Just as Emperor Zhao had thought, the fact that Scholar Kobayashi volunteered to go to Wuguan, combined with Hu Yin's previous deeds, and possibly Emperor Zhao's seemingly joking remark to Fan Zhixu, "I would rather lose my country than not kill this man," greatly stimulated the civil officials in the imperial court and greatly improved the efficiency of the imperial court.

Moreover, after Yang Yi Zhong was ordered by Emperor Zhao to personally recruit Niu Gao, and Yan Xiaozhong went to look for Zhai, many other people, such as the censors, servants, and heads of various departments, also wrote letters to request orders, each of them taking the risk to go to various places around Caizhou to recruit the rebels who were everywhere in the mountains.

However, compared to the fact that Niu Gao was 100% harmless, Zhai had long been in collusion with Yan Xiaozhong. Emperor Zhao was somewhat uneasy about the enthusiasm of the others, fearing that by sending these people's lives in vain, it would discourage people's hearts, so he hesitated for a moment.

While he was hesitating, Han Shizhong, who had been suppressing the rebellion in the west, suddenly returned to Ruyang City alone that evening, and requested an audience with the emperor overnight. He also brought some new, accurate and subversive military information and military suggestions to Emperor Zhao.

"Wanyan Yinshuke?" Zhao Jiu, who had just gotten up from the couch, was stunned for a long time in the back hall of the Ruyang City government office before he realized what was going on. It turned out to be Yan Xiaozhong's accent, which made him think he was just an ordinary official. "Nichuhe...Yinshuke, is this the man? The second-ranked general under Wanyan Nianhan, second only to Wanyan Loushi, who captured the Liao Dynasty Emperor Tianzuo alive and is now the garrison commander of Taiyuan?"

"It is this man." Han Shizhong stood in the hall and bowed. "Your Majesty, I heard from Liu Yan outside that Your Majesty intends to annihilate this man and his entire Wanhu, so I immediately turned back... Please forgive me for being frank, but this battle cannot be fought!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhao's heart sank immediately, because since Han Shizhong said that we cannot fight, then we basically cannot fight.

However, Zhao Jiu was a qualified engineering student after all, so he still had the good habit of asking questions: "Is it because Yin Shuke is good at using troops?"

"That doesn't count." Han Shizhong looked disdainful upon hearing this, and finally showed a bit of his usual fearless attitude. "If we really talk about the generals, let alone Yin Shuke, Wanyan Loushichen is not taken seriously, but it is a fact that his troops are elite and brave. Relatively speaking, although the current emperor seems to have a large number of troops, they are not truly reorganized, and the ones who can really fight are actually the ones who besieged Wanyan Wushu's camp that day, but they are still missing the 3,000 veterans of Zhang Taiwei, and the thousands of dead and wounded who left the team..."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhao sighed slightly, but immediately realized his own recklessness from a mathematical perspective.

"Besides that, Dengzhou (Nanyang) is a wide open area, and the Jin cavalry is moving around like the wind, but we don't have a large cavalry unit available." Han Shizhong finally looked helpless when he said this. "According to the military intelligence previously transmitted by the Tokyo Resident Office, Wanyan Yinshu's younger brother Wanyan Balisu should have led a 10,000-man army, and is currently encircling and suppressing the Big Di and the Small Di in the Xijing Luoyang area. If we insist on fighting, as long as Yinshu relies on the Nanyang Basin for a while, we can wait for the cavalry reinforcements sent by his brother from Xijing... By then, the Jin army will rely on the advantage of cavalry to attack from the north and south in the flat land of the Central Plains. With the current combat power, I'm afraid we will be defeated in one battle."

At this point, Han Shizhong rarely showed a serious attitude: "Sir, how many cavalry do we have? My Beiwei Army has only 800 cavalry, and Liu Yan's Chixin Team has 600 cavalry, but they are just two Meng'an of the Jin Army... How can we fight against Yin Shu?"

Hearing this, Zhao Jiu, who was sitting in the back hall in the slightly hot late night, fell completely silent, but he was actually seriously reflecting on himself... It was ridiculous that Emperor Zhao had been advised by Hu Yin before and realized his political arrogance, and he even pretended to make self-criticism, but what was actually happening?

In fact, they have not really changed their reckless mentality after the Shouzhou victory from the bottom of their hearts.

There is actually only one reason for this. That is, after the battle of Shouzhou, Zhao Jiu completely integrated into or accepted this era and forgot that he is now Emperor Zhao... and Emperor Zhao has always been a true dictator, holding the core power openly. In addition, it is wartime now, and he has gained some so-called prestige through the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, so no one can really supervise him at this time.

If you think about it carefully, from beginning to end, he was the only one who made mistakes in this hastily proposed military plan.

What else?

The civil officials were very enthusiastic, but it was not their fault. They were political creatures and would only follow the government. Besides, others didn't know, but didn't Zhao Jiu know the military level of the civil officials of the Song Dynasty?

From Li Gang to Fan Zhixu, from Yan Xiaozhong to Hu Yin, from Lu Haowen to Zhang Jun, no matter what their positions or moral levels are, they are all waste in military terms, it's just that the degree of waste is different... At the moment, Grandpa Zong Zezong is simply the god of war among the civil officials of the Song Dynasty!

Zhao Jiu had known all these things for a long time, but he actually mocked Fan Zhixu while following Zhang Jun and his people in a muddle and passed an unrealistic military decision... The main force of the Jin army's cavalry was invincible on plain ground. This was the fundamental reason why Han Shizhong and his Emperor Zhao chose to launch the battle in Shouzhou next to the Huai River in the first place, okay? ! He forgot it in the blink of an eye?

As for the military officials, the only one they could rely on was Han Shizhong, who was so arrogant before, and he came back overnight to persuade him. Even Liu Yan was obviously aware of the risk in Zhao Jiu's plan, but he was always taciturn and had just returned, so he didn't dare to persuade him. That's why he chose to meet Han Shizhong on the way to Wuguan and let this person who could persuade Zhao Jiu come back. As for Yang Yizhong, it's possible that Liu Yan was instigated by him...

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