Briefly describe a story that shows Zhuge Liang's "many wisdom and almost a demon"
Borrowing the East Wind:
After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and unified the north, in 208 AD, Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 troops stationed in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, preparing to attack Liu Biao and then move eastward along the Yangtze River. , defeated Sun Quan and unified the world. Liu Biao's son Liu Cong was cowardly and incompetent and surrendered without a fight.
In 208 AD, Cao Cao incorporated Liu Biao's tribe and advanced to the Yangtze River with a claimed 800,000-strong army, stationed in Chibi in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. He attempted to defeat Liu Bei and then attack Sun Quan.
At this time, Liu Bei was stationed in Fancheng. He heard that Cao Cao's army was heading south and decided to retreat to Jiangling. Cao Cao rushed to Xiangyang and heard that Liu Bei was retreating to Jiangling. He also found out that Liu Biao had accumulated a large amount of military supplies in Jiangling. He was afraid that Liu Bei would occupy them, so he personally led 5,000 light cavalry to chase Liu Bei. Liu Bei's men and horses were rushed and killed by Cao Cao's cavalry.
After being defeated by Cao Cao's army, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to Chaisang to meet Sun Quan on the way to retreat, hoping to persuade Sun Quan to resist Cao Cao together. It happened that Sun Quan was afraid that Jingzhou would be occupied by Cao Cao, and wanted to join Liu Bei in resisting Cao Cao.
Zhuge Liang said to Sun Quan: "Although General Liu was defeated for a while, he still has 20,000 water troops. Although Cao Cao has many soldiers and horses, he has been chasing them for a long time, and the soldiers are exhausted. Besides, the northerners are not used to water. The people of Jingzhou are not convinced.
As long as we work together, we will be able to defeat Cao Jun." Sun Quan was overjoyed, so he appointed Zhou Yu as the chief general and Cheng Pu as the deputy general, leading 30,000 elite naval troops. Together with Liu Bei's army stationed in Fankou, they mobilized about 50,000 people to march west along the Yangtze River to meet Cao's army.
At that time, both Sun Quan and Liu Bei had very few troops, while Cao Cao had an overwhelming advantage due to his large number of troops and generals. Liu Bei's military advisor Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan's general Zhou Yu discussed strategies to defeat the enemy. They both agreed that only fire attack could defeat Cao Cao.
Zhou Yu used a counter-intuitive strategy and asked Cao Cao to kill Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, generals in Cao's army who were familiar with water warfare and could resist them. Zhou Yu also asked Pang Tong to make a fake plan and deceive Cao Jun into connecting the warships together. Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai again and asked the veteran general to use the "bitter meat trick" to pretend to surrender to Cao Cao.
But when everything was ready, Zhou Yu found that Cao Cao's ships were parked in the northwest of the river, while his own ships were on the south bank. It was winter at this time, and there was only a northwest wind. If a fire attack was used, not only would Cao Cao not be burned, but his own head would be burned. Only a southeast wind could launch a fire attack on Cao Cao's army.
Zhou Yu became seriously ill and bedridden. Only military strategist Zhuge Liang knew what was going on. He claimed to have a secret recipe that could cure Zhou Yu's illness. Zhuge Liang visited Zhou Yu and wrote out the prescription: If you want to defeat Duke Cao, you should attack with fire. Everything is ready except for the east wind.
Zhou Yu was shocked when he saw it, and thought: Zhuge Liang is really a god: Since his mind had been guessed by Zhuge Liang, he asked for advice on how to defeat the enemy.
Zhuge Liang had rich knowledge of astronomy and meteorology. He predicted that the southeast wind would blow for several days in the near future, so he said to Zhou Yu: I have the magic to make wind and rain, and I will lend you the southeast wind for three days and three nights. What do you think?
Zhou Yu said happily: "Don't talk about three days and three nights, just one night of strong southeast wind, and the big thing will be successful."
Zhou Yu ordered his subordinates to prepare for all fire attacks, waiting for Zhuge Liang to borrow the east wind and advance immediately. Zhuge Liang asked Zhou Yu to build the Seven-Star Altar on Nanping Mountain, then go up to the altar to burn incense, chanting words and pretending to call for wind and rain.
At three o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhou Yu suddenly heard the wind blowing and the flag moving. Zhou Yu hurriedly walked out of the military tent to watch. A strong southeast wind really blew, and he quickly ordered a fire attack. Taking advantage of the wind, Huang Gai took the boat and rushed into Cao Jun's water stronghold and set fire to it.
Cao Jun’s ship array quickly burned down. In the blink of an eye, it had burned into a sea of fire. Not only the water stronghold was burned down, but also the camp on the bank was on fire. Sun and Liu's coalition took advantage of the situation to attack, causing most of Cao's troops to be killed or wounded.
In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao suffered heavy losses. At this point, the situation of the Three Kingdoms has basically formed.
Extended information:
In the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Xiangyang Longzhong. He was guided by Xu Shu to Liu Bei. Later, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times and came out of the mountain. He was not attracted by Guan Yu at first. Zhang Fei was optimistic about it, and after burning Bowangpo, Guan Zhang was sincerely convinced of Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness.
Cao Cao's army went south, and Liu Bei's army retreated from Jiangxia. Before leaving, Zhuge Liang set up an ambush to flood and burn Cao Cao's army. Then as an envoy, he went to Jiangdong to fight with the Confucian scholars and persuaded Sun Quan and Liu Bei to form an alliance to fight against Cao Cao.
Cooperated with Zhou Yu, but the battle of wits and courage burned Chibi. He also expected that Zhou Yu wanted to harm him, so he asked Zhao Yun to drive a boat to meet him in advance. After returning to Liu Bei's camp, he dispatched Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun to pursue Cao Cao and planned There are allusions to Guan Yu and Huarong Dao.
After Cao Cao was defeated, Zhuge Liang used a trick to attack Jiangling, which Zhou Yu had captured immediately. After counterattacking Jingzhou, he saw through Zhou Yu's fake plan to destroy Guo, and angered Zhou Yu to death, causing Zhou Yu to say before he died: " How can there be brightness when there is beauty?"
Liu Bei defeated Pang Tong when he entered Sichuan. Zhuge Liang, who was stationed in Jingzhou, told Guan Yu to "alliance with Sun Wu in the east and resist Cao Cao in the north." He led Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals into Sichuan to support him, and took advantage of the situation to capture Chengdu, and then participated in the During the battle for Hanzhong, he and his ministers persuaded Liu Bei to proclaim himself king.
After Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, he pretended to be ill to persuade Liu Bei to proclaim himself emperor. After Liu Bei failed to conquer Wu, he entrusted Zhuge Liang with his son, and asked Liu Chan and his two younger brothers Liu Yong and Liu Li to recognize Zhuge Liang as their father-in-law.
Not long after Liu Chang came to the throne, Sima Yi of Cao Wei used a plan to arrange five armies to attack the Shu Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang defeated all the five armies without leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion. Then he mobilized his troops and sent seven generals to capture Meng Huo and pacify Nanzhong. However, when the Wutu bones were burned, he felt that the killing was too much and would damage his life.
After accumulating enough strength, Zhuge Liang led his army to the Northern Expedition and left the Qishan Mountains six times. Although he achieved considerable results, he failed to achieve the goal of conquering the Central Plains and reviving the Han Dynasty. Before the end of his life, he planted seven-star lanterns. The formation continued to live, but Wei Yan accidentally put out the lights. He passed on what he had learned in his life and made a plan with Jiang Wei before he died.
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