The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 418

While Liu Chan and Jia Xu were discussing the matter of prisoners of war, Guan Yu, with the assistance of Shi Guangyuan, won two more victories, fighting all the way to [-] miles outside Jiangling City.In the future, I am afraid that if there is only one more battle, they will be able to fight to the bottom of Jiangling City.

It was a good thing to be able to win the battle, but the conflict between Guan Yu and Shi Guangyuan inevitably broke out.

When the two started working together, Shi Guangyuan did listen to Liu Chan's advice and tried to match Guan Yu's temper and behavior style as much as possible.And because Shi Guangyuan is Liu Chan's teacher, Guan Yu will accommodate Shi Guangyuan a bit.

But as the war became more and more stalemate, the differences between the two finally inevitably became clear.Shi Guangyuan has always paid attention to stability and attack when using troops, and he will not attack unless he catches the enemy's weakness.This style was fully embodied by him in the battle of Yangping Pass that year, which made it impossible for Sun Quan to hold Yangping Pass in the end, and he had to retreat in the end.

But Shi Guangyuan's style is the most despised by a fierce figure like Guan Yu.His use of troops focuses on attacking fortified positions, and he focuses on might and speed.

As a result, the two began to have a lot of controversy for the next step.

Shi Guangyuan believes that although the Wu army has lost consecutively, it has not reduced staff too much.What's more, the Yangtze River waterway is behind the enemy army, which is very convenient for increasing troops and transporting food and grass.Under such circumstances, it is not that easy to defeat the enemy and break the encirclement of Jiangling City.Therefore, Guan Yu's army should wait and see for a while before talking about it.

But Guan Yu certainly disagreed with this view.Jingzhou can be said to be his territory, and now almost all the areas south of the Yangtze River have fallen, which really damages his reputation.Therefore, Guan Yu firmly believed that the army should immediately press down on Jiangling City and fight the enemy army to the death under the city.

When the two of them were almost fighting over this matter, there were two people who were in the most difficult situation: Wang Fu and Guan Suo.But the two of them actually couldn't think of a good way to defeat the enemy.

In Wu Jun's big camp, Sun Quan is raising his account.

Sun Quan sat on the middle hall.He was nine feet tall, so sitting behind the low desk, he looked like a hill, and his green eyes shone with a frightening and fierce light.The purple beard on his jaw bulged like a frog in spring.

Indeed, Wu Jun's successive defeats really made Sun Quan feel very depressed and angry, otherwise he, who has always been gentle with his subordinates, would not have such an expression.

On the lower left head of Sun Quan, sat the governor Lu Meng.He was dressed in white armor, and his helmet was taken off and placed on the table in front of him.It's just that his body seems to be a little sick, and his face doesn't look good, but this is Jingzhou, and the climate is not much different from Jiangdong, so it shouldn't be because of acclimatization.

Lu Meng's subordinates were generals Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Pan Zhang, Ling Tong, and Zhu Ran.

On the lower right side of Sun Quan, sat an old man with pale hair and long beard, but tall and tall, with a look of clinging to his old age.This person is Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu.

Next to Zhang Zhao were Gu Yong, Zhuge Jin and Kan Ze.

Looking at the people in the tent, Sun Quan asked: "Guan Yu is now known as the number one general in the world, and he is indeed not boasting. He went all the way from Xiangyang City to the south, winning consecutive battles, and now he has approached [-] miles outside Jiangling City. But Looking at our army, there is not a single general who is his opponent, what should we do?"

Zhang Zhao nodded first, then cupped his hands and said to Sun Quan: "My lord, judging from the current situation of the battle, Guan Yu is truly unstoppable, and even more so with his soldiers like a god. He really cannot be defeated."

Sun Quan glanced at Zhang Zhao, feeling a little disappointed in him.In fact, just last night, Zhang Zhao came to see him in private and made a suggestion to him, saying that Guan Yu's army is too powerful now, and all the generals have been defeated one after another.Therefore, in order to preserve strength as much as possible, the army can temporarily retreat to the south bank of the Yangtze River.In this way, relying on the danger of the Yangtze River and the help of Soochow's powerful navy, it will definitely be able to firmly hold the newly acquired area on the south bank.

As one of the overlords of the Three Kingdoms, how could it be possible that Sun Quan didn't even have such insight?But Zhang Zhao didn't understand Sun Quan's painstaking efforts.Sun Quan cooperated with Cao Wei, proclaimed himself a minister to Cao Wei, and then sent a large army to attack Jingzhou, which was ruled by Guan Yu. How much courage did it take?In fact, it can be said to be an extremely dangerous gamble.

However, what annoyed Sun Quan was that the generals of Cao and Wei were also incompetent, and they were defeated by Guan Yu's army just like him now.Then, what was even more hateful was that Cao Wei's army was safely retreated to Xiangyang City by Guan Yu.

In fact, Sun Quan even wondered in his heart whether Cao Weijun deliberately let Guan Yu retreat safely.Then, Guan Yubian will lead his army to fight to the death with his own army, so they can be a fisherman?

Sun Quan's guess was indeed half correct.However, Cao Wei didn't actually want to let Guan Yu's army go. They just couldn't deal with Liu Chan's "echelon retreat" strategy.

Therefore, since Sun Quan made such a gamble, how could he easily order the army to retreat without getting enough benefits?
— This cloth is always so weak.When Cao Cao marched south to Jingzhou and the battle of Chibi, he was the one who first came out to encourage me to surrender!
Sun Quan couldn't help but began to turn over old accounts.In fact, he is indeed a person who likes to turn over old scores, especially in his later years.Now, Zhang Zhao wants to tell the story again, and Sun Quan really feels very upset.

Sun Quan glanced at Kan Ze below.

Kan Ze understood what Sun Quan meant.Moreover, even without Sun Quan's permission, it is of course impossible for him to agree with Zhang Zhao's statement.As one of Sun Quan's most important civil servants, Kan Ze had actually heard about Zhang Zhao's remonstrance to Sun Quan from Sun Quan last night.

Kan Ze immediately said to Sun Quan: "My lord, don't withdraw the army easily. In Yize's opinion, Guan Yu is also arrogant, which is his own weakness. It is said that Guan Yu recently had a bad idea with Shi Guangyuan, his military advisor of the town army. .Perhaps, we may be able to use this to defeat the enemy."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao's complexion immediately became unsightly, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at Kan Ze.Kan Ze directly avoided Zhang Zhao's gaze, and did not intend to let Zhang Zhao, a veteran, feel that he intended to oppose him.

But Sun Quan was quite satisfied with Kan Ze's performance.Because although Kan Ze didn't propose a specific strategy, he at least knew what he wanted.He immediately said: "In that case, do you have any countermeasures?"

Lu Meng immediately cupped his hands and said, "Lord Kan Ze is right. Our army is still surrounding Jiangling City, and we still have an advantage in the situation. How can we just retreat? The governor now has a plan, which may destroy Guan Yu!"

Sun Quan was overjoyed, a rare smile finally appeared on his face.He hurriedly asked Lu Meng, "What's Dudu Lu's plan, tell me quickly."

(End of this chapter)