It was already midnight when Sun Ce arrived at Pingyu, and he didn't want to alarm too many people, so he rested in the camp outside the city.

Sun Jian was in the city, and it was Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing who was on duty that night. Wu Jing was surprised by Sun Ce's sudden return to the city, thinking that something big had happened. When he asked if it was because Yuan Quan was unwell and urgently needed medical attention, he was a little unhappy. "It's just a woman, why bother so much. Bo Fu, it's very inappropriate for you to do this, tomorrow your father will find out, I'm afraid he will blame you a few words, don't talk back then. ”

Sun Ce smiled and said, "What's the matter, I'm in a bad mood for the past two days?" ”

Wu Jing lifted the clothes draped on his body up, and thought about it by pulling the beard on his chin. "Bo Fu, I am your uncle, so I will ask you something, if you are willing to answer, I will answer, if you don't want to, forget it."

Sun Ce looked at Wu Jing and raised his hand. "Uncle, don't be in a hurry, let me guess."

Wu Jing nodded, a little embarrassed, but still looked at Sun Ce with hope. Sun Ce rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The generals are very moved, they want to make meritorious contributions, but they are afraid that they will not have a chance, so they will complain in front of my Ah Weng, right?" ”

Wu Jing's eyebrows were raised lightly, and he looked at him left and right. "Bo Fu, if you spend too much time with those scholars, you will guess."

"Did I guess wrong?"

Wu Jing stroked his beard and drooped his eyelids. Sun Ce stared at him and didn't speak. After a while, Wu Jing couldn't hold it back. "It's not in the middle, it's not far away. Your father entered the army with military merits, and since the expedition to Qiang, he has spent more than ten years on the battlefield, and he is indeed a little uncomfortable when he suddenly idle. This time, I wanted to fight a battle in Luoyang, report the grace of the imperial court, and report the righteousness of Taiwei Zhu, but I didn't want to change the hexagram halfway, and returned to Runan to recuperate, watching you fight in Junyi, do you know how he feels in his heart? ”

"Both relieved and envious?"

"Pretty much."

Sun Ce sat down, took off his combat boots, and the strong smell of his feet suddenly permeated the big tent, causing Wu Jingzhi to frown, called someone in, fetched water to wash Sun Ce's feet, and threw Sun Ce's combat boots outside. Sun Ce looked at the smiling maid, and then at Wu Jing who was pinching his nose. "Uncle, you should have read the battle report and know my results and losses this time, I take the liberty of asking, if this battle is fought by you, how big will the losses be?"

Wu Jing glared at Sun Ce. "I know that your subordinates are elite and have small losses, but have you ever thought about how much your subordinates usually spend and how well equipped they are? If we had the kind of equipment you have......"

"Uncle, can you answer my question directly? We'll talk about the equipment later. ”

"This ......" Wu Jing looked displeased, but still reluctantly said: "It's probably between two and three times." ”

"Two to three times, how much more does it cost just to get a bereavement pension? How long will it take to make up for the lost manpower? If you only have a month to recuperate, will you be able to fight again without any noticeable loss of power? ”

Wu Jing closed his mouth, his eyes gloomy. Sun Ce was right, the loss was too great, not only would the bereavement be multiplied, but the combat power would be damaged, and it would take a longer time to rest and recover. But what Sun Ce said is reasonable, it doesn't mean that he is right, he can't always let him go into battle, but let Sun Jian and these veterans rest.

"If you are asked to fight the Battle of Junyi, when I go south, who will be in charge of the northern defense line and block Yuan Tan's attack?"

Wu Jing's face was originally gloomy, but when he suddenly heard Sun Ce's words, his eyes suddenly lit up. "Yuan Tan will attack Yuzhou?"

"Do you think Yuan Tan will sit back and watch us crusade against Liu Xun and Chen Deng?"

Wu Jing turned his anger into joy and nodded again and again. He understood what Sun Ce meant. The battle of Junyi is just a foreshadowing, and the battle of this autumn and winter is the main topic. If they were in charge of the battle of Junyi, they would not be able to participate in the battle of autumn and winter, so they could only watch Sun Ce lead his troops to make meritorious contributions. His men are elite, with small losses, and can be re-entered into battle after a short rest.

"Uncle, I can understand that others have such thoughts, and I am surprised that you have such thoughts." Sun Ce tried his best to keep his tone restrained and not stimulate Wu Jing's sensitive self-esteem. To be honest, Wu Jing's performance disappointed him. "We are father and son, do we need to fight for merit? Or is it that Ah Weng can't control these generals under his command? ”

Wu Jing waved his hand again and again. "Bo Fu, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

"If I'm mistaken, that's fine." Sun Ce didn't pursue it further, but he decided to have a good talk with his father Sun Jian tomorrow. Even Wu Jing has such thoughts, what will Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others think? Thinking about such a trivial matter, there is no overall situation at all, how to cooperate with the battle in the future.

The two tacitly opened the topic, and Sun Ce selectively explained his plan so that Wu Jing could prepare. There are three kinds of Sun Jian's subordinates: one is the children of the Sun family represented by Sun Ben and Sun Fu; One is maternal relatives, including the first line of Mrs. Wu represented by Wu Jing and the first line of aunt represented by Xu Kun; There are also generals with foreign surnames such as Cheng Pu and Huang Gai. Among his relatives, Xu Kun's ability is obviously stronger than Wu Jing's, if Wu Jing does not work hard and cannot assume this representative role, Xu Kun's role will be aggravated, and he will soon stand out, and the contradictions between the new and old generals will intensify.

Wu Jing didn't know that Sun Ce was so worried, but Sun Ce trusted him so much, and he was very satisfied. The nephew and uncle talked in the middle of the night, and rested in a big tent. Taking this opportunity, Sun Ce also learned about the situation of Sun Jian's subordinates.

Early the next morning, Sun Jian came to the big tent and was very surprised to see Sun Ce. As Wu Jing expected, when Sun Jian learned that Sun Ce had come back for Yuan Quan, he was very unimpressed, accusing Sun Ce of not being able to distinguish between the important and the serious. Sun Ce had been reminded by Wu Jing before, and he didn't argue. He knew that Yuan Quan had the ability to prove her worth, and she was just waiting for an opportunity.

"I want to do something to the Yuzhou family, Yuan Tan will never sit idly by, there will be a battle on the northern line soon, Chen Deng and Liu Xun are likely to respond, the north and south lines, Ah Weng, which line are you willing to be in?"

As soon as he heard that there was a battle to fight, Sun Jian immediately threw everything else aside and spread his hands. "I don't care, any line can be, whether it's Yuan Tan or Chen Deng, I'm fine."

"We don't have money, the smaller the loss, the better, especially to control the casualties as much as possible, otherwise there will not be enough money to pay the bereavement."

Sun Jian scratched his head a little. It is true that he has more combat experience than Sun Ce, and his combat record is also impressive, but that often comes at the cost of heavy casualties. So far, he has not won a major battle with such a low casualty rate. The pension and reward after each battle is a headache for him, so his main force has never exceeded 10,000, and most of them are accompanied by the battle.

If you want to lose less, of course, defense is more appropriate. Their father and son have not yet had the strength to advance Yanzhou, the northern front must be defended, and the southern line is attacked, and the loss of the attack will naturally be relatively large.

However, the credit for attacking the city and grabbing the land is great, and it is more enjoyable to fight.

"I ...... Discuss it with your uncle? ”