The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 202 After the Great Victory
Since ancient times, the Central Plains people have liked to build defense lines when defending against northern ethnic minorities.

The most famous line of defense is of course the Great Wall.

In addition to the Great Wall, various dynasties also built a large number of border forts in border areas. These forts were scattered along the border to prevent invasions by cavalry from ethnic minorities.

Guwei was not unfamiliar with border lines, but this was the Jiaodong Peninsula, which could be considered the interior of the Song Dynasty. The other party actually built a border line here, and started doing it a long time in advance, which made him a little puzzled.

Did someone in the enemy army plan to seal off the Jiaodong Peninsula for defense long in advance?
Gu Wei didn't know that when Yue Wenxuan came, the people of our country were best at building infrastructure in advance.

What’s a year or two ahead of schedule? The Caojiawan Light Rail Station, which opened seven years ahead of schedule, is a renowned landmark in Shuangqing City.

He scanned the map several times and finally shook his head. "It seems that the tactic of using rangers to harass the enemy from all sides won't work. We must fight head-on and defeat the enemy army in order to capture the Jiaodong Peninsula."

As soon as he said this, several of his men showed strange expressions on their faces.

Defeating the enemy's army head-on!
In the past, this was something the Jin Kingdom was very good at, but this time...

They were completely confused by the other party's convoy and could not think of a way to break it.

"General, if we can't break the enemy's chariot formation, we can't win."

"We also need to find a way to deal with that strange firearm."

Gu Wei: "I've thought it through. If they build wooden carts to block our arrows, we can also build wooden carts to block their lead bullets. Furthermore, we have to destroy those wooden carts. Wait for Liu Yu's Han troops to arrive. Have them build a large number of catapults and large door panels. We will first use the boulders to smash open the enemy's chariot formation, and then charge with the cavalry."

Liu Yu's son Liu Lin led 3,000 infantrymen and followed the Jurchens. However, the infantrymen walked slowly, and the Jurchens did not want to wait for these snail-like troops, so they deliberately ran very fast to leave them behind. It was not until now that Guwei remembered Liu Lin again.

This is what the poor puppet army is like!

When I don’t need you, I can’t even remember your face.

Gu Wei didn't dare to try to do anything for the time being and could only wait there.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye...

The puppet army led by Liu Lin finally arrived.

His puppet army of 3,000 men was mostly his old subordinates from Jinan. About a thousand of them had once served under Guan Sheng, another thousand were Zhang Jian's men, and another thousand were a mix of various types of imperial guards, garrison troops, archers, and so on, resulting in an extremely complex composition.

The combat effectiveness and morale of this ragtag army were extremely low.

Apart from doing odd jobs, I can't do anything else.

Guwei sent for Liu Lin and ordered him in a haughty tone, "Have your men build at least thirty or forty catapults. Also, I need a large number of giant shields. They need to be very thick, twice as thick as door panels."

Liu Lin was confused: "Such a huge shield would be very heavy, and the soldiers would not be able to carry it forward."

"Then put wheels on it." Gu Wei picked up a branch and drew a crooked pattern on the ground, which was exactly the pattern of the chariot used by the rebels.

The technical difficulty of this thing is extremely low. The craftsmen in Liu Lin’s army understood it at a glance. The door panel can be installed with four wheels and can be pushed.

Liu Lin couldn't help but mutter, "What's the point of building this thing?"

Zhang Jian, who knew more about warfare than Liu Lin, whispered, "Yanei, this door panel is used to block arrows. Our soldiers are timid and dare not charge, but if there is a large door panel to block the arrows, and they push the door panel, they will dare to move forward." Liu Lin thought carefully: Huh? It's really like that.

Zhang Jian whispered, "With this thing, we might be able to accomplish something."

Thinking of this, they both became happy. Being able to make some contribution to Jin Guo’s father meant they had a promising future.
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Just as Liu Lin's men were desperately building chariots and catapults.

The people in Jiaoshui County are celebrating again.

It’s really a carnival!
A super carnival to celebrate the “wild wave battle and victory over the Jin Kingdom”.

Although those who should have fled had already fled, and those who stayed were true warriors who dared to fight the Jin Kingdom to the death, everyone still felt a little uneasy. The strength of the Jin thieves had long created a huge psychological shadow for the people of the Song Dynasty. The area of ​​this shadow was about 960 million square kilometers, which was terrifying.

Many people have always been concerned about the rebel army, believing that the rebel army's continuous victory over the pseudo-Jin thieves does not mean anything, and that they will inevitably be defeated when they encounter the real Jin thieves.

But this time, after the battle under the city, all concerns were dispelled.

Not only did the rebel army defeat the Jin army, but they did not defeat it in a "city defense battle", but defeated it in a fair and open "field battle".

This means something completely different.

The city was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, as if the whole city was about to fly.

"I didn't know until today that our army actually has firearms."

"With a loud bang, the gold thief on the opposite side fell off his horse and died."

"Hahaha, that's amazing."

"This is the first time I've seen a chariot formation. All these chariots were hidden before. We didn't bring out a single one when we fought against the fake Jin bandits."

"Gong Yishi is amazing. She has so many powerful weapons hidden away. This means that when she dealt with the fake gold thieves before, she only used less than two of her five fingers. It was only when she hit the real gold thieves that she used her entire palm to slap them."

"Now I have confidence. We can definitely defend the Jiaodong Peninsula."

"Mr. Gong is mighty!"

Cheers like these echoed throughout the city, and the people were as happy as if it were New Year's Day.

The gentry who had been planning to flee at any moment finally settled down. Some began to consider joining forces with Gong Yishi or Wang Zhaoye, while others began to consider taking the imperial examinations.

People are like this. Some are quick to act, while others must plan carefully before taking action. It is not clear whether it is too late to act now. They only know that when they ran to ask for an audience with the prince, Ji Menghan, the eldest son of the Ji family, who had already pledged his services to the prince, had already become the prince's spokesperson. He waved his fan and said to them calmly, "The prince is ill today and will not see any outside visitors for the time being."

At this time, Cui Weihua, the new Laizhou prefect who was in charge of Laizhou, could not help but feel very excited.

He had always felt something was amiss at first, as he was "appointed not by the emperor but by a prince," as if his position was not legitimate, and he felt very insecure. But now, after hearing that the righteous army had triumphed over the real gold bandits, he suddenly felt much more confident.

He felt the same way as the newly appointed prefect of Dengzhou and a group of new officials who had recently been recruited through the imperial examinations. They all felt inexplicably excited.

(End of this chapter)