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노비들이 강화를 탈출하려고 배에 오르던 주인들 뒷덜미를 잡고 갯벌에 거꾸로 처박기 시작했다. 그렇게 노비들에게 잡혀 죽은 주인들의 피가 강화 갯벌을 홍건하게 적셨다.
그날부터 삼별초는 신(新) 정부에 비협조적인 자들을 색출하러 다녔다.
이를 피해 산속으로 숨거나 탈출하려다가 익사한 자가 부지기수였으며, 참지정사 채정, 추밀원부사 김련, 도병마사 강지소도 교포(橋浦)로 우회해 겨우 강화도를 빠져 나왔다.
못 빠져나 간 고관대작은 모조리 삼별초에게 붙잡고 그중 일부는 삼별초의 거사에 억지로 동참했지만 나머지는 모조리 참수당했다.
그들중 삼별초가 경전에 해박한 직학 정문감을 회유하려고 공을 들였으나 정문감은 아내와 함께 바다에 투신했다.
천하의 명궁 현문혁장군 역시 참여를 거부하고 식솔과 함께 노비 복장으로 바다를 건너다가 삼별초 순시선에 걸려 들었다. 현문혁이 활을 쏘아 대는 바람에 순시선이 멀찌감치 선회만 해야 했다.
그런데 내륙에서 강풍이 불어 현문혁의 배가 갯벌에 좌초되고 말았다. 이때 다 싶은 삼별초가 집중사격을 가해 현문혁이 사살 당했고, 그의 아내는 두 딸을 안고 바다에 뛰어들었다.
이처럼 강화 해변에 떠나려는 자와 붙잡으려는 자의 아귀다툼이 나날이 잇달았다.
그때 강화해협 순시를 맡은 김통정은 승려가 떠나는 것만큼은 눈감아 주었다.
‘강화도에 남은 우리야 이승이나 저승이 매일반이지만, 이생에 연연하며 강화도를 떠난 자들에게는 승려가 필요할 게 아닌가’
그래서 왕실 사찰의 승려들이 도강하려는 것을 발각하고도 보내주었던 것이다.
강화도가 필사적인 탈출과 저지로 홍역을 앓는 동안 중간에서 고민하는 사람도 많았다.
판태사 국사 안방열도 그랬다. 삼별초에 줄만 잘 서면 출세할 것도 같고, 그러다가 삼별초가 오래 못 가면 인생이 끝장나는 게 아닌가 싶어 갈팡질팡하다가 봉은사로 점치러 갔다.
안방열이 태조의 진영(眞影)앞에 엎드렸다.
“어찌해야 하오리까, 굽어 살피소서.”
간절히 빌고 또 빈 다음 준비해 간 산통으로 스스로 점을 쳤다.
‘절반은 살고 절반은 죽는다.’
안방열은 이 점괘를 어떻게 해석하면 좋을지 망설였다. 꿈보다 해몽이었다.
그는 눈앞의 것만 보는 사람이었다. 섬 안에서 친몽파가 죽어나 가는 상황이라 삼별초가 번창하리라 보았다. 그길로 배중손을 찾아가 이렇게 부추겼다.
“내가 점쳐 보니 용손(龍孫)은 12대로 끝날 운명으로 용케 2백년을 버텼으나, 이제 새 나라가 남쪽에 건설될 때입니다.”
12대라면 순종으로, 재위 기간이 고려 왕 가운데 가장 짧았다.
1083년 왕에 오른 지 석달 만에 병으로 사망했던 것이다. 순종 때부터 고려가 기울어 새 왕조로 바뀔 운명이라는 것이었다. 그 역사적 운명을 삼별초가 떠맡았다고 떠들었다.
안방열이 그냥 떠드는 말이었지만, 그때부터 중간에서 고민하던 사람들 이 부쩍 반 개경파로 돌아섰다.
강화도에는 일단 눈앞에 적이 보이지 않은데다가 귀족들이 떠나며 남겨 둔 재물도 많았다. 굳이 세금을 따로 걷을 필요가 없었다. 떠나지 않고 남은 자들은 매일 축제를 벌였다.
섬내 유일한 사정기관인 삼별초는 주로 동막리에 머물며 개경 정부와 몽골에 전의를 다지고 있었다. 누구를 억압 하거나 간섭하지 않자 백성들 입에서 절로 감탄이 나왔다.
“이런 세상이 다 있나?”
