The chess game has reached the endgame stage, on the chessboard, Mu Qianmei has the advantage, whether it is the comparison of troops or the position occupied by the army, Qin Siyong is far from being at a disadvantage.

Above the court, Qin Siyong sat on the dragon chair with his brows furrowed, and he didn't speak for a long time, just one person was meditating alone, all the civil and military officials were standing quietly, no one spoke, everyone's mood was very low, such a situation made people feel powerless.

Qin Siyong knew that all this was caused by him being too anxious.

If he could do it all over again, he would never have gotten the situation to such a point.

Unfortunately, there is no turning back.

Qin Siyong raised his head, his eyes slowly swept over the faces of the civil and military officials, as if he wanted to ask them, how to go next, and as if he wanted to remember them, would he be able to see them every day in the future?

This time, he didn't ask, Wei Xiaohan had already come out and said:

"Your Majesty, it's too late for us to retreat!"

Wei Xiaohan just said this, and didn't say anything else, because everyone saw the situation very clearly.

As soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers came out together and said in unison:

"The ministers seconded it!"

There was a somewhat bleak atmosphere in the court.

Everyone knows that Qin Siyong doesn't want to retreat, but now that the matter has come to this, what's the point of insisting?

Qin Siyong did not decide immediately, but continued to think alone, how to minimize the loss?

After thinking about it for a long time, Qin Siyong spoke:

"Is it too late to notify the rescue forces to return to Snow White City now, or make a detour to the north?"

Wei Xiaohan bowed down and replied:

"It's too late now, because their whereabouts are completely under Mu Qianmei's control, and Mu Qianmei is on the way to intercept, no matter which direction our rescue army goes, it will be difficult to escape Mu Qianmei's interception."

"Unless they can return themselves, maybe they can also retreat to Snow City, now, as long as they go forward, they will all be intercepted, but the order they received is to support Lanjing City, and the military order is like a mountain, it is impossible for them to return."

The meaning is clear, they are already certain to die.

Qin Siyong was very aggrieved in his heart, he really wanted to rush out with the defenders and fight happily, but unfortunately, his Imperial Forest Army had been slaughtered, and now, there was still a group of masters around him, that is, the imperial guards in the open and in the dark.

This is his last guarantee, he can kill it, but what about these civil and military officials?

After thinking about it, Qin Siyong finally decided:

"Our Lanjing City, east of the sea, can not leave from the sea, the north gate can still be safely evacuated now, by Yan Taiwei personally led 200,000 soldiers, escort the civil and military officials to retreat to the north, I personally led 250,000 soldiers, broke through Lin Zhiqiu's army defense line, went to meet with the reinforcements, at the same time, the flying pigeon sent a message to inform Zhang Xiaoting, avoid the other party's army, evacuate to the north, when the time comes, we will go to the north together to meet with the Qing's family."

Yan Wansong and Qin Siyong said in unison:

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

The ministers immediately chimed in:

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Qin Siyong didn't say

Words, Wei Xiaohan continued:

"Your Majesty is a golden body, only when Your Majesty is safe, there is hope for the Eastern Qin Kingdom, so if anyone is in danger, Your Majesty cannot be in danger!"

Yan Wansong also immediately said:

"If Your Majesty must rescue the 500,000 reinforcements, the old minister will lead the army to join them, and Your Majesty will lead the army to escort everyone to the north to retreat!"

Qin Siyong shook his head, and said in an unquestionable tone:

"I have decided, you don't need to say much, after fighting for so long, I also want to meet Princess Yunyu in person, I have admired her talent before, and now I want to take a look, what kind of demeanor is Princess Yunyu on the battlefield?"

The emperor has already decided, and the ministers also know that it is useless to talk more, because there is no joke in the group, he has already decided, who can let him change it?

However, Yan Wansong still said resolutely:

"Since Your Majesty is going, the ministers can't leave Lanjing City and leave, we will stick to Lanjing City, wait for Your Majesty's triumphant return, and then, whether to retreat or not, and then make a decision, what does Your Majesty think?"

When Qin Siyong was still thinking, Wei Xiaohan also continued:

"The minister also suggested staying in Lanjing City and waiting for His Majesty's return, for the soldiers outside, Lanjing City is the base camp of the Eastern Qin State, if we give it up, it will shake the morale of the army."

"Moreover, Your Majesty is not in Lanjing City, their focus will not be to attack Lanjing City, but will follow Your Majesty's footsteps and shift, at this time Lanjing City is the safest, not to mention that we still have a strong city wall as a barrier, and it is difficult for them to attack the city when their troops are insufficient."

