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Five days flew by in the blink of an eye, and Chen Xi had already received an intelligence report from Jingzhou. He sighed, Yuan Shu was sometimes overly confident to the point of absurdity. With his rear under attack and in disarray, he could still remain so calm and continue to press southward. Such mental fortitude was not something the average person possessed.
However, from the perspective of a pure observer, Yuan Shu's choice was without any issues. That's because neither the Pingyu besieged by Chen Xi, nor Qiaoo County by Liu Bei, or Chen State by Guan Yu could be taken in a short period of time. Instead, once Jiangling City was taken and with the momentum of a major victory, Liu Xuande and his men could all be crushed into pancakes.