Chapter 183 Battle of Liyang - Part 13 (2/2)
The face of Tong gloomed hearing the rejection. Xu Huang was right. Tong was indeed too hasty on his part as he was too excited and forgot about the logic of the army or psychology. Moreover, Xu Huang's personality was as the historian said.
However, Tong did not give up.
”Well, just do your job and come back. I'll have another assignment for you. Oh, don't forget to tell the soldiers who are in charge of the corpses. Tell them to cover their nose and mouth with wet clothes and wash their entire body with hot water after they have completed the tasks.”
”Y-Yes, sir.”
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October 15th. 3 AM.
All preparation he ordered Xu Huang had been completed and everyone rested per Tong's order.
As for the young lord, he did not sleep again that night. His eyes focused on his radar map as he monitored Zhu Jun's every movement.
Even after seeing that Zhu Jun camped on the other side without making any mobilization, Tong did not let his guard down for a second. A part of him thought that Zhu Jun gave up crossing the river tonight, yet, Tong preserved and kept watch.
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8 AM.
Zhu Jun still did not make any movement other than ordering his men to gather more logs to make rafts.
On the other hand, it was Tong who had a bad premonition. Zhu Jun was up to something he did not know. From the looks of it, Zhu Jun was in the middle of preparing a trump card, and it would be deadly.
”No matter what you're planning. I can still ruin you!”
”Push the trebuchets forward!”
Tong gave his order, and the soldiers pushed the trebuchets and the carriers of severed heads to the frontline.
”Test fire with your machine! Load 10 heads on the pouch. Fire at the direction across the river once you're ready.”
The trebuchet squads had a chill running down their spine.
'Our Lord wants to throw corpses at the enemies?'
This evil order scared the trebuchet crews. They steeled themselves and carried out the order as they had no choice.
Three soldiers put the ten heads on the sling pouch while the rest of the crews adjusted the trebuchet and locked the lever, getting ready to fire.
”Loading is clear!”
”Lever is clear!”
”Lock is clear!”
Everything was ready.
”Fire!”
Strong crews pulled the rope, unlocking the long lever. The beams of the trebuchets rotated, and they swung the sling upward to the air, launching the contents on the pouch to the sky.
Because the heads were much lighter than stones, they flew across the river and landed 600 meters away. None of the heads managed to hit or damage any Zhu Jun's men, but Tong's objective had been achieved.
'It crossed, so it doesn't matter.' Tong thought.
”Reload and keep shooting! Ten heads for each set, shoot until you have nothing left to shoot!”
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1 PM.
Zhu Jun managed to get off his bed as he had a severe headache from the stress. He had ordered the guards that nobody could visit him unless the enemies launched an attack on the camp. Therefore, he had a quiet and peaceful sleep for a night and half a day.
He took a deep breath to get some fresh air as he felt a bit better, and his mind was not as clouded as yesterday.
Alas, his good mood did not last long. The moment he got out of his tent, several soldiers bowed and gave their reports.
”My lord, the enemies are launching attacks from across the river.”
Zhu Jun frowned as he had ordered his men that they should have woken him up if the enemies attacked the camp, yet these people did not wake him up.
”Why didn't you wake me up? What's the situation?”
”My lord, the attacks were just simple harassment. Nobody has been injured, or there has been any casualty.”
”Then, what happened? If there's no casualty, why are you reporting me instead of handling it as you are trained?”
The soldiers gulped before they continued their reports.
”The rebels didn't fire a normal attack, my lord. They are shooting corpses to us.”
”Corpse!?”
”Yes, my lord. We believed … that they are the heads of Liyang civilians.”