In this battle, the Eastern Qin army suffered 600,000 casualties, and the Yunyu Kingdom suffered only 50,000 casualties.

One to twelve, the number of casualties is still a large proportion, Zhang Xiaoting doesn't like such a victory, but he has no choice, what the emperor asks for is a victory at any cost.

When they took control of the entire city, they found that this was actually an empty city, not only did there not have Yun Yu's army, but not even a single common people.

It turned out that Yun Yu had already transferred the people in advance before the war.

controlled an empty city, and even the places around Zhongzhou City were controlled by them.

Unfortunately, there are no more people around.

The war has developed to this extent, and the Eastern Qin State has no way to retreat, and Yun Yu cannot retreat either.

However, the strategy is already very clear, Yun Yu is mainly defending, and the purpose is also very clear, that is, to exchange for the greatest victory at the smallest price.

Their city may be lost, but no one shall lose.

And the Eastern Qin State is attacking the city and plundering the city at any cost, no matter how much it costs, they only need the final victory.

For the Eastern Qin Kingdom, as long as it can unify the Yugu Continent, any price can be paid.

However, for Yun Yu, they tried to get the maximum benefit at the lowest cost.

In Mu Qianmei's eyes, the city is not so important, people are the most important, whether it is soldiers or people, it is best not to lose too much.

Therefore, she first transferred the people who were about to attack the city by the Eastern Qin army in advance, so as not to let the people lose, and then issued an order, if the city was breached, not to face it head-on, but to retreat as soon as possible.

Of course, it does not mean that the city will be abandoned without resistance, but that the enemy's forces will be consumed as much as possible.

Not only resistance, but full resistance, and no withdrawal of troops until the city is broken.

The first line of defense, Yun Yu's army did it, annihilating 200,000 people of the Eastern Qin army at the cost of 20,000 casualties.

The second line of defense was Zhongzhou City, which annihilated 600,000 enemies with 50,000 casualties.

This is because the strategies of the two sides are different, which leads to different outcomes of the war.

Withdrawing from Zhongzhou City, the Yunyu army led by Zhuang Shujun was only 1.05 million, and the Dongqin ** team led by Zhang Xiaoting still had 2.7 million.

It took five days to rectify, Zhang Xiaoting left 500,000 troops to defend Zhongzhou City and the surrounding areas, and on the sixth day, he led the army to continue to attack the next city.

In this way, Zhang Xiaoting attacked one city after another, and after a month, he defeated five cities in a row, including Zhongzhou City, and a total of six cities have been defeated.

Zhuang Shujun will stubbornly defend the city every time, but he does not force victory, that is, to consume the enemy's army to the greatest extent, while trying to preserve his own strength, every time the city is breached, he calmly withdraws the army.

When Zhang Xiaoting occupied every city, he would lose two or three hundred thousand troops, and Yun Yu only lost twenty or thirty thousand.

Now, Zhuang Shujun's army has retreated to White Snow City, which is already the last barrier of Yun Yu, if it is broken again, the next stop will be Yuehua City, the capital of Yun Yu.

At this time, Zhuang Shujun still had 900,000 troops capable of fighting, and in addition to the heavy casualties of the Eastern Qin State, each city also had to leave an army to garrison, and then attack Baixue City, the army he could mobilize

There are 1.2 million people in the team.

However, as one of the four major cities of Yunyu, Bai Xuecheng, the city lord Bai Zhiming, originally had 300,000 troops stationed there, and now combined with Zhuang Shujun's army, there are 1.2 million.

Counting, the combat strength of the two sides is equal, but with the previous combat experience, the number of sacrifices on the besieging side will be relatively large, if the troops are equal, Zhang Xiaoting will definitely not be able to capture Snow City.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaoting did not rush to attack Baixue City, but asked the imperial court to give additional troops.

Qin Siyong, who received the request, discussed with the ministers in the court.

In the court, most people were very excited, although the price paid was not small, but after beating six cities in a row, it is now approaching White Snow City, which is already the last barrier of Yuehua City, the capital of Yunyu, and then laying White Snow City, it is only one step away from the final victory.

Therefore, almost all of them are in favor of continuing to send troops.

However, Qin Siyong's brows furrowed, he always felt that something was not right, was Yun Yu so easy to defeat? Mu Qianmei didn't make a sound for so long, and she didn't make any movements, what was she thinking, and what were her plans?

With some doubts, he looked at Yan Wansong and asked:

"Captain Yan, how many more troops can we mobilize?"

After Yan Wansong came out of the ranks, he replied respectfully:

"Back to the emperor, in addition to the standing armies in each city that cannot move, the troops we can mobilize are a total of one million, of which 500,000 are new troops."

Qin Siyong didn't decide immediately, but looked at Wei Xiaohan and asked:

"Prime Minister Wei, what do you think about this?"

