Wang Fu led the generals to look for him. When he saw the general's location, he directly asked about it.

After finishing his words, Guan Yu looked back, with a smile on his face, and continued to stare into the river with red phoenix eyes.

"Guoshan, what do you think is the chance of winning by storming Xiangyang?"

Guan Yu's sudden words made Wang Fu beside him become more and more suspicious. Is this related to the question he asked just now?

Confused, he thought about it for a moment, and finally replied, "Your Majesty, I think it will be very difficult to attack Xiangyang by force."

"Since Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, made Xiangyang his state government, he not only built the place into a large city with a population of more than 100,000, but also specially reinforced the city walls."

"Now the city defense of Xiangyang can be said to be unbreakable, and it has been developed by the Cao family into a military town to resist our army. Obviously the defense has been further improved."

"In addition, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is connected to the Mian River to the east. The mountains are connected to tributary waters, and the water system is connected to mountains. This makes this city naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"Even though our army has been fighting consecutive battles this time, and the fighting spirit of our lieutenants is at its peak, if the defenders in the city hold on with stubborn resistance, they may not be able to break through in a short period of time."

"Even if we can defeat Xiangyang, we may suffer heavy losses and pay heavy casualties."

One word after another fell,

Although Wang Fu is from Yizhou, he has not been idle since he was transferred to Jingzhou as a subordinate officer to assist Guan Yu in handling important military and political affairs.

We went to collect information on various passes and important towns in Jingzhou to learn more about it.

It was because he had done enough homework and analyzed the battle situation truthfully.

After saying these words, his son Guan Ping and his bodyguard Zhou Cang, who looked like black charcoal heads, looked at each other unconsciously.

Both of them knew Guan Yu's character very well.

Although there are almost no problems with Wang Fu's analysis, the war has not yet begun, which will undoubtedly boost the morale of others and destroy his own prestige.

Guan Yu has always disliked this trend.

After finishing speaking, both of them carefully observed his face, but what surprised them was that Guan Yu did not show any dissatisfaction this time.

There was still a slight smile on his face, with a slight frown between his brows.

After a while, he responded, "Guoshan, it seems that you have done a lot of homework in private, and you have a good understanding of the terrain around Xiangyang."

After hearing this, Wang Fu's face was calm, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is overly praised."

"This is just my job!"

Having said that, he didn't have the slightest worry and looked solemn.

He has an upright temperament, and since his master is taking the initiative to question him about the current war situation, he will not deliberately tell nice things to please him.

The words he just said were truly speaking out what was in his heart.

Anyway, if we attack Xiangyang, the outcome will definitely not be optimistic!

This is what he really thinks, and he speaks it outright, and he is not afraid of being offended.

Guan Yu seemed to have replied and pondered for a while. Then he looked at the people around him and said with a serious look on his face:

"Everyone, you may have been feeling hesitant in your heart in recent days. Now that our army has advanced all the way to Xiangyang City, all departments in the army are also in a stage of high morale."

"Why not strike immediately while the iron is hot and capture Xiangyang?"

At this point, he paused for a while, then his red phoenix eyes slightly scanned the faces of the generals, looking at the faces of the generals, they nodded slightly unconsciously to show their agreement!

This was indeed what they thought before,

Guan Yu was not surprised by this, and the look on his face couldn't help but become more serious, and he raised his voice again and said:

"Xiangyang is difficult to attack. If our army uses all its strength to attack the city by force, won't it gradually become a tug-of-war and eventually the enemy will be defeated?"

"Even if Xiangyang can be captured by force, if it is based on a situation where the losses to the troops are too great, it will definitely outweigh the gains!"

After saying this, Guan Yu raised his head again to look around the generals, and then his stern tone gradually became more serious, "Although Xiangfan is the barrier of Jiangling, if these two places cannot be obtained in one day, our territory will be exposed to Cao's attack at any time.

Under attack from the front."

After hearing these words, everyone around them nodded in agreement.

This is true, because the buffer area between Xiangyang and Jiangling is basically dominated by flat avenues.

This also provided extremely convenience for Cao's cavalry to move south.

Can launch an attack on Jiangling at any time.

"The importance of Xiangfan is self-evident!" Guan Yu said with an extremely sharp tone on his face: "Once Xiangyang is conquered and Fancheng is likely to fall, Cao Cao will not sit still and wait for death."

