"I'm talking seriously, why don't you listen?" Lou Shi remained calm.
"Don't let Huo Nu go south for support!" Ba Lisu suddenly said seriously. "You must know that our army is all cavalry. If we lose this battle, we will just be defeated. It's not a big deal. The worst case scenario is that we lose some weak soldiers and return empty-handed. But if we lose the Hekou camp and Fucheng behind us, it will be a disaster! You are gambling your life for the future of your children and grandchildren, and we, as your subordinates, will follow you and die in battle. But if you cut off your retreat for the sake of your family, and let tens of thousands of people become wild ghosts here, let alone after your death, Huo Nu and Mou Yan will never have a good end!"
"I understand." Lou Shi responded indifferently.
Upon seeing this, Balisu sneered again and again, then shook his head and rode away.
It was the hottest time of midsummer. For several days in a row, the sun was scorching hot during the day and the breeze was blowing at night. The Song and Jin armies continued to confront each other in a strange and tense state. As the end of the month was approaching, one day, the heat dissipated a little, and Wu Jie, who had been asked not to report everything before, suddenly came directly to the camp at the foot of the mountain in the evening and asked to see the "deputy commander".
"Officials."
Under the Milky Way, the military camp had already settled down, and even the cicadas had begun to chirp again around the camp. Therefore, Wu Jie, who had followed Scholar Xiaolin all the way to the open area of the shooting range next to the 'Deputy Commander's' tent, had directly changed his name under the Milky Way. "The war will begin in a day or two!"
Zhao Jiu, who was sitting on a small stool in the shooting range enjoying the breeze, nodded without much reaction. However, Wang Yuan, Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan, who were accompanying him, had already changed their expressions. However, Scholar Kobayashi, who went to greet Wu Jie, maintained his composure.
"Is there anything to say?" The matter was of great importance, so Wang Yuan, who had been reduced to an idle job, asked seriously.
"General Wang." Wu Jie was polite to Wang Yuan, because he knew that he was actually speaking to Emperor Zhao. In fact, he was targeting Emperor Zhao who seemed a little careless. "Your Majesty, I have been fighting with Lou Shi for several years. I believe that no one knows Lou Shi better than me... So I thought from the beginning that Lou Shi had not fought for a long time, not because they did not dare to fight, not because they did not want to fight, but because they did not have the right time and place for this battle, so they just wanted to find a suitable opportunity to fight."
"So the Jin army's fighter planes have arrived?" Under the starry sky and torches, Zhao Jiu finally looked a little more serious.
"No, it's just that the Jin army is running out of opportunities." Wu Jie answered seriously.
Zhao Jiu finally showed some interest: "What do you mean?"
"For the Jin army, the two things that can change are the heat and the water." Wu Jie explained quickly. "In the past few days, although the sun was scorching during the day, fortunately, the wind was clear and the air was bright, so it can only be said to be hot, but not the heat... For the Jin army, what they fear most is actually the stuffy heat..."
"So, the good weather is going to end, and it's going to get hot and humid soon?" Zhao Jiu understood almost immediately. Battles should be so pragmatic, not so complicated. "Although the water has not completely dried up, we can't wait any longer?"
"Not only will it be hot and humid, I'm afraid it will rain again." Wu Jie finally laughed. "When I knew that Lou Shi often went to Jinsu Mountain to hunt, I guessed what Lou Shi was thinking. These days, I have been observing the water and the weather... Today, several old soldiers with hidden injuries in the camp came to me together and said that although they were not sore all over, they could feel that their wounds were swelling. In two or three days, it will rain!"
Zhao Jiu nodded slowly: "The Jin army also has many veterans, and they also know how to use this method to predict the rain... So, if Lou Shi really wants to fight, he can't wait any longer! Is it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"
"Officials are wise!"
"Don't say those words. What do you want me to do?" Zhao Jiu looked at him sternly, his eyes sparkling in the dark.
"You don't need to do anything... I have already sent urgent orders to Qu Da and my brother to let them observe the movements of the living women and attack the Hekou camp at all costs." Wu Jie was silent for a moment before he came forward. "And this time I came here to persuade you to go to Jingyao to avoid the battle overnight, and just leave a dragon flag behind..."
"I won't leave." Zhao Jiu sighed calmly. "My army is here, my land is here, you just need to do your best... And if I leave, those people will definitely cause trouble. The closer the battle is, the more I will stay here for you."
Wu Jie said nothing, bowed and walked away.
Wu Da had been gone for a long time. Zhao Jiu thought for a while before calling out to someone sitting on a small stool: "Pingfu!"
Liu Yan hurried forward: "Official."
"I want you to do something." As Yang Yi and the others looked at each other in bewilderment, Zhao Jiu sighed softly. "Go now, go to Jingyao and get the last 3,500 soldiers from there, and find a way to transfer them to me! You can directly transfer them to the army, or pretend to be civilians and wait on the road to the north to join the battle when the opportunity arises... It's up to you!"
Liu Yan was silent for a moment, then bowed and left.
And on the same night, when the moon was dark and the wind was strong, at the Longmen Ferry behind Liangshan, the northernmost tip of Tongzhou, which was more than a hundred miles away, a team of Jin army messengers crossed the river as usual despite the late night... This was a natural and common thing. If the Jin army on both ends of the river wanted to get in touch, they would naturally go through here.
However, what is interesting is that after crossing the river, this team of Jin troops did not rush south along the river to Hezhong Prefecture to meet the nominal commander-in-chief, the third prince Wanyan Erlido, but instead turned north across Longmen Mountain and entered a large camp late at night.
"Cross the river?" Wanyan Wushu hurriedly stood up and looked at Wanyan Mouyan in front of him. Without waiting for him to speak, his face became serious. "Cross the river now and fight tomorrow? If we fight tomorrow, why didn't you come earlier? Will we make it in time?"
"We should cross the river at night and fight the day after tomorrow." Mou Yan bowed his head and corrected. "My father asked the fourth prince to abandon the camp and baggage immediately and cross the river with General Han. Then, you must cross the Beiluo River before sunset tomorrow and settle on the west bank of the Beiluo River. There, my brother and daughter will provide supplies. And the next morning, you must rush south regardless of everything. You must follow me from the west side of Yaoshan to the south end of the Song army camp in the afternoon to attack from the north and south!"
Wuzhu finally heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Because of a word from your father, I almost caused disunity in the Eastern Route Army. I just forced these 20,000 people to stay. Then I have to march a hundred miles every day for two consecutive days to fight the Song army with the last hurdles... I hope your father will not let me down!"
"My father has never failed anyone in his life!" Mou Yan raised his head, ignoring the fact that the person in front of him was Taizu's flesh and blood, the fourth prince of the Jin Dynasty, and his face became ferocious on the spot.
Seeing this, the shirtless Wanyan Wushu was not angry but happy: "That's exactly what I meant!"
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