Qin Siyong decided not to retreat, no one in the group dared to insist on speaking, and what he said was quite reasonable, his generals were still attacking the city on the other side, and the base camp on this side gave up resistance in advance, wouldn't it greatly affect morale?

On the side of Yunyu Kingdom, Zhuang Shujun originally did not plan to retreat, but when Zhang Xiaoting heard that Lanjing City, the capital of the Eastern Qin Kingdom, was already in danger, in a hurry, he launched a fierce attack while dividing troops to rescue, because of the lack of troops, he also followed the practice of Yunyu Kingdom, no longer dividing troops to defend the occupied city, but concentrating troops to attack the city with all his might. Vertices

After mobilizing the soldiers defending the city to participate in the battle, the ratio of forces at this time is equal.

Hearing that their country is in danger, the soldiers have also inspired their fighting spirit, since it is a race for time, it is naturally a battle against time, fighting, and fighting.

After seven days of continuous siege, on the night of the eighth day, at the cost of sacrificing 500,000 soldiers, the gates of Snow City were finally breached.

Due to the fierce battle, Yunyu Country also had 200,000 casualties, a ratio of two to five, it seems that when people are desperate, the lethality is still very large, Zhuang Shujun saw that their attack was too fierce, so he chose an orderly retreat according to Mu Qianmei's instructions, and finally returned to Yuehua City.

Therefore, on the night of the day when Lin Zhiqiu and Bara joined forces to attack Lanjing City, the White Snow City of Yunyu Kingdom was finally lost, and Zhuang Shujun led his army to retreat to Yuehua City, the capital of Yunyu Kingdom, and the situation was somewhat similar to that of Lanjing City of Eastern Qin Kingdom.

However, due to the recent siege and plundering of the city by the Eastern Qin State regardless of casualties, their strength has been lower than that of the Yunyu State until now.

When Zhang Xiaoting attacked Baixue City, he had an army of 2.2 million, Zhuang Shujun increased to 2 million in Mu Qianmei's support in batches, and Yunyu Kingdom was 200,000 fewer than the Eastern Qin State.

Because Lanjing City was urgent, Zhang Xiaoting sent 500,000 to support, but at the same time, he also mobilized 300,000 from the defenders who had previously occupied the city, so the number was just equal to Zhuang Shujun's strength in Snow White City.

However, when Zhang Xiaoting broke through Snow White City, Zhuang Shujun's defenders still had 1.8 million left, and his army had only 1.5 million left.

Although there were only 1.5 million people left when the Eastern Qin army broke through the city, they were too desperate in the battle, and the combat effectiveness that broke out was very strong.

Mu Qianmei said that she didn't need such a victory, compared to people, she would rather lose the city and retain her strength as much as possible.

Zhuang Shujun also understood the importance of retaining strength from this battle, if it wasn't for the consumption of the other party again and again, where would this advantage in strength come from now?

This kind of combat method of injuring the enemy by one thousand and self-inflicting eight hundred, can it be avoided or avoided as much as possible!

Therefore, he led the army back to Yuehua City, and once again prepared to hold the city, now, his strength is stronger than Zhang Xiaoting's, he originally had 1.8 million left, and when he returned to Yuehua City, there were still 200,000 cavalry and 100,000 defenders and 50,000 royal forest troops of Agoura.

The total strength reached 2.15 million, and at this time, Zhang Xiaoting only had 1.5 million left, and Zhuang Shujun had 650,000 more troops from the other side.

What's more, he is still defending the city, and with the city wall as a barrier, the defense of the city will naturally become easier.

Zhang Xiaoting also understood this situation, and not long after the battle report was issued, he was again

Immediately applied to the Eastern Qin State, asking the whole army to return to China to support Lanjing City.

His consideration was that the base camp was about to be lost, and the siege war here was almost hopeless, and in comparison, returning to China to defend the base camp was the most important strategy.

Therefore, after his application was sent, this side was temporarily suspended, and all his troops were stationed in Snow City, waiting for the emperor's reply.

On the side of the Eastern Qin State, after the first night's hand-to-hand engagement, the soldiers on both sides were very tired, the Eastern Qin State was stationed in Lanjing City, and Lin Zhiqiu and Bala's troops were stationed five miles outside the city, and they did not start the siege again.

At dawn, Mu Qianmei sent them two instructions

1. Don't attack the city again for the time being, unless the other party is out of the city, you can meet the battle, otherwise, wait until she arrives to discuss how to attack the city;

2. Be prepared to intercept the 500,000 troops sent by Zhang Xiaoting, first solve the 500,000 troops, and then consider the matter of attacking Lanjing City.

Since there is no need to attack the city, Lin Zhiqiu and Bala arranged for the soldiers to take turns to rest, and the days of running around made everyone very tired.

There is no movement on the side of the Eastern Qin Kingdom for the time being, and when the day is about to dawn, they will also arrange to rest first, recuperate their spirits, and then consider the next plan.

