System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

昌邑

With Zhang He's safe withdrawal, the initial strategy against Cao Cao had come to an end.

What the generals didn't understand was that Xun Yu's layout was flawless and even seemed perfect.

But each one is just a small fight.

It might be okay to disgust Cao's army, but it didn't achieve any results.

Since the water attack was so successful, it would have been reasonable to send a large army to defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop and eliminate as many of Cao Cao's manpower as possible.

"Master, we were able to defeat Cao Cao in this battle, and even suffered very few casualties, all thanks to your strategy."

"But I don't quite understand why you don't allow us to send out a large army to encircle and suppress them."

Zhang Liao stroked his beard and asked in confusion.

Upon hearing this, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Huang Zhong and others all looked puzzled.

"It seems that you all have doubts about this matter."

Xun Yu smiled indifferently.

"Indeed, this is undoubtedly a great opportunity to annihilate Cao Cao."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity again."

Zhang He nodded and spoke very seriously.

They did not doubt Xun Yu's position.

I just don't understand why Xun Yu did this.

"Our army's main target this time is not Yanzhou."

"It's the vast Central Plains."

"If you all give your all in this battle, you may be able to defeat Cao Cao."

"But what are the consequences?"

"Cao's army will rise up to fight because they are desperate, and our army will be in a difficult battle because of its small number of troops."

"Finally, if we win, how many of the fifty thousand troops will survive?"

"If we only want Yanzhou, then it's fine to do this, but we want the Central Plains, so we can't waste our military strength like this."

"When Ming Gong's main force arrives, our 100,000 highly motivated troops will attack Cao Cao's tens of thousands of demoralized and war-weary soldiers. Victory will still be within our grasp, and we won't even have to pay such a painful price."

"After all, the vast Central Plains will require a lot of troops."

Xun Yu shook his head and began to explain to everyone.

Dong Yu's prestige in the Central Plains was not high, so if he wanted to seize the entire Central Plains, a large military force was necessary.

Dong Yu could hardly bear the consequences of the loss of 50,000 elite troops.

What's more, Xun Yu did not want to see the world continue to be in chaos. If he could preserve enough strength to gain control of the Central Plains, he could then quickly plot to seize Jingxiang and Yangzhou.

Compared with good generals such as Zhang Liao, Zhang He and Huang Zhong, Xun Yu had bigger ambitions and a longer-term vision.

What he cares about is not the gains and losses of a war, but the direction of the entire world.

The sooner the troubled times end, the easier it will be for a country to overcome the difficulties in its early stages of establishment.

"Your Excellency is far-sighted and we admire him."

Upon hearing this, all the generals immediately stood in awe.

If there were a list of male gods in the late Han Dynasty, Xun Yu would definitely be on the list and among the top.

It is almost impossible to find any flaws in his character, abilities, personality, hobbies, and background.

Is the reason why we hate landlords, wealthy families, and capitalists so much because we are kind-hearted and sympathize with those who are exploited?

No, the vast majority of people hate these people because we are not one of them.

If we were one of them, we might be even more fucked up than them.

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the other side

After the two armies of Dong Yu and Xu Rong crossed the Yellow River, they began a series of military operations against Yanzhou.

Unfortunately, this old guy Cao Ren moved too quickly.

After the ferry was captured, he immediately led his troops to protect the families of Cao's generals and left Juancheng to join Cao Cao.

濮阳

"The city is broken!"

"Kill!"

Outside the city, Xu Chu and Ma Chao led their troops towards the gate that had been knocked open.

Tens of thousands of Dong’s soldiers poured in like a wave.

"General, the enemy is attacking, let's go!"

The soldier looked at the embarrassed Wen Ji and reached out to pull his arm.