Although Zhang Xiaoting's army at the East City Gate had entered the city and seemed to have become the defender of the city, his morale had already dropped to the lowest point after the siege of the city for a day.

In the cold winter, he attacked the city at the cost of heavy casualties, and thought that he would be able to go all the way and take the city like a bamboo, but after entering the city, he found that there were still one defense line after another waiting inside.

The excitement of the soldiers who had just broken through the city gate seemed to be extinguished by a scoop of cold water.

At this time, the situation is the most unsuitable for combat.

The front could not be attacked, and the back needed to be defended, Zhang Xiaoting had already notified the people who had entered from the other two city gates, telling them to gather on the side of the east city gate and concentrate their forces to deal with the front and rear attacks.

When the three armies converged in one place, Zhang Xiaoting immediately ordered a count of the number of people, and this count found that the army of 900,000 people had actually suffered 120,000 casualties.

The city has not yet been completely breached, and the losses are so heavy, all of which far exceeded Zhang Xiaoting's expectations.

100,000 men defend a city, 900,000 come to attack it, and the day will soon pass, and before the city is breached, he has already suffered 120,000 casualties.

According to rough estimates, the defenders suffered only about 10,000 casualties.

At this rate, 900,000 people may not be able to storm this city!

What's more, the other party's reinforcements have arrived, although there are only 300,000 cavalry, and in this small city, the power of the cavalry does not have any advantage, but after all, it is the assistance of 300,000 people, which is still very frustrating after all.

Zhang Xiaoting frowned, thinking hard about a good plan.

And Chaolu, who was outside the city gate, had a look of anxiety and worry, the city gate was closed, did it mean that Qingfeng City had been breached?

An army of 900,000 attacked a city with only 100,000 defenders, and in imagination, wasn't that a matter of momentum and unimpeded?

However, the strange scene in the city does not look like it has been breached, and it stands to reason that even if the city is breached, some of the defenders will always come to take refuge in the defending army, but so far not a single defender has come out.

Chaolu no longer hesitated, and immediately gave the order to launch a siege.

The cavalry dismounted and stood in formation, some of them taking cover, and some of them carrying huge logs to the city gates.

Zhang Xiaoting also ordered the defenders to fight above the city gate and released arrows one after another.

For a time, in front of the city gate, arrows rained down, and Chaolu's besieging army suffered heavy casualties.

It was getting late, and Feng Tianyu and Ouyang Bo, who were standing on Qingfeng Mountain, could no longer see the distant scene clearly, but the sound of the battle could be heard from afar.

"Stinky Daoist, it seems that our reinforcements have arrived in advance. Let's go, let's rush down the mountain, come inside and outside, hit back and forth, and kill him, how about it? ”

Feng Tianyu said with some excitement.

"The reinforcements should not be so fast, I guess, it should only be partial, maybe the cavalry came first, if the cavalry comes, our strength is still not as strong as the other party, even if the front and rear flanks, it will not have any advantage, it is better to find a way to notify the people outside, suspend the siege first, in order to reduce unnecessary losses."

Ouyang Bo thought for a while and replied.

Listening to Ouyang Bo's words, Feng Tianyu couldn't help but show a slightly disappointed expression.

Defending the city like this, although it is safe, but it is quite aggrieved, with the character of Feng Tianyu, he would rather fight happily than hide in the siege, in addition to hearing the sound of battle, he will occasionally hear the enemy's abuse.

However, he also understands that this is not the time to act rashly, every decision will be related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, the old Taoist priest's analysis is very reasonable, he immediately said:

"Now among the defenders, I am the most suitable person to go to ventilate and report the news, just let me run!"

Ouyang Bo thought for a while, and did not refuse, but agreed and advised:

"It's okay, time is precious at the moment, so you can make a hard run, let them stop the siege immediately, retreat five miles away, and be ready for battle at any time. We are surrounded by enemies, so be careful along the way! ”

Feng Tianyu agreed, and immediately performed light skills, and disappeared into the night in an instant.

A quarter of an hour later, the battle outside stopped, and Chaolu's army, according to Ouyang Bo's suggestion, retreated five miles away, set up camp tents, left some soldiers to patrol, and ordered everyone to rest in their clothes, but they were ready to fight at any time.

It was a superficially calm night.

All three parties seem to have rested, but how many can really rest at ease?

At the moment of the great enemy, people's hearts are impetuous, they want to rest well, recuperate their spirits, and always beware of the opponent's sneak attack.

Especially Zhang Xiaotingjun, who was mixed in the middle, couldn't help but be a little frightened.

Someone proposed to go out of the city first to sneak attack the 300,000 cavalry that the other side came to support, and weaken the opponent's strength.

But Zhang Xiaoting pondered for a while, and felt that this was not the best policy, the other party's 300,000 cavalry attacked them outside the city, isn't this self-defeating?

