Guo Jia turned his head to look at Sun Ce and showed a wicked smile. "General, do you feel like you have been let down?"

Sun Ce thought about it and laughed silently. His original anxiety was relieved a lot. As Guo Jia said, he did feel like he was let down, so he was particularly angry. Given that the killing of his deity was too heavy and the hostility caused by it was too strong, which led to the difficulty of establishing the Eastern Wu Kingdom and the internal chaos, he reminded himself to restrain himself and take into account the overall situation. He could not just seek pleasure in the present. He spent a lot of effort to fight wits and courage with these aristocratic families, and to try not to break up as much as possible. It would be better to cooperate, and to be able to cooperate and keep peace of mind if they could not cooperate.

Although he seized a lot of land from the aristocratic families, he never forced them to seize. Except for what they occupied, most of them were redemption and exchanged with anticipated benefits, so as not to let them suffer losses. He hoped to use this method to solve the problem of land annexation, at least to alleviate it, and then lead the aristocratic families to industry and commerce and research on new technologies, so that they can gain benefits and the entire nation can develop sustainably.

But the facts proved that he was still too naive. These aristocratic families did not change their views on him because of this. They just lie dormant for a while, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback. Now that the opportunity has come, they are ready to move again.

Slap me in the face? Do you know who this is fighting with? This is fighting with a knife. If you don’t kill a few bastards, you will be unable to relieve your anger. Sun Ce’s heart was filled with shame, and he wished he could behead all the aristocratic families immediately.

This was his secret thought, but he didn't expect that he would be revealed by Guo Jia.

"General, human nature is evil, and we cannot expect too high. We have both kindness and power, which has always been the key to governing the law. We are not neglected, and we are mean to be powerful but not to be misleading, and we are lenient and lenient. In this dynasty, we are still gentle and lenient for nearly a hundred years. How can we be more powerful and powerful in a family become more powerful? Could it be that the general still hopes to influence it with kindness?"

Sun Ce smiled bitterly and shook his head. "I dare not expect to influence them. I just hope they can have some bottom line. Now it seems that I am too naive and have a skin to fight with the tiger."

"The general has a strong saying. In this dynasty, there are many people who have been upholding the moral integrity and righteousness for a hundred years. It is just that the good and bad are difficult to distinguish. Confucians promote good, Legalists punish evil, and they combine hardness and softness, and they are in harmony. The general used to show kindness, but now he can demonstrate. However, the weight of the family of Lujiang and Jiujiang is not enough, and it is not worthy of the general's anger. Runan and Nanyang are the key points that the general should pay attention to."

Sun Ce's eyebrows trembled slightly, and he felt alert. Although Guo Jia was no longer acquainted with the law, the Guo family passed on the family through the law. Their worldview is different from the pure Confucian scholars. In other words, they believe that human nature is evil and have essential differences with the mainstream Confucian scholars who believe that human nature is evil. Guo Jia himself despises etiquette and law and is unruly. He doesn't know much about Confucian scholars like Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong.

Especially Zhang Zhao.

The prefect of Runan is Zhang Zhao. Although Zhang Hong is not the prefect of Nanyang, he is the actual host of Nanyang government affairs. Runan, Nanyang's aristocratic family is in chaos, and these two people are to blame. Guo Jia's words may not be intentional slandering them, but they may be a natural expression of rational differences.

It is not a bad thing for subordinates to have different opinions, but he cannot listen to and be misled.

"In your opinion, what should we do? You can't leave Lujiang, Jiujiang will not ask."

"General, who is your enemy?" Guo Jia smiled wickedly, looking very relaxed. "Everything is clear and you are now in charge of the three states, and you are in the southeast. The person who can fight against you should be a general who commands tens of thousands of troops. A few thieves are not worth your attack."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and understood it.

Yuan Shao and his son are his opponents. At present, only Liu Yao is qualified to let him fight in person. Those bandits hiding in the mountains will send their generals, otherwise they will be too tired and easily distracted. The purpose of Yuan Shao doing this will prevent him from getting out of here? How could he let Yuan Shao fulfill his wish. Shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first. If you want to stabilize Lujiang, the situation in Jiujiang is not to go to the mountains to fight, but to repel Liu Yao, block Yuan Shao, and then slowly deal with these greedy families.

Sun Ce sent a letter to Cheng Pu and Wu Jing, asking them to be calm and guard the city well, and not rush to send troops to fight. He led the main force to go up the river and attack Chaisang. At the same time, he ordered Zhou Yu and Jiangxia prefect Wen Pin to ask them to fight in a battle with Keqi.

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Lu County.

A wave of war drums that were as tight as a wave of deafening sounds, thousands of crossbows fired again and again under the command of the strong crossbow captain. The dense rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun, crossed the moat and poured on the city of Lu County, and finally suppressed the defenders of Lu County before the strong attack.

More than a dozen huge siege cars slowly approached the city wall under the push of Min Ji. Dozens of fully armed soldiers stood on the siege cars, waiting for the moment when they put down the wooden bridge. Pan Zhang held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand. His eyes were staring at the flag of the generals on the city, staring at Ji Ling, the guardian general under the general, from time to time, urging Min Ji to exert force and be as close as possible to the city wall.

Ji Ling felt Pan Zhang's hostility, but he had no choice. For half a year, the city suffered heavy casualties. Less than 500 people left in the city to fight, and there were only a few weapons left, and the arrows were almost cut off. Faced with the rain of arrows under the city, the soldiers could only hide behind the battlements.

"Ji Xiang, prepare to break through, I can't hold on anymore." Deputy General Chang Feng rushed over, his face covered with blood. He covered his bloody forehead with one hand and the other with a sword in his hand. The sword was missing, and the armor was covered with scars, and two feather arrows were also stuck in the armor.

"Tao Envoy gave me Lu County, how could I abandon the city and escape?" Ji Ling shook his head. "You retreat, I should live and die with the city."

"Ji Xiang, breaking through is not about running away." Chang Feng was anxious. "We retreated to Bian County or Nanwuyang, and we could continue to block the attack. Lu County has been guarding for more than half a year and there is no food. How can we defend it? Bian County, Nanwuyang has food and someone, which is better than Lu County. If it really doesn't work, we can still go into the mountains. Zang Xuangao and others are near Nanwuyang, so we can ask them for reinforcements."

Ji Ling thought about it and felt it was reasonable. "Okay, you are ready to break through, I will cut off the rear."

Chang Xi was overjoyed and ran away.

Ji Ling sighed secretly. Until now, he knew that Lu County would definitely not be able to defend it. Qingzhou was in a tight situation, so Tao Qian deployed his heavy troops in Langya and had no spare strength to support Lu. Without help, Chang Xi and others no longer wanted to fight. Even if he disagreed, Chang Xi and the others would break through. Instead of this, it would be better to retreat together and retreat to Bian County or Nanwuyang, and there would still be a chance to hold on for a while and wait for a turnaround.
Chapter completed!