Wolong Zhuge Liang, why can he really borrow the east wind?
The reason why Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind was actually because he had a good foundation in geography and was good at analyzing the general weather conditions. Through reasoning about geographical trends and weather predictions, he finally learned that a southeasterly wind would blow in a few days, so he pretended to set up a spiritual platform and perform magic to borrow the east wind. It also expresses Zhuge Liang's character of being knowledgeable and capable of applying what he has learned.
To say that Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind happened in the famous Battle of Chibi at that time. At that time, Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 people and wanted to attack Sun Quan through the Chibi River. However, most of Cao Cao's troops could not swim, so it was more difficult for them to fight on the water. However, their large numbers were enough to give Sun Quan a headache, so he invited Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others to help. The general who led the charge at Soochow was Zhou Yu as the coach.
After consultation among the three people, they planned to have Cao Cao's army use each boat to connect and cross the river together. I originally wanted to use this to burn all the ships, but a few days before Cao Cao's army was about to attack, the wind was blowing from the southwest. This kind of wind direction could not achieve the effect of annihilating Cao Cao's army in one fell swoop. May allow Cao Cao to successfully attack Soochow. Zhou Yu felt a headache because of this incident and even fell ill in bed. After Zhuge Liang learned about this, he began to observe the terrain of Chibi and the weather forecast for the past few days.
Sure enough, the hard work paid off. After Zhuge Liang’s research, he discovered that there would be a southeast wind blowing in a few days. If you take this opportunity to burn the ships, Cao Jun will definitely be wiped out in one fell swoop. Therefore, in order to relieve Zhou Yu's worries, he told Zhou Yu that he could borrow the southeast wind and let him wait for the battle in a few days with peace of mind. Sure enough, at the beginning of the war, Zhuge Liang began to set up a platform to really borrow the southeast wind, causing Cao Cao's 800,000-strong army to be wiped out. And Zhuge Liang's case of borrowing the east wind further mythologized Zhuge's identity as military advisor.