Three Kingdoms Sugar King - Chapter 657



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657. Seongyusogong (城有所攻)

East of Nanmuyang County.

A castle stood quietly in the darkness, with its back to the mountain called Mongsan.

On the pole erected above the south gate of the castle, Changhee folded his arms and glared at Yeongchae, who was vaguely visible in the darkness.

“… … I don’t know what this kid named Gyo-dong is thinking. “Today is already the third day since the castle was surrounded, and there is still no sign of an attack.”

Changhee, who had been glaring at Yeongchae for a long time, turned his head and asked the subordinate behind him.

“Is there still any news from Gongsun Zan’s army?”

Suha shook his head at that question.

“yes. “Before the castle was under siege, a messenger was sent through the side road leading to Mongsan behind the castle, but it has not yet returned.”

“under! This is ridiculous. This is a golden opportunity to take over Taesan County, but you can’t believe you missed it. “I had high hopes for that guy, Gongsun Chan, who made a name for himself by defeating hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban enemies, but I was disappointed.”

After saying that, Changhee looked at the eastern sky as dawn slowly broke.

“Is Gyo-dong scared of me? The sun is already rising, but Yeongchae is still quiet… … huh?”

Changhee looked at Yeongchae with a sneer on his face, but then he noticed something strange and his eyes widened.

“What is that?”

In front of the small Yeongchae that Changhee pointed to, dozens of wooden structures were lined up in a row, waiting quietly in the dark.

Then, as the day gradually became brighter, Changhee saw a sight of about a thousand soldiers crowded behind the structure, busily moving about.

“Something is strange. “Even if you shoot an arrow from there, it won’t reach here.”

As Suha, who had come to the side, watched the scene together and spoke, Changhee had a foreboding feeling about something ominous.

“Could it be Daehuangno (大黃弩)?”

“Rhubarb? “What is that?”

In response to the subordinate’s question, Changhee recalled something he had previously read in a military book.

“Rhubarb paddles are fired by placing a large oar on a cart. It is mainly used on the border when dealing with foreign enemies who mainly focus on cavalry, such as Seonbi or Oh Hwan. I understand that its power is as great as its gigantic size. It is said that the shooting force is up to ten stone. That is why it is also called Sibseokno (十石弩).”

“Ten stones? “I understand that a soldier with strong hands uses three or four oars, so the range must be very long.”

“I know that a long time ago, a general named Yi Gwang used a number of Daehuangnos against the Huns, and I heard that they had a range of 240 paces (207 meters).”

“So they’re targeting the castle right over there?”

Changhee shook his head at that question.

“… … no. Come to think of it, the oar can only be fired horizontally. If you shoot from there, all you can do is hit the castle wall. That’s definitely not a rhubarb. “Looking at the large stones piled up behind it, it is clearly a fogger that throws stones.”

“Fogger? “Wouldn’t it be a big deal if that big stone was thrown at the castle?”

When the subordinate spoke while looking at the foggers lined up in a row with fearful faces, Changhee tilted his head and opened his mouth.

“But it’s strange. At that distance, 300 paces would be enough, but they’re shooting from there? “I heard that the fogger described in the military book called Beomryeo’s Art of War attacks the castle by throwing stones weighing 12 geun from a distance of 200 paces.”

Even the military officer who had just entered the military gate knew that it was a distance of 300 paces from which the armies of both sides began fighting.

Of course, Changhee and his subordinates knew that distance by eye, so they couldn’t hide their surprise at the fact that the foggers standing in a line were farther away than they knew.

“Could it be possible to shoot from there?”

“… … No way. The distance is a whopping 100 paces different, but it doesn’t make sense. “It seems that Gyo-dong heard about the fogger somewhere and prepared to attack it, but seeing that it doesn’t even know the distance it can shoot, I think you can rest assured.”

“uh? “It looks like they’re trying to throw rocks?”

Changhee, who was talking to his subordinate like that, snorted when he saw the enemy soldiers gathered behind the fogger putting stones on them and retreating.

“joy. A useless thing. “They will all fall in front of me before they even fly here.”

As soon as those words were finished, dozens of foggers shot out rocks and flew towards us. As the first few shots landed in front of the gate, Changhee was busy laughing as if he knew that would happen.

“ha ha ha. What did I say? “I told you it was useless.”

At Changhee’s bright laughter, the soldiers around him stopped flinching, stuck their heads out of their visors, and looked at the small army and shouted.

“You guys. “Where are you talking nonsense?”

“Hey. “Just look at my juicy ass and suck my hands.”

“Uhahahaha.”

When one of the soldiers with a lot of talent climbed onto the rakes, turned around, slapped his butt, and mocked him, those around him, including Changhee, grabbed their stomachs and giggled.

However, a black shadow suddenly appeared over the soldier who was laying on his butt, and a large stone flew out of nowhere and stuck in the ground.

Quaaaang!

With a sudden crash sound, the soldier who was hit on the butt, covered in blood, flew backwards and disappeared under the castle wall.

“… … “What is this?”

Changhee was dazed by the tragedy that suddenly unfolded, but as the dust settled, he was speechless at the sight he saw.

The castle that the soldier had been climbing on just moments ago had been hit by a stone and shattered without a trace.

“Unbelievable. “What the hell is it? How can an entire castle that was reinforced with bricks fly away?”

Suha, who was watching with Changhee, was also shocked and muttered with a dumbfounded look on his face. Then, dozens of stones fired late in succession struck the Nammun area.

Quang! Quaaaang!

