"Three plans?
"Take down Mushui Pass?"
Cao Cao was shocked once again. He quickly pulled Chen Xuan's hand and sat down together.
"Tai Ah, tell me in detail." Cao Cao said.
Xi Zhicai had already sat down.
However, the emotions that had just calmed down were suddenly stirred up by Chen Xuan.
He sat up straight and stared at Chen Xuan, eager to know which "three strategies" Chen Xuan had.
Moreover, take down Mushui Pass?
How?
"These three strategies are all related to one person.
"The dukes have not entered the wild jujube, but there is a group of dukes who have never entered the wild jujube.
"My lord should know who it is."
"Governor of Changsha, Sun Jian, Sun Wentai.”Cao Cao didn't even think and nodded.
Sun Jian was the only one among the eighteen vassals who had already contributed.
On the day of the alliance meeting, he was still fighting with Dong Zhuo and could not escape.
Therefore, he only sent Changsha's long history Gongqiu Cheng to meet here.
Recently.
Sun Jian won consecutively and even killed Hu Zhen.
Now, there was news that he had been promoted by Yuan Shu as the "Krupp Breaking General" and the governor of Yuzhou.
This was also one of the reasons why Cao Cao was so anxious about the other vassals.
He wanted to serve the country and help the Han Dynasty.
However, he also wanted to obtain battle credits!
"Sun Jian's camp is at the foot of Mount Ji Luo.”Chen Xuan said slowly.
"These few days, my lord did not arrange any military affairs for me, but I felt that I had to share your worries.
"Thus, I ascended Mount Jiluo to observe the situation.
"The results confirmed my guess.
"Sun Jian's 20,000 strong army will suffer a great defeat in the near future.”
" What?!" Cao Cao was shocked and his eyes widened.
Xi Zhicai's mouth was also wide open, expressing the shock in his heart." How did Tai Ah know?”
"There are two points." Chen Xuan replied calmly.
Two points?
Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai looked at each other and suppressed the shock in their hearts. They did not interrupt Chen Xuan.
"Firstly, Sun Jian's army is already short of food.
"This is also the reason why I went to Mount Jiluo.
"Sun Jian moved from Changsha to Luoyang, leaving an army of two thousand li.
"Based on what I observed on Jiluo Mountain, Sun Jian Jun is indeed short of food.
"And because of the lack of food.
"Within the 20,000-strong army, especially between the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers.
"At this moment, there has already been quite a bit of chaos, resulting in internal strife.”
As soon as Chen Xuan finished speaking, Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai looked at each other in shock.
Those who truly led the army knew that most of the time, the most important thing in a war was not any conspiracy.
It was logistics.
An army of tens of thousands of people did not need to fight a real battle. The amount of grain consumed every day was an astronomical figure.
Without the support of good logistics, no matter how elite the soldiers were or how wise the generals were, it was all nonsense!
If Sun Jian was really short of food like Chen Xuan said, then no matter how charismatic he was or how strict his military discipline was, it would be useless.
In less than five days, it fell apart.
Because they guessed that Sun Jian's army was short of food, they had to go to Mount Dengji.
Cao Cao could not help but admire Chen Xuan's vision of the overall situation and his control over the details.
This was a point that was easy to overlook, but it was also easy to understand after thinking about it.
Sun Jian had raised 20,000 troops from Changsha to Luoyang, which was nearly 2,000 miles away. It was impossible for him to bring his own rations.
The Book of Han says,"It takes thirty minutes to transport grain from a thousand miles to a stone.”
If they used it on Sun Jian, they would have to transport 200 dan of grain from Changsha to the front line of Luoyang, leaving only one dan.
If the alliance army didn't provide Sun Jian with food, then other than robbing the people, Sun Jian's army would have no more food to use.
Chen Xuan lowered his head and pointed at Mount Jiluo on the map, ignoring the changes in Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai's expressions.
"The second reason why Sun Jian was defeated is not because of Sun Jian, but because of the Western Liang Army.
"There's another reason why I went to Mount Jiluo. It's because I'm trying to figure out the Western Liang Army.
"The Western Liang Army was recently defeated by Sun Jian, but the other dukes have yet to move an inch.
"My lord should know by now that if Yuan Shao does not take the initiative to send troops, the other dukes will never send troops to attack Dong.
"However, for Dong Zhuo.
"The dukes of the east of the country have gathered two hundred thousand soldiers and brought their forces here to sharpen their swords.
"Even if Dong Zhuo could guess that the dukes were not united, he wouldn't dare to bet that the dukes wouldn't join hands and directly use the human wave tactic to break through.
"Dong Zhuo thinks that the reason why the eastern vassals are not moving is because they don't know about their strength yet.
"What is Dong Zhuo most afraid of now?”
Chen Xuan paused and looked at Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai.
Cao Cao shook his head slightly, indicating that he couldn't think of anything. Then, he looked at Xi Zhicai.
Xi Zhicai could only bite the bullet and answer in a guessing tone,"Are you afraid that the vassals of the east of the country will join forces to break through?”
"No." Chen Xuan shook his head and denied.
"What Dong Zhuo is most afraid of now is that the eastern dukes will find out about his true identity.”
Reality?
Cao Cao frowned in confusion.
"Tai Ah means that Dong Zhuo looks strong now, but he's already at the end of his rope?”
"That's right."
Chen Xuan pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.
Then, he pointed at the map again.
It was in the east of the river, between Linfeng and Pingyang.
White Valley.
The place where the white wave bandits wreaked havoc.
"My lord, you've also mentioned the arrangements of the Western Liang Army.
"Dong Zhuo has 200,000 soldiers, but why did he only send less than 100,000 people to defend Luoyang's eight passes?
"On average, there are less than 20,000 people at each pass.
"And his trusted generals, Li Jue and Guo Si, as well as his son-in-law Niu Fu.
"Why didn't they come to Luoyang to deal with the Guandong allied army?
"Could it be that Dong Zhuo looks down on us Guandong dukes?”
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