Correspondingly, of the 40,000 troops under Wanyan Talan's command, except for the Wanhu led by Yelu Mawu, the remaining 30,000 main forces were originally distributed under these four cities in an attempt to continue the siege.

With this arrangement, the Jin army had a huge flaw when the rivers were frozen in the winter, and the cavalry could move back and forth to provide support easily and gather and disperse at will. However, with the arrival of the first month of the year, the weather warmed up slightly, and the ice in the south gradually melted, revealing the five rivers (Yingshui, Weishui, Qishui, Shangshui, and Rushui) that greatly inhibited the Jin army's mobility.

However, Wanyan Talan was not unaware of this. In fact, as early as after the fall of Wuyang City, he adopted and implemented an extremely safe tactic - he personally led 10,000 people to the city of Changsha, and the rest of the cities were surrounded by only a few Meng'an leading a few thousand soldiers. Then he let his son-in-law, Puchahulu, who had his hands free, personally lead 7,000 to 8,000 elite troops to provide support everywhere, and gathered the civilians and equipment, preparing to take down each city one by one.

But, didn’t Du Chong suddenly arrive on the opposite side with an army of 70,000 to 80,000?

Therefore, Wanyan Talan stopped this strategy. On the one hand, he asked his son-in-law Pucha Hubalu to lead the troops to accompany him at the foot of Changsha City. On the other hand, he ordered the other three places, as well as Yelu Mawu, to reduce their forces and concentrate support troops here. He also did not forget to ask Wanyan Wushu for some support, but Wanyan Wushu ignored him... And now, the troops here, including the surrendered scattered Han troops and the temporarily captured civilians, totaled 25,000, a total of 25 Meng'an's main force of the Jin army.

According to the combat power of the Jin army, with such a force, it would not be wrong to fight against the 70,000 to 80,000 troops of the Song army's Dongjing Liushou Division in the wild. In addition, there is a special situation in Changsha City at that time. It is said that the Qishui River came from the north, but it was divided into two in the north of Changsha, with the left one clear and the right one turbid, bypassing the city, and then merged into one in the south, forming a large river island.

Of course, the term "Hejianzhou" is not scientific because it is not caused by alluvial deposits.

However, it is also a fact that this area is extremely large and wide, twenty miles long and seven or eight miles wide, which surrounds Changsha City and Wanyan Talan's main force...Han Shizhong was able to hold on until now, partly because of this terrain; and this terrain also naturally provided Wanyan Talan with a layer of natural protection and gave the Jin army a huge sense of security.

In short, it was reasonable and even in line with military strategy for the Song army to give up attacking the Changsha City in front of them and attack the weak points on the upper and lower routes. It was an excellent choice.

Therefore, Wanyan Talan thought about it for a long time, but after not noticing any flaws, he finally nodded heavily and continued to ask seriously: "Who came up with this idea?"

"It is Yue Fei, the Jeju Pacification Envoy!" After waiting for half a day, Li Kui, feeling uneasy, quickly answered.

"It's him, no wonder. After all, he is a figure who fought in Liangshanpo, and he should not be underestimated!" Talan sighed, but shook his head repeatedly, and looked at the guard in front of him. "Go to my back tent, open the innermost box next to the couch, and take out ten kilograms of beads to reward this Commander Li!"

The guard said nothing, and quickly brought out a large bag of pearls and handed it to Li Kui amid the sighs and exclamations of many people in the tent.

"Thank you for your hard work, Commander Li." Talan lay on his side on the main seat, squinting his eyes. "This is just a little bit of vulgarity, it's what you deserve... take it back!"

Li Kui did not dare to neglect it, and immediately held the pearl and bowed to express his gratitude. He stood up and turned back to leave... But he could not take more than two steps, and turned back with a bitter smile, and bowed to the ground again: "Marshal! I don't want the pearl anymore, and I beg you to give me a way out. Now that I am here, how can I dare to go back to Yanling? Although this pearl is good, I have to live to enjoy it, right?"

After hearing this, Talan finally pointed at the other person and laughed: "Speaking like this, you are the right person to tell the news... Do you know that if you dared to walk out of the tent just now, I would have had someone chop you to death... Keep the beads, and take a job in the civilian camp. When this matter is over, I will let you return to Jingdong to enjoy the wealth!"

Li Kui broke out in a cold sweat, and naturally hurriedly thanked him, then hurriedly retreated.

After Li Kui left, Talai did not ask his civil and military officials to discuss the matter, nor did he ask the two local commanders, namely the Bohai clan leader Da? and his son-in-law Pucha Hubalu, to see him. Instead, he calmly asked people to prepare breakfast.

It was not until he had finished more than half of his breakfast that a scout came into the tent according to the system and reported that smoke had been rising from the city of Yanling since the early morning. Only then did he put down his bowl, drove away the idlers in the tent, and then called his son-in-law Pucha Hubalu to see him.

When the father-in-law and son-in-law met, Talai told his son-in-law about Li Kui and the scouts... Obviously, this right deputy marshal of the Jin army was even more excessive than Wanyan Wushu, but he simply threw away the big? and ignored him, leaving it to the father-in-law and son-in-law to decide.

Pucha Hubalu was in his thirties, the golden age for a Jurchen noble. Hearing his father-in-law's words, he naturally took the lead. After walking back and forth in the empty tent for a while, the Jurchen commander had a plan in mind, but he did not say it directly. Instead, he asked his father-in-law about his attitude:

"Has Taishan made a decision?"

Not to mention that Scholar Xiao Qin was not here, even if he was, this son-in-law was the person he trusted the most, so Talan was of course fearless: "I think! First of all, this is true, and Li Kui did not lie..."

"Of course it's true." Hubalu quickly approached his father-in-law and nodded repeatedly. "The military intelligence and tactics are all correct... The key is that what this person said is not some extremely confidential military intelligence. Our scouts can also distinguish it clearly, but it will be a little later. So he is really a spy, and he is also selling these simple military intelligence for the future."

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