Sun Ce clasped his hands on his knees, swaying his body back and forth, and the map was spread on the case in front of him, which was full of various lines and circles, like a treacherous situation, and few people could understand it.

But Sun Ce's mind was not on the map, he looked at Guo Jia walking back and forth, with a smile on his face, but not happy, but mocking.

Deprecating.

The Jiangdong soldiers performed remarkably well in the first battle, and the tactics of outflanking, detouring, and ambushing were played smoothly, and the tacit cooperation of all units reflected the level of training. Yan Xing led the Bai Yu Shi to raid Zheng Bao's position and staged a typical demonstration of decapitation tactics. Although the opponent is just a rabble and has limited gold content, it proves that the decapitation tactic is effective, and if used properly, it is completely possible to achieve a counterattack with less to win more.

The battle achieved its intended purpose, but what should have been a good mood was ruined by a few words from Zheng Bao.

Zheng Bao has no attainments in the art of war, he is just an uninformed bandit, not worth mentioning. But compared with ordinary people, he is quite a capable person with great appeal, otherwise he would not be able to gather thousands of people and occupy a mountain. Such people represent a large group of people, especially the grassroots.

Sun Ce originally thought that the family looked down on himself - that's fine, it was a fact that the Sun family's family was not high, but he didn't expect that now even a thief looked down on him, and he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, feeling that he was really ashamed of his identity as a traverser, lowering the average level and dragging down the traversing public.

Guo Jia paced back and forth, fast and urgent, with wind on his feet. Because he turned too violently, the snow-white footsuit was crooked to the side, and his heels were already exposed, and he was thrown around, and he could fall off at any time.

Guo Jia suddenly stopped, stood in front of Sun Ce, and looked at Sun Ce with blazing eyes. "General, have you decided?"

Sun Ce raised his eyelids. "What's your decision?"

"I still suggest showing weakness, but if the general insists on showing strength, I have no objection."

Sun Ce pondered for a moment. Guo Jia was originally seven points to show weakness and three points to show strength, but now this attitude is at least five or five, and even has the meaning of seven points showing strength and three points showing weakness, where does the change come from? Is it all out of whim? He can do things willingly, but Guo Jia can't. He is a strategist, and he must always be calm and rational.

"I want to hear about it."

Guo Jia smiled. Although Sun Ce couldn't swallow this breath, he hadn't reached the point of losing his mind. He exhaled, as if spitting out a lump in his chest. "General, the so-called public opinion, most of the time is just a cloud of people, not to be careful. A gentleman is virtuous, a villain is virtuous, and the real wise man will use public opinion, but will not be used by public opinion. Lao Ziyun: The winner is powerful, and the self-winner is strong. The real strong man is not a large number of soldiers, but can subdue his own heart. ”

Sun Ce laughed puzzled. "Fengxiao, I understand what you say, but to be honest, it's not easy to do."

"Yes, at the age of a general, it is rare to be able to realize the truth of self-sacrifice and subordination, if you can still know and do it, it is too terrible to endure what others can't bear. Therefore, if the general can really sacrifice himself and obey others, I am afraid that Yuan Shao will not only not be relieved by this, but will pay more attention to the general, regard the general as a confidant, and will want to get rid of it quickly. Even if he couldn't think of these, Tian Feng, Fu Zhi and others would also think of them. ”

Sun Ce was stunned for a moment. He understood what Guo Jia meant. To show weakness is to show strength, and to show strength is to show weakness, which has different definitions in the eyes of different people. For strategists like Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, if he is Xiang Yu who breaks through the cauldron and moves forward bravely, the threat may be limited - he is too strong to be trusted, and Xiang Yu is a loser in the end. If he is Liu Bang, who endures humiliation and has been defeated repeatedly, it will be terrible - good is like water, and Liu Bang, who is super soft, is the final winner.

Just like the Sun brothers, Sun Ce was invincible, but he was assassinated. Sun Quan can pretend to be a grandson, he can not only marry his sister to Liu Bei, but also bow down to Cao Pi, but he established the Sun-Wu Empire. Ordinary people like Sun Ce and look down on Sun Quan, but a truly wise man will value Sun Quan. When Sun Quan declared himself a vassal to Cao Pi in order to avoid a two-front battle, Liu Ye thought that Sun Quan was a big problem and suggested that Cao Pi take the opportunity to kill him.

He is a twenty-year-old young man, and he has a father like Sun Jian, it is the norm to be ruthless and brave, and it is strange to be able to endure humiliation and burden, which is more likely to arouse the vigilance of Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and others. If he can endure being forced to this part, even if Yuan Shao will be satisfied, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu will not be deceived by him. They would definitely advise Yuan Shao to take him as the most dangerous enemy and continue the attack.

Continuing to show weakness will be exposed, not to expose strength, but to expose a strong heart.

Guo Jia's change of attitude was not to give in to his views, but that he saw that showing weakness could bring more dangerous consequences, so he adjusted his plan. His eyes were never fixed on the opponents he matched, not on the ordinary people. Because he knows that those people can't actually affect the outcome.

Sun Ce was a little embarrassed. That's IQ, that's insight. Although Guo Jia has never studied dialectics, he understands this truth. The brain circuitry of this strategist is different.

"So what do we do?"

"Use the simplest way to show the general's force, so that they think that the general is just a horseman's courage after all. If he holds the scale, I don't think the general should need to be reminded by me. ”

Sun Ce's eyebrows raised. This trick is amazing, it is simply set up for Tian Feng and frustration. I'll let you see what you want to see, but hide what I don't want you to see. Fiction and reality, intrigue and intrigue are completely a contest between top strategists and top strategists. Don't look at him to make Yu turn his head down, but in terms of scheming, in front of these people, he really has no advantage at all.

"Okay, I'll march to Runan tomorrow."

Guo Jia exhaled and looked up at the leaky pot in the corner of the tent. "Oh, it's so late, let's go to bed early." Guo Jia turned around and left, took two steps, stopped again, and looked at Sun Ce with a smile.

"Happy New Year, I wish the general a hundred victories, create the foundation of the Sun family, and be peaceful for ten thousand years."

Sun Ce turned his head to look at the leaky pot, only to find that it had passed, Chinese New Year's Eve was over, and the new year was coming. It's a pity that I'm in the barracks now, and I can't keep the New Year according to normal habits, so I can only say an auspicious word to express my heart.

"I am willing to share encouragement with Fengxiao." Sun Ce said casually, and suddenly remembered something. "Fengxiao, is there any news of the imperial court changing the yuan?"

Guo Jia was slightly stunned. "Why change the yuan? This year, no, it's already last year, last year was full of disasters, solar eclipses, landslides, earthquakes, the situation is getting worse and worse, and hastily changing the yuan will not solve the problem, but will add to the appearance of the decay of the last days. Is it possible to change the initial peace to the unequal? ”

Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh. Guo Jia's mouth is really damaged. He didn't say anything more, but muttered to himself. According to the original historical trajectory, this year should be the first year of Xingping, and the imperial court did not change the yuan, it seems that this historical trajectory is really off. If, according to Guo Jia, a hasty change of the yuan is often the appearance of troubled times, then the court is not in a hurry to change the yuan, doesn't it mean that the court is not exhausted, although the situation is not good, it can still be stabilized?