After a while, Yuan Yi also came, still holding a book in his hand. As a Sanyang Taishou, his impression of the Juye Li family is very average. A child of a family who loves to read, and the other is a strong man who is arbitrary and strong, they have no common language between them, but often have conflicts. The Li family has not been able to enter the office, and was even forced to develop in the Cheng clan of Jiyin County, which has a certain relationship with Yuan Yi, the Taishou.

Yuan Yi didn't have a good impression of Li Jin, but he had a good impression of Li Dian. As Mao Jue said, this is a rare scholar in the Li family.

Yuan Tan referred to the opinions of Mao Jue and Yuan Yi, and issued an order as the assassin of Yanzhou, appointing Li Jin as the commander of the Chengshi clan, appointing Li Dian as the soldier of the assassin mansion Cao Zhi, and stationing the soldiers in Juye. Yuan Yi didn't think so, but the situation was urgent, and as the Taishou of Shanyang, he couldn't help much, so he could only listen to Yuan Tan's arrangement. He only cares about one thing: can he hold Changyi?

As soon as this remark came out, Yuan Tan was very disappointed. Others don't believe him, forget it, even Yuan Yi is shaken, it really shouldn't be.

Xin Bi said that the county soldiers of Jibei and Dongping are reinforcing Rencheng, and the county soldiers of Jiyin and Dongjun are reinforcing Changyi, and Chen Liu will soon send troops to attack Suiyang, with a total strength of nearly 70,000. Sun Jian, Sun Ce, father and son have a total of less than 30,000 people, plus Lu Fan is less than 40,000, do you think you can hold Changyi?

Yuan Yi was relieved, arched his hand, got up and left. Halfway through, he remembered his book again, turned to take it, looked up at the sky, rolled it up, carefully tucked it into his sleeve, hid it in his chest, raised the other sleeve, covered the top of his head, and hurried away.

Yuan Tan noticed that it was raining, and the ground in the courtyard was already wet, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xin Bi, and a big stone fell to the ground in his heart. The increase in rain was very unfavorable to the attacking side, and Sun Ce would soon withdraw his troops.

Simbi disagreed. "Most of Sun Ce's leaders are Jiangnan children, and they will not retreat from this little rain."

"George is right, not only that, Sun Ce can share the joys and hardships with the soldiers, his subordinates are refined, and he is also more resistant to hard fighting than the Yanzhou soldiers. After this battle, we must be vigilant, and it is best to form a standing force of 20,000 or 30,000 people, detach from production, and be ready for war at any time. The county soldiers are not well trained, and it is okay to deal with ordinary thieves, but it is a little powerless to deal with the elite led by Sun Ce. ”

"What the envoy said is very true." Mao Jue agreed. "However, if you want to build a large army, you should first tuntian. Sun Ce was able to keep 20,000 or 30,000 people ready for war, which was inseparable from his presence in Yingchuan and Liang Peituntian. I heard that those Tuntian soldiers were originally yellow turbans, with 30,000 or 50,000 people in each unit, and they had just been in Tuntian for two years, and they were already self-sufficient. In this operation, Sun Ce basically did not need to transfer grain from Runan, and the impact on people's livelihood was small. ”

Yuan Tan was very interested in this, but felt that it was very difficult. There should be idle land in Tuntian. Yingchuan Tuntian is because Yingchuan was invaded by Dong Zhuo's rebels, and many people left their hometowns, such as the Xin family, Sun Ce occupied their land and used it for Tuntian. The tuntian in the area of Dangxian County used yellow scarves to reclaim wasteland, and confiscated some of the land that had been forcibly occupied by the family from the vicinity, such as the Cao family. He had no free land, and he couldn't take stock of the family, where the land and population came from.

"Where did you come from?"

