"yes!"

"It's still too difficult. How can a Jin army of six or seven thousand be destroyed in a place like the camp outside the city?" Yang Yizhong shook his head repeatedly. "It's not a lake that can flood."

"I also think that we cannot destroy the Jin army! But if we can concentrate our forces and launch a fierce attack at night, we may be able to burn down the Jin army camp, making the Jin people lose their foothold and dare not attack Huai River again!" Han Shizhong said disdainfully.

"Disband the camp without seeking to annihilate the enemy?"

"good."

"How can we make the Jin army lose its foothold by taking out just one large camp?" Yang Yizhong spoke bluntly. It seemed more like he was explaining things to Emperor Zhao and the three civil officials than helping Han Shizhong to find and fill in the gaps.

"If the Jin army naturally retreated northward, occupied Mengcheng behind them as a stronghold, and retreated step by step, this strategy would be useless, because the Jin army had countless continuous footholds." Han Shizhong was still in high spirits. "But if the Jin army's original intention was to attack Guangzhou, then after the two divisions of 13,000 to 14,000 cavalry left the camp, they would definitely go around from the north and head to Shunchang Prefecture. At that time, they would not occupy the city as a stronghold, or even if they occupied it, they would not place heavy troops to guard it... Then at this time, their only foothold would be in the camp outside Xiacai City! If their camp is overturned, the camp garrison can only go north to occupy the city for support! The two divisions will also immediately turn back to support the remaining 6,000 to 7,000 people! Otherwise, in the wild, all the baggage will be lost, and there will be no chance or protection. These 6,000 to 7,000 people will really be destroyed by us!"

Yang Yizhong was already silent.

Han Shizhong turned to Zhao Jiu again and said solemnly: "Sir, the key to this battle is timing. We must start the battle soon after the Jin army is divided into three parts and two of them leave! We must not allow them to return in time for reinforcements, nor should we allow them to attack Guangzhou in a surprise attack! If the Jin army withdraws the second part tomorrow, we should start the battle tomorrow night or the night after tomorrow!"

Zhao Jiu already understood that this meant to forcibly seize the slightest opportunity created by the enemy's dynamic movement... In a word, the other party's change of position was not as fast as ours.

"It's still not right!" Without waiting for the official's reply, Yang Yizhong pondered for a moment, then shook his head again. "If this is to be done, we must try to concentrate our forces tomorrow night or the night after tomorrow. But right now, General Zhang of Xiacai City only has 10,000 soldiers available, and the rest are civilians and defeated soldiers. If we fail, the city will be destroyed..."

"Yang Dalang, don't flatter General Zhang." Han Shizhong's mouth curled up slightly. "Where can we get 10,000 soldiers from Xiacai City? If we really want to go out of the city to rob the camp, we can only use the more than 3,000 veterans he brought from Taiyuan!"

Yang Yizhong was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether to agree or disagree.

"But I have five thousand soldiers here!" Han Shizhong said proudly. "Your Majesty, Wang De's troops can also be used! Qiao Zhongfu and Zhang Jing's troops can also be selected to be one thousand, Hu Yantong's troops can also be used, and Yang Dalang's imperial guards can also be used in the hundreds!"

"If the troops from Bagong Mountain crossed the river to attack, they would have already alerted the Jin army camp!" Yang Yizhong became increasingly helpless. "If we divide our troops and attack one by one, it would just be throwing fuel into the fire..."

"I know what Liang Chen means!"

Just as the three civil officials were digesting the information, Emperor Zhao suddenly laughed. "The ferry to Xiacai City has been repaired. Starting tomorrow, I will trouble you to use large sailing ships to block the Huai River, and use small boats to transport the defeated soldiers of Liu Guangshi in Xiacai City to the south bank. Then, we will replace all the soldiers from Henan and me who can be used in Xiacai City! We will catch the Jin army by surprise and overturn their camp!"

Inside the military quarters, everyone's expression changed.

"Is the emperor going too?" Not to mention several civil officials and Yang Yi Zhong, even Han Shizhong, the leader of the plan, suddenly became a little flustered.

"If I don't go to Xiacai City and sit there, aren't you afraid that General Zhang will kill you?" Zhao Jiu's expression was a little strange. "Or does General Zhang dare to trust you? Unless I go, I can't overturn the Jin army camp! Is that the truth?"

Han Shizhong wanted to say something but could only nod heavily. Although the expressions of several civil officials, from Zhang Jun onwards, changed constantly, they did not move at all, as if they had learned their lesson and knew that persuasion was useless.

As for Yang Yizhong, he rarely thought of another level - the emperor was probably more worried that Commandant Zhang had sold off the most important pieces of equipment in front of the emperor, right?

After all, there is nothing that these ruffians from the Western Army would not dare to do!

Even though Yang Dalang and General Zhang have a close relationship, he dare not guarantee this!

So Yang Yizhong didn't object.

Seeing that no one objected, Emperor Zhao actually felt a rare sense of pride in his heart - after all, from this perspective, he seemed to be quite useful!

PS: On the 29th, steamed buns... How are the supplies for the New Year? Don't go out carelessly. Be sure to wash your hands and wear a mask when you go out.

Happy New Year to everyone and good night.