Chapter 585: Between Father and Son
Sun Jian and Wu Jing's attitude made Sun Ce realize that this problem might be more serious than he thought. He asked Sun Jian to discuss with Wu Jing, and rushed back to the city himself and rushed to Guo Jia's home as soon as possible.
Guo Jia was reunited with his family. He might have slept too late last night. When Sun Ce arrived, he had not yet gotten up. Seeing Sun Ce coming, Guo Jia's wife, Zhong, quickly sent someone to call Guo Jia and receive Sun Ce in the hall.
Zhong is two years younger than Guo Jia, and his background is quite good from his words and deeds. When Sun Ce asked, as expected, she was born in the Zhong family, the fourth eldest son of Yingchuan. Strictly speaking, she and Zhong Yao were brothers and sisters, but she was a concubine's daughter, so she could only marry Guo Jia, a tyrant. Zhong was very satisfied with Guo Jia's achievements today, and was very polite to Sun Ce, the lord.
After a while, Guo Jia walked out with his arms open, barefoot and swung his sleeves. Seeing that Zhong was talking to Sun Ce, he smiled and said, "General, how about my pillar, how is it like my family? It's not worse than Mrs. Yuan, right?"
Sun Ce was amused and was also embarrassed. Zhong stood up and said goodbye. He asked Ming Sun Ce that he had not had breakfast yet, so he went to do some work. When she left, Guo Jia put away his smile. "The general suddenly came, but what happened?"
Sun Ce was not polite and told the situation again. Guo Jia did not agree with it after hearing this. "This is human nature, so the general does not have to worry. The general of the East is eager to fight. This is a good thing. Just leave the war between Lujiang and Jiujiang to him. The general devotes himself to confront Liu Xun."
"I'm worried that the loss will be too big."
"Everything you do will come at a price. Although Chen Deng is cunning, he is not the opponent of General Zhengdong. At most, he suffers a little more casualties. If these casualties can make them understand their strength and make General Zhengdong understand the general's painstaking efforts, it may be a good thing. General, you always want to be perfect, but the battlefield changes rapidly and there is no perfect plan at all. No matter how perfect your plan is, there will always be risks. In fact, the biggest risk is not on the battlefield, but the family and son are in auspicious. You don't want to be the second Yuan Tan, right?"
Sun Ce sighed secretly. He was not a waste of money, he was poor, so he was habitually calculating and hoped to minimize the losses. But now it seems that not everyone can understand his difficulties, and even his father doesn't understand it very well. In fact, he also understands that everyone has his own position, and even father and son will not be completely consistent. Sun Jian has fought for so many years, winning more than losing less, and he is at a time of ambitiousness. It is indeed not appropriate to suddenly be idle. But in this way, a lot of expenses are increased for no reason, and he is always a little unwilling to do so. Now Guo Jia also says this, and he can only admit it. He can't forcefully deprive his father of his command. He does not have such strength yet.
"Then you will be filial."
Sun Ce and Guo Jia immediately adjusted the plan and decided that Sun Jian would lead his troops to fight Chen Deng, and make other arrangements for the northern defense line. Considering that Yuan Tan had just entered Yanzhou, he suffered heavy losses not long ago, and Tao Qian and Tian Kai were restrained in the east. Even if he attacked Yuzhou now, he could not do his best. With the current deployment of the counties and states, it should be enough to defend it, and even if he suffered setbacks, it would not affect the overall situation.
Of course, this plan is not as perfect as Sun Ce’s previous arrangements. Sun Jian’s expenses for leading his troops to take the initiative must be greater than those for the defensive counterattack. However, in order to appease the passion of a group of old people, this expense cannot be saved. In terms of conscience, Sun Jian is not old either.
