After listening to Zhuang Shujun's question, Mu Qianmei pondered for a moment before replying slowly:

"The time is not yet, on the battlefield, there is often a fleeting situation of fighters, for the whole war, the timing of the counterattack must also be chosen, too early, we will pay a greater price and may not necessarily achieve victory, too late, the overall situation has been decided, maybe our counterattack is not of much significance, so only just right, is the best. m.”

"We have retreated so much, we have waited for so long, the purpose is to consume their strength to the maximum, now, just defend again, they will definitely attack."

"When they attack, that's the best time for us to counterattack."

Zhuang Shujun said a little helplessly:

"The soldiers are holding their breath in their hearts, eager to launch a counteroffensive immediately, this retreat again and again, so that everyone's hearts are not happy, for the soldiers, they would rather die in battle than retreat, not to mention that we will lose one city after another."

"Although I have been suppressing their emotions, in fact, I am not happy in my own heart, fortunately, I can defeat a lot of their troops every time, if they retreat without a fight, everyone's mood will definitely be even lower."

Mu Qianmei said understandingly:

"I understand your feelings, and I understand everyone's feelings, but I just want to win at a smaller cost, even if I hurt a thousand enemies and lose a hundred and eight ourselves, we will lose in the end, because our troops are not as strong as theirs."

"They can afford to consume, when the war started, we added new soldiers, the total strength was only more than 4.5 million, their total strength was nearly 6 million, now they have been defeated nearly 2 million, we have lost 200,000, the number of troops of the two countries is temporarily equal, we still have a slight advantage in numbers, but we have paid the price of the city, so, the next task is also very arduous, in addition to resisting their attack and recovering the city that belongs to us, we also have to lay down more cities in the Eastern Qin Kingdom."

"Therefore, we must maintain enough strength and consume more of their strength before we have a chance."

"The fist is withdrawn in order to make a stronger force."

Zhuang Shujun thought for a while before asking:

"Can you tell us about our plans for the next step?"

Mu Qianmei shook her head and said:

"I'm still thinking about the specific plan, but on your side, I will gradually increase your troops, and the final number of troops can reach two million, but not now, but when you have attrition in the war, you can only increase it, and you can't let the other party feel that the defenders are too many and give up the attack. And your task is that when they attack Snow City, you must hold on and consume their forces as much as possible, until they are ready to give up the attack, and you start the counterattack back. ”

"Whether it is defending the city or counterattacking, you adhere to the principle of minimizing casualties, your purpose is not to defeat them, but to be able to hold them back, so you can take out the spirit of our previous guerrilla warfare, constantly consume them, drag them down, and slowly eat them all away when you have the opportunity, and let their country become empty, and he is powerless to defend it."

Speaking of which, Zhuang Shujun, who was familiar with military books, probably guessed Mu Qianmei's plan in his heart, of course, Mu Qianmei didn't want to say it, he wouldn't ask again, but pointed

The head replied:

"Okay, I will fully implement your strategy and tactics, and after Zhang Xiaoting's troops increase, I will drag him to death, but if he wants to increase his army by another million, it should be difficult to eat it completely, so he can only do his best."

Mu Qianmei said solemnly:

"Drag is the goal, how much can be eaten, we must try to maintain our strength, and we must hold the last line of defense of Snow City, we must not be breached!"

Zhuang Shujun assured:

"I'm here, Snow City is here!"

Mu Qianmei shook her head and said:

"No, no, if you really can't keep it, people must live, because people are alive more important than everything, even if Snow City is lost, we still have Yuehua City to defend, if it is really Yuehua City is also lost, you must ensure the safety of my father and queen mother, this is the most important thing, even if our entire country is lost, as long as our people are still there, there will be a chance to make a comeback, don't you say? Think about it, we also started from nothing, so we must not have anyone in the city and people in the city die. ”

Zhuang Shujun said unexpectedly:

"When we fight, don't we always give military orders like this? If you always keep the back road, won't you be able to do your best when you go to war? ”

Mu Qianmei said seriously:

"I don't need such a military order here, when the other party is desperate, we must keep our sanity, and only when the other party is afraid, we need to strike resolutely."

"Once the city has been breached and the soldiers are exhausted, an orderly retreat is the best choice.

"If we really can't hold on to Snow City, we will return to Yuehua City, and if Yuehua City can't hold it anymore, we will retreat to Qingfeng City, and as long as there is a way back, we can keep retreating, leaving Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, but I don't think we need to go that far, it's just our strategy."

