After hearing the word "fearing", Liu Bei felt nervous and then smiled bitterly: "Your Madam is so serious. I have no ability to learn from others. It's just that fools have a thousand thoughts and occasionally get one. Thinking about what I did before, I'm so hot. I can't do it today because I'm thankful to you. I'm a rare encounter. I should ask you for advice."

"really?"

"It's true." Liu Bei looked sincere.

Sun Ce picked up the teapot and added some tea to Liu Bei and Guan Yu. "Since Xuande is so polite, I will just talk a few words. If you say it wrong, don't mind. Just treat it as a chat between friends and laugh it off."

"How dare you, how dare you?" Liu Bei said a few humble words. Although he didn't agree, he still looked at him with a look of scrutiny. Guan Yu stroked his beard, squinted his phoenix eyes, and had no expression on his face, obviously a little impatient. Sun Ce saw it and smiled in his heart. This guy had been in Youzhou for a long time, and his mischief had probably forgotten about the consequences he had fallen in the Central Plains, and his arrogant nature was exposed again. Since that's the case, let me boil another spoon of oil for him.

"Xuande, do you know why I suggested that you go back to Youzhou?"

"Youzhou is my hometown. The customs and culture are relatively familiar and the support of the villagers, so it is naturally better than the Central Plains where people are unfamiliar with their place."

"These are all reasons, but there are more important points." Sun Ce took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Youzhou is a border state, and it is connected with the Hu people. The Hu people are greedy and cruel, and do not know benevolence and righteousness. If they are profitable, they will be convinced, and if they are not profitable, they will be rebellious. Those scholars are generous to the country and make personal graces, and only care about the peace in front of them, and they will be in endless disasters. To these Hu people, it is not enough to just give kindness, and they also rely on supremacy. Although you have not studied much and are not accepted by aristocratic families, you have outstanding martial arts skills, have long clouds, and are even more enemies of thousands of people. If you can go out to attack the enemy, how could Gongsun Bogui be compared?"

Liu Bei frowned slightly, pondering silently. However, Guan Yu opened his phoenix eyes and nodded, "June, please continue."

Sun Ce was not in a hurry, took a few sips of tea, deliberately hanged Guan Yu for a while, and then continued: "Xuande, think about it carefully. In terms of family background, Gongsun Bogui is a concubine's son. He did not receive much support from his family and was not much better than you. In terms of knowledge, you are a fellow disciple, and you should know clearly what his background is. In terms of martial arts, you are not worse than him. With Yun Chang and others helping him, it is more than just one step ahead of him? Why are your achievements not as good as him?"

Liu Bei was also a little confused. Although he had always had awe of Gongsun Zan, he thought about it carefully and actually, Gongsun Zan was not much better than him, and in some aspects it was not as good as him. For example, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, Gongsun Zan was under his command, and Leweitai was not the only one who could be a waste, but Gongsun Zan's achievements were far superior to him, which was really puzzling. He stood up, bowed his hand, and said seriously: "Please give me some advice."

"Because you chose a path that is not suitable for you. You are dedicated to raising fame and want to squeeze into the circle of famous scholars and be accepted by the scholars, but you don't know that no matter how hard you work and respect the virtuous and polite scholars, you will not become famous scholars and will not be accepted by them. Gongsun Bogui saw this very clearly, so he did not care about famous scholars, but was determined to make achievements with his iron spear in his palm, but instead fought a bloody path and became a white horse general who could avoid and be a powerful general in the northern border."

Sun Ce sneered: "So what if Kong Wenju knows your name Liu Xuande? Will he recommend you to serve as an official?"

Liu Bei was speechless. He understood what Sun Ce meant. He tried hard to the wrong direction, abandoned the long and used the short, and had good martial arts without using it, but he was determined to squeeze into the circle of aristocratic families. Gongsun Zan was not like that, Sun Ce was not so stupid, so they just clinged to the force and killed whoever blocked the way. The aristocratic family was bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Yuzhou was the most concentrated place of aristocratic families, and Sun Ce took four or five years to snatch it. The power of the Youzhou family was far less than that of Yuzhou, but he had not made any progress for a long time. The reason was that he did not take the initiative to break up with the aristocratic family like Gongsun Zan and Sun Ce.

"There is a strength in a certain way, and the shortcoming in a certain way. Whether it is a military force or a ruler, you should play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. Yun Chang's martial arts are excellent. You don't let him fight on the battlefield, but you don't think it's a waste to let him farm here? When Yuan Tan took Zhuo County, why didn't Yun Chang lead the troops to intercept Yuan Tan? Yuyang's thunder cavalry is famous all over the world. Why do you have only three thousand elite cavalry now, and some of them are Gongsun Bogui's old subordinates? Because your hands are too soft, you always want to win over them, but you don't know that they can't win over them at all. Can the little favor you can give be compared with the favor of the Yuan family for their own benefit?"

