To say that in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the battle that can best prove that Zhuge Liang is like a god is the Battle of Chibi, which is a battle in which Eastern Wu and the Shu Kingdom joined forces to fight against Cao Wei. This battle seriously injured Cao Cao' vitality, and then he recuperated for 5 years. It was also because of this campaign that the Shu and Wu kingdoms achieved unprecedented development. It is no exaggeration to say that the Battle of Chibi laid the foundation for the subsequent establishment of the Three Kingdoms.
In the Battle of Chibi, it was Zhuge Liang who made the greatest contribution, and his strategy was vividly displayed in this battle. If it weren't for his tongue fighting the crowd and angering Zhou Yu, the Battle of Chibi might not have started. In addition, Zhuge Liang watched the sky at night, cleverly borrowed the east wind, and used fire to attack as the key to the final victory.
However, the most famous of these many schemes was the straw boat borrowing arrows on the eve of the Battle of Chibi. When it comes to the cause of the grass boat borrowing arrows, it is nothing more than Zhou Yu's jealousy. At that time, Zhou Yu was afraid that Zhuge Liang was stronger than himself, so he deliberately harassed Zhuge Liang and proposed to build 100,000 arrows for the army within 3 days. However, Zhou Yu clearly underestimated Zhuge Liang's talents.
Of course, if the craftsmen are allowed to build normally, 100,000 arrows in 3 days, even if they mobilize skilled craftsmen across the country, they will not be able to do it. Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, agreed with all his mouth and was very confident. Lu Su, who was caught between Eastern Wu and the Shu kingdom at that time, was very embarrassed, and at the same time worried about Zhuge Liang.
In the end, Zhuge Liang borrowed more than twenty empty ships from Lu Su and unloaded all the huge and detailed ships on the ship and filled them with straw men. There are thousands of straw men on each ship. After the preparations were completed, Zhuge Liang deliberately picked a foggy weather, led more than 100 Wu troops, and took advantage of the hazy fog to sail towards Cao Cao's fleet.
As a result, Cao Cao, who could not distinguish between the real and the unreal, also thought that it was a great enemy pressing the territory, and it was a random shot for the archers to shoot at these straw people. In this way, Zhuge Liang successfully borrowed 100,000 good arrows.
Here, some people may have doubts. At that time, Zhuge Liang could think of attacking Cao Cao with fire, so why couldn't Cao Cao think of shooting Zhuge Liang with a rocket? Moreover, this boat full of straw people, the rocket is on the ground, and zhuge liang will have no place to run when he wants to.
In fact, how could this not have been thought of by Zhuge Liang, who was sure that Cao Cao did not dare to attack with fire. So, why didn't Cao Cao dare to attack with fire?
Because the Cao army was basically stationed in the north at that time, whether it was water-based or capable of driving ships, it was far inferior to the Eastern Wu army that had been crawling and rolling on the Yangtze River for many years. After they arrived at Chibi, they still followed the old clique of the north, tying all the ships together with iron chains to create a feeling of indestructibility. But this has a fatal disadvantage, that is, it is unable to react quickly when attacked by fire.
Cao Cao naturally knew this, and he would never dare to attack with fire. One is the fear of operational mistakes igniting oneself, and the other is the fear of leaking tactics to the enemy. Moreover, even if he really shot a rocket at Zhuge Liang at that time, Zhuge Liang was not afraid. His ships were already approaching Cao Ying, and as soon as they caught fire, these 20 ships would be like 20 fire bombs and would rush straight to Cao Ying. If Cao Cao had rushed to attack with fire, he would only lift a stone and drop it on his own feet.
I had to admire Zhuge Liang's clever calculations and think of all the ways for Cao Cao to retreat. Lu Su, who learned of Kong Ming's intentions, was also quite impressed, and couldn't help but admire that Zhuge Liang was really shrewd.
And the same Eastern Wu heavy minister, Zhou Yu saw that Zhuge Liang delivered 100,000 arrows on schedule, his face turned green, and at the same time, he looked up at the sky and sighed, "Both Shengyu and He Shengliang." In the end, he was killed alive at the age of 36. It can be seen that talent is important, but the broad mind can not be ignored.