Although he felt that Mu Qianmei's ideas were a little out of line with the convention, he still nodded and agreed with his consistent trust in Mu Qianmei.

In the next period of time, both sides seemed to be very calm, both countries were doing internal rectification, the Eastern Qin State had made arrangements for the towns and management of the cities occupied, and even after the transfer of the people of Yunyu Kingdom, the crops left behind were arranged for the defenders to continue to manage, and when it was time to harvest, a lot of grain was added.

The army sent by Qin Siyong to support had already reached the outside of Baixue City and merged with Zhang Xiaoting's army, and now, Zhang Xiaoting had an army of 2.2 million in his hands.

Based on the information they obtained, Snow City still had 1.2 million troops, and they had a million more troops.

However, Mu Qianmei still had no intention of increasing the army to White Snow City, and the army of Yunyu Country was still scattered, even on the side of Changle Town, there were only 100,000 troops stationed, and there was no intention of increasing the army, nor did she have the intention of continuing to advance.

It was as if she had lost six cities, and she didn't care at all, and there was no sign of a counterattack.

Qin Siyong asked Zhang Xiaoting to observe for two months before deciding whether to attack the city, the two months will pass soon, the autumn harvest work has ended, and the two countries will not interfere with each other.

All of them have prepared enough military rations, and the Yunyu Kingdom, which has lost six cities, has relatively reduced a lot of food, because the food of these six cities has been harvested by the army of Yunyu Kingdom.

The weather turned cooler, and the two months had arrived, Zhang Xiaoting immediately launched a siege operation in accordance with Qin Siyong's instructions.

With more than two million troops in hand, he did not hesitate to use the strategy of attacking the three city gates at the same time again, just to break through the city as quickly as possible, and then end the war as soon as possible.

The 1.2 million defenders of the Yunyu Kingdom and the 2.2 million siege troops of the Eastern Qin Kingdom, each gate is equivalent to twice the number of people in the Yunyu Kingdom, and the fierceness of the battle can be seen.

Fortunately, after more than two months of repairs, the walls of Snow City were strong enough to relieve a lot of pressure on the defenders, and they would not be able to break through it for a while.

And this time, Mu Qianmei finally moved, and one after another orders were issued, and the scattered troops of Yun Yu Country acted quickly with very high efficiency.

In half a month, she successively added 800,000 troops to Snow City, increasing the number of defenders in Snow City to 2 million.

And Lin Zhiqiu, who was stationed in Changle Town, finally stopped standing still, but led his 100,000 army all the way to the Lanjing City of the Eastern Qin State to attack the past, and the troops in the area near the ancient town of Longmen in the Yunyu Kingdom were quickly replenished, so that the army over there quickly increased to 600,000.

This time, it was really overwhelming, all the way from Changle Town to Lanjing City, it was a relatively remote city, with few defenders, and Lin Zhiqiu would hardly attack the city and plunder the wall, but went straight to Lanjing City.

In the other direction, the million cavalry from the Southern Tang Kingdom, from the other direction, also quickly inserted into the border of the Eastern Qin State, like a rapid arrow, directly attacked all the way in the direction of Lanjing City, the capital of the Eastern Qin State.

Like Lin Zhiqiu's army on the other side, he did not attack the city, and if he could make a detour, he tried his best to make a detour, and when he encountered those who had to attack, he rushed forward quickly after the rapid battle, and did not consider the remaining army to garrison the city at all.

The two armies were all directed at Lanjing City, and at this time, in the Eastern Qin Dynasty, it was almost impossible to organize any effective interception.

The defenders in their country are scattered in various cities, let alone organize hundreds of thousands of troops, even 100,000 is difficult.

And the interception of tens of thousands of horses, it was almost useless, and he could only watch the back of Yun Yu's ** team galloping away.

When the news reached Lanjing City, many people in the palace became panicked and felt a great sense of fear.

Qin Siyong urgently convened the ministers to discuss the matter, and above the court, many people showed nervous expressions, and Qin Siyong said calmly:

"I have always felt that Yun Yu Guo's reaction was too calm and unusual, but now I finally understand what they mean, that is, to attract our main force to Snow City, which is entangled by half of their army, so that our main force cannot return to Lanjing City, and then there are two other armies, divided into two routes, directly pointing at our imperial city of Lanjing."

"Moving forward at this speed, we will be able to hit our Lanjing City in ten days at most, what are the good ways to deal with it?"