After Qin Siyong finished asking, there was silence in the court, and the ministers were all frowning, but they didn't know how to speak. m.

In such a situation, no matter how you say it, it is all wrong, war, no soldiers available, escape, who dares to suggest?

Seeing that no one spoke, Qin Siyong looked at Yan Wansong, and without the emperor speaking, Yan Wansong came out and said:

"The minister has urgently summoned the troops in the country, and all of them are concentrated in Lanjing City, and within ten days, about 600,000 troops can be gathered, plus the imperial forest army and the defenders of the imperial city, a total of 800,000 troops can be gathered."

"The other side came from afar, it is a tired division, our army waits for work, has an absolute advantage, and we are defending the city, the other party is attacking the city, and the city is defended with a city wall as a barrier, and we still have the advantage of geographical advantages."

"And the two armies of the other side are lone in the depths, it is difficult to have support, and it is difficult to get sufficient supplies of grain and grass, they will inevitably be in a hurry, we just need to hold on, and our people will become our supplement at any time, and personnel and grain and grass are not a problem."

"Therefore, as long as we are united as one and resist with all our might, the longer it will be for us."

After his words, the hearts of the ministers settled down a little, it turned out that they could still put together 800,000 troops, and the other party's 1.6 million would definitely lose when they hit the imperial city, but their own people might fight more and more, because the country can urgently recruit soldiers, even if the recruits are poor, they can also have a huge advantage in numbers.

At this time, Qin Siyong, who had been silent for a while, nodded, then turned his head to look at Wei Xiaohan and asked:

"What does Prime Minister Wei suggest?"

Wei Xiaohan replied respectfully after coming out of the ranks:

"The minister thinks that the temporary patchwork army is difficult to resist the main force of the other side, we should be prepared with both hands, while organizing the defense of the city, we must also be ready to retreat, we can transfer to the north, and then continue to recruit troops and horses in the transfer, forming a barrier along the way, they are alone in depth, can not withstand such attrition, will inevitably return in vain, and our crisis can be lifted."

Qin Siyong said unwillingly:

"Retreat?"

In his concept, it seems that he has never had such an idea, leaving the defenders to defend the city, while he himself is safely evacuated, what is the difference between this and escaping?

Is the emperor of a big country going to be forced into such an embarrassing situation?

He didn't agree immediately, but looked at the ministers with a frown, wanting to hear everyone's suggestions.

There were already people who had spoken, and when there were different points of view, people began to speak one after another, some in favor of all-out resistance and never backing down, and others who agreed to arrange for resistance and retreat at the same time, and the court was soon divided into two factions.

Looking at the overall situation, most of the generals supported all-out resistance and never retreated, and most of the ministers suggested arranging a retreat while resisting.

At this time, it depends on how Qin Siyong makes a decision.

Thinking of that versatile, like a fairy descending from earth, she could actually come up with such a strange plan, when Yun Yu was already in danger, she did not concentrate all her forces to defend, but arranged a surprise attack while arranging defense, and played cards completely out of common sense.

Isn't the two countries vying for hegemony to attack cities and plunder villages, and then finally fight each other?

She does not occupy the city, nor does she defend the city with all her strength, but chooses to attack the key points directly, which is not like one

The thinking of the monarch is a habit of the people of the rivers and lakes.

A sword stabbed at the heart.

However, can I retreat?

Qin Siyong, who had never retired, also seriously thought about this issue for the first time.

He suddenly remembered that when he played chess with Liu Tingfeng, at that time, he was a step-by-step pressing, very aggressive style, but Liu Tingfeng was not, he could advance and retreat, attack and defend, advance and retreat to a degree, both offensive and defensive, so the chess game was a draw.

It's just that he doesn't want to win himself.

Every time he thought of this, Qin Siyong couldn't help but become a little irritable in his heart, did he need to give in?

This is also a little demon in his heart, he didn't care much about it at the time, until he heard that Mu Qianmei had established a relationship with Liu Tingfeng, he felt like a stab in the throat, why did he always lose at his hands?

A good boy was born in heaven and earth, standing up to the sky, moving forward bravely, never flinching, this is his philosophy of life, for decades, no matter what kind of difficulties he encountered, he has never retreated half a step.

In the past, I never hesitated, but today I hesitated for the first time.

The ministers saw Qin Siyong sitting alone on the dragon chair and meditating alone, and they all waited silently collectively.

This is an important decision, but also a difficult one, and it will directly affect the future fate of the Eastern Qin Kingdom.

Finally, after Qin Siyong's eyes swept over the faces of the ministers, he said in a firm voice:

"I have decided that I will not back down, and within these ten days, Captain Yan must do his best to gather all the troops that can be mobilized into Lanjing City, and in addition, all the strong men who can participate in the war will also be conscripted into the army immediately, and after urgent training, let them go to the battlefield to receive the real baptism of war and grow up as soon as possible."

