Speed is of the essence in warfare, this is the most important command Cao Guo gave to his subordinates.

On that day, the emperor with a switched soul began his trickery against Jin Wushu.

He ordered his subordinates to send out over a hundred medium-sized warships, each ship with only 20 or 30 sailors and ten soldiers, rushing towards the Jin people's water fort on the opposite shore.

Seeing the Song army crossing the river in large numbers and lacking a powerful fleet, Jin Wushu simply ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows at the Song soldiers, preventing them from landing.

Most of the arrows used by these Jin soldiers were from horse bows, lightweight and agile, and the arrows they shot lacked penetrating power, all falling onto the deck.

Cao Guo had his subordinates cover the ship's body with grass, so these arrows didn't cause much damage to the ship's body, and they couldn't even touch a hair of the soldiers who were already scarce.

But before they could land, after a fierce rain of arrows, the Song army retreated.

On the second day, Cao Guo repeated his trickery and chose the time to be in the morning and evening, when the Jin people couldn't see clearly and could only shoot arrows at the Song army.

And the number of Song warships coming to attack also became fewer and fewer.

The Jin people thought that the Song army was nothing more than this.

When the sun set on the third day, Cao Guo's grand act began.

He ordered the entire army to cook at the You hour and prepare at the Xu hour.

At the fourth quarter of the Xu hour, the entire army was ready, and darkness descended.

Cao Guo stood on the platform and drew his sword swiftly:

Tonight is the time for the Jin people to pay for their blood debt!

When they are negligent, it is the time they lose their lives!

I command you to cross the river, draw your swords, grasp your spears, vent your anger, and destroy those barbarians on the opposite shore who once ravaged and slaughtered our loved ones, brothers, and compatriots!

No capture, no mercy, tonight, let them repent for the sins they committed in the past!

Army, march!