Hearing the Demon Venerable's question, the civil and military officials all fell into deep thought.

If you want to attack Hongchang City, you will inevitably divide your troops, so you will give the Xiyu army on the other side of the Xiaoshui River the opportunity to cross the river, if you force the river to cross the river to attack the Xiyu army on the other side, it will give the rear Liutingfeng the opportunity to attack.

It's a dilemma.

A military general was the first to speak:

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that it is our top priority to recapture Hongchang City, in Hongchang City, Liu Tingfeng's army is only 800,000, even if their combat effectiveness is strong, we will divide two or three million troops to attack the city, the chance of victory is still very great, in this way, there are still six million troops stationed on the bank of the Xiaoshui River, and it is not so easy for the army of Xiyu to cross the river."

A civil servant also came out and said:

"Weichen agrees with this strategy, after all, Hongchang City is of great significance to us, our rear supplies need to pass through Hongchang City, they occupy Hongchang City, it is equivalent to cutting off our rear supplies, millions of troops have no food and grass, it will be difficult to move an inch!"

One of the generals came out and said:

"The last general seconded it!"

The three of them became a force, and then twenty or thirty people came out together and said:

"The ministers seconded it!"

However, the people who stood up did not include the veteran Yuwen Junxiong and the rising star Tang Yuansi, and the military advisor Fan Moyou did not speak.

After Qu Yunyang groaned slightly, he looked at Tang Yuansi and asked:

"What does General Don suggest?"

Tang Yuansi replied:

"Emperor Yu, the last general thinks that three million people attack Hongchang City, the odds are not great, before Liu Tingfeng attacked the city, that was the best time to choose the people to worship the river god, and it was a surprise attack, which caught us off guard, so we successfully occupied Hongchang City."

"Now, they have done a good job of arming in the city, 600,000 elite troops, 200,000 demon beast troops, and the people are full of pious worship for the little white dragon, and a lot of new recruits have been added.

"If we launch an attack, the army of the Xiyu Kingdom on the other side of the Xiaoshui River will inevitably cross the river strongly, and at that time, we will be attacked on both sides, according to the report of the secret agent, the army of the Xiyu Kingdom on the other side has a total of 12 million, and now Liu Tingfeng has taken away 600,000, and there are also more than 11 million troops over there, we have 9 million, and the strength is slightly insufficient, so it is not suitable to fight on two fronts."

Qu Yunyang turned to Yuwen Junxiong and asked:

"What does General Yuwen think?"

After Yuwen Toshio came out of the ranks, he replied respectfully:

"The last general believes that it is indeed not appropriate to fight on two fronts."

In the end, Qu Yunyang finally looked at the military advisor Fan Moyou, frowned slightly, and said:

"Does the military advisor have a plan to break the enemy?"

After Fan Moyou bowed, he said slowly:

"In Weichen's view, we should go all out to attack Hongchang City, because our army, most of the recruits, combat effectiveness is indeed slightly inferior, with three million troops to attack Hongchang City, it is really not enough, they have the city wall to rely on, and they are all elite divisions, with three million attacks, if they can't beat it, it is equivalent to making a senseless sacrifice."

"Therefore, Weichen suggested that we can leave three million troops to defend the Xiaoshui River, try to block the Xiyu army on the other side of the river from crossing the river, and then send six million troops to forcibly attack Hongchang City, and attack it as quickly as possible, first, to destroy Liu Tingfeng's elite army, and secondly, to let us defend the city, at that time, even if the Xiyu army successfully crosses the river, we will not be afraid."

Qu Yunyang muttered to himself:

"Three million interceptions, six million sieges?"

After saying that, he fell into deep thought, as if thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

After a long time, he looked at Yuwen Junxiong and Tang Yuansi and asked:

"If the two of you join forces and lead an army of six million to attack Hongchang City, how long will it take at the earliest?"

After Yuwen Junxiong and Tang Yuansi glanced at each other, Yuwen Junxiong replied respectfully:

"Back to Your Majesty, if we cooperate with the attack, we can break the city in about three days."

"However, judging from the comparison of the strength of our two sides, the casualties in the siege will inevitably be relatively large, because our army is mostly a new recruit, and if we want to capture Hongchang City, it is estimated that there will be more than two million, or even three million casualties."

"And the three million troops who stayed to intercept the other side of the Xiaoshui River would be almost impossible to hold for three days, and if they held out, they would be wiped out in two days at most, and at that time, we would face a situation where we would be attacked on our backs, and the situation would become even more severe."

Qu Yunyang whispered to himself:

"When we are attacked on both sides, we will not be even more passive at that time!"

After finishing speaking, Qu Yunyang asked again:

"If we ignore the Xiaoshui River, leave only hundreds of thousands of people to guard, and then increase the strength of the siege, how soon will we be able to capture it? Can you capture it before the army of the Western Rain Kingdom crosses the river? ”

After pondering for a long time, Yuwen Toshio replied in a calm tone:

"Back to Your Majesty, even if you attack the city with all your might, three days is already the most optimistic estimate, and if the defense of the Xiaoshui River is intercepted by three million troops, they can forcibly cross the river and land in one day at most, and it is still a situation of being flanked from front to back."

