Sun Jian and Wu Jing's attitudes made Sun Ce realize that the problem might be more serious than he thought. He asked Sun Jian to discuss with Wu Jing, rushed back to the city by himself, and rushed to Guo Jia's house as soon as possible.

Guo Jia was reunited with his family, and he may have slept too late last night, and he hadn't gotten up when Sun Ce arrived. Guo Jia's wife Zhong saw Sun Ce coming, and hurriedly sent someone to call Guo Jia and receive Sun Ce in the hall.

Zhong is two years younger than Guo Jia, and his background is not low in terms of speech and demeanor. Sun Ce asked, as expected, she was born in the Zhong family of Yingchuan Sichang, strictly speaking, she and Zhong Xuan are brother and sister, but she is a concubine, so she can only marry Guo Jia, a prodigal. Zhong is very satisfied with Guo Jianeng's achievements today, and he is also very polite to Sun Ce, the lord.

After a while, Guo Jia walked out of it with his arms open, barefoot, and sleeves, and saw that Zhong was talking to Sun Ce, and said with a smile: "General, how is this pillar of my family, it's not worse than Mrs. Yuan, right?" ”

Sun Ce couldn't cry or laugh, Zhong was also embarrassed, got up to say goodbye, and asked Sun Ce before breakfast, so he went to Zhangluo. When she left, Guo Jia put away her smile. "The general came suddenly, but what happened?"

Sun Ce was also polite and explained the situation again. Guo Jia listened, but he didn't think so. "This is human nature, and the general does not have to worry. The general of Zhengdong is eager to fight, which is a good thing, and it is enough to hand over the battles of Lujiang and Jiujiang to him, and the general will wholeheartedly conquer Liu Xun. ”

"I'm worried that the loss will be too great."

"There is a price to be paid for everything. Although Chen Deng was cunning, he was not the opponent of General Zhengdong, and at most he suffered more casualties. If these casualties can make them understand their own strength, and let General Zhengdong understand the general's hard work, it is not a good thing. General, you always want everything, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, there is no perfect strategy, no matter how perfect your plan is, there will always be risks. In fact, the biggest risk is not on the battlefield, but the separation of father and son, you don't want to be the second Yuan Tan, right? ”

Sun Ce sighed secretly. He is not extravagant, he is poor, so he habitually calculates carefully, hoping to minimize the loss. But now it seems that not everyone can understand his distress, even his father does not quite understand. In fact, he also understands that everyone has their own position, and even father and son will not be completely consistent. Sun Jian has fought for so many years, winning more and losing less, it is the time when he is ambitious, and it is really not appropriate to be idle suddenly. It's just that in this way, he has increased a lot of expenses for no reason, and he is always a little unwilling. Now Guo Jia also said the same, he can only admit it, he can't forcibly deprive his father of the right to command, he doesn't have such strength at present.

"Then rely on filial piety."

Sun Ce and Guo Jia immediately adjusted their plans and decided that Sun Jian would lead his troops to face Chen Deng, and the affairs of the northern defense line would be arranged separately. Considering that Yuan Tan has just entered Yanzhou, he has suffered heavy losses not long ago, and there are Tao Qian and Tian Kai in the east, even if he attacks Yuzhou now, he will not be able to go all out, with the current deployment of various counties, it should be enough to hold on, and even if he suffers a setback, it will not affect the overall situation.

Of course, this plan is not as perfect as Sun Ce's previous arrangement, and the expenditure of Sun Jian to lead his troops to take the initiative to attack must be greater than that of defensive counterattacks, but in order to appease the passion of a group of old people, this expenditure cannot be saved. In good conscience, Sun Jian is not old.

Guo Jia has already received Zhang Hong's letter, but since Sun Ce is here, he might as well ask again. Sun Ce told Guo Jia about the harvest of the Cao family, and told Yuan Quan's suggestion again. Guo Jia felt justified and suggested sending Jiang Gan to go immediately. He just received the news that Yuan Tan was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and Cao Ang had become the Taishou of Dongjun, stationed in Puyang, and would march east after resting, which should be to drive the Qingzhou Yellow Turban out of Yanzhou. After the battle of Junyi, Cao Ang has proven his strength, and Yuan Tan intends to reuse it, and it is likely to give him additional troops. It would be beneficial for Yuzhou to let him fight with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans with peace of mind.

