In the preparation process for the Battle of Chibi, because Zhuge Liang showed extraordinary ability, Zhou Yu repeatedly wanted to kill Zhuge Liang, and designed several traps to prepare to take the opportunity to get rid of Zhuge Liang.
Although Zhuge Liang had defused the crisis several times with his own ingenuity, why did Zhuge Liang deliberately oppose Zhou Yu again and again when he knew Zhou Yu's attitude toward himself, provoking Zhou Yu's anger and making Zhou Yu have to get rid of himself and then hurry?
First, the killing heart has begun
The first time Zhuge Liang met Zhou Yu, it aroused Zhou Yu's murderous heart. The cause of the incident was that Zhuge Liang saw that Sun Quan only reluctantly agreed to go to war with Cao Cao, and did not make up his mind in his heart, so he warned Zhou Yu to let Sun Quan make up his mind first. In this way, the command will not be affected by hesitation in future wars.
When Zhou Yu found out that Sun Quan really thought so, he had the idea of getting rid of Zhuge Liang. After following Lu Su's advice and sending Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin to persuade him to surrender, Zhou Yu decided to kill Zhuge Liang. Of course, Zhuge Liang at this time did not know Zhou Yu's thoughts.
But then, Zhou Yu put the idea of getting rid of Zhuge Liang into action. In order to find a reasonable way to get rid of Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang to rob Cao Cao's grain and grass. This is an impossible task, and it is almost impossible to ask who wants to come back alive. Of course, someone as smart as Zhuge Liang could see at a glance what Zhou Yu was really thinking, and of course he had to find a way to escape this fate.
Second, provocative
Originally, Zhuge Liang was not a general of Eastern Wu, and was basically a guest in Eastern Wu, and according to Zhuge Liang's ingenuity and clever tongue, he could push this matter to the past, but Zhuge Liang did not adopt such a method. Instead, he borrowed Lu Su's mouth to arouse Zhou Yu's competitive spirit and let Zhou Yu give up this task himself.
However, afterwards, Zhuge Liang told Lu Su his idea of provoking Zhou Yu, which aroused Zhou Yu's determination to get rid of Zhuge Liang even more.
At this time, perhaps Zhuge Liang also believed that the two sides should cooperate sincerely and should not be suspicious of each other, so he said his own words.
However, borrowing Zhuge Liang deliberately said that he broke Zhou Yu's counter-plan to kill Cai Mao, deliberately changed the time for borrowing arrows from the grass boat from ten days to three days, and saw through the bitter meat plan, etc., all aroused Zhou Yu's determination to kill Zhuge Liang, coupled with Zhuge Liang's miraculous performance of borrowing the East Wind, Zhou Yu's killing of Zhuge Liang basically became an unchangeable task.
Then, since Zhuge Liang had already seen Zhou Yu's intentions when Zhou Yu asked him to rob the army's food, why did Zhuge Liang stimulate Zhou Yu again and again and let Zhou Yu find a way to get rid of himself?
Third, good intentions
In fact, these are Zhuge Liang's good intentions. In Zhuge Liang's mind, these were all necessary to use the Battle of Chibi to realize Liu Bei's clique strategy.
According to the strategy set by Zhuge Liang in Longzhong, Liu Bei should take advantage of Liu Biao's death to occupy Jingzhou and gain a place. However, due to Liu Bei's so-called benevolence and abandonment of the opportunity, Liu Bei was chased and killed by Cao Cao all the way, and almost destroyed the entire army at Changshanpo, missing the opportunity to realize the strategy.
At this time, Liu Bei's troops had basically been lost, leaving only a few tens of thousands of troops in Liu Qi's hands, and if he wanted to realize the plan to occupy Jingzhou, he must unite with Sun Quan of Eastern Wu to defeat Cao Cao and then take the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou. All of this required Liu Bei's clique not to lose troops in the Battle of Chibi, and to quickly take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou after the Battle of Chibi. This required Liu Bei's troops not to participate in the frontal attack, but to be able to deploy in advance according to their own ideas, which required Liu Bei's army not to participate in frontal battles.
However, as a coalition army, Liu Bei's side did not participate in the battle, obviously there was no reason, so Zhuge Liang could only rely on his own ability to arouse Zhou Yu's competitive spirit, so that Zhou Yu gambled that he should not rely on Liu Bei's strength, and that he could win victory with only Eastern Wu himself, so that Liu Bei's army could wait for work and pick fruits.
In fact, in addition to planning how to defeat Cao Cao, the later Zhou Yu was thinking about how to be wise with Zhuge Liang, so when the war broke out, Zhou Yu never asked Liu Bei's army to participate in the battle, or even did not respond.
This is the reason why Zhuge Liang deliberately fought against Zhou Yu, and it is obvious that Zhuge Liang has won a comprehensive victory both on the surface and in essence.