"That is... although the officials are shaken, since they made their promise in Taiyuan, they will never waver again on such a major matter as sending troops." Lu Yihao looked up at the other party and explained seriously. "And Han and Li two

, one was always with him when he was traveling and wandering, and the other was alone in Shaanxi, trusting each other for ten years... In my heart, I am willing to trust the officials. But Wu Jiedu, I think it is.

When I commanded such a large army for the first time, I felt such a heavy burden that I became a little concerned about one thing and not the other, and became agitated when I saw some situations."

Wu Jie was in a daze for a moment... Was he the one who was shaken?

"But Wu Jiedu, don't worry." Lu Yihao continued to look up at the other party and said calmly. "It's like this in Yaoshan, and it's like this in the Northern Expedition. Officials have entrusted you with the great responsibility of the Chinese army, and without hesitation, it's Han and Li.

There are not even one or two words to complain, which shows that the official's full responsibility and trust in you are also unique... So if you have something to say, go to the official to tell you directly, and if you have concerns, express them directly, without having to go through this old man.

What happened."

Wu Jie quickly handed over his hand and said, "This is what Xianggong Lu taught you."

"Of course, since we have said this this time, I will convey to you that there are hundreds of thousands of troops and the general affairs are busy, please go back!" Lu Yihao turned around without haste.

Wu Jie responded knowingly and hurriedly left with his hands.

After Wu Jie left, Lu Yihao stayed at the same place for a while. When Mei Li came over without saying a word to help hold an umbrella, the two of them gently turned out of the corridor together, and then calmly walked out of the county government office, but slowly walked through the misty rain.

After crossing the street, we carefully climbed onto the slippery south city wall. When we got to the city, a team of Red Heart troops rushed up to protect them from a distance, leading Lu Yihao and Mei Qu to Zhao Guan's house, who was looking into the distance under a wooden shed on the city wall.

When the Xianggong came to visit the official, the people around him naturally dispersed a little, but the ground was slippery, and Lu Xianggong was leaning on a crutch. Therefore, Liu Yan, the commander of the Imperial Banner, and Shao Chengzhang, the Imperial Guard's Provincial Supervisor Banner, did not dare to leave for a moment and remained standing.

On both sides of the wooden shed, there were Mei Querk and others. They just retreated with a few Ban Zhi to another wooden shed a dozen steps away and did not dare to go far.

"My husband is suffering from the cold, so there is no need to go to the city in the rain." Zhao Jiu turned around to look at each other.

"Firstly, the mere wind and cold will not kill me immediately; secondly, I am old and frail, and my roots are damaged, so I won't be able to last long... In this case, you might as well be more reckless." Lu Yihao smiled while holding on to his crutches. "

Besides, when the war comes, I don’t know how many people will live or die. The life of a mere old man is not worth mentioning, so the officials don’t need to worry about me!"

Zhao Jiu also laughed: "My husband is open-minded."

"Although the rain is slow, it is still very hazy. I wonder what the officials are looking at every time they go to the city in the past few days?" Lu Yihao lightly crossed the topic and looked curiously, but found nothing. He couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"First of all, we need to look at the water potential." Zhao Jiu said there was no need to be pretentious. "I noticed from the first day that as soon as the spring rain fell, the Taiping River became muddy and yellow, and the rainwater could not cover the river channel due to the sudden increase in water potential."

"The spring rain raised the microwaves and reached Pengcheng overnight. Passing under my Huanglou Tower, the Zhulan illuminated the flying deer." Lu Yihao slowly chanted, and then sighed. "The Taiping River was originally a small river, but unexpectedly a spring rain became a dividing line between the two armies..."

"It's empty." Zhao Jiu said disapprovingly. "Once the rain stops, as long as the river is clear, the water will fall a lot in a day or two. I have personally asked several local elders, and they all said that the spring rain is no better than the autumn rain and cannot last for too long.

For a long time. Even if the water does not fall, the rafts and long logs that can become floating bridges after rain are dozens of steps wide are still useless... So, after all, as Wu Jinqing said, it can block hundreds of thousands of people.

There is a large army, only a few hundred thousand troops, and it is neither the Yellow River nor the Mianman River, let alone this mere Taiping River."

