Chapter 219

"Even if we could win by relying on numerical superiority in the end, our army would likely suffer heavy casualties;"

"Wouldn't that be more trouble than it's worth?"

"Can't we just be friendly with Su Xuan, point out that this is just Dong Zhuo's conspiracy, and ask him to consider the overall situation?"

"Speaking of which, Su Xuan and I were once good friends!"

"The previous small frictions didn't completely tear our faces;"

"I saw that he didn't stop me from taking Nanyang before, and didn't have any intention of fighting me, so he should still remember the friendship between us and won't be my enemy, right?"

Yan Xiang and Ji Ling couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard their Lord's habitual naive thoughts.

Yan Xiang couldn't help but complain: "My good Lord! The little friendship between you is not worth mentioning in the face of absolute interests!"

"The reason why General Su Xuan didn't stop us from taking Nanyang before and didn't truly fight us was because he was only the Prefect of Nanjun at the time, and he didn't have a legitimate reason to stop and take Nanyang;"

"But now it's completely different!"

"He is the Governor of Jingzhou and has the right to control the entire Jingzhou;"

"He also has the reason to force us to hand over the control of Nanyang!"

The situation is different, and the result is naturally very different.

"Exactly!"

Ji Ling also nodded in agreement: "I think Su Xuan and us will definitely have a battle!"

Lord Yuan Shu frowned tightly upon hearing this: "Is it really only possible to fight? Can we win?"

"We have to fight even if we can't win!"

Ji Ling said decisively: "At the very least, we must show our attitude of absolutely not compromising;"

"My Lord doesn't want to give up Nanyang, right?"

"If so, then pretend I didn't say anything!"

Lord Yuan Shu's hair stood up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Give up? How could I give up? Why should I give up?"

"Does he know how much effort my Lord Yuan clan put into planning for Nanyang?"

"Does he know how much energy and money I have invested in Nanyang during this time?"

"In short, giving up is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"But I don't want to lose!"

"If we lose, we will have nothing left either!"

"Do you have any ideas?"

If possible, he really didn't want to fight Su Xuan at this juncture.

Neither winning nor losing would be beneficial.

Now is the time for all lords to develop rapidly and accumulate strength quickly. If they fight Su Xuan with all their might at this time.

Even if they win, given the combat power of Su Xuan's troops, his strength would be greatly damaged, which would make him fall far behind other lords.

Especially that bastard Lord Yuan Shao.

If he loses, he will be even more miserable.

Not only will he lose troops and generals, but he will also likely lose Nanyang completely.

No matter how you calculate it, it's not worth it.

"This!"

Yan Xiang and Ji Ling were speechless upon hearing this.

Ji Ling had no way and no confidence at all.

Yan Xiang pondered for a moment and said: "My Lord! It's not that there's no way at all!"

"We can completely promote peace through war."

"Hmm?"

Lord Yuan Shu was stunned upon hearing this, and said with a confused expression: "What is promoting peace through war? Yan Xiang, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Why are you beating around the bush? I don't understand at all!"

He hated these scholars playing these twists and turns the most.

Too annoying!

It makes you sound sophisticated, and it makes me not understand, so you get a sense of accomplishment, right?

Yan Xiang's expression stiffened slightly, and he thought: "My Lord! Can you be more careful with your words? Even if you don't understand, as a Lord, you shouldn't say it out loud!"

"You have no sense of mystery or the posture of a Lord, how can you convince the public in the future?"

It was only because he and Ji Ling were Lord Yuan Shu's loyalists, and there was no one else here.

Otherwise, just these words alone would be enough to greatly damage Lord Yuan Shu's reputation in the eyes of the world.

What is the use of a Lord without strategy and ability?

Yan Xiang took a deep breath, afraid that Lord Yuan Shu would say something shocking, and didn't dare to delay, immediately replying: "Reporting to my Lord!"

"Promoting peace through war means that we first fight a battle with Su Xuan;"

"The outcome is not particularly important, but we must show the strength of our army!"

"We must make General Su Xuan feel that even if they can win against us, they will inevitably pay a heavy price;"

"In this way, we can take the opportunity to send an invitation for peace talks to General Su Xuan;"

"Afterward, I will accompany you, my Lord, to have peace talks with General Su Xuan!"

"Using the righteousness of crusading against Dong and saving the Son of Heaven to force General Su Xuan to temporarily choose to stop the war, with the primary task of crusading against Dong and saving the Son of Heaven, and temporarily maintain peace between our two sides;"

"The disputes between us will all be discussed after the crusade against Dong is over."

"In this way, we can win enough time for development and growth, and at the same time allow us to take deep root in Nanyang and consolidate our rule here;"

"By the time the crusade against Dong is over, the situation will inevitably be completely different;"

"Perhaps, by then we will have enough strength to completely defeat General Su Xuan, and even take the entire Jingzhou in one go, who knows!"

"Of course, if we can win a battle directly, that would be even better, which will be more conducive to the subsequent negotiations with General Su Xuan;"

"In this way, we can occupy more initiative."

After speaking, Yan Xiang stopped and looked at Lord Yuan Shu, waiting for his decision.

"So that's how it is!"

Lord Yuan Shu realized upon hearing this: "If you had just said it like that, I would have understood!"

"Before, it was just four words, how could I know your thoughts?"

As he spoke, Lord Yuan Shu didn't care about Yan Xiang's twitching cheeks, waved his hand and said: "Done! Then let's do as you said, Yan Xiang!"

"Ji Ling, you lead our main force and have a good fight with Su Xuan;"

"With 1 day as the limit, no matter the outcome, you must withdraw and stop the war afterward, and then I will issue an invitation for peace talks, understand?"

Hearing that Lord Yuan Shu finally had a normal brain for once, Yan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.

The Lord's 1-day limit is simply a stroke of genius!

A Lord whose brain is normal is actually quite wise.

"Yes!"

Ji Ling heard this and immediately bowed to accept the order.

"Right! In this battle, remember to bring Sun Sun Jian along! Let him act as the vanguard!"

"This guy doesn't care about anything else, but his combat power is still very strong!"

"Acting as a vanguard is just right."

Lord Yuan Shu added.

He wouldn't leave Sun Sun Jian unused and let him waste food here.

"Yes!"

Ji Ling naturally had no objection.

He even wished that Sun Sun Jian would act as the vanguard to gnaw on the hard bone of Su Xuan's army!

By then, the one with the biggest losses would also be Sun Sun Jian's troops.

That's great!

That day, Ji Ling gathered Lord Yuan Shu's 30, 00 main force in Nanyang, left 20, 00 new recruits to guard Wancheng, brought Sun Sun Jian and his troops, and killed their way toward Xinye.

How powerful is the intelligence capability of the secret guards in Nanyang?

They had long kept every move of Lord Yuan Shu under surveillance.

As soon as Lord Yuan Shu's army had any movement, the secret guards knew, and used golden eagles to transmit the intelligence to the Xinye garrison and Su Xuan in Jiangling respectively.

— Author's Notes —

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