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Chapter 2716 A Trivial Matter!

Guan Yinping looked north and asked eagerly, "Is this appropriate? If we clash with Wei, it will probably be a two-pronged war."

Wang Yue saw through Guan Yinping's thoughts and immediately said with a smile, "We chased Lü Meng all the way to Jingling, so it's only right that Jingling belongs to us! Although Wen Ping is supported by the local powerful families, he wouldn't dare to do anything to us."

Guan Yinping had originally wanted to help her father share some of the burden, and seeing Wang Yue's support, she immediately said, "Then I'll listen to you, sir!"

After discussing it, the two left a thousand men to continue guarding Huarong, five hundred of whom were surrendered soldiers from Jiangdong. They were only there as a precaution.

The garrison at Jingling numbered only two thousand, and they were the elite troops of Eastern Wu, led by Sun Heng.

Although Sun Heng was not as famous as Lü Meng and the others, he was still resourceful. When his men noticed the firelight coming from the direction of the three strongholds, he knew that something bad might be going to happen.

After all, according to the plan, Lü Meng should have already besieged Jiangling by this time, but there has been no news from Jiangling. Therefore, Sun Heng felt that something had changed and immediately sent people to investigate. They learned that Lü Meng had been defeated.

Before he could figure out what to do, upon learning that several thousand troops were approaching in the dead of night, he abandoned Jingling and fled south by boat along the Han River.

Of course, Sun Heng did not flee blindly. After retreating by boat for a while, he detoured to the vicinity of Chibi and gathered more than a thousand defeated soldiers along the way. Only then did he learn of Lü Meng's disappearance.

Sun Heng knew something was wrong, so he quickly sent the message to Lu Xun and also sent a message back to Jiangdong. Then he hurriedly went to Lukou.

It should be noted that Jiangdong only had 50,000 troops in the entire Jiangxia and Changsha area, and now 30,000 of them have been wiped out. If there are no reinforcements, the entire Jiangxia and Changsha area may be lost.

After Jiangxia is lost, Changsha and other territories in Jingzhou will also be seized. The Xiang River, which was used as the boundary in the last Jingzhou War with Liu Bei, will then become nothing but a pipe dream.

After taking Jingling without firing a shot, Guan Yinping had become somewhat addicted. After reinforcing the city's defenses, she immediately spoke to Wang Yue…
"Strategist, should we attack Wen Ping's Anlu next?"

Seeing that Guan Yinping had become arrogant, Wang Yue worried that she might make a rash mistake, so he prepared to give her some pointers. After all, Wen Ping was not so easy to deal with.

Don't think you can defeat Lü Meng with your current forces. This is all thanks to your cunning. As for eliminating Wen Ping, that's simply impossible.

Because Guan Yu took all the elite troops with him when he left, leaving only ordinary soldiers to defend. But even these soldiers were stronger than the bandit army. It was not a problem to make them defend, but it would be very difficult to get them to attack.

Moreover, by the time of Sanzhai, Fu Shiren and Mi Fang had lost most of their capable soldiers, and most of the remaining ones were wounded. Hoping that new recruits could conquer cities and seize territory was simply wishful thinking.

So Wang Yue analyzed the pros and cons before suggesting, "Third Miss, what you need to do now is write a letter to General Guan, telling them that we are safe here. At the same time, send a batch of grain from Jingling over there so that General Guan can hold Xiangfan. Of course, if Fancheng cannot be taken, we only need to occupy Xiangyang."

As long as Xiangyang is in our hands, Fancheng will be under constant attack. Even if we can't take it now, it will be ours in the future.

At this point, it's best not to act rashly, because our enemies now include not only Cao Cao, but also Sun Quan.

Upon hearing this, Guan Yinping remembered the danger her father was facing and immediately ordered Guan Hu to lead 1,500 new recruits and 500 surrendered soldiers to escort a batch of grain to Xiangfan.

Outside Fancheng!
Central Army Tent
Suddenly a soldier came to report, "Report! Military Commander Wang Fu requests an audience!" Guan Yu was a little puzzled. Why would Wang Fu, who was supposed to be guarding Xiangyang, come to Fancheng? Could it be that something had happened in Xiangyang?
Guan Yu was a little worried and quickly let Wang Fu in, because if Xiangyang fell, they would lose their way back.

As soon as Wang Fu entered the tent, he excitedly exclaimed, "My lord, those Jiangdong brats have launched a surprise attack on Nanjun!"

Guan Yu was startled by these words. He jumped to his feet and immediately exclaimed excitedly, "That brat Sun Quan dared to launch a sneak attack! What's the situation now?"

Wang Fu wasn't entirely sure either, so he quickly said, "It should be blocked. Your servant Guan Bao is outside; why don't you have him come over and explain?"

Guan Yu quickly let Guan Bao, who was standing outside, in and listened carefully to the whole process.

After Guan Bao finished speaking, he solemnly said, "The strategist asked me to pass on a message to the master: it is better to defend Xiangyang now. As for Fancheng, it will naturally collapse without a fight. It is also possible to exchange Fancheng for Jin. However, if we fight on two fronts, Jingzhou will definitely be lost."

Guan Yu hadn't expected that by keeping Guan Yinping, he would recruit such a talented person.

He certainly wants to meet the person, but the problem now is, what should he do?
So Guan Yu immediately summoned all his advisors, Ma Liang, Yi Ji, and Xiang Lang, and explained the situation.

As the chief advisor, Ma Liang spoke first, "My lord, I also think we should withdraw our troops. With the few troops that Mi Fang, Fu Shiren, and the Third Miss have now, they are simply unable to defend the entire Jiangling against Wen Ping and Jiangdong."

However, just as the Third Miss's strategist said, we need to station a large force in Xiangyang and make it appear as if we are ready to attack Fancheng at any time.

"I imagine Cao Cao, in order to win over the people, will ultimately have no choice but to leave Fancheng behind, and we will win without a fight."

Yi Ji, a staff member ranked slightly lower, immediately added, "As long as the general returns with his troops, he will be able to stabilize the morale of Jiangling, and Jiangdong will surely not dare to make any further moves."

After everyone else had finished speaking, Xiang Lang looked at Guan Yu and said solemnly, "My lord, Yu Jin's plan to exchange Fancheng is brilliant. I think if Cao Cao doesn't want to lose the hearts of the people, he will definitely use Fancheng, which is like a chicken rib, to exchange for it."

Yi Ji frowned and said, "But if the replacement process is slow, the master will not be able to return to Jiangling. If that brat Sun Quan sends someone again, we may not be as lucky as last time."

Guan Yu understood the three men's opinions; they all agreed that they wanted to withdraw their troops.

If it weren't for the surprise attack by Eastern Wu, Guan Yu certainly wouldn't have agreed, but now he had no choice but to agree.

Since he had to leave, but couldn't leave immediately, Guan Yu stroked his beard and quickly made a decision.
"Where is Guan Ping?!"

"The general is here!"

"I hereby order you to lead ten thousand soldiers to Jiangling and follow your third sister's orders!"

(End of this chapter)