"So, the official's decision has been made?" Lu Yihao smiled slightly.

"That's right." Zhao Jiu responded calmly. "From my perspective, this battle is too hasty... But now that the situation has come to this point, what can be controlled by human beings? As an official, I feel that in my heart

If you hesitate, how can you go against the general trend?"

"That's right." Lu Yihao thought thoughtfully. "Ever since the government bombed Taiyuan City, this battle has been inevitable."

Zhao Jiu shook his head slowly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lu Yihao also leaned on crutches and remained silent for a while.

But after a while, he looked at the misty front in the spring rain and realized something: "The officials said before, 'Look at the water potential first,' but what is the second thing to look at? The Jinjun military camp cannot be seen. Could it be that it is to look at this vast green patch of land?"

?"

"That's right." Zhao Jiu looked forward and said frankly. "I have noticed from the first day that after the rain, it is difficult to cover up the spring green. But in the past few days, the rain has been dripping, and the green has become thicker visible to the naked eye...

"

"Looking south from Huolu City, you can only see some corners of the Taihang Mountains. With such spring green, most of them are wild seedlings and weeds that have not been taken care of in the wasteland." Lu Yihao thought thoughtfully. "The whole Huolu heading south,

To the east, there are good fields."

"Yes, it's good farmland." Zhao Jiu said calmly. "And it's already February. It should be spring plowing and seedlings should be planted. During the spring rain, farmers should also put on coir raincoats and clear out waterlogging. But at this time, local farmers actually

Most of them were trapped in the opposite military camp and used as signing troops... The remaining old, weak, women and children also fled into the Taihang Mountains."

"The Taiping River is just a yellow belt, but now it is full of thick green. It is indeed an overwhelming situation." Lu Yihao sighed for a moment. "No wonder the officials are so determined. Even when Qu Dutong arrived in such a panic, he never

Stop the officials from being half-hearted."

"Having said that, we still have to talk about military matters." Zhao Jiu shook his head and explained. "From the fact that Han, Li, Wu, and the king all tried to protect Hu Yantong, I know that they want to remind me that the morale of our army is still there.

The war must not be postponed, and it is even more obvious that Qu Duan is arguing with them today... If it were not for their firm attitude, how could I, a mere official who does not know how to fight, dare to be so firm? "

Lu Yihao nodded, and then suddenly laughed.

Zhao Jiu turned around in confusion, only to be met with a slightly strange look from the other party.

"I have lost my temper." Lu Yihao withdrew his gaze and expressed a little emotion. "I just thought of the situation during the Zhenzong days... In front of the Tanyuan Alliance, the majestic Emperor of China did not dare to cross the river, so much so that he asked Kou Zhun, the husband to coax and deceive him.

Crossing the river, even so, when I think about it afterwards, I still hate Kou Zhun... Since the Spring and Autumn Period, where has there been such an emperor? But..."

"It happens that the Song Dynasty has a lot of such emperors." Zhao Jiu couldn't help but laugh after receiving these words. "And it just so happens that today you and I, the emperor and our ministers, actually came to a small city under Zhending Mansion, only a few hundred thousand away from the Jin army.

inside?"

"That's right." Lu Yihao said solemnly. "That's exactly what I meant."

Zhao Jiu nodded with a slight smile, and then paused for a moment. The monarch and his ministers were speechless for a moment, and the rain seemed to ease as the two of them took a pause.

After a while, Zhao Guanjia, who was watching the rain again, was about to speak again, but unexpectedly Lu Yihao took the lead and said something shocking:

"Officials, as the saying goes, even when a person is about to die, his words are good... I have two things to say to the officials. I would also like to ask the officials to listen carefully because I am the prime minister. If someone comes in the future,

If there is any doubt about something, the officials can blame it on the minister."

Zhao Jiu said nothing and just stared at the other party.

Lu Yihao, on the other hand, leaned on crutches and looked towards the front where the rain line was getting weaker and weaker: "Guanjia, that day outside Taiyuan City, I have been thinking about the words of Guanjia that day, and based on my experience

After thinking about it over and over again, apart from urging the officials not to break their promises that night, there is only one more way... and that is to put the king first!"

"First?"

"Be first." Lu Yihao replied affirmatively. "Officials in Jiangnan once said that everything must have a beginning, but the secret of a minister's life is to be first."

