He also failed to steal the city, but Lu Su was unlucky.

It turned out that Sun Guan knew that the defenders in the city were not as powerful as the officers and soldiers, and was worried that the officers and soldiers would steal the city, so he stationed sentries on the four walls to watch the actions of the officers and soldiers.

Yue Jin and Lu Su were unprepared. When they went out to steal the city, they were discovered by the sentry at the top of the city.

After Sun Guan heard the news, he immediately thought of the northwest corner of the low-lying area, so he ordered all the strongest soldiers in the army to rush to the northwest corner. He also ordered some old and weak soldiers to go to the southeast corner to pretend to be the elite.

Le Jin's soldiers who stole the city directly penetrated Sun Guan's encirclement, how could they not be defeated?

Le Jin and Lu Su were defeated twice in a row, and the morale of the army was seriously damaged. The attack on the city became more and more difficult, and they could only fall into a stalemate that they least wanted to see.

Le Jin was okay. Although he was anxious, he was a veteran general after all. He knew that the more hastily he was, the more mistakes he made, so he patiently attacked the city step by step.

Lu Su fell into self-doubt.

It’s not Lu Su’s fault. Since his debut, he has been used to smooth sailing and his spirits have improved a lot. But now he is entering the battlefield for the first time and has lost consecutive battles. No matter how hard it is, anyone will feel frustrated and unable to control themselves.

In the next few days, Le Jin launched three rounds of attacks in succession. He even took the lead in person, thinking that he would be the first to get there. But Sun Guan was worthy of the title of "a brave general". He could block it with soldiers and cover it with water and earth. No matter how hard the officers and soldiers fought, they could still do it.

Shoudeju County is as stable as Mount Tai.

Le Jin's expression became worse and worse until one day, Zhou Yu and Han Dang came from Anqiu with more than a thousand cavalry.

These two men were reinforcements sent by Cao Ang.

Since Cao Ang heard that Le Jin failed to steal the city, he guessed that the battle in Juxian County was about to reach a stalemate. Guan Hai, who was far away in Pingcheng (today's Yinma Village, Yinma Town, Changyi City, Shandong Province), learned the news and would not sit idly by.

Cao Ang was worried that Le Jin's unit had too many new soldiers and insufficient combat power, so he sent Zhou Yu and Han Dang to support him.

Zhou Yu and Han Dang both had cavalry under their command, and they were most advantageous in field battles.

The two met Le Jin and Lu Su and reported the war situation on the central and eastern fronts. At this time, Cao Ang had occupied Anqiu, and Xu Huang had also occupied Yi'an County (today's Gaomi City, Shandong Province) and entered the east of Jiaoshui.

Each of the two departments has made progress, but Le Jin's department is struggling and unable to overcome it, which makes them even more anxious.

As a partial division, they should have completed the task first, but now they were lagging behind, and Cao Ang had to divide his troops to come for reinforcements. No matter what, they couldn't calm down.

If the two of them had not intended to atone for their sins, they would have apologized and resigned now.

After Zhou Yu communicated with the two men about the military situation and Cao Ang's arrangements, he took out a letter in front of everyone and handed it to Lu Su.

This letter was written by Cao Ang to Lu Su. After hearing this, Lu Su hurriedly opened the letter and read it, but tears could not stop flowing down.

"Zijing, I heard that after your setback in Ju County, you felt heavy-hearted, so that you became discouraged and lost yourself. When people are engaged in business, they often fail after a few successes. If you know that you will fail when you succeed, you don't have to be too determined to succeed;

If you know that you must die in life, you don't have to work too hard to survive. Don't worry about a temporary defeat.

Things in life, what are gains and losses? The foundation of life is striving, the result of striving is gain, loss, gain, gain, loss, the reason why something is lost is gained, this is a great gain, something gained

To lose the foundation is a big loss!

I hope you will guard against arrogance and impetuosity, be at peace with yourself, and expect Zijing to be able to deal with small things calmly and live up to your expectations!

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Cao Ang's letter gave Lu Su a sense of comfort and peace of mind, and warmed his restless heart.

Lu Su, who was so fashionable and immature, wiped away his tears, almost clenched his fists and said: "My parents are the ones who gave birth to my body, and the generals are the ones who taught me my heart. How dare Lu Su not be loyal to the death?"

After all, Lu Su was a great strategist of the generation. Although he was young and immature, his talent could not be ignored.

After that day, he changed his previous attitude and suggested to Le Jin again: "I have been thinking about Guan Hai's reaction these days. Jixian County is Guan Hai's granary in the west, and Guan Hai doesn't have much food.

We will not allow our army to capture this place, and when we send reinforcements to the west to support, then our army will have an opportunity."

At this time Han Dang asked: "Why send troops to support instead of Guan Hai's entire army returning?"

Lu Su said: "The battle for Pingcheng is at a critical stage. Guan Hai has spent a lot of energy on this place. I heard that Pingcheng is not far away from the city's defeat. Guan Hai will not give up."

Lu Su paused for a moment, looked at the crowd and said: "Pingcheng is located in the middle of Beihai County. Although it is only a small town, it is surrounded by Kong Rong of Duchang to the north, a group of bandits to the south, and the core areas of Guanhai are to the west.

The entire power of Ju County and Jimo to the east was divided into two by Pingcheng, and the east and west could not communicate with each other, so Guan Hai had to occupy this place.

General Cao's army marched north, and the momentum was huge, but Guan Hai still didn't respond, which is clear evidence."

Everyone nodded.

Zhou Yu also said: "Guan Hai claimed to have hundreds of thousands of troops, but his available troops were only a handful. He had tens of thousands of scattered tribes east of Jiaoshui, and Chunyu County had at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops. He also wanted to besiege Pingcheng and monitor Duchang.

, the number of people who can support Ju County will never exceed ten thousand people."

After hearing this, Le Jin looked at the others and said, "In that case, what can you do?"

Zhou Yu said: "Wait for leisure and work!"

And Lu Su said: "Take the initiative to attack the rebel reinforcements!"

The two have different opinions.

Lu Su explained: "Our army is waiting for work. It is very likely that it will encounter enemy reinforcements and Jixian defenders. Only by taking the initiative to attack the rebel reinforcements can we give the opponent a head-on blow."

Zhou Yu said, "If we take the initiative to attack, the defenders of Jixian County may follow them and attack them. At that time, it will be easier for the bandits to attack from both front and rear."

Lu Su said, "As long as Sun Guan dares to come out to fight in the field, our army will defeat him!"

Zhou Yu still felt that it was such a risk. The officers and soldiers did not have rich combat experience and could easily be defeated in the opponent's pursuit. Although it was conservative to wait for work, it could ensure his own safety to the maximum extent.

Neither of them can convince the other.

At this time, the decision-making power fell on Le Jin, whether to listen to Zhou Yu or Lu Su, a man who had already failed continuously.

Le Jin looked at Han Dang and Cao Yan and asked calmly: "There are 1,500 cavalry in the army, plus Guo Yi's troops, which is 4,000 men and horses. Can we defeat the bandit army of 10,000 people?"

Cao Yan hesitated, but Han Dang changed his careless attitude and said seriously: "If the bandits come, if they cannot break through their formation, I am willing to behead them."

At this time, Le Jin said: "I am drawing a thousand troops from Wu Xiang's army and giving them to you as a reserve force. I hope you can defeat the rebel reinforcements. As for Sun Guanruo going out of the city to attack our army, no matter how many, I will lead Wu Xiang's army to attack.

Affect your battle."

Le Jin said this, which settled the matter.
Chapter completed!