Since Guan Yu retreated to Nanxiang, he has been thinking about the series of failures on his head, as a top martial artist, Guan Yu is by no means lacking courage, speaking seriously, Guan Yu is not stupid, a series of failures made Guan Yu finally able to seriously think about why he failed, thinking about what blinded his mind?

When Guan Yu figured out all this, he also waited for the reinforcements from the direction of Xicheng and Shangyong, plus Guan Ping's troops, Guan Yu's army basically recovered its combat effectiveness. At this time, Ji Ling's main force was in the champion, a partial division was in Lixian in the north, the Xiahou brothers in the south re-established a camp near Xincheng, and Xun You's troops were stationed in Zhuyang a little behind.

The battle lines of the two sides have been temporarily stabilized, with the end of the battle of the Cao army in Jiangling, the Cao army continued to increase troops to the west, and the Cao army showed more dissatisfaction with the status quo on the western front, and the first to launch was the Jiling Army on the northern front.

In Nanxiang City, Guan Yu was patiently listening to the discussion between Guan Ping, Zhao Lei and Sun Gan, while he himself had not spoken out, and the expression on his face was very calm. Guan Yu himself also concluded that the first few failures were all because of his own confusion, and his mind was confused, so he blinded his intelligence, and in order to chase his own obsession, he blindly became self-righteous, and finally ignored the initiative of the enemy, which led to the final defeat.

Just like the competition between top martial artists, the same is true of war, the more critical the time, the more you can't destroy the clarity of your state of mind, lose control of the environment, and finally defeat is inevitable.

The tranquility on Guan Yu's body also infected several people present, and their minds were unconsciously much clearer. There is no such urgency and pressure on the menacing enemy army, but can see the essence of the matter more clearly.

"Lord Sun, if you follow your opinion, it is not impossible to work in Nanxiang. However, this choice will be quite passive, and we are at a disadvantage in terms of cavalry, if we are blocked by the Cao army in Nanxiang City, and then the cavalry of the Cao army infiltrates back to the west of Nanxiang, Nanxiang will become a lonely city, trapped in the lonely city, and it will not be able to last long1

Zhao Lei still resolutely opposed Sun Qian's conservative views. Sun Gan's conservatism was actually beaten out by the first battle of Wanxian, the so-called once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope, if this time rashly attacked by Cao Jun to transfer the tiger away from the mountain. Nanxiang lost the situation, but it was a little passive.

Nanxiang is the dividing point of the hilly area, and to the west, there are continuous mountains, and the roads are difficult to walk and sparsely populated. Nanxiang is the gate of the northeastern plain of Jingzhou. In Liu Bei's hands, Liu Bei had a springboard to attack Jingxiang at any time, on the contrary, being occupied by Cao Cao Nanxiang was equivalent to being closed a door to the east.

Therefore, under Sun Qian's gains and losses, his thinking tended to be more conservative.

"Lord Zhao, if you follow your thoughts. Divide the troops into two roads, all the way to Shunyang to meet Ji Ling. All the way to the direction of the inner countryside to meet the bridge, then the Nanxiang city defense force must be empty, if the Cao army is raided, Nanxiang is lost, then the previous efforts are lost, our army can only retreat all the way to the Yangxian fortress to turn into passive defense, and worse, the flanks of the new city are open, which will lead to the collapse of the entire defense line, and we have to be cautious ah1

"From the middle of the road? Before, it was because our army was caught off guard, so it suffered a big loss in intelligence, and now Cao's army's movements are under my surveillance, how can I say it? The second general has been announcing a search mission recently, and as long as there are more than 1,000 troops in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Nanxiang City, as long as there are more than 1,000 troops in the hands of our army, how can we give up the best tactics because of a possibility that only exists on paper? ”

Sun Qian saw that Zhao Lei's attitude was resolute, and he didn't want to say anything, Zhao Lei won Guan Yu's trust, although Sun Gan had a high status in Liu Beijun, but he didn't want to have a stiff relationship with Guan Yu, that was not a good thing.

Since he couldn't convince Zhao Lei, Sun Gan turned his attention to Guan Ping, Guan Ping's personality was peaceful, and he was good at accepting advice, Sun Qian planned to take a detour from Guan Ping's side, if Guan Ping supported him, then things would be easy to do.

Guan Ping stared at the map in front of him tightly, and didn't notice that Sun Qian was looking at him expectantly, so Sun Qian had no choice but to speak: "General Guan Ping, do you think you should attack to meet the enemy?" ”

"Well, oh, Lord Sun, I mean, attacking the enemy is indeed a relatively active method, and judging from the configuration of the enemy's army, coming from two ways does give our army a chance to break through, as long as it can block Ji Ling in Shunyang, then it is possible for our army to annihilate Qiao Rui and Chen Ji in the direction of the inner countryside first, and then turn back to attack Ji Ling and Yan Xing. Of course, the two cavalry in Cao's army should also be extra careful, so as to prevent them from interspersing with each other to support each other, and even raid Nanxiang City. Lord Sun's treatment is undoubtedly the safest way, but it is also the most passive way, what Lord Zhao is worried about is likely to become a fact, and it will only be a matter of time before Nanxiang is lost. ”

Sun Gan was a little disappointed, although Guan Ping did not directly deny his opinion, but obviously slightly inclined to Zhao Lei, Sun Gan asked a little unwillingly: "But General Guan Ping himself just said, it cannot be ruled out that the two cavalry of the Cao army are interspersed with each other, and the rapid mobility of these two cavalry will not only break the possibility of us concentrating our forces to annihilate one first, but also may in turn raid the empty Nanxiang first, if we can't limit the enemy's cavalry, the division of troops is obviously quite dangerous." ”

Guan Ping nodded in agreement, and Zhao Lei had to admit that Sun Gan's concerns were reasonable, the two cavalry of the Cao army totaled 40,000, and they could definitely determine the outcome of a battle, no matter which one Guan Yu concentrated on annihilating first, there was no way to limit the rapid mobility of the opponent's cavalry, and the final decision might be the cavalry of the Cao army.

