In order to quell the rebellion in Jiaozhou, Hua'an felt that the attack should be the main thing, supplemented by the siege, and the attack must be based on the siege, and without a strong display of force, the barbarian and fierce barbarian clan would not give in lightly.

For this reason, Hua'an discussed with Deng Yue and decided to immediately gather all the troops and horses to launch an attack on Jiude City.

An hour later, the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army was assembled, and the army of Jiaoguang and Erzhou also entered the designated position, and tens of thousands of troops were arrayed, waiting for the order to attack at any time.

Just when the main force of the Jin army gathered under the city, the rebel soldiers and horses defending the city were also stepping up to repair the city defense, all kinds of defensive equipment were piled up on the city wall, the stacking of rolling wood and stone exceeded the height of the female wall, and the cloth curtains were also hung all over the city wall, and there was a crossbowman and a pikeman responsible for guarding each battlement of the city wall, and the defense of Jiude City could be described as extremely tight.

"Big brother, the three armies have assembled and are ready to attack the city." Wang San stood beside Hua An and said loudly.

Hua An looked at the various siege equipment beside him, and then looked at the defensive layout of Jiude City, and ordered: "Order, Thunderbolt forward, prepare to attack." ”

"Thunderbolt forward, ready to attack."

"Thunderbolt forward, ready to attack."

Combat orders were issued one after another, and 500 Thunderbolts of various types of the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the firing position.

"Almost, prepare for a salvo, and shoot all the stones and thunderbolts." Huaan gave a loud order.

"Yes, General." The soldier responded and shouted: "Ready, release." ”

Hundreds of stones and thunderbolts whizzed ...... the walls ahead.

"Pedal pedal...... ......"The stones hit the curtain sticking out of the city wall and the women's wall, making a piercing sound, and some stones tore through the defenses of the curtain, smashing the stones on the rebel soldiers on the wall.

With a huge impact force, many rebel soldiers were killed and wounded, and the thunderbolts with incendiary functions burned the cloth curtains used by the rebels for defense, and even the rolling logs used for defense on the city walls were also ignited by the flames of the thunderbolts.

The thunderbolts of the Northern Expeditionary Army, continuously firing stones and thunderbolts, especially the hundred heavy thunderbolts, emitted very huge stones, each stone has the effect of completely shattering the female wall, and once the rebel soldiers are hit by this kind of stone, it is naturally broken bones and flesh, and they are killed on the spot.

The power of the continuous fire of 500 thunderbolts was extremely huge, and the rebel soldiers defending the city were overwhelmed, and could only cower under the female wall to avoid the attack of the stones, while the heavy stones of the Northern Expeditionary Army could often break the female wall of Jiude City, so that the rebel soldiers hiding below were dealt a fatal blow.

The dead and wounded soldiers lay on the walls of Jiude City, and the subsequent flying stones were still hitting the corpses of the rebel soldiers, which made the rebel soldiers defending the city feel extremely stressed and angry.

"General, the stones thrown by the Jin army are too powerful, they don't let us take a breath, if we continue to fight like this, our army will suffer more and more casualties, it is better to remove the city wall, dodge first, and then go to the city to defend when the Jin army no longer throws stones." A rebel colonel built yì road.

The general of the rebel army who was responsible for defending the north gate, after listening to the construction of his subordinates, objected: "No, without the order of the general, you can't retreat casually, this is a violation of the military order, the stones of the Jin army will always run out, hold on a little longer, and when the Jin infantry attack the city, let them taste the power of our army." ”

"Yes, when the Jin infantry attacks the city, then vent the evil spirit." The rebel colonel said fiercely.

Looking at the stones flying in the sky, flying towards the walls of Jiude City one by one, smashing the rebels to cry wolf, Hua'an and the soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army under his command were all happy and addicted.

"Big brother, if you keep smashing like this, our army doesn't have to attack the city, and the rebels should be smashed." Wang San looked at the direction of the city wall of Jiude City and said excitedly.

Hua An shook his head and said: "It's not so exaggerated, although the thunderbolt is powerful, it won't smash all the rebels, it's just to scare and scare them, and let the rebels know the power of my Great Jin King's siege equipment." ”

"Big brother, as soon as the thunderbolt stops, our department will immediately attack the city, and we will definitely be able to take Jiude City within a few hours." Tie Niu hurriedly asked Zhandao.

Hua An smiled, looked at Tie Niu, and said: "Tie Niu, big brother believes in your strength, but since the rebels dare to defend Jiude City, it is enough to show that Jiude City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but I am afraid that it is not as easy as you think, even if you break through the city, the loss of the soldiers will not be small, and many soldiers will die." ”

"Big brother, how can there be immortals in a war, thousands of dead people are nothing, as long as the main force remains, you can continue to attack the south and completely quell the rebellion." Iron Bull seems to be more acceptable to losses.

