Before the war, the soldiers and the Bank of China did not conduct a field investigation of the defense system of Fuyang, nor did they formulate a feasible battle plan; The coalition forces are now only blindly attacking, and defense is the strength of the Yang people. Time passed, and the casualties of the coalition forces were increasing day by day, but the city of Yanyang remained unmoved; What's more, when the besiegers retreated in despair, the defenders were behind to stir up the mood of the coalition forces and encourage the enemy to continue the attack.

Shi Kuo and Zhong Xingyan were finally deflated, and the two hung their heads to see Zhi Gang and said, "The rainy season is coming!" Let's withdraw our troops, we won't be able to go back later! ”

Zhigang was furious, grabbed a crossbow machine and smashed it at the two, the two flashed left and right, and the crossbow machine flew over from the middle. Zhi Gang roared: "You have captured Yuanyang, and after sealing it, Xiang Xu will report to me again!" I was afraid that you would disturb the king's life, so I agreed to attack Yuanyang. You tired the princes, mobilized the people, and led the old man by the nose to come here. Not only are you stupid and incompetent, but now you want to put the blame on the old man! When the prince blames him, you will say, 'Ah! If it hadn't been for that old guy who ordered a retreat, we would have taken the sun a long time ago! 'The old man is too old to bear the grave sin!' If you can't take the city of Yang in seven days, I will take your head! ”

The two of them stumbled out of the tent of the Chinese army, both of them were greatly frightened, and kept stroking their hearts that were beating wildly. The two returned to the military tent, each gathered his subordinates and said, "The rainy season is coming, and the sun has still not been captured!" The Chinese army has already issued a death order, and if you can't occupy Fuyang within five days, let's commit suicide en masse! ”

In the early morning of May 4, Shi Kuo and Zhongxing Yanqin led a large army to begin to attack the city, and the Jin army used trebuchets, siege vehicles, mobile ladders and other German siege equipment. The two braved the enemy's rain of arrows and flying stones to direct the battle at the forefront of the battle. They praise the brave, encourage the hesitant, and punish the cowardly; The injuries on his body were increasing every day, his eyes were red and swollen, and his throat was no longer sound, so the two of them gave orders with flags and drums. The two divided the Jin army into three parts, one part of the siege was exhausted and withdrew to rest, and the other part continued to attack. The Jin army can rest, but the people of Yanyang can't live in peace for a moment.

May 8 was the last day of the deadline set by the two. In the early morning of that day, the two got up early, finished breakfast with the sergeant, gathered them together, pulled their hoarse voices, and shouted and gestured: "If we can't capture Fuyang today, we will only meet in heaven tomorrow." I won't issue any more military orders today, because I have jade in my mouth and can't speak. All battles are fought by you spontaneously. However, I still hope to have a drink with you tonight in the city of Sun. Throw away victory and honor, today we are fighting to live! ”

The fiercest assault broke out that day, and at noon a wall collapsed under the destruction of equipment and manpower. All the soldiers rushed towards the gap, each soldier's eyes were red, they didn't care about their own lives in the slightest, they just rushed forward without hesitation.

Soon there were fierce street battles, in which the defenders fought the enemy on the rooftops, in the houses, and on the trees. Some of the resisters led the enemy into the courtyard, then set a fire and perished with the enemy.

The last resistance was made in the palace, and the Jin army climbed in from all sides of the palace wall, and the resisters swore not to surrender. In the end, Yoko was captured in a suicide attempt, and the city finally fell in the evening, and the army marched into Miyagi; Shi Kuo and Zhongxingyan both lay on the ground, looked at the starry sky and said, "Zhibo is right, we are really stupid: for the sake of other people's affairs, we almost killed ourselves. ”

But when the two handed over the city to Xiang Xu, Xiang Xu repeatedly excused himself - he didn't want to accept this ominous city in the angry eyes of the princes, so he said: "If the Jin monarch appeases the widow with the emperor, the Song kingdom will be peaceful; If it is given exclusively to Xu, it will become a use of the power of the princes of the world to make profits for the ministers! What a sin! I don't dare to accept it! "In the end, the city was owned by the Song State Office.

When the Jin people returned to China, Song Pinggong hosted a banquet in Chuqiu (northeast of Shangqiu) to entertain the Jin mourning princes and Qing doctors. During the banquet, Song Pinggong asked to play "Mulberry Forest" for Jin Mourning Gong. The mulberry forest was originally a jungle on the mulberry mountain, and it is said that during the Shangtang period, the world was in a great drought for seven years, and the soup built a shrine in the mulberry forest to pray, and the heavens would rain down. Since then, the mulberry forest has been regarded as a sacred place by merchants.

"Mulberry Forest" was originally the joy of the Shang king, and was later inherited by the Song people. The Song people played "Mulberry Forest", which was to treat Jin Mourning Gong as the son of Zhou Tianzi. Zhi Gang then thanked him and said, "The widow is not exempt from this. ”

However, Shi Kuo and Zhongxingyan said: "Song and Lu both used the rites of the Son of Heaven to music, and the princes often went to the two countries to watch the ceremony. Song used "Mulberry Forest" to entertain the prince, isn't it okay? ”

Jin Mourning Gong nodded and smiled at Song Pinggong, and Song Pinggong ordered the band to enter. The chief musician led the band into a banner called "Jingxia", and Jin Mourning Gong suddenly saw the banner, and his heart couldn't help but feel atrial fibrillation. With a look of horror on his face, he immediately retreated into the room clutching his chest.

It turns out that there are pheasant tail feathers dyed in five colors on top of Jingxia; Jin Mourning Gong once had a demon dream, he dreamed that a powerful ghost with a five-colored pheasant tail on his head dug out his heart. When he saw Jingxia today, he immediately remembered that nightmare, so he was greatly frightened. Song Pinggong learned of the situation and hurriedly removed Jingxia, and then invited Jin Mourning Gong out of the room, and then played the famous "Mulberry Forest".

The Jin people continued to march westward, and when the Jin mourning prince arrived in Yong, he became ill. The Jin people divined the cause of the disease, and the diviner said that there was an omen of the great god of mulberry forest, which was estimated to be an offense to the ghosts. Shi Kuo and Zhong Xingyan said that they were going back to the mulberry forest to worship the great god, and Zhi Gang said, "There is no need to sacrifice. We have already thanked the Song people, but the Song people insist on playing; Even if there are ghosts and gods, it is the Song people who offend him. "After Jin Mourning Gong returned to China, his condition really disappeared.

After the Duke of Jin Mourning recovered his health, the Jin people held a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners in the temple of the Duke of Wu of Jin. Jin Mourning Gong reported to King Zhou Ling about the destruction of Yang Yang. King Ling of Zhou ordered Neishi to select a clan in Fuyang and move the clan to Huocheng in the Jin State to continue the sacrifice of the surname Fei.