"Pull it off." Lou Shi finally couldn't bear to listen anymore, and was forced to speak. "What do you want to say?"

Balisu turned his head and glanced at his followers behind him. All the officers and soldiers understood and withdrew. For a moment, only Lou Shi's second son Mou Yan was standing not far behind him with a sword in his hand. Balisu originally wanted Mou Yan to get out as well, but he didn't dare to open his mouth.

"I want to ask the commander-in-chief, how are you going to solve the problem of insufficient troops?" He turned his gaze from Mou Yan and turned to Lou Shi, speaking frankly. "Qu Duan and Wu Lin led 20,000 troops to Fangzhou, and you sent Huo Nu to the Hekou camp. This response was correct, but now we have 30,000 troops here, 10,000 of which are Han'er troops... How can we fight a Song army of this size?"

Lou Shi was about to answer, but Balisu started talking non-stop:

"When you came back from Tongguan at the beginning of the year, the military strength you calculated for us was not like this! When we were setting out, everyone was afraid of the heat, but you said that we had 50,000 to 60,000 troops against the Song army of 80,000, and that the heat didn't matter. As a result, the Song army we actually faced was definitely more than 100,000! The decisive battle you calculated at that time could be 40,000 to 60,000 even without reinforcements, which was plenty of room, but now it's obviously 30,000 to 80,000!"

"Of course there are deviations when marching and fighting." Lou Shi waited until the other party finished speaking before speaking, but he didn't care at all. "Although there was a mistake in the military strength, I have already considered it. It is not a critical issue, and you don't have to worry... Do you have any other questions?"

Balisu was speechless for a moment, but he forced himself to hold his breath and said, "Lou Shi, I have always respected you, but you should be a little honest with me. Do you really think I don't know the situation in Hedong? Ali and Erlubu crossed the river and broke through Luoyang, which was a brilliant strategy, but they couldn't break through Sishui Pass and couldn't get to Shanzhou for the time being. Could it be fake? On the contrary, tens of thousands of Song troops landed in Hebei, and Hebei is the base of the Eastern Army's Zhu Meng'an and Mouke. The Eastern Army was clamoring that the Third Prince sent 40,000 troops the day before yesterday, and he was basically letting the Fourth Prince lead the army back to the north, and then go to Huguan to protect Hebei!"

"So what?" Lou Shi said calmly.

"What can we do?" Balisu said anxiously. "The troops in Hedong originally only have more Han troops, and their fighting power is weak. Some should be sent to Luoyang, some to Hebei, and some should be left in Taiyuan. When facing Li Yanxian and Han Shizhong, two veteran generals, they dare not withdraw any more troops... How do you 'consider' the military strength?"

Lou Shi looked calm and unconcerned: "Balisu, you are only the deputy governor, there are some important things you don't know."

"I don't know? What do I not know?" After saying this, Balisu finally became furious: "You confessed to the capital marshal and the king that you were seriously injured and about to die, which exchanged for this summer expedition. I don't know? Your old injury is unbearable. Once it rains, you are almost in pain and can't move. For this reason, you have destroyed several battle plans in a row before. I don't know? Before in Fangzhou, you underestimated Wu Jie, causing Tuhesu to be injured and Salihe to be defeated. What's more, the route and troops of this expedition went awry, so that you panicked and almost wanted to fight Wu Jie... I don't know? Or, at this moment, you were clearly in unbearable torment because of the heat, the troops, and the terrain, but you still had to force yourself to stay calm... I don't know?!"

At the end of his words, Balisu became very excited, and the warhorse under him neighed.

"I almost forgot that you are Yin Shuke's younger brother and you know everything." Lou Shi turned his head and looked at Balisu's outburst, his expression slightly complicated. "But Balisu, do you still know that I am the commander-in-chief here, the commander-in-chief of the marching division?"

"So what?" Balisu sneered and turned his head away.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the deputy commander of the Jin army was shocked, because Lou Shi beside him picked him up from the horse like a child, and then threw him to the ground easily.

Mou Yan behind him quickly drew his sword and tried to stop Ba Lisu, but Lou Shi raised his hand to stop him.

"Balisu, if Yin Shu could be met in person, he would never ask these nonsense. He would just sharpen his spear, maintain his bow, and wait patiently to charge with me." Lou Shi looked down at his deputy commander coldly.

"Of course I am not as good as my brother!" Balisu gasped for breath on the ground. After calming down a little, he sneered again.

"This is not a matter of being inferior to your brother." Lou Shi continued to hold the reins and looked at the person on the ground coldly. "Balisu, I know what you are thinking. Your brother and Xi Yin (Wanyan Gushen) went to Yanjing together, and the Marshal is in power at the center. My health is getting worse. You are in this position. It is normal for you to boast of your qualifications and reputation and to have the intention of succeeding Taiyuan as the governor or even the commander of the Western Route Army. But you shouldn't be so anxious. You can't bear it after suffering here for half a month, so you put personal interests above public interests and complain everywhere!"

After hearing the last sentence, Balisu's face finally changed.

"Actually, if I kill you today, it would be like killing a dog or a horse. The reason I don't kill you is not because you are Yin Shuke's brother, but because the battle is about to start, and you are still useful..." Lou Shi said a few more words, and then he felt bored, so he simply waved his hand. "Go back! Since you know my body well, you should know that I can't wait until the autumn rain. The decisive battle will come sooner or later, you just need to go back and prepare well!"

Balisu got up from the ground with an expressionless face. He showed neither anger nor obedience. He just jumped onto the horse, reined in the horse, turned around, and tried to go down the mountain.

However, this person walked a few steps and when he came behind Mou Yan, he turned back and looked at him: "General! I don't know what you are planning, but as the deputy general, the person who you said will lead the entire Western Route Army after his death, I have to remind you of one thing... Do you want to listen?"

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