When Yuan Yao entered Jiangling City, Sun Ce was also received by the Jiangdong Naval Division led by Zhou Yu, but the current situation of the Jiangdong Naval Division is not very good, the total number of people is less than 10,000, and the ships are much smaller than before.

After receiving Sun Ce, Zhou Yu did not lead his troops to re-attack Jiangling City, although now they still have a great chance to occupy Jiangling City, but there is a lot of price to pay, Zhou Yu felt that retaking Jiangling City now is actually a loss-making business after thinking about it, so he gave up.

Looking at Sun Ce, who was standing alone on the deck, Zhou Yu walked up to him and asked softly, "What's the matter, Bo Fu, did this small defeat crush you?" If that's the case, then you're not the Sun Bofu I know. ”

Sun Ce shook his head and said, "Gong Jin, you also underestimate me, a small Jiangling City, if you lose it, you will lose it, and you will take it back in the future, but this time we spent so much effort, and in the end, it was they who benefited the most, which made me feel a little unhappy." ”

Zhou Yu said: "Bo Fu, don't worry, the most prosperous and core of Jingzhou is Nanyang County, Nanjun and Jiangxia County, we now occupy Jiangxia County, Yuan Shujun can't get in without a strong enough sailor, as long as Jiangxia is in our hands, even if the rest of the six counties in Jingzhou fall into the hands of Yuan Yao, we also have a chance to take it back, and this time our army has suffered a lot of losses, and I am afraid that the next step is to stabilize Jiangxia, and temporarily unable to expand outward." ”

Sun Ce nodded, looked in the direction of Jiangling City, and secretly felt ruthless in his heart: Jiangling City, one day, my Sun Bofu will come back.

Jingzhou has seven counties, of which Nanyang County is the largest county in the world, and it is also the most prosperous and wealthy county in Jingzhou, but because of the special situation of Nanyang County, Nanyang is actually a little lonely outside the rule of Jingzhou.

After Nanyang County, there are Nanjun and Jiangxia County, both of which are the most prosperous counties in Jingzhou except for Nanyang County, and they are also important strategic locations, one connecting Yizhou and the other connecting Yangzhou.

After Nanyang County, Nanjun and Jiangxia County, the four counties of Jingnan, Changsha County, Wuling County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County are the four worst-developed counties among the seven counties in Jingzhou. Zhou Yu could foresee that Yuan Yao's strategic focus should be the land of the four counties of Jingnan next, because Yuan Yao definitely didn't want to have any death fight with them at this time.

However, the four counties of Jingnan are now dispensable for the Jiangdong side, because the ownership of Jingzhou will never be determined in the land of these four counties, as long as who can occupy Nanyang County, Nanjun and Jiangxia County, it is basically regarded as occupying Jingzhou, as for the four counties of Jingnan, there is no need to care at all, the land of the four counties can only be regarded as a number.

Of course, no matter how small the mosquito's legs are, they are also meat, not that the Jiangdong Army has no ideas about the four counties of Jingnan, but now the Jiangdong Army has lost too many troops in Jingzhou and is unable to attack the four counties of Jingnan. And Yuan Shujun received support from Nanyang and conquered Jiangling City, which was better than the Jiangdong Army in terms of innate conditions, and Yuan Yao had the background of Yuan Shu and Runan Yuan, so it was easier to take the four counties of Jingnan.

Zhou Yu also looked in that direction with Sun Ce's gaze at this moment, silent.

In fact, if Sun Ce's loss could not be so big this time, Zhou Yu felt that with his own sailors, he could retake Jiangling City, but Sun Ce's headquarters infantry was basically lost. In this way, even if they take Gangneung City, they won't be able to defend it, so let's give it up for the time being.

However, as long as he has enough strength, Zhou Yu will definitely do it again, this time he led the Jiangdong Navy Division to ambush the Jingzhou Water Division, and the Jingzhou high-level can be said to be wiped out, and a large number of prisoners were obtained, as long as these prisoners can be digested, Zhou Yu is confident that he will fight again with Yuan Shu's side.

Of course, the premise of all this is based on the fact that they can get a good rest in Jiangxia, otherwise, everything is hands-free.

In Jiangling City, Yuan Yao also called Huang Zhong, Pan Feng, Wei Yan, Liao Hua and others to him, ready to discuss the next strategy. Xia Houlan was injured by Sun Ce's sudden outburst during the siege of the city, and had to lie in bed for a while to recover his combat strength, so he did not join the discussion at this time.

Now it's just the autumn season, and there is still a period of time before the cold winter that is not suitable for mobilizing troops, and now although their side has fought repeatedly, its strength is the most intact side, as long as they don't seek to seize Jiangxia, it will not be a problem for the rest of the four counties of Jingnan to take it.

This is also Yuan Yao's next thought, but there are four counties in the four counties of Jingnan, if you go to fight one by one, I am afraid that you will not be able to take it before winter, so in order to maximize the results of the battle, Yuan Yao gave birth to the idea of dividing the army, although this seems not very safe, but once it is successful, the benefit will be the greatest.

Now Yuan Yao is going to discuss with his subordinates how to divide the troops in order to maximize the results of the battle.

"General Pan, how many soldiers and horses do we have to use now?" Yuan Yao looked at Pan Feng and asked.

Pan Feng said: "Hui Gongzi, now the troops we can use in Jiangling City are 15,000 people, and no more will work." ”

"Fifteen thousand?" Yuan Yao muttered to himself, and then ordered: "Come on, bring me the Jingzhou terrain sand table." ”

Not long after, several guards walked in carrying a huge sand table, which was the terrain sand table of the seven counties of Jingzhou. Among the crowd, Huang Zhong saw such a sharp weapon of war for the first time, and he couldn't help but take a few more looks.

The sand table is certainly not as convenient as the map, but it also has the intuitiveness that the map does not have, and having a sand table in terms of strategic layout can save a lot of effort.

On the sand table that is now raised, there is a small flag with the word "Yuan" on behalf of Nanyang and Nanjun, indicating that the territory of these two counties now belongs to Yuan Shu's side. In the place representing the Jiangxia area, there is a small flag with the word "Sun", indicating that Jiangxia now belongs to Sun Jian's territory. As for the land of Wuling, Lingling, Changsha, and Guiyang, it is empty, and not a single small flag has been planted, indicating that the land of these four counties is now considered a borderless land.

Yuan Yao looked at the terrain of the four counties of Wuling, Lingling, Changsha and Guiyang on this sand table, and the prototype of a plan was formed in his mind, and then Yuan Yao continued to improve the plan and try his best to make this plan the best.

Not only Yuan Yao, but everyone standing next to the sand table at this time had their own thoughts when they looked at this sand table.