Sun Ce leaned back on the pole and straightened his legs. "It is obviously a beast that can eat tigers and leopards, you use it as a watchdog. It is obviously a thousand-mile horse, but you use it to cultivate the land. Xuande, how much capital do you have to withstand such squandering?"

Guan Yu sighed with a sigh of relief, and the resentment he had been holding in his heart had finally had a chance to vent. Sun Ce's words really touched his heart. He traveled thousands of miles to Youzhou not to farm, but to raise soldiers, and to fight. Now, he just farmed. He fought against Tuo Yi in Zhuo County in the last battle. Now, Tuo Yi has been killed by Sun Ce, and he is still farming.

What made him most unhappy was the last time that Liu Bei refused to let him go, and watched Yuan Tan enter Zhuo County and lost a great opportunity.

Liu Bei was very embarrassed, but he was a little moved. "What should I do according to the views of the king and the prince?"

"The land must be stored, but we cannot be satisfied with this kind of military farming. Youzhou has few farmland and few household registrations. You cannot defeat Yuan Tan by relying solely on military farming. You must give full play to your advantages, rob, grab, rob the Hu people on the grassland, rob their livestock, rob their women, and make them extinct. If you want to rob Yuan Tan, you must not only drive Yuan Tan out of Youzhou, but also go deep into Jizhou like Gongsun Bogui, push the front line into Jizhou, and eat from the enemy. Only in this way can you fight stronger and stronger."

Sun Ce patted his thighs and sighed. "To say that if you don't make you angry, what I admire most is Yun Chang's loyalty, and the regrettable thing is Yun Chang's loyalty. If he had been willing to stay in Yuzhou, I might have already fought to Jizhou now. How happy I was to win Jiujiang in one battle. I cast the Qinglong Yanyue Sword for him to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, not for him to farm. If I had known this, why not cast a hoe for him?"

Guan Yu sighed softly, although he didn't say anything, but he was content with his eyebrows, feeling very happy and met a soulmate. Liu Bei was uneasy. Guan Yu was eager to fight, but because of Sun Ce's bewitching, he was afraid that no one could stop him anymore. If he didn't let him fight, he might really turn to Sun Ce.

"Okay, I'll just say so much. It's your business whether you listen or not." Sun Ce turned to Guan Yu. "Chang Yun, I have a few words to say to you."

Guan Yu bowed and bowed. "Please tell me, lord."

"The first thing is your father. Your father is in Xiangyang, and he is taken care of by Gongming, and his life is worry-free. But Gongming can only take care of his daily life and cannot relieve his knot. You can get married and have children as soon as possible, so that Guan family will have a queen, and don't let the elderly wait too far. He is already past sixty, so it's really hard to say when he leaves. When the son wants to raise his parents but his parents are gone, it's too late to regret it."

Thinking of his father, Guan Yu felt sad, lowered his head, and his phoenix eyes were slightly red. "Hey."

"The second thing is the Hu people. You have read books and know the defense of the barbarians and Xia. I believe I have issued the order to kill Hu. Since you refuse to stay in Yuzhou and come to Youzhou, I hope you can become a flying general like Li Guang and become a strong city to protect China's clothes. If you have the opportunity in the future, I hope you can run rampant in the desert with you and expel the barbarians."

Guan Yu felt a tide and said loudly: "I dare not obey orders."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, but it was difficult to stop him, so he had to follow him and said, "Although Bei is not talented, he also hopes to have the opportunity to fight side by side with the king."

Sun Ce nodded, not responding to Liu Bei's fault. "The last thing is Zhuo County. Xuande is from Zhuo County, so it is not easy to be the prefect of Zhuo County. You are from Hedong and have no such concerns. If you take over Jizhou in the future, Jizhou's governor will be able to do it. Although Xuande's plan is rough, it is a smart decision to let you go to war. I hope you are ready. If Yuan Tan does not know the current affairs, don't let the Qinglong Yanyue Sword down, don't let your martial arts down."

Guan Yu bowed to show his respect. "Although Yu is not sensitive, he will not dare to let down the expectations of the king."

Chief Sun Ce stood up and shook his sleeves. "It's great, I'll say so much, let's go. I'll go to Bohai to find a way to meet Yuan Tan and take a look at the situation in Bohai." Sun Ce looked at Liu Bei and said meaningfully: "Xuande, the opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again."

Liu Bei sighed in his heart. He could understand what Sun Ce meant, and there were indeed not many opportunities left for him.

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