Chapter 568: Kaifeng City Breached

"I have made up my mind on this matter; do not speak of it again!"

"Moreover, it is already too late to seek aid from the Liao Kingdom now."

"Since that is the case, why should I bear this bad name!"

Zhao Xu said resolutely to the bowing officials.

After speaking, Zhao Xu said to Zhang Dun, Yang Zhong, and others:

"Zhang Dun, Yang Zhong, take orders!"

"This subordinate is here!"

Hearing this, the two immediately responded excitedly, bowing to Zhao Xu.

"I order Zhang Dun as Grand General and Yang Zhong as Deputy General to lead 100,000 capital guards to resist the Han army!"

"I do not want the Han army to capture my Great Song so easily!"

Zhang Dun and Yang Zhong heard this and immediately responded loudly to Zhao Xu:

"This subordinate obeys the decree!"

Subsequently, Zhao Xu said to Sima Guang and Lü Gongzhu:

"As for Prime Minister Sima and Prime Minister Lü, you two immediately issue a summons to the armies garrisoning various places, ordering them to return to the capital immediately to resist the Han army together!"

The two heard this and did not immediately take the order. Lü Gongzhu explained to Zhao Xu:

"Your Majesty, the Han army has already captured Xiangyang; the Han army only needs ten days to reach Tokyo."

"And the local garrison troops cannot reach the capital within ten days!"

Lü Gongzhu was not wrong about this; it was indeed a bit late to mobilize local armies now.

"Tell them to be as fast as possible!"

Zhao Xu waved his hand powerlessly and then left the Imperial Court with a lonely expression.

"Sigh!"

"The Great Song is probably finished this time!"

After Zhao Xu left, many people shook their heads and sighed.

At such a critical moment, Zhao Xu chose to fight the Han army head-on; the outcome was already doomed.

Many of them looked at each other and left the Imperial Palace.

For them, dying for the Song Kingdom was clearly not an option.

And what awaited them was only to defect to the Han Kingdom.

However, as surrendered officials, their future official careers would not be so smooth.

……

Soon, ten days passed in a flash.

And Lü Bu and the four had fought all the way from Xiangyang to the capital of the Song Kingdom, Kaifeng Prefecture.

After Xiangyang City fell, most of the cities along the way chose to surrender.

Therefore, the four of them arrived at the foot of Kaifeng City very smoothly.

"This General is Lü Bu, Commander of the Great Han Empire's Shenwu Army. Your Great Song has already lost the general trend."

"This General advises you to open the city and surrender, so as to avoid slaughter!"

"According to what this General knows, there are only 100,000 troops in Kaifeng City now."

"This bit of strength cannot resist this General's 500,000-strong army."

Lü Bu arrived at the foot of Kaifeng City and shouted loudly to the garrison soldiers in the city.

"This is the Han army martial general Lü Bu. This guy looks more powerful than the Lü Bu of the Three Kingdoms period!"

During this period, the names of the Great Han's martial generals had already become known to the Song Kingdom.

When they first heard them, they were also somewhat surprised.

They did not expect that there would be people who dared to use the names of ancient people so blatantly.

It was just that after such a long time, they also knew that these people were called by these names, so the matter was left at that.

"Lü Bu, you rebellious thieves who impersonate ancient people, wanting this General to surrender is absolutely impossible!"

"If you have the ability, start attacking the city; this General has long wanted to learn your methods!"

At this time, Zhang Dun and Yang Zhong also arrived on the city tower.

Looking at the dense 500,000 Han army outside Kaifeng City, Zhang Dun had no fear in his eyes and shouted loudly at Lü Bu in front.

"Feng Xian, it seems this Song Kingdom Emperor wants to resist to the end. Since that is the case, we don't need to be polite to them anymore; let's attack the city directly!"

Hearing Zhang Dun's words, Ma Chao said to Lü Bu beside him.

"That's right, since they want to be so ignorant, we don't need to show mercy anymore!"

Gan Ning also spoke up from the side.

"Fine!"

"Same as before: first use the Spirit Stone Cannons to blast open the city gate, then the army will charge directly into the city."

And at this time, in the Imperial Palace of the Great Song, a group of palace maids and eunuchs were also hurriedly packing their things.

If it weren't for the soldiers guarding the palace watching, they would have probably fled the palace.

"Your Majesty, the Han army has already reached the city, and they are probably about to launch an attack!"

In the Imperial Palace's main hall, Zhao Xu was sitting alone on the Dragon Throne, his eyes somewhat lifeless.

At this time, Zhao Xu's personal old eunuch came before Zhao Xu and said to him.

"I know, you go down first!"

Zhao Xu heard this and waved his hand at him.

"This old slave takes his leave!"

After the old eunuch left, Zhao Xu muttered to himself in a daze:

"Han Kingdom! Han Kingdom!"

"Who exactly are you people!"

This Han Kingdom was simply too mysterious.

Up to now, he did not know who the Emperor of the Han Kingdom was or where their capital was.

Even the personnel of the Han Kingdom, except for Lü Bu and Ma Chao, were unknown to others.

"Boom, boom!"

Just as Zhao Xu was thinking, several roars came, and the entire Kaifeng City clearly felt a few vibrations under these roars.

And outside Kaifeng City, following several Spirit Stone Cannons emitting several beams of light, the city gate of Kaifeng City was blasted into a pile of fragments by the huge power.

On the city tower, Zhang Dun, Yang Zhong, and a group of Song Kingdom soldiers were all shocked by the huge power of the Spirit Stone Cannons.

Only now did they understand why the Han army was so powerful.

With such sharp weapons, there was probably no city gate in this world that could block such an attack.

"General Yang Zhong, quickly take people to guard the city gate; you must not let the Han army charge into the city!"

After reacting, Zhang Dun hurriedly shouted loudly to Yang Zhong.

In this situation, once the Han army entered the city, Kaifeng City would be finished.

"Quickly follow this General to guard the city gate!"

Yang Zhong shouted loudly to his subordinates and was the first to jump off the city tower.

"With this General here, don't even think about charging into Kaifeng City!"

Looking at the galloping Han army, Yang Zhong held a long blade, stood at the city gate, and stared fixedly at the charging Han army.

"Gao Shun, Hou Cheng, Wei Xu, you three lead 5,000 troops each to guard the other three city gates; do not let anyone in Kaifeng City leave the city!"

"Others, follow this General and charge into Kaifeng City together!"

After Lü Bu finished instructing his subordinates, he and Ma Chao, Gan Ning, and others were the first to charge toward the city gate.

"Kill..."

Zhang Dun on the city tower watched helplessly as Yang Zhong was beheaded by Lü Bu with a halberd.

"Not good!"

"I did not expect this Han army general to be so powerful!"

"Your Majesty, let this subordinate exert the last bit of strength for the Great Song!"

After Zhang Dun finished speaking, he drew the long sword from his waist and met Lü Bu.

"Kill!" ===== CHAPTER 569 =====