If you want to say which battle in the Three Kingdoms period is more exciting, you must put the "War of Chibi" at the forefront. The wonderful thing about the Battle of Chibi is that it is a battle that wins more with less.
In the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined forces to fight against Cao Cao, with 30,000 troops against 250,000 troops, which is an eight-fold difference in strength. It was originally a war without suspense.
Without Huang Gai and Zhou Yu's fire to turn the situation in Chibi, there would be no subsequent "Three Kingdoms" situation.
Revisit the Battle of Chibi
Since Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the north, Cao Cao gradually unified the north and became a veritable overlord of the north. But this is far from his goal of unifying the world and claiming the king and the emperor.
So Cao Cao rectified his army, marched south, and decided to conquer the world. Most of the various forces in the south are attached to Cao Cao. Some people even heard that Cao Cao was about to fight over, and directly raised a small white flag to surrender to Cao Cao.
Of course there are exceptions, such as Sun Quan in Jiangdong area and Liu Bei who once attached to Cao Cao. Both of them were unwilling to succumb to Cao Cao, and simply assembled their respective armies to fight against Cao Cao.
At this time, Cao Cao was driving the warship and led his army all the way south to Chibi. And Sun Liu's army went upstream to Chibi. The battle of Chibi is about to start.
Zhou Yu urgently convened a meeting of generals, and finally adopted Huang Gai's suggestion to use fire attack to attack Cao Cao. Until the fire was raging, Cao Cao's army was steadily defeated by the fire.
Cao Cao finally realized that he had fallen into the enemy's scheme, but it was too late. Zhou Yu then led the army to attack. Cao Cao was afraid that his foundation would be completely destroyed, so he hurried back to the north with his army.
This is the famous battle of Chibi during the Three Kingdoms period, which was won by 30,000 against 250,000 troops. After the Battle of Chibi, many people remembered Zhou Yu and Zhou Yu's fire on Chibi, but no one remembered Huang Gai who offered Zhou Yu a fire attack.
Huang Gai’s fire attack plan + fraud plan
Facing Cao Cao’s 250,000 army, Sun Liu’s army was of course also very scared. At this time, Huang Gai, Sun Quan's subordinate, put forward a suggestion: "If the enemy is too few, I suggest attacking Cao Cao."
Zhou Yu originally had the intention to use the fire attack, but when he heard Huang Gai's words, he no longer hesitated. Just how do you contact Cao Cao and find a chance to set fire? Huang Gai decided to take risks by himself and surrendered to Cao Cao.
Huang Gai immediately initiated a letter of surrender to Cao Cao in earnest language. Cao Cao had no doubts. Taking the opportunity of surrendering, Huang Gai led a number of warships, pulling a ship of firewood and oil, and slowly approached Cao Cao's army.
When the distance was close enough, Huang Gai lit the ship. With the help of the southeast wind, the fire spread to Cao Cao's army. Due to the fatigue of the boats and cars, Cao Cao had already connected his boats together in order to make the boat more stable and comfortable.
but I did not expect the enemy to use the fire attack cunningly, this time I really can't run. Cao Cao's army was either burnt or flooded, making it vulnerable to a blow. Zhou Yu's subsequent offensive even defeated Cao Jun.
Huang Gai hit an arrow after setting fire and fell into the water accidentally. After Wu's soldiers rescued him, they couldn't recognize Huang Gai, so they put him on the toilet bed. Fortunately, the subordinates in the past heard Huang Gai's voice, which rescued Huang Gai.
(The toilet bed here is actually a toilet, or a way of saying ancient toilet.)
I have to say that the cooperation between Zhou Yu and Huang Gai is perfect. . Without trickery, it would be difficult for Sun Liu's army to win the Battle of Chibi.
What happened when Zhou Yu hit the yellow cover
There is an allegorical saying among folks: "Zhou Yu hits Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer." In fact, this allegorical saying is also related to the Battle of Chibi.
said in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Huang Gai used a trick to surrender. In order to win the trust of Cao Cao, Huang Gai and Zhou Yu acted together. Huang Gai pretended to be at odds with Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai 50 boards, and Huang Gai took this opportunity to surrender to Cao Cao.
When Cao Cao heard about this, he was convinced of Huang Gai's surrender, and then Huang Gai approached Cao Cao and resorted to a fire attack to help Sun Liu's army win the battle of Chibi .
In the "Three Kingdoms" and other official history books, there is no record of "Zhou Yu's attack on the yellow cover". After all, the Battle of Chibi is so famous, if Zhou Yu really fought Huang Gai, there is no need not to record it in history books.
So in history, Zhou Yu did not use yellow cover, and Huang cover did not use bitterness. As for why Cao Cao believed that Huang Gaiken surrendered to him, it was probably because Cao Cao was too arrogant.
Cao Cao took 250,000 troops to defeat Sun Liu's 30,000 troops. He thought in his heart that this battle would be sure to win. In addition, there were a lot of people who surrendered to Cao Cao, and there was no surprise that there was one more yellow cover.
In the final analysis, the victory of the Battle of Chibi, the time, the right place, the harmony of people, everything is very clever. Among them, Huang Gai and Zhou Yu have played a major role.
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