In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang swore to live and die together. Although the hero Liu Bei became the ninth emperor, he did not break his oath. So after Guan Yu was killed, he ignored the dissuasion of his officials and resolutely launched the Battle of Yiling to avenge Guan Yu. At the beginning, he fought very smoothly, and even Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, who had already surrendered to Wu, were so frightened that they turned back. However, Sun Quan then boldly activated Lu Xun and quickly turned defeat into victory - Lu Xun burned Liu Bei's 700-mile company camp, killing Liu Bei and causing him to flee in panic. If Zhao Yun had not rescued him in time, he would have been captured and killed.

It is precisely because of this description in the novel that when we talk about Liu Bei's defeat at the Battle of Yiling, we always mention the saying "burning the seven hundred miles of the camp". However, now more and more people are beginning to study history. Some people say that this statement is very absurd. They believe that in the novel, Liu Bei led an army of 700,000 people to go on an expedition, and it was possible for the company to camp for 700 miles. In real history, including the soldiers of the Wuling barbarians, There are only more than 50,000 horses, and it is impossible to camp for 700 miles. Moreover, seven hundred miles is equivalent to the length of the entire Three Gorges. Even if Liu Bei could really manage to camp for seven hundred miles, Lu Xun would not be able to burn it all with one fire. So what is the reality? Is it true that Lu Xun burned down the 700-mile company camp, or is it an exaggeration?

Let’s first analyze whether Liu Bei had a 700-mile camp. "Three Kingdoms Chronicles of Emperor Wen" records: "The emperor heard that he was preparing troops to go eastward and fight with Quan. The Shuzha company camp was more than 700 miles away. He told the officials: 'If we don't prepare troops, how can we have a camp of 700 miles to resist the enemy? Huh! '" This means that in the early days of the Battle of Yiling, Cao Pi received a battle report that clearly stated that Liu Bei had indeed fought for more than 700 miles in the process of conquering Wu. Cao Pi did not deny this battle report, he just said this The way of using troops is hard to agree with. In other words, even if Liu Bei's troops really were only 50,000, he did achieve a company camp of 700 miles.

However, combined with the record in "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Lord Wu" that "the Shu army was divided into dangerous areas, with more than fifty camps in front and behind", it is not difficult to know that Liu Bei's company camp was not occupied for 700 miles. Instead of camping in a place with a radius of 700 miles, they formed a row in front and back, occupying strategic terrain. In other words, the so-called 700-mile company only refers to Liu Bei's camps, which were connected into a sparse line, long and narrow. About seven hundred miles. Therefore, even if he does not have an army of 700,000, he can still do it.

So, how did Lu Xun burn down the 700-mile company camp? After all, in this case, it is not possible to just set fire to it. Lu Xun is not a red boy, and without the true fire of Samadhi, it seems that achieving this is even more difficult than climbing to the sky. However, if Lu Xun was dead and alive, he would probably smile contemptuously and have a sense of intellectual superiority when seeing such speculation. Why do you say this?

"Three Kingdoms: Lu Xun's Biography" records: "He ordered each of them to hold a handful of thatch and attack it with fire. Once the momentum was established, Tong led all the armies to attack at the same time, killing Zhang Nan, Feng Xi and others. King Hu Shamoke and others led and destroyed more than forty camps. "This means that Lu Xun asked his soldiers to light a handful of thatch at the same time and burn it towards Liu Bei's camp. Based on the principle of strength in numbers, Lu Xun formed a formation. caused a larger fire. Moreover, one fire cannot burn down the seven hundred-mile company camp. There are tens of thousands of soldiers in Soochow, but how can each of them hold a fire? Not to mention seven hundred miles, even seven thousand miles can be burned. So he finally won a great victory and broke through more than 40 Liu Bei's camps. It can be seen that Liu Bei's 700-mile company camp was indeed burned by him.

After analyzing the whole article, it is not difficult for us to know that although the statement in the novel that Lu Xun burned Liu Bei's 700-mile company camp seems too exaggerated, this did happen in real history - Liu Bei It is true that the camp was even for 700 miles, and Lu Xun did burn it to pieces. Speaking of addition, we have to admit that some seemingly impossible things are not really impossible, but our wisdom and knowledge are not in place.

All the information in this article comes from "Three Kingdoms", "Three Kingdoms Anthology", "Three Kingdoms" and other books. I guarantee the authenticity of the content, and there is no innuendo or any politics involved.