If the Tang Empire won, it would say to its opponents: "You damn well behave yourself in the future, or be careful that I wipe out your entire clan. Pay tribute obediently every year!"
<...Some were shot in the chest.
Some were shot in the thigh.
After this volley of arrows, the musketeers of the third rank had already rushed to the front and fired their third shot.
The Japanese army's charge could no longer be controlled, and they began to collapse.
Some people were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.
Some of them started crying and screaming.
Some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
When Taira no Tadamori saw that his proud samurai army had been defeated in a single encounter, he was shocked and quickly led his men back to Heian-kyo, where they hid and refused to come out.
The remaining warriors either fled or died.
When Emperor Sutoku heard that Taira no Tadamori had been defeated, he was immediately thrown into a panic.
He hurriedly ran to find Taira no Tadamori: "Don't you have a powerful samurai army?"
Taira no Tadamori said confidently, "Your Majesty, the Song army won't hold out for long. They won't be able to breach the gates of Heian-kyo!"
Seeing the Japanese army retreat so quickly, Shen Lang couldn't help but marvel at the power of the Song Dynasty's firearms.
The Song army is completely different from what it was seven years ago. Under the leadership of the current emperor, the Song army is now strong and well-equipped.
With Japan's food supply collapsing, the Song army could indeed conquer Japan with minimal effort.
Li Bao ordered the Song army to advance, placing five cannons 500 meters from the gate of Anping City, where the archers on the city tower could not fire them at all.
"Prepare the cannons! Blast the city gates open!"
Just as Taira no Tadamori finished telling Emperor Sutoku that the Song army would never be able to break through, the city gates were forcibly blasted open by a continuous barrage of cannon fire.
Moreover, in order to intimidate the Japanese, Li Bao did not order a halt, but continued bombing, eventually collapsing the walls of Heian-kyo.
All the Japanese who witnessed this scene were deeply shocked, thinking that the heavens had become angry.