After Lin Zhiqiu and Bala finished discussing, the two quickly arranged for the soldiers to have dinner and take a short rest. m.

Because the army of Yunyu Country was going to make a surprise attack for thousands of miles, they were all lightly armed, and the dry food they brought was not very much, and after a hurried dinner, according to the military order, the whole army was ready to prepare for the surprise attack at night.

What they didn't know was that the Eastern Qin State also planned to sneak attack at night.

As soon as the hour arrived, the armies on both sides set off on time.

It was already very close, and as soon as the Eastern Qin army rushed out of Lanjing City, they met the Yunyu ** team who came to prepare for a surprise attack.

When the two armies met, they instantly understood each other's intentions, and started the war without saying a word, the Eastern Qin army only planned to sneak attack, so it was not the whole army dispatched, they only dispatched 800,000, and the Yunyu ** team was preparing to attack the city at night, so the whole army was dispatched, a total of 1.4 million.

In terms of numbers, Yun Yu's ** team has an obvious advantage, and it also has an absolute advantage in strength, especially the cavalry troops, which are even more rushing around outside the city, and soon scatter the opponent's team.

The main forces of the Eastern Qin State were all led by Zhang Xiaoting to Yunyu Kingdom, and the rest were formed temporarily, and they were not tacit in terms of cooperation, and as soon as they were dispersed, they soon suffered heavy casualties and became more chaotic.

The formation was scattered, the ranks were in disarray, and the leading generals of the Eastern Qin State immediately ordered the entire army to retreat.

Because it was not far out of the city, the rear army turned around and soon returned to Lanjing City.

The news of the encounter between the sneak attack army and Yun Yu's ** team reached Qin Siyong, and he immediately decided to personally lead the army to support.

The whole army in Lanjing City was dispatched, with a total of 400,000 people, including 50,000 imperial forest troops.

When they arrived at the south gate of Lanjing City, they happened to see their army retreating in a panic, and Yan Wansong shouted loudly from a distance:

"Don't panic, everyone, the emperor has arrived!"

Hearing that the emperor was coming in person, the soldiers became calm, and the retreat slowly became orderly.

Qin Siyong personally stood on the city wall, looking at the tragic battle scene outside, he commanded with a cold expression:

"Archers, prepare for battle on the walls!"

"Cavalry troops, go out of the city immediately to support, and buy more time for our infantry to retreat."

"Captain Yan, you personally command the battle to defend the city!"

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One after another orders came out, and the panicked scene was immediately well controlled, especially the dispatch of the cavalry, the battle between the cavalry and the cavalry, so that the infantry got a chance to breathe, and they all slowly retreated into Lanjing City.

When all the infantry had retreated, the cavalry units of the Eastern Qin State also quickly retreated, and under the cover of the archers on the city wall, they quickly retreated into the city and immediately closed the city gates.

Several attacks by the Bala organization were unsuccessful, but caused a lot of casualties, so Lin Zhiqiu suggested:

"Shizi, we can't continue to attack the city tonight, let's stop and rectify it for the time being!"

As a result, the offensive and defensive battles between the two sides were temporarily suspended.

In just one short hand-to-hand encounter, the Eastern Qin State lost more than 50,000 people, and Bala's several strong attacks also caused the Yunyu Kingdom to lose more than 30,000 people.

It was supposed to be a battle that both sides intended to sneak attack

The fight turned into an encounter in a blink of an eye, and in an hour or so, more than 80,000 corpses were left on the battlefield.

The people of the Eastern Qin Kingdom have retreated, and the battlefield outside is the soldiers of the Yunyu Kingdom cleaning up, and they carried their own people back in an orderly manner, and the soldiers of the Eastern Qin Kingdom who died in battle, they also piled up in an orderly manner near Lanjing City.

When cleaning up the battlefield, both sides tacitly agreed not to attack, and when the army of Yunyu Kingdom retreated to a temporary camp five miles away, Qin Siyong also ordered to carry his own soldiers back to Lanjing City.

Just now when he personally stood on the city wall and watched the battle between the two sides, he also had an intuitive understanding of the army of Yunyu Kingdom.

There is a degree of advance and retreat, especially their cavalry troops, quiet as a virgin like a rabbit, when they quickly approach the city gate, they attack like lightning, their archers are very skilled in cavalry archery, at a glance it is a long-term training, at that time, wave after wave of arrows keep shooting at the city wall, especially around him, it is very dense, which is also mixed with arrows shot by Bara himself.

He is different from ordinary soldiers, he is a person who has been practicing martial arts for a long time, and his accuracy and strength are incomparable to ordinary soldiers.

However, the raindrops of arrows did not pose any threat to Qin Siyong, he stood calmly at the head of the city, without moving half an inch, holding a long sword in his hand, waving it at will, those arrows fell one after another, as if he was casually slapping down the falling rain.

