To put it nicely, this job is called planning and strategizing, but to put it bluntly, it is watching over the house and supervising the battle, so Erlido had no idea how to share the burden with Wuzhu.

"We can concentrate our troops and attack Pinglu, so that the Song army will focus on this area!" The officer said cautiously. "Our current strength is not appropriate. If we force a crossing of Puzhou, I'm afraid it will backfire. On the contrary, Pinglu is an isolated city that has not been conquered for days. It's okay to hesitate a little before in order to sneak across to Luoyang, but there is no need to be cautious now..."

Erlido nodded immediately.

It turned out that Pinglu had not yet been captured by the Jin army.

A day passed, and peace came on May 28th... Early in the morning of that day, the Hedong Jin army, which had already laid siege to the city, launched a massive attack on Pinglu. Li Yanxian personally commanded the troops to cross the river from Shanzhou City to provide support. The battle was fierce for a while. As the two closest war zones, they were also the two war zones with the highest degree of relevance to the actual war. Li Yanxian did not forget to immediately send a battle report to Han Shizhong, asking the latter to be prepared.

At noon, Han Shizhong received the notice, but he was hesitant... because the sea at Puzhou Ferry was calm.

Moreover, Han Liangchen, as a general of the highest rank, was one of the few people who, like Li Yanxian, had a thorough understanding of the entire battle situation. In fact, he and Li Yanxian were probably the two people who knew the battle situation best on the entire battlefield… He knew very well the fall of Luoyang, and Zhao Jiu did not hide from him the fact that Yue Fei crossed the river to the north. He also knew that the Beiwei Army had secretly crossed to Chang'an. Even though others did not know that the Jin army had separated large forces to head north, it was impossible for him to be unaware of it with a river between them.

Moreover, just yesterday, he had received a handwritten document from the government stating that a decisive battle might take place in the next two days, asking him to be careful in the directions of Puzhen and Longmen.

But now, Puzhindu was too peaceful, and it was the already unimportant Pinglu City that was under siege.

In just a moment, Han Shizhong, who was stationed on the bank of the Yellow River, smelled a scent that made him nervous, fearful, yet excited. He immediately sent a messenger to order the troops stationed in the Liangshan area to cross the Liangshan area, divided into several groups of thousands of people, and conduct forward reconnaissance... The battlefield was so large that Han Shizhong had no reason not to think of Longmen Ferry.

Of course, it would not matter much if Han Shizhong smelled these things at this time, because according to Lou Shi's arrangement, this day should be the moment of the decisive battle.

It should be too late for everything.

However, until Han Shizhong sent his messenger northward on horseback, the entire Yaoshan-Wulongshan-Baishui area was as peaceful as ever.

Until noon, Lou Shi did not send out any troops, and the entire Jin army camp was the same as in the previous few days.

If there is any difference, it is that the weather is a little dull, but it still doesn't rain.

By the afternoon, Lou Shi still had not sent out troops, while Han Shizhong's troops deployed on the south side of Liangshan, such as Dong Min's 3,000 troops, had already begun to hurriedly scout northward.

At this time, Song army commander Wu Jie fell into great self-doubt... Ordinary people had already noticed the gloomy weather, but the Jin army did not attack, which made him waver and hesitate, and then he began to doubt all his judgments.

Although Emperor Zhao on the hillside behind did not say anything, Wu Da still felt a distinct sense of shame.

He was defeated again and again, but his position became higher and higher. He finally won once and got unprecedented opportunities, but he lost again and again. No strategy or response, whether overt or covert, was effective.

By the evening, seeing that the Jin army was still motionless, Wu Jie thought for a long time, but finally, just like yesterday, with the assistance of Scholar Kobayashi, he summoned the generals of various departments and signed a formal military order again, requiring the entire army to cook in the early morning of the next day and each camp to check weapons and supplies... It seemed that he continued to prepare for war and insisted on his own judgment.

He couldn't figure out where he had gone wrong.

However, after the military order was issued and before the sun set, Wu Jie locked himself in the central army tent, holding his head and refusing to come out, not even eating a bite of the melon... There were a hundred thousand troops, six routes in Guanxi, and the safety of the emperor. Although he should not hesitate to accept the emperor's kindness, who could have known the pressure he was under?

"The battle will begin tomorrow."

After sunset, just after dinner in the Jin army camp, Lou Shi summoned all the senior officers and calmly announced a fact. "It was supposed to be today, but the Fourth Prince and his 20,000 reinforcements had a hard time marching and missed the deadline... Don't blame the Fourth Prince, it's my fault. I estimated the speed of our march along the Beiluo River, but I underestimated the difficulty of marching a large army. I also didn't expect that the Eastern Route Army had never marched on such a plateau before."

The Jin army generals, including Balisu, were not worried but happy, because 20,000 reinforcements, even if they were just a rush, were enough to change the overall situation.

"But we must also be careful of the extra reinforcements from the Song army." Lou Shi sat in his tent and continued to calmly explain the situation. "The Fourth Prince was originally scheduled to reach the Beiluo River last night, and then lead the cavalry to attack south today, but in fact, he only ran into Fangzhou this morning, and the location was quite a bit to the north, and there were many lost soldiers... Fangzhou City can't accommodate many soldiers, and Qu Duan must be stationed in the Yijun area to the south. The two sides are separated by a mountainous area, and he might notice something. If he notices something, he may rush south to support tomorrow."

"It is also possible that he will rush north and join forces with Wu Lin in Fangzhou City to attack the Hekou camp and cut off our retreat." Balisu interrupted with a blank expression. "It is also possible that he did not notice it, but the unusual movement of the living woman might alarm him!"

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