Talan nodded repeatedly: "I think so too, so there is no need to worry too much about whether this person is real or not, just tell us how to deal with it now..."
"I have three plans." Pucha Hubalu responded immediately.
"Tell me."
"The best strategy is to ignore Changge in the north and Ying in the south. When the enemy army is divided into upper and lower parts or left and right parts, Lord Taishan will abandon Han Shizhong and mobilize all the troops here to attack Yanling City directly! By then, not only will a great victory be expected, but Taishan will also surpass the Fourth Prince and become the first meritorious official in this southward expedition!"
"You know nothing!" Talai shook his head after hearing this. "I won't say your plan is too hasty, and whether Yanling can be conquered in a short time. I won't say Han Shizhong is a tiger-like character, and he can't relax until he is dead... I just want to ask you, what military merits do your father-in-law want at this time? I have become the deputy marshal of the capital's marshal's office, and I am only below a few Bojilie. Do you really think that I can still trample on the descendants of the Taizu family with my military merits? If I want to take the next step in the future, I can only rely on the grace of the king."
Pucha Hubalu was slightly stunned, but he still understood something, and nodded slightly: "Master Taishan is right... the child is young and ignorant... then what about the middle strategy?"
"What does the middle strategy say?"
"Of course we should follow the plan. We should call Yelu Mawu to go south to protect Changge, and then notify Linying to prepare. I will take ten elite soldiers with me to cross the Zhuoqi River to the west bank... We will calculate the timing and ride on horseback to crush the most courageous main force of the Song army under the city of Linying! After this battle, although the Song army still has a certain size, it will definitely lose its courage and can only watch us destroy the four cities. Then the situation will be back to normal."
Talan hesitated for a moment, then continued to ask: "What about the worst option?"
"The worst plan is actually simpler... Forget about Linying. I will cross the Qingqi River and wait for orders. Once the enemy moves, I will use the advantage of cavalry to set up an ambush under Changge City, and then attack the Song army that set out first from the north."
"What is this?" Talan was puzzled for a moment. "What's the meaning?"
"Taishan, think about it... What is the key to this battle? Is it Xiping, Xiangcheng, or Yancheng? None of them. For us, the most important thing is Changsha and Han Shizhong."
"That's very appropriate." Talai suddenly realized. "I understand what you mean... Changsha is the base, Changge is the retreat, so it must be saved; and the gain or loss of Linying is not a problem, the key is that the road is still long, and we still have to cross the river. The Song army set out late, so if we can quickly defeat the enemy army that is using Changge as a cover, then the Song army may not dare to attack Linying again?"
"Master Taishan has said it very clearly." Gubalu praised him repeatedly, but then said seriously, "So, Master, just make the decision, and then just sit here, and I will go and defeat the enemy!"
Talan hesitated for a moment, but then slowly responded: "I think the worst option is the best!"
Pucha Hubalu nodded immediately... He didn't think there was any particular strategy he should choose. His father-in-law was becoming more and more lazy, so it would be good if he could make a decision.
However, Talai himself could not help but explain a few more words: "Gubalu, I have already refuted your best plan, so I will not say more. In fact, according to my mind, the most reliable middle plan should be the best... But I have also used troops and hunted with Emperor Taizu, and I have some ideas about military tactics in my mind... In military matters, the simpler the better! No matter what strategies or ideas, the more you think about them and the more you do them, the more likely it is that something will go wrong! And don't delay! There is a saying in the Song Dynasty, delay will lead to changes! So, I chose your worst plan!"
"Master Taishan is absolutely right!" Pucha Hulu immediately sat up and responded. "Then I will mobilize the troops and cross the river to wait for orders. Once we receive military intelligence from the front, we will move out immediately?"
"Go!" Talai simply nodded, but gave another warning. "When you leave, ask Wang Canjun, the military officer of the civilian camp waiting at the door, to keep an eye on Li Kui for the next few days..."
"Yes!" Hubalu did not hesitate any longer and stood up and left.
After watching his son-in-law leave the tent, Wanyan Talan continued to eat his breakfast with his head down. However, after taking a mouthful of porridge, he found that it was already cold. He slammed the table and shouted, which startled countless scholars, soldiers and attendants outside the tent to come in and quickly replace the food with hot food for the right deputy marshal of the Jin Dynasty.
After breakfast, Talan summoned the remaining soldiers and sat quietly in the central army tent. Countless Jin army scouts were constantly coming and going like a revolving lantern, constantly sending news about the Song army in Yanling.
Excellent war horses can gallop at full speed and reach dozens of miles in an hour in a short period of time. Therefore, the movements of the Song army are basically only half an hour behind the Jin army's central camp.
Sure enough, in the morning, a horse galloped to the front of the tent, but dismounted and brought a key military information. It said that after the morning, a part of the Song army suddenly set out to the north along the Wei River. Judging from the flag, it seemed to be the Ma Gao troops under the command of the Tokyo Garrison...
This was a sudden action by the Song army after the two sides had "lived in peace" for dozens of days. Ma Gao was a famous commander of the Tokyo Garrison, so many people in the account who were unaware of the situation were naturally shocked. However, Talan knew the truth but did not care. He even issued a military order, asking his son-in-law, who had already lined up in a complete formation on the east bank of the Qingqi River, to be patient and wait a while.
And then, news continued to arrive that after Ma Gao, the troops of Liu Wenshun, Ma You, and Xu Yan of the Tokyo Garrison, a total of at least four commanders, were marching northward together. Not only that, on the other side of the Wei River, there was also a similar-sized army with clear flags, marching northward.
Talai no longer hesitated at this time... Not to mention how many Song troops were on the other side of the Wei River, just these four commanders were enough to live up to the word "pretext". He immediately issued orders, asking the scouts to rely on their numerical advantage to hunt down the Song scouts to ensure that the Song army had insufficient vision and could not discover his son-in-law; at the same time, he simply asked his son-in-law to quickly lead ten thousand cavalry to set up an ambush under Changge City.
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