Qu Yun raised his eyebrows and said:

"So, is this situation unsolvable?"

"I knew this was the case, when they attacked the city today, it would be better for you to go back to the city to defend, we will occupy Hongchangchun, and we will defend the city, and let them cross the river to attack it."

Yuwen Toshio smiled bitterly:

"At that time, the enemy's momentum was like a rainbow, even if we returned to the city to defend, it was too late, fighting in Hongchang City, the army's numerical advantage could not be brought into play at all, their purpose was originally to wait for us to return to defense, and then the Xiyu country on the other side could take the opportunity to cross the river and attack us in a flank."

"It should be said that when Liu Tingfeng's three-way army attacked Hongchang City, we were already in a passive situation, and it was too late to deal with it, and now we can still gather here and preserve our strength, even if it is the best result."

At this time, Fan Moyou, a military advisor who had been staring at the map, interjected leisurely:

"Since we are now in a dilemma, and we can't get supplies of food and grass, it will be even more disadvantageous to delay any longer, so we might as well get out of here first, and then slowly figure it out."

Qu Yunyang's eyes also turned to the map, and after looking at it for a while, he frowned slightly and said:

"Get out of here? Then we can only walk along the river bank, and return to Yong'an City to the south, which is our base camp, which really solves the current urgency, but in this way, it is equivalent to losing the barrier of the Xiaoshui River, and losing a large piece of land. ”

"And if you retreat to the north, you will go to the territory of the North Moon Country, this side seems to be a dead end, they will inevitably advance step by step, blocking us in the North Moon Country, and it will be more difficult to get out."

The eyes of the others also involuntarily looked at the map hanging on the wall, and their faces showed contemplative expressions.

Military advisor Fan Moyou continued:

"If you want to retreat safely, it is naturally better to return to Yong'an City, that side is our base camp, and it is easier to defend, but in this way, we will lose this piece and more than a hundred cities in the territory of Beiyue Kingdom, because a large area here is empty in defense, and once the main force of Xiyu Country arrives, it will be easy to capture."

"If we don't want to lose this place, then we can only risk retreating into the territory of the North Moon Country, we are battalion step by step, while recruiting troops and horses, while setting up a line of defense, and fighting a protracted battle with them, the two sides are slowly consumed, it depends on how the battle situation in the other two battlefields develops."

"If the Night Generalissimo and General Tang Luo can win, they can force the army of the West Rain Country over there to retreat to this side, and our three armies will form a triangular encirclement of the living forces of the West Rain Country, if they can't win, they can only withdraw to rescue us, and then retreat to Yong'an City together and return to the original situation."

Qu Yunyang shook his head and said:

"When we were really forced to retreat to Yong'an City, it was not the original situation, when we first came to Yong'an City, we were so high-spirited, with a powerful force to sweep the fairy world, the five countries of the fairy world can only retreat, dare not resist our edge."

"And when we are forced to retreat to Yong'an City, all that remains is the remnants of the army, and at that time, we will not be able to hold Yong'an City at all, and we will inevitably be driven out of the Tianmen Pass again, continue to go to the deserted place outside the pass, continue to survive, and live a difficult life."

Everyone looked at the map and didn't speak, and their expressions inevitably became a little lonely.

Could it be that the army of the demon world really wants to come strongly, but in the end it will be driven away?

Qu Yunyang said unwillingly:

"Since we have to withdraw, should we choose Yong'an City or Beiyue Kingdom?"

"If you withdraw to Yong'an City, you will lose more than a hundred cities, and the power of the West Rain Kingdom will become even stronger."

"If we withdraw to the North Moon Country, we will lose more than thirty cities, but if we retreat to this dead end, we will run a great risk, and we will probably be besieged in it, and it will be difficult to get out."

Speaking of this, Qu Yunyang fell into a dilemma, and after a long time, he finally said firmly:

"Let's go back to the North Moon Country! We can hold the large land of Beiyue Kingdom, we have the hope of winning, presumably everyone does not want to be beaten back to the deserted place outside the gate again, and live that kind of difficult and difficult life again, not to mention, now that our people have come to the fairy world, there are almost no people there, how can they live when they go back? ”

"Withdraw to the Northern Moon Country, we still have the hope of fighting a battle, if the Night Generalissimo and General Tang Luo can win, then we will be able to encircle the army of the West Rain Country."

The civil and military officials present immediately said in unison:

"Do your Majesty's will!"

After making a decision, Qu Yunyang immediately began to arrange the retreat, and when orders were passed down, the barracks began to get busy.

Early the next morning, the army of the Demon Realm walked along the bank of the Xiaoshui River in the direction of the North Moon Kingdom, and their morale was extremely low.

When the news reached Hongchang City, the Tiger King said excitedly:

"They're going to run? How about we lead our army forward, take advantage of the victory to pursue, and beat him down? I would like to be a pioneer. ”

Liu Tingfeng shook his head and said:

"No, they are retreating in an orderly manner, not fleeing in a hurry, we don't have any advantage in the pursuit at this moment, it is better to meet our main army to cross the river first!"