“주인도 없고 노예도 없다니. 여기가 무릉도원일세.” <계속>dyl1010@hanmail.net
*아래는 위 기사를 '구글 번역'으로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]입니다. '구글번역'은 이해도 높이기를 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 영문 번역에 오류가 있을 수 있음을 전제로 합니다.<*The following is [the full text] of the English article translated by 'Google Translate'. 'Google Translate' is working hard to improve understanding. It is assumed that there may be errors in the English translation.>
[Novel Sambyeolcho-46] The Ganghwa Strait where a desperate struggle took place between those who tried to escape and those who tried to stop it
-Writer Lee Dong-yeon
The slaves grabbed the owners by the backs of the boats to escape Ganghwa and threw them upside down into the tidal flats. The blood of the owners who died after being captured by slaves soaked the tidal flats in Ganghwa.
From that day on, Sambyeolcho searched for those who were not cooperative with the new government.
Many of them drowned while hiding in the mountains or trying to escape, and Chamjijeongsa Chaejeong, Privy Council Governor Kim Ryeon, and military warrior Kang Ji-so made a detour to Gyopo and barely escaped Ganghwa Island.
All high officials who could not escape were captured by Sambyeolcho, some of whom were forced to join Sambyeolcho, but the rest were all beheaded.
Among them, Sambyeolcho worked hard to appease Jikhak Jeongmungam, who was knowledgeable in the scriptures, but Jeongmungam and his wife jumped into the sea.
General Hyeon Mun-hyeok, the famous palace of the world, also refused to participate and was caught in a Sambyeolcho patrol boat while crossing the sea in a slave outfit with his family. Hyeon Moon-hyeok fired an arrow, so the patrol boat had to turn away from it.
However, strong winds blew inland, and Hyun Mun-hyeok's boat was stranded on the tidal flats. At this time, Sambyeolcho, who wanted everything, opened fire and killed Hyun Mun-hyeok, and his wife jumped into the sea with her two daughters in her arms.
In this way, the struggles between those who wanted to leave Ganghwa Beach and those who wanted to catch it continued day by day.
At that time, Kim Tong-jeong, who was in charge of the Ganghwa Strait patrol, turned a blind eye to the monk leaving.
‘The rest of us in Ganghwa Island are in this world or the other world every day, but those who left Ganghwa Island clinging to this life might need a monk.’
That is why he let the monks of the royal temple go even after discovering that they were trying to cross the river.
While Ganghwa Island was suffering from measles due to desperate escape and deterrence, there were many people who were worried in the middle.
It was the same with Pantaesa and Guksa An, Bangyeol. If I line up well at Sambyeolcho, I think I will be successful, and then I wonder if my life is over if Sambyeolcho doesn't last long, so I went to Bongeunsa Temple for fortune telling.
An Bang-yeol prostrated himself in front of Taejo's camp.
“What should I do? Look down and see.”
He prayed earnestly, then emptied, and then fortune-telling himself with the colic he had prepared.
'Half lives and half dies.'
An Bang-yeol was hesitant about how to interpret this fortune-telling. It was more a dream than a dream.
He was a man who only saw what was in front of his eyes. Since the pro-Mong faction was dying on the island, I thought that Sambyeolcho would prosper. That way, he went to Bae Joong-son and encouraged him like this.
“I have looked at the fortune telling, and the Dragon Son is destined to end up in the 12th generation, and has managed to endure for 200 years, but now it is time for a new country to be established in the south.”
If it was the 12th generation, it was Sunjong, and the reign period was the shortest among the Goryeo kings.
He died of illness in 1083, three months after he ascended the throne. It was said that Goryeo was destined to change into a new dynasty from the time of King Sunjong. It was said that Sambyeolcho took over the historical fate.
An Bang-yeol was just talking about it, but from then on, people who were worried in the middle suddenly turned to anti-gaegyeong factions.
In Ganghwa Island, there were no enemies in sight, and there were many riches left behind by the nobles when they left. There was no need to pay taxes separately. Those who did not leave held a festival every day.
Sambyeolcho, the only assessment agency on the island, stayed mainly in Dongmak-ri and was determined to fight against the Gaegyeong government and Mongolia. Admiration came out of the mouth of the people when they did not oppress or interfere with anyone.
“Is there a world like this?”
“There are no masters and no slaves. This is Mureungdowon.” <Continued> dyl1010@hanmail.net
