Water Margin people

Chapter 1082 Conversation before the war

"This should be the work of Wang Zhen!"

Wen Huanzhang said that the generals of the Song army who came this time had all inquired clearly, and only Wang Zhen was the best at defending the city.

"What a talent! He can come up with such a way to deal with artillery!"

Sun Lei smiled and said that the core of artillery is gunpowder. At present, the gunpowder in Liangshan has not got rid of black powder, and its power is limited. As long as the enemy's bunker is strong enough and they are determined to defend, the damage caused by the artillery based on black powder will be limited.

"Your Majesty, if you switch to a trebuchet, you can definitely take down the city wall!"

Ling Zhen saw that exploding bombs could not repel the enemy, so he immediately thought of a trebuchet. Throwing explosive packets would hit the enemy's bunker in a parabola.

"No need, they must have prepared crossbows. Those things can't hurt artillery, but they are quite accurate when it comes to firing trebuchets."

Sun Lei shook his head and said, Song Dynasty is famous for its bed crossbows, and so far the defenders have not used any equipment, so he cannot expose all his trump cards.

Above Zhen City.

"Have you stopped?"

Yang Keshi patted the dust on his body. The enemy's artillery bombardment was very powerful. He still felt his ears ringing.

"It shouldn't have stopped so early."

Wang Zhen's face looked a little ugly. The enemy's attack just now could only be regarded as a test.

"This artillery is really powerful. When will the firearms supervisor be able to research this?"

Liu Guangshi coughed and said that he had finally experienced the power of artillery. If they also had artillery, then this battle would be different.

"Artillery costs a lot of money. Now that the treasury is empty, I'm afraid it will be difficult to equip the army!"

Wang Zhen regretted that artillery has been around for a long time, and the military also has equipment, but it is very expensive. Military expenditures did not pay attention to supporting research and development, and the emperor was unwilling to allocate funds, so artillery became useless.

"The enemy has such a powerful weapon but we don't. What's the point?"

Liu Guangshi sighed and said, they are orthodox officers and soldiers, but the enemy has sharp weapons that they do not have. Who are the officers and soldiers? Who is the orthodoxy in the world? In fact, as long as the emperor builds two fewer gardens, he will have everything.

"The enemy is coming!"

Yang Keshi shouted lowly, and in the distance Sun Lei was leading an army towards Zhencheng.

"Prepare the crossbow, enter the shooting range and shoot directly!"

The master immediately ordered the crossbowman behind him. The crossbowman moved the crossbow, slowly approached the city wall, and carefully hid the crossbow behind the bunker.

"Is General Wang Zhen the one guarding the city?"

Sun Lei shouted to the city with a big iron horn.

"Leader Sun, we meet again!"

Wang Zhen did not hide, but showed up and shouted.

"It's too far and it's inconvenient to talk. Would you like to go down to the city and talk?"

Sun Lei shouted loudly. He was now more than 300 steps away from the city wall, just outside the range of the bed crossbow. However, the disadvantage was that the conversation was very inconvenient.

"I think this is not bad!"

Wang Zhen smiled.

"Haha, if you don't come, I will continue the bombing. I have a lot of shells, so I can bomb them until dark!"

Sun Lei also laughed, pointing at the carts of artillery shells behind him and also laughed.

Wang Zhen's laughter stopped suddenly, and everyone in the city was livid. There were still three hours until dark, and Zhencheng might not be able to withstand three consecutive hours of bombing.

"I'm going to see that Sun Lei, you guys build fortifications!"

Wang Zhen said to everyone that the fortifications on the city were temporarily built and were very unstable. They had been bombed by the enemy and now needed to be reinforced. This time must be won.

"We'll let you go, be careful if Sun Lei tries to alienate you again!"

Liu Guangshi immediately spoke and said that Sun Lei had harmed Master Zhong by trying to alienate him. It was too dangerous to go to see Sun Lei alone at this time, so it was better for everyone to take care of him together.

