It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival. After Qingming Festival, Jiangdong will get warmer and more rain. It rains every now and then. Although it is not heavy, it is a bit cold in the spring. After the rain, the ground is slippery and muddy, which is not good at walking. Not only can silk shoes not be worn, but straw sandals are not convenient. Elegant scholars wear wooden clogs, but poor people simply barefoot.

The water surface of Taihu Lake is getting bigger and bigger day by day. As Gan Ning estimated, many low-lying areas have now become swamps and the water is not deep, but they cannot walk or sail, and it is dangerous to wader by water. No one knows if there will be a pit in it.

We cannot train troops on rainy days, and the weather is not very warm. We are easily sick when wet in military uniforms, we are easily caught in colds without wearing military uniforms, and we are easily rusted when we are wet. Sun Ce could only arrange for them to learn culture and asked Lu Kang to arrange some scholars to teach in the military camp. Bu Zhi and Wei Jing were also among them. After the class, the two went to Sun Ce camp to report on the compilation of the history of water war. Sun Ce called Gan Ning and other generals together, and each made suggestions on issues of interest. Bu Zhi and Wei Jing wrote down one by one, and returned to Qiziling County to learn to collect information.

However, Wu County is not a place with cultural prosperity and not much collection of books. Bu Zhi asked Sun Ce to allocate some funds. He wanted to go to Qingzhou and Xuzhou to see. Qi and Lu are the old place of Confucianism, with many great scholars and many collections of books. Maybe some classics can be found.

Sun Ce agreed and gave in to Feng Wan. This project was to cooperate with Huang Yueying's shipbuilding affiliated project. The expenses were paid from Huang Yueying and were managed by Feng Wan. After Bu Zhi left, Gan Ning stood up and went out. He recently recruited more than a thousand Wujun people and needed to train with his old subordinates, so he had no time to delay.

Gan Ning was together, and Ma Chao also quietly stood up, but was stopped by Sun Ce. "How are you preparing for the article on cavalry war?"

Ma Chao was most afraid of Sun Ce asking about this, so he wanted to leave. Unexpectedly, he was caught by Sun Ce, so he had to bow with a wry smile. "General, I was about to talk about this. Can you please call two scholars to help me check and write articles? I really don't have time."

Sun Ce sneered. "Then what are you busy with recently?"

"I..." Ma Chao turned his eyes and smiled awkwardly. It has been raining these two days, and there is little cavalry training. He actually has nothing to do, but he has no patience to ask him to study and read books in the county. He is dizzy and can't read a few words. Each word is like a mace.

Guo Jia walked in and saw Ma Chao being embarrassed and winked. "Meng Qi avoided it. I have something to tell the general."

"Okay, okay." Ma Chao agreed repeatedly, bowed to Sun Ce, and ran out before Sun Ce agreed, faster than a rabbit.

Sun Ce sighed. This guy is born to be a general, and he relies on his talent to make a living. The acquired training does not work for him. It is far less effective than Yan Xing's hard work. Guo Jia walked up to Sun Ce, took out a copper tube from his sleeve, and handed it to Sun Ce. Lu Yi obediently brought a warm-handed stove. Guo Jia held it in his arms, grinned with satisfaction, and asked about Lu Yi's recent studies.

But Sun Ce couldn't laugh. Tian Feng and Ju Su suggested that Yuan Shao fight in the south, first take Qingxu and then Yuzhou. Although Guo Tu tried his best to oppose it, the general trend would probably not be delayed for long.

This is not right. Yuan Shao hasn't handled Gongsun Zan yet, so how could he go south? Can you still be more rational? You just can't stand the poor and make some money, right? I'm not ready yet. The dignified prefect of Kuaiji has not yet stepped onto the land of Kuaiji. You are not kind to do this.

Seeing Sun Ce's depressed look, Guo Jia smiled. "The wood is fascinated by the forest, and the wind will destroy it. The general has succeeded continuously recently, and Yuan Shao was panicked."

"What are the countermeasures for filial piety?"

"Use calmness to control the movement, and defend instead of attack." Guo Jia was not too slow. "Yuzhou was originally a buffer zone. If you can guard it, you should abandon it if you can't defend it. With Yuan Shao's current strength, it was not easy for him to quickly break into Yuzhou. After Gongsun Zan, he dared not do his best. We just used war instead of training to let the army be familiar with the tactics of defending the city."

He paused and said, "Now, the fight is better in the future. When he occupy Youzhou and has a large number of cavalry, it will be even more unfavorable to us."

Sun Ce understood this truth. Yuan Shao had not completely defeated Gongsun Zan yet, and his number of cavalry was limited. In history, he delayed his journey south until the fourth year of Jian'an because Gongsun Zan held him back and fell until the spring of Jian'an. The reason why Cao Cao went south in the 13th year of Jian'an was because he won a large-scale victory in Bailang Mountain in the 12th year of Jian'an that he truly pacified the north and had the world-famous Youzhou Tuqi.

No matter what, cavalry or an important army of this era, its mobility and impact cannot be ignored. The reason why he asked Ma Chao and Yan Xing to study cavalry warfare was also to prepare for this. Jiangdong lacked horses, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not compete with Yuan Shao in terms of the number of cavalry. The purpose of studying cavalry warfare was more to deal with cavalry. If he had to fight, the earlier the better it would be.

"Snap time to go to Kuaiji and stabilize Jiangnan so that you can handle Yuan Shao with peace of mind."

Sun Ce smiled helplessly. He heard Guo Jia's worries. Although Guo Jia said it very easily, he actually didn't want to fight with Yuan Shao now. Yu Zhang had not yet obtained it, and Taishi Ci was still entangled with Zulang. Although Wu Jun succeeded, the competition with the aristocratic family had just begun and the winner had not yet been decided. Jiangnan could provide him with very limited help. At this time, when fighting with Yuan Shao, Jiangnan might have repeated.

But when Yuan Shao was coming, Guo Jia couldn't stop him. He could only face the challenge and be as prepared as possible to minimize the danger.

Tian Feng and Ju Su suggested that Yuan Shao send troops to attack should be due to this consideration, not allowing him to develop calmly. No one was ready, but no one wanted to give the other party a chance, especially when he developed too fast and had the momentum to catch up, while his foundation was not solid, he sent troops to interfere and disrupt his rhythm. Although it was of no benefit to Yuan Shao, it was also one of the feasible solutions to choose the least of the two evils.

Sun Ce was helpless. This was the trouble that new forces had to face. They always had to face suppression and obstruction by existing forces, and finally had to decide the outcome by war. This is the famous saying that the ancient Greek historian Thucydides said, which is the famous Thucydides Trap.

"It's just that, Wujun's affairs will be put aside, and it's forced to do it, and the rebound is too strong."

Guo Jia waved his hand and disagreed. "Wu County is not Runan or Nanyang. The family here is not that powerful. The main reason why Wu County has many refugees is not land annexation, but that the population growth is too fast and the speed of land reclamation cannot keep up. Otherwise, Shen Zizheng would be so calm?"

"Who is talking about people behind the scenes?" Shen You pushed the tent, pointed at Guo Jia, and cursed with a smile: "Although you are talking about the truth, this kind of practice is unsuccessful and it will lose the spirit of a gentleman."

Guo Jia smiled. "I have never regarded myself as a gentleman. Shen Zizheng, you have to change your fault if you leave a word. Just say anything, and will you waste time after guessing it?"
Chapter completed!