see King Wang Kon." Gen. Ku said in his mind. He let the troops march to Pyong Yang with the lead of Jumong and he returned to the capital, Seoul.
" I order the conscription of workers, slaves or not, and I'll pay them to work in our lands." Wang Kon shouted at Chun, the domestic advisor. "Y-yes s-sir!" Chun replied. " How could I run an empire with these men? Fruitless." Wang Kon said to his mind.
" Sir!" Ku said. " Oh Ku, so nice for you to be here. A man as respected as you shouldn't be here. You want to eat?" Wang said. " Sir, I alpologize but no sir." Ku replied. " Okay, what's your purpose here?" Wang Kon replied. " Well sir, I'll be frank. Our army isn't as well trained as those of our neighbors and it's too weak to attack." Ku replied. " I agree........ but since the time immemorial, we have the most advance weapons of that time. Why did we fall back so hard? Is there anything that we can do about it?" Wang replied, looking at his balcony, " Look at this glorious empire! War is inevitable. Will our civilization be destroyed or survive through the test of time? I worry about it." Wang added. " Sir, all depends on what your decision will be......" Ku replied.