Wei Xiaohan's words made Qin Siyong nod in approval, so he agreed:

"That's good, Taiwei Yan will lead 200,000 troops to defend the city, don't go out of the city to meet the battle easily, this defense of the city is indeed better than retreating. I led 250,000 troops to meet the 500,000 reinforcements, and then we went to the direction of Snow City together, joined up with General Zhang's army, and then retreated to Lanjing City, and if necessary, we could continue to retreat north. ”

He finally relented, and had been firmly disagreeing to retreat north, but now he finally compromised.

So, that night, after the army had been distributed, he ordered the whole army to rest and wait for dawn before setting out.

Early the next morning, the 250,000 troops that had been allocated were all equipped with war horses, although they were not professional cavalry, but when they were chosen, they all chose soldiers who could ride horses to follow Qin Siyong, and what they wanted was speed.

This is also a temporary cavalry unit.

Qin Siyong led 250,000 cavalry and quickly went out of the city, deliberately avoiding Lin Zhiqiu's troops at the south gate, but set off from the west gate, and then left quickly, galloping in the direction where the 500,000 reinforcements came.

When Lin Zhiqiu knew the news, they had already left for a long time, and Lin Zhiqiu did not hesitate to order the 80,000 cavalry to follow.

He himself led an army of 420,000 and continued to garrison the south gate of Lanjing City, and he did not plan to launch a siege operation, but just stuck in the barracks and waited for Mu Qianmei's next order.

When Qin Siyong's army was still on the way, Mu Qianmei and Bala's army had already met with the 500,000 reinforcements of the Eastern Qin State on the way.

The place where they met was an ancient city called Fenglin, which was open and vast

Plains area.

Of course, they did not meet in the castle, but in a place outside the castle called Kazegindai, where there was a natural huge circular stone platform, thirty-six meters high and about six hundred meters in diameter.

In this flat place, this stone platform looks very abrupt, and it is also an iconic stone.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a phoenix descended to this place, so this place is called Fenglin City, and at that time the phoenix once sang a mysterious tune on this boulder, although no one can understand, but everyone thinks, it must be a very auspicious thing, so this boulder is called Fengyintai.

Around the Phoenix Tower, within a radius of ten miles, there is a large wasteland, because this is the place where the phoenix once sang a mysterious tune, and everyone consciously does not occupy the land here.

In fact, this is not a coincidence, but the rescue troops of the Eastern Qin State deliberately selected, when they heard that Mu Qianmei was already on the way to meet them, the general Tang Xiao immediately ordered to rest on the spot, to recuperate, and wait for the arrival of Mu Qianmei's army.

The reason why they chose this place is because of the open terrain that is suitable for cavalry troops to fight, and secondly, I hope that this mysterious place can bring them good luck.

When the two armies met, Mu Qianmei naturally ordered Bala's cavalry troops to go to meet them, and use cavalry against cavalry.

Tang Xiao had 500,000 cavalry, and Bala had 600,000, 100,000 more than him.

Moreover, Tang Xiao's cavalry troops, but sent from the main force of the Eastern Qin State, are naturally not low in combat effectiveness, but when they encounter Bala's cavalry troops, they are still slightly inferior after all, because the cavalry troops led by Bala are all from the prairie, and the grassland people have lived on their backs for a long time, and the skill of riding horses can be said to be innate, and they have been practicing since childhood.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to fight against the 350,000 of the Eastern Qin State with 300,000 outside Lanjing City, including 50,000 Imperial Forest Army, and after destroying the enemy, there were still 80,000 people left.

That's the gap.

The cavalry met, the men roared and the horses neighed, and in a moment they were all together.

In the battle, Bala's cavalry was indeed slightly superior, but the gap was not large, compared to the previous battle with the miscellaneous army on the side of the Eastern Qin Imperial Palace outside Lanjing City, it was already evenly matched here.

However, as time passed, the disadvantages of the Eastern Qin State became more and more obvious, in the melee, the control of the war horse, the flexibility of the body on horseback, and the battle between attack and defense on horseback, the people of the Eastern Qin State were far inferior to the soldiers brought by Bala.

Barra knew that such a battle would not end all at once, so he was not impatient, but planned to surround the other party in the middle of the battlefield without realizing it.

It's a pity that Tang Xiao seems to have seen through his intentions, so he will strictly defend himself every time to prevent his army from falling into the encirclement of the other party.

The cavalry troops couldn't do it, but Mu Qianmei could, he immediately ordered the beggar gang masters to lead an army of 100,000 people, and when the cavalry on both sides was fighting, they quickly made a detour and walked to the rear of the Eastern Qin troops to prevent them from retreating.

In this way, a rudimentary encirclement situation has been formed.

Tang Xiao frowned, but regretted that he couldn't divide his troops to intercept him, because his troops were all in the battle, and he couldn't tell them at all, so he could only watch the other party's people go around to their rear.

He didn't like the situation very much, but unfortunately, there was nothing he could do in the fight, it was not something he could control.