Judging from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Zhuge Liang took refuge in Liu Bei, his first use of troops was the battle of Bowangpo, which is the famous fire-burning Bowangpo. Zhuge Liang commanded Ruo Ding and did a little trick, and he defeated Cao Jun. , Defeated Xiahou Dun’s one hundred thousand army, and solved Liu Bei’s first crisis of war. So what was the battle of Bowangpo?
After Zhuge Liang took refuge in Liu Bei, he had long thought that Cao Cao would send an army to attack Jingzhou, and Liu Bei’s new field was the northernmost front line in Jingzhou. Before Cao Jun came, Zhuge Liang had already started to recruit Liu Bei. As for the training formation, when Xiahou Dun led the Dawan army to invade, Zhuge Liang made arrangements long ago. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led an army as ambush, Liu Feng led an army to set fire, Liu Bei and Zhao Yun As a striker, he lured Xiahou Dun into Bowang City with the defeat.
Xiahou Dun is Cao Cao’s most trusted general and also the head of the Cao army this time. He also has generals such as Yu Jin and Li Dian under his command. Xiahou Dun relies on his strength, many soldiers and broad generals. Liu Bei put it in his eyes and kept chasing Liu Bei. As a result, he was led into the encirclement, and a place where the road was narrow and overgrown with weeds was blocked and set on fire. The result was that Cao Jun was defeated and countless dead. Zhuge Liang's command behind the scenes was the credit of Zhuge Liang. This battle also reversed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's view of Zhuge Liang from doubt to admiration.
At the same time, this is also the first time Zhuge Liang has demonstrated his military ability in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He only used the strategy of fire attack to break Xiahou Dun’s one hundred thousand army, which gave the weak Liu Bei the confidence to confront Cao Cao. You must know Liu Bei. At that time, there were only a few thousand troops, and the strength was a mess.
Because this is Zhuge Liang’s first use of troops, and at the same time he used fire attack, and after Bowangpo in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there have been fires in Xinye and Fire Chibi directed and planned by Zhuge Liang. , There are three fires in total, so later people regarded the new officials as an unwritten agreement that they must release three fires. It was extended that if the new officials want to make a contribution, they must make something beneficial during their first appointment. The work of political achievements is later commonly known as the "three new officials taking office."
But the above content is all the stories recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Since the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is only a novel and does not represent the real history, the fire Bowangpo in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the fire Bowangpo in the real history It's completely different.
The first difference is: the person leading the battle of Bowangpo is different . It is said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Zhuge Liang was led by Zhuge Liang. Actually, the battle of Bowangpo in the real history was led by Liu Bei. In the official history, Zhuge Liang was still living in seclusion in Longzhong and had not yet taken refuge in Liu Bei.
No second point. The same is: the battle of Bowangpo is different. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Zhuge Liang defeated Xiahoudun with fire attack and lure the enemy deeply. Actually, there was no fire attack in the real history. Although there was a scheme to lure Xiahou Dun into the encirclement, fire was not used, only arranged The ambush defeated Xiahou Dun.
The third point is that the reason for the Battle of Bowangpo is different. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Xiahou Dun led an army of 100,000 to attack the new field where Liu Bei is located, and Bowangpo is the only way to go. Actually, in the real history, Liu Bei took advantage of Cao Cao’s fighting in the north and took the initiative to attack Cao Cao’s core area Xu Du, Cao Jun was forced to fight back in Bowang.
Let’s briefly talk about the battle of Bowangpo in real history. This was Liu Beiping’s first big victory in his life, and it was against General Baidi Xiahou Dun (it is said that Xia Houyuan is General Baidi, in fact, Xiahou Dun is also). Xiahoudun was Cao Cao’s most trusted general. Although his military skills were limited, no one could match his actual power and trust. In this battle, Liu Bei led his army to attack Xuchang. At that time, Cao Cao was still far north to conquer Yuan Shao’s remaining forces. , Yu Jin and Li Dian blocked Liu Beijun in Bowang.
Liu Bei confronted Xiahou Dun, using methods of self-destructing the camp, pretending to retreat, and lure the enemy to go deep, and successfully introduced General Baidi Xiahou DunLi Dian also advised Xiahoudun not to pursue Liu Bei. He might be caught in ambush by Liu Bei, but Xiahoudun would not listen. In the end, he was in ambush and he was defeated.
Because Li Dian had long speculated that Liu Bei might be retreating pretendingly, when Xiahou Dun was surrounded by Liu Bei, Li Dian and Yu Jin led the army to rescue Xiahou Dun. At that time, because Liu Bei had few troops, Liu Biao was reluctant to give more. Liu Bei's strength caused Liu Bei's inability to defeat Xiahou Dun and Li Dian at the same time. Otherwise, Xiahou Dun might really kill Liu Bei's men. This battle ended in Liu Bei's victory.
The real battle of Bowangpo did not have Zhuge Liang's participation. Although Xu Shu took refuge in Liu Bei at that time, there is no sign that Xu Shu participated in the battle of Bowangpo, so this battle is still complete. Based on Liu Bei's years of military experience, although the results of victory were not many, for Liu Bei, it was one of the few victories in his life.