Fortunately, the defenders around Qin Siyong are all well-trained royal forest troops, with them guarding the city wall, Bala can only look at the city and sigh, five waves of attacks, all in vain, the defenders on the city wall, archery skills are too good, almost all arrows are not in vain, either shoot soldiers, or shoot war horses, Bara caused them little damage, and his own army suffered heavy losses.

He really wanted to shoot Qin Siyong, who was standing on the wall and wearing a yellow robe, but unfortunately, his martial arts were too high, and such a shot would have almost no effect on him.

Therefore, under the persuasion of Lin Zhiqiu, Bala immediately gave up the attack.

After they retreated safely, Qin Siyong did not order an attack, he knew that once he left the city, his army would not be able to compete with the other party.

He stood at the head of the wall and estimated that when his side retreated, the casualties of the Eastern Qin Kingdom at that time were more than 40,000, while the casualties of the Yunyu Kingdom were only about 10,000.

Of course, the most important reason is that he is standing on the city wall, which is also a great encouragement for the soldiers.

If you go out of the city to fight, these advantages are gone.

After sighing, Qin Siyong said to Yan Wansong:

"Taiwei Yan, you stay and command the defense of the city, we can hold the city, don't open the city gate, I will go back to the palace and discuss again, and see if there is any way to break the enemy."

Yan Wansong immediately bowed down and agreed, Qin Siyong frowned slightly, and led a group of personal guards back to the city.

At this moment, it is not far from dawn, because the whole city is critical, the emperor has personally conquered, almost no one in the whole city can sleep peacefully, and some civil and military officials are even more panicked, all waiting in the court.

At the moment, because of the generals

Most of them have already been dispatched in person to command the battle and reorganize the army, and the court is dominated by civilian officials, and there are so many military generals who are also veterans who are too old to continue fighting.

Seeing Qin Siyong come back with a serious face, the ministers immediately knelt down and saluted, shouting long live.

After Qin Siyong calmly shouted "flat", he slowly sat down on the dragon chair.

His expression was solemn, and his movements were also very solemn, and after sitting down, he said directly to Wei Xiaohan:

"Prime Minister Wei, things have developed so far, what good strategies do we have to deal with?"

After Wei Xiaohan came out of the ranks, he replied respectfully:

"Now, the soldiers are coming to the city, our combat effectiveness is quite different from the other party, Lanjing City is breached, it is only a matter of time, and there is news that Mu Qianmei also personally led the troops to come, when she came out of Yunyu Kingdom, she brought 120,000 troops, along the way, constantly recruiting our country's stragglers and strong men, now it is a force of 200,000, and she can reach our Lanjing City in two days, her arrival will accelerate the time for Lanjing City to be breached, so, Weichen still suggests, We left most of the defenders to hold on to Lanjing City, and then the emperor wanted to secretly retreat from the north gate, and now the cities to the west and south of us have actually been surrendered to the Yunyu Kingdom, and only the north is still under our control. ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen begs you to order a retreat!"

After finishing speaking, he slowly knelt on the ground, and all the civil and military officials also knelt down one after another, and said in unison:

"I implore the emperor to retreat!"

Qin Siyong looked at the civil and military officials kneeling in front of him, they all knelt down collectively to beg, and none of them continued to stand, he did not immediately express his position, nor did he let the ministers stand up, but continued to ask:

"General Zhang's battle against Snow City, to what extent is it now?"

Wei Xiaohan continued to kneel and replied:

"General Zhang heard that the Yunyu State division army came to attack Lanjing City, and wanted to retreat back to the rescue, but when they wanted to retreat, the other party actually went out of the city to attack, and it was very difficult for our army to withdraw all, however, General Zhang still ordered General Tang Xiaotang to lead 500,000 cavalry to come to support, however, it will probably take three days to reach Lanjing City."

"Now, General Zhang, who has divided 500,000 cavalry, is also launching a fierce siege, hoping to break through the opponent's city before Lanjing City is breached."

"However, our current army over there is less than the other party, and there is little hope of breaking through, but fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the whole army know that if they can't break through Snow City, the crisis of the Eastern Qin Kingdom will be difficult to resolve, so they have also exerted extraordinary combat effectiveness, causing great casualties to the other party."

While he was talking here, there was an urgent war report outside, Qin Siyong took the latest battle report, his brows actually stretched a little, and he said with a little excitement:

"General Zhang Xiaoting led my Eastern Qin army to fight bloodily, and finally broke through the White Snow City last night, and now he is also following the example of the Yunyu Country, and all the defenders of the occupied Yunyu Kingdom are concentrated in the White Snow City, preparing to start a siege battle against Yuehua City, the capital of the Yunyu Kingdom, today."

"At this time, we must not retreat, what if the other party hits our capital, our army also hits the other party's capital, now, I will see if Yuehua City, which is not under the seat of Princess Yunyu, will be breached first, or Lanjing City, which I personally sit, will be breached first."