Carriage, in the spacious carriage, Cao Cao, Cao Ren, and Xia Houyuan were sitting in it.
The reason why Cao Cao chose a slightly slower carriage was intentional. He planned to talk more about Lu Yu with his two clan brothers, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan.
In this way, Cao Cao would know more about this genius before visiting him.
To be able to make Cao Ren, Xia Houyuan, Xun Yu and Xun You full of praise and to be able to treat Wei Hong so kindly, Cao Cao would not just treat him as a fifteen-year-old boy!
According to his idea, it is not an exaggeration to at least be invited as a guest of honor, or even... to be a high-ranking official with a generous salary, or even to be the chief staff officer!
"Brother, please read this military manual."
Xia Houyuan took out a thick scroll of bamboo slips, with small characters like "Thirty-six Strategies" engraved on the outside and a serial number. Obviously, this bamboo slip was one of the volumes in the entire "Thirty-Six Stratagems".
"Brother, this "Thirty-six Strategies" was also interpreted by Lu Yu and written by Miss Cai Yan. Last night, Zi Xiao and I read it at night and benefited a lot! I heard Miss Cai Yan say that this is the essence of Lu Yu's collection of famous writers, and the interpretation is
It’s out!”
As he spoke, Xia Houyuan unfolded the bamboo slips and handed them to Cao Cao.
"Thirty-Six Stratagems"? A book on war? A collection of the essence of famous writers?
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly. Today, the fifteen-year-old Lu Yu has given him a huge shock. Now think about it, reading a thousand volumes of books and being familiar with the art of war, in comparison... is simply childish...
What does it mean to be enlightened and enlightened? Being able to come up with a feasible strategy for defeating 300,000 moth thieves! It is also called being able to comprehensively comprehend and create a military book that embodies the essence of famous masters. This is called enlightening the deaf and enlightening!
Think about it, what was Cao Cao doing when he was fifteen years old? It seems...he only followed Yuan Shao and a group of bad friends all day long to skip classes, fool around, and steal brides...
By the way, the fifteen-year-old Cao Cao was still a troublemaker. He once killed someone by mistake. In the end, his good brother Xia Houyuan took the blame for him. Because of this incident, his original name was "Cao Hao" with the small letters "Jili".
For Cao Cao, the nickname is Mengde, which can be regarded as to calm people down and avoid rumors!
All in all, compared with the fifteen-year-old Lu Yu, Cao Cao felt like he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it... This is the gap!
With this in mind and expectation, Cao Cao opened "Thirty-Six Strategies"!
This is the chapter of the sixth part of "Thirty-Six Strategies", "The Defeat Strategy", and what directly caught Cao Cao's eyes was the "Bitter Meat Strategy".
The protagonist of the original bitter meat plan was Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, and finally deceived Cao Cao, resulting in a great victory in Chibi, Jiangdong...
Nowadays, this story has been changed by Lu Yu into Wang Wu leading an army of 800,000 people to the south. Zhang San beat Li Si, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer. This deceived Wang Wu and caused Wang Wu's 800,000 troops to be destroyed.
once.
"Isn't this Wang Wu a fool? You can't even tell?"
This was Cao Cao's subconscious feeling, but... as he thought about it more deeply, he found that the process of Zhang San beating Li Si was full of details!
Adding up the details one by one, even if Cao Cao was Wang Wu, the extremely suspicious Wang Wu would not have the slightest doubt about Li Si's surrender, and a defeat would be inevitable.
In the final analysis, the bitter plan... targets Wang Wu's psychology, and it is impossible to guard against it!
Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt an inexplicable chill on his back. He frowned and murmured in his heart. "What a bitter trick. Zhang San and Li Si's plan. Wang Wu's defeat is clearly visible. If so in the future, I will encounter
In this kind of situation, you need to be on guard!"
After watching "Bitter Meat Scheme", Cao Cao watched "Serial Strategy" and "Beauty Trap" one after another, which reminded him of the incident in Chang'an City half a year ago.
I heard that Lu Bu stabbed Dong Zhuo to death because of a woman... and this woman happened to be Situ Wang Yun's adopted daughter. Cao Cao had seen... her name was Diao Chan... In Cao Cao's memory, this was a beauty that could put the moon to shame...
Originally, Cao Cao didn't think anything of it, but after reading about the "Serial Plot" and the "Beauty Trap"... he couldn't help but think about the connection in detail.
Under the clues, Wang Situ's huge conspiracy suddenly came to light.
"Honey trap, serial trap, that's it..." Cao Cao exclaimed subconsciously.
