With this batch of powerful siege equipment, Hua'an is full of confidence in breaking through Jiude City, and the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the generals of Jiaoguang and Erzhou are also full of confidence.

After the siege equipment was prepared, the first thing to do was to carry out adaptive training, because the number of these equipment was too large, there were 500 thunderbolts alone, Hua'an decided to transfer 3,000 men and horses from Zhao Wu's command to be responsible for operating the thunderbolt vehicles.

The Thunderbolt uses the principle of levers, which is not very difficult to operate, therefore, soon, the soldiers are already familiar with how to operate the Thunderbolt, but the soldiers are not yet fully sure of the accuracy of the strike, and the farther they shoot, the greater the error.

However, the Northern Expeditionary Army had 500 Thunderbolts, and as long as they fired a salvo together, they would always hit the target, so there was no need to worry too much about accuracy.

After being ready, the Northern Expeditionary Army reorganized its team and planned to launch an attack on Jiude City.

"Big brother, the three armies have been assembled, and they can launch an attack on Jiude City at any time."

"With so many siege equipment, I don't think it's very difficult to capture Jiude City."

Thunderstorm, Zhao Wu said loudly.

Hua An nodded and said, "Order, let the soldiers be well fed and dressed, and in the evening, the three armies will march to attack Jiude City." ”

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm and the others replied loudly.

Hua An looked in the direction of Jiude City, muttered to himself, and said, "Jiude City, let me try tonight, how strong you are." ”

"General, the court urgently, the imperial court urgently." The owner of the pro-military camp hurriedly ran over.

Seeing his panicked appearance, Hua An frowned and said, "What's the matter, panic like this." ”

"General, the imperial court has issued an order for the general to lead the army to return to the capital immediately." The pro-barracks camp owner said breathlessly.

"Oh, what's going on at the court." Huaan asked.

"I don't know."

"The imperial court asked me to return to the capital immediately, it seems that something must have happened to the imperial court." Hua An said and walked in the direction of the tent.

Along the way, Hua An was constantly calculating in his heart, what happened to the imperial court, because Sima Yue was seriously ill before the southern expedition, Hua An guessed that most of the emperor died, but it was not ruled out that it was the invasion of Zhao State, the border was critical, or these two happened at the same time, and Zhao State took advantage of the Great Jin State to raise troops to march south.

"Deng Thorn History." As soon as Hua An walked into the big tent, he found Deng Yue with several generals standing in his big tent of the Chinese army with a solemn expression.

"General Hua, you are finally back, something big has happened to the imperial court." As soon as Deng Yue saw Hua'an, he came over and said.

Hua An's heart tightened and asked, "What's the matter, what's going on in the imperial court." ”

Deng Yue lowered his head, sighed secretly, and said softly: "The emperor died, just over half a month ago. After speaking, his expression was very sad.

"What, the emperor died." Although Hua Anzhong had a premonition, he still couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Deng Yue tell it with his own ears.

Deng Yue paced in the big tent, paused, took out a piece of cloth, and said, "The imperial court issued a decree for the general to lead the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army to return to the capital immediately. After speaking, he handed the cloth into Hua'an's hands.

"This will should have been presented to the general by the envoy in person, but the old man was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, and the soldiers would learn the truth, and the army would be disheartened, so he made his own decisions and helped the general take it, and sent a team of men and horses to escort the envoy out of Jiaozhou."

Deng Yue did it right, this was a critical period for the main force of the Jin army to attack the rebels, if it was because of this incident, the guide zhì army would be disheartened, it would be very bad.

Hua An took the cloth in Deng Yue's hand, opened it and saw that it was an order to withdraw his troops, and it was stamped with the seal of the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic.

"She really became the queen mother, and today she must be her son, only two-year-old Sima Dan." Hua An thought in his heart.

Deng Yue frowned, and said anxiously: "General Hua, the imperial court strictly ordered the general to return to the north, but the current shape of Jiaozhou is very severe, as soon as the general leaves, the old man's 20,000 horses can only stabilize the situation by retreating, and most of the land in Jiaozhou will fall into the hands of the rebels!" ”

Deng Yue's worries are not unreasonable, although the main force of the rebel army has been wiped out, there are still 20,000 elites, and there are many Nanyue people in Jiude and Rinan counties, and tens of thousands of soldiers can be recruited again at any time.

With less than 20,000 horses in Jiaoguang Prefecture alone, it is difficult to gain a foothold in Jiude County, where the logistical pressure is huge, and once the army retreats, it is difficult to guarantee that the South Vietnamese rebels will not pursue from behind, thus causing huge losses to the Jin army, and the only way is to retreat with the Northern Expeditionary Army, temporarily cede the land in Jiaozhou to the rebels, and recapture it when there is strength in the future.

Hua An raised his eyebrows, and said with a straight face: "Deng Tingshi, rest assured, my Northern Expeditionary Army will never return north until we solve the rebels in Jiaozhou." ”

Deng Yue and the generals in the big tent were shocked when they heard this.

"General Hua, the imperial court has issued a strict order, how can the general disobey it." Deng Yue frowned and said suspiciously.

Hua An smiled slightly, and said: "The general will not accept the orders of the foreign monarch, now is the critical moment for our army to quell the rebellion, how can we give up all the achievements." ”

"Disobey the king's order, General Hua has to think twice!" Deng Yue persuaded him, but in his heart he hoped that Hua'an could stay for the time being, after all, the strength in Deng Yue's hands was not enough, and it was difficult to fight against the rebels in front of him.

"The counterinsurgency is related to the social affairs of the Great Jin Dynasty, and for the sake of the national fortune of the Great Jin Dynasty, I will not be able to take care of so much." Hua'an was determined and insisted on quelling the rebellion, and later led the army back to the capital.

"General Hua is Gao Yi, if the court blames him in the future, the old man will definitely go to the court to defend the general." Deng Yue admired Hua'an's loyalty and praised Hua'an loudly.

The two of them in the big tent, facing the topographical map around Jiude City, studied the specific siege plan, because there are a large number of siege equipment, breaking through the city, there is not much problem for the Jin army, but Jiude City is strong and abnormal after all, if you want to break through the city with a small loss, it is extremely difficult, and in order to break through the city to lose too many soldiers, it is Hua'an does not want to see.

There are still many cities in the south of Jiude City, and the entire Jiude and Rinan counties are the world of the Nanyue people, and it is completely suppressed by force, and it is difficult to completely quell the rebellion, and the losses will be very large.

At this time, the imperial court has let Hua An lead the army back to the north, although Hua An will not accept the orders of the monarch outside, insist on quelling the rebellion first, and then lead the army back to the capital, but it must not be delayed for too long, the direction of the capital is unknown, if the rebellion is suppressed for a few months, and then return to the capital, it will definitely delay many things, the limit of Hua An'an is to delay within ten days, and then the heart will be uneasy.

It is impossible to completely quell the rebellion within 10 days by using force entirely, and only a combination of grace and power is the shortest way to solve the problem.