The demon army set up camp in Wuding City, which was eighty miles away from Ziyun City, and did not rush forward to attack the city.

Wuding City is equivalent to the southern gate of Ziyun City, which is already the last line of defense for the capital city of the Northern Moon Kingdom, and now that Wuding City has fallen into the hands of the Demon Realm army, the Northern Moon Kingdom can only hold on to the capital Purple Cloud City.

The army of the Demon Realm marched all the way, like a bamboo, and also occupied the thirty-six cities of the Northern Moon Country, if Ye Wuyue was willing, he could still occupy more cities, because as the army of the Northern Moon Kingdom retreated step by step, many cities in the Northern Moon Country became empty cities, just like those cities that Mu Qianmei deliberately gave up in the West Rain Country.

However, Ye Wuyue didn't care about those empty cities for the time being, he just pocketed the cities that he had fought all the way over, and turned them into a passage between Purple Cloud City and Xiyu Country.

This passage can ensure that the army of the Demon Realm can be attacked and defended, and the army will remain intact, marching all the way to the capital.

The Northern Moon Kingdom has already concentrated the nation's forces in Ziyun City, and this will be a decisive battle between the two armies.

It was already late autumn, and the weather in the north was colder than that in the West Rain Country, and the Demon Realm army was slightly uncomfortable, and this kind of weather had little impact on the army of the Northern Moon Country.

In the palace of the Northern Moon Kingdom in Purple Cloud City, Emperor Yue Ruhong convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the strategy of defending the city.

Above the court, hundreds of officials exchanged heads and discussions, and the atmosphere was very tense.

Yue Ruhong frowned, and said with a solemn expression:

"The army is pressing, the enemy is outnumbered, the enemy is strong and I am weak, how can we break the enemy in this battle?"

A military general said in a resentful tone:

"The demon army is too deceitful, we lead all the armies and go out of the city to fight them to the death, since our national level has reached the moment of life and death, we will gather all the monks and masters, and leave them in the land of the North Moon Country forever."

Yue Ruhong did not agree with this suggestion, but continued to ask:

"Do you have any other ways to break the enemy?"

A civil servant came out and said:

"Emperor Yu, even if we dispatch monk masters, they are still not the opponents of the demon realm army, because they are also prepared, and the number of monk masters they came with the army is not less than ours, and their cultivation is not worse than ours, and they still have the advantage in the end."

"Moreover, if we first dispatch a master above the Tribulation Period to fight, we will first violate the rules of the Outer Heavens, then we will definitely be punished by the Divine Realm, and at the same time, this kind of consumption will allow the other four countries to reap the benefits."

"The greater our consumption of the Demon Realm army, the more beneficial it will be for them to attack the Demon Realm in the future, we are just marrying others."

Yue Ruhai nodded slightly, but did not speak, and after a while, he looked at Mei Zizhen and asked:

"General Mei, you have fought against the Demon Realm army all the way, and you know the situation best, what do you suggest?"

Mei Zizhen, who is as charming as a woman, is out of the ranks, and replied with a serious expression:

"Returning to the Emperor, if we can continue to delay the war until winter, we will have a great advantage, our army of the Northern Moon Kingdom is very adaptable to the winter weather, but the army of the Demon Realm is not good at fighting in winter, therefore, the last general suggests that it is to defend Ziyun City, if we can delay until winter, maybe we will have a glimmer of life."

Usually, everyone feels unpleasant when they look at Mei Zizhen, a good man, but a boy and a girl, words and deeds are completely no different from a woman, in private, many people call him Miss Mei.

However, after this period of fighting, everyone found that he was stronger on the battlefield than many real men, and gradually, his opinion of him improved, and other personal cultivation and leadership ability are obvious to all.

Now, no one is calling him Miss Mei, but everyone is willing to call him General Mei.

After listening to Mei Zizhen's words, Yue Ruhong pondered for a long time before she said with a puzzled tone:

"Drag it out until winter? It's late autumn now, and it's the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and according to the experience of previous years, it will probably start to snow in another twenty days, can we hold out for twenty days? ”

The civil and military officials began to talk about it again, some thought it was okay, some thought it was difficult, and some thought that according to the previous battle, it would not be possible at all.

In the midst of the discussion of the hundred officials, Yue Ruhong looked at Yue Ruhai and asked:

"Generalissimo Yue, what do you think?"

After Yue Ruhai came out of the line to salute, she replied slowly:

"Back to Your Majesty, we can see this, Ye Wuyue can naturally see it, with his usual combat style, he will not give us a chance to delay, presumably when his army rests for a while, after the rectification is completed, he will inevitably launch a fierce attack on Ziyun City, even more than any previous battle."

"He will attack us at all costs, with the number and combat effectiveness of his army, we can resist for a maximum of ten days, even if there are monks and masters, we can hold out for a maximum of fifteen days, this battle, we have no chance of winning."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, as a generalissimo, and he was also the identity of the prince, how could he say such depressing words?

