Ma Chao stood in the brightly lit hall and looked at his father on the balcony outside.

He sat there quietly looking down on the entire Yongdu City, behind him, it was bright, and in front of him, it was the gloomy and dark Yongdu City. The once straight back now looks rickety, and the white hair on the head is so conspicuous.

Since the defeat of the Tiger Prison, the 200,000 army was almost lost, and Yuan Yiqiu and other generals were all killed on the battlefield, Ma Yue, who returned to Yongdu, loved to sit in this position more and more, silently looking down on Yongdu City.

In the past, it was a pleasure, a pride, but now, it's a torture. Because Ma Chao clearly understands his father's thoughts, or he just looks at it less.

Father really has no fighting spirit anymore! Ma Chao straightened up, and now it was his turn. Great Qin has not yet reached the last moment of despair, Great Qin still has 50,000 thunder troops, and hundreds of thousands of young and strong troops, as long as he is willing to give up his life, or a miracle will happen.

Great Qin needs a victory. As long as you can defeat the opponent in front of you, you can exchange it for a period of respite, or maybe the turning point is in this period of time.

As Chen Xiufeng said, guarding is always passive. Only by attacking can we take the initiative.

The Ming army was not invulnerable. They don't have an overwhelming superiority in strength, and there are gaps between their garrisons that are large enough for the army to cross over and strike a fatal blow.

Or it will fail, but since failure is doomed, why not take the initiative to capture that glimmer of life?

Thinking of this, he strode towards his father.

He fell to his knees in silence.

Ma Yue still looked motionless at the darkness in the distance, like a sculpture.

"Father, the son has decided to concentrate all the troops in the city, go out of the city to fight, and directly attack Shuanglian City, where the Chinese army of the Ming army is located." Ma Chao looked up and looked at his father's face.

The light shone from behind my father, and there was no expression on that face.

"I said it a long time ago, I don't agree!" Ma Yue was motionless.

Ma Chao was silent, but he still knelt motionless.

The father and son were at a stalemate, until the city suddenly lit up with fire dragons, and those fire dragons rushed from all over the city, slowly converging in the direction of the palace.

Ma Yue stood up, looking a little surprised, and then he turned his head and looked at his son.

Ma Chao was also looking at him, his eyes were strong, and he didn't give in even the slightest.

Those fire dragons finally gathered in front of the imperial city, standing on top of Ma Yue's position, he could clearly see everything outside the imperial city, it was the last guard of the royal family of the Qin State, the Thunder Army. Headed by the new general Chen Xiufeng.

Chen Xiufeng dismounted, waved his hand, and the Thunder Army behind him made a noise, all turned over and dismounted, and then under the leadership of Chen Xiufeng, they all knelt down in front of the imperial city.

Ma Yue laughed loudly, sat down again, and looked at Ma Chao, "You have really grown."

"Father, please forgive your son. Chen Xiufeng is right, we can't keep it, how long can we keep it, is it a month, or a year? Can we hold out for so long? Since there is no way out of the doomed, why not go out and give it a go."

"Do you know that if we keep it, we may be able to hold out for a month, a year or even longer, but if we go out of the city and take a risk, we are very likely to lose nothing in the shortest possible time." Ma Yue said lightly.

"Does it make a difference?" Ma Chao held his head high, "In the end, you will lose nothing. Since the attack is only nine deaths, the minister must fight for that life."

"There's a difference!" Ma Yue said softly.

Ma Chao raised his head and looked at his father in confusion.

Ma Yue sighed and clapped his palms gently. There was a sound of footsteps in the hall behind him, and Ma Chao turned around and saw a stranger walking towards his father and son with a smile.

"Who are you?" He snapped.

came and bowed, and said with a smile: "Great Qi Cao Hui, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

Ma Chao stood up, "Qi Guo Cao Hui?"

"Exactly." Cao Hui nodded and said, "His Majesty the Emperor is right, there is a difference between holding Yongdu and fighting out of the city."

"I don't see the difference?" Ma Chao sneered.

"Son, the history of Great Qin will end in my father." Ma Yue's voice was low, with incomparably heavy pain: "I'm sorry for my ancestors and ancestors, and I don't have the shame to see them after I die, but the Qin State can do without, but the Ma Clan can't be exterminated. I made a deal with the Qi State, and I will be here, using all my power to hold back the Ming army and inflict greater losses on them. In exchange for your happiness in the Qi Kingdom."

Cao Hui smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's not that I underestimated you, if you really want to go out of the city to fight the Ming people, within ten days, how many people you take out, how many people will be wiped out by the Ming people. You have 50,000 Thunder Army, but the Ming Army's hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city, none of them have an army, which is worse than your Thunder Army, and their miner battalion, blue wolf battalion, giant wood battalion, and wind chasing battalion are even much stronger than your Thunder Army. Assault on the Chinese army? Do you know what kind of person Chen Zhihua, the front-line general of the Ming Army, is? This man is the most cautious in his use of troops, step by step, how can he give you the opportunity to attack him? If there is, then I can tell you very clearly, it's a trap."

