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

Sun Jian was in the city, and the one on duty at night was Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing. Wu Jing was surprised that Sun Ce suddenly returned to the city and thought something big had happened. When he asked clearly that Yuan Quan was feeling unwell and needed medical treatment in an urgent manner, he was a little unhappy. "It's just a woman, why bother to mobilize others like this? Bo Fu, it's inappropriate for you to do this. Your father knows it tomorrow, and I'm afraid he will blame you for saying a few words. Don't talk back then."

Sun Ce said with a smile: "What's wrong? I, Ahon, are in a bad mood these two days?"

Wu Jing lifted the clothes he was wearing up and grabbed his chin and thought for a while. "Bofu, I am your uncle, I will ask you something. If you want to answer, I will answer. If you don't want to."

Sun Ce looked at Wu Jing and raised his hand. "Uncle, don't rush to say it, let me guess."

Wu Jing nodded, feeling a little embarrassed, but still looked at Sun Ce with hope. Sun Ce rolled his eyes and smiled: "The generals are very worried about moving. They want to make contributions, but they are afraid that there will be no chance. They complain in front of me, Ah Weng, right?"

Wu Jing raised his eyebrows lightly, and he looked around and said to him. "Bo Fu, you have been with those scholars for too long, so you will guess blindly."

"I guessed wrong?"

Wu Jing stroked his beard and drooped his eyelids. Sun Ce stared at him without saying a word. After a while, Wu Jing couldn't hold it in. "Although it was not far away, it was not far away. Your father entered the government with military merits. Since his conquest of the Qiang, he has spent more than ten years on the battlefield. He suddenly became idle and was indeed a little uncomfortable. This time he wanted to fight a war in Luoyang, report to the court for his title of marquis, and report to the support of Taiwei Zhu, but he never thought of changing his mind and returning to Runan to rest. Seeing you fighting in Junyi, do you know what he felt?"

"It's both gratifying and envious?"

"It's almost the same."

Sun Ce sat down and took off his combat boots. The strong smell of foot odor suddenly spread in the tent. Wu Jing frowned and asked someone to come in, fetch water to wash Sun Ce's feet, and threw Sun Ce's combat boots outside. Sun Ce looked at the maid who was smiling and looked 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 would like to ask, "If you fight this battle, how much will the losses be?"

Wu Jing glared at Sun Ce. "I know that your subordinates have little losses, but have you ever thought about how much money your subordinates spend and how good their equipment is? If we have equipment like you..."

"Can my uncle directly answer my question? We will talk about equipment later."

"This..." Wu Jing looked unhappy, but he still reluctantly said: "It's about two to three times."

"Two to three times, how much does it cost to just provide the pension? How long does it take to make up for the loss? If there is only one month to rest, can you join the battle again and ensure that there will be no obvious loss of combat power?"

Wu Jing closed his mouth and his eyes were gloomy. Sun Ce was right. The loss was too great. Not only would the pension increase exponentially, but the combat power was also damaged, which would take longer to rest before recovery. But Sun Ce’s statement made sense, which did not mean that he was right. He could not always let him go, but let Sun Jian and other veterans rest.

"If you were asked to fight the Battle of Junyi, who would be responsible for the northern defense line and block Yuan Tan's attack when I marched south?"

Wu Jing had a gloomy face, but suddenly heard Sun Ce's words and his eyes lit up. "Will Yuan Tan attack Yuzhou?"

"Do you think Yuan Tan will sit down and watch us attack Liu Xun, Chen Deng?"

Wu Jing turned angry and nodded repeatedly. He understood what Sun Ce meant. The battle of Junyi was just a prelude, and this autumn and winter battle was the main topic. If Junyi was responsible for the battle, they would not be able to participate in the autumn and winter battle. They could only watch Sun Ce lead his troops to make contributions. His elite subordinates suffered small losses and could re-enter the battlefield after a short rest.

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

Wu Jing waved his hands repeatedly. "Bo Fu, you misunderstood. I don't mean that."

"If I misunderstood, that would be great." Sun Ce did not pursue the matter anymore, but he decided to have a good talk with his father Sun Jian tomorrow. Even Wu Jing had such an idea. What would Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others think? He was very concerned about such a small matter and had no view of the overall situation at all, so how could he cooperate in the future?

The two of them tacitly opened up the topic, and Sun Ce selected to explain his plan so that Wu Jing could be prepared. Sun Jian's subordinates had three types of people: one was the Sun family's children represented by Sun Ben and Sun Fu; the other was the foreign relatives, including the Wu Madam Wu represented by Wu Jing and the aunt represented by Xu Kun; and the other was the foreign generals such as Cheng Pu and Huang Gai. Among the foreign relatives, Xu Kun's ability was obviously stronger than Wu Jing. If Wu Jing did not work hard and could not assume this representative role, Xu Kun's role would be aggravated and would soon stand out, and the conflicts between new and old generals would intensify.

Wu Jing didn't know that Sun Ce was 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 then rested in a big tent. Taking this opportunity, Sun Ce also learned about the situation of Sun Jian's subordinates.

The next morning, Sun Jian came to the tent and was surprised to see Sun Ce. As Wu Jing expected, when Sun Jian learned that Sun Ce was back for Yuan Quan, he disagreed and accused Sun Ce of not being able to distinguish between importance. Sun Ce had been reminded by Wu Jing before, but he did not argue. He knew that Yuan Quan had the ability to prove her worth, and she was just waiting for an opportunity.

"I want to attack the Yuzhou family. Yuan Tan will never sit idly by. There will be a battle in the northern line soon. Chen Deng and Liu Xun are likely to respond. The two lines of north and south, which line are Aweng?"

When he heard that there was a war to fight, Sun Jian immediately threw everything else aside and spread his hands. "I don't care. I can do any line, whether it's Yuan Tan or Chen Deng, I'm not a problem."

"We have no money, the smaller the loss, the better. In particular, we must control casualties as much as possible, otherwise we will not have enough money to pay pensions."

Sun Jian scratched his head a little. His combat experience is indeed more than Sun Ce and his record is considerable, but it is often at the cost of major casualties. So far, he has never won a great victory with such a low casualty rate. The pensions and rewards after each battle are a headache for him, so his main force has never exceeded 10,000, and most of them are fighting at any time.

If the loss is small, of course it is more suitable for defense. The father and son are not yet capable of advancing in Yanzhou. The northern line must be the defense and the southern line is the offense, so the offense will naturally be greater.

However, the contribution of siege cities and land is great, and it is even more enjoyable to fight.

"I... discuss with your uncle?"
Chapter completed!