Once this word reaches the ears of the army and the people, will it not cause great panic and confusion?

Yue Ruhong was also extremely surprised and said:

"Is our army so vulnerable?"

Yue Ruhai replied respectfully:

"Our real main force, in this way of fighting, has been almost consumed, the current 20 million troops, more than half of them are improvised patchwork, there are a lot of people, but the combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning at all, and it has been retreating one after another, although the command is well, the retreat is orderly, and there is no confusion in the formation, but the morale has been greatly affected."

"The fighting spirit of the soldiers has been exhausted, and an army without fighting spirit will fight against an army with high morale, and the result will speak for itself, it will definitely be vulnerable."

Yue Ruhong said puzzledly:

"In my opinion, no matter how weak our army of the Northern Moon Kingdom is, it is stronger than the Western Rain Country! They can all retreat to a corner, so that the army of the Demon Realm does not dare to attack rashly, why can't we follow suit? ”

Yue Ruhai analyzed and said:

"When the Xiyu Kingdom retreated to a corner, they took the initiative to retreat, and the consumption of the main force of the army was not large, and before the retreat, the battle of Meiling commanded by Mu Qianmei also achieved a great victory, on the surface of the Xiaoshui River, the demon army was defeated by fire attack, although the overall casualties were not large, but the significance was very important, because that great victory kept the morale of the Xiyu Kingdom in an extremely strong state."

"But our main force has been constantly attrition, and then we have been defeated and retreated to Ziyun City, and if we start a war at this time, it will be easy to be attacked."

Yue Ruhong said in an unwilling tone:

"So we're already on a losing slate?"

"Could it be that this Beiyue Kingdom, which has been inherited for tens of thousands of years, is about to perish in my hands?"

No one can answer this, and no one dares to answer it, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty all looked down at the ground in a regular manner, above the court, so quiet that they could hear the needle dropping, and even everyone could control their breathing and dare not make any sound.

Yue Ruhong fell into deep thought, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After a long time, he came back to his senses, then took a deep breath and asked slowly:

"Does the Zhongqing family have any good plans to save the country?"

Regarding this war, even Yue Ruhai, who has the most right to speak, has no hope, who can come up with any good plan? The civil and military officials all continued to bow their heads and remained silent.

The so-called clever woman is difficult to cook without rice, the enemy is strong and weak, the enemy is outnumbered, and there is no army in her hands, how can she save the country?

Seeing that no one spoke, Yue Ruhong's eyes scanned the circle of civil and military officials, and sighed softly.

After a long time, he said leisurely alone:

"It seems that our choice to withdraw from the Five-Nation Alliance is a wrong decision, and the dissolution of the Five-Nation Alliance will ultimately benefit the Demon Realm Army."

This is still no one dares to accept this, this proposal was put forward by Yue Ruhai, and in the end Yue Ruhong personally agreed, under the circumstances at that time, no one would have thought that the army of the Demon World would not choose to continue to attack the Xiyu Kingdom, but turned the spearhead and pointed at the Northern Moon Kingdom.

Instead, the North Moon Kingdom became the first country to be completely wiped out by the Demon Realm army.

If it was when the Demon Realm army had just invaded, the Long Xiao Kingdom and the Heavenly Thunder Kingdom could send the main force to resist together, but they would be able to repel the Demon Realm army, but they did not do so, and both countries only supported symbolically, and the main army remained in their respective countries.

The hearts of the people are not aligned, everyone wants to be the last country to fight against the demon army, and at that time, whoever defeats the demon army will become the master of the entire outer heavens.

The country that is chosen first by the Demon Army will inevitably become a victim of the consumption of the Demon Army's combat power.

Unfortunately, the North Moon Kingdom is now such a victim, if they choose to continue fighting, the only effect is to cause great attrition to the Demon Realm army, and make a wedding dress for the chosen countries later.

This is an aggrieved and helpless reality, fighting, is bound to lose, if you don't fight, you will face the end of the country.

In fact, it should be said that whether you fight or not, you will eventually lose the country, it is just a difference between choosing to die in battle or taking the initiative to give up.

These two choices are not what Yue Ruhong is willing to face, so now he is very entangled, very embarrassed, and very heartbroken.

No one spoke, and after a long time, Yue Ruhong continued to ask:

"Now that the end of defeat is doomed, do we have any other relatively better options?"

At this time, Yue Ruhai replied:

"Your Majesty, the so-called 'stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood', since we can no longer hold it, the minister suggested, we will continue to retreat to the north and retreat into the vast forest in the north, I believe that the army of the demon world will not go deep into such a desolate forest to continue to attack us."

"As long as people are still there, when one day the situation outside is clear, we will make a comeback, and with these strengths we have preserved, we will definitely be able to fight for a place, I hope Your Majesty will think twice."