To be honest, when Wanyan Honglie saw the spectacle before him, he was truly frightened out of his wits. Though he had already witnessed the Grand Ming Empire's military might back in Northern Capital, the sight before him still shook Wanyan Honglie to the core.
At his side, Wanyan Kang could not help sighing. "Th-this... how does the Ming imperial grandson command so many troops? Father, it seems our Jin Kingdom really is about to be destroyed..."
Wanyan Kang was clearly panicking.
Originally, Wanyan Kang had believed that the Jin Kingdom could hold out for a while. Even if they could not, they could still retreat outside the Great Wall. But upon seeing such an enormous army, Wanyan Kang completely realized that the fall of the Jin Kingdom was only a matter of time.
Wanyan Honglie, standing beside him, said helplessly, "The moment Ouyang Xiu was killed, I knew the Jin Kingdom had no road left to retreat on."
Just as Wanyan Honglie finished speaking, beneath the walls of Dadu, Guo Zhen, commander of the Imperial Guards, issued the order to attack the city.
"Imperial Guards!"
"Take the city!"
As Guo Zhen's words fell, a full fifty thousand Imperial Guards surged forward in a mighty assault on Dadu. Of course, before the Imperial Guards charged, their soldiers unleashed the red-clad cannons.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, countless cannonballs came crashing down upon Dadu. Though Dadu's walls were already considered exceedingly sturdy within the Multi-Martial-Arts World, when the red-clad cannonballs struck those walls, Dadu's ramparts collapsed with a thunderous crash, like foam.
Inside the city, Jin Emperor Wanyan Shouxu was already scared half to death upon hearing the deafening cannon fire.
He hurriedly said to the Civil and Military Officials, "The Ming Army really has attacked!"
"Y-you all tell me,