Guo Jia has received Zhang Hong's letter, but since Sun Ce has come, he might as well ask again. Sun Ce told Guo Jia about the gains of confiscating the Cao family, and then said Yuan Quan's suggestion. Guo Jia felt it was reasonable and suggested that Jiang Gan go there immediately. He just received the news that Yuan Tan was rewarded for his merits. Cao Ang has become the prefect of Dongjun, stationed in Puyang, and will advance east after resting. He should be to drive the Qingzhou Yellow Turban out of Yanzhou. After Junyi's battle, Cao Ang has proved his strength. Yuan Tan intends to use it and may increase his troops. Let him feel at ease to fight with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, which is beneficial to Yuzhou.
Their family's losses were actually not great. When Cao Cao raised his troops, Cao Song took his whole family out to escape, and he took away the most valuable soft and soft. The biggest loss was Cao Hong, followed by Cao Ren. Cao Hong was far away in Chang'an. Although Cao Ren was someone Cao Ang trusted, Yuan Tan might not adjust his troops' deployment because of him. Sending Jiang Gan to fool him can at least delay it for a while.
As for Mrs. Ding's family, it must be comforted. It is more convincing to make this matter more revenge on Cao Ren. Even if this excuse is not very reliable, Yuan Tan can just believe it.
Sun Ce agreed one by one.
Zhong made breakfast, and Sun Ce and Guo Jia were talking while eating. After breakfast was finished and the matter was over, Sun Ce wiped his mouth and said goodbye. After leaving the Guo family, Sun Ce rushed back to his home. He was determined to visit the pregnant Yin Ei and Yuan Quan who was uncomfortable, but he did not pay attention to Liu Bei who was hiding on the roadside.
When Sun Ce passed, Liu Bei and the other four walked out of the alley. Looking at Sun Ce's back, Liu Bei was puzzled. When he left Gepi yesterday, Sun Ce had no intention of returning to Pingyu. Why did Sun Ce appear in Pingyu City after he woke up all night?
Could it be that he came back because of me?
Sun Ce didn't know that Liu Bei was suspicious. When he returned home, he went to pay homage to his mother, Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu was having breakfast, and the hall was full of people. Sun Quan, Sun Yi and others sat on one side, Yin Xi and Sun Shangxiang sat on the other side. Yin Xi sat next to Mrs. Wu, and it was obvious that the treatment was better than others. When she saw Sun Ce, she was about to get up, but she was pressed down by Mrs. Wu.
"You are pregnant, so you don't have to be too polite."
Yin Xi smiled with her lips pursed, her eyes sweet. Sun Ce smiled and went up to salute her mother. He made a few words to Sun Quan and others, and sat down at the seat that Sun Quan gave up. He had already eaten it, but Mrs. Wu asked her to bring breakfast, so he still picked it up and ate it. While eating, he said, "Is this porridge made by Ah Hui? It tastes very familiar."
"Ah Hao is pregnant, how can she cook? Although my family is not rich and noble, your father is a prince after all. You father and son are both generals, how many servants can you still lack? This is what she taught the chefs to cook. The taste is a little worse, but you can eat it."
Sun Ce nodded repeatedly and expressed his agreement with his mother's opinion. He was not stupid, so how could he not hear what Mrs. Wu said, but it was too real and boring at this time, so it was better to pretend to be stupid. Although Mrs. Wu came from an ordinary family, she was very sensible in her work, and even if there were any conflicts, it would not intensify. Yuan Quan was even more sensible. They would never cause any disputes between ordinary mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
After breakfast, Sun Ce accompanied Mrs. Wu for a while, talked about what he discussed with Wu Jing yesterday, and then told me about what he had just discussed with Guo Jia and decided to change the plan. After hearing this, Mrs. Wu sighed.
"Bofu, you are walking too fast, you have to wait for you, Aweng and your uncle. Although you, Aweng, always praises you when you mention you, I can feel a little disappointed and often dazed alone in the middle of the night."
Sun Ce was ashamed. As Guo Jia expected, he had unknowingly hurt Sun Jian's self-esteem.
"My mother, I was neglected and did not take into account Ahon's difficulties."
Chapter completed!