But Emperor Zhao just waved his hand and turned back to look: "If we follow what we said before, after we sweep Taiyuan and Longde, we gather all the troops and immediately march out of Jingxing, how many soldiers will we have at most? How many soldiers will we have at least?"
"Theoretically, there should be at least 200,000, and at most 240,000." Yang Yizhong blurted out. "But in reality, there are definitely not that many. A lot of casualties have been made, and we need to leave troops along the way... In addition, we also need to consider whether we should leave some decent troops in Longde Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture, just in case."
"Taiyuan and Longde Prefecture must be kept... so that means 160,000 to 200,000?"
"Yes." Yang Yizhong answered carefully. "But this doesn't actually include Yue Fei's troops... They are infantry, and it's uncertain how many people will come."
"Yue Fei's army still has some cavalry and livestock, so there should be several thousand to ten thousand troops following the Jin army." Zhao Jiu quickly replied. "That means 170,000 to 200,000?"
"yes."
"Where are the Jin troops?"
"It's easy to calculate... 20 Wanhu, Wang Bolong's, Gao Jingshan's, Wanyan Zhehe's, Wendun Sizhong's, plus Wanyan Salihe who is bound to escape, and Huo Nu and Wulin Dataiyu's two Wanhu in Yanjing... The Jin army should still have 12 or 13 Wanhu." Yang Yizhong still blurted out. "But this is the result of the Yanjing reinforcements not coming."
"How could they not come?" Zhao Jiu rubbed his left eye. "We have come to this critical juncture. Even if the main force of the new army from Yanjing cannot arrive in time, Huo Nu, Wulin Dataiyu, and even Hezhameng'an from Yanjing will all come... So, if a quick battle is fought, and the main forces of the reinforcements from both sides do not arrive, then it is very likely that there will be 170,000 to 210,000 or 150,000 or 260,000? The key is still to see what Datong is doing?"
"yes."
"If both sides' reinforcements arrive in sufficient numbers, then it will be 300,000 versus 200,000?"
"yes."
Zhao Jiu shook his head repeatedly: "It won't be so smooth... I just told Wu Jie that this is the first time to fight a war of this scale, so there are bound to be all kinds of mistakes... To put it bluntly, it's just a half-cooked meal."
"But we have it, and the Jurchens must have it too. The military advantage is always with the Song Dynasty and in the hands of the government." Yang Yi Zhong consoled earnestly.
"That's true." Zhao Jiu nodded slightly.
At this moment, when Emperor Zhao, who had just felt somewhat comforted, was about to say something, suddenly, another rider came galloping over. Zhao Jiu saw it from afar and immediately kept silent. He even almost felt like shrinking back, but he still didn't show it.
"Official, great victory!"
The rider fell off his horse and shouted from afar, "Dong Xian and Niu Gao, the two commanders, have captured Xihe and captured Wanhu Salihe alive!"
Zhao Jiu's spirits suddenly lifted, but it was only a lift for a moment, and he became nervous again... because this meant that his and Wu Jie's guesses had been verified, and the decisive battle might come sooner than imagined.
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