That night, Cao Cao's army was stationed in the main tent.
"In that case, not only was Sun Jian tricked by us, but he actually spoke up for the lord today?
"And you were so touched by my lord that your nose and tears flowed?!
"Chancellor is really good at playing with people's hearts!”
After Xiahou Dun heard Cao Ren's description of the dukes 'performance in the tent, he immediately clapped the table and laughed.
Cao Ren stopped laughing and said seriously,"
"You don't know the expressions on those people's faces when they found out that we had taken down Mushui Pass.
"All of them have fists in their mouths!”
"Hahaha…"
The two people's hearty laughter kept coming from the tent.
The area fifty steps around the tent had been cleared by the guards of sacrifice, so there was no need to worry about eavesdropping.
"However, Chancellor, I still don't understand why you gave half of the credit for breaking through Li Shui Pass to Sun Jian?”
Xiahou Dun turned his head to look at Chen Xuan, somewhat puzzled.
Chen Xuan took a sip of wine and chuckled.
"What we gave up was just an empty title.
"We have obtained all the substantial benefits from Mushui Pass, including provisions, weapons, horses, and captives.
"By giving up this title to Sun Jian, not only will we have one less enemy who could cause trouble, but we will also have one more solid ally.
"Moreover, if word of such a concession spreads in the future, it will also help my lord gain a good reputation for benevolence and righteousness.”
"Chancellor, are you saying that Sun Jian might have come to us for revenge?”
"Of course."
"Sun Jian suffered such a great defeat, so he must have harbored a grudge against you, or at least have some speculations about you.
"If we don't settle this matter, he will definitely come to blows with us after he has thought things through.
"In that case, that person will hinder our plan to cross the Yellow River to the north.
"However, after today's Lord's request for a title, giving up merit, and raising the flag three times, Sun Jian's hostility and suspicion towards Lord has been eliminated.
"Moreover, Sun Jian has the bearing of a fierce tiger.
"Although we are not afraid of him, if we can avoid becoming enemies, why not?
"Besides, we'll be able to use Sun Jian soon.”
"What?" Xiahou Dun was stunned, and his eyes lit up." You're going to use Sun Jian soon?”
Cao Cao straightened his body and looked at Chen Xuan curiously.
Chen Xuan had told him that it would be of great use to him if he could pacify Sun Jian.
However, he never expected that this great use would actually come so quickly.
"Tai'e, tell me in detail." Cao Cao leaned forward and approached Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan and Cao Cao looked at each other and said calmly,
"The first is about the alliance army.
"As mentioned before, the dukes who wanted to preserve their strength in front of the brave Western Liang army have all underestimated the Western Liang army because of our easy victory.
"In order to prevent us from stealing their limelight again, they are happy to let us go north to guard against Dong Zhuo's ambush.”
"The second aspect is about the Western Liang Army.
"Although the dukes look down on me after our great victory, Li Ru and Dong Zhuo in Luoyang have deeply understood how powerful our lord is.
"They will definitely be on guard against us.
"What we need to do now is to not let the Western Liang Army know that we have left Tiger Cage Pass and let them down their guard against us.
"And Sun Jian can help us do just that.”
"Can Sun Jian do it?"
Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren said in unison.
They could understand what Chen Xuan meant by letting the Western Liang Army be less guarded against them.
However, they couldn't understand how Sun Jian could do this.
Cao Cao was also puzzled,"Why is Sun Jian helping us do this?"”
"Didn't we seize a large number of high-grade Western Liang armors?”Chen Xuan explained calmly.
"Now, all of our soldiers have changed into Western Liang armor, so there's only a batch of our armor left.
"And Sun Jian just so happens to be lacking armor.”
"We'll give him six thousand sets of high-quality armor and sell him a favor. When the time comes, he will definitely not refuse to use the Cao Army's banner.
"This way, the guards at Tiger Cage Pass will think that our elites have always been in front of Tiger Cage Pass.”
Cao Cao and the other two looked at each other speechlessly. They pondered carefully and then came to a realization.
Cao Ren rubbed his head and chuckled,""Where did Chancellor's brain come from? He can always think of things that we can't think of.”
Xiahou Dun patted Cao Ren's head.”
Cao Cao clapped his hands in praise and continued Chen Xuan's analysis,"
"As a result, although the Western Liang army wanted to be more vigilant against us, they never expected that our army was no longer in front of Tiger Cage Pass but had already gone north.
"By the time we reach the Yellow River, even if they discover us and want to mobilize their forces to deal with us, it will be too late.”
Chen Xuan shook his head.
"Is that not the case?"”
"My lord is right," Chen Xuan said,"but in order to cross the river, we have to do one more small thing."
"What?" Cao Cao stroked his beard.
"sow discord." Chen Xuan replied.
"The strongest fortresses often start to collapse from the inside.
"What we need to do is to plant a nail in Dong Zhuo's heart.
"Then, pull out one of Dong Zhuo's nails and use it to stab Dong Zhuo.”
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