Wanyan Zongbi flew into a rage and kicked Wanyan Bojin, sending him flying to the ground, where he rolled several times.
Wanyan Bojin scrambled to his feet in a disheveled state: "Your Majesty, spare my life! It's not that I'm incompetent, it's just that the Song army is too formidable!"
Upon hearing this, Wanyan Zongbi turned deathly pale with anger.
Xia Jinwu was his son-in-law and also his trusted and beloved general. He was heartbroken when Xia was killed by the Song army.
At this moment, the Song army stood outside the city, their armor as vast as a sea, their swords and spears standing like a forest of blades.
The sky was a clear, deep blue, and the sun blazed high in the sky.
A wind blows from the distance across the grassland, creating waves on its surface.
The bugle call of the Song army to attack the city resounded across the vast plain.
Inside Fengcheng, the Jin army was urgently assembling.
Bang bang bang...
The massive catapults tirelessly hurled stones at the city walls, smashing them hard and creating shallow craters that sent stone fragments flying.
Occasionally, the stones would hit soldiers on the city wall, smashing their heads and killing them instantly.
The siege efficiency of catapults in the old days was very low, but the Song army had a large number of catapults.
The Jin army on the city wall also began to fight back, bombarding the Song army's catapults with stone cannons, cracking the wood.
The siege battle, which involved a series of shots, continued until evening, when both sides seemed to be getting tired.
The senior officers of the Jin army had a premonition that the Song army would stop attacking the city after dark, or perhaps launch a surprise attack. However, it would not be so easy for the Song army to take Fengcheng.
Although Yue Fei had an army of 200,000, the Jin army was no less numerous. In a battle of such numbers, using the tactic of besieging a city was clearly not worthwhile.
In fact, the Jin army also concluded that Yue Fei would not besiege the city, but would launch a strong attack from the south gate.
After all, the Song army wasn't stupid. The Jin army's heavy cavalry outside the city was like a sharp sword, constantly threatening the Song army's left and right flanks.
A city surrounded on three sides is easily defeated piecemeal by the Ironclad Cavalry.
However, just as it was getting dark, a Song army appeared at the east gate.
This Song army consisted of three battalions of infantry, three musketeer battalions, one artillery battalion, and three crossbow battalions.
There were no cavalry, only 5,000 men in total.
The Jin army naturally deployed guards on all four sides of the city walls.
When the commander guarding the east gate discovered the Song army's arrival, he immediately became more vigilant. However, upon seeing the number of Song soldiers, he was not worried about how much trouble they could pose.
After thinking it over, the garrison commander decided to send someone to inform Wanyan Zongbi.
This Song army was isolated outside the city, making it an easy target for a surprise attack by the Jin cavalry lying in ambush.
Half an hour later, the Ironclad Cavalry outside the city will arrive and kill them all.
The Jin army on the city wall could still be vaguely seen in the outlines below.
Some Song soldiers were pushing two-wheeled carts, but what was on them was no longer visible.
Their movement was very fast. There were about thirty of those vehicles lined up neatly. They didn't look like they were there to attack the city. They looked more like they were demonstrating.
But the next moment, the Jin army on the city wall was stunned by the violent tremors.
Boom boom boom...
Thirty cannons were aimed at the east gate and fired at it all at once.
Its power was as if the heavens were angry and had unleashed thunder.
The Jin soldiers on the city wall felt their feet tremble violently, and some even fell to the ground, terrified.
Some people experienced numbness in their ears and developed severe tinnitus.
Sparks flew in the darkness, like a fire dragon, and blasted open the city gate of the east tower.
The city gate was blasted into countless pieces, which flew into the city and struck eight people, killing them instantly.
One side of the city wall was bombarded and a large chunk of it was smashed.
This sudden and fierce attack completely stunned the Jin army.
What exactly happened?
Before they could even react, the Song army below had already begun their second bombardment.
The cannons were aimed at the city gate tower.
Boom boom boom...
That was the city gate, now we're going straight for the city tower.
When the cannonballs came, the Jin soldiers were clearly terrified and stood frozen on the city wall like wooden chickens.
But then a cannonball struck a Jin soldier squarely on the head, instantly shattering his skull like a watermelon, his brains splattering in all directions in a completely erratic pattern, covering the ground.
The headless corpse stood there for a while before collapsing.
The battlements on the city wall were also blasted to pieces.
The Jin soldiers on the city wall were thrown into chaos. Some were so frightened that they ran around with their heads covered, while others stood frozen in place, not knowing what to do.
The deafening roar of the cannons could be heard by almost everyone in Fengcheng.
Everyone who heard this looked in shock toward the direction of the East Gate.
People seemed to see a god descending upon them in the night sky, delivering divine punishment.
If it wasn't divine punishment from the gods, what else could produce such a terrifying sound?
While everyone on the city wall was still in a daze, the Song army, which had been prepared, launched a full-scale attack.
Leading the charge were the infantry, with all three battalions charging forward at breakneck speed. Despite their heavy armor, their speed was unaffected.
They rushed to the city gate in one breath. The panicked Jin army was about to fire arrows when the sound of muskets rang out.
The musketeers following closely behind aimed at the city wall and fired the first volley.
Screams erupted from the city wall. Someone had been shot and fell from above, landing headfirst and being mangled beyond recognition.
The first wave of fire largely neutralized the sniping and interference on the city wall, allowing the Song army to enter in single file.
When they rushed through the broken city gate, the Jin army inside was in chaos, everyone stunned by the sound of the cannons.
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