Pang Tong used a serial meter to connect Cao Cao's large and small warships together to build a large "aircraft carrier" as smooth as land, and at that time, it was really beyond reproach. This aircraft carrier, the soldiers stand on it, there is no sense of bumps, walking like walking on the ground, how good!
Everyone said in unison, only Cheng Yu stood up and mentioned that if Eastern Wu attacked with fire, wouldn't it be a cocoon to bind itself, and it would be too late to escape? Is Cheng Yu's remark a bit redundant? Of course not, as a strategist, you must know everything and say everything. Whether Cao Cao thought of this layer or not, Cheng Yu proposed that it should be divided.
Sure enough, Cao Cao immediately said that he had already thought about this problem. Let's look at the forty-ninth time in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "The Seven Stars Altar Zhuge Sacrifice Wind, Sanjiangkou Zhou Yu Arson":
Cheng Yuyue: "The ships are all chained, and the solid is stable." But if he attacks with fire, it will be difficult to avoid and must not be defended. Cao laughed and said, "Although Cheng Zhongde has far-sighted considerations, he still has something he can't see." Xun Youyue: "Zhongde's words are very true, why did the minister laugh at them?" Cao Said: "Whoever attacks with fire will be powered by the wind." Fang this is the middle of winter, but there is a northwest wind, and ann has a southeast wind. I live in the northwest, and his soldiers are on the south shore, and if he uses fire, he burns his own soldiers, why should I be afraid? If it is the time of spring in October, I have already prepared it. All the generals bowed to him: "The prime minister is highly seen, and the people are not enough." "Qing, Xu, Yan, and Daizhi are not accustomed to taking boats." Now that this is not the plan, can Ann be involved in the dangers of the river? ”
From Cao Cao's words, we can see his conceit and heroism, and we also see his helplessness. Cao Cao's conceit comes from his understanding and consideration of the art of war. What others considered, he took into account; What others can't think about, he also considered. Everyone else was worried about the Eastern Wu fire attack, but no one had seen the northwest wind blowing in winter, not the southeast wind. This layer, even Zhou Yu did not consider. When Zhou Yu was inspecting the troops, he was reminded by the military flag fluttering in the wind, and only then did he think of this layer, and Zhou Yu fainted on the spot. It can be seen that Cao Cao's strategy is a little more advanced than Zhou Yu's, and he has long considered the problem of the northwest wind; Zhou Yu, on the other hand, needed a reminder from Daqi. However, neither of them seemed to be as smart as me, so I thought that there might not be a single southeast wind in winter? In other words, I must have taken this low probability possibility into account in order to achieve foolproof.
Cao Cao was proud that the winter only blew the northwest wind; Zhou Yu was sad. Without the southeast wind, the fire attack plan could not be implemented, and Huang Gai's false surrender was basically meaningless. Then, Cao Cao's 830,000 troops were a behemoth, and the combined forces of Eastern Wu and Liu Bei were only 50,000 or 60,000, how to fight? Isn't that a mantis arm as a car? Therefore, if you want to defeat Cao Cao, you must rely on external forces, that is, the power of nature. But the seasonal reason, "the east wind does not and Zhou Lang ben" ah!
Cao Cao's conceit is that he has gained the heavens; When the geographical advantage was inconvenient, there was Also Pang Tong's plan to chain warships as smooth as land, which was equivalent to obtaining geographical advantages again; now Huang Gai was walking on the sunshine avenue where he had come to surrender, and Gan Ning was also dissatisfied with Zhou Yu at any time, and Zhang Zhao and other courtiers could return to their hearts. Isn't that just people? Heaven, place, people and people are all there, why didn't Cao Cao launch an attack, what was he waiting for?
From the beginning of the campaign against Liu Bei in Xinye in July of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, to the current Month of Lap, it lasted nearly half a year. It took more than a month to capture Xinye and Liu Chun,000, and in the remaining four or five months, Liu Bei was busy connecting sun quan, what was Cao Cao doing? Why didn't he destroy Liu Bei in one fell swoop, and then use his "aircraft carrier" battle group to transport soldiers across the river, more than 800,000 troops, one person and one foot, and not even set foot in Jiangdong? What is Cao Cao waiting for?