With the sound of a collision coming from all directions, chaos spread as dozens of soldiers who were unfortunately unable to escape flew away or fell, covered in blood.

“You can throw rocks from there?”

Changhee felt fear at the unexpected sight and her hands were shaking without realizing it.

Meanwhile, dozens of foggers lined up in front of the barracks were busy moving around, with soldiers clinging to them as they reloaded to start firing stones again.

“Waaah!”

Belatedly, Changhee tried to figure out what was going on, but a huge shout was heard from somewhere and a messenger came running towards him.

“Prayer. “There was a big problem.”

“What’s going on?”

In response to Changhee’s question, the messenger pointed to the west.

“Over a thousand enemies are rushing toward the west gate.”

“what? There aren’t many soldiers guarding there, so it’s a big deal. It won’t work. “I will personally take the rear army that I have waiting for in the castle and go help them.”

After coming up with a plan, Changhee looked at his subordinates and gave instructions.

“You lead the remaining soldiers here and continue to guard.”

“Am I alone? “I am afraid that if this continues, all the soldiers will run away.”

In response to the subordinate’s words, Changhee pointed around the top of the castle wall with his hand and said.

“The wall is so wide, how can it not escape even a large stone? If you feel uneasy, I will call the German army separately. “If there is one running away, kill any enemy you see.”

“yes.”

After sorting out the situation, Changhee went down the castle wall and led the waiting rear army towards the west gate.

* * *

Youngchae in the south of Jeonyuseong.

Small was watching Gwangok’s engineers operating a catapult in front of him, with Jeonpung and Jangsong, who had joined late, by his side.

Behind the small boat, Jangpae and Sonpae, who had joined from Bihyeon, were watching with surprised faces.

“… … “Does it make sense to throw stones here?”

As Jang-pae muttered with a shocked face, Son-pae heard it next to him and spoke with a frown on his face.

“I heard that General Yongyang is very talented at making things, and he seems to have worked on a fogger.”

“Was that really possible? To throw such a large stone at a distance of 300 paces from the castle… . “If we had not surrendered to General Yongyang and confronted him in Bihyeon, we would have suffered the same thing that that bastard Changhee is experiencing now.”

“hmm. As expected, I’m glad I surrendered to General Yongyang. “Honestly, I feel sorry for Changhee now.”

While the two people were talking silently, the younger looked at the reloaded catapult with a calm expression on his face and talked with Jeonpung and Jangsong.

“Wonho. “All we have to do is keep knocking on the south and west gates like this, right?”

Jeonpung answered the small question by raising his hand and stroking his beard.

“yes. “We need to make Changhee sober so that we can use the next plan.”

“But isn’t Ham Jin-young going too strong? She clearly said she only wanted the rim to ring just enough to divert the enemy’s eyes. “I’m worried that if this continues, a lot of soldiers will get hurt.”

When Jang-song spoke with a concerned face at Jeon-pung’s words, the boy responded by tilting his head.

“Well, Commander Hamjin Jungrang, it’s already been more than ten years since you entered the military gate. Don’t you think you’ll take care of controlling the pace and pace in a fight?”

“hmm. As you said, the head of Hamjin Jungrang will take care of it. ah. “It looks like the catapult is about to fire again.”

After hearing Jeonpung’s story, Jangsong looked back at the area where the catapults were lined up. As Jeonpung said, the catapults that had been reloaded were waiting to target the castle again.

“Everyone, come to your senses. You couldn’t even get half of it right. “We have to get it all right this time!”

Gwangok, who was finally able to use the catapult properly, encouraged the engineers soldiers with a slightly excited face.

“Shoot!”

When the order to launch was given, stones flew simultaneously from dozens of catapults. This time, as if I had some sense of it, well over half of the stones that were fired hit the castle wall.

bang! Kwakwakwak!

After two catapult attacks were carried out smoothly, Jang Song, who was watching from the side, stroked his chin with his hand and opened his mouth.

“hmm. At this rate, even that guy named Changhee would be dazed by now. Please move on to the next plan.”

Jeonpung also nodded as if he agreed with those words and said to Small.

“General. As Jagyo said, I think we can now move on.”

“is it so? Then let’s send a signal.”

He called Maruk, who was waiting right behind him, and had him raise the red flag. As soon as the flag was raised, Akjin’s Jeong Jeong-yeong, who had set up a separate camp on the east side of the castle, moved.

“Let’s all go!”

At the sound of Akjin’s shout, 8,000 soldiers of Cheongjeongyoung quickly ran towards the castle, carrying a large gunny sack on their backs.

“Hey, general. “What are those soldiers carrying on their backs?”

When Jang Pae and Sun Guan, who were watching the scene, asked in surprise at this sight that is not often seen, Jeon Pung smiled and answered on their behalf.

“May we reach Sun Tzu’s Art of War. “It was said that it was impossible to attack the castle.”

“It means don’t attack if there is a castle. “I know that, but what does that have to do with it?”

As Sun Quan spoke with a puzzled look, Zhen Feng looked at the soldiers of Chung Yong-yeong running down the castle wall with their arms crossed and said,

“But when the difference in military strength is this big, it’s a different story. “They are now trying to build a kind of earthen mountain under the wall.”

“Local? Will that happen soon? “I heard that it usually takes three months to build an earthen mound the height of a castle wall.”

Jangpae also pointed out the period of time he spent making Tosan, probably because he learned the art of war properly. Then Jeonpung shook his head.

“So, it’s a kind of local product. Rather than saying this, see it for yourself.”