The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 145 Your Hairstyle Is Not Good
Baliyuanshan was riding a tall horse, walking with high spirits.

Seeing him like this, Wang Hong couldn't help but advise: "General Bali, don't underestimate the palace bandits. I feel that they are very powerful. They fought the ambush efficiently and effectively. They don't seem like ordinary bandits."

Bali Yuanshan: "Thieves are good at ambushes. If you assume that a group of thieves are good at ambushes, they can fight well, isn't that ridiculous?"

Wang Hong couldn't help but started pulling his hair again: "But, but, however..."

Bali Yuanshan saw Wang Hong pulling his hair and couldn't help but sneer: "Such a beautiful hairstyle, I wonder why you pull it all day long?"

"Looks good?" Wang Hong's voice instantly rose an octave: "How can it be good-looking? My forehead is cold all day long."

Bali Yuanshan pointed to the top of his head proudly and said, "Who told you to shave your forehead? Why don't you just shave the top of your head?"

Wang Hong couldn't help but complain: "If you shave your head, it's only the top of your head that's cooled. What's the difference between that and cooling your forehead?"

Although I said this, I was secretly cursing in my heart: Shave my head like you? Too disgusting, I might as well die.

It turns out that the Jurchens did not have a fixed way of shaving their heads. They had many hairstyles and could choose freely.

Bali Yuanshan was a Khitan, who had a long-standing custom of shaving their hair. They preferred to shave their top hair, which is the Mediterranean hairstyle shown in the first picture above. The Jurchens, on the other hand, preferred to shave their foreheads and then braid their hair on both sides into two small braids.

These hairstyles are so damn ugly in the eyes of Han people.

But if you have to choose an acceptable one among the ugly ones, it would be shaving your forehead. At least it is better than a bald head.

Wang Hong couldn't continue discussing the topic of hairstyle, so he quickly turned the topic back to the point: "General Bali, the palace thieves are likely already entrenched in Jiaoshui County. We don't even have siege weapons with us?"

Bali Yuanshan: "What's the point of bringing those junk? They're so heavy and they slow us down! How would the enemy know how to defend a city? Once we get there, we can just chop down some trees, tie a few ladders together, and we'll be able to take the city in one fell swoop."

Wang Hong pondered, "That bandit army that ambushed me the other day didn't look that weak. I was just being careless and letting my scouting area be suppressed, which is why I got ambushed. Are you going to do the same?" Fine, I'm determined to save my life. I'll hide at the slightest sign of trouble and see how you, you bastard, die.

Bali Yuanshan: "Tell your men to move faster and lead the way."

Wang Hong: "The palace thieves are good at ambushes. I need to send more scouts. We can't advance rashly anymore."

Baliyuanshan twisted his mouth in dissatisfaction, but he didn't complain this time. Although he was proud, he still had basic military qualities and understood the importance of the scout circle.
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"Report! The fake gold thieves are here again."

A scout on a fast horse rushed into Jiaoshui County, but this time, as soon as he entered the city, he slowed down his horse.

The last time he rode his horse wildly on the street, he almost hit civilians several times and was killed by the True Lord. No matter how urgent the military situation was, he would not dare to rush forward. Moreover, the military situation this time was similar to the last time, and the enemy would take two or three days to arrive.

"The puppet bandits are led by a Liao general who surrendered and number approximately 3,000."

As soon as Madam Gong Er received the news, she immediately began to prepare for war.

As soon as the rebel army moved, the people immediately understood what was going on, and a tense atmosphere began to spread in the county again.

Eight hundred prisoners, led by Zhang Yong, frantically cut down trees outside the city to make giant crossbow bolts and brought back large stones for the catapults. The city's residents, organized by the Jiaoshui County Magistrate, joined the prisoners in carrying the stones.

Just as everyone was busy, a large group of beggars suddenly rushed over, startling the Jiaoshui County Magistrate. He thought the beggars were going to take the opportunity to cause trouble, but then a middle-aged beggar jumped out and shouted, "I am the head of the Jiaoshui branch of the Beggar Gang. I have come here with my fellow Beggar Gang members to help the rebels defend the city."

The Jiaoshui County Magistrate was completely bewildered: "What is the Beggars' Sect?"

The glue branch leader said proudly, "A gang formed by beggars. Our gang is huge. We have branches all over the world, one in every county. Isn't that impressive?"

The Jiaoshui County Magistrate's eyes popped out when he heard this, thinking: "All the beggars in the world belong to this gang? What a terrifying strength!" But, being so powerful, they must be famous. Why haven't I heard of them before?

Of course, now is not the time to talk about this.

The Jiaoshui County Magistrate quickly instructed the beggars, "You are all old, weak, sick, and disabled. You can't fight in the war, nor can you do any hard labor. Hurry, go behind the city wall. You see there are a lot of pots set up over there. You will be responsible for boiling the golden liquid there. Once it's boiling, put it in jars and deliver it to the people guarding the city wall."

The Beggar Gang disciples quickly responded and obeyed the assignment.

A group of prisoners happened to be carrying stones back from outside the city. They placed the stones next to the catapult and sat on the ground to rest for a while, their eyes rolling around...

There's going to be a war!

Prisoners like them can easily be used as cannon fodder in war.

The prisoners were all thinking: If defending the city becomes difficult, the palace thieves might use us as a shield.

Thinking of this, I felt a little panicked.

Instead, they now sincerely hope that the palace thieves can win.

The prisoners immediately discovered that the beggars actually came to help defend the city on their own initiative, which was something they had never seen in other cities.

One of the prisoners couldn't help but whisper, "Have you noticed? This Glue City is different from the cities we were in before."

Another said, "I've discovered! The fighting spirit here is much stronger. Whether it's soldiers or civilians, they all clearly dare to fight."

Someone pointed at Madam Gong Er and asked, "Could it be that this woman is the one who boosted morale?"

Someone pointed at Yue Wenxuan on the distant city wall and whispered, "Relying on women is useless. In my opinion, it's that young master who's relying on him. He must be Madam Gong Er's lover. I heard that these catapults and giant ballistae were all made by that young master."

Someone whispered, "When I was moving stones, I chatted with a commoner who was also there. He said they had a prince backing them up. I think his name was Hewang Zhaosi, Zhao Si? Zhao Si? Oh, I can't remember, but it was definitely Zhao."

Someone else said, "I've heard that the palace thief is behind the He Wang Zhao Zai. It's said that He Wang broke out from the Jin Kingdom, single-handedly breaking through 100,000 Jin troops and taking out 50 Jin generals, before coming to Shandong. Because of him, the county magistrate listened to the palace thief."

"You believe that? Damn it! We all know how powerful the Jin army is. Who the hell could single-handedly defeat a hundred thousand Jin troops? Bullshit! People who haven't been to the battlefield should just brag about that, and you're just bragging too?"

(End of this chapter)