"Both sides have similar strength, and neither can do much to the other; this should be considered a draw."
Lu Yuan analyzed the two sides' positions on the peripheral battlefields, feeling gradually more confident.
Originally in Xiangyang Prefecture, the Chu army had the advantage in terms of troop strength.
However, during this winter, the Ning army, in control of Jingmen and Jingling Prefectures of Xiangyang, urgently conscripted fifty thousand strong men and gathered them at Fu City to defend it.
With these hastily conscripted fodder, the Ning army barely bolstered its forces, enough to contend with the Chu army.
At the same time, after a winter's respite, the Ning naval forces, which had suffered a crushing defeat on the Jiangxia waterways, had managed to recuperate. Their morale gradually improved; lost warships were replenished, and they essentially regained their combat strength.
