Since fighting had not broken out among the landlords and since formidable enemy forces were still in Pinghsiang, Chaling and Yuhsien on the Hunan border, we would have been giving the enemy his chance if we had moved our main forces northward.

• 因豪绅间战争未起，湘边酃县、茶陵、攸县尚有大敌，主力北向，必为所乘。