The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 148 Dare to Shoot

When Wang Hong returned to the central army, there was still anger on his face.

Bali Yuanshan asked, "What happened? Did someone scold you?"

Wang Hong's face was still brimming with anger, but his heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, "Actually, I was persuaded to surrender, but that person brought up my hair style before I left, sending me flying back in anger. This left Bali Yuanshan with no doubts about what we discussed. Huh? Could he have deliberately provoked me?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Jiaoshui City with mixed feelings. He could still see the young man on the top of the city from a distance. His face was not clear from this distance, but he could see that he was standing tall on the top of the city with an extraordinary temperament.

Several large flags with the Chinese characters "Palace" planted on the city walls unfurled in the winter wind...

Of course, these are not what touched Wang Hong the most.

What he envied most was that everyone in Jiaoshui County had a normal hairstyle and no one had a weird bald head.

He couldn't help but reach out again and touch his bald, reflective forehead, feeling mixed emotions.

Bali Yuanshan: "Prepare to attack the city!"

All he had were a few ladders as siege weapons, yet he still dared to order an attack on the city. However, none of his subordinates had any objections, because they had basically conquered all the small counties they had encountered before in this way.

Just make a few ladders and charge towards the enemy city with them. The defenders in the city will be thrown into disarray. The commander will flee, the deputy commander will surrender, or the deputy commander will kill the commander and surrender, or the commander will kill the deputy commander and surrender...

Anyway, anyone who wants to resist will be killed by his own people without having to wait for the Jin soldiers to attack.

There shouldn't be any surprises this time, right?
The Liao puppet troops raised their shields and carried ladders, and the 3,000-man army slowly advanced towards the county town.

At the same time, the city became quiet.

When the Jin army first arrived, the city was in turmoil, but after the commotion subsided, the emotions subsided temporarily. The timid ones retreated to their homes, shutting their doors and ceasing the noise. The braver ones, those who dared to fight, were now standing at the storage point for rolling logs and stones, ready to help the defenders transport supplies.

Hundreds of Beggar Gang members are preparing golden juice in a pot!
The boiling gold gave off a disgusting odor that spread over a radius of several hundred meters, making anyone who smelled it sick. Fortunately, the beggars' daily living conditions were not good, so they could withstand the odor, no matter how disgusting it was.

Madam Gong Er was a little nervous, with sweat on her forehead.

She turned her head to look at the Zhenjun next to her, but saw that Zhenjun had a calm face, his eyes looking into the distance, and his whole body was as motionless as a mountain.

With the True Lord around, she was no longer so panicked. She turned around and shouted, "Catapults, are you all ready?"

Ma Congyi, a mature young man, came out from behind and said, "Ready!"

Behind the city wall, dozens of catapults were arranged in an orderly manner. Next to each machine was a group of Ma's servants. After just a few days of training, they had become proficient in using the catapults.

Madam Gong Er nodded, then turned and shouted to the side, "Is the giant crossbow ready?"

This time it was the Glue County Magistrate who responded: "Ready!"

On the city wall, twenty giant crossbows were fully strung, each loaded with arrows as thick as a child's arm. These arrows were hastily made and still carried the scent of fresh wood.

The magistrate of Jiaoshui County was in charge of these giant crossbows with the county lieutenant, archers, and servants sent by the gentry.

Madam Gong Er nodded and said, "Very good! Before I give the order, no catapult or crossbow may be fired without authorization, or you will be punished by military law."

Ma Congyi and the Jiaoshui County Magistrate responded at the same time: "Yes, sir!"

After responding, the Jiaoshui County Magistrate suddenly felt awkward: "Why am I responding to an order with a six-year-old? It feels like my status has been lowered."

While a few people were chatting for a while, the front row of the Jin army had already entered the range of the giant crossbow.

But Madam Gong Er didn't give any orders. Instead, she shouted, "Hold steady! Don't fire!" The glue archers in charge of the giant crossbows were all worried: "Why won't they let us fire? We can definitely fire from this distance."

The Jin army continued to advance...

The archers' hearts were beating wildly.

The closer I get, the more panicked I get!
The Song army had been weak for so long that even the regular Song army was as timid as a mouse, not to mention these amateur archers.

"The enemy is almost within an arrow's reach, why don't you shoot?"

Madam Gong Er shouted, "Hold steady!"

At this moment, the shield-bearing soldiers in the front row of the pseudo-Jin army finally came into the range of the bows and arrows.

"Hold the catapults and crossbows! Archers, get ready!"

"Archers, get ready!" The squad leaders of the Jin army also shouted.

The archers on the city walls took the lead...

A shower of arrows rained down upon the city.

Tap, tap, tap, the sound of shields catching arrows rang out continuously.

A few lucky arrows penetrated the shields and hit the Liao soldiers behind them, but most of them were blocked by their leather armor and helmets.

Then, the Liao soldiers took a few steps forward and began to fight back at the top of the city wall, and a flurry of arrows flew back.

The soldiers on the city wall quickly hid behind Aotuao.

Most of the arrows were blocked by the city walls, and a few fell over the walls and were caught by the leather armor of the rebel soldiers.

The unlucky Zhang Dashu was hit by an arrow! He couldn't use a bow, and he wasn't allowed to use a musket in this battle, so he just took a long sword and hid behind the city wall. Unexpectedly, an arrow flew over the wall and fell into his head with a "plop" sound...

Fortunately, his helmet was of good quality. The arrow stuck in the helmet was like "selling one's head with a token".

"Damn it, what bad luck." Zhang Dashu pulled out the arrow and handed it to the archer from Zhangjia Village next to him: "Here, I'll give you an arrow."

The archer was on good terms with him, and the closer they were, the more they could joke around. He said with a smile, "I'm not short of arrows. Let him stick one in your forehead. It'll look really nice."

Zhang Dashu: “…”

"Archer, don't stop!"

Zhang Yong shouted loudly not far away, conveying orders to all the team leaders under his command, and these team leaders quickly conveyed orders to their own team members, and the archers on the city wall continued to shoot desperately.

A hail of arrows crisscrossed the city walls... As the two sides drew closer, more and more people were wounded. Of course, in archery duels, the side with the upper hand always had the advantage. While few people inside the city were injured, the pseudo-Jin army outside suffered many casualties, and even their formation was slightly disrupted.

Bali Yuanshan was a little confused. "Huh? This bandit guarding the city actually dared to shoot at us? He used to run away at the slightest scare."

Wang Hong thought to himself: This Song army is really different from the ones we encountered before.

As the two were thinking about this...

Madam Gong Er waved her hand and shouted, "Crossbows, catapults, go!"

(End of this chapter)