Chapter 376: Stalemate
After this battle, the losses of the two sides who sent tens of thousands of troops were not very large, Guan Yu only lost less than 2,000, and Lu Meng and Lu Xun, who seemed to be passively beaten, only lost more than 3,000 people, such losses are completely bearable results for both sides, so there is no loser in this battle, at least on the surface.
But in the hearts of Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, who have returned to their camps, the losers of this battle are undoubtedly them, who originally made many deployments and plans, and caught up with a stormy night, and the one who did it was the surprise of the final blow, but obviously, they did not achieve the unexpected effect, the Jiangdong army not only resisted their offensive alive, but also left a back hand, once Zhuge Liang and Guan Ping did not find their reinforcements in time, this battle will undoubtedly make Zhuge Liang's wishful thinking all miscalculated.
After returning to the camp, the two immediately discussed the gains and losses of this battle in the tent, because they were both keenly aware that the battle to seize Jiangdong had reached this point, and their enemies were no longer at their kneading as before, and a whimsical strategy could not guarantee a bloodless victory. What kind of measures should I take in the next time to win this tough battle?
"This battle, from today onwards, I am afraid that it will be a stalemate, and we should also be prepared to confront the people of Jiangdong for a long time, and we can no longer be like before, with the intention of attacking Jianye like a bamboo."
The two briefly analyzed how Lu Meng and Lu Xun did a good job, even if they were successful, they were still able to fight steadily, and after not falling behind, they all judged that due to the repeated battles, the Jiangdong sergeants and generals in the army already knew Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu more deeply than before, and they were always vigilant in the confrontation with Zhuge Liang.
Guan Yu also recognized Zhuge Liang's point of view, he stroked his long beard, and said slowly: "It is true that as the military advisor said, we want to seize the land of Poyang County, and we are already in a hurry, but the military advisor should not blame himself, the land of Jiangdong, in terms of size, we have already taken more than half, and Jiangxia is still in our hands, so Liu Feng did not dare to attack rashly when our army and Sun Quan were not divided, and we could try it slowly." ”
Guan Yu saw Zhuge Liang's expression, and knew that he had some self-reproach for not working this time, and hurriedly persuaded between words, Guan Yu also knew in his heart that Zhuge Liang was not a god, and they forcibly attacked Jiangdong with a small advantage of the army, although they seized the change of power in Jiangdong in the early stage, and the new governors Lu Meng and Lu Xun did not reach a perfect level of mastery of the army and suddenly achieved good results, but with the deepening of the war, stalemate is almost inevitable.
"In addition, there is no other way, at this time after this battle, it is the time when the confidence of Lu Meng and Lu Xun has skyrocketed, we should temporarily avoid its edge, but these times can not be wasted, before we attacked in Jiangdong, although we captured those counties, but did not send capable people to manage them, so if they were really repelled by Sun Quan, these counties will become Jiangdong in an instant, from tomorrow, select effective low-level generals to serve in every county we have captured before, to appease the people, Develop agribusiness and prepare for the next step of conscription. ”
At this point, Zhuge Liang naturally couldn't go against the trend, so he set his sights on another important thing, Jiangdong has always been xenophobic, and it is not easy to really control the counties that were captured by himself, so since Zhuge Liang decided to fight steadily, then completely dividing these counties into his own territory has naturally become a top priority.
When Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu were discussing their next plan, Jianye City was a happy face, this battle, in the eyes of Sun Quan, has obviously become a battle to break Zhuge Liang's invincible spell in Jiangdong, although his own sergeant casualties are slightly more than the enemy's army, but it does not prevent Sun Quan from treating it as an extremely morale-boosting victory, and the fact is that Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang took the lead in leading the army to retreat, and the key to this situation, Naturally, it was Lu Meng's move to keep Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin in the camp just in case.
At this time, although Lu Meng and Lu Xun were still in the military camp on the outskirts of Poyang County to prevent Zhuge Liang from suddenly killing a horse gun, it did not prevent Jianye City from praising and praising them. This was even the first time that Sun Quan felt that he had not followed Zhang Zhao's advice and invited Zhou Yu back to resist Zhuge Liang was the right choice.
In this battle, the most relaxed mentality, naturally Lu Su, who only sent scouts to watch the battle, followed Zhou Yu's advice Lu Su was already ready to send troops once the two sides fell into a bitter battle, but the two sides had just fought less than an hour before Guan Yu led the withdrawal, which was really something he didn't expect, and Lu Su, who got the first return, was still imagining that it would be a great achievement for him to lead the army to attack the almost unguarded Poyang County when the two sides were fighting fiercely, but only after a short time, The news of Guan Yu's retreat brought him back to reality.
Such an unexpected news, Lu Su naturally wanted to write it down as soon as possible and send someone to Yizhou to Liu Feng to see, while he continued to set his eyes on Jiangdong, where the situation was still tense, although he had no way to guess when the next opportunity would come, but he wanted to ensure that once the time came, he would be able to seize it tightly.
Soon, this letter arrived in Liu Feng's hands, for such a result, Liu Feng was quite surprised, Lu Meng and Lu Xun were able to figure out some of Zhuge Liang's routines in this short period of time, so that Liu Feng slightly mentioned some interest in them.
"The lord's plan does not seem to be going well, once Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan fall into such a tug-of-war, the good time will be wasted, if the two of them are allowed to fight for a year and a half, I am afraid that Cao Zhi has already mastered the Wei State, and if Zhuge Liang wins Jiangdong again, the Central Plains will be a chaotic situation." Obviously, Pang Tong was not satisfied with such a result.