The Lantern Festival.

The colorful lights dotted, swimming along the lake shore, reflecting the lake water, as if half of the Gebiscus had been inlaid with a halo, competing with the bright moon in the night sky. The laughter came faintly, filled with peace and tranquility.

There were also many children playing in the corridor, most of which were the children of military advisers. The father and brother were busy in the water pavilion, and the children were playing in the corridor, waiting for the time being to go back together. Sun Quan rushed over from Pingyu and was taking Sun Shangxiang, Sun Kuang and others to enjoy the lanterns. After a few months of internship with Zhang Zhao, he became much more stable and knew to take care of his younger brothers and sisters to prevent them from having any accidents. Sun Yi didn't know where to hide, and he didn't see anyone for a long time.

The lights were on in the water pavilion in the middle of the lake, especially the shadows in the kitchen were shaking and fog. Even the newly installed window glazed became hazy, like a fairyland, but there was a little more fireworks, making people feel inexplicably warm. Knowing that Sun Ce and the military strategists were going to work overtime, Yuan Quan took Yin Ge, Mi Lan and Mrs. Zhong and others to play Lantern Festival together, prepare midnight snacks for the military strategists, and at the same time exchanged some family matters and interesting things in the boudoir.

Sun Ce leaned on the railing, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes were blurred.

Xu Chu stood beside the pillar behind him, pressing the knife, and watching everything around him vigilantly. Two tiger guards were upstairs, ten tiger soldiers were downstairs, and the remaining tiger guards were either scattered around or hidden in the crowd. Since the twelfth lunar month, Wuwei Camp and Wumeng Camp have worked in two shifts to protect them. Today, the guards knights have tasks, and Xu Qian appeared beside Sun Ce, preventing Sun Ce from walking out of his sight.

Sun Ce was very at ease with Xu Qian by his side. With the guards, Xu Qian and Dian Wei, the two masters, were mainly tasked with commanding two Yi Cong camps. There were not many opportunities to attend Sun Ce. However, this may not be a bad thing. They had plenty of time to practice martial arts and train their Yi Cong to become one of the hundreds of warriors.

The war is imminent, and these warriors are the sharpest swords in his hands and must be carefully polished.

Unlike the quiet outside the house, the military planners inside the house were busy. They had calculated so long and planned several combat plans, but they did not expect that Yuan Shao would send troops in the middle of the first lunar month. When they received the news that Yuan Shao sent troops, many people insisted that Yuan Shao was just entering Liyang. They did not expect that Yuan Shao would cross the river and launch an attack. Until this afternoon, they received the news: Two days ago, Yuan Shao led his troops into Dongjun and marched towards Junyi.

These young military plans were a little confused and a little confused, not knowing what Yuan Shao wanted to do. It is obviously illogical to do this. The New Year has just passed, and many soldiers who were resting on the turn have not yet arrived. The support team has not taken action yet. As the main force, Yuan Shao's team took the lead in taking action, just like fighting with someone, before they stretched out their fists, they bumped their heads first.

After receiving the news, Guo Jia ordered all the troops to cancel their vacation and rush back to the military plan office, overturned the previous plan and re-define it. Under Guo Jia's command, the military plan quickly entered the state, received their respective tasks, and took their separate actions.

Guo Jia came over and sniffed. "It smells so good, Mrs. Yuan cooks again? I'll have a good taste today."

"And your wife."

"Hahaha..." Guo Jia laughed, leaned beside Sun Ce, and said mysteriously: "No one in my family can convince her, just accept Mrs. Yuan. It is beneficial to let her get closer to Mrs. Yuan."

Sun Ce turned to look at Guo Jia, and took the opportunity to look at the military planners inside. "How is it?"

"No big deal, it's good to let them experience more experiences, so there's nothing in their hands." Guo Jia was very relaxed. "It's surprising that it may not be able to win, and sometimes it will turn into a nightmare."