At noon, Qin Siyong, who had taken a short break, once again convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the next specific actions.

Above the court, Qin Siyong's previous excitement also passed, and after calming down, he thought carefully and found that the situation was still very grim, and it was not as optimistic as he thought before, so he said in a deep voice:

"The 500,000 troops sent back by General Zhang will definitely be intercepted by the other party, how can we crack it?"

Immediately afterwards, the minister suggested:

"Weichen suggests that when they are about to arrive, we will go out of the city and take the initiative to attack, and attack with reinforcements on both sides to wipe them all out."

It has been suggested that:

"They came from afar and can't immediately participate in the battle, they should be notified to take a detour to avoid a head-on battle with Yun Yu's ** team."

It has been suggested that:

"Now that General Zhang's side is in urgent need of reinforcements, they should be allowed to return and continue to participate in the battle against Yuehua City."

Others suggested:

"Now there are only 200,000 troops on Mu Qianmei's side, and the cavalry troops returning are 500,000, they should be notified to go directly to eliminate Mu Qianmei's army first, and then return to Lanjing City."

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This time, everyone expressed their own suggestions, all kinds of ideas, Qin Siyongan listened quietly, and still asked Wei Xiaohan:

"What is Prime Minister Wei's suggestion?"

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

"Weichen suggested that they should take a detour directly to the north, and we should meet them in the north and then make the next step, otherwise, it will be difficult for them to return to Lanjing City safely."

Qin Siyong asked calmly:

"Why don't we go out and cooperate with them, flank the front and back, and wipe out the army of the Cloud Feather Country?"

Wei Xiaohan replied respectfully:

"We're all out of the army

, can not defeat their well-trained army, and our reinforcements come from afar, the tired division should not immediately participate in the battle, the chance of victory in the front and rear is still very small, but it will cause our Lanjing City to be empty, and they will take advantage of it. ”

Qin Siyong continued to ask:

"What if they return to support General Zhang's attack on Yuehua City?"

Wei Xiaohan replied with a worried face:

"Even if they return, it will be difficult to break through Yuehua City, we fought all the way, the consumption is too great, and now our total strength is not as good as the other side, and the hope of victory is still very small."

Qin Siyong said indifferently:

"Don't we have any choice but to retreat? After paying such a big price, but in the end it was in vain, wouldn't these efforts be meaningless. ”

Wei Xiaohan replied without hesitation:

"The two armies face each other, just like playing chess, once you make a wrong move in the key move, it will be difficult to remedy it later, now retreat, we still retain enough strength, waiting for the next opportunity, if we continue to play, our chess will be eaten by the opponent, then there will really be no chance."

This is equivalent to questioning Qin Siyong's decision-making at the beginning, saying that the questioning is all euphemistic, and it should be that the court has denied all the decisions that Qin Siyong has made along the way.

In front of the emperor, he denied his decision-making, and all the civil and military officials were silent, not daring to breathe loudly.

Qin Siyong's face was also slightly gloomy, but he forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart.

While discussing the next plan, Mu Qianmei found out the specific movements of the 500,000 cavalry of the Eastern Qin State from the secret agents.

Without hesitation, she immediately ordered Bala to urgently dispatch 600,000 cavalry to intercept quickly, and Lin Zhiqiu stayed to guard the camp.

As for Mu Qianmei herself, the soldiers were divided into two routes, each with 100,000 troops, one was the 80,000 soldiers temporarily recruited and recruited by the Eastern Qin State, plus the 20,000 troops she brought from the Yunyu Kingdom, let Mo Huan lead them to join Lin Zhiqiu outside Lanjing City; All the way, the army brought out from Yunyu Country with not weak combat effectiveness, plus the masters accompanying the beggar gang, she herself led it herself, and went to round with Bala to intercept the reinforcements of the Eastern Qin State together.

In this way, in the country of Eastern Qin, there are three route armies that are all moving rapidly in the same direction, one is the normal route of the reinforcements of the Eastern Qin State, one is the 600,000 cavalry of Bala, and the other is the beggar gang master and Yun Yu ** team led by Mu Qianmei personally.

The three-way army was rapidly approaching.

During the war, each country has its own means of information dissemination, and their actions naturally did not escape Qin Siyong's eyes, and Qin Siyong, who got the intelligence, of course would not let it go.

Qin Siyong, who had already decided never to back down, did not adopt Wei Xiaohan's suggestion in the court, but chose to stay and continue to fight against Yun Yuguo head-on.

So, having this opportunity, he immediately ordered:

"While they are now divided into two ways, we will rush out of the city as soon as possible, and destroy their army stationed outside the city first."

None of the ministers raised any further objections.

So, Qin Siyong personally led the Imperial Forest Army, asked Yan Wansong and Tang Xiao to cooperate, led the defenders, and rushed out of Yuehua City with him.

Lin Zhiqiu, who led the army to be stationed outside Lanjing City, could he resist the army led by Qin Siyong himself this time?