It was as if this official had once again coincidentally met this husband with whom he had a perfect match.
In fact, Lu Yihao was only slightly surprised, and then he became quiet, as if he had never said anything that would affect the fortune of the world.
Just like that, the rain stopped that afternoon and the spring sunshine appeared.
Emperor Zhao personally issued an order requiring the entire army to clear out sewage and prevent epidemics. That evening, he summoned all the generals and senior officers to ask Wu Jie about his general plan after the war.
Wu Jie was also quite calm, and explained the temporary strategies he had worked out over the past few days one by one.
"To put it simply, the 20,000 troops of the Imperial Camp Left Army were the vanguards who crossed the river from the west side of the upstream Jin Army camp a little further away." Zhao Jiu, who was sitting on one side of the hall, made a brief summary with a blank expression. "Then the Imperial Camp Cavalry and the Khitan and Mongolian cavalry, a total of 40,000 cavalry, crossed the river in large numbers under the protection of the Imperial Camp Left Army, and 60,000 troops went to fight for the high ground?"
"Yes." Wu Jie said briefly.
"After the cavalry set off, Li Jiedu led the Shanluo part of the imperial camp's central army, plus the imperial camp's rear army, a total of 40,000 people, to cross the river in front and fight for the high ground. With the high ground in hand, he used 100,000 infantry and cavalry to fight the Jin army, forcing the Jin army to use all its strength first?"
"yes."
"If that doesn't work, then send Generals Wang De and Li Qiong with 25,000 men across the river, pretending to be the decisive force, and lure the Jin army to use all their strength?"
"yes."
"If that still doesn't work, I will send Qu Duan's Imperial Camp Cavalry, Zhang Xian's Imperial Camp Front Army, and Beiwei Army, totaling more than 10,000, to lure them and also as a trump card... At that time, if the Jin army does not make a follow-up move, this army will be the trump card, and this battle will be a showdown with 140,000 people; and if the Jin army makes a follow-up move, this army will be the bait, and I will send the elite long-axe heavy infantry and some powerful crossbows led by President Wang, Yang Yizhong, and Zhang Zigai, more than 20,000 to 30,000 people, to cross the river together to make a decisive move... Is that right or not?"
"Yes." Wu Jie remained concise.
"Then it's settled." Zhao Jiu was equally concise. "After a day of drying tomorrow, the mud will be lessened. The day after tomorrow morning, we will send the entire army across the river for a decisive battle... How about the floating bridge?"
"The Taiping River is not a place with rapids or deep water. We can prepare a long wooden raft in advance and build it temporarily. This will make it easier to catch the enemy by surprise." Wu Jie replied without hesitation.
"Well, I won't ask about the rest of the details." Zhao Jiu nodded, then looked back. "Who has a different opinion on this strategy?"
Qu Duan nodded and was about to stand up, wanting to speak for a moment.
"I'll ask again, who has any objections?" Zhao Jiu glanced at the other person, then asked again, his voice raised and his tone stern.
This time, Qu Duan fell completely silent. As for Liu Qi and Zhang Zigai, they were silent and expressionless.
Finally, seeing that no one objected, Emperor Zhao, who was sitting there, made the final decision: "That's it... If there are no major changes in the situation, this matter will be settled like this."
Han Shizhong stood up first, and the other generals also stood up one after another, and then, led by the army's greatest general, they all said yes.
The next day, the sun was bright as expected, and after a day of exposure to the sun, the originally slightly muddy ground dried up quickly. Although it could not be said to be solid, it was solid enough for horses to run on.
At the same time, perhaps due to the influence of the spring rain, everyone discovered that day that the fields on both sides of the Taiping River were all green, and the air was refreshing.
It was under such circumstances that the Song army began to dry and wipe their weapons on a large scale and prepare dry food and clean water for the next day.
Obviously, the Song army did not hide, nor did they need to hide... In contrast, the Jin army was not to be outdone. They also began to dry their weapons and prepare food and water for the next day's battle.
The most shocking thing was what happened in the afternoon of that day... I don't know whether they were civilians disguised as real reinforcements, or whether some elite troops had sneaked to the north bank of the Hutuo River when it rained, or whether they were real reinforcements... Anyway, in broad daylight, about 10,000 cavalrymen, or a full 100 Mouke's elite armored cavalry, crossed the river from the north bank of the Hutuo River into the camp right under the noses of the Song army.
Of course, the Song army remained unmoved. Because just as Emperor Zhao said, at this point, if there is no major change in the situation, the battle is already decided.
But... so I said but, in the late night of that day, or in the early morning of the third day of February when the decisive battle was originally scheduled, when all the soldiers and civilians were still working overtime to prepare to provide hot meals for the entire army early in the morning, the spring rain as fine as cow hair fell again, causing the entire army to change color.
"King of Wei." On the other side of the river, in the Jin army camp that looked like a three-armed monster, specifically in the connecting camp, Gao Qingyi's head was full of water, and he didn't know whether it was sweat or rain, but he was extremely panicked. "It's raining again... Will the Song army attack today?"
Under the torch, which was not affected at all, Wanyan Wushu took off his hat and looked up at the sky. After feeling the rain for a while, he turned back and shouted fiercely:
"At this time, can we guess that Zhao Jiu will not come?! Go find Hong Chengzhi and tell him not to talk to those captives of the Song army! After I have finished discussing with all the officers above the rank of Meng'an in the army, I will chop them up and sacrifice them to the flag!"
Gao Qingyi staggered away.
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