"it is good!"

Wang Zhen nodded, but he didn't take this into consideration. If Sun Lei tried to divorce him again, he would not be able to defend himself.

Soon Wang Zhen, Yang Keshi, Liu Guangshi, Wang Huan and Zhong Shi rode out of the city at the same time.

"Oh, they're all old acquaintances! With so many people here, I'm afraid I won't even have enough tea!" Sun Lei looked at the people who came and laughed. Tables and chairs had been set up in front of him and fragrant tea was brewed. .

"Your stratagem to alienate people is so powerful, I'm afraid I'm going to get into trouble with you if I come here alone!"

Wang Zhen looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Haha, it's not that I'm great, it's that Tong Guan and Zhao Ji on your side are too stupid. They can't see through such a simple strategy and don't trust their generals so much."

"I was just trying it out out of boredom. Unexpectedly, General Zhong was sent in. I have to be more ruthless and continue with the plan. Now General Zhong's head is probably hanging on the flagpole!"

Sun Lei said with a smile that this divorce plan was just a whim, and he asked Wu Yong to try it, but he did not expect that it would have unexpected effects.

"you……"

Master Zhong's face was livid, veins popped out on his forehead, Master Zhong didn't know how much torture he was suffering now, they were worried, and all of this was just Sun Lei's game when he was bored.

"Master Lu, this is the Prime Minister of the Souchong Administration!"

Sun Lei looked at Lu Zhishen beside him with a smile and said.

"Xiao Zhongxiang!"

Lu Zhishen nodded to Master Zhong as a courtesy. He was now the Privy Councilor of the State of Qi, so there was no need to be too polite to Master Zhong.

"Ruda!"

The masters looked at Lu Zhishen with gritted teeth. This reckless prefect whom he once looked down upon was now his great enemy.

"Don't be angry, you are a bit less well-educated than General Zhong. Your Zhong family is a famous one in the military!"

Sun Lei looked at the seed master and said.

"Humph, what's there to say to you, a bandit? You can only use conspiracy and tricks!"

Zhong Shizhong gritted his teeth and said, he has a strong personality and is not a Confucian general like his brother Zhong Shidao.

"Forget it, let's get down to business. It looks like Tong Guan ran away. When will you retreat?"

Sun Lei looked at Yang Keshi and asked. Among these people, Yang Keshi had the highest official position.

"This is the territory of the Song Dynasty, why should we retreat?"

Yang Keshi looked at Sun Lei and said.

"Haha, General Yang still speaks well!"

Sun Lei clapped his hands and smiled, and several soldiers also placed stools at the table.

"Guys, please take a seat!"

Chai Jin smiled and said that he would host this tea party.

"you are?"

Liu Guangshi looked at Chai Jin and felt that he was quite popular and his behavior and conversation were somewhat noble.

"Cangzhou Chaijin!"

Chai Jin looked at several people with a smile and said.

When they heard Chai Jin's name, everyone was silent and then sat down. Chai Jin is a descendant of Chai Rong. Even if they don't give face to Sun Lei and Chai Jin, they still have to give some face to Chai Rong.

Chai Jin smiled and poured tea for everyone, and the first one was naturally Sun Lei.

"Guys, you are no match for me. Han Shizhong can't do anything in Linpu. It's too easy to defeat this horned force!"

Sun Lei pointed to the west, which was the direction of Linpu County.

"The battle has not yet been fought, how can we say whether we will win or lose!"

Wang Zhen said coldly, even if the enemy is strong and we are weak, he does not feel that he is unable to fight. Victory or defeat is never destined.

"General Wang is so courageous, but you cannot deny the difference in strength!"

Sun Lei looked at Wang Zhen approvingly, his courage was truly remarkable.

"You always thought that the enemy was me. Why don't you look north and see if Jin and Xixia are good people?"

Sun Lei pointed to the north road.

(End of this chapter)