Since Guan Yu retreated to Nanxiang, he has been obsessed with the series of failures on his head. As a top warrior, Guan Yu has never lacked courage. To be serious, Guan Yu is not stupid. The series of failures have finally made Guan Yu seriously think about why he failed and what blinded his reason?

When Guan Yu figured out all this, he also waited for reinforcements from Xicheng and Shangyong to supplement them. With Guan Ping's troops, Guan Yu's army basically restored its combat effectiveness. At this time, Ji Ling's main force was in the championship, a side division was in Li County in the north, and the Xiahou brothers rebuilt camp near the new city to the south, and Xun You's troops were stationed in Zhuyang at a little back.

The front lines of both sides have temporarily stabilized. With the end of the battle of Cao's army in Jiangling, Cao's army continued to increase troops westward. Cao's army showed more dissatisfaction with the current situation on the Western Front. The first one to launch 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, but he himself did not speak out, and his expression on his face was very calm. Guan Yu himself also summarized that the failures in the previous few times were all because of his confusion and his confusion, which blindly blindly made spiritual wisdom. In order to pursue his obsession, he blindly thought of himself and finally ignored the initiative of the enemy, which led to the final failure.

Just like the competition among top warriors, the more critical the time is, the more you cannot destroy the clarity of your own mind, lose control of the environment, and finally failure becomes inevitable.

The tranquility of Guan Yu also infected the people here, and their minds became much clearer without realizing it. They did not have the urgency or pressure to the aggressive enemy troops, but could see the essence of the matter more clearly.

"Mr. Sun, it would be impossible to wait for work in Nanxiang according to your opinion. But this choice will be quite passive, and we are at a disadvantage in terms of cavalry. If we are blocked by Cao's army in Nanxiang City, then Cao's cavalry will penetrate back to the west of Nanxiang, and Nanxiang will become an isolated city. If we are trapped in the lonely city, we will not be able to last long!"

Zhao Lei still firmly opposed Sun Gan's opinion of conservativeness. Sun Gan's conservativeness was actually caused by the battle of Wan County. As the saying goes, he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of a rope. If he attacked rashly this time, he was lured out of the mountain by Cao's army. The situation of being lost in Nanxiang would be a little passive.

Nanxiang is the dividing point of hilly areas. To the west, there are continuous mountains, and the roads are difficult to pass by. Nanxiang is the gate of the plain in the northeast 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 Cāo means that a gate to the east was closed.

Therefore, when Sun Gan was worried about gains and losses, his ideas tended to be more conservative.

"Mr. Zhao, if you follow your ideas, divide your troops into two groups, one to Shunyang to fight Ji Ling, and one to Neixiang to fight Qiaorui, then the defense force in Nanxiang City will inevitably be empty. If Cao's army raids and Nanxiang is lost, all the previous efforts will be wasted. Our army can only retreat to Yangxian Fortress and turn to passive defense. What's worse is that the flanks of Xincheng are open, which will cause the entire defense line to collapse. We have to be careful!"

"The slightest journey came from the road? Before, our army was caught off guard, and suffered a great loss in intelligence. Now the movements of Cao's army are under my surveillance. How can we say that the slightest journey come from the road? The second general has been publishing search missions recently. As long as there are more than a thousand troops in the control of our army, how can we give up the best tactics because of a possibility that only exists on paper?"

Seeing that Zhao Lei was firm in his attitude, Sun Gan didn't want to say anything else. Zhao Lei was deeply trusted by Guan Yu. Although Sun Gan had a high status in Liu Bei's army, he did not want to have a quarrel with Guan Yu, that was not a good thing.

Since Zhao Lei could not be convinced, Sun Gan turned his attention to Guan Ping. Guan Ping's character was neutral and peaceful, and he was good at accepting honest advice. Sun Gan planned to detour from Guan Ping. If Guan Ping supports him, things would be easier.

Guan Ping stared at the map in front of him, and did not notice that Sun Gan was looking at him expectantly. Sun Gan had to speak, "General Guan Ping, do you think you should attack and meet the enemy?"

"Well, oh, Lord Sun, I mean, attacking and meeting the enemy is indeed a relatively proactive way. And judging from the configuration of the enemy, the two routes have indeed given our army the opportunity to defeat each other. As long as we can block Ji Ling in Shunyang, our army may first annihilate Qiao Rui and Chen Ji in Neixiang direction, and then turn back to attack Ji Ling and Yan Xing. Of course, you should be extra careful about these two cavalrymen in Cao's army to prevent them from interspersing and supporting each other, or even raiding Nanxiangcheng. Lord Sun's waiting for work is undoubtedly the safest way, but it is also the most passive way. What Mr. Zhao is concerned about is likely to become a fact. It will only be a matter of time before Nanxiang will fall."