The left is not good, the right is embarrassed, now the three of them have no idea, compared with the risk of attacking, it seems that the perseverance of waiting for work has become the best choice, perhaps they can only hope that Guan Yu will lead the defenders in the city to completely defeat Ji Ling's attack.

"It's unwise to stick to it." Guan Yu slowly stroked his long hair, and said slowly in a flat voice, everyone was stunned, and then their eyes all 'brushed' together to look at Guan Yu, who finally spoke.

"The consequence of stubbornly defending is that Cao's army will continue to arrive, but our army's support will be blocked in the western mountains, and the battlefield mobility and initiative will be completely lost, which is definitely the way to defeat1

"However, the second general, what can you do if you don't defend to the death, our army is indeed inferior to the Cao army in terms of mobility, if you attack rashly, it is likely to be defeated by the Cao army using its mobility advantage! Front-car uh"

"Hehe, Lord Sun, but it doesn't hurt to say it, isn't the lesson from the past far away? Indeed, the loss of Wanxian is indeed a certain responsibility, because he was overconfident, too confident that he could defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, but he forgot that everyone counts people, and he neglected to monitor the surrounding battlefield environment, so there was the defeat of Ye County, this is a lesson, Lord Sun does not have to say it. ”

"The second general has a good mind, and he is in the heart of a villain1

"It's okay, but you can't be afraid of the well rope for ten years because you were bitten by a snake, put it in the current situation, it is not possible to defend it to the death, there is no possibility of winning at all, if the order given to me by the eldest brother is to delay the Cao army, then it is not impossible to choose to defend to the death, but now the defense of Xicheng has been completed, and the fortress of Yang County has also been built, the status of Nanxiang is already different, if we can hold Nanxiang steadily, and even rely on the support of Xicheng to repeatedly defeat and consume the Cao army, it is our immediate strategic purpose."

Sun Qian thought about it for a while, and had to nod and said: "What the second general said is very true, but if it is too risky, it will lead to failure, and the gain will outweigh the loss." ”

"It is true that there are winners and losers in wars, and no one dares to guarantee that they will win, and in the same way, they cannot dare to fight for fear of defeat.1

"That's right, Second General, then we should still attack to meet 1 Zhao Lei excitedly answered.

Guan Yu smiled slightly, squinted his eyes and said: "Zhao Changshi, how do you solve Lord Sun's concerns, if you know that there is such a danger and still do it, then it is not a dare to fight, but an indiscriminate war, a gamble, and a wise man will not do it." ”

"Ugh"

"Father, do you mean that you can only say anything about the attack after finding a way to limit the mobility of Cao's cavalry1

It was 1 Guan Yu, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and his jaw replied

Ji Ling's troops, who set out from the direction of the champion, walked unhurriedly along the road, and the marching method was rigorous, and they would never show any gaps to the opponent, and the scouts on the periphery were also widely dispersed, and the surrounding information continued to gather in front of him like flowing water.

"Report to the general, General Yan Xing found enemy scouts twenty miles ahead, and our army suffered a slight loss after the battle."

"Quantity?"

"Squad 1

"Probe 1 again

"No1

"Report to the general, and the scouts on the left and right flanks will return all peace."

"Report to the general, report that everything is safe when you are in the rear, and report that everything is normal in the rear baggage team1

"Probe 1 again

"No1

"Report to the general, General Chen Ji sent a battle report, saying that he had made contact with enemy scouts forty miles west of Neixiang.1

"How powerful are the enemy forces?"

"Slightly better than General Chen Ji1

"Well, tell Chen Ji not to rush forward, move closer to Qiaorui, and be careful that the enemy army bypasses his convoy that raids Qiaorui1

"No1

Ji Ling silently pondered about these fragmented information, in these seemingly scattered information, a lot of information was actually revealed, especially the information on the engagement, the combat power of the scouts in front of him was stronger than his scouts, so the defenders of Shunyang in front of him should be Guan Yu, and the one Chen Ji encountered should be Guan Ping.

Ji Ling now has three choices, the best strategy, order Yan Xing to make a detour to the north, join Chen Ji to attack Guangping together, and after destroying Guan Ping, he will come back and attack Guan Yu together; Zhong Ce, ordered Yan Xing to cross the water to the west, sneak attack Nanxiang, and force Guan Yu to return to help, and then Yan Xing turned back to block Guan Yu, and pursued him by himself, and attacked Guan Yu in the field; made a decision, and according to the original plan, Guan Yu was besieged in Shunyang and annihilated.

After thinking for a long time, Ji Ling finally made a decision: "Come here, order General Yan Xing to turn to the northeast, go north, join General Chen Ji and General Qiao Rui, and work together to defeat the enemy in front of you." "To be continued ...