Sun Ce laughed and felt deeply. Yuan Shao suddenly acted in advance, not surprisingly with any strategic intentions, but just a blind move in anger. As soon as the army crossed the river, he drove away Tian Feng, who was so strong that he cut off his arm.

However, in Yuan Shao's opinion, Tian Feng may not be an arm, but more likely to be an uncontrolled prosthetic limb. Following advice is a virtue, but the reason why it is a virtue is rare first. No matter what kind of wise king you are, the time when you can truly follow advice is very limited. Unless he has awe in his heart and higher pursuits, he can tolerate what others cannot tolerate.

For Yuan Shao, he had been tolerating for too long. He was over fifty years old and he didn't want to endure it anymore.

"What month will the Yellow River resume flowing?"

"It's hard to say, if the weather has been so cold, it might be delayed a lot than in previous years. Maybe Yuan Shao's march now is worried that we will send a navy to harass his food supply after the resurgence. Now he can have one more month." Guo Jia wrapped his fur tightly and laughed again: "He has always been calm, and he is still wet and does not make any moves. Now he is forced to take the lead, which is also helpless."

Sun Ce was silent for a moment. "Fengxiao, Pingyu is too far from the battlefield, and I am worried that I can't respond."

Guo Jia shook his head. "General, I know your worries, but now is not the time. When the two armies fight, they not only compete for strength, but also more than wisdom, but also more than patience. Yuan Shao's ultimate goal is to capture Yuzhou. It's you. You are in Pingyu. He will come to Pingyu sooner or later. The longer the fist is stretched, the weaker the strength, and the longer the front line is stretched, the more unfavorable it is for him. By the time he attacks Pingyu all the way, he is at the end of his strength, and the general is ready to attack him. As for Chenliu and Chen Liang, apart from a few important cities, it is okay to give it to Yuan Shao for the time being, just let him divide his troops to guard it. How could the two armies fight in full and there is no loss at all."

Guo Jia paused and said, "General, this is not the time for women to be kind."

Sun Ce smacked his lips and sighed softly. He also knew that the people could not have any casualties in the two armies. But he just couldn't bear it and always hoped to reduce casualties as much as possible. After so much effort, he finally renovated Yuzhou into what he wanted. He was really unwilling to be destroyed by Yuan Shao. Guo Jia and he lived with him day and night, grasped his mentality the most accurately, and gave him a vaccination to the point.

"Who is that? It looks familiar." Guo Jia suddenly stretched out his hand.

Sun Ce looked carefully and saw a man walking towards the water pavilion through the crowd in the curved corridor. His face was illuminated by the lanterns for a while and it was dark, and it was not clear. However, his straight waist, as if no one was around, made Sun Ce see it at a glance. He raised the corner of his mouth and showed a smug smile. This kid could not help it. He asked him to meet him before the New Year, but he did not take the initiative to invite him to see him during the New Year's Eve. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, everyone greeted each other for New Year's Eve, and he did not show it, as if he had forgotten about this. Until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he finally showed up.

"Zhuge Liang."

Guo Jia looked back at Sun Ce, then looked at Zhuge Liang downstairs, and laughed. "It's only a matter of three things. The general won't tease him again this time."

"If I came to the door on my own initiative, I wouldn't tease him at once." Sun Ce smiled and said, "Fengxiao, he is different from you."

Guo Jia laughed loudly.

After a while, a tiger guard came up to report, Sun Ce nodded and agreed. The tiger guard turned around and went downstairs. A sound of footsteps sounded, and Zhuge Liang's handsome face slowly appeared at the entrance of the stairs. Seeing Sun Ce and Guo Jia standing side by side, he hesitated for a moment, quickly recovered from peace, came to Sun Ce, and bowed to him.

"Langya Zhuge Liang, whose courtesy name is Kongming, has met the general and the priest wine."

Sun Ce turned around and complained while giving the gift, "Kong Ming, why are you here now? What are you busy with these days?"
Chapter completed!