Chapter 774: Warlords Offer Strategies, Cao Cao Stuns

"Alliance Leader Yuan is wise and martial. We should naturally follow the lead of the alliance leader and strictly obey the alliance leader's orders in everything."

"Mengde, you praise me too much. With my ability, Yuan, it is actually difficult to shoulder the great responsibility of alliance leader. It is because everyone has raised me up. Otherwise, with Mengde's talent, you are fully capable of the great responsibility. How could it ever be my turn, Yuan Benchu??"

"Let us all formulate the strategy to conquer Dong together. Mengde, you, as well as Governor Han of Jizhou, the Marquis of Wucheng... Governor Su, and others are all people of great talent. You will definitely be able to plan it!"

Yuan Shao was not yet arrogant at this period and had good judgment. These words not only praised Cao Cao but also backhanded the various warlords with a high compliment of being talented. It could be said that his methods were very brilliant.

It made everyone excited, and they all wanted to come on stage to talk eloquently. Only Yuan Shu sneered in his heart.

Because the people Yuan Shao had just praised almost included the names of all the warlords, even the recently risen extraordinary being Su Li was among them, but he alone did not mention him, Yuan Shu.

What did this mean?

Regardless of official position, power, or origin, who among those present could compare to him, Yuan Shu?

But Yuan Shao's words mentioned almost all the warlords, yet only missed him, Yuan Shu. Wasn't this just to exclude him?

Yuan Shu knew it clearly and secretly held a grudge against Yuan Shao and even all the warlords. He felt that these people not letting him be the alliance leader was an offense to him—

A gentleman's revenge is not too late in ten years; a villain's revenge is all day long.

Yuan Shu's pair of gloomy eyes scanned everyone, already full of sneers.

"Just wait, you lot, don't ever fall into my hands, Yuan Shu, otherwise you'll see!"

Next.

With Yuan Shao's words of praise, the various warlords began to seriously discuss the strategy to conquer Dong.

During this process, Su Li remained silent throughout.

Because he felt that just watching these warlords discuss the strategy to conquer Dong was very interesting.

One or two were very good at commercial mutual flattery.

Clearly, no useful strategy to conquer Dong came out, but good heavens, everyone thought it was amazing and applauded non-stop.

Then...

There was no then.

They just praised you and didn't talk about execution.

As they talked, they would switch to the next warlord to propose a plan.

Almost none of the plans proposed at the beginning could be adopted.

It was just empty talk; a plan that could truly defeat the enemy had not yet appeared.

The most critical thing was that even though they clearly knew it was useless, they still acted as if they admired you.

No wonder these people were warlords.

They truly spoke human words to humans and ghost words to ghosts.

If placed in the real world, each one would definitely be a movie star!

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Next.

The warlords continued to show off their acting skills.

One or two were scrambling to talk about the strategy to conquer Dong.

But almost no one really hit the point.

It was all general talk, with only a little bit of useful parts, and no concrete plan.

Until...

Yuan Shao was tired of listening. After thinking for a while, he passed the word to Cao Cao: "Mengde! I know your literary and military strategies are both top-notch, yet you have not spoken. Why don't you offer a strategy, how about it?"

"This..."

Cao Cao pondered for a while and also felt that what the various warlords said had no nutritional value, so he tidied up his appearance, stood up, and cupped his hands: "Since that is the case, I, Cao, do have a strategy. Please evaluate it, gentlemen."

After a pause, when everyone's eyes were focused on him, Cao Cao continued: "According to my understanding, the Dong villain has now completely controlled Luoyang, Hulao, Hangu, Xingyang, and many other places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack!"

"In terms of geographical advantage, he completely occupies the upper hand!"

"And we, although we lack geographical advantage, have the harmony of people! Our troop strength is more than ten times that of the Dong villain!"

"Therefore... we can divide our forces into four routes!"

"One route as the vanguard to launch a surprise attack on Sishui Pass, feigning an attack on Hulao."

"One large army departs from Henei, bypasses Hulao, and heads south straight for Luoyang!"

"One surprise force attacks Hangu and Xingyang, attracting the Dong villain's main force."

"One route attacks Chang'an to cut off the Dong villain's retreat!"

After Cao Cao finished speaking.

The warlords savored it for a while, then looked at each other, and their eyes lit up.

Those who could become warlords, no matter how poor their ability, had more wit than ordinary people. Naturally, they knew the essence of Cao Cao's four sentences. Although they were concise, the analysis was very much to the point, and they couldn't help but think more highly of Cao Cao.

Even Su Li wanted to give Cao Cao a thumbs up after hearing it.

Praise him, he's really great!

Damn, this division into four routes is truly absolute, completely bringing the advantages of the warlord coalition's large number of troops and generals into full play. ===== CHAPTER 779 =====