"Speaking of this matter alone, it is indeed true." Yue Fei said frankly.

"That's why I came to you." Hu Yin put down his hands from the fire and responded seriously. "If the Jin army succeeds, our logistics will be cut off, and we must make long-term plans... Starting tomorrow, we will change the food rations... How do you think?"

"Minister Hu." Yue Fei took a few steps forward, squinted his eyes, lowered his voice, and panted a little. "Minister Hu, I'm telling you the truth... I think you've got it wrong, or even the wrong way around."

Hu Yin was slightly startled.

Yue Fei also quickly explained: "First of all, the Jin army did this after being frustrated. On the surface, it was to cut off our logistics. It may be true that they did so, but considering the time, 90% of them were too late... 80% of them had other intentions."

Hu Yin was confused at first, but suddenly he became alert. He looked at the big-eyed general in front of him in astonishment, and then slowly said, "You mean... their original intention was to destroy the Yellow River embankment, so that the water would flood Hebei in the spring... and prevent us from advancing properly? But what about Hebei? Don't they want it anymore?"

"This is desperate." Yue Fei sighed. "If they can't stop us and the emperor from advancing on two fronts, Hebei will be Song territory. What do they have to worry about?"

Hu Yin was speechless for a moment... Not to mention that if we lose this battle, Hebei will no longer belong to the Jin Kingdom. To put it bluntly, wasn't the Song Dynasty able to do such a thing as changing its borders to Hebei three times?

It would be ridiculous to condemn the Jin people at this time.

And this is really impossible to prevent... Unless we drive the enemy away before the ice melts and then block the levee in time. But that can only save them temporarily... Four or five river channels extend all the way to Yanyun, and can be dug everywhere. Unless we keep pressing the enemy from tomorrow and make them breathless, the thought of it makes my scalp numb.

When he thought of this, Hu Yin felt almost cold in his heart.

"What else?" Hu Mingzhong came back to his senses after a long while, and asked with gritted teeth, suppressing his anxiety. "The Marshal said first, there must be a second, right?"

"After that..." Yue Fei stared at Hu Mingzhong and said seriously. "The more this happens, the less we can plan for the long term. Instead, we should loosen up the supply, let the soldiers and civilians have enough strength, attack instead of defend, tie down the forces, and even scare them with the offensive!"

Hu Yin thought for a moment and immediately realized: "Attack Yuancheng fiercely?"

"Yuancheng has been under siege for 40 to 50 days, and has also been attacked for 40 to 50 days. In the previous battle with Wang Bolong, Gao Jingshan sent out nearly half of the elite troops in the city, and the city has long been shaky." At this point, Yue Fei no longer had to hide anything. "If I wanted to break the city, I would have broken it long ago. The reason I didn't break it was for two reasons... One was that Hedong was tied up with the main force of the Jin army, and the other was that I had an agreement with the emperor to try to break the city together with the emperor tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?" Hu Yin replied in a daze.

"Tomorrow." Yue Fei calmly bowed. "It's only because the Jin army tried to dig the river bank yesterday, and today doesn't matter, that's why I didn't say more to Minister Hu."

Hu Yin was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Which city will the emperor try to conquer tomorrow?"

Yue Fei laughed for once: "What do you think, Mr. Hu?"

Hu Yin shook his head slightly, unable to believe it for a moment.

It was already past midnight and the snow had stopped outside Taiyuan city. Wanyan Zhehe, a veteran general of the Jin Dynasty, came to the Guancheng tower in the south of Taiyuan city in full armor to overlook the Song army camp, but he was speechless for a long time because of the strange scene before him.

It turned out that in the cold winter, late at night, not long after the snow had stopped, the Song army camp was suddenly filled with mist, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding white snow and the dark night sky.

"Wan Hu..." Meng An, the confidant in charge of the southern pass, couldn't help but step forward and say something. "It could be that there are too many Song soldiers. It could also be that Wu Jie led his troops here today, and it's the New Year, so the soldiers are eating and drinking freely and feasting without restraint."

"That Zhao Song official is not a person who feasts and drinks excessively." Wanyan Zhehe looked at the strange fog in front of him and spoke coldly. "It's just that there are too many people. The south is the main camp. Today, another 20,000 people came. It just snowed... His breath becomes clouds, and his exhalation becomes fog."

"Yes, that must be the case." Meng An nodded heavily, and then asked carefully. "Then do you want me to take advantage of the opportunity to rob the camp?"

"No need." Wanyan Zhehe shook his head without hesitation. "The city defense is not in danger, and the people under the city are all famous and experienced generals of the Song army. There is no need to easily throw away troops... However, I do have the intention to wait until the enemy is exhausted, or to rob the camp when I have no choice, but I am prepared to lead the troops to rob Yongli Prison myself."

"Yes, if they wanted to rob the camp, they should have robbed their rear camp." Meng An, a subordinate, suddenly realized, then laughed. "But who knows if it was the commander-in-chief or General Salihe who did this?"

Wanyan Zhehe looked at the other party and said seriously: "Salihe will not come, and the chances of becoming the commander-in-chief are only 50-50."

Meng'an's expression suddenly changed.

"I don't want to hide it from you." Zhehe continued to answer seriously. "If Salihe had the courage and ability to rob the camp, he shouldn't have let the Zhao Song officials come so quickly, and he shouldn't have let Wu Jie come so quickly... and since the Song army came so quickly, Salihe would have been useless, and there is no hope at all." Zhehe's face remained unchanged at this point. "As for the commander-in-chief... I have seen the situation map of Daming Prefecture drawn by the commander-in-chief for me. They can either annihilate the Song army under the city, and then go to Tokyo and turn to Heluo; or they will be helpless and tied to Daming Prefecture... But no matter which one it is, we have to rely on ourselves to hold on."

"Yes, since we are defending the city, we should have done it ourselves." Meng'an forced a smile. "The Song people were able to defend this city for 200 days, so why can't we defend it for 100 days? In 100 days, the commander-in-chief would have moved to Tokyo, and the Song army should have retreated on their own."

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