Wuzhu waited three times, but still heard the other party remain silent. He became more excited and continued to speak: "Marshal Yue, please listen to me..."
"Wu Shu!"
At this moment, Yue Fei on the opposite side suddenly spoke, and his voice was so loud that even across the embankment, it still frightened Wanyan Wushu.
After being startled, Wuzhu laughed and said, "I'm listening, Marshal Yue, please speak! I'm waiting!"
"Some of what you said are indeed irrefutable." After a shout, Yue Fei calmed down. "For example, if you say that once a war breaks out, no matter who wins or loses, countless innocent lives will be lost on both sides... Who can refute that?"
"yes……"
"But I can't refute you, but that doesn't mean I have nothing to say to you." Yue Fei continued to speak sternly. "The only thing I can say is that when the soldiers and civilians fight to the death for the country, I, Yue Fei, will be among them and will be the first to fight! If we win, we will win together, and if we lose, we will lose together. If I die on the battlefield, my soul will return to Yuetai and my body will turn into the green mountains! If I survive by chance, I will unite with the rest of the living, comfort the wounded and the dead, and then work together to restore peace! I can say this to the sky, to the mountains and rivers, to the more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians behind me, and to you tonight!"
Wuzhu remained silent.
"As for what you said about war and peace... Since you have read the court reports, you should know this truth. I can talk about it for three days and three nights, which is enough to refute you dozens of times." Yue Fei was still calm, but his words gradually became sonorous. "But today I don't want to talk about big truths, I just want to ask you a few questions... The two countries have been at war for ten years. Weren't you the first to slaughter and plunder? Weren't Nianhan and your second brother Wulibu rushing to the south? Why did you slaughter cities and plunder land when you were strong, and rob money and kill people now that we are attacking, you say peace is the most precious?! The Jingkang Shame was only ten years ago; the fall of the two rivers was only nine years ago; the massacre of the Central Plains was only eight years ago, and you actually want us to pretend that nothing happened and forget it directly?! At this point, what's the point of you talking about all this? You must know that if you dare to do such a bloody thing, you should be prepared to suffer the sword and the sword!"
Wuzhu remained silent, but the slave of the Grand Master who was holding a shield next to him could clearly see in the light of the fire in the distance that the corner of the Fourth Prince's mouth was twitching slightly.
After twitching, the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom suppressed all his thoughts and gritted his teeth, "So, we still have to fight to decide the outcome?"
"That's what I meant. It was you, the Fourth Prince, who made up some nonsense and forced me to talk to you across the embankment." Yue Fei's voice regained its composure. "As for this battle... Fourth Prince, I have one more thing to say. Where did you get the confidence to think that you could break my camp before I break Yuancheng? Although our army is small, it is as strong as dragons and tigers, unlike you, the Jurchens, who are all like short-legged toads riding on horses! Do you expect to jump over this river with 50,000 or 60,000 toads?!"
Wuzhu was stunned and didn't know how to respond.
But soon, before he could reply, he heard a commotion on the other side of the river bank, and then he could clearly hear the sound of boats starting and armor rubbing against each other. A moment later, just as the fourth prince was about to speak again, he heard a different voice:
"Your Highness, King Wei of Jin, my marshal has already left. He said that although they had a quick meeting at night and parted unhappily, they could not lose their manners... so he left his sword here as a gift..."
Wuzhu was confused and didn't know whether to thank him or give him something else as a gift. But he heard the other side continue to say: "He also said that there are countless people in the Song Dynasty, from the Prince of Han and below, who want to skin the King of Wei alive. If the King of Wei is defeated, he might as well use this sword to commit suicide in consideration of today's encounter at the dike slope. In the future, when people fight over his body and recognize this sword, it can be regarded as a contribution of our Marshal."
Wuzhu was stunned again and wanted to explode, but he knew that Yue Fei had already left, and it would be a loss of face if he went to trouble with a personal guard. However, he sat on his horse, listening to the noise, and let the second ship leave.
After a while, Wushu let out a long sigh and smiled at the Taishi Nu: "Yue Fei is a vulgar man, but I can't lose face. Bring me that sword. I will use it to kill the Song people in this battle!"
Tai Shi Nu had no choice but to climb up the embankment to look for it. Sure enough, he found a precious sword under the embankment. He then brought it back and handed it to Wuzhu.
The Fourth Prince took the sword and returned to the camp as if nothing had happened... As for what happened on the embankment that night, he did not tell anyone.
Not to mention how extraordinary Wuzhu was, let's just say that in the next two days, the Jin army cut off the lower reaches of the Yongji Canal, but did not find anything wrong with the Song army. In the end, the Jin side carefully raised two hot air balloons... One was burned, and one survived and made a report. Only then did the Jin army know... It turned out that the Song army's position on the west side had already started to build earthen hills, and behind the earthen hills there were huge pits connected to the Yellow River for water storage... Perhaps they would also serve as docks in the future.
Therefore, when the Jin army cut off the Yongji Canal, the Song army directly dug through the Yongji Canal and these huge pits without any chaos.
In other words, the Song army was well prepared for the Yongji Canal, so the Jin army returned empty-handed.
However, it didn't matter, because during these few days, a gust of northwest wind caused the Yongji Canal to be completely frozen, and the Yellow River, which had a slow flow, gradually became unable to support it. Many large ships began to sail into the prepared docks in the camp.
Then, after a light snowfall, the temperature dropped again and the small steamer could no longer stand and disappeared on the river.
At this time, the Jin army was already gearing up for battle, but they were worried that the river was not frozen tightly enough. If they attacked without authorization, they would be caught in the muddy water by the Song army's artillery carts lined up on the river bank on the opposite bank.
However, even so, the Jin army began to send troops to seize the southern side of the Song army camp.
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