The outside of the city is open, and it is the place where the cavalry can give full play to its combat power, but I am afraid that if the sneak attack fails, it will be defeated and defeated.

Although he also has 200,000 cavalry troops in his hands, he is self-aware, and the other general, the person named Chaolu, is the "magical horse trainer" of the ancient continent of Zhenyu.

Compared with their own cavalry troops, there is still a certain gap, not to mention when the strength is inferior to the other party?

So he immediately dismissed such thoughts.

Why don't you rest first, recuperate your spirits, and prepare for tomorrow's battle!

He immediately ordered that, except for a part of the night patrol, the rest of the people should rest on the spot.

However, in the middle of the night, a fast horse galloped from the south, and soon reached the south gate of Qingfeng City.

After identity verification, he quickly entered Qingfeng City.

It turned out that this was sent urgently by the Eastern Qin Dynasty for 800 miles to convey the emperor's will.

Zhang Xiaoting respectfully accepted the secret decree, read the content on it, and was deeply surprised for a while.

He pondered for a quarter of an hour or so before he gave a faint order:

"Wake up the resting people immediately, and after two quarters of an hour, we will set off on time, withdraw from Qingfeng City, and leave through the south gate."

This is the emperor's will.

He didn't know what the emperor's intentions were, but he had a vague feeling that this must be a big strategic change.

Looking at the half-conquered Qingfeng City, Zhang Xiaoting had mixed feelings, the lives of 120,000 soldiers had been left here forever, but he was going to give up halfway.

Their deaths now seem to have no meaning.

It hurt about 10,000 people.

Zhang Xiaoting was also a little unwilling in his heart.

Now, however, it has been to no avail.

In fact, he also knew in his heart that waiting for tomorrow would not make any sense to them.

The opposing army will also arrive soon, and by that time, his army will not have any advantage in the front and back.

The emperor must have anticipated such a situation, so he had to change his strategy.

transfer

There must be a big move, right?

Zhang Xiaoting thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't understand the emperor's intentions, after the transfer, where should he find a breakthrough?

I couldn't figure it out, so I had to retreat first.

The soldier who was woken up inexplicably thought that there was an enemy attacking at first!

One asked, no.

Do you want to sneak up on the enemy?

Again, no.

Transfer? Why Transfer?

One by one, they stood in line full of doubts.

Zhang Xiaoting didn't explain much, only said that this was the emperor's will, and then quietly lined up and walked to the south gate.

Secretly withdrew from Qingfeng City in the darkness of night.

When the news reached the ears of Ouyang Bo and Chaolu, they were both equally puzzled.

Just gone?

It's really mysterious enough, what does such a retreat mean?

Even a military advisor like Ouyang Bo was a little confused for a while.

Puzzled.

The next day, Jiang Yunyi finally led a large army to Qingfeng City, and the three armies converged in Qingfeng City, totaling 700,000 people.

Now that the enemy has retreated, they simply repaired the city gate and several lines of defense, and then left 100,000 people stationed here, and the rest went to Yuehua City.

On the way, he sent 50,000 people to Feiyun City to replace Zhuang Shujun.

Jiang Yunyi also sent people to Baixue City to pick up the emperor Yunzhong Crane to come to Yuehua City, preparing to officially take over Yunyu Kingdom.

When the group arrived at Yuehua City and joined Mu Qianmei, Yuehua City had become brand new and orderly under Mu Qianmei's careful care.

Although the wealth has been swept away, the remaining buildings are still very intact, the inner courtyard of the palace, and the luxurious residences of the magnates and high-ranking officials can be lived in.

And after Mu Qianmei's care during this time, all walks of life have gradually recovered.

The city is bustling with activity.

Mu Qianmei listened to Ouyang Bo talk about Zhang Xiaoting's sudden withdrawal of troops, and she was also puzzled.

She thought about it, analyzed it and said:

"If we put ourselves in the shoes of others, we might be able to figure it out."

"Such a decision, I don't think it should have been made by Zhang Xiaoting, since he has attacked the city to the last line of defense, he should not take the initiative to withdraw, otherwise what is the point of paying such a big price?"

"So, I think, this should be the will of the Eastern Qin Emperor."

"Any decision made by the emperor is generally considered from the perspective of the overall situation of the entire Yugu Continent, Qin Siyuan sees that the situation here will soon be deadlocked, and such a war is no longer meaningful."

"Rather than watching such a meaningless war of attrition happen, it is better to find another breakthrough as soon as possible."

"I think he's going to make a big move, but I don't know where he's going to choose as a breakthrough."

When Ouyang Bo heard this, he also felt that Mu Qianmei's analysis was very reasonable, but they couldn't guess where Qin Siyuan would choose as a breakthrough.

After all, the Ugu Continent is so big, it is very possible to choose any place.

If you can't guess, you have to guard your important city, and then, wait and see what happens, and adapt to the situation!