Sun Gan was a little disappointed. Although Guan Ping did not directly deny his opinion, he was obviously slightly inclined to Zhao Lei. Sun Gan asked unwillingly: "But General Guan Ping himself said just now that it is impossible to rule out that the two cavalry of Cao's army interspersed with each other. The rapid maneuvering of these two cavalry will not only break the possibility of concentrating our forces to annihilate one first, but may also in turn raid the empty Nanxiang first. If the enemy's cavalry cannot be restricted, it is obviously quite dangerous to divide the troops."

Guan Ping nodded in agreement, and Zhao Lei had to admit that Sun Gan's concerns were reasonable. The two cavalry of Cao's army totaled 40,000, which would definitely influence the outcome of a battle. No matter which one Guan Yu concentrated on annihilated first, there was no way to limit the rapid maneuver of the opponent's cavalry. The final decision of the victory or defeat was probably the cavalry of Cao's army.

The left is not good, and the right is in a dilemma. Now the three of them have no idea. Compared with the risk of attack, it seems that the persistence of waiting for work has become the best choice. Perhaps they can only hope that Guan Yu can lead the defenders in the city to completely defeat Ji Ling's attack.

"It's not wise to defend to the death." Guan Yu slowly stroked his long beard and said slowly in a plain voice. Everyone was stunned, and then his eyes looked at Guan Yu who had finally spoken, waiting for his next sentence.

"The consequence of defending the enemy is the endless arrival of Cao's army, but our army's support will be blocked in the mountains in the west, and the battlefield mobility and initiative are all lost. This is definitely the way to defeat!"

"But, the second general, what can I do if I don't defend it? Our army is indeed inferior to Cao's army in terms of mobility. If we attack rashly, it is likely that Cao's army will use its mobility advantages to defeat him! The car ahead is uh."

"Haha, Lord Sun, it's okay. Isn't the lesson of the past far away? Indeed, the mistakes of Wan County are indeed a responsibility. Because he is too confident and too confident that he can defeat Cao cāo in one fell swoop, he forgot that he would also count them. Moreover, he neglected to monitor the surrounding battlefield environment, so the defeat of Ye County was caused. This is a lesson, Lord Sun doesn't need to hide it."

"The second general has a good mind, he is a villain!"

"It's okay, but you can't be afraid of the ropes for ten years just because you were bitten by a snake. In the current situation, it's not possible to defend yourself. There is no possibility of winning at all. If the order given to me by my elder brother is to delay Cao's army, then it's not impossible to choose to defend yourself. But now the defense of Xicheng has been completed and the Yang County Fortress has been built. The status of Nanxiang is different. If we can defend Nanxiang firmly, and even rely on Xicheng's support, repeatedly defeat and consume Cao's army, is our strategic goal at present."

Sun Gan thought about it and had to nod, saying, "What the second general said is very good, but if it is too risky and it will lead to failure, wouldn't it be more worth the loss?"

"That is, war is about winning and losing. No one can guarantee that they will win. Similarly, they cannot be afraid to fight because they are afraid of failure!"

"Just that's the case, the second general, then we should still attack and fight!" Zhao Lei continued excitedly.

Guan Yu smiled slightly, squinted his eyes and said, "Shi Zhao, how do you solve your concerns? If you still do it even though you know there is such a danger, then it is not daring to fight, but excessive warfare, it is gambling, and the wise will not do it."

"Well"

"Father, what you mean is that only after finding a way to limit the mobility of the Cao army's cavalry can you tell us what to do!"

"That's right!" Guan Yu raised his mouth slightly and replied with his head on his jaw.

Ji Ling's troops, who set out from the direction of the championship, walked slowly along the road, with strict marching rules and would never show any gaps to the opponent. The scouts on the outside were also spread quite widely, and the surrounding information continued to gather in front of him like flowing water.

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

"quantity?"

"A small team!"

"Take it again!"

"promise!"

"Report to the general, and the scouts on the left and right wings will repay all peace."

"Report to the general, and return all safety when you are in the rear, and report everything is normal for the rear team!"

"Take it again!"

"promise!"

"Report to the general, General Chen Ji sent a war report, saying that he had contacted the enemy scout forty miles west of Neixiang!"

"How powerful is the enemy's combat power?"

"Slightly better than General Chen Ji!"

"Well, please don't rush forward, move closer to Qiao Rui, be careful that the enemy will bypass him and raid Qiao Rui's convoy!"

"promise!"

Ji Ling silently thought about these fragmented information. In these seemingly scattered information, a lot of information was actually revealed, especially the information about the battle. The scout in front of him had stronger combat power than his scout. Then the defender in Shunyang should be Guan Yu, and Chen Ji would have met Guan Ping.

Ji Ling now has three choices. The best strategy is to order Yan Xing to detour north, join Chen Ji to attack Guangping together, and then destroy Guan Ping, and then turn back to attack Guan Yu together; the middle strategy is to order Yan Xing to travel west through Xishui, sneak attack Nanxiang, and force Guan Yu to return to help. Then Yan Xing turned around to block Guan Yu, pursued him twice the way, and attacked Guan Yu in the wild; the worst strategy is to besiege Guan Yu in Shunyang and annihilate Guan Yu in accordance with the original plan.
Chapter completed!