Under the light of the fire, the fighting on the battlefield became more tragic and bloody, the sounds of fighting and screams were covered in and down, and the corpses were all over the field, like purgatory on earth.

On the battlefield, the advantage of having more people in the Beiyue Kingdom was not shown at all, on the contrary, because there were too many people, it looked a little messy, and the casualties were even heavier.

Mei Zizhen watched his soldiers fall one after another, he was so anxious that he couldn't wait to go into the field himself and kill all the demon army.

However, that's just thinking about it, as a general, in the current situation, it is impossible for him to fight in person, unless it is the most critical moment, he will take the lead.

Mei Zizhen, who was thinking hard about a good plan, when he saw the raging flames, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he had a plan, so he immediately ordered:

"Attack with fire!"

The order was passed down, and the besieging team immediately switched, and some of the soldiers on the periphery first withdrew from the battle formation, and then changed to archers and stepped forward, forming a larger circle in the outermost part of the battle formation, each holding bows and arrows, ready to go.

Then, bundles of dry firewood and straw came from the periphery, and they were transmitted to the battle circle, and the soldiers of the North Moon Kingdom threw the straw and dry firewood into the besieged demon army, and when the firewood and grass fell, the archers immediately shot the burning arrows one after another.

The arrows ignited the firewood, and the burning firewood and grass ignited the clothes of the demon army, and the screams immediately came out from the demon army.

In this way, the battle formation of the Demon Realm army was finally broken, the flames were ignited, and they could only be forced to rush outward, rushing into the ranks of the North Moon Kingdom, and gradually formed a chaotic battle situation.

Once the battle array was destroyed, the situation of the Demon Realm army cooperating with the battle no longer existed, and the situation was finally reversed, and now those soldiers who rushed out to the Demon Realm were all surrounded by the army of the Northern Moon Country, and two or three people were fighting around one person, and their advantage of cooperating with the battle was completely broken.

As a result, the casualties on the battlefield have also changed, the casualties of the Demon Realm army are increasing rapidly, while the casualties of the West Rain Country are rapidly decreasing.

When the more than 100,000 people of the Demon Realm army were completely annihilated, the casualties of the Xiyu Kingdom were almost 100,000, and the casualties on both sides were finally equal.

Seeing that the fire in front of him was weakening, Mei Zizhen took the opportunity to make a decision and decisively ordered the withdrawal of the army, so the remaining army retreated in an orderly manner before the Demon Realm army in the rear rushed in.

When the army of the Western Rain Kingdom retreated to Long'an City, the sky was already bright, and their first line of defense was broken by the army of the Demon Realm.

In this line of defense, the casualties on both sides are basically the same, about 200,000.

For the army of the Demon Realm, such a price is a bit big, but for the army of the West Rain Country, this is a good result.

Breaking through the first line of defense, the Demon Realm army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, this first line of defense was breached, they also need to take care of the battlefield, and then study the tactics behind.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the news that the Demon Realm army had broken through the first line of defense of the West Rain Country quickly spread to all parts of the world on the second day.

In Magnolia City, above the court, Mu Qianmei sat on the throne of heaven, the majesty of the king, shrouded the entire court, after the civil and military officials worshipped, they all took their places, waiting for the king to speak.

Although Xiyu Kingdom has been forced to retreat to a corner, the civil and military officials in the court are still very neat, and the order of the country has not been greatly affected, on the contrary, more officials have gathered in Yulan City.

Because the officials of the city occupied by the army of the Demon Realm have all retreated to Magnolia City.

Mu Qianmei dispersed these officials to the seventy-six cities that had not yet been lost, assisted in the management of these cities, and accelerated the development of these cities to the greatest extent.

Now, the population of the seventy-six cities occupied by Mu Qianmei is almost full, and the 1.5 billion people of Xiyu Country are scattered in the three hundred and sixty cities and surrounding towns, which seems to be very loose and orderly, but now there are nearly one billion people gathered in these seventy-six cities, and it seems very crowded all of a sudden.

Fortunately, the land occupied by these seventy-six cities is still relatively wide, occupying one-third of the territory of the entire Xiyu Country, which can barely be accommodated, and because of the retreat, almost all the wealth and materials of the whole country are gathered here, so as not to affect the normal life of the people.

The most important thing is that almost all the talents of Xiyu Country are in the hands of Mu Qianmei, and Mu Qianmei uses these talents to take advantage of the situation to develop agriculture, industry and commerce in this land, so that the spirit stones can circulate in the market and form rapid growth, and at the same time, a large number of conscripts will be recruited to speed up the construction and development of the army.

The Demon Realm army avoided them to attack other places, but gave them a chance to develop quietly, how could Mu Qianmei waste such an opportunity?

In the court, Mu Qianmei thought quietly for a long time before she said slowly:

"The Demon Realm army chose to launch an attack on the Beiyue Kingdom on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and successfully broke through their defense line at Beining Pass, what do the Qing family think about this?"

