At this time, Tang Feng was standing on the city tower holding a telescope to observe the situation of the Jin army. After observing for a while, he said to the guards around him: "Give the order and wait until the enemy attempts to cross the moat. Open your bow and fire arrows." The Jin army moved quickly. , rushed to the moat and immediately set up a ladder to cross the river.
Seeing that the time had come, Tang Feng ordered to open their bows and fire arrows. Other Song troops also opened their bows and fired arrows one after another. Thousands of arrows were fired. The Jin army that was crossing the river was shot down. However, they were not afraid and continued to attack. Attack by the moat.
Wanyan Wushu, who was watching the battle, discovered this situation and said to Hamichi: "As expected, the guards in Tokyo are different from those in other cities." Hamichi said: "Master Lang, we only have 80,000 troops. If you can't withstand too many casualties, you can't attack hard, you have to attack skillfully." Wanyan Wushu thought for a moment and then ordered: "Ming Jin withdraws his troops, pushes up the catapults, and hits me with huge rocks." Suddenly there was a loud sound of gongs on the Jin army's position. , the soldiers heard the retreat order and retreated like the ebbing tide of the sea.
The Song army guarding the city cheered when they discovered that the enemy troops began to retreat. Tang Feng waved his hand to stop the soldiers and ordered: "Pack up your equipment, retreat to Wengcheng, and prepare torches." Second Battalion Commander Yao Shunyu asked: "Commander, it is daytime now, why do you need to prepare torches?" Tang Feng said: "If When the Jin Army breaks through the moat, they will hit the city gate with a ramming car. That kind of weapon is made of wood and can catch fire. If the Jin Army tries to use it to hit the city gate, we will burn it. We must not let the Jin Army break through. City gate." Yao Shunyu suddenly realized: "I understand, let's do it right away." After lunch, the Jin Army launched a new round of attack. This time they changed their tactics. Instead of launching a direct charge, they set up a large catapult. Fired stones at the city wall, some Song troops who did not retreat in time were injured, and there was a gap in the defense line. The Jin army took the opportunity to launch an attack, rushed across the moat, and pushed a ram, trying to break open the city gate. Tang Feng saw Zhuang hurriedly ordered the troops to rush to the outer city wall again, throw torches, and light the crashes. The crashes were set on fire, and some Jin soldiers were burned. Upon seeing this, other Song troops followed suit. All five crashes of the Jin army were destroyed, and the offensive momentum In response, the Song army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, regained the lost position, and drove the Jin army back to the other side of the moat.
Since it was getting late at this time, both armies did not continue the attack and retreated. That night the officers gathered together to summarize the gains and losses of the battle. Wang Yuan said: "Today's battle proves that we cannot continue to hold on to the outer city after repelling the Jin Army's attack. We should retreat temporarily to avoid the attack of Jin Army's catapults and other large weapons." Attack. When the Jin army launches an infantry charge, we will return to the outer city to fight with them." Tang Feng suggested strengthening night patrols and trying to disturb the Jin army's rest to weaken its combat effectiveness.
Then several officers made suggestions. Li Gang adopted four more valuable suggestions and then asked everyone to go back and rest.
