The Plan to Conquer Yanbian and Hunchun (8)

“Sir, the Right Military Commissioner of Manchuria is said to be arriving shortly.”

In terms of a twenty-first-century army, the force under a Military Commissioner would be roughly the size of a corps.

Joseon had one corps in each province, but because Manchuria was the front line, it was divided into left and right commands, with no fewer than two corps stationed there.

Each corps had more than 13,000 troops assigned to it, excluding the reserves...

‘In practice, they must be the strongest corps in Joseon.’

“Are you saying the Right Military Commissioner has volunteered to escort me personally on my inspection of Manchuria?”

“Yes, that is correct. His Majesty has commanded the Right Military Commissioner to escort the Deputy Director at the head of his finest troops, and he says he will provide ironclad protection in accordance with that order.”

There were currently two Military Commissioners serving in Manchuria.

One was Yi Jing-ok, the man who would end his life as a traitor after launching the rebellion that bore his name, and the other was Yi Sun-mong, who had earned the nickname ‘the man with a broken personality.’

The two of them had apparently gone around with their eyes wide open, beating the living daylights out of every Jurchen skulking around Manchuria...