Sun Ce's words must be practiced. In order to stimulate the soldiers' enthusiasm for training, he set an example, trained during the day and patrolled the camp at night, caring about these new recruits as much as they care about their family, solving their problems as much as possible, and helping them through the adaptation period. He did this, and other generals did not dare to neglect them. Young generals such as Shen You and Zhu Huan even slept with their soldiers and struggled, and did not dare to be proud of their family background. After every day's training, ordinary soldiers could return to the camp to rest. They also gathered in Sun Ce's tent to review and analyze the training results of the day and exchange experiences.

Life in the military camp is very boring and very hard, not everyone can tolerate it, just as not everyone can become famous generals. After only half a month, Sun Quan couldn't help it and suggested indirectly that he wanted to hunt.

The autumn is clear and cool, which is a good opportunity to hunt. The Sun family's father and son brothers have a hobby of hunting, and Sun Ce is no exception. He has changed his soul and persuaded him, and gradually gave up this habit. He was so busy that he was so busy that he had no interest at all, so when Sun Quan mentioned it, he suddenly didn't react.

But when he understood what Sun Quan meant, he agreed readily.

Sun Quan was very happy and took Lu Yi to hunt, but Lu Yi politely declined. He was worried that only Pang Tong would be too busy with Sun Ce's side. Sun Quan felt it was reasonable, so he went alone. Ma Chao was so bored that he asked Ma Chao to accompany Sun Quan to pay attention to safety and come back when he had fun. Ma Chao was in his mind and agreed repeatedly, fearing that Sun Ce would repent. Before he could finish his words, he rushed out and almost knocked over Guo Jia. He smiled and bowed his hand to apologize, and ran away.

Guo Jia was puzzled. "What happened? Ma Mengqi is so happy?"

Sun Ce said slowly: "Of course I am happy to release the horses on the plain."

Guo Jia's eyes flashed slightly, then he smiled and said to Lu Yi beside him: "Boy, why don't you go?"

Lu Yi bowed and said lightly: "I don't like hunting."

Guo Jia smiled but said nothing, but raised his eyebrows at Sun Ce. Sun Ce understood it. Although Lu Yi and Sun Quan were about age, their personalities were very different. Sun Quan was active and Lu Yi was quiet, but Lu Yi adhered to the family tradition and never said that people were wrong. Faced with such obvious provocation from Guo Jia, he would not blame Sun Quan. As for whether he would advise Sun Quan secretly, no one knew. Sun Quan might say that he would definitely not say a word.

Guo Jia walked to Sun Ce and sat down. "There is news from Jiang Ziyi."

When Sun Ce heard this, he immediately became energetic. After taking down Kuaiji, Jiang Gan went to Xuzhou. Under normal circumstances, he sent messages every five days and reported any emergency situations at any time. "What do you say?"

"The situation in Xuzhou is not good, and Tao Gongzu may send an envoy to discuss with the general."

Sun Ce didn't say anything. Jiang Gan's main task when he went to Xuzhou was to form an alliance with Tao Qian and fight against Yuan Shao together. However, Tao Qian was very vigilant. Even when Sun Ce gave him Lu Guobai, he still refused to let Sun Ce enter Xuzhou. Jiang Gan went there for so long and did not make any substantial progress. At the moment, the autumn harvest in the south has ended, but the north has not been completed, and the war has not really begun. Tao Qian suddenly changed his attitude, which is really unusual.

"What happened inside Xuzhou?"

Guo Jia nodded with a smile. "Chen Gui sent someone to contact Yuan Shao, and Ziyi caught him."

Sun Ce did not laugh. The Chen family father and son never supported Tao Qian, and Chen Deng died at his hands again. Seeing that Tao Qian might end up with him, it was almost inevitable that Chen Gui and Yuan Shao would contact him secretly. Even if Jiang Dan didn't take action, Tao Qian would pay attention to them.

"The Xuzhou family is optimistic about Yuan Shao, but what about the Yuzhou family?"

Guo Jia said casually: "It may not be a bad thing to jump out, just keep the situation under control."

Sun Ce nodded. He and Guo Jia had a tacit understanding that was hard to reach. Since Guo Jia said this, he must have made corresponding arrangements and he had nothing to worry about.

"General, time is tight, we should seize the opportunity to enter Xuzhou so as not to change our minds again."

Sun Ce didn't say anything. He knew that Xuzhou was very important, but he did not plan to enter Xuzhou now. Tao Qian is not a good person. He wanted to form an alliance only due to internal and external forces. He might not be sincere. Maybe he was just for Chen Gui and others to see. He didn't want to be Tao Qian's pawn or tiger skin.

"I want to wait a little longer." Sun Ce stood up and paced back and forth for two steps. "For the filial piety, Yuzhang is more important to us."

Guo Jia shook his head, his expression was solemn. "General, I have no news recently since I was unemployed. I suspect that either he was excluded from Yuan Shao's core and did not know Yuan Shao's real plan, or he was deliberately concealing it and did not want me to know. No matter what the situation is, this is definitely a decision that can determine the situation between the two sides."

Sun Ce's heart tightened and he pondered for a moment. "Are you worried that Yuan Shao wants to take Yuzhou in one fell swoop?"

Guo Jia nodded. "General, not only Yuzhou, but also Yuzhou's aristocratic families are in charge. Yuan Shao may even seize Lujiang and Jiujiang counties, push the front line to Changsha, and connect with Yuzhang. Taking Xuzhou first and protecting the flanks can restrain his pace of going south. Taking Qingzhou as the battlefield is also the most beneficial to the general."

Sun Ce walked to the map and looked back and forth for a long time, but it was still difficult to decide. He didn't want to show up with Yuan Shao too early to let others benefit. But if Yuan Shao really went south in a large scale, he had to take Yuzhou, or even reach the Yangtze River, he could not give in. Sun Jian and Tao Qian had no problem dealing with Yuan Tan, and Yuan Xi might have difficulty facing Yuan Shao himself.

But in this way, Yu Zhang could only let him go first, which was inconsistent with his plan. He was training troops and planned to use Yu Zhang as a martial arts field to test the training results of these recruits. Facing Liu Yao, high-ranking officials and Yu Zhang County soldiers, he had a greater chance of winning. However, when facing Yuan Shao's main force, he had no chance of winning, and the casualties might be very large.

Sun Ce was difficult to decide for a while who was more important and who was first and who was later. He turned to Pang Tong. "Shi Yuan, what do you think?"

Pang Tong was with Sun Ce every day and knew Sun Ce's plan well. He did not agree with Guo Jia's suggestion, thinking that the first battle should be chosen in Yuzhang. Even if he could not take Yuzhang all, he should hurt Liu Yao and the senior officials, making them unable to cause trouble. As for Qing Xu, although Yuan Shao made a move to the south, whether he would do his best when Gongsun Zan's strength was still alive is still uncertain.

What if he just bluffs?

Guo Jia and Pang Tong were stubborn and each had their own reasons. Seeing this, Sun Ce decided to expand the scale of the discussion and convene the generals to discuss matters together.

Shen You, He Qi, Dong Xi, Quan Rou and others were invited to come, but they were unable to unify their opinions. Gan Ning and Quan Rou suggested taking Yuzhang first to eliminate internal troubles. Shen You and Dong Xi supported going to Xuzhou first. There were many different opinions and could not unify their opinions.
Chapter completed!