Liu Biao learns that Jiangdong has broken Huang Zu, and asks Liu Bei to come to Jingzhou to discuss the matter of revenge, Zhuge Liang asks Liu Bei not to promise, Liu Bei complies and excuses himself from discussing the matter of Dongwu. Liu Biao wanted to deliver Jingzhou to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei refused to do so because he couldn't bear to take away the foundation of the same clan.

When Liu Bei returned to the pavilion, Liu Qi, Liu Biao's eldest son, paid a visit to Liu Bei and cried to him about the plan of survival. Liu Bei hinted that he should ask Kong Ming for a plan, and the next day Liu Qi hosted a banquet, and Liu Bei pretended to be ill, and Kong Ming went there alone, during which the son of the king was refused to ask for a plan twice, and then he tricked him into the attic to ask for a plan again, and Kong Ming used the story of Shen Sheng's death in the inner room, and the story of Chong Er's birth outside the room, to teach Liu Qi to avoid his mother, Madam Cai, by sending troops to Jiangxia.

Cao Cao is just a three-kong, since the prime minister, Cao Cao heard Liu Bei in Xin Ye drill soldiers, ordered Xiahou Dun led 100,000 troops straight to the Bo Wang Po, in order to spy on the new wild, Xiahou Dun did not listen to Xu Shu's words, to capture Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang.

Liu Bei treats Kong Ming as a teacher, which makes Guan Zhang dissatisfied. Suddenly, he gets a report that Xiahou Dun is running to Xin Ye, and Liu Bei gives his seal to Kong Ming, and Guan Zhang and others look at how Kong Ming is going to use his army.

Kong Ming told Guan Yu to ambush the left side of the hill of Yushan and burn the grain and grass, and told Zhang Fei to ambush the right side of the valley of Anlin and wait to set fire to the old grain and grass of the hill of Bowang, and ordered Zhao Yun to only lose but not win to lead Xiahou Dun into the ambush circle, and Liu Bei drew the men as a back-up to see the light of the fire and back to kill the fire, and the fire burned the hill of Bowang, and Cao's troops were greatly defeated, and Xiahou Dun packed up the remnants of his army and returned to Xuchang, and Guan Zhang and the other generals admired Zhuge Liang's talent.

Expanded Information

The reasons for the victory in the battle of Bowangpo:

1, Zhu Geliang's skillful layout in advance. The Bowang slope is the road to Xinye County, and the Bowang slope road on both sides of the reeds, very suitable for the use of fire attack.

And the road is narrow, it is difficult for the soldiers and horses to spread out, that is, Cao's army came to more people, to the slope of the Bowang is also very difficult to maneuver. Zhuge Liang took advantage of the terrain of the slope and the advantages of fire, which defeated the 100,000 Cao troops of Xiahou Dun, Li Dian and others.

2. Xiahou Dun's gullibility led to the defeat. Xiahou Dun did not put Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei in his sights. He boasted in front of Cao Cao that he would capture Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang alive. This is where his carelessness of being gullible comes in.

3. Prior Liu Bei and Zhao Yun's luring the enemy in. Liu Bei and Zhao Yun successively came to lure the enemy, introduced Xiahou Dun into the Bowang slope, making it possible to use fire attack. This caused great confusion among Cao's troops and led to the defeat.

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