We all know that the Battle of Chibi was defeated by Cao Cao, but Cao Cao also had many strategists, how could he not see through the beginning of the Battle of Chibi, let's take a look.
Cao Cao was blindly arrogant
The first reason is that Cao Cao is blindly arrogant, and cao Cao's image in people's minds is sinister and cunning, he is scheming and invincible. At that time, he also thought that the other party might attack with fire, so he also went to survey the terrain. He thought that if Zhou Yu adopted the strategy of fire attack, they would kill themselves.
Because they were in the downwind direction, using the fire attack strategy would burn to their own camp, so he thought that this was a small probability event, and Zhou Yu Zhuge Liang could not adopt this tactic. Unless the southeast wind blows, it may still hurt Cao Cao. But the chances of this happening are so small that they can be largely ignored. Cao Cao had already firmed up his thoughts, and the strategists under his hands did not dare to say anything more.
Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, as Sun Quan and Liu Bei's subordinates, naturally also took this situation into account. Knowing themselves and knowing each other, they also guessed Cao Cao's mentality, so they planned to make a desperate bet. In addition, Zhuge Liang observed the southeast wind that day by observing the celestial signs, so the dead horse was used as a living horse doctor, and it was possible to defeat Cao Cao with this method, if it was hard, it would only be a failure. Maybe it was the love of heaven, this time it really made Zhuge Liang defeat Cao Cao.
Xu Shu of Xiang Cao Wei and Pang Tong under Liu Bei were good friends. Xu Shu also observed the hints of the Battle of Chibi, and after communicating with Pang Tong, he did not tell Cao Cao. Moreover, Xu Shu was forced to defect to Cao Cao, and he had promised not to advise Cao Cao, so even if he had ideas, he did not say them.
Such an analysis is still very reasonable, and everyone thinks why it has not been seen