Zhao Jiu's expression remained unchanged: "Of course."

"Your Majesty, you don't understand what I mean." Li Yanxian became more serious. "The Jin army's show of force is false, and there is no need to worry. But when the Jin army retreated, no unit was scattered, and no unit broke away from the main force to attack the left and right armies that had just crossed the river. This is the embodiment of the Jin army's combat power... In a war, executing military orders is the most important thing! This shows that the Jin army's cavalry still has the power left, which is enough to determine the outcome of the war in one fell swoop. It must not be underestimated."

Zhao Jiu recalled what he had seen before and his face finally changed, but it was only a slight change before he returned to normal and nodded heavily.

When Li Yanxian saw that Emperor Zhao had come to his senses, he said no more, just took his leave, and then rode off on horseback to visit his subordinate Dong Xianbu who had worked hard in the previous battle.

As soon as Li Yanxian left, Wu Jie, who had just crossed the river, rode over again and said, "Your Majesty."

"But what about the strict discipline of the Jin Army's cavalry?" Zhao Jiu asked calmly.

"Yes." Wu Jie was slightly stunned, then immediately returned to normal. "But it's not just this."

"Your Majesty," Wu Da said solemnly. "I know where the outcome of this battle lies."

Zhao Jiu's expression changed again, but he returned to normal again: "Tell me."

"The Jin army's cavalry is very powerful, so we must use them in a concentrated manner. I'm afraid that just as Prince Yan'an said before, General Balisu will gather tens of thousands of elite cavalry as a trump card... When the battle is fierce, tens of thousands of cavalry will be deployed together to make a fatal blow." Wu Da responded seriously. "Therefore, if our army wants to win, the only and inevitable thing to do is to leave a reserve of elite troops that can suppress tens of thousands of cavalry, and wait for the enemy cavalry to go out, and then we will go out as well, and then we can win!"

Zhao Jiu didn't move at all.

"There are two key points." Wu Jie calmly concluded. "We need to recruit and form a large elite force, and then we must let the Jin army send out cavalry first before we send out this army."

"Drawing back elite troops?" Zhao Jiu finally spoke.

"yes."

"Long axes, heavy infantry and powerful crossbows to defeat the Jin army's cavalry? Just like when you drew on the divine arm bows of various units to form the garrison arrows?"

"yes."

"It's not difficult to draw troops." Zhao Jiu finally got to the point. "But if we use them together, who will be the general? This is the lifeblood of all generals. And they have to make the final blow. They must have both prestige and the courage to fight."

"That's what I want to say." Wu Jie glanced behind Emperor Zhao and lowered his voice again. "According to the official rank system and military experience, it should be President Wang Yan who should lead this army..."

"But Wang Yan is a stingy person, and all the troops in the army do not submit to him, right? And if we do not let him lead, it will be neither right nor unreasonable, and it will still lead to dissatisfaction, even he will not submit, right or wrong?" Zhao Jiu asked calmly.

"yes."

"What can you do?"

"Your Majesty." Wu Jie replied with a sigh. "Since the Jianyan period, the imperial camp has been under the system of generals, and all generals have their own personal guards... This is something that cannot be helped, but fortunately, the emperor has great prestige, and if there is an imperial order, no one dares to disobey..."

"I will lead the army myself?" Zhao Jiu was speechless. "I'm afraid we will be defeated."

"How can this be possible?" Wu Jie reluctantly revealed the answer. "Please ask the emperor to send a trusted official, a well-known minister in front of the emperor, to be the deputy general of the king. In fact, he will supervise the army to fight together with the king... All the generals will obey."

"Just like Liu Yan in Yaoshan that day?" Zhao Jiu was slightly stunned, then nodded, but still a little puzzled. "But with such a large-scale elite force, Liu Yan might not be able to provide enough, and if Liu Yan is not good enough, where else can we get?"

Wu Jie raised his head and looked at Emperor Zhao without saying a word.

Zhao Jiu was puzzled at first, but after a few breaths, he suddenly realized what was going on. He turned around and saw Yang Yizhong standing behind him with an expressionless face. Then he turned around to look at Wu Jie for confirmation.

Wu Jie had no choice but to nod... but at this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the direction of the floating bridge not far from the dragon flag.

Zhao Jiu, Wu Jie and the others were all puzzled, so they tacitly stopped the previous topic and went to see it together.

A moment later, a loyal rider came to report in a panic: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Lu stumbled while riding his horse across the bridge and fell into the water. Fortunately, he did not hurt his bones! Prime Minister Lu asked me to tell you not to look back and care about him, and not to publicize this matter, so as not to delay the army's progress... Please drive into the city quickly!"

Zhao Jiu's face turned pale, but after the official of the Zhao Song Dynasty rode his horse around twice under the dragon flag, he finally turned around and reined his horse forward, heading towards Jingxing County with Wu Jie and Yang Yizhong in silence.

PS: Let me tell you one thing. I am very grateful to everyone for their enthusiastic participation in the book completion event. There are many great posts... But today I am not saying polite words, but reminding everyone that according to the previous agreement, event posts posted before 515 should receive extra gifts. For details, please see the post from the operations officer of the book club... I hope the relevant big guys will pay attention.