"Brother? What's wrong?" Seeing Cao Cao like this, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan said in unison...
"Nothing." Cao Cao waved his hands quickly, as if he was aware of Cai Cai's gaffe. He unceremoniously put the bamboo slip of "Thirty-Six Strategies" into his arms, as if he loved it most and couldn't put it down...
He changed the subject when he spoke, as if... he was afraid that the two worthy brothers would ask him to leave.
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan didn't pay attention to such careful tricks...
"Zixiao mentioned the fifteen-year-old Lu Yu to me this morning. I didn't think anything of it yet, but now...he has introduced many incisive strategies and is related to him. I am already eager to see through him!"
Speaking of this, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes. "Zixiao, Miaocai, is this Lu Yu really the younger brother of my virtuous sister Cai Zhaoji? But... Mr. Cai does not have a son, and Lu Yu's surname is Lu, not Cai!"
"Oh... Miaocai and I have asked about this." Cao Ren explained. "Lu Yu's mother died fifteen years ago. Lu Yu was rescued by Cai Zhaoji when she was still in her infancy and brought back to the Cai Mansion to raise her.
They share weal and woe as siblings, as if they were biological children."
"And Lu Yu has loved reading since he was a child. He has thousands of books in the Cai Mansion... He has read them all. Miss Cai Yan said that when she was ten years old, even she could not mention Lu Yu anymore. Mr. Cai called Lu Yu "
A rare military genius in a century!"
The Cai Lao mentioned by Cao Ren was Cai Yong, the leader of the Han literary world.
Cai Yong was Cao Cao's mentor, and Cao Cao knew him quite well. His vision was extremely high, and the fact that he was praised as "a rare encounter in a hundred years" also shows how extraordinary Lu Yu was.
Now, Cao Cao was looking forward to having a detailed chat with Lu Yu!
at this time.
The sound of horse hooves "ta da da da" sounded from outside the carriage.
"Brother, something happened..." Xiahou Dun hurried over on horseback.
"Why are you so alarmed?" Cao Cao stopped the carriage and asked immediately...
"Three hundred thousand moth thieves are heading north and will soon reach Puyang. It seems that they are probably going to plunder Puyang... The Puyang defenders only have a few thousand people, so I'm afraid they won't be able to resist them!"
"Why don't you let me lead three thousand Qiao Pei soldiers to help!"
Xiahou Dun's tone was a little hasty, as if he had a hot temper and was fed up with being plundered by three hundred thousand moth thieves, and he wished he could lead his army to attack now!
But...will Cao Cao let him fight head-on?
I did it before, but I definitely won’t do it now. The death of my good brother Bao Xin is still vivid in my mind!
The so-called strategy of attacking the enemy with troops and attacking the enemy's heart. Now that the general strategy of "guerrilla warfare" has been decided in his mind, the subsequent strategic deployment should be based on this.
"Yuan Rang, don't panic!"
Cao Cao directly ordered, "Zixiao, you will lead a thousand Qiao Pei cavalry, and Miaocai, you will also lead a thousand Qiao Pei cavalry. In addition... I ordered General Li Dian to also lead a thousand Qiao Pei cavalry. Your troops will be divided into three groups to rush to Puyang!"
Well…
As soon as this statement came out, Xiahou Dun was a little confused?
…What about me? Then I go?
He claimed to be the number one general in the Cao camp to conquer the moth thieves. How could the eldest brother not send him, a fierce general, but instead send three "Confucian generals"?
Before Xiahou Dun could speak, Cao Cao continued to speak.
"Zixiao, Miaocai, and General Li Dian, you three cavalry must not face the enemy head-on. You must remember that 'when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we pursue; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack'"
Sixteen words!”
"No head-to-head confrontation, no big victory, just sneak attacks and harassment. Every time the collision is good, we will stop. The three teams of cavalry take turns to rest, day and night, and all-weather harassment!"
"The cavalry you belong to are fast, and the moth thieves must be exhausted!"
After this analysis, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan suddenly realized what...
Isn't this exactly the tactics and strategy proposed by Lu Yu in "On Guerrilla Warfare" presented by Xun Yu just now?
Where is the war?
This is obviously just messing with people's mentality.
The so-called attacking the ground and attacking the heart, once the mentality collapses, no matter how powerful the army is, it is just a paper tiger that can be broken with just one poke!
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan looked at each other and immediately accepted the order.
"Don't worry, brother, we will definitely fulfill our mission, Puyang will be safe, and the moth thieves will be defeated!"