Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

"Protected by Heaven, my golden body is indestructible!"

"Protected by Heaven, my golden body is indestructible!"

"Protected by Heaven, my golden body is indestructible!"

Outside the north gate of Bianjing City, in front of the three wide-open city gates, hundreds of Taoist priests from the Hidden Dragon Temple were waving and dancing with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, leaving both sides dumbfounded.

On the city wall, Danyang continuously flicked his whisk, closed his eyes, and began to walk the Bagua steps, chanting incantations as he did so.

"The Three Pure Ones and the Taoist sect are added to my heart. Through a hundred refinements and a thousand hammerings, I have forged my elixir. The Nine Yang Heavenly Fire descends upon the world, burning away all evil and restoring order to the universe."

"Lord Laozi, may my command be swiftly fulfilled! Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, heed my command!"

"Heaven and earth are boundless, the universe borrows its power, the blazing sun burns my East."

Suddenly, he scattered a multitude of talismans from his hand.

"rise!"

In an instant, all the yellow paper caught fire, emitting a faint fragrance.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

The Taoist priests outside the city seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, taking one step at a time, and pointing directly at the Jin army camp in front.

"Look!"

Just then, a soldier in the garrison pointed to the air.

Everyone looked up and was immediately shocked.

In the void, tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals, wielding various weapons, descended majestically through the clouds.

This imposing aura caused all the officers and soldiers to prostrate themselves in worship.

"Great! Heavenly soldiers and generals have descended to earth!"

"We're saved!"

"Grandpa Heavenly Soldiers, please press on and crush the Jin soldiers on the other side into mincemeat!"

All the Song soldiers in front of the city cheered and jumped for joy. Now that heavenly soldiers had descended to earth, everything could be easily solved.

"What are they doing?"

On the Jin army's side, even the well-traveled Wanyan Loushi couldn't help but scratch his head when he saw this inexplicable scene in front of the city gate.

He put down his binoculars and, recalling the scene of the soldiers on the city wall dancing inexplicably and a group of Taoist priests dancing in public below the city, frowned.

"Never mind, let's test the waters first!"

He immediately devised a plan and decisively ordered Wanyan Qingzong to first send eight hundred cavalrymen to probe the situation.

"Drive~"

Upon receiving the order, Wanyan Qingzong did not hesitate and immediately selected five hundred cavalrymen to attempt a direct assault on Bianjing City.

In fact, Wanyan Qingzong did not expect these 500 men to break through the city walls. He only planned to retreat immediately after encountering resistance from the Song people, so that he could at least give an explanation.

Faced with the surging cavalry, neither the defenders on the city walls nor the Taoist priests below showed any fear.

"Rush over!"

Upon entering the city from within an arrow's reach, seeing that the Song army had no reaction whatsoever, Wanyan Qingzong roared and immediately charged ahead of one of the Taoist priests who was shouting "Retreat!"

puff-

The sharp spear pierced the Taoist priest's chest, and the momentum of the speed instantly pulled him up, slamming him heavily against the stone wall by the city gate.

Bang bang bang bang bang——

The next moment, five hundred cavalrymen charged forward, and in the blink of an eye, the hundreds of Taoist priests in front of the city gate were swept away like a whirlwind.

"Charge into the city!"

"roar~"

Seeing that the first line of defense had been easily breached, Wanyan Zongqing roared again, and the eight hundred iron cavalrymen roared in unison, rushing into the gates of Bianjing in the blink of an eye.

"They've broken through already?"

Through the telescope, Wanyan Loushi watched this scene in disbelief.

The city, which had been attacked for two months and whose defenses had been breached despite the deaths of countless soldiers, was captured so easily?

After a moment of stunned silence, he made a quick decision, drew his longsword, and pointed it towards Bianjing: "Warriors, charge into the city! Follow me!"

"Come on -"

Tens of thousands of iron cavalry galloped forward, their iron hooves shaking the earth.

At this moment, the defenders on the city wall had no time to react and were still gesturing wildly.

In their eyes, what they saw was the scene of heavenly soldiers and generals crushing the Jin army.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh—

Until a hail of arrows struck, piercing their vital organs.

The intense pain instantly snapped them out of their daze.

There were no heavenly soldiers or generals, only the brutal scenes of the Jurchens' swift and sudden attacks.

"Oh no! The Jurchens have entered the city!"

飕～

puff.

A captain who had regained consciousness shouted loudly.

But the next second, a cold, wolf-tooth arrowhead pierced his chest, rendering him unable to utter a single word.

Danyang suddenly woke up and saw the scene of thousands of horses galloping outside the city. He felt a tightness in his heart and knew that he had made a big mistake. He decisively threw away the whisk in his hand and turned to run away.

But soon, a group of fierce-looking Jin soldiers rushed up the city wall and killed the Song soldiers who were still daydreaming with a single blow.

On the city wall, more and more Jurchens began to gather. They didn't care about the situation of the Song army; they just wanted to cut them down one by one.

Blood splattered everywhere. The once impregnable city of Bianjing had now become a slaughterhouse where wild beasts vented their fury.

The Jurchens' flying axes, maces, curved swords, and tiger spears were relentlessly reaping the lives of Song soldiers.

Dismembered bodies and grotesque heads danced on the city walls, creating a scene of apocalyptic hell.

"Kill them all! Kill them all! Not a single one of these Song bastards will live! Hahaha!"

Covered in blood, Wanyan Qingzong led his cavalry into the city, crushing all the Song soldiers who blocked his path under their iron hooves.

Wailing cries filled the air, and smoke billowed everywhere.

With the heavy north gate being dismantled and burned, this seemingly insurmountable city was brought to the brink of destruction in such a ridiculous way.

"stand up!"

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

Danyang, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, thought he could escape this calamity, but unfortunately, because his Taoist robe was too eye-catching, he was directly lifted up by a Jin general.

Upon seeing the ferocious appearance of the Jurchens, Danyang immediately soiled himself, losing all semen and his composure, and began to plead desperately.

"Tell me what happened here! If you don't, I'll kill you!"

Seeing the sharp, curved blade pressed against his nose, Danyang immediately revealed the truth: "The Song emperor ordered me to defend the city against you."

To keep the troops in line, I used some illusion powder to make them mistakenly believe they were seeing heavenly soldiers and generals.

Who would have thought it would turn out like this? Grandpa Golden Man, please spare me!

"It's laughable that the Emperor of Song would believe in a charlatan like you. Keeping you around is just a disaster. Die!"

"No, you can't kill me! I'm Ye Xiang's man, he sent me..."

puff-

With a single stroke of his sword, the Jin captain cleaved the charlatan in two from head to toe.

"Pah, what bad luck! The emperor of Song must be out of his mind to employ such a scoundrel."

The Jin captain spat out a mouthful of blood and continued searching for his next target.

The battle for the northern city lasted a full day.

The 20,000-strong garrison stationed at the north gate was completely annihilated in an instant under the siege of the Jin army's 70,000-strong force.

Only Guo Huang had already sensed something was wrong, and led more than a thousand garrison soldiers to hide in the alleyways of the city, intending to continue to contend with the Jurchens...

When news of the Jin army breaching the gates of Bianjing reached the palace, Zhao Huan, without batting an eye, let out a loud "Awoo!" and fainted in the hall.

Immediately, chaos erupted inside the hall as officials and civil servants began blaming and insulting each other, each blaming their opponents for the fall of Bianjing's city gates.

Ye Fan, meanwhile, silently observed all of this, his mind already beginning to imagine himself becoming the King of Song.