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Along the Yangtze River, there are historical celebrities such as Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang. First of all, Battle of Red Cliffs and Liu Bei were forced to escape by Cao Cao's troops, and this escape was made with the cooperation of Sun Quan. After Liu Bei and Sun Quan formed an alliance, Cao Cao wrote to Sun Quan, saying that he led 80 Wan Shuijun to hunt in Wu.
Sun Quan's troops read this letter and thought that they should not resist, because the strength gap was too great, but Lu Su and Sun Quan didn't think so. They think their geographical position is favorable (the Yangtze River is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack).
And give up without fighting, and have no face to face the elders in Jiangdong. Therefore, Sun Quan recalled Zhou Yu in Fanyang, and Zhou Yu also agreed with them, and also analyzed the reasons for Sun Quan's resistance in more detail. Therefore, Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and Lu Su as the main commanders of this campaign.
The famous fire in Chibi occurred because Cao Cao's soldiers were mainly good at land fighting, and they were very tired and even seasick in water fighting, so the stern of one ship was connected with the bow of another ship to reduce the sloshing of the ship.
When Huang Gai, a subordinate of Zhou Yu, saw this scene, he had an idea in an instant, and that was to attack with fire. They lied about surrendering, and with the help of Zhuge Liang's prediction of the wind direction, they approached Cao Cao's army with burning ships, so that Cao Jun was defeated, and Cao Cao also fled in confusion.
What year is Battle of Red Cliffs?
Many people in Battle of Red Cliffs know it, but when did Battle of Red Cliffs start? As we all know, Battle of Red Cliffs happened in the Three Kingdoms period.
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In fact, some people are still skeptical about when Battle of Red Cliffs actually happened, because all our knowledge about it comes from so-called historical materials, which are realistic, but there are also some uncertainties. Watching China's costume dramas often appears, and the emperor told historians to only remember their own situation, which inevitably led to suspicion.
What we said in Battle of Red Cliffs is based on the existing resources. Battle of Red Cliffs occurred at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, that is, in 208 AD, which was the 13th year of Jian 'an in the Han Dynasty.
Generally speaking, whether it is a campaign or something else, when we do it, we will do it in stages, that is to say, we must plan ahead. If we divide Battle of Red Cliffs into sections, the first is the preparation stage, mainly on Cao Cao's side, because Liu Sun is defensive and has no time to prepare. Cao Cao, of course, didn't think much about going south. He wanted to pursue the victory, because even the north didn't settle down completely, so he went south.
So it took almost six months to prepare, that is, from August 2007 to February 2008, and then the implementation stage, and less than one year, that is, about ten months, that is, from February 2008 to1February, in which the real war should mainly take about three or four months, that is, from August 2008 to 12.
Battle of Red Cliffs troops
Whenever Battle of Red Cliffs is mentioned, people always think that it is a battle in which the minority wins over the majority. However, according to historical records, Sun Quan's total strength is about 70,000-80,000, but the scattered strength is not conducive to mobilization. So Sun Quan sent 30,000 people to Zhou Yu to directly fight with Cao Jun, while Liu Bei's army added 10,000 of his own and 10,000 of Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao, for a total of about 20,000 people. So generally speaking, the forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan are around 50,000.
Oil painting of the battle of the red cliff
There are some different opinions about the number of Cao Cao's soldiers in history. In fact, the total number of Cao Cao's soldiers at that time was about 230 thousand. According to Cao Cao himself, it is about 800 thousand. But 800,000 is a very imaginary figure, and there is no conclusive evidence. Say 800,000 first of all, I want to psychologically suppress Sun Quan so that he can't resist and surrender. Secondly, Cao Cao has a population of 3 million in the north. However, this figure is the total population of Cao Cao. In addition to the old, the weak and the sick, the production manpower and the police from all over the country only take it to Jingzhou at most.
At the same time, according to historical records, when Zhou Yu reported Cao Cao's strength to Sun Quan, he said that the strength was only about15 ~160,000, and Liu Cong, the son of Liu Biao, surrendered to Cao Cao's strength of about 70,000 people, so Cao Cao's strength was about 230,000 at that time. Of course, some people have doubts about the data reported by Zhou Yu, but as an important general in the army, they should have a certain grasp of the information they have found, and it is impossible to forge figures in order to give courage to the soldiers in the army.
So in general, the disparity between the two sides is not as exaggerated as 5:80, but almost between 5:23. Do you understand now?
Battle of Red Cliffs Raiders
Battle of Red Cliffs believes that no one does not know that Battle of Red Cliffs is a classic bridge in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Do you know Battle of Red Cliffs's strategy? I am very excited. The Battle of Red Cliffs strategy here is not a game strategy, but a historical Battle of Red Cliffs strategy.
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The so-called strategy refers to the tactics used in this campaign, the overall planning of the whole campaign, the guiding direction of the campaign and the key to winning.
Therefore, the strategy here is to know ourselves first, because Zhuge Liang used words to arouse allies and also took advantage of the suspicious character of the person in charge of the enemy. These are all based on our understanding of ourselves and our enemies. Then, we should be good at using our brains to find out the advantages of others, pay attention to their shortcomings and think about problems from different angles.
In this battle, Cao Jun cleverly connected the stern with the bow, which solved the problem of seasickness of soldiers, but for Sun Liu, this was their death hole and pointed out the way for their success. If the team of Sun Liu Alliance didn't only consider Cao Jun's cleverness from their own point of view, then they wouldn't realize it. Finally, we should make full use of the favorable weather, geographical location and people.
For Sun Liu, Cao Jun is poor in water and not good at water warfare, which greatly reduces the combat effectiveness of Cao Jun. This is human harmony; At that time, Cao Jun came to the south from the north, and the water resources in the south were richer than those in the north, providing a favorable location. At that time, Zhuge Liang watched the celestial phenomena at night and knew that the east wind was going to blow, so he increased the firepower of Cao Jun with the help of the southeast wind. This is the weather.