Xu Rong did not play any tricks.
The river patrol cavalry sent by Dong Zhuo from Luoyang left.
In Mengjin Pass, the Cao soldiers who had been on high alert could finally sleep peacefully.
On the walls of Mengjin Pass, Cao Cao and the others did not rest, but celebrated.
However, there was still no wine this time.
This was because seizing Mengjin Pass was not the end of the battle plan, but only the prelude to the upcoming war.
"Without the Tai Ah strategy, how could we have taken over Mengjin Pass so easily?”Cao Cao laughed,
"After we kill Dong Zhuo, we must drink all night!”
"Xuan Zhice is just a small trick." Chen Xuan cupped his hands and said.
"It's all because of the Marquis of Huai Yin's precious jade. I stood on the shoulders of the Marquis of Huai Yin, imitating him.
"Moreover, if it wasn't for the fact that the lord was the target of the arrows and stones, raising the morale of the army and deterring Xu Rong's 3,000 guards at Mengjin Pass at the same time.
"There's no way we can take down Meng Jin so easily.”
Cao Cao and Chen Xuan began to boast about their strategies.
Whether it was Chen Xuan or Cao Cao, everyone was filled with admiration.
"Chancellor, why did you kill Li Meng just now and leave Xu Rong behind?”
Zhao Yun asked the question that everyone present had.
"That's right. No matter how I think about it, I also feel that Li Meng is more cowardly and is easier to use.”Cao Chun continued.
"Who said that Li Meng is a coward?" Chen Xuan shook his head.
"Since he was sent by Li Ru to monitor Xu Rong, he must be a trusted aide of Li Ru or Dong Zhuo.
"A person like this will not easily surrender and be used by us.
"He must have known that we might use him, so he pretended to be afraid of death. He wanted to keep him alive and report to Dong Zhuo and the others.
"That's why Li Meng can't stay.
"As for Xu Rong, this kind of righteous person who fishes for fame cherishes his life the most.
"He lost two stages in a row and knew that he would die if he returned to Dong Zhuo's side.
"So if he wants to live, he has no choice but to cooperate with us.
"I also saw that he cherished his life, so I stuffed Yitian into his hands.
"He doesn't dare to kill me, nor does he dare to commit suicide. He has already exposed his hypocrisy and cowardice to us.
"Therefore, he has nothing to care about.”As he spoke, Chen Xuan sneered." What loyalty? How is it more important than life?"”
Everyone was enlightened. When they thought of Xu Rong's extreme cooperation, they clapped and praised him.
The second day, 10th of March.
Mengjin Pass, which belonged to the Cao army, was safe and sound.
During the day, two groups of people came from Luoyang.
However, at night, there were supposed to be two waves of people patrolling, but it became four waves in one night.
However, the person who came still didn't notice anything unusual.
The Cao army's pontoon bridge was still floating north of the Yellow River, as if it could be carried away by the river at any time.
It didn't look like he could cross the river at all.
10th night.
After confirming that Xu Rong did not dare to play any tricks.
Cao Cao and his civil and military officials gathered in an inconspicuous tent at Mengjin Pass.
Here, the Cao Army began their final plan for this battle.
Chen Xuan took out a topographic map.
Then, he ordered people to bring a few bags of sand and water.
Chen Xuan had personally made a few small wooden puppets and wooden horses, as well as dozens of flags.
Everyone was puzzled. They did not know why Chen Xuan needed these things.
Two hours later.
Everyone's faces were filled with disbelief. Their mouths were wide open as they paced back and forth around the tent, admiring Chen Xuan's masterpiece.
Chen Xuan fiddled with it for two hours and finally copied the terrain of Luoyang near Mount Mang in the form of a sand table.
Cao Cao looked at the sand table that was like a work of art, and he praised it endlessly.
"In the eighth year of Jianwu, Emperor Guangwu attacked Tianshui and Wudu.
"General Fubo, Ma Yuan, gathered rice into a valley and pointed out the situation in Longyou.
"Emperor Shizu sighed with emotion that he had been captured in my eyes, and finally took Longyou.
"Today, Tai Ah gathers sand to form valleys, curved ropes to form rivers, wooden puppets and wooden horses to form soldiers, and flags to distinguish between friend and foe.
"I have no choice but to follow Emperor Shizu's example and say that the prisoners are all in my eyes!”
While Cao Cao was praising Chen Xuan, he also showed off his profound knowledge and memory in front of everyone.
Even Cao Cao had only heard of such a method and had never seen it with his own eyes.
After all, it was not difficult to make a sand table. The difficult part was to completely memorize the terrain in his heart.
It wasn't difficult to memorize in one's heart. What was even more difficult was how to turn the abstract memories in one's mind into concrete ones with one's hands.
It was fine even if he used his hands to create it.
Chen Xuan actually said that it was made with equal proportions!
He even told them about the concept of a 'scale'.
This caused Cao Cao to once again have a new understanding of Chen Xuan's military talent.
This made Cao Cao sigh again,"Reading is one thing, but applying what you've learned in books to reality is another."
It is said that knowledge is one, knowledge and action are one.
Isn't it easier said than done?
He had read Han Shu, so how could he not know about the sand table?
However, even though he knew, this memory had never jumped out of his head.
He had never thought that he could actually use the sandbox on the battlefield.
Just like this time when he crossed the river to seize Mengjin, he also knew the case of the Marquis of Huaiyin crossing the Yellow River.
However, he had never thought that a slight change in this case could bring him an unimaginable victory by seizing Mengjin Pass.
Many people knew about the art of war.
But could everyone use the art of war well?
Of course not.
The cleverness of war lies in one's heart.
It was no wonder that Chen Xuan could win consecutively.
Just from this small sandbox of Luo Yang, Cao Cao could tell that the situation of the world was probably within Chen Xuan's grasp.
Chen Xuan held the rope representing the Chan River in his hand and placed the Cao flag on the upper reaches of the Chan River. At the same time, he placed a small person.
A small person represented a thousand soldiers.
After that, Chen Xuan placed a Cao Flag at Tangju, 30 miles west of Luoyang.
Here, the Chanhe River flowed from north to south and converged with the Yangqu River and the Luoshui River, two rivers that ran from east to west, forming the character "Tu".
Chen Xuan placed three small people at the junction of Chanhe River and Yangqu, and placed three small people at the junction of Chanhe River and Luoshui River.
Chen Xuan pointed at the sand table and drew a circle."
"The commoners within a 200-mile radius of Luoyang have all been moved away.
"So I estimate that Dong Zhuo will leave Luoyang in less than five days.
"And this place, Tang Ju, is the only way.
"The Western Liang Army should have an army of 50,000 to 60,000.
"Including laborers, slaves, officials, and soldiers, there will be more than 100,000 people.
"Right now, we only have sixteen thousand soldiers.”
Although everyone knew that there was a difference in strength between them and the Western Liang Army, they were also quite confident.
However, when they heard Chen Xuan's data and analysis of the disparity in strength, they could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
"That's why we quietly took down Mengjin Pass."
"First of all, we'll be lying in ambush near Tang Ju.
"Take him by surprise.
"To a large extent, this can offset the difference in military strength.
"However, due to the huge disparity in strength between our army and the Western Liang army, the gap in strength cannot be completely erased by just an ambush.
"So, other than the ambush, I'm not sure if you're going to kill me.
"We still have to think of a foolproof method to completely close the gap in our military strength.”
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