Hua An shook his head and said: "No, the counterinsurgency can't be strangled blindly, if the rebels can't be convinced and willingly obey the rule of the Great Jin, Jiaozhou will never have peace, this is what the eldest brother is most worried about." Moreover, our army has received the will of the imperial court to return to the north, and the eldest brother can't disobey for too long! ”

"Oh, the eldest brother wants to persuade the rebels to surrender again and let the rebels submit to the Great Jin." Wang San wondered.

Hua An nodded and said, "That's right, this is exactly what I plan, only in this way can our army quickly get rid of the quagmire of Jiaozhou and return to the capital." ”

"Okay, big brother, let me go this time! I will make the rebels happy and obedient to the Great Jin. Wang San clenched his fists and asked for his life.

Hua An waved his hand and said: "No, our army has been persuaded to surrender once last time, and the rebels pretended to agree, but they slipped away when our army retreated, and the rebels were at a loss. ”

"Oh, what does the big brother want." Wang San asked urgently.

Hua An grinned and said, "Force force, let the rebels take the initiative to give in, send messengers to our army's camp, and ask for submission." ”

"This, will the rebels really give in!" Wang San was a little skeptical.

Hua An pointed in the direction of Jiude City, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said, "See?" Just smash like this, as long as the rebels don't give in for a day, they will continue to smash like this, and they will be smashed once a day, anyway, there are many stones nearby, enough for the thunderbolt to use, and pay attention to vigilance, especially the cavalry corps of the thunderstorm must be guarded around the thunderbolt, once the rebels are found to be out of the city to make trouble, immediately surround and strangle, and never give the rebels the slightest chance to destroy.

"Yes, big brother." Thunderstorm replied loudly.

Half an hour later, all the stones of the 500 thunderbolts had been fired, and the Northern Expeditionary Army stopped attacking.

"Big brother, the rebels' city is already in shambles, this is a good time for our army to launch a siege, let me lead my troops to attack!" Iron Bull asked for help again.

"Nope." Hua An shook his head and said, "Order, the army retreats and returns to the camp." ”

......Nearly 30,000 soldiers, infantry and siege equipment of the Northern Expeditionary Army, infantry and siege equipment retreated first, and 10,000 cavalry retreated last.

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On the wall of Jiude City, the rebel soldiers saw that the Northern Expeditionary Army no longer fired stones, but Mingjin to collect troops, and they were all puzzled, and they stretched out their heads one by one and carefully checked from the lookout of the female wall.

"Retreat, Jin army retreat."

"General, the Jin army has all retreated, all of them have retreated."

The rebel colonel excitedly reported the enemy situation to the rebel generals.

The rebel general frowned, stood up and looked out, and the main force of the Jin army really retreated mightily, and soon retreated, and not a single soldier was left.

"It's strange, the Jin army has the advantage, why don't they take advantage of the situation to attack the city, but retreat in disgrace." The rebel generals were suddenly confused.

"General, the Jin army has retreated, should our army go out of the city to pursue." The Colonel asked.

"No, no, never." The rebel general shook his head and said: "This may be the Jin army's strategy to lure the enemy, wanting to lure our army out of the city, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop, have you forgotten the lesson that when you were in Xupu City, the left and right wings of our army were completely annihilated." ”

"The general is wise, and the humble position is never enough." The colonel complimented.

The rebel general turned his gaze away from the outside of the city, looked at the city wall at his feet, and saw the corpses of soldiers lying on the city wall, and his brows immediately frowned.

"Come on, carry all the dead and seriously wounded soldiers down the city wall, clean up the damage to the city wall, and count the casualties."

Soon, the losses of the rebels were counted, the whole army of 3,000 soldiers, nearly 200 killed, more than 300 seriously wounded, 500 lightly wounded, at the same time, more than ninety percent of the curtains on the city wall used to defend against arrows were destroyed, and dozens of women's walls were smashed open by the heavy thunderbolts of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The losses of the rebels are not very huge, but they are not small, especially what makes the rebel generals depressed is that the Northern Expeditionary Army just hid in the distance and threw stones, and the soldiers did not lose a single loss, and they withdrew directly after the battle, and they did not love war at all.

In fact, the most frustrating thing for the rebel generals was still to come, although the Northern Expeditionary Army withdrew, but in the afternoon of the second day, 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army once again appeared outside the north gate of Jiude City, and still adopted the tactics of thunderbolt projectiles, throwing stones and thunderbolts at the walls of Jiude City.

Moreover, this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army was more prepared, the reserve of various stones was more than double that of the previous day, and after the actual combat projectile of the previous day, the soldiers projectile more accurately, and the accuracy of the strike was much improved, which once again caused huge losses to the rebels defending the city.

The day before, most of the damaged parts of the women's wall that the rebels had temporarily repaired were destroyed in the projectile on the second day, and all kinds of materials used to defend the city were smashed in pieces, and the hot boiling oil was smashed over by huge stones, and the hot oil was poured on the rebel soldiers' bodies, burning the armor and skin of the rebel soldiers.