The history of China is a classic history of war, and the five thousand years of war have converged into a magnificent and atmospheric military book. In the history of China, the longest lasting war was the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, which brilliantly stared, plotted and plotted, and contributed to a classic battle.
The novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is based on the theme of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, not only enriches the image of historical figures and makes the Three Kingdoms widely circulated, but also makes many of the classic schemes shine. As a novel that praises Liu And Degrades Cao, Zhuge Liang, as an important role in the Shu Han Clique, will naturally have more space to describe. The Battle of Chibi of the Three Kingdoms, such an important battle, is naturally indispensable to the description of Zhuge Liang. Among them, there is the classic scheme of Zhuge Liang's grass boat borrowing arrows.
However, when Zhuge Liang's grass boat borrowed arrows, why didn't Cao Cao burn the grass boat? Perhaps, only Lu Su saw his shrewdness.
After Cao Cao became the hegemon of the north after the Battle of Guandu, he was eager to pacify the world in one fell swoop, so he raised hundreds of thousands of troops, known as a million troops, to the south. In Jingzhou, which was an outpost, the surrender faction led by Liu Bei surrendered in advance before Cao Cao could call, causing Liu Bei, who was temporarily living in Jingzhou, to continue to flee south.
After Liu Bei surrendered, among the southern princes, the only one who could resist Cao Cao's army was Sun Quan in Jiangdong. In order to revive the dream of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to Jiangdong to persuade Sun Quan to join forces to fight against Cao Cao. After the confucian battle, Zhuge Liang successfully persuaded the Jiangdong Alliance, and it was also at this time that Zhuge Liang entered Zhou Yu's vision.
Zhou Yu, as the governor of Jiangdong, considered himself to be good in military strategy and strategy, and he himself was also a representative of Jiangdong, commanding Jiangdong soldiers to resist Cao Cao. Although Sun Liu was in alliance, the primary and secondary were still divided, and the distinction between the main and secondary of Sun Liu lay in the victory or defeat of Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, the two military and political leaders.
In order to compete for dominance, Zhou Yu made a request to Zhuge Liang to build 100,000 arrows in ten days. Zhou Yu, who was already dominant in military strength, had the meaning of orders to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang, on behalf of Liu Bei, naturally could not be subdued, and proposed that he could hand over 100,000 arrows within three days, and therefore made a military order. In sun and liu's struggle, the success or failure lies in Zhuge Liang's 100,000 arrows.
In Jiangdong, Lu Su, known as an old and good man, was a friend of Zhuge Liang. How to get 100,000 arrows, Zhuge Liang already had an idea. However, the preparation work still needed the help of local courtiers in Jiangdong, which made Zhuge Liang think of Lu Su. Lu Su was also willing to help Zhuge Liang, and brought in soldiers and ships, and according to Zhuge Liang's request, the boats were full of straw people.
On the third day, there was a heavy fog on the river. Zhuge Liang, who was good at astronomy, naturally predicted it, and had already let the soldiers prepare, and sailed the warship towards the Cao Army's water village on the other side of Chibi. In the thick fog, the drumming suddenly broke out, and Cao Cao in the water village was uncertain, and Cao Cao's soldiers were mostly northerners, and the water army still lacked fire and did not dare to attack easily. Suspicious of Cao Cao, he decided to have the soldiers shoot arrows at the sound of drums, relying on a large area of arrows to cover and destroy the enemy.
However, it is strange that ancient ships were built of wood, and if you want to destroy ships, rockets should be the first choice. And the fire of the rocket can also dispel the fog and find the enemy, why does Cao Cao not use the rocket?
In fact, this should take into account that Cao Cao's soldiers are mostly northerners and are not good at water warfare. The water village is made of wood again, if the operation is not careful, the rocket has not been shot, and the leaked Mars may burn the water village and nearby warships. And the river surface is foggy, if the enemy is a flexible boat, if the boat carries fire, rushing towards the water village, it will inevitably cause a lot of losses.
Zhuge Liang was evaluated in history as a multi-wise and near-demon, so when he made a military order three days ago, Zhuge Liang had already predicted the weather. Coupled with the analysis of Cao Junshi's soldiers and the understanding of Cao Cao's personality, Zhuge Liang has concluded that this time, it is bound to harvest 100,000 arrows.
As Zhuge Liang's friend, Lu Su naturally knew Zhuge Liang very well. Even Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang's enemy later, knew that Zhuge Liang had used scheming all his life to seek stability, and he never did anything that he was not sure of, so how could Lu Su, as a friend, not understand Zhuge Liang? Lu Su had already seen Zhuge Liang's shrewdness, so he dared to go with Zhuge Liang on a warship to borrow arrows.
At the end of the straw boat borrowing arrows, Zhuge Liang, in order to solve the threat of Cao Cao's water army, also made the soldiers shout "Xie Cao Xiang xiang gifted arrows." This is actually Zhuge Liang's shrewdness.
In itself, Cao Cao's subordinates were mostly northerners, and their combat strength was greatly reduced due to the disobedience of water and soil, and they had to overcome difficulties to train into a water army, and morale was bound to be low. The morale of the army was maintained by Cao Cao's personal prestige, and if Cao Cao was a scheming, it would inevitably affect the morale of the whole army. In order to maintain his personal prestige, Cao Cao naturally could not admit to the plan, which required someone to be the scapegoat, and Cai Mao Zhang Yun, who commanded the water army, Had cao had to be killed.
Zhuge Liangcao's boat borrowing arrows can be described as killing three birds with one stone. First, it proved that Liu Bei was qualified as an ally of Jiangdong. Second, cao cao's arrows were consumed and 100,000 arrows were harvested at the same time. The third was to force Cao Cao to kill the admiral of the water army and weaken the combat effectiveness of Cao Cao's soldiers. It is no wonder that zhuge Liang's history is so highly evaluated, and he is evaluated as a multi-wise and near-demon.