"Hold the line! You must hold back the Tang army!"
"No retreat! Whoever dares flee will be killed!"
Seeing the city gates breached, the wolfish, tiger-fierce Tang Dynasty army surged madly into their city like a tidal flood!
Jin Zhengde, who had only just recovered from the shock wrought by the cannons and explosive packs, now shouted himself hoarse, desperately trying to organize a defense!
"Kill!"
"Kill them!"
"Charge! Break in!"
But his voice was instantly drowned out by the Tang Dynasty army's thunderous cries of slaughter!
Watching his own soldiers be driven back step by step by the Tang troops pouring into the city, the chubby, round-bodied Jin Zhengde's face was filled with utter terror!
Since the Tang Dynasty vanguard had already charged into Gaimou City, the Divine Might Army outside the city had long since ceased its bombardment to avoid injuring their own men!
"No running! Hold the line, all of you! Hold it!"
The cries of battle around him were deafening!
Relying on several personal guards at his side to hold off the Tang soldiers charging at him, Jin Zhengde burst forth with a speed utterly unbefitting his build!
Only now did he fully understand why the Tang Dynasty army had needed merely one day to completely capture Jian'an City!
Their new weapons were simply too fierce, too powerful!
As he fled frantically to the rear amid the chaos, Jin Zhengde no longer had the mind to continue commanding the battle from the front!
And with their defending general gone, the garrison troops within Gaimou City collapsed like a mountain crumbling, slaughtered without cease by the Tang soldiers!
Seeing that the situation was beyond saving, Jin Zhengde scrambled and crawled back to his residence. After hastily grabbing a few valuables, he continued taking advantage of the chaos,