Because of the short distance, the news reached Yulan City early in the morning, so everyone was not surprised, after listening to Mu Qianmei's words, the general Lu Jing first spoke:

"The Demon Realm army has a total of 60 million people, and now in order to attack the North Moon Country, they have sent 40 million people, which shows that they want to defeat the North Moon Country in one fell swoop and expand their territory."

"According to the report of our spies, the remaining armies of the Demon Realm are scattered and deployed in various military fortresses in the Xiyu Country they occupy, including the border of our Magnolia City, however, each military fortress has only deployed two million troops, if we take this opportunity to attack the past, we will definitely be able to quickly recover the city that belongs to us."

"Therefore, the last general is willing to ask for battle, lead an army of 10 million, launch a surprise attack on the army of the Demon Realm, and quickly recover the city that belongs to us."

As soon as he finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the court reacted differently, some nodded slightly, expressing their approval of such a suggestion, and some frowned slightly, obviously disagreeing with this point of view.

As a result, the officials began to talk about each other. Cool text

Mu Qianmei sat on the Heavenly Throne, her expression was indifferent, her expression was calm, she neither agreed nor opposed, and listened quietly to everyone's discussions.

Although it sounded messy, Mu Qianmei could still hear that most people were opposed, and only a few people expressed support.

Seeing that everyone's discussion was almost over, Mu Qianmei calmly asked:

"What do you think about this?"

百里和風出列 says:

"Heavenly King, the last general thinks that it is not appropriate to attack the demon army at this time."

"The land occupied by the demon army now is what we deliberately ceded, the purpose is to concentrate our people and wait for a better time to counterattack."

"But now is not the best time to counterattack, although the defense of the Demon Realm army is weak, but their total strength is much stronger than ours, if we don't move, once we move, they will inevitably concentrate their forces to attack us, and even if they don't hesitate to withdraw from the North Moon Country, they will also defeat us, at that time, how can we resist them?"

"Therefore, the last general suggested that the most important thing for us now is to speed up development, and when the Demon Realm army does not take the initiative to attack, we will quickly build the land we occupy now into an impregnable wall, and then wait for a better opportunity to counterattack the Demon Realm army and recover the old mountains and rivers."

Baili Hefeng's words have been supported by more people, and many people have nodded in agreement.

Mu Qianmei still didn't say her opinion, since the two generals had expressed their opinions, Mu Qianmei subconsciously looked at Liu Tingfeng, wanting to hear what he thought about it.

Liu Tingfeng saw Mu Qianmei looking at him, and immediately came out and said:

"The last general thinks that it is really not appropriate to send troops at this time, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the dispatch of troops may be relatively smooth in the early stage, but when the demon army concentrates its forces against us, it will be difficult for us to resist, and at that time, even if we retreat to the territory again, they will not stop attacking, and we will become very passive."

"Don't fight the unprepared, don't fight the unsure, we should wait for a better time."

Mu Qianmei looked at Lu Zimo and asked:

"What does Prime Minister Lu think?"

Lu Zimo immediately came out of the queue and replied respectfully:

"I think that other countries now basically choose to stand still, and we should do the same, because whoever strikes first will withstand the fierce attack of the Demon Realm army."

"With our current strength, we can't withstand the counterattack of the Demon Realm army."

Mu Qianmei looked at Zhou Yunxi and asked:

"What does Dean Zhou think?"

Zhou Yunxi also immediately replied:

"The minister does not advocate sending troops now, now the demon army has diverted attention, it is an opportunity for us to seize the time to develop, at this time the army is too hasty, but we are in chaos, when the demon army attacks, we have no power to protect ourselves."

"Therefore, the minister advised to stay put."

Mu Qianmei said slowly:

"It seems that the majority of those who support not sending troops, and the reasons are also very good, so King Lone also says his opinion!"

"The army of the demon world is attacking in a big way, it is said that our immortal world should have the same hatred, but on Meiling Mountain, the Longxiao Kingdom, the Beiyue Kingdom and the Tianlei Kingdom have resolutely chosen to withdraw from the Five Nations Alliance regardless of the crisis of the West Rain Country, their purpose is very clear, that is, they hope that the West Rain Country will face the Demon World army alone first, and when we are eliminated, it will also cause a certain amount of loss to the Demon World army."

"At that point, they will be able to reap the benefits."

"It is precisely because of this that we were forced to give up two-thirds of the land of the West Rain Country and retreat to a corner, so that we could win such a respite everywhere."

"For us now, developing strength is naturally more important than recovering territory, so the Lone King also agrees not to send troops."

"Of course, General Lu's idea of wanting to recover the old mountains and rivers is also right, we are not not not recovering, we are just waiting for a better opportunity, I hope that the three generals will speed up the construction and training of the army, make full preparations, and when the time comes, we will take back everything that belongs to us."

"Can the Zhongqing family still have objections?"

The civil and military officials immediately replied respectfully in unison:

"The ministers obey the will of the Heavenly King!"