"At that time, our army will not only face the tribes under the jurisdiction of Cao Ren in Xiangfan, but also face waves of reinforcements."

The words just fell out of his mouth.

The generals present were not fools. After Guan Yu's explanation, they understood everything in an instant why they had not launched a strong attack on Xiangyang for so many days.

The questions raised by Wang Fu previously were also responded to.

"Then how are you going to respond next?"

After hearing this, Liao Hua couldn't help but raise his hands and ask.

After the words fell, everyone around him all fixed their gazes on Guan Yu, quietly waiting for a reply.

Now we are sweeping all the troops of Cao's army all the way north in the Jingzhou theater. It is at a time when the fighting spirit of our soldiers is the strongest and their morale is high.

They definitely hope to conquer Xiangyang and then regain the front line of Jingbei.

But now that we are worried about the difficulty of attacking Xiangyang City, holding back our troops and spending them here is not an option.

But if we want to call off the troops and make a truce, it will also affect the enthusiasm of our soldiers and generals.

As Guan Yu made a general analysis of the situation he is facing today.

Everyone around him thought of various problems.

Quietly observing the different emotions on the faces of the generals, Guan Yu's expression softened a bit, and his tone became a little lighter, "Actually, the enemy's reinforcements are only one aspect."

"What I am more concerned about is the safety of the rear."

"rear?"

"Are you worried that the Sun family from Jiangdong will once again follow the example of two years ago and send troops to attack our land in Jingzhou?"

"This situation is not impossible. It's just that before our army sent out troops, Cao and Sun were gathering most of their troops to fight in the Ruxuwu area in Huainan."

"Then can Sun Quan really have his hands free to attack?"

After hearing Guan Yu's words, all the generals' faces became serious.

While they were discussing the possibility of a sneak attack from Jiangdong, they did not dare to underestimate it at all.

As soon as he said these words, Guan Yu's expression showed a very cautious expression.

He recalled that before the Northern Expedition, Pang Tong personally gave him the letters written by his junior Zhao Tong when he left Jingzhou for review.

What the letter said not only emphasized that he must strengthen his defense against the Sun family in Jiangdong, but Sun Quan's last military attack was not successful and achieved the set goal.

But it will come back again at any time!

If it were just like this, Guan Yu wouldn't be as worried as he is now.

The key is that Zhao Tong also stated in the letter that he must pay great attention to the actions of Mi Fang, the governor of Nanjun, and Fu Shiren, the public security guard, and beware of them secretly taking refuge in the Sun family and luring them into the city.

After reading this letter on the first day of the new year, Guan Yu was in disbelief!

There are even layers of nameless anger hanging on his expression,

Although Zhao Tong was able to resolve the crisis in Jingzhou at that time and suppressed Sun general Lu Meng in the battle, he made no achievements in the battle to conquer Jingzhou!

But when Guan Yu saw that he actually doubted Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, he still felt inexplicably angry.

Who are these two people?

One of them is the younger brother of Mi Zhu. His family not only generously donated money, food, and soldiers to Liu Bei when he was in the most critical moment, but Mi Zhu also married off his daughter-in-law.

Fu Shiren has also been a colleague since he was in Youzhou, and he has deep qualifications.

Guan Yu couldn't figure out why Zhao Tong suspected that these two people would be rebellious!

However, given that Zhao Tong is the eldest son of Zhao Yun, it is also expected that he will most likely not make up the news out of thin air.

Plus Pang Tong’s persuasion,

Guan Yu gradually calmed down.

Since there was no evidence of direct surrender to the enemy, but for the sake of the stability of the rear, he was very cautious about the content of this letter.

Therefore, Pang Tong's request to stay in Jiangling was approved.

Even though he successfully advanced to Xiangfan this time, he was particularly cautious about attacking by force.

In addition to Xiangyang's strategic location and strong city defense, this is also related to the fact that once a fierce offensive is launched against Xiangfan, if Cao Ren and other generals cannot resist it, they will definitely ask Cao Cao for help.

By then, the main members of the Cao family may arrive in a steady stream.

With only 30,000 people under his command, it is not easy to gain a foothold in Xiangyang.

What if the Sun family took advantage of the confrontation with the Cao family's main force in Xiangfan to attack?
To be continued...