At this point, all we can say is that Zhao Jiu's actions were purely a result of his wishful thinking, and he only has himself to blame.
"Officials, please cross the Huai River!"
When General Zhang Jun was speaking, the civil officials present wisely remained silent. It was not because they did not want to speak, but because they knew in their hearts that one word from Zhang Jun was worth ten of theirs at this moment.
"After crossing the Huai River, I will go to Yangzhou to wait for a while. But please make sure to leave enough boats for me, and recruit men from Shouzhou and Haozhou for me in Huainan in advance. I will try my best to hold off the enemy for you in Xiacai City. If it really doesn't work, I will retreat to Huainan and resist step by step, so that you will have room to maneuver..." Zhang Jun's words became more and more earnest.
"Can't we cross the river together and then guard behind the Huai River?" Zhao Jiu finally couldn't help but speak after hearing this. "I see that the terrain of Bagong Mountain on the opposite side is dangerous!"
"cannot!"
Zhang Jun, who was kneeling there, answered with absolute certainty. "Your Majesty, please know that our army cannot fight in the field at this time. If we want to defend the Huai River, we must rely on a strong city like Xiacai to set up a salient point in the north of the Huai River, so that the Jin army will have to divide its army under the city. Then we can use the power of the navy to isolate the long river, and then attract human and material resources from Huainan to support Huaibei. This is the reason for holding on! This is also where Han Wu's strategy is indeed feasible! Otherwise, even if the Jin army takes some time to cross the thousand-mile Huai River, they can find an opportunity to calmly cross it!"
Zhao Jiu had nothing to say... because he had already been familiar with these principles in the past few days, and although he did not understand military affairs, he could understand that Zhang's words were in line with the so-called basic logic of facts.
In addition, he also knew what the other party was going to say next. It was nothing more than that the Jin army had sufficient forces and was coming so quickly, so the existence of Xiacai City might not be enough to affect the Jin army's crossing of the Huai River. Their plan collapsed at this point, and everything collapsed!
"Then prepare to cross the Huai River!" Zhao Jiu held back his last breath and agreed with gritted teeth. "Shouzhou people, send as many as you can!"
After hearing the official's words, for some reason, both the civil and military officials in the hall felt relieved, yet at the same time, they felt a little depressed.
After all, the world is in such turmoil. Although we know it is just imagination, who can not expect that this Emperor Zhao, who has a hint of the heroic spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties, is really a figure like Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang?
Do you really think that Li Boxi was completely incompetent due to his illness? Do you really think that the Song Dynasty elites who were diverted from Yingkou to Huainan by the government were fools? Do you really think that all people in the world are submissive?
But so what?
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