The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 204 We are different

Led by Liu Sanlang, the Jinan soldiers happily went to find the labor camp.

They didn't know that "laogai" meant labor reform, and they thought that the "labor reform camp" was a combat organization just like the Shenji Camp, Feitian Camp, and Hubao Camp.

He came over happily and skipping.

Arriving at the entrance to the labor camp, I was shocked to see large groups of bald men lining up to leave. A bald man who looked like the leader was giving orders: "Today's task is to move a batch of wood from the forest outside the city and deliver it to the carpenters to build a large number of catapults. Everyone, please work hard."

Liu Sanlang took a closer look and recognized that the team leader was Wang Hong.

"Hey? General Wang!" Liu Sanlang said, "What are you doing..."

As soon as Wang Hong saw Liu Sanlang, his eyes shifted upwards, locked onto his strange hairstyle. He let out a laugh and said, "You've just come from the Jin bandits with this hairstyle?"

Liu Sanlang blushed: "Yes."

Without even thinking, Wang Hong said, "Why don't you shave your head? What are you waiting for? Waiting for others to laugh at you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the bald heads in the labor camp burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, with that thief hairstyle, he's neither human nor ghost."

The Jinan soldiers were suddenly ashamed and there was no need to say any more nonsense. A group of them immediately took out their knives and said, "I'll shave your hair, and you'll shave mine." In no time, they were all clean.

"Come on, let's move things together." Wang Hong didn't laugh at the other party too much. After all, the eldest brother doesn't laugh at the second brother, and the second brother can't laugh at the second brother. He just waved his hand and said, "The higher-ups just gave orders saying that the Jin thieves are desperately building catapults to break our chariot formation. Naturally, we have to build more catapults to fight back. Hurry, hurry, get busy."

Liu Sanlang was now very proud: "I brought this news a few nights ago."

Wang Hong: "Hey, you did a great job in submitting your pledge of allegiance. I put a lot of thought into it back then."

Liu Sanlang had just arrived and wasn't very clear about the rebel army's strength. He said a little guiltily, "General Wang, you used to be a coward like us, but why are you so arrogant now? When you heard about the Jin thieves' catapults, you didn't seem afraid at all."

Wang Hong: "Hey, when you carry the wood to the craftsmen later and see our trebuchets, you'll understand."

Liu Sanlang: “???”

Okay, let’s move the wood!
The Jinan soldiers were just like Wang Hong, Li Cui's troops. They were happy to do anything as long as they could avoid the battlefield. A group of people happily carried the wood and took it to the carpenter.

When they arrived, they found that there were already a large number of catapults in Glue City.

But this catapult was completely different from anything they had seen before.

It has a strange swing arm with a strange pocket hanging on it...

I can't understand it, I can't understand it at all.

Wang Hong: "I know you don't understand. Look over there, someone is test-firing. Watch two rounds and you'll understand."

The Jinan soldiers ran to the training ground next to the carpenter's workshop, where there were a large number of artillerymen practicing the use of counterweight catapults.

I saw them working in groups of two or three, lifting large rocks and putting them into the swing arm. Then they pressed the mechanism, and the counterweight sank downward, dragging the swing arm down with it. When one end of the swing arm sank, the other end lifted up, throwing a huge rock far away. With a loud bang, the earth shook.

The Jinan soldiers took one look and instantly understood: "This trebuchet requires very few people to fire. It's convenient and quick, and the rate of fire is much higher. It's also stable and can shoot far." "Really?" Wang Hong chuckled. "The old trebuchets required more than a dozen people, even the strength of oxen and horses, to pull the swing arm down and clamp it on the mechanism. But our new trebuchets can be operated by two or three people. Hehehehe... The trebuchets built by the Jin thieves now are not even good enough for us. Get ready for a show."

The Jinan soldiers were overjoyed. They had not wanted to see the rebels defeated right after they surrendered. Now that they saw that the rebels had such a powerful weapon, they could not help but feel overjoyed: "We were right to surrender."

"Keep going! Perform well and help the regular troops withstand this wave. It can also be considered a military merit."

The Jinan soldier, with a bald head, worked enthusiastically.

Both sides are desperately building catapults...

A few days later, the Jin army's large number of catapults were ready.

Thirty-five trebuchets, still smelling of fresh wood.

Guwei felt that it was time to apply some glue again...

In this regard, I have to say without exaggeration that the Jin army was really eager to fight. They were clearly beaten badly by firearms a few days ago, and the ranger squad under his command was also hacked to death by a group of monsters from the enemy who were outnumbered three to one hundred or five to one hundred. But just a few days later, this group of people regained their fighting spirit and dared to fight again.

If it were the Song soldiers, they would never be able to do it.

Morale really can't be restored so quickly.

Amid the rumbling sound of drums, a large group of Jin soldiers arrived outside Jiaoshui City like a dark cloud pressing down on their heads.

Directly in front of the army were a large number of trebuchets. Nearly three thousand infantrymen surrounded these trebuchets, and on either side of the infantry were Jurchen light cavalry, ready to charge at any moment. As long as their own trebuchets achieved success and destroyed the opposing chariot formation, they would ride forward.

On the rebel side, there was an authentic Qi family army chariot formation, with its backs facing the city wall of Jiaoshui County.

There were also a large number of catapults right in front of the army. Thousands of the main rebel forces formed a chariot formation to protect these catapults, but the rebels had no cavalry waiting on the flanks, so they could not make a light cavalry charge after gaining the advantage.

From this point of view, the rebel army was clearly at a disadvantage.

"Catapults, move forward!" Liu Lin was responsible for commanding the infantry formation.

Although he wasn't a famous general, he knew the range of the trebuchet. He estimated the distance visually and knew he had to move forward. He planned to get as close as possible...

But at this moment, the rebels' catapults stopped advancing first. There were wheels under the Huihui cannon for movement. The rebel soldiers removed the wheels at an extremely fast speed, placed the base of the Huihui cannon on the ground, and hammered the supporting arms into the ground with huge nails to fix it to prevent it from shaking or collapsing during firing.

Liu Lin was slightly confused. "Did the opponent stop moving forward once they were out of range?"

Zhang Jian: "They are the defenders, and they are bullying us, the attackers. So they should stop first. We must keep moving forward anyway."

"Tsk! Such a low trick! They don't even dare to stop and fire at each other at the same time. Let's take one more round and advance into the range." Before Liu Lin finished his words, the Huihui cannons of the rebel army had already started firing.

There was a strange sound of grunting as the wooden arm struggled, and the arm of the Huihui Cannon swung violently, and a stone flew whistling towards Liu Lin's artillery position...

(End of this chapter)