"Not only that." Lu Yihao also spoke immediately. "The Jin army's quick reaction is really unexpected. Your Majesty, I think we must be lenient with the enemy from now on. If we are lenient with the enemy, Erliduo has been dead for a full 18 days. Assuming that Yanjing can also make a prompt decision, hold a meeting to decide on the candidate immediately after receiving the message, and then immediately rush south to Zhending Prefecture, and then send a golden messenger to Longde, the people in Longde Prefecture may also be about to move."

Zhao Jiu was repeatedly shocked in his heart, but after all he had been tempered, he still maintained a calm expression.

At the same time, under the leadership of Lu Yihao and Wang Yan, many of the surrounding close ministers had changed their expressions, stood up solemnly, and were ready to obey orders in the straw hut.

"In this case, don't wait for the result of Hezhong Prefecture... Don't worry about what Taiyuan and Longde Prefecture are planning. Anyway, at this time, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Don't show your cowardice... Let the Eight Character Army cross the river first to support the Tieling Pass area!" Zhao Jiu held the horse whip and sat on a bench in the straw shed, hesitating to give orders. His speech was slow, and he even paused a lot, but his words did not mean to change. "Tell Han Shizhong about the situation here quickly and let him make his own decision... Then notify all the troops. After crossing the river, they will be commanded in the order of Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, Ma Kuo, and Li Qiong... The military situation has changed. We don't have to worry about the isolated city of Hezhong Prefecture. Let's fight for Linfen first."

Wang Yan responded immediately… After all, the Eight Character Army was his old subordinate, and now that they had left, he felt closer to them.

Lu Yihao originally wanted to suggest to Emperor Zhao that he should send out the cavalry as soon as possible, but when he thought about what he had said before about the imperial cavalry, he didn't say anything.

After the decree was issued, naturally the attendant scholars, servants and other close ministers hurriedly wrote the decree and handed it to the loyal team in the imperial guard. The latter did not stop for a moment, and several people formed a team, each holding a waist badge, and rode away on horseback.

After all the messengers had left, everyone was in a heavy mood and no one was in the mood to talk. So Prime Minister Lu came forward and asked Emperor Zhao not to delay on the road any further and to return to the Beimangshan camp as soon as possible.

Zhao Jiu naturally followed suit, but when he finally stood up, he paused, then pointed to the upper part of the straw shed and signaled to the accompanying squad leader:

"Take it down for me. Be careful not to damage other people's things."

The people around listened to the order in confusion, and then it was Prince Toli of Western Mongolia, who was tall and thin, who was lifted up with the help of several squad leaders. He went to touch the wooden beam on the top of the straw shed pointed out by Emperor Zhao, and indeed found something, which turned out to be a small cloth bag.

When I opened it, I found that it contained only a few loose silver pieces and seventy or eighty copper coins.

Zhao Jiu opened his pocket and turned to Yang Yizhong like a debt collector. The latter understood and immediately took out a few copper coins from his waist and put them in... Lu Yihao originally wanted to advise the emperor that it would be better for him to spend more time on major issues instead of doing such meaningless little things.

But thinking of what was just said, 'The one who has a capable general but is not controlled by the king, will win', and the fact that Emperor Zhao might have seen that the atmosphere was tense and was trying to remain calm, but it was not easy for him to make such suggestions, so he simply took a penny from a squad leader and put it in his pocket.

People around followed suit and hurriedly put money in.

After a short while, Emperor Zhao collected several dozen coins from the shed owner, who was probably being taken away to perform labor service, and then asked Tuoli to go back up and hide the cloth bag. Then he led the crowd out of the shed and set off towards Mangshan.

However, what the emperor did not know was that while he was putting on a show of false benevolence and righteousness and pretending to be calm, Han Shizhong, whom he criticized as "complacent, perfunctory in military affairs, fearing the times, enjoying himself among the trees, seeking retreat and seeking perfection, and playing with prose and poetry", and who would have been unable to play a role due to his own problems if Emperor Zhao had not been there to watch, had already ended the battle.

The battle was lackluster.

On the several miles wide flat land from Hedong City, the bridgehead of Hedong and the capital of Hezhong Prefecture, to Puzhou, Huyan Tong adopted a cautious attitude on the beach and only advanced after forming a battle array.

As soon as they left the beach, the four Meng'an who were hiding behind the city could no longer endure it, and immediately formed a typical Jin army formation, with the infantry in the middle advancing, and the cavalry on the left and right successively advancing to attack from both sides.

At first they did not notice anything unusual, they just thought that the formation of the Song army that was the first to arrive was very dense, and it would take some time and energy to defeat them.

So they sent troops to the beach to stop the Song army that was coming from behind.

However, they never expected that the next to land was the famous Cui Pian Army. Dense crossbow arrows were shot from the boats, giving the Jin army no chance to get close, so that this second army was easily set up in front of the river beach.

At this time, the Jin army was already a little nervous. Two of the four Meng'an who were in charge began to try to discuss, but the result of the discussion was some hesitation... Because Wen Dun Sizhong was a bastard, he would probably be punished if he went back like this, so it would be better to fool around for a while, no matter what, they would leave when the time came.

After this hesitation, Cheng Min, who was in charge of the third attack, led the Beiwei cavalry to land calmly under the cover of the Cuipian army and the shelter of Huyan Tong's troops. Then they engaged the Jin cavalry directly on the river beach, making it difficult for the Jin army to escape.

To be honest, the Jin army had four Meng'an and twenty-five Mouke, which means two thousand five hundred cavalry plus one thousand five hundred infantry. This configuration was already very powerful. The Song cavalry came to the crossing in a hurry, so at the beginning, the four Meng'an were still a little confused, and even secretly delighted.

I always feel that compared to those long spears and large crossbows, this cavalry that is determined to bite off its own cavalry at all costs will be more likely to achieve results and then report to Wen Dunsizhong.

However, Han Shizhong's Beiwei cavalry may be more powerful than Yue Fei's Beiwei cavalry, especially since Han Shizhong personally led hundreds of his personal guards to join them.

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