Yan Wansong immediately saluted and agreed, Wei Xiaohan sighed softly in his heart, but he didn't say anything, because he knew that it was impossible to change what the emperor had decided.

So, after retreating from the court that day, Yan Wansong immediately took action, and one after another orders were issued, and the troops scattered everywhere on the road hurried to Lanjing City, and at the same time, the work of conscription and enlistment was also in full swing.

When the Eastern Qin State was moving, Mu Qianmei was also moving, under the protection of Liu Tingfeng and Mo Huan, she personally took the masters of the beggar gang, plus the troops from all over the place temporarily gathered by Yun Yu, a total of 120,000 people, and moved quickly along Lin Zhiqiu's marching route.

Moreover, along the way, she kept getting in touch with the local insider, and quickly sent the nameless tabloids around for free, spreading the news that Lanjing City was about to be breached.

Originally, Yun Yu's two-way army passed through the border like a bamboo, and the news had already spread rapidly among the people, and now with the detailed report of the tabloids, it was even more alarming.

Whether the country will be a country or not, the demise of the Eastern Qin State is only a matter of time, this is the first feeling and common thought of many ordinary people in the Eastern Qin State.

In such an atmosphere, coupled with Yun Yu's rebellion in the internal line of the Eastern Qin State, many small units of the Eastern Qin State surrendered one after another and joined Mu Qianmei's team, and even some young and middle-aged people also chose to join Mu Qianmei's army in this atmosphere and became a Yun Yu soldier.

Therefore, this has become a special team, when it entered the Eastern Qin Kingdom, it was only 120,000 people, and this

The team is getting bigger and bigger, three days later it has become 150,000, five days later it has become 180,000, and eight days later, it has become 200,000, and at this time, Bala and Lin Zhiqiu have arrived outside Lanjing City at noon on the same day.

They gathered five miles southeast of Lanjing City and together set up a temporary military camp.

After a hurried lunch, both of them arranged for the soldiers to rest, and after several days of rapid progress, everyone was very tired, and soon they all fell asleep peacefully.

Fighting all the way here, Lin Zhiqiu's troops still have 500,000, and Bala's cavalry still has 900,000, adding up to a total of 1.4 million.

Through Yan Wansong's efforts, the total number of new and veteran soldiers in Lanjing City is 1.2 million, and the number seems to be about the same, but 300,000 of them are new soldiers, and the rest of the 900,000 are also pieced together.

There is not much difference in numbers, but the combat effectiveness is not the same.

Five miles away, it can be regarded as a soldier coming to the city, and in Lanjing City, it is already in full battle, however, in the court, someone suggested that he should take advantage of the fact that the army of Yunyu Country has just arrived, and go to attack tonight, don't let them have time to repair, and take his life while he is tired.

However, conservative people opposed such a strategy, and instead suggested that they should continue to hold on to the city and not allow them to take advantage of it.

Among them, the two most important ministers are the leaders of the two factions, Yan Wansong suggested a sneak attack, and Wei Xiaohan suggested that the city should not be released.

Qin Siyong, who has always liked to take the initiative, finally agreed to the strategy of sneak attack.

Thousands of miles are coming, it is the most exhausting time, and a sneak attack at this time is indeed the best time, not allowing them to have any respite.

And in the Yunyu ** camp outside the city, Bala and Lin Zhiqiu also rested for half a day, and discussed the siege of the city together at dinner, Bala said:

"Tomorrow we will work together, my archers and cavalry will cover together, and your infantry will cooperate in the siege, as long as they can break through the city gates, they will definitely not be able to withstand our attacks."

Lin Zhiqiu pondered for a moment before saying:

"Actually, the best time is not tomorrow, but tonight, after this half-day of rest, everyone has recovered a lot of spirits, and the other party will definitely not think that we will attack at night, first, we are unprepared, second, we are attacking the city in the night, under the cover of night, the opponent's archers can not aim and launch bows and arrows, our casualties will definitely be much less, if we wait until tomorrow, they are ready to fight, we will pay a great price, and we may not be able to break through the opponent's city."

Listening to Lin Zhiqiu's words, Barra was surprised at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it was really like that.

War has always paid attention to attacking unpreparedness and surprise, so as to have the effect of surprise attack, so he immediately praised:

"It's still General Lin who leads the army well, and Mengjie has been taught!"

Lin Zhiqiu hurriedly said modestly:

"The prince praised it, I just got a little inspiration from Princess Yunyu's tactics, we can come here, isn't it Princess Yunyu's surprise attack tactics?"

Barra couldn't help but sigh:

"My imperial sister is really a genius who is rare in a thousand years, this war of dominating the world, until now, there is always a feeling that the overall situation is under her control, even any reaction of the other party seems to be in her prediction, can she really predict the prophet?"