Yan Xiang is an old man who has followed him for many years, and he has won the trust of Yuan Shu, and he is the only strategist in Yuan Shu's attack on Jiangdong this time, so this first sentence is naturally suitable for him to say. Although Ji Ling, Xu Chu and others are military generals, they don't know everything, even if you don't know anything at first, you will understand some things under the influence of your ears and eyes.

Yan Xiang naturally knew what it meant that everyone's eyes fell on him at this moment, if it was any other time, Yan Xiang would not have a headache, but the news sent by Yuzhou this time was too shocking in Yan Xiang's opinion, so Yan Xiang did not dare to draw conclusions easily.

The piece of paper that Yuan Shu is holding in his hand now actually has not many words, and there is only one message. That is, the result of the battle for Yanzhou came out, and in the end, Cao Cao made a big move and defeated Lu Bu. After Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao, he fled all the way, and finally entered the territory of Chenliu County, and defeated Chen Zhi and Du Xian, who were stationed in Chenliu, with the intention of marching into Yuzhou. And after Lu Bu entered Chenliu, Cao Cao did not continue the pursuit. After discovering Lu Bu's move to march into Chenliu again, Yuan Yin, Yuan Jian and others did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly informed Yuan Shu of the news, wanting Yuan Shu to make a suitable response.

Yuan Shu also had a headache because of this news, and at this time, he looked at Yan Xiang for a long time without saying a word, he looked directly at Yan Xiang and asked, "Zixuan, do you think that if Lu Bu attacks Yuzhou now, can Yuzhou be held?" ”

Yan Xiang shook his head bitterly and said, "Lord, I can't keep it." ”

Yuan Shu seemed to have guessed about this answer, but he still had some illusions, and continued to ask: "Is it really impossible to keep it?" ”

Yan Xiang said: "Lord, although Lu Bu's character is not very good, but his strength can be said to be the best in the world, among us, only General Xu Chu, General Huang Zhong and General Gao Cang can stop this person, even if it is General Ji Ling, I am afraid it will not be able to stop Lu Bu." ”

Ji Ling did not refute Yan Xiang's words, because Ji Ling knew very well that he could exert his combat power in the late stage of the Condensation Realm with the blessing of the Golden Blood Horse, but his strength was an external force after all, and it was very limited, if it was against Lu Bu, I was afraid that he would be easily killed.

Yan Xiang said again: "Now that General Xu Chu is here, General Gao Cang needs to sit in Xuzhou to guard against Liu Beijun, and General Huang Zhong is in Jiangxia, and the road is far away. Therefore, there is no one who can stop Lu Bu in Yuzhou now, and once no one can stop Lu Bu, our army will not be the opponent of Lu Bu's army. At that time, even if Lu Bu can't attack those fortified cities, the rest of the small cities can't stop the offensive of Lu Bu's army, so the current situation in Yuzhou is critical. ”

"Alas!" Yuan Shu sighed bitterly, looked at Yan Xiang, and asked, "Zixuan, then in your opinion, what should we do now?" Will he continue to attack Jiangdong, or will he withdraw his troops and return to Yuzhou to guard against Lü Bu? ”

Yan Xiang looked at Yuan Shu, and naturally knew that Yuan Shu couldn't let go of the land of Jiangdong at this time, and now that they had taken Danyang, and all parts of Jiangdong were already trembling under the sword raised by Yuan Shu, at this time, as long as Yuan Shu's army attacked, and gave a little time, it would not be a problem to take the land of Jiangdong.

However, Yuzhou is the base camp of Yuan Shu. If taking Jiangdong was at the cost of losing Yuzhou, Yan Xiang felt that it was not worth it.

"Lord, for the sake of today, although Lu Bu may not necessarily go south to attack Yuzhou, but he is not afraid of 10,000, just in case, for the sake of insurance, his subordinates suggest that we should retreat quickly and return to Yuzhou to guard against Lu Bu. And now that Yanzhou has become Cao Cao's territory, the situation has changed, and we also need to make certain responses. ”

Yuan Shu sighed and said: "But if you give up Jiangdong here, I am really a little unwilling, now we are in a good situation in Jiangdong, just withdraw our troops like this, not only can we not take Jiangdong, this Danyang has to be handed over, which means that everything we have done before is useless." ”

Looking at Yuan Shu's unwilling look, Yan Xiang's brain was running wildly, wanting to share his worries and doubts for Yuan Shu.

After a long time, Yan Xiangcai's eyes lit up, and he said to Yuan Shu: "Lord, in fact, we don't have to give up Danyang. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shu looked at Yan Xiang with some puzzlement and asked, "Zixuan, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yan Xiang had just said that they had to withdraw their troops, and now he was saying that Danyang didn't have to give up, and this inconsistent remark made Yuan Shu puzzled. Because if you want to hold Danyang, you must leave enough soldiers and horses in Danyang to deter the Sun family in Jiangdong, but if there are too many soldiers and horses left, won't this withdrawal become a lie?

Yan Xiang said: "My lord, the land of Danyang has had more elite soldiers since ancient times, according to the opinion of his subordinates, only need to leave a good general in Danyang, with a military division, plus 5,000 soldiers and horses, and then let him recruit soldiers and horses in the land of Danyang to replenish the troops, which is enough to hold Danyang." ”

"Zixuan, then who do you think can stay in Danyang?"

Yan Xiang pondered for a moment, and then said: "Lord, Jiangdong Zhou Tai is now a cultivator at the peak of the Ning Gang Realm, and if he wants to sit in Danyang, it seems that the last general should be transferred from Jiangxia to General Huang Zhong." ”

"Then who can be Huang Zhongjun's division?" Yuan Shu asked again.

When it came to the question of military advisors, Yan Xiang spit out a name.

"Kuailiang."

"Kuaizirou?" Yuan Shu looked at Yan Xiang and asked, "Why him?" ”

Now there are a lot of powerful strategists under Yuan Shu's command, not to mention anything else, let's just say that Liu Ye, who is now in Jingzhou, is also a good candidate, but Yan Xiang just said Kuai Liang's name, which made Yuan Shu wonder.

Yan Xiang said: "Kuai Liang was originally under Liu Biao, and he was loyal to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao died in the hands of Zhou Yu, and Kuai Yue, the land of Kuailiang, was killed by Sun Ce. ”

Yan Xiang looked at Yuan Shu's face at this time without much change, and continued: "The lord can order General Xu Ding to temporarily sit in Danyang, and wait until Huang Zhong and Kuai Liang come to Danyang before General Xu Ding returns to Yuzhou, and now that Sun Jian has not been dead in battle, Jiangdong should not launch an offensive too quickly, which is where our advantage lies." ”

"Okay." Yuan Shu also made a decision at this time: "Pass my order, order Huang Zhong and Kuai Liang to come to Danyang quickly, and at the same time send an order to Yao'er, so that he doesn't have to march into Jiangdong anymore, and the most important thing is to stabilize Jiangxia." Xu Ding, I will leave you 5,000 soldiers and horses, and you must defend Danyang for me before Huang Zhong and Kuai Liang come. The others will return to Yuzhou with me. ”

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