Sun Ce will do what he says. In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers for training, he led by example, training during the day and patrolling the camp at night, caring for these recruits like family, solving problems for them as much as possible, and helping them through the adaptation period. When he did this, other generals did not dare to slack off, and young generals such as Shen You and Zhu Huan even slept with the soldiers, crawling and fighting, and did not dare to be proud of their family background. At the end of each day's training, ordinary soldiers can go back to the camp to rest, and they will gather in Sun Ce's big tent to review and analyze the results of the day's training and exchange experiences.

Barracks life is very boring and very hard, and not everyone can tolerate it, just as not everyone can become a famous general. After only half a month, Sun Quan couldn't help it, and proposed to go hunting.

Autumn is a good opportunity for hunting. The father and son of the Sun family have a hobby of hunting, and Sun Ce is no exception, but he changed his soul, and with the persuasion of Guo Jia, Zhang Hong and others, he gradually gave up this habit. Recently, he has been so busy that he has no interest at all, so that when Sun Quan just mentioned it, he didn't even react at once.

But when he understood what Sun Quan meant, he readily agreed.

Sun Quan was very happy and dragged Lu Yi to hunt, but Lu Yi refused. He was worried that only Pang Tongyi would be too busy by Sun Ce's side. Sun Quan felt justified, so he went alone. Ma Chao happened to be in a panic, so Sun Ce asked Ma Chao to accompany Sun Quan, pay attention to safety, and come back when he had fun. Ma Chao was in the middle of it, and agreed repeatedly, as if he was afraid that Sun Ce would regret it, so he rushed out before the words fell, and almost knocked over Guo Jia. He smiled and apologized, and ran away.

Guo Jia was inexplicable. "What happened, Ma Mengqi is so happy?"

Sun Ce said unhurriedly: "Of course I'm happy to let the horses go on the plains." ”

Guo Jia's eyes flashed slightly, then he smiled, and said to Lu Yi on the side: "Boy, why don't you go?" ”

Lu Yi bowed and said lightly: "I don't like field hunting. ”

Guo Jia smiled and said nothing, but raised his eyebrows at Sun Ce. Sun Ce understood. Don't look at Lu Yi and Sun Quan are the same age, but their personalities are very different. Sun Quan is active, Lu Yi is quiet, but Lu Yi adheres to the family style and never says anything wrong. In the face of Guo Jia's obvious provocation, he would not accuse Sun Quan of a word. As for whether he will advise Sun Quan behind his back, then no one knows, Sun Quan may be able to say, he will definitely not say a word.

Guo Jia walked over to Sun Ce and sat down. "Jiang Ziyi has news here."

When Sun Ce heard this, he immediately became energetic. After winning the Huiji, Jiang Gan went to Xuzhou, and under normal circumstances, he sent a message every five days, and reported at any time if there was an emergency. "Say what?"

"The situation in Xuzhou is not good, Tao Gongzu may send an envoy to discuss with the general."

Sun Ce was silent. When Jiang Gan went to Xuzhou, the main task was to form an alliance with Tao Qian and jointly fight against Yuan Shao. But Tao Qian was very vigilant, and even when Sun Ce gave Lu Guobai to him, he still refused to let Sun Ce enter Xuzhou. Jiang Gan has been gone for so long, and he has not made any substantial progress. At present, the autumn harvest in the south has ended, but the north has not yet been completed, and the war has not really begun, Tao Qian's sudden change of attitude is really unusual.

"Something happened in Xuzhou?"

Guo Jia smiled and nodded. "Chen Qi sent someone to contact Yuan Shao, and was caught by Ziyi."

Sun Ce didn't laugh. The father and son of the Chen family have always not supported Tao Qian, and Chen Deng died in his hands again, seeing that Tao Qian may end up with him, it is almost inevitable that Chen Qian and Yuan Shao will secretly contact him, even if Jiang can't make a move, Tao Qian will pay attention to them.

"The Xuzhou family is optimistic about Yuan Shao, but what about the Yuzhou family?"

Guo Jia said casually: "Jumping out is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as the situation is controlled." ”

Sun Ce nodded. He and Guo Jia have a tacit understanding that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. Since Guo Jia said this, he must have made corresponding arrangements, and he has nothing to worry about.

"General, time is pressing, we should seize the opportunity to enter Xuzhou, so as not to change Tao Qian's hexagram again."

Sun Ce didn't speak. He knew that Xuzhou was important, but he didn't plan to enter Xuzhou now. Tao Qian is not a good person, he wants to form an alliance only because of the situation of internal and external pressure, not necessarily sincere, maybe just for Chen Qi and others to see. He didn't want to be Tao Qian's pawn or tiger skin.

"I want to wait." Sun Ce stood up and paced back and forth for two steps. "Fengxiao, for us, Yuzhang is more important."

Guo Jia shook his head, his expression was rare and solemn. "General, I haven't heard much from my uncle recently, and I suspect that either he was excluded from Yuan Shao's core and didn't know Yuan Shao's true plan, or he was deliberately hiding it and didn't want me to know. Either way, this is sure to be the winner or loser on both sides. ”

Sun Ce's heart tightened, and he pondered for a moment. "Are you worried that Yuan Shao wants to take Yuzhou in one fell swoop?"

Guo Jia nodded. "General, not only Yuzhou, there is a Yuzhou family as an internal response, Yuan Shao may even seize the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang, push the battle line to Changsha, and connect with Yuzhang. Preemptively laying out Xuzhou and protecting the flanks can contain his pace of southward movement. Using Qingzhou as a battlefield is also the most beneficial to the general. ”

Sun Ce walked to the map, his eyes wandering back and forth for a long time, but it was still difficult to decide. He didn't want to face off against Yuan Shao too early and let others profit. But if Yuan Shao really went south, he had to take Yuzhou, and even reached the Yangtze River, he couldn't give it up. Sun Jian and Tao Qian have no problem dealing with Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, but they may have a hard time facing Yuan Shao himself.

But in this way, Yu Zhang can only let it go first, which is not in line with his plan. He is training his troops, and he plans to use Yuzhang as a martial arts arena to test the training results of these recruits. In the face of Liu Xuan, Gao Gan and Yuzhang Junbing, he had a greater chance of winning. But in the face of Yuan Shao's main force at once, he has no chance of winning, and the casualties may be very large.

Which is more important, which is more important, which is first and which is last, Sun Ce is difficult to decide for a while. He turned around. "Shiyuan, what do you think?"

Pang Tong was with Sun Ce every day and knew Sun Ce's plan well. He also did not agree with Guo Jia's suggestion, and felt that the first battle should be chosen in Yuzhang, even if he couldn't take all of Yuzhang, he should also hurt Liu Xuan and Gao Gan, so that they would not be able to cause chaos. As for Qingxu, although Yuan Shao made a move to the south, it is still uncertain whether he will go all out while Gongsun Zhan's strength still exists.

What if he was just bluffing?

Guo Jia and Pang Tong are stubborn with each other, and each has its own reasons. Seeing this, Sun Ce decided to expand the scale of the discussion and convene the generals to discuss it together.

Shen You, He Qi, Dong Xian, Quan Rou and others were invited, but they also failed to unify their opinions, Gan Ning and Quan Rou suggested that Yuzhang should be taken first to clear the internal troubles, while Shen You and Dong Rou supported going to Xuzhou first, and there were different opinions and could not agree on it.

Sun Ce decided to seek Yu Translation's advice.