When the rebel commander heard this, his heart suddenly became more worried, the number, range and power of the Jin army's thunderbolts greatly exceeded his original plan, and the coordinated attack of the infantry was also greatly beyond his expectations.

"General, you have to think of a way quickly, there are hundreds of houses in the city, all of which have been burned by thunderbolts fired by the Jin army, and besides, the attack of the Jin army is getting stronger and stronger, or it will be a full-scale siege in a few days." The general continued.

The rebel commander frowned and said: "The Jin army is so persecuted, is our army going to retreat again, south of Jiude County, but there is only one county left in Rinan, if the Jin army continues to pursue, where will our army retreat?" ”

When the general heard this, he also bowed his head and sighed, paused, mustered up his courage, and said, "General, the last general has been thinking these days, is it worth it for us to raise troops against Jin, my Nanyue people have lived in the Jiaoguang area for generations, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, has been obeying the rule of the Central Plains court, it has been more than 400 years, now, why suddenly rebel against the court, our people have died for this, for the false name of the Great Nanyue country, is it really worth it for us to do this?" ”

"Shut up, this kind of thing can be said nonsense, if it reaches the ears of the big chief, it will be a crime of killing the head!" The rebel commander hurriedly reprimanded.

"What about killing the head, general, for the sake of the future of my Nanyue clan, the last general can't care so much." The general said with a righteous face.

The rebel commander felt that there was some truth in what the general said, frowned, and said, "Then in your opinion, what should our army do now?" ”

The general hugged his fists and said: "General, before our army raised troops, the envoy of Shu promised us that as long as we raised troops against the Jin, tens of thousands of elites of Shu would reinforce our army, but since the defeat of our army in Jiaozhi City, the army of Shu is close at hand, but it is not saved when it is killed, the main force of the Jin army is south, the north of Jiaozhou is empty, and the army of Shu is also immovable. ”

Seeing that the general did not answer directly, but accused Shu of dishonesty in a roundabout way, the rebel general was a little puzzled, and said loudly: "Don't beat around the bush, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it directly." ”

"General, while our army still has a little capital, peace talks with the Jin army are our army's last chance, if the city is breached, our army will have no chance to negotiate peace." The general said.

"Peace talks, what to talk about, surrender?" The rebel commander is a little impatient.

The general leaned into the ear of the rebel commander and said, "General, for the sake of the future of our Nanyue people, our army can only surrender, and we have no other choice." ”

Of course, the rebel commander also understands his situation, the rabble under his command is not only difficult to resist the superior strength of the Jin army in the field battle, but at the same time, in the battle to defend the city, it is also difficult to resist the large-scale thunderbolt attack of the Jin army, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken, and once Jiude City is lost, it is equivalent to losing the entire Jiude County, and the only remaining Ninan County is isolated, and it is even more powerless to resist the main force of the Jin army that follows.

The most terrible thing is that the Jin army adopts sea transportation, and the grain, grass and various materials are continuously transported forward, which makes the Jin army have no worries about lack of food, and at the same time, it will naturally not rob the nearby villages and Wubao of grain, so that those who are unwilling to rebel Nanyue people, as well as some independent Wubao will remain neutral, thus greatly reducing the trouble of the Jin army, and their men and horses will lose a lot of help.

"General, when the decision is constantly being disturbed, this matter must be decided immediately and must not be delayed." The general urged.

The rebel general stroked his forehead and said: "The chief treats me well, and he promised the general before he started the army, as long as our army occupies Panyu City, the chief will be crowned the king of Nanyue, and he will be crowned the general of the protector of the country. ”

"Personal reputation and the future of the South Vietnamese people, which is more important, the general should think twice!" The ministry will be in a hurry.

The rebel commander waved his hand and said, "You go down first!" Let Ben think about it. After saying that, he turned his back and thought about it.

"The last will be retired." The general clenched his fists and withdrew from the tent.

At this time, he thought about a lot of things, not only thinking about the future of the Nanyue tribe, but also thinking about how the great chief would treat him well, considering the strength of both the enemy and us, and also thinking about how the Great Jin court would treat them after surrendering.

After thinking about it for a long time, between holding on, retreating, and surrendering, the rebel commander always couldn't make up his mind, and his heart was extremely tormented.

For two days in a row, the Northern Expeditionary Army still carried out a fierce stone attack on the city, causing considerable losses to the rebels, the female wall of the North Gate City Wall was smashed beyond recognition, the Deng Yue Army near the East Gate also launched a feint attack on Jiude City from time to time, the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the city were fluctuating, and they were panicked all day long, but the rebel general still did not make up his mind, he was still evading, fantasizing that the city would not be broken by the Jin army, in fact, even he himself did not believe in this fantasy.