The loss of their family was actually not big, when Cao Cao raised his troops, Cao Song took the whole family out to flee, and the most valuable soft was taken away by him. The biggest loss was Cao Hong, followed by Cao Ren. Cao Hongyuan is in Chang'an, and although Cao Ren is a person trusted by Cao Ang, Yuan Tan may not adjust the deployment of troops because of him. Send Jiang Gan to fool around, at least it can delay for a while.

As for Mrs. Ding's family, it must be appeased, and it is more convincing to convince Yuan Tan to take this matter as revenge against Cao Ren. Even if this excuse is not very reliable, Yuan Tan is willing to believe it.

Sun Ce agreed one by one.

Zhong made breakfast, and Sun Ce and Guo Jia ate while talking. After breakfast was eaten and the matter was over, Sun Ce wiped his mouth and said goodbye. After leaving Guo's house, Sun Ce rushed back to his home. He was bent on going back to visit the pregnant Yin Ji and the unwell Yuan Quan, and he didn't pay attention to Liu Bei who was hiding on the side of the road.

Waiting for Sun Ce to pass, Liu Bei and the four came out of the alley, looking at Sun Ce's back, Liu Bei was puzzled. When he left Gepi yesterday, Sun Ce didn't mean to return to Pingyu at all, why did he wake up one night, but Sun Ce appeared in Pingyu City?

Could he be coming back because of me?

Sun Ce didn't know that Liu Bei was suspicious, so he returned home and went to see his mother, Mrs. Wu, first. Mrs. Wu was having breakfast, and the hall was full of people, Sun Quan, Sun Yi and others sat on one side, and Yin Ji and Sun Shangxiang sat on the other side. Yin Ji sat next to Mrs. Wu, and it could be seen that the treatment was better than others, and when she saw Sun Ce, she was about to get up, but she was held down by Mrs. Wu.

"You're pregnant, so you don't have to be polite."

Yin Ji pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes sweet. Sun Ce smiled, stepped forward to salute his mother, and said a few words to Sun Quan and the others, and sat down on the seat vacated by Sun Quan. He had already eaten it, but Mrs. Wu asked her to bring breakfast, so he still picked it up and ate it, and said while eating, "This porridge was made by Grandma?" The smell is familiar. ”

"Grandma is pregnant, how can she still be allowed to cook, although my family is not rich and noble, your father is a feudal monarch after all, your father and son are generals, how many slaves and maids can you lack? This is what she taught the cooks to make, and the taste is slightly worse, but it can be eaten. ”

Sun Ce nodded again and again, agreeing with his mother's opinion. He is not stupid, how can he not hear what Mrs. Wu said, but at this time, it is too really boring, it is better to pretend to be stupid. Although Mrs. Wu is from an ordinary background, she does things in a measured manner, even if there are any contradictions, she will not intensify, Yuan Quan is a measured person, and they will never cause discord between ordinary people's mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law.

After breakfast, Sun Ce accompanied Mrs. Wu to talk for a while, talked about the things he discussed with Wu Jing yesterday, and talked about the process of discussing with Guo Jia and deciding to change the plan just now. After hearing this, Mrs. Wu sighed.

"Bo Fu, you are walking too fast, you have to wait for your Ah Weng and your uncle. Although you don't say it, he is always full of praise when he mentions you, but I can feel that he is a little lost, and he is often alone in the middle of the night. ”

Sun Ce was ashamed. Things were just as Guo Jia expected, he had unknowingly hurt Sun Jian's self-esteem.

"Mother, I was negligent and didn't take into account Ah Weng's difficulties."

"You can't be blamed for that." Mrs. Wu patted Sun Ce's hand. "You're so good, you're very proud of you. It's just that he is in the prime of life, and he suddenly idle, which is not suitable. You have to be considerate of him. He's actually a proud man. Mrs. Wu said, a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth. Your father and son are too similar, especially you, who are most like him, and the blue is better than the blue. ”