The policy paper wrote:
"I believe that the reason why Ming Gong defeated Yuan Shao was because of the word 'Dao'. Tao is the truth. If you defeat Yuan Shao with righteousness, then Yuan Shao will not be able to last long even if he has many troops."
Seeing how focused Cao Cao was, he couldn't help but become interested in this policy paper. Seeing how focused Cao Cao was, Cao Zhi's curiosity grew.
On the other hand, this policy discussion first listed the reason why Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao. Although it was basically the same as what Guo Jia had proposed, this policy discussion was not as simple as shooting a rainbow fart. It was a detailed explanation of Cao Cao's victory.
This person believed that the reason Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao was more because he had seized the justice of the war.
It's Yisheng.
He believed that the so-called soldiers had to have a well-known army to be able to exert their might in all directions. An unknown army naturally could not defeat a famous army. Once the war became unjust, the unjust side would lose the hearts of the people and the support of the scholars of the world. The support of the people was especially important when it came to conquering the world.
The reason why Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao was because he had lost the hearts of the people.
His battle was unjust and he had lost the support of the people of the world.
Earlier, Qiushou and Tian Feng had raised this question to Yuan Shao, and it was also the most important reason why they opposed Yuan Shao's decision to start this battle.
They had all raised the issue of the justice of this battle to Yuan Shao.
Ju Shou said,"The world is in chaos now, and the people are in dire straits. Our emperor has just settled down, and the people have just seen a glimmer of hope from the environment of years of war." Is there any reason for you to start this war at this time?
No!
Fighting now was equivalent to destroying the hopes of the people.
Years of war had long made the people tired of war. In the terrible environment of being homeless, Emperor Xian of Han was rescued by Cao Cao. He had just settled down and saw a glimmer of hope for the world to be stable. He did not want to fight anymore.
However, if the lord were to send troops now, he would be equivalent to a traitor, Dong Zhuo, and Wang Mang. He would lose the righteousness of the world.
Moreover, we have already obtained Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou. We have eliminated Gongsun Zan in the north. We should report our victory to the emperor. We should report to the emperor what we have done over the years to stabilize and unify the country. If Cao Cao stops us and doesn't let us report, then we'll take the opportunity to report him, saying that he's blocking the royal road. At the same time, we can use mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and protracted warfare to deal with Cao Cao. We can constantly send troops to harass him, make him restless, and make him exhausted. Then we will deal with him.
Ju Shou's theory and plan were actually extremely wonderful.
Firstly, if he followed the method of teaching, Cao Cao would become an unjust party. In this way, Cao Cao would be placed in the position of injustice, thus turning Cao Cao's political advantage into his political disadvantage. With this method, the hearts of the scholars in the world would be biased towards Yuan Shao.
This was called fighting a war with reason. A war with a well-known cause would give them confidence to fight.
Second, he would fight the weak with the strong, wait for fatigue with ease, and use mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and protracted warfare to deal with Cao Cao. The cost was low, the risk was small, and the benefits were great. To be able to cause great trouble to Cao Cao without paying too much of a price or losing too much.
This was called advantageous.
Third, he had to advance step by step and stop when he was ahead. He had to find an opportunity through small scale attacks and seize the opportunity to destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop. His plan was perfect and his preparations were sufficient.
This was called restraint.
This was called restraint. It was reasonable, advantageous, and restrained. Such a strategy was a good one.
This way, Cao Cao would find it difficult to find any flaws in his plan, and it would be even more difficult for him to defeat Yuan Shao, who was more powerful than him.
When Cao Cao saw this, he couldn't help but slap his thigh and exclaim.
Even though this article had been written in a rather vulgar way ever since the beginning of the article, its content was not low at all.
In Cao Cao's opinion, if he was Yuan Shao, he would definitely do the same.
He could even imagine that if Yuan Shao had followed Qushou or Tian Feng's suggestion, he would have long become Yuan Shao's prisoner.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but become extremely interested in the person who wrote this policy paper.
He couldn't help but flip to the bottom of the policy discussion to take a look at the name.
Zhou Feng?
This name stunned Cao Cao. He thought hard for a while but couldn't remember who this person was.
It was a name that he had never heard of before.
But then, Cao Cao remembered that this was a Humble Class disciple that Cao Zhi's Great Wei Academy had educated through the imperial examinations. He had never heard of him before, so it was within his expectations. It was quite normal.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but look at Cao Zhi happily.
He only felt that Cao Zhi's imperial examination system was really too wise.
It seemed that the Humble Class could not be underestimated! As long as he went through some education, his potential would actually be so great!
However, looking at Zhou Feng, his insights were extremely rare and could almost be compared to Guo Fengxiao. If Cao Cao remembered correctly, Guo Jia's family was also ordinary.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao continued to read. The more he read, the brighter his eyes became.
The article continued:
The reason why Ming Gong defeated Yuan Shao was not only because Yuan Shao had no reason to fight, but also because his advisors were not on good terms with each other.
Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Xu You, Yu Shou, Tian Feng, Feng Ji. There were so many strategists, but each of them had their own thoughts.
Sometimes, Xu You would join hands with Tian Feng to educate Guo Tu, and sometimes, he would mess with Tian Feng with Guo Tu. Tian Feng was not a person who would get angry. Today, he would join Xu You, and tomorrow, he would persuade Yuan Shao to be wary of Guo Tu. The day after that, he would find trouble with Yuan Shao when he saw that there was a problem with the trial.
As for the others, they were not willing to be outdone. Once they found an opportunity, they were eager to trip others to prove that they were Deacon Yuan's number one strategist.
Tian Feng is upright and rebellious, Xu You is greedy and does not govern well, Shen Pei is arbitrary and has no strategy, Feng Ji is decisive and self-righteous, Guo Tu is flattery but has no talent, and he is just and generous.
These six people had yet to decide whether or not to fight, and they had already started fighting among themselves.
As the military's brains, the military advisor was responsible for making battle plans and strategies.
And plans and strategies basically determined the outcome of a war. Therefore, if something went wrong with the military advisor, it would have a huge impact on the war situation, let alone a think tank like Yuan Shao.
It would be strange if such an army could win.
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