Of course, Cao Cao's level was not below me, and I could think of it, and his old man must have thought of it too. It is: what to do if the occasional southeast wind blows? Even if the southeast wind occasionally blows, Dongwu can't go to his own village or set fire to a big boat, right? Besides, arson requires the preparation of firearms, sulfur, and so on, so how can Dongwu think that there will be a southeast wind in winter and prepare for arson in advance? Unfortunately, Dongwu really thought of it, and everything was ready, only the East Wind was owed. Cao Cao's mistake lies in this, and he should think again: Once he is ready to go to Wu, people will wait for the occasional southeast wind, what should they do?
This is what is in the art of war:
The real is virtual, and the virtual is real; The real is real, and the virtual is flexible.
Hua Rong dao, Zhuge Liang used "real people real"; The empty city plan is actually "the virtual is real"; Burning Xinye is "virtual and virtual"; dead Zhuge retreats to live Zhongda, is "real and virtual", in short, it is virtual and real, making it difficult to distinguish between true and false, so as to make a calculation. Zhuge Liang is a master of using virtual reality.
Cao Cao thought of everything, what was he waiting for? Is it to wait and see if the low-probability southeast wind in winter can come? Of course not, Cao Cao is waiting for eight words: Zhou Gong spits and feeds, and the world returns to the heart!
This is the ideal realm that Cao Cao wants to achieve at the moment.
I'm no longer the impulsive and reckless Cao Ah Secret; He is no longer the traitor whose hands are full of blood; Not to mention the one-man thief who slaughtered the city at every turn... Now that I have become a great hero in pacifying the north, I want to be the Duke of Zhou who assists Zhou, not the usurper Wang Mang. Even if the situation forced me, I really can't do it, even if it is difficult to be a King wen of Zhou, I will definitely not be the King of Wu. Liu Bei, Liu Bei, why don't you understand my heart, do you have to grind with me to the end? You are now at the end of the road, but as long as you come to vote for me and confess your mistake to me, I can still open up to you and not blame you in the past.
What is life like for wine? For example, the morning dew, going to the day is more bitter. It is unforgettable to be worried. How to relieve worries? Only Du kang. Qingqing Zizhen, leisurely my heart. Yo yo deer singing, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and trumpeters. As bright as the moon, when can it be hammered? Sorrow comes from it, and it cannot be broken. The more strange it is, the more useless it is. Talk about the feast, and remember the old grace. Moon stars are rare, and black magpies fly south. Three turns around the tree, no branches to rely on. The mountains are not tired of being high, and the water is not tired of being deep. Zhou Gong spits and feeds, and the world returns to its heart.
Liu Fu, the Assassin of Yangzhou, could not understand Cao Cao's poems, but accused Cao Cao of not saying such decadent words when this soldier was using his life, which was too unlucky. In a fit of rage, Cao Cao stabbed Liu Fu to death. Cao Cao's anger was, of course, due to the over-interpretation of Liu Fu.
How could Liu Fu know such a scene as "Qi Kuo talked about the feast, thinking of the old grace"? "The moon star is rare, and the black magpie flies south." Three turns around the tree, no branches to rely on", this is clearly a pity and sympathy for Liu Bei's situation, liu Fu actually interpreted it as unlucky. What the fuck is this level?
Cao Cao was waiting for Liu Bei's repentance, for the submission of The Eastern Wu people, and for the people of Jiangdong to welcome them.
Cao Cao was also a little helpless, because he found that some soldiers were not satisfied with the soil and water, and their heads were hunched over all day, and their spirits were not strong, and they seemed to be seriously ill.
Cao Cao was more confident, and militarily he achieved the highest realm of "a soldier who yielded without fighting"; politically, he wanted to realize the highest ideal of "Zhou Gong spitting and feeding, and the world returning to the heart".
So he is giving Liu Bei a chance, giving Sun Quan a chance, giving Jiangdong Zhongwenwu a chance, giving Guan Yu and Zhou Yu a chance, giving Zhuge Liang a chance, giving the people of Jiangdong a chance...
Cao Cao's million-strong army suppressed the territory, but it did not start, leaving the opportunity to others, but he was deceived and lost the biggest opportunity to unify the world. Someone said:
"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the ground!"; Some people also say: "The country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to move!" ”
At this time, Cao Cao treated people with the heart of a Buddha, but the people of the world did not necessarily see him with a Buddha's eyes. Because before that, because he had killed too much, he still couldn't jump out of the barrier of cause and effect.
Poor Cao Cao, a Buddha's heart turned into a bubble! On the great river, tens of thousands of soldiers are about to fly with flesh and blood! Therefore, to establish a good image, it is necessary to have a beginning and an end. If there is a beginning and no end, the previous achievements are abandoned; if there is no beginning and an end, no one believes!