Chapter 342

"Even if we can eventually win by relying on numerical superiority, our army will probably suffer heavy losses;"

"Isn't this more loss than gain?"

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

"Speaking of which, I and Su Xuan 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 he 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 Administrator of Nanjun at that time and 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 power 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.

"Indeed!"

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

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

"We must fight even if we can't win!"

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

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

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

Yuan Shu exploded when he heard this, excitedly saying: "Give up? How could I give up? Why should I give up?"

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

"Does he know how much energy and wealth 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 has any benefits.

Now is the time when various warlords are developing rapidly and accumulating strength quickly. If they fight Su Xuan with all their might at this time.

If they win, with the combat power of Su Xuan's troops, he will also suffer heavy losses, which will make him fall far behind other warlords.

Especially that bastard Yuan Shao.

If they lose, then he will be even more miserable.

Not only will he lose troops and generals, but he will probably also have to leave 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 ideas at all and no confidence.

Yan Xiang pondered for a while and said: "Lord! It's not that there's no way!"

"We can completely 'promote peace through war'."

"Hmm?"

Yuan Shu was stunned upon hearing this, looking confused: "What is 'promoting peace through war'? Yan Xiang, if you have something to say, just say it. Why are you playing riddles? I don't understand at all!"

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

Too annoying!

It makes you look like you have 'class' when you speak, and it makes me not understand, so you get a sense of accomplishment, right?

Yan Xiang's expression stiffened slightly, thinking: "Lord! Can you pay attention to how you speak? Even if you don't understand, as a Lord, you can't say it out loud!"

"It makes you have no sense of mystery and no posture as a master, how can you convince the public in the future?"

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

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

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

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

"The meaning of 'promoting peace through war' is that we first fight a battle with Su Xuan;"

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

"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, Lord, to negotiate peace with General Su Xuan!"

"Using the great cause of crusading against Dong Zhuo and rescuing the Son of Heaven to force General Su Xuan to choose to stop the fighting temporarily, taking the crusade against Dong Zhuo and rescuing the Son of Heaven as the primary task, and temporarily maintaining peace between our two sides;"

"As for the disputes between us, everything will be discussed after the crusade against Dong Zhuo 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;"

"When the crusade against Dong Zhuo is over, the situation will inevitably be completely different;"

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

"Of course, if we can directly win a battle, 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 Yuan Shu, waiting for his decision.

"So that's how it is!"

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

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

Saying this, 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, regardless of victory or defeat, you must withdraw and stop the fighting afterward, and then I will issue an invitation for peace talks, understand?"

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Hearing that 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 with a normal brain is actually quite wise.

"Yes!"

Ji Ling bowed and accepted the order.

"Right! For this battle, remember to bring 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."

Yuan Shu added.

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

"Yes!"

Ji Ling naturally had no objections.

He was even eager to let Sun Jian act as the vanguard to chew on the hard bone of Su Xuan's army!

At that time, the one with the biggest losses would also be Sun Jian's troops.

Quite good!

That day, Ji Ling gathered Yuan Shu's 30,000 main force in Nanyang, left 20,000 new recruits to guard Wancheng, brought Sun Jian and his troops, and killed toward Xinye.

How powerful is the Secret Guard's intelligence capability in Nanyang?

They had long since placed Yuan Shu's every move under surveillance.

As soon as Yuan Shu's army had any movement, the Secret Guard knew, and at the same time used golden eagles to pass the intelligence to the Xinye garrison and Su Xuan in Jiangling respectively.