Li Zhitong looked carefully at the situation outside the city and confirmed that they were all cavalrymen who did not carry siege equipment. He turned to order: "Look at it carefully. If the enemy sieges the city, the alarm bell will be sounded immediately. Also, without my military order, no matter what happens, no matter who is outside, no matter who violates the order, behead them!"

After speaking sternly, Li Zhitong hurriedly walked down the city wall.

Under the city wall, the deputy general led a group of archers to surround all the defeated troops entering the city, and was in a state of being able to shoot arrows if he had a disagreement.

Song Ruiyuan's face looked very ugly and asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"

Li Zhitong walked over with a meteor and said in a deep voice: "Brother Song, at an extraordinary time, I will have to be cautious. I hope I can understand it."

Song Ruiyuan sighed, "Does Brother Li think that I, Song Ruiyuan, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty? I, Song Ruiyuan, received the favor of the king and was loyal to the king. How could I do such a thing as a wolf-hearted thing?"

Li Zhitong didn't think Song Ruiyuan would surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but it was really hard to understand that Jian'an City was lost so quickly.

Li Zhitong said in a deep voice: "Brother Song appears here, and Jian'an City must have been lost. According to our general's information, the Tang army has just started to attack the city today. I just want to ask now, how could the Tang army capture Jian'an City in one day?"

Song Ruiyuan's face was a little depressed when he heard this, and sighed: "I am ashamed of the king and the elders of Liaodong. I was originally determined to stick to it for a month, and the brothers in the city were also very motivated and swear to stick to it for a month. Who would have thought of it, who would have thought of it..."

When Li Zhitong heard that the key was coming, he asked quickly: "Who can think of what? What exactly happened?"

Song Ruiyuan said, "This time the Tang army brought a lot of artillery. We have only heard that artillery is very powerful before, but who would have thought that it would be so powerful!"

Li Zhitong's expression became solemn when he heard this. It would be terrible if Tang Jun really took down Jian'an City in just one day.

Li Zhitong asked with a serious expression: "How powerful is the Tang army's artillery? Tell me in detail!"

Song Ruiyuan said in a deep voice: "The cannons are roaring together, like countless divine thunders, and the range can reach six or seven hundred steps away! And it is extremely powerful!"

Li Zhitong said in a deep voice: "It's extremely powerful? It's like a divine thunder? I don't believe that artillery can really break through the city wall!"

Jian'an City is close to the Central Plains dynasty and has experienced countless wars. The city walls have been thickened repeatedly. He does not believe that there are really any magical weapons in this world that can break through the city walls of Jian'an City!

Song Ruiyuan said in a deep voice: "It is true that the city wall cannot be broken, but the city wall has been hit with bricks and stones flying, and there are countless cracks. The soldiers have never seen such a formation before. They are all shocked and have no morale."

"That's why I'm here to tell you that you must be careful, don't be careless, and make it clear to the soldiers, otherwise you will be shocked by the artillery all at once!"

Li Zhitong looked at Song Ruiyuan's heavy and serious expression and was hesitant. At this point, he had confirmed that Song Ruiyuan would not surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but he was still doubtful about the power of the cannon.

The power of the cannon is probably very strong, but he doesn't think it's as exaggerated as Song Ruiyuan said.

He felt that the reason why Song Ruiyuan exaggerated the power of the cannon so much was simply to shirk his faults!

In his opinion, artillery was nothing more than a catapult, or a catapult with flames, which might be quite powerful, but he felt it was impossible to conquer Jian'an City in just one day.

There are no such powerful weapons in the world. It is not that the Tang army's artillery is too powerful, but that Song Ruiyuan is too incompetent.

Li Zhitong said in a deep voice: "Let me ask Brother Song to go and rest for the time being. I think the Tang army will encircle Gaimu City in a few days. At that time, we will have a good time for the Tang army's cannons!"

Song Ruiyuan hurriedly said, "Brother Li, don't be careless! In my opinion, it's better to let the soldiers plug their ears with cloth strips, so that they won't be frightened by the sound of artillery, otherwise they will lose their morale and will not be able to fight this battle!"

Li Zhitong said in a deep voice: "This is a big mistake. Let the soldiers use cloth strips to plug their ears? How can the military order be issued?"

Song Ruiyuan repeatedly said, "Oh, you still need military orders? When the enemy comes, you can just fight directly. Even if it is a little messy, it is better than being scared by cannons. Otherwise, Gaimu City will definitely repeat the same mistake!"

Li Zhitong snorted: "Don't worry, Brother Song, I will never repeat the same mistake! Brother, go and rest!"

After saying that, Li Zhitong turned around and left, and at the same time ordered his personal soldiers to beat drums and gather the generals.

Seeing this, Song Ruiyuan could only stamp his feet. He said everything he should say, but he didn't know how much Li Zhitong heard.

In fact, there are really some people in the city now, because everyone really didn't expect that the Tang army would appear so soon outside the city, and they were also the defenders who were chasing Jian'an City.

Soon, the generals of the defenders in the city gathered in the general's mansion.

Li Zhitong walked into the hall of Jujiang with a deep face.

"See General!" the generals said in unison.

Li Zhitong stood in front of the commander's position, glanced at everyone coldly, and said in a deep voice: "You all know what happened outside the city today! That's right, Jian'an City has fallen!"

Although there have been some speculations, now when they hear the result, everyone still can't help but take a breath and ask quickly: "General, when did the Tang army start attacking Jian'an City?"

Li Zhitong sighed: "It's today that Jian'an City has been in a position of less than a day before it falls!"

The hall suddenly became an uproar, and it was lost after holding on for less than a day?

How is this possible?

Did the defenders of Jian'an City forget to close the city gate?

Or is there a traitor?

Could it be that when the Tang army was about to attack the city, the city wall suddenly collapsed?

Otherwise, they really couldn't figure out how Jian'an City could have fallen after just one day!

Faced with the questions of the generals, Li Zhitong explained: "According to General Song's explanation, the Tang army had artillery, the sound was like thunder, and it was powerful, which scared the defenders of Jian'an City to no morale, so they were captured in an instant!"

The generals couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this.

"What weapon can be like thunder? Isn't this nonsense?"

"So what if it's like thunder? What's the point of fearing thunder? Could it be that the defenders of Jian'an City are all women?"

"That's right, the defenders of Jian'an City are not as good as those of women, and they are still afraid of thunder!"

After hearing this, Li Zhitong raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said in a deep voice: "Although it sounds a bit incredible, you must be careful. After you go back, please remind the soldiers. Don't be afraid of any loud noises, just guard the city step by step!"

"Don't worry, General, our men in Gaimu City will not be afraid of thunder!"
Chapter completed!