"Informing General Guan, Lu Chang, who is stationed in Xiangyang, led his troops to march to Dangyang territory."

"General, the Wenpin Division in Jiangxia is also sending troops to attack Jiangjin Port and cut off our naval base."

Within the territory of Yiyang.

One by one, the scouts returned quickly and came to report.

As the capital Linxiang City was captured, the governor Lu Su could only evacuate all the tribesmen in Changsha.

Hearing the battle reports of Cao's army's attack, Guan Yu, who was approving military affairs, subconsciously showed a smile on his red cheeks.

Look at his expression, he seems to be in control!

"Okay, I already know this, please retreat first."

After the scouts retreated, Guan Yu turned his head and said slowly to Guan Ping, who was standing by, "Ping'er, you have to learn from A Tong."

"A Tong proposed strategies to attack Linxiang City, and reminded his father that after Wu's army fell into an unfavorable battle situation, Sun Quan would most likely attack Cao's army one after another."

"Now it seems that this is indeed the case!"

With what Zhao Tong has done in recent days, Guan Yu naturally sees everything in his eyes, and he pays more and more attention to him.

Teach him with sincerity and sincerity.

After pondering for a while, he said again: "Ping'er, now that Cao's army in northern Jing is attacking, the safety of Jiangling is particularly important!"

"My father wants to lead his troops back to the important town of Jiangling to resist Cao's army on the northern front."

"And I am going to ask you to stay in Jingnan, obey the orders of Atong, and be responsible for the war in Jingnan."

After a while, the words fell.

Guan Ping nodded, then suddenly showed a look of astonishment on his face, and said worriedly: "Commander Father, is it okay to entrust the entire war situation of Jingnan counties to Atong?"

When he said this, he was not jealous.

It's just that Zhao Tong is still at a young age, so he is just worried out of instinct.

"Haha!" Guan Yu chuckled, and replied with a smile on his face: "It doesn't matter, A Tong can defeat the main force of Lu Meng with more than ten thousand troops, so the commander's talent can be trusted."

"Several years ago, when he accompanied his father to conquer Changsha, he fought with General Wei Yan for dozens of times and the outcome was still inconclusive."

“With the outstanding performance in recent days, it’s not a bad idea to be on my own!”

A solemn word was spoken to Guan Ping.

Guan Yu's meaning is already extremely clear.

That is to let his son learn from him.

Guan Ping spent time with him day and night, and naturally knew his intentions from his father's expression, so he showed a determined look on his face and answered with cupped hands:

"But please rest assured, Father, my child will not disappoint you!"

After that, Guan Yu sent someone to contact Zhao Tong's office stationed in Linxiang.

After the negotiation between the two was completed, he put his worries aside and returned with the main force along the waterway to the capital, Jiangling, where he personally deployed a defensive line to defend against the enemy.

Only Guan Ping and a group of soldiers were left to assist Zhao Tong's governor in the war in Jingnan.

After Lord Guan Yu leaves.

Zhao Tong followed Ma Su's advice and first strengthened the garrison at Baqiu to prevent the Wu army that had retreated to Lukou from attacking again.

Following closely, Guan Ping and his troops joined him.

The two met each other.

Zhao Tong's face showed joy, and he greeted with a smile: "Brother-in-law, we haven't seen you for several years, right?"

"Counting the years, it has been three years since you followed your uncle to Shu at Atong!"

"On the contrary, Ah Tong, your martial arts have improved a lot over the past few years!"

During the chat, Guan Ping couldn't help but feel that Zhao Tong was exuding an extremely strong aura, and he couldn't help but praise him.

"Haha, brother-in-law, that's a compliment. You've been guarding Jingxiang with your uncle for a long time, and your sword skills are pretty good, right?"

The two came together while talking and laughing.

Enter the camp.

Zhao Tong summoned all the generals to discuss matters together.

"Brother Youchang, given the current situation in Jingnan, Lu Meng's troops are forced to hold on to Guiyang County. I want to raise troops to attack south and regain the lost territory in one fell swoop."

"What do you think?"

As soon as he finished saying this, Ma Di thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "Now the relevant general is stationed in the capital Jiangling to resist the attack of Cao's army, and Lukou has been cut off from Lu Meng's troops."

"This is indeed a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory and attack."

After saying this, he paused and said with a trace of embarrassment on his face: "However, although the Wu army suffered heavy losses before, its strength is still there. Our army may not be able to achieve very good results with a strong attack."

"What about Brother Yi Youchang's opinion?"

Ma Di pondered for a while, then slowly offered his advice: "I thought I could connect the Wuxi barbarians to help them fight."

"In this way, it will be easy to regain Guiyang County!"

"It will be difficult for Wu's army to compete with our army's front."

After saying these extremely solemn words, Ma Su looked confident, nodded and said with a smile.

"Borrowing the power of barbarian soldiers?"

Hearing this, Zhao Tong was stunned for a moment, and then asked slowly: "Previously, I invited the Wuxi Barbarian King Shamoke to help our army, but he politely refused."

"Brother Youchang, is there any way to persuade the barbarians?"

"Haha..." After saying this, Ma Su clenched his fists and said: "General, although Samoko refused to help before, he still used the road to pass with our army."

"He even provided the general with the latest battle report."

"There are general signs that Barbarian King Samoko at least has a good impression of our army."

"Su speculates that the reason why he rejected you, General, was that he was on the sidelines and secretly observed whether our army could successfully resist the Wu army's all-out attack."

"Now that our army has taken the absolute initiative, I think Wuxi Barbarian King Samoko has already thought about this."

After finishing speaking, Ma Su's face showed joy and he analyzed confidently.

"Well, since Brother Youchang said so, you can give it a try!"

After saying this and pondering for a while, Zhao Tong suddenly looked serious again and said loudly: "However, we have to rely on our army for everything."

"Now we will divide our troops into two groups and march towards Guiyang County."

The order is passed down.

Zhao Tong decided that Ma Zhong and Zhang Yi would continue to lead the partial division at the Lingling border to contain the Wu army's strength.

And he personally controlled the main force of the headquarters to go south along Linxiang.

The plan has been decided.

Next, all departments are ready to go.

In order to ensure that the Wuxi barbarians could be persuaded to help in the battle, Ma Di personally took the order to go to the Wuxi barbarian camp.

As the Jingzhou Army has made new moves.

Naturally, this piece of battle report and military information could not be hidden from Wu Jun's eyes and ears.

General Lu Meng also received the news at this moment.

I learned that the Jingzhou Army wanted to take the initiative to march south and conquer Guiyang County.

He immediately summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Finally, Lu Meng took action and ordered sternly: "Chen Wu will lead his troops to Nanping, west of Guiyang, and confront the enemy at Zhongshui."

The order is passed down.

He personally mobilized his troops and went north to Leiyang County to build a defense line to defend the north gate of Guiyang County.

It also competes with You County and other places to the east of Changsha.

Instructions were passed down one after another.
Chapter completed!