"Lord Cao can't help but think too highly of him, right?"

"It's not about looking down on it, it's about what it is. The Ming army is not good at attacking fortified cities, don't look at their extremely powerful siege equipment, but as long as you study the history of the rise of the Ming Dynasty, you can clearly see the fact that they rarely attack well-defended cities, let alone fortified cities like Yongdu." Cao Hui said with a smile: "Today's battle seems to have made you frightened by them, don't hide it from His Royal Highness the Prince, I have been to see it. This is the case with the Ming army today, and they will still be like this in the future." Cao Hui said." Therefore, as long as the city can break the cauldron and sink the boat, let alone hold for a month, what is impossible to hold for a year? Presumably, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knows that in history, the most famous city defense battle has been defended for ten years."

Ma Chao looked at Cao Hui coldly: "And then?" We're still ruined, and there's nothing left."

"Now the Qin State is gone." Cao Hui said: "His Majesty the Emperor has already recognized this reality, so he is willing to exchange his long-term perseverance for your future."

"The Qin Kingdom is gone, what future do I have?"

"Absolutely." Cao Hui smiled: "I will take you back to the Qi country, and you will be crowned by the emperor of Great Qi."

Ma Chao laughed: "Wait? Is it like Wu Jing, the prince of Yueguo? In Chang'an, he was a joke. Even if my Ma Chao dies, he will die in Yongdu City, and he will never become such a joke, you will die of this heart."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Cao Hui said sharply: "When we unify the world, like Wu Jing, and you, we will still be sealed back to your original place, and you will be in charge of the party. This is the promise of His Majesty the Great Qi Emperor, but if you want to attack, I can tell you clearly that Chen Zhihua is waiting for you!"

"Even if he waits for me, it will be a narrow encounter, and the brave wins." Ma Chao said sharply: "He's smart, and I'm not stupid."

He spun around and rushed to the edge of the balcony, and with a wave of his hand, a Hidden Arrow shot up into the sky with a whining and whistling sound. Outside the imperial city, the soldiers of the Thunder Army who were kneeling silently stood up and turned over their horses after hearing the sound of the chirping of their hidden arrows.

Chen Xiufeng raised the big knife in his hand, and behind him, countless knives and guns were raised.

Ma Chao turned around, knelt down in front of Ma Yue, and kowtowed heavily: "Father, the son is willing to be a Great Qin prince who fights to the death, and he is not willing to be a bullshit waiting master. Ma can be beheaded, and he will never be humiliated. For the Great Qin to die in battle, our father and son can join hands to meet the ancestors and ancestors. There is no immortal kingdom in the world, how strong was Datang back then, and it didn't disappear in the end? How can Great Qin be an exception?"

Ma Yue closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

When he stood up again, the cloudiness in his eyes was gone, and his rickety back was straightened again. Okay, good, I have a good son, you make me feel ashamed, Da Qin can die, and Ma is not disgraced. Lord Cao, since the emperor has made up his mind, then I can only say sorry to you. Hehe, of course, I still sincerely hope that you Daqi can dominate the world, destroy the Ming Kingdom, and avenge this annihilation of the country for my Ma clan."

Cao Hui looked at Ma Chao who was kneeling on the ground in a daze, and then looked at Ma Yue, who seemed to be rejuvenated all of a sudden, and shook his head for a while, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced, since that's the case, it's okay. I hope you can defeat the Ming army! That's what we want to see."

"Thank you Lord Cao for your auspicious words, even if we can't win, we will try our best to kill as many Ming soldiers as possible, which can be regarded as a great favor for you!" Ma Yue laughed.

Cao Hui nodded: "Since that's the case, then I'm going to say goodbye. Your Majesty, one last piece of advice to you, even if you want to go out of the city to fight to the death, you must not set the target as Shuanglian City, Chen Zhihua will definitely set a trap there, waiting for you to take the bait."

"We will be careful, war is impermanent, since Lord Cao has already said so, I will naturally be careful about the other party's arrangement." Ma Yue smiled and helped Ma Chao up from the ground, took his pen, and walked out together.

"Let's go, father and son, let's go meet the soldiers. Son, do you know that if Chen Xiufeng was so bold and reckless in the past, he would have cut off his head for the first time his father saw him."

"Everything was my son's idea."

"Needless to say, you can't kill him now, he must be a usable general."

Looking at the distant backs of the father and son, Cao Hui sighed, "Mingren is going to be proud again. It doesn't take much effort to take Yongdu City."

With his hands behind his back, he walked out slowly, and this time, he ran in vain again. The next trip to Jinghu hopes to have a satisfactory harvest.