Cherish Life, Stay Away from Idiots

What Cheng Yu had said to Liu Dai earlier was not wrong. Normally, scattered Yellow Turban bandits could indeed cause greater destruction, but at the same time, it would completely sever the source of their strength.

With five hundred thousand rabble protected by cloud energy, it would be extremely difficult to contend with them without an elite army of at least fifty thousand. But once they dispersed and lost the suppression of their cloud energy, all it would take was a senior general to lead the charge. Even though Cao Cao had few elite troops under his command, they could still kill the Yellow Turban bandits ten to one, leaving these mountain bandits utterly defeated.

"That won't work, will it? If all the Yellow Turban bandits rush over there, won't the army escorting the provisions be in danger?" Xiahou Dun asked with a frown.

"That's why we need to create enough pressure here to keep them from sending so many troops over!" Xi Zhicai continued speaking confidently. "Furthermore, the so-called army escorting the provisions should preferably be disguised as ordinary civilians and used as bait. Once these mountain bandits charge out and think they've achieved a great victory, their formation will be completely thrown into chaos. At that moment, our army can suddenly strike. We'll certainly achieve even better results!"

"By then, even if the enemy has overwhelming numbers, we can still avoid suffering heavy losses."

As for whether the disguised civilians lived or died, Xi Zhicai did not care, and Cao Cao and the others did not mention it either. The plan was settled just like that.

What had blinded Yu Du, Bai Rao, and the others?

Greed!

Although they knew perfectly well that once the army dispersed, its combat strength would drop sharply and give the enemy a