"I would like to hear the details."

"It's not a profound knowledge, it's not as good as Lu Gong's transformation of family education into original knowledge... It's just a little bit of experience, and it's very superficial, just the literal meaning." Lu Yihao responded with a sigh. "Looking at the present and the future, these are two specific suggestions.

These are the two things I want to say."

"Please give me some advice."

"First of all, there will be a big battle in a few days. If necessary, the officials can take the lead in the army." Lu Yihao followed suit. "In my opinion, this is not dangerous, because the elite of the country are here. When the soldiers and horses on the other side of the river exceed

Here, the officials lead the people first, but in fact they are in the safest place in the world, hiding behind but separated from the army, which will lead to danger and disaster."

"It makes sense." Zhao Guanjia replied with a reply that everyone present expected.

"Secondly, after the Northern Expedition, there are countless problems. The officials have made it very clear before the problems north of the Yellow River. But I have thought about it for a long time. If I want to deal with it properly, there is a way to take the lead in the country.

!" At this point, Lu Yihao turned around and faced each other seriously. "The official family and I were on the Yanshan Road in the past. I see that Yanjing is quite advantageous. If the Northern Expedition can capture all five northern routes, why not move the capital to Yanjing and redefine it?

Qiankun?"

After hearing the last eight words, Liu Yan and Shao Chengzhang, who had been motionless, trembled together, and then couldn't help but look at each other behind Zhao Guan's house and Lu Xianggong, unable to hide the shock in their eyes. Not far away, the only person present was

One by one, the civil servants were shocked and realized that this was probably a huge political gift given to them by Xianggong Lu, who had favored him for promotion, in order to repay his attentive attendance in the past few days.

However, contrary to the expectations of these people and Lu Yihao, Zhao Guanjia did not show any surprise. He just nodded lightly: "What Lu Xianggong said is absolutely true, Yanjing has the aura of a king!"

It was as if this official had once again coincided with this husband who was very compatible with him.

In fact, Lu Yihao was only slightly surprised and immediately calmed down, as if he had never said anything that would affect the fate of the entire world.

Just like that, the rain stopped that afternoon and the spring sunshine appeared.

Zhao Guanjia personally issued an order requiring the entire army to clean up sewage to prevent epidemics. In the evening of that day, he summoned all the commanders and senior commanders to ask Wu Jie about his general plan for the war.

Wu Jie was also quite calm, and put forward the temporary strategies he had worked out over the past few days.

"Roughly speaking, the 20,000 soldiers from the imperial camp's left army were used as the vanguard to cross over to the west side of the upstream of the Jin army's camp, which was a little far away." Zhao Jiu, who was sitting on one side of the hall, had no expression on his face and summarized briefly. "

Then the Royal Camp Cavalry Qingqi and the Khitan and Mongolian Qingqi, a total of 40,000 people, under the cover of the Imperial Camp Left Army, crossed the river in large numbers and fought for the high ground?"

"Yes." Wu Jie said concisely and to the point.

"After the cavalry set off, Li Jiedu took charge of the Shaanluo part of the imperial camp's central army, plus the imperial camp's rear army, a total of 40,000 troops, crossing the river from the high ground to fight for the high ground. With the high ground in hand, he could use 100,000 paces

Are you going to fight with the Jin army and force the Jin army to use all their strength first?"

"yes."

"If it fails, then Wang De will be used again, and Li Qiong will cross the river with 25,000 people, pretending to be the decisive hand, and lure the Jin army to use all its strength?"

"yes."

"If it still doesn't work, we will send out the cavalry of Qu Duan's imperial camp, and the front troops of Zhang Xian's imperial camp will back up Wei's army, totaling more than 10,000 people, and then use them as a lure, which will also serve as a trump card... At that time, if the Jin army can't come up with any help, they will use

One of the 130,000 people is outnumbered; and if the Jin army comes out from behind, I will send all the elite troops led by President Wang, Yang Yizhong, and Zhang Zigai to cross the river together with more than 20,000 people with long axes and heavy steps and some powerful crossbows.

, to make a throw of heaven and earth... yes or no?"

"Yes." Wu Jie still spoke concisely.
To be continued...