In the lobby of the county government office that was forcibly occupied by Xu Guohou, Qian Zong, who was covered in scars, was reporting to Xu Guohou the artillery fire that had just ended.:.../

Seeing Xu Guohou's face without any change due to shock.

Mr. Qian, who was standing in front of him, shouted at Xu Guohou in shock because of shame and reluctance, said: "Sir, you didn't see it. The shelling just now was really miserable."

"The two thousand brothers who followed Mo Jiang to the city wall, except for less than a hundred people who left the city wall alive, all the remaining brothers were killed..."

"It's not all that I can kill you. More than half of the brothers who were killed were killed, and even a complete body was not left behind..."

"As for those surviving brothers, they were not much better. They were like crazy. As soon as they heard the explosion of the flower bomb, they would tremble because of fear, and they had no way to continue participating in the battle."

"Sir, we didn't even see the shadow of the rebel attacking troops, and we were killed by the rebels with heavy artillery..."

"Now, brothers are all rumoring that if the rebels have the help of gods, and if they continue to fight against the rebels here, there will be only a dead end. Otherwise, the heavy artillery of the rebels outside the city would not be so powerful..."

"So, this battle cannot be fought at all. Please consider it carefully and leave a way out for thousands of brothers under your command..."

As long as you are a human, you are afraid of death, and even more afraid of death without a complete body.

Ordinary soldiers would rather die under military law than be killed by the Blossom Bullet because of fear and fear. The same is true for the generals standing beside Xu Guohou.

So, just as Mr. Qian finished his words, many generals rushed to echo.

"Yes. Sir, there is no way to continue this battle..."

"The heavy artillery of the Northern Army is really amazing. As long as they have sufficient shells, it is not impossible to blow us all here..."

"This is not the most important thing. Even if we are completely bombed in front of the heavy artillery of the Zhengbei Army, no one will die. And we are simply killed by the Zhengbei Army here by the Zhengbei Army, which has no effect."

"If the court knows this, even if we die here in battle, it will be difficult for the court to be affirmed..."

"Because we did not block the rebels of one soldier for the court, and death would be in vain..."

Faced with the instigation of his subordinates, Xu Guohou slowly accepted this view.

Under the attack of the Northern Army, the county town under its feet was no longer necessary to continue defending.

Under such circumstances, the idea of ​​breaking through came to Xu Guohou's mind.

Xu Guohou, who could no longer make rational judgments, immediately asked the generals around him.

"What you mean is to break through immediately..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Guohou denied himself: "But where can we break through?"

"You have heard it just now. The scouts found at least two thousand cavalrymen of the Northern Expedition Army outside the other three city gates. You should know that these cavalry are not ordinary cavalry equipped by the court, but well-equipped iron armored cavalry of the Northern Expedition Army who fought against the Tartars and Mongols..."

After hearing the words "Iron Armored Cavalry", a breath of breath sounded immediately next to Xu Guohou.

Obviously, these people have heard of the reputation of the iron armored cavalry of the Northern Army.

Not only that, in front of the powerful iron-armored cavalry, their faces once again showed fear from the bottom of their hearts.

Sure enough, Xu Guohou had just finished speaking, and the general who had just yelled to encourage Xu Guohou to break through, lowered his head again with helpless expression on his face.

At this time, a slight voice suddenly sounded in the lobby of the county government where the atmosphere was getting heavier and heavier.

"Since you are not going to die in battle here, and you can't break through, you might as well surrender to the Northern Army outside the city. No matter how the court evaluates us, we can at least temporarily save our lives..."

Faced with this result, the eyes of the generals who had no color just now became bright and bright.

Hope was rekindled on his helpless face.

However, no one dared to agree with this proposal.

Because, once such a thing becomes a fact, it will not only be affected by themselves, but also their families.

For military officers of the fourth or fifth rank, even if the court wants to hold the surrender accountable, it will be difficult for them to find their family. However, Xu Guohou, who is standing among the people, is different.

As the second-rank general of the imperial court, as long as he does something that will make the court lose all face, the imperial court will hold his family accountable without hesitation.

So, after this slight voice sounded, everyone turned their attention to Xu Guohou, wanting to see Xu Guohou's reaction.

Xu Guohou, who had completely lost hope for the battle in front of him and his future, heard this proposal, just frowned and stopped talking. He did not agree or object, but quietly fell into deep thought.

Through the conversation we just said and everyone's reaction, Xu Guohou knew that the people around him had agreed to the proposal to surrender to the Zhengbei Army from the bottom of his heart.

In this case, if they forcibly object, the generals around them may not say anything on the surface. However, they will definitely hate themselves completely in their hearts because they blocked their way of life and life.

What's more, these people may do something that is not good for them in private, directly carrying themselves on their backs.

After all, everyone has the pursuit of living, and they don’t want to die here just so ignorantly.

Of course, if he agrees with the idea of ​​surrender they proposed, Xu Guohou can say with certainty that even if the Northern Expedition Army outside the city had surrounded him in the county town under his feet, the news of his surrender would be transmitted to the court by some interested people at the first time. At that time, perhaps before he really made a surrender, his family in the capital would have been imprisoned by the court...

After all, not everyone in front of these generals is his own confidant.

Therefore, for the sake of my family staying in the capital, this idea is absolutely not feasible to me at least.

At this moment, Xu Guohou, who had no idea of ​​continuing to fight here, had already started to use all his brains under the gaze of many generals and quietly thought about a way to have the best of both worlds.

At this moment, a thought of "Golden Cicada Escapes the Shell" suddenly surged into Xu Guohou's mind, making Xu Guohou's eyes, which were still confused just now, lit up...
Chapter completed!