After listening to Pang Tong's report, Sun Ceyun nodded calmly. "Thank you for your hard work."

Pang Tong was very ashamed. "General, we..."

Guo Jia laughed and said, "Shi Yuan, don't blame yourself. Fighting for dominance in the world is never a matter of success. Although the Han government is in chaos, it is not a violent state of Qin. Although the emperor is young, it is not comparable to the second generation. Even if the four hundred years of foundation collapses, it will not be a matter of one day or one night. It takes at least one generation to change customs."

"What the priest said was very much. But I still feel ashamed. When I first started fighting, I was very ambitious and talented. Although I had no major mistakes, I was negligent. Zhang Yun's death was a poor plan and a great blow to morale. After that, I became more conservative in using troops, which led to Yuan Xi's escape many times and failed to seriously damage."

"Even if you kill Yuan Xi, it will not be of much help to the situation in front of you." Sun Ce straightened his legs and his body shook gently as the carriage progressed. In front of these two confidants, he was relatively relaxed and did not have to hold it. "Zhang Yun's death has indeed had a great impact, but there are no immortals in fighting between the two armies. It is the first time you have been in charge of such a big war independently, and Shen You is also the first time to command 20,000 people to fight. It is expected to make mistakes. To sum up the lessons, it is certainly necessary to be aware of arrogance and impetuousness. If you blame yourself too much for this, you don't have to."

Guo Jia also said, "That's true. It was an emergency move to transfer Shen You to Qingzhou. It was an emergency measure. It had achieved the expected goal. It had already achieved the expected goal to prevent Yuan Xi from invading Qingxu, defending the post road to Youzhou, and training the soldiers. There was nothing to regret. Qingzhou suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion and suffered serious population losses. As the front line, there were indeed shortcomings. It needed to be discussed for a long time, and it was not something you could solve now."

Although Sun Ce and Guo Jia were relieved, Pang Tong was still a little unwilling. Before he set off, Shen You and Gan Ning were worried that Sun Ce was dissatisfied with their achievements, especially Gan Ning. Sun Ce hoped that he could go up the river and even asked him to enter the Honggu, but he could not even leave Qingzhou. If he could arrive in time, even if he could not cut off Yuan Shao's retreat in Honggu, he could intercept Yuan's army in the Yellow River and expand the results of the battle. But now, all this has not been achieved, and Jizhou has preserved considerable strength, which is a trouble that cannot be ignored for Sun Ce.

Seeing that Pang Tong could not let go, Sun Ce laughed. He was mentally prepared for the situation in front of him. Although he had never been an official in his previous life, he was used to the ups and downs of the social economy, from the lighthouse country, the battle nation and China in various fields, to the rise and fall of all walks of life like mushrooms after a rain, the rise and fall of success and failure, except for the different scales and the different influences, the principles are almost the same. In Buddhist terms, there is no way to achieve, live, deteriorate, and empty.

Conquering for hegemony is like running a business. Expansion will always have a marginal effect. After the initial rapid development, the speed will slow down sooner or later. The impact of tactical gains and losses will gradually fade over time. The real impact of the general trend is still the strength of the strategic, population, economy, food, and mineral resources. This will affect the growth and decline of both sides' strength and ultimately affect the balance of victory and defeat. This cannot be solved with a single inspiration of a few people, unless the opponents are all idiots.

He is now facing this situation. His territory is getting bigger and bigger, his population is getting bigger, and his factions are gradually emerging. Internal friction is increasing, and the momentum of expansion will inevitably slow down. To achieve greater victory, he must first digest the fruits of his vested victory, consolidate the foundation, and accumulate strength in order to accumulate strength, rather than just being radical.

Radical results are usually not good. From a large perspective, Qin and Sui Dynasty died in the second generation. From a small perspective, Cao Cao was defeated by Chibi and Fu Jian was defeated by Feishui. They were all not properly resolved when internal conflicts increased and blindly explored, but they quickly collapsed and all efforts were wasted.

"Shi Yuan, we are all young, don't worry."

Pang Tong nodded. "The general's exclusive ownership of the five states is not comparable to that of several years ago. The situation changes, and some adjustments do need to be made. Don't make any progress."

"Then tell me, what kind of adjustment should we make?"

Pang Tong showed a hint of hesitation, quickly glanced on Sun Ce's face, licked his lips. Sun Ce felt his cramps and was a little surprised. "What's wrong? Just say something."

"General, I do have some opinions, just..."

"Say." Sun Ce waved his hand and smiled, "Don't hesitate. Since it's a discussion, you don't have to worry about mistakes."

"Here, General, when I passed by Ruyang, I heard about Yuan Hong."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows slightly. "So what?"

"I just heard rumors from passers-by, not knowing the authenticity, but from these rumors, we can feel that public opinion is not very friendly to the general..." Pang Tong swallowed. "The reason why the Qingzhou war has not made any progress is because the aristocratic families are worried that we will be unfavorable to them, so they fully support Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi was defeated repeatedly and suffered repeated losses, and each time they suffered great losses, but they can always be supplemented in time. If this news reaches Qingzhou, the difficulties we face may be greater."

Sun Ce and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled. Pang Tong was uneasy and bowed to his hands, "For a shallow view, please ask the general and the priest to give advice."

"You don't have to be nervous. It's not the same person who has similar ideas as you." Sun Ce moved his body and made himself feel more comfortable. "Shi Yuan, I'll ask you a question is whether the aristocratic family in Yuzhou is strong, or the aristocratic family in Qingzhou is strong?"

"Of course, the Yuzhou family is strong. General, I am not shirking responsibility for the Qingzhou war. I just think that if I can open my arms, I may seek some of the aristocratic families to support us, rather than fighting with trapped beasts..."

Sun Ce raised his hand and signaled Pang Tong not to worry. "I said that the Qingzhou war has exceeded my expectations, and I have no intention of blame. However, you are right. The Qingzhou war has become such a situation and is related to our aristocratic family policy. In the expected years, the Qingzhou aristocratic family may have stronger resistance. But have you ever thought about a problem. Do you still have the influence of the Qingzhou aristocratic family today? Why?"

Pang Tong frowned slightly, thinking. He followed Sun Ce for a long time and knew exactly how Sun Ce would rectify the Yuzhou family. However, at that time he was just an ordinary strategist, unlike now, and his feelings were completely different. After a while, he raised his head again.

"General, are you planning to deal with the Qingzhou family like you are in Yuzhou. You are not in a hurry to achieve success and take three or four years to rectify it?"

Sun Ce did not answer the question again. "Shi Yuan, was it just because they were unwilling to support me?"

Pang Tong frowned and pondered for a long time before nodding slowly. "General, I understand that the general is not trying to deal with aristocratic families, but is solving the chronic disease of land annexation. The general is not trying to deal with scholars, but changing the ills of scholars who value false reputation. If the chronic disease of land annexation is not eliminated, the people are uneasy. If scholars do not change the ills of reputation false reputation, the more scholars read, the more harm they will cause to the world."
Chapter completed!