Recently, he hadn't consulted with Wei Xiaohan about the war for a long time, with such a radical tactic, he knew that Wei Xiaohan would not support it, so he simply didn't discuss it, but decided directly.

In addition, Wei Xiaohan was able to see his feelings for Mu Qianmei last time, which made him not very happy, and felt that Wei Xiaohan was thinking a little too much.

However, now he also felt that something was wrong with the development of the war, so he asked questions.

Wei Xiaohan sighed in his heart, but he still replied respectfully:

"Back to the emperor, Weichen thinks that it is not appropriate for us to continue to fight, but to stop, first, to digest the cities that have been occupied, and secondly, to guard against their counterattack."

"Therefore, the minister suggested that it was appropriate to give General Zhang an appropriate increase in troops, but the minister did not recommend continuing to attack Snow City, and we should guard against their counterattack."

Even Yan Wansong, who has always been radical, said cautiously this time:

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it is not appropriate to continue the attack, after the attrition of these battles, our total strength has been lower than that of the other party, and the minister is also puzzled as to why they don't fight back with all their might."

"However, every city we have captured is an empty city, not only the army has been evacuated, but even the people have been transferred, so it can be seen that their retreat is deliberate."

"Now, in order to capture the opponent's six cities, we have lost two million troops, and none of them have lost more than two hundred thousand."

"If victory is judged by whether or not the city is captured, we win, but if we are judged by the number of soldiers sacrificed, we really do not win."

"Now, in order to divide our forces to defend the city, the number of attacking troops is getting smaller and smaller, and they are just the opposite, because of the concentration of troops, there are more troops capable of fighting."

"They don't want to

Counterattack, the minister thought that they just wanted to use the advantage of the city wall to continuously consume our troops. ”

"If the minister's judgment is right, they will never let us take it again, our attack on White Snow City is their best chance to counterattack, if they concentrate their forces to resist, or even start to counterattack, our army may be difficult to resist, and at that time, we will be in danger."

It is rare for Yan Wansong to be so cautious once, and it is also rare for him to be able to say so many words once.

Qin Siyong also began to hesitate a little, whether to attack or defend, whether to advance or retreat, he was weighing all kinds of gains and losses.

Finally hit Snow City, it is already very close to Yuehua City, and there is only one step away from defeating Yun Yu, do you really want to stop there? So what's the point of paying such a big price before?

He was unwilling to stop his progress there, because he was too eager to defeat Yun Yu and realize his dream of dominating the Ancient Continent.

What's more, if he stopped, wouldn't it just mean that his previous decision was wrong?

The king of a country, the king has no jokes, since he has chosen to go all out, how can he give up halfway?

Now, the two most important old ministers have suggested not attacking for the time being, and even their disciples or old subordinates will naturally support them.

However, the people in the entire imperial court still supported the continuation of the attack, because everyone longed for the Eastern Qin State to be able to dominate the Yugu Continent, and when the tide rose, they could also be silently promoted and rich.

After thinking about it, Qin Siyong still chose a compromise method, that is, to attack or attack, but not to attack immediately, but to send Zhang Xiaoting an additional 800,000 troops, including 400,000 recruits, 400,000 veterans, and only 200,000 people were left in his own reserve army.

He also brought a secret order to Zhang Xiaoting

"Don't attack Snow City for the time being, wait and see what happens on Yun Yu's side, if Yun Yu hasn't moved, then launch a general attack in two months and strive to take it in one fell swoop."

Zhang Xiaoting, who received the secret order, also happened to be in a dilemma, and now that he has the emperor's secret decree, he is not embarrassed.

The general direction will be implemented in accordance with the emperor's secret decree, and the small problems will be adjusted according to reality.

When the soldiers were standing still, Mu Qianmei was in Snow City, and at this moment, she and Zhuang Shujun were talking alone.

During this period of time, Zhuang Shujun has fought very aggrieved in every battle, and every time he retreats, he retreats again and again, which still affects his morale to some extent.

Both sides said that their side had won the war, but the cities were lost one after another, not only the soldiers were depressed, but the people gradually lost confidence in them.

No matter how many soldiers sacrificed, the loss of the city was real, and he didn't want to fight such a battle.

Of course, Mu Qianmei also understood his thoughts and feelings, so she comforted:

"Brother Zhuang has worked hard, I know, you are holding a breath in your heart, don't worry, it won't be long before you can let go of your hands and feet and fight the enemy happily."

"Our total strength and the combat effectiveness of our soldiers are weaker than the other side, if we choose to fight hard at the beginning, we will definitely lose, so we can only endure, we must consume their forces to the same level as ours, or even lower than us, before we can really counterattack."

Zhuang Shujun asked in a low voice:

"Then can we choose to counterattack now?"