Mao Jue bowed and said: "I don't know, since Zhongping, the Yellow Turban has been in turmoil, and the Yanzhou household registration has suffered a lot of losses, especially at the junction with Qingxu, the Qingxu Yellow Turban has entered Yanzhou several times, and the corpses are all over the field, bleeding all over the ground, and there is a lot of idle land. Jibei, Dongping, and Rencheng, including Shanyang, all have large areas of land available, even Jiyin and Chenliu also have land. If these lands are not controlled, they will soon be occupied again, and then there will be even fewer hukou that the king can directly control, and if you want to use troops, you will have to be controlled by others. ”

Yuan Tan nodded, but did not immediately agree. He knows that Tuntian is a long-term interest, but at the moment of the great enemy, he needs the support of the powerful family, and the land occupied by the powerful family is not digging his own grave? He discussed with Mao Jue, and asked Mao Jue to first count a little bit of Yanzhou's household registration and land, select some areas with relatively small conflicts for trial implementation, and then promote them after they have results.

Mao Jue understood Yuan Tan's worries and bowed down to receive the order.

When Mao Jue left, Yuan Tan got up and sent Mao Jue to the bottom of the corridor. Mao Jue was very moved, and repeatedly asked Yuan Tan to stay and left in a hurry.

Yuan Tan stretched out his hand and watched the thin rain fall on the palm of his hand. Xin Bi walked over and stood beside Yuan Tan, tilting his head and looking at the gloomy sky.

"Make a king, travel a hundred miles, half ninety. As long as Sun Ce was still in Yanzhou, the war was not really over. ”

"Can we defeat Sun Ce?"

Xin Bi raised his hand, stroked the back of his head, paused for a moment, and said word by word: "The proud soldiers will be defeated, and the mourning soldiers will be victorious." ”

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Manor.

Sun Ce stood upstairs, stretched out his hand, and then sighed faintly with the droplets of water dripping from the corner of the eaves.

"Fengxiao, God doesn't seem to help us, is the rain a little early this year?"

Guo Jia sat on the railing, leaning his back against the pavilion pillar, and yawned. "General, the Central Plains has always been a place of deer, you come and go, and you can't live. It's not that winning this time is a victory, and failing to win it is equivalent to failure, it's just that the offensive and defensive positions are different. It is not necessary to be confined to temporary gains and losses, but to have a long-term plan, so as to brake with static and respond to all changes with no change. ”

Sun Ce was surprised and turned his head to look at Guo Jia. Guo Jia laughed and shook the feather fan. "Do you think my realm has improved again?"

Sun Ce also smiled. Guo Jia's realm has indeed improved, at least not as he pursued perfection as before, and those who can let go are willing to let go. This can be seen from the improvement in his physical condition. However, I seem to be too tired in the past two days, and the dark circles under my eyes are relatively heavy.

"Fengxiao, it's not enough to improve the realm, the body must also keep up, otherwise you will be overwhelmed."

Guo Jia yawned again. "It doesn't matter, Lu Meng and Jiang Qin are gone, Xu Huang is not there, only Zhou Tai is left, and the staff officer has transferred several more to General Zhengdong, and the manpower is tight. In the past two days, I have been alone and deep, and I don't think much about it, I don't feel at ease. After this battle, I can rest for a while, I plan to go to Guangchengze to escape the summer, recuperate for a few days, accompany my wife and children, and enlighten Yi'er by the way. ”

While the two were talking, Man Pet walked up. His footsteps were very loud, and he deliberately let Sun Ce and Guo Jia know that he was coming. Sun Ce and Guo Jia glanced at each other and smiled knowingly. "General, you spent so much money to snatch him, but you have to use it well, otherwise it will backfire."

"Good steel should be used on the edge of a knife, and I believe he is a sharp blade." Sun Ce is very sure. He knew what Guo Jia was worried about. Using such means to invite full favors is no longer an ordinary way to recruit talents, if you can't let full play the space of full pets, you can't meet the psychological expectations of full pets, this matter will be smashed.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Who are you going to cut with him?" Yuzhou family? ”

Sun Ce laughed silently. "Those who know me, Feng Xiaoye."

Guo Jia blinked. "Since the general appreciates it so much, then let me make a suggestion. The general knows his ability, but others don't know, and the promotion is too fast, which is not good for him, so let him do the Gao Ping order for a few days first, and show his edge. ”