After five consecutive days of continuous siege, the rebels still had no tendency to surrender, Hua'an couldn't help but be a little anxious, it seems that he underestimated the rebel general's mental capacity, the rebel general refused to surrender, indicating that the Jin army's attack was not very violent, and the losses caused to the rebels were too small, and it did not cause the rebel generals enough distress.

On the evening of the fifth day, Hua An held the withdrawal order in his hand, frowned deeply, he received the order to withdraw the army immediately, but at this time, he had been disobedient for five days, if there was no rebellion near the capital, and the army of Zhao did not go south, it would be okay to disobey the order for a few days, but if the capital was in danger, and he wasted time under Jiude City, it would be too bad.

Hua'an is not too worried about internal rebellion, because, the main military power of the Great Jin Dynasty is in the hands of loyal ministers, and most of the generals of the Yangzhou Legion and the Jingzhou Legion are also loyal generals, but for the extremely ambitious Shi Hu, Hua'an can't let go, Shi Hu's heart to destroy the Great Jin Dynasty has been a long time, this time, through the alternation of the Great Jin monarchs, it is not impossible to raise troops to the south.

"Big brother, our army has been attacking for five days in a row, and the rebels have no intention of surrendering, so a stalemate is not a way, or break through the city in one breath and destroy the rebels in the city at an unknown date." Seeing that Hua An was worried, Wang San stepped forward and said.

"Big brother, I don't think this group of fierce and barbaric barbarians will surrender, and it will save trouble to directly attack the city." The same is said for thunderstorms.

Of course, Hua'an also has great confidence in breaking through the city, but the rebels have 20,000 horses, and the people in the city are also Nanyue, once they are dead, the casualties of the Northern Expeditionary Army should be tens of thousands, so the flesh-grinding battle of destroying 1,000 enemies and losing 800 self-losses is also a great harm to the Northern Expeditionary Army itself.

"Big brother, our army can't delay time like this anymore, we must make an immediate decision on attacking the city or withdrawing our troops back to the capital." Zhao Wu also followed suit.

Hua An frowned and said, "Let the soldiers stop going up the mountain to dig stones, collect all flammable things, and burn Jiude City early tomorrow morning." ”

"Burn Jiude City, big brother, our army's thunderbolt has a limited range, even if it is a heavy thunderbolt, it is impossible to throw flammable materials into the center of Jiude City, at most it can only ignite the houses around the city wall." Wang San said.

Hua An nodded and said, "It doesn't matter, let the thunderbolt get as close to the city wall as possible, adjust it to the angle of the longest range, and throw it from the east, north, west, and three city gates at the same time, I believe it will definitely burn thousands of houses in Jiude City." ”

"Big brother, is this okay?" Wang San was a little skeptical.

"Whether it works or not, let's try it first! Also, the giant bed crossbow that was built by the craftsman a few days ago should be ready at this time, let's go over and take a look and try its range. ”

"Big brother, what is a bed crossbow! How have I never heard of it. Wang San asked.

Hua An smiled and said, "I'll see it later, don't you understand." ”

The two of them came to the place where the craftsmen made the giant bed crossbows, and saw ten giant bed crossbows, which were the test products made by the craftsmen according to the drawings drawn by Hua'an, through some research and improvement, and now they have just been made, and the range has not been tested.

"Big brother, this is the giant bed crossbow you said, it looks so strange, but it is very powerful at first glance." Wang Sanxi said.

In fact, this is the famous three-bow bed crossbow in later generations, which is a famous weapon of the Great Song Dynasty and the core equipment of the Great Song Army.

Three-bow bed crossbow, also known as "eight-cow crossbow", the arrow is made of hard wood as the arrow shaft, the iron piece is the feather, the world is known as "one gun and three sword arrows", the bed crossbow can also be fired "stepping arrow", when it is launched, it is magnificent, the arrow is like a javelin, the close-range launch can be directly nailed into the city wall, when the salvo is fired, the rows of pedal arrows are firmly nailed into the city wall, and the siege soldiers can climb up by this.

This three-bow bed crossbow is naturally very powerful with the help of three large bows, and the range can reach a thousand steps, but it is also very troublesome to operate, and it often takes dozens of people to pull it apart.

But compared to its ultra-long range, these troubles are not so important, Hua An just relied on his impression, hand-painted a drawing of a three-bow bed crossbow, but he didn't expect the clever craftsman to really make it.

"Big brother, do you want to try the range." Wang San was a little impatient.

Hua An grinned and said, "Okay! The crossbow bolt is next to it, Wang San, you try it. ”

"Okay!" Wang San answered, stretched out his hand and turned the winch hard, but no matter how hard Wang San tried, the bed crossbow did not move at all.

"Big brother, this bed crossbow is so tight! The range must have been very long. Wang San put down the winch and admired the three-bow bed crossbow that had just been made.