As the saying goes, you won’t know each other without fighting. Ling Cao and Gan Ning fought and became good friends instead. The two washed up, changed into clean clothes, and then talked to Sun Ce. Ling Cao didn’t bring the clothes, so Gan Ning found him a battle robe. The two of them had the same figure and fit.

When they were changing their clothes, Li Huai was explaining the situation of Wu Cheng to Sun Ce. After Yan Baihu was frustrated, he retreated to Shicheng Mountain, feeling resentful and seemed to intend to attack Wu Cheng. Recently, Wu Cheng discovered several bandits. Wu Cheng was a county-level marquis. Li Huai had no county soldiers in his hands, so he could only recruit a ranger like Ling Cao. He wanted to ask Sun Ce to enter the mountain to fight and eliminate Yan Baihu, the bandits.

Sun Ce did not argue. Li Huai had a good intention to be successful, but it would turn into a bad thing without control. Li Huai only saw Wu Cheng, and at most only understood the situation in Wujun, and had no idea what was going on outside. Yuan Shao might go south at any time, so he had no intention of entangling Yan Baihu.

"If you are a mere bandit, you don't need to launch an army to fight and suppress it. You should be polite first and then soldiers to show your kindness."

Li Huai was very disappointed and glanced at Guo Wu. Guo Wu smiled but didn't say anything. Sun Ce saw it and said, "How many people has Li Xiang recruited now?"

"One hundred and five people. Although the number is small, they are all warriors, which is very useful."

Sun Ce smiled. Yan Baihu has nearly 100,000 people, and you only have one hundred and five people. Even if they are as fierce as Ling Cao, you can't handle Yan Baihu. In the end, I have to ask me to take action. I'm not afraid of Yan Baihu, but I don't have time.

"Has someone brought it?"

"I brought more than ten people, and the rest were in the city. I was worried that Yan Baihu would attack the county town."

Sun Ce nodded and asked Guo Wu to take Li Huai to rest. He wanted to discuss with Guo Jia and Pang Tong. Li Huai went there in a bad mood. Guo Jia and Sun Ce had basically the same opinion and felt that it was not appropriate to waste time on Yan Baihu. Pang Tong had different opinions. He felt that although Li Huai was very selfish, it was not his fault. How could he know the overall situation? On the contrary, he took the initiative to surrender, which was the one that was available. If he did not comfort him, he would inevitably feel cold. Whether Yan Baihu could be wiped out was not important, and that Li Huai became a role model is the key point.

Sun Ce felt that they were all right, and he also had his own ideas. The situation did not allow him to waste too much time in Wuhui, but this did not mean that he did nothing, and necessary warnings were still needed. At present, it cannot be limited to the division of counties, and the four counties in Jiangnan must be considered as a game of chess. Yan Baihu and Chen Bai and others were different. They were members of countless sect commanders in the mountains in southern Yangzhou, and were tempted by Taishi Ci. If they were not beaten, once the climate was formed, it would become a problem.

He wanted to station troops in Wucheng, echo the ancient town, control this area, lock the bandits deep in the mountains, and prevent them from threatening the hinterland of Wujun.

It doesn’t matter whether Yan Baihu dies or not, but he cannot stay in Baihu Mountain or Shicheng Mountain.

"First arrange someone to contact Yan Baihu, and at the same time, send someone to check his details and figure out where he set up a city and where he farms. If he is willing to surrender, it is of course a good thing. If he refuses, he will hit him." Sun Ce smiled. "In autumn, he will send someone to the mountains to harvest his crops, so that he has no food to eat. Let's do it for a few years and see how long he can last."

Guo Jia and Pang Tong looked at each other and smiled at each other. Pang Tong said, "The general's plan is wonderful. Since that's the case, Li Huai can't stay here. This man is too impulsive, not calm enough, and eager to achieve success, and it will easily break the general's plan."

Sun Ce was confident. "No hurry, I already have a suitable candidate, but I have to wait and wait for him."

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Sun Ce stopped in Wucheng for two days, and accompanied by Li Huai and Ling Cao, to inspect Shicheng Mountain. He was very moved. Yan Baihu soon received the news and did not dare to confront each other head-on, so he led his subordinates to retreat into Baihu Mountain.

But Sun Ce did not send troops to challenge him. He sent people to the mountains to seek pacification, and then left Wucheng and headed straight for Fuchun.

In Yuhang, Sun Ce met his uncle Sun Jing. It was completely different from Sun Jian. Sun Jing was famous and didn't like to mess around. He has been staying in his hometown for so many years. Sun Ce has been in Wujun for so long, so he just sent someone to ask when he would go home, and then... it was gone.

After the uncle and nephew made a few remarks, Sun Jing said nothing. She sat silently, a little distracted, and glanced at the field next to her from time to time. Sun Ce was also helpless. This was a natural home and could not come. He asked Sun Quan to bring a box and put it in front of Sun Jing.

"What?" Sun Jing said lightly: "The family is not short of money, you should keep it for yourself. The marching and combat expenses are high."

Sun Ce opened the box with his own hands. It contained articles published by Nanyang County School over the past year. Sun Jing was average in knowledge, but he liked to read. Seeing so many articles, he smiled rarely.

"Okay, okay, I'll accept this."

"Uncle, this gift cannot be received in vain." Sun Ce smiled and said, "I have something I want you to help."

Sun Jing showed some difficulty, and after a while, he reluctantly said, "What's the matter? Should I go out?"

"It is still necessary to go out, but Qian Tang is not available in the east, and Yuhang is not available in the north."

Sun Jing felt relieved and nodded repeatedly. "Okay, tell me."

Sun Ce told Yang Xiu that ancient jade was unearthed between Yuhang and Qiantang, and Yang Xiu was skeptical. He asked many people along the way, but they said they didn't know. He had already suspected that Sun Ce was lying, including Shen You and others. Sun Ce never refuted that he was too lazy to talk to Yang Xiu, and it was the most direct slap in the face with facts.

Liangzhu culture is an important part of prehistoric civilization. He visited it in his previous life and knew that it was just northwest of the suburbs of Hangzhou. The city would disappear and the coastline would change, but the changes in the mountains were extremely small. He could basically confirm that the scope of Liangchao could not be found in Yuhang and Qiantang counties. Sun Jing was quiet, could endure loneliness, and had a certain cultural literacy. It was the most suitable for him to do this.

Of course, Sun Jing has no archaeological literacy and does not have the conditions to excavate the sites at present, but it is still fine to ask him to pay attention to collecting some unexpected things. The real epigraphy of epigraphy was in the Song Dynasty, but it had already begun in the Han Dynasty. Handan Chun and others collected stone tablets, which were stones among the stones. Sun Ce asked Sun Jing to collect ancient jade in the Liangzhu Cultural District, and start with the natural unearthed ones.

When the Liangzhu civilization was discovered in the 20th century, it was accidental. The soil on the ruins was not thick. Now it is closer to the Liangzhu culture, so the possibility of natural unearth is greater, but no one has paid attention to it. Most of the intellectuals in the Wu and Yue areas came from the Central Plains. In their minds, this is a barbarian land. How could there be civilization? The Liangzhu culture does not have bronzes or characters, but the Liangzhu culture has jades. For Confucianism, discovering jade is to discover civilization, and whether there are any characters is second. The absence of characters just proves that the characters were not created by Cangjie. It can fundamentally shake the foundation of Confucianism's inherent historical view and create conditions for the emergence of new ideas.

In contrast, this is more lethal than making prophecies and divinations, and even more important than defeating Yuan Shao. Defeating Yuan Shao is a temporary victory or defeat, while transforming Confucianism is a success.
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