Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao is stunned when he reveals his time-traveling identity.

Xudu.

"What?!"

"Sir...did you drive Yan Liang and Wen Chou away?"

"And they even detained all 50,000 of their elite troops?"

Upon hearing this news, Xun Yu could no longer sit still.

It's only been a few days?!

Excluding travel time, it's only a day or two!

In just one or two days.

It's not just about taking back the three cities that were captured.

They also sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou back.

Detain their troops?

How on earth did they do that?!

Even Xun Yu, the master strategist destined by heaven, was momentarily stunned.

He never imagined that he could find such a brilliant way to break the deadlock.

"And that's not all?"

"The gentleman also demanded compensation from Yuan Shao."

"Yuan Shao, we have no choice but to give it to him."

Seeing this, Cao Xing, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but feel extremely proud.

"What...what happened?"

Xun Yu's expression froze, completely baffled.

"It's actually quite simple. I just mobilized all the troops I could."

"Ready to serve from all directions."

"Then, in a one-on-one duel, the commander defeated Wen Chou first."

"After attracting Yuan Jun's attention, they came to provoke him."

"While they are preoccupied with managing their surroundings."

"Order the surrounding soldiers to slowly approach."

"They were just made into dumplings."

"This move could be considered a deception."

Su Chen waved his hand and said calmly.

It was as if he hadn't done anything at all, it was just a random move.

Xun Yu was stunned:

"It's...that simple?"

"It's that simple, why is it so complicated?"

Su Chen shrugged and said:

"Those Yan Liang and Wen Chou, although their martial arts skills are quite good."

"But my brain isn't quite up to the task."

"Take advantage of this, and they'll be like fools, completely fooled."

Xun Yu asked, puzzled:

If I remember correctly.

"No matter how many troops are mobilized."

"At that time, the available troops were only about forty or fifty thousand, right?"

"A mere forty or fifty thousand men captured an army of fifty thousand alive?"

Su Chen smiled calmly:

"Has Lord Xun forgotten?"

"Is there a tactic called 'seeing enemies everywhere'?"

Are you seeing enemies everywhere?

Upon hearing these four words, Xun Yu was immediately stunned.

Only then did Su Chen remember.

The idiom "every bush and tree looks like an enemy soldier" originated in the Jin Dynasty, a hundred years later.

If Xun Yu knew this, then something was definitely amiss.

"It's actually very simple."

"It involves leveraging geographical advantages, along with psychological tactics."

"To make the enemy suspicious and mistakenly believe that even the grass and trees are soldiers."

"To create the appearance of a large number of soldiers and horses around."

"If those Yuan soldiers find out, they'll be surrounded and killed."

"At the same time, there appeared to be tens of thousands of troops in every direction."

"How could they still have the will to fight?"

Su Chen explained simply.

Only then did Xun Yu understand:

"I see……"

"What a brilliant move to see enemies everywhere!"

"Everyone says that Su Zhubo is the mastermind."

"Now I've seen it for myself."

This was Xun Yu's heartfelt praise.

He didn't have much of an opinion about Su Chen originally.

However, Su Chen was, after all, just an ordinary citizen without even a registered residence.

They don't even qualify as poor families, or even ordinary people.

Strictly speaking, Su Chen is at most a refugee of unknown origin.

As for the claim that he was a time traveler, he didn't take it seriously at all.

Therefore, his view of Su Chen has always been quite "lenient".

To put it bluntly, it means they were somewhat complacent about Su Chen's abilities.

However, upon seeing it today, he was completely stunned.

With just this one move of seeing enemies everywhere, he almost got something for nothing.

They forced Yuan's army to retreat and captured 50,000 of their elite troops!

"Actually, it wasn't my doing."

"It's mainly General Zhang Liao and General Xu Chu."

"The two of them beat Yan Liang and Wen Chou so badly that they couldn't even lift their heads."

"If it weren't for them, attracting these two's attention wouldn't have been so easy."

Su Chen chuckled and waved his hand.

"Sir, please don't say that."

"If it weren't for your meticulous planning, even if we were highly skilled in martial arts, we would have no use for it."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Liao hurriedly spoke up in fear.

"Alright, alright, the credit belongs to both of you, so stop arguing."

"If you keep praising him like this, it will eventually reach the ears of the Minister of Works."

"I'm afraid they're going to give me real power again."

"I absolutely do not want real power."

"You two, please don't make things difficult for me."

Su Chen immediately waved his hand, looking helpless.

Upon hearing this, everyone felt both amused and exasperated.

They simply couldn't understand Su Chen's thought process.

Why not want real power?

The masses are driven by three main desires: wealth, lust, or power.

Of the three, one must be chosen.

But many more people want it all.

But Su Chen is alright.

He wanted wealth and women, but not power.

Of these three, power is clearly the best.

But Su Chen was not interested and even avoided it.

Who can they complain to?

"Haha, Chief Clerk Su is truly amusing."

"However, now that we have already captured these 50,000 troops..."

"What are your plans to do with them next?"

Xun Yu straightened his expression and asked with a puzzled look.

"What else can we do?"

"Let's release them once Yuan Shao offers sufficient compensation."

Su Chen answered without hesitation.

"Release them?!"

Xun Yu considered countless ways to deal with these soldiers.

Either kill them, exile them, or take them into your service.

But should we put it back?!

Is this appropriate?

Su Chen noticed Xun Yu's confusion and waved his hand, saying:

"Lord Xun, you should give up on taking those 50,000 Yuan troops."

"Yuan Shao has over two hundred thousand troops under his command!"

"And that's not all!"

"If we really swallow up these 50,000 troops..."

"Yuan Shao will definitely mobilize all his troops and fight us to the death."

"The army under the Minister of Works will be fighting in Yangzhou for at least several more months."

"If we push Yuan Shao too far, we won't be able to hold onto Yan Province."

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu immediately frowned and said:

That being said...

"But... letting them go back to the mountains is not a good idea."

Su Chen shook his head and said:

Whether it's a good strategy or not is not important.

"It's just a mere 50,000 people."

"I can easily capture them the first time, and there will be a second time."

"The Grand Commandant and Yuan Shao will eventually have a battle."

"Whether Yuan Shao has 50,000 more troops or 50,000 fewer troops, it doesn't make much of a difference."

"If you lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of small gains, then it's not worth it."

Xun Yu nodded thoughtfully.

After thinking about it, it's true.

At the very least, how to deal with these 50,000 people is a significant problem.

In Yanzhou right now, it's best not to stir up trouble.

"Then... what constitutes sincerity?"

"Jingming, what do you plan to ask Yuan Shao for?"

Xun Yu spoke again, asking the question.

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