Chapter 436: Cao Cao's "Weakness"
"Oh? Will the plan be settled? Lu Bu couldn't help asking.
Chen Gong smiled, Lu Bu was ambushed by Guo Jia this time, from a certain point of view, it was actually a good result. If Chen Gong had made the same suggestion before, Lu Bu would definitely have replied disdainfully: "A character like Cao Cao can directly beat him to the point of being a fart and a wolf, why are you doing so many twists and turns!" β
And now, Lu Bu found that Cao Cao was not an opponent that could be defeated so easily, so he naturally agreed to use the strategy. Such a lord, although he has a lot of problems, and in many ways, he is far inferior to Cao Cao, but this is the kind of person who is the most suitable person for him to assist in Chen Gong!
A good monarch doesn't need to be very talented, he just needs to be like Qi Huangong, choose a Guan Yiwu to come out, give him a heavy responsibility, and support him behind his back, that's enough! And now, Chen Gong is going to be Lu Bu's "Guan Yiwu"!
"In Puyang City, there is a local wealthy Tian family, with thousands of servants, and it is a huge room in a county. You said that if such a person is willing to give Cao Cao an internal response, can Cao Cao resist the temptation? Chen Gong said.
Obviously, Chen Gong meant to let the Tian family pretend to be Cao Cao's internal response, deceive Cao Cao, and lure Cao Cao into the city. In this way, as long as a trap is set up and an ambush is set, in this Puyang City, Cao Cao will not be able to escape so easily! At the beginning, Xiahou fell for Lu Bu's trick to surrender, and it was estimated that it was also due to Chen Gong's handiwork.
However, Lu Bu said a little disappreciatively,
"This kind of vulgar scheme, will Cao Cao be tricked? You must know that Cao Cao is very shrewd, and now there is Guo Jia next to him. β
This kind of thing may seem a little ridiculous when it comes out of Lu Bu's mouth. But I have to say that what Lu Bu said actually makes quite sense. This is a method that has almost been used on the battlefield. It's definitely a vulgar, such a ploy. Can it also be fooled?
"Vulgar? Perhaps. Chen Gong smiled and explained to Lu Bu, "But a good plan has nothing to do with being vulgar or wonderful. There is always only one criterion for judging the quality of a strategy, and that is: whether it can succeed or not! β
It is often said that there is no such thing as the best, only the most suitable. This is true in many ways.
It's like Guo Jia's previous strategy, anyone has seen it. I think it's a wonderful sentence, so why didn't Guo Jia insist on his own style this time, as wonderful as ever, and chose such a crude strategy? Oh no, that can't be described as vulgar anymore, the kind of means that anyone who is not a fool can see it, using the word "stratagem", it is all an insult to "stratagem"!
Could it be that Guo Jiajianglang is exhausted? No! In Chen Gong's view, this just proves that Guo Jia has mastered the essence of the strategy! You can't be clever for the sake of being clever. Don't stick to the means, always choose the most suitable and the easiest to succeed strategy, that is a powerful strategist!
Guo Jia relied on his familiarity with Lu Bu. saw through Lu Bu's character, and knew that Lu Bu would still catch up even if he knew that there was a conspiracy, so Guo Jiacai chose such a vulgar plan that could no longer be vulgar. Lu Bu is such a direct person. If Guo Jia also did the same as before, he would engage in some conspiracy to make a few detours to get into the scheme. Is it possible for Lu Bu to come around for a while?
Now it is the same, since Guo Jia can rely on his familiarity with Lu Bu to adopt a special strategy. Then why couldn't he Chen Gong use some special tricks against Cao Cao? To know how familiar Chen Gong is with Cao Cao, it is estimated that he will not be below anyone else!
"Don't worry, according to what I know about Cao Cao. Even he himself understands that this kind of thing is very likely to be a conspiracy, but as long as there is a trace of real possibility, then Cao Cao will not refuse. Moreover, with Cao Cao's habit of taking the lead, if he enters the city when the time comes, he will definitely lead the troops into the city in person! And once Cao Cao is lured into the city, we only need to set fire to the four gates and set ambushes outside, at that time, Cao Cao will have the talent to pass through the heavens and latitudes, and there must be no way to get out! β
Chen Gong said confidently.
I have to admire here, Chen Gong really saw through Cao Cao! Some people may say that Cao Cao 'would rather teach me to bear the people of the world than to teach the people of the world to bear me', but sometimes, Cao Cao is 'rather teach the people of the world to bear me than to teach me to bear the people of the world'!
Maybe it's okay to say that Cao Cao is stupid, but this is also Cao Cao's courage. Zhang Xiu surrendered for the first time, and Cao Cao accepted, but Zhang Xiu rebelled, and died Dian Wei, Cao Ang, and Cao Anmin. As a result, Zhang Xiu surrendered again, but Cao Cao still accepted. Liu Bei surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao accepted, and later Jingzhou basically surrendered directly, including the surrender of Huang Gai in the most classic Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu to a large extent, in fact, the use of Cao Cao's "Zhou Gong spit and feed, the world returns to the heart" of the sea and rivers!
Cao Cao only surrendered once that he didn't accept, probably Lu Bu's surrender. However, the situation was different this time, first, LΓΌ Bu surrendered as a prisoner after defeat, not before defeat; Second, Cao Cao was actually moved for a while, and it was only after Liu Bei said that Cao Cao did not dare to accept Lu Bu's surrender.
Therefore, before Lu Bu died, he did not scold Cao Cao, after all, he became a king and lost a king, and the person Lu Bu scolded was the unrighteous Liu Bei.
In short, this is Cao Cao's advantage in attracting talents, but it can also be regarded as Cao Cao's weakness enough to be exploited. Chen Gong calculated this point accurately and decided that Cao Cao would inevitably be "deceived"!
"Besides, if it doesn't work out. Just give it a try, and it won't hurt us either! Chen Gong said.
In this way, Lu Bu definitely has no need to refuse, anyway, even if he fails, Cao Cao is not deceived, and they have nothing to lose, so why not!
So, Lu Bu followed
Outside Puyang, Cao Ying, inside the big tent of the Chinese army,
Cao Cao laughed loudly,
"It's just God helping me to get Puyang!"
"What's going on? Could it be that there is something wrong with Lu Bu's side? The side hurriedly asked.
What's more, he directly asked Lu Bu if he was dead!
However, from the side, it can also be seen how much Lu Bu deters these generals.
After all, Lu Bu is a new Yanzhou, and his own cruelty and inhumanity have caused great resentment among the people for a while. Lu Bu was worried that something would happen, so he had already gone to Liyang, and now Puyang only had Gao Shun guarding the city, and the city was empty. The Tian clan of Puyang is willing to be our internal response and help us open the city gate, Puyang can be obtained! Cao Cao said.
Guo Jia said without thinking about it,
"There's a problem! How could Lu Bu suddenly leave at this time? β
Cao Cao replied,
"Lu Bu really wanted to fight us directly at the beginning, and he wanted to fight quickly. But now that he finds that we are not as easy to deal with as he imagined, it is reasonable to deal with the internal contradictions first and then deal with us! And there is a detailed report, I did see Lu Bu leading his troops out of the city and leaving, and Puyang City was empty, which is absolutely true! (To be continued......)