Fire on Bowangpo
After Liu Beisan Gu Maolu invited Zhuge Liang out, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Huan to raise a hundred thousand troops to kill him, and Kong Ming, in the case of unfavorable factors in all aspects, returned from the two major defeats of Cao's army in Bowangpo, and truly established his position in Liu Guanzhang's heart. But why did the first battle after this mountain choose Bowangpo, and under what unfavorable factors did Kong Ming fight this battle? Let's try to analyze it.
Headwinds
I. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's dissatisfaction and resistance
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei themselves did not have a sense of nervousness about this battle, on the contrary, they had a feeling of showing their fists and feet. The reason why they have such a reaction is because their love for Liu Guanzhang is limited to brotherly love, and they have given themselves all to Liu Bei and this love, when the relationship between Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei transcends this love, it will stimulate their jealousy, especially Liu Bei often hangs on the lips of the fish, which makes him very insecure about it, and there is a feeling that the big brother no longer needs them and is robbed by others.
In addition, Liu Beisan's performance in Gu Maolu was very incomprehensible to two extremely pragmatic and very proud military generals. In the past, when Taoyuan was righteous and established brotherhood and righteousness so quickly, but please a Zhuge Liang did not say three times in a row, and once higher than the specifications, the contrast between the establishment of this cooperative relationship and taoyuan jieyi was too great, and in their thinking, even if a military division has the ability, the war is mainly dependent on the general, so their understanding of the position determines that they cannot understand Liu Bei's urgent need for Kong Ming, and naturally cannot accept Kong Ming's superiority. Therefore, their resistance to Zhuge Liang is very strong.
Second, the disparity in military strength between Cao and Liu
Cao Cao had just unified the north, his troops were well fed, his military strength was strong, and his morale was high, while Liu Bei was defending the land of Xinye Projectiles, and he could not compete with Cao Cao in terms of food and morale, plus he had just come out of the mountains, and he knew that there would not be too many people who knew him, and there had not been any head-on confrontation with Cao Jun, so Cao Cao and the generals of Cao Jun would not have any fear of him psychologically.
Third, Liu Bei's uneasiness
Although Liu Bei believed in Zhuge Liang's strategic vision and strategic thinking, he never really worked together, so his trust and understanding of Zhuge Liang only stayed at the level of language and thought. The two armies are fighting, but it is a real thing, Liu Bei is not anxious and worried, it is impossible for Liu Bei to have no anxiety and worry, Kong Ming he Xuren, it is impossible to feel it from Liu Bei's words and demeanor, and Liu Bei not only has this feeling himself, but also transmits this feeling of his to the following, so Liu Bei did not overly reproach Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for their rudeness and dissatisfaction.
The resistance and dissatisfaction of the important generals below, the uneasiness of their own direct leadership, and the strength of the enemy, these unfavorable factors will indeed cause great obstacles and pressures to others, but for Kong Ming, it is another meaning.
Reasons for choosing Bowangpo
When Kong Ming invited Liu Bei to investigate the terrain of Bowangpo, he had already decided that if Cao Jun attacked, he would choose this place as the site of war, but Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's understanding was that if Cao Jun attacked, he would also go straight to Xinye, how could he go to Bowangpo. Also, when Xiahou Huan led his troops to come and reached the crossroads, if it were not for Zhao Yun and Liu Bei's two temptations, Xiahou Huan would not have entered Bowangpo, based on the above, it shows that Kong Ming deliberately chose Bowangpo as the strategic place this time, so why would Kong Ming choose his first battle in Liu Bei's group at Bowangpo?
First, Bowangpo's unique geographical advantages and the military disparity between the enemy and the enemy
Bowangpo Road is narrow and long, with mountains and forests on both sides, which can occupy strategic commanding heights for ambush and can also use mountain forests for concealment. Once the 100,000-strong army enters, it turns its advantage of being too many people into a disadvantage of not being flexible enough. In addition, Liu has few soldiers and cannot directly confront the 100,000 troops, but by taking advantage of the favorable terrain of Bowangpo, the disadvantage of few people can be turned into an advantage. Once the advantages and disadvantages of both sides have changed, then using the characteristics of fire attack, all the advantages occupied by Liu Jun can be more vividly exerted, and the disadvantages of the enemy army will also make it more passive and dead.
2. Bowangpo's name
Zhuge Liang, as an outstanding politician and military expert, is known for his own wisdom, such astronomy and geography, and all aspects of his work will be taken into account, and the name of "Bowangpo" itself is very auspicious. "Bowang" means that it will win the expectations of the public and live up to expectations, and "slope" shows that it is now going to go uphill, and for a person whose career has just started, it must go uphill. Sangu Maolu let Kong Ming put himself in a very high position in the hearts of the world, so that the world has high expectations and curiosity about him, so the first battle after coming out of the mountain is not only to become famous, but also to let others remember this battle forever in a very auspicious place. In view of all this, he chose the place of Bowangpo.
Even in the face of many unfavorable factors, Zhuge Kongming not only occupied a complete initiative in the entire war, but also regarded Cao Jun's army as a grass mustard, so that Cao Jun did not dare to act rashly when he heard Zhuge Liang's name; he also let Liu Bei completely let go of the heart he was hanging on; and let Guan Yu and Zhang Feigan bow to the wind and wait for dispatch; he also let himself really gain a foothold in Liu Bei's clique. How many tests will wait for him next, we will wait and see!
This article is selected from the old version of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series.