Climbing the roof and pulling out the ladder is one of the thirty-six strategies, which belongs to the strategy of fighting together.
A side by side battle referred to a battlefield situation where both sides were evenly matched and had equal armaments.
There was no possibility of a quick battle between any of them, nor was there a chance to fish in troubled waters and win in the chaos.
In this kind of battlefield situation, they had to think of a good strategy.
Going up the stairs was one of the strategies.
Common practice:
The first step was to deliberately create an illusion that the enemy would think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of. That was to place a ladder or tell them the location of the ladder.
The second step was to lure the enemy to do something or go to a certain place (go upstairs).
The third step was to cut off the enemy's path of retreat and put them in a desperate situation (draw the ladder).
The fourth step was to force the enemy to act according to their will or give the enemy a fatal blow.
Back when he was conquering the Black Mountain Army of East County, Li Mu had shown Cao Cao the specific application of the " climbing the ladder ". Cao Cao was no stranger to this strategy. He often pondered over it and felt that the true meaning behind it was extraordinary.
This time, Li Mu used the same trick again. Not only did he use this trick to protect Puyang, but he also tricked Lu Bu into going to Xiaopei, causing the massive rebellion in Yanzhou to become Zhang Miao and Chen Gong trapped in Chenliu and Jiyin.
It could not be said to not be exciting!
"I'm not as good as you!" Xi Zhicai sighed.
Although the strategy of going up the house and pulling out the ladder was exquisite, it was not a simple one, two, three, or four steps to succeed.
Before Li Mu tricked Lu Bu into going to Xiaopei, he had used all sorts of strange tactics, such as the Empty City Stratagem, the Discord Stratagem, the Making Up of Nothing Stratagem, the Counter-Guest Stratagem, and the Borrowed Knife Stratagem. If he made a single mistake, it could lead to the failure of letting Lu Bu go to Xiaopei!
Xi Zhicai asked himself, if he replaced Li Mu to guard Puyang, he would not be able to reach the final victory.
The situation against the wind had turned into a favorable one. Although Cao Cao felt a little regretful, he felt more fortunate!
If Yanzhou was lost, all his ambitions would vanish into thin air.
"Where is Xianmou now?"
Cao Cao couldn't wait to drink with Li Mu.
This was the first time Li Mu had truly come up with a plan since he destroyed the Black Mountain Army of East County.
During the battle to destroy Qingzhou's Yellow Turban and Kuangting, and even the two conquests of Xuzhou, Li Mu had been living in seclusion in Puyang, accompanying his little wife all day.
Although Xun Yu had recommended the talent, the talent was not as meticulous as Li Mu's. When executing, Cao Cao would not adopt all of them, but would polish the strategy of the talent.
To Cao Cao, asking Li Mu for advice was equivalent to watching Wandering Earth 2 on an Imax screen during prime time. Asking for advice was equivalent to watching it on a normal screen during the netherworld.
Although they could both achieve their goals, the process and feelings were definitely different!
Cheng Yu's eyes revealed some helplessness.""Xianmou stayed in Juancheng for three days. He felt that there were too many mosquitoes in Juancheng and Ming Gong's house didn't have any air conditioning, so he returned to Puyang.”
Cao Cao's enthusiasm was instantly doused by cold water."I'm usually thrifty. How could I have the money to build an ice cellar waterwheel? I can't even bear to use pine resin.”
"The days now are a little tough. Can't you endure it?”
After feeling depressed for a while, Cao Cao asked again,""Zhongde, now that Zhang Miao and Chen Gong are weak, I intend to launch a surprise attack on Chen Liu. What do you think?”
Cheng Yu shook his head." Wise Duke, before Xianmou returned to Puyang, General Xiahou asked him how he was going to defeat Chen Liu. Xianmou said that raising more chickens and ducks would do.”
"Raise more chickens and ducks?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes." I get angry just by mentioning this. The only decree in Puyang City was to make every household raise chickens and ducks. Whoever raised more chickens and ducks would have better family and friends from the same county to be recommended by the county magistrate!”
"What? Are you going to let the entire East County and even the entire Yanzhou raise chickens and ducks?”
"In the future, all the officials in Yanzhou will rely on raising chickens and ducks to become officials. Then what's the use of my Talent-Seeking Token?”
"Raising more chickens and ducks can break Chen Liu, this is simply nonsense!”
Xi Zhicai thought for a while." Zhongde, there are three strategies in the habit of showing one's strategy. What are the other two?"”
Cheng Yu didn't hesitate." The best plan is to collect grain. Ask the powerful families in Yanzhou to hand over half of their grain to Ming Gong for use.”
"The worst plan is to buy grain. Ask the powerful families in Yanzhou to sell half of their grain to Ming Gong at market price.”
Xi Zhicai was shocked." The three strategies are all referring to storing grain. Although the rain this year is less than in previous years, it's not to such an extent. Just the million Yellow Turban refugees alone were enough to meet the needs of the farmers this year.”
Cao Cao would also have to levy taxes on the millions of Yellow Turban refugees.
The reason why Cao Cao wanted to go against the Yanzhou aristocratic families was mainly because of the million Yellow Turban warriors.
These million Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, people, land, taxes, all belonged to Cao Cao, not Yanzhou!
How could the aristocrats of Yanzhou not be angry that they could not get any benefits and had to help Cao Cao settle down the Yellow Turban?
"Also," Cheng Yu seemed to recall something and added,""General Xia Hou said that Xianmou had long predicted that Zhang Miao and Chen Gong would rebel. The reason why he didn't say anything was that no one asked him.”
No one asked!
What an irrefutable reason.
Cao Cao was even more speechless.
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