Zhou Yu was born in 175, and Zhuge Liang was born in 18 1 year. In other words, Zhou Yu is six years older than Zhu Geliang. The Red Cliff War took place in 208 AD, when Zhuge Liang was 27 years old and Zhou Yu was 33 years old. At this time, Zhuge Liang had just been invited out of the mountain by Liu Bei's "three visits to the cottage" for about a year. He didn't achieve anything great, nor was he famous. Zhou Yu was the military commander of Wu for almost 10 years (Zhou Yu was appointed as a corps commander at the age of 24).
2. Secondly, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Battle of Red Cliffs was in China, Zhuge Liang held the idea of "uniting with Wu to resist Cao", fought Confucianism, and even got his attitude of "disharmony with cao thief" by challenging Zhou Yu. It seems that "uniting Wu against Cao" is the fulfillment of Zhuge Liang's strategic conception, and "Battle of Red Cliffs" is the first step of this strategic planning.
In fact, as early as seven years before Battle of Red Cliffs, Lu Su proposed to Sun Quan the idea of "three points in the world, uniting Liu against Cao". Therefore, the book Longzhong Dui presented by Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei is suspected of plagiarism. The only difference is that Lu Su's "Liu" refers to Liu Biao, and Zhuge Liang's "Liu" is Liu Bei who replaces Liu Biao. As the military commander of Wu, Zhou Yu supported Lu Su's opinion for a long time. Actually, there is no need to be provoked.
3. Third, a series of plots of Battle of Red Cliffs described in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, such as Huang Gai's bitter plan, Zhou Yu's heartburn, the sigh that "Yu was born when he was born", the burning of warships, and even the location of Battle of Red Cliffs, can now be found in a large number of historical facts to prove or question its mistakes. For example, according to historical records, Zhou Yu is a broad-minded person, and there is no description of anger in the official history.
For another example, according to historical records, the so-called warship caught fire because Cao Cao's northern soldiers were not acclimatized in the south, were generally ill and their morale dropped. Cao Cao burned the warship himself and left the battlefield. Some people even questioned "borrowing from the east wind". This view points out that it is worth discussing whether there were mature navigation technologies in the period of "Battle of Red Cliffs".
Needham, a British scholar, believes that windsurfing technology in China appeared after the 3rd century. Then at the beginning of the 3rd century, where Battle of Red Cliffs happened, it was not clear how windsurfing technology was, and it was doubtful whether its technical level could quickly go upstream with the help of downwind. Of course, most experts in China's history of science and technology believe that windsurfing technology did exist during the Three Kingdoms period. Otherwise, it will be difficult for Sun Wu to reach Taiwan Province Province and open up ocean routes.
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Zhuge Liang in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms lived in seclusion in Longzhong, Xiangyang, and was led to Liu Bei by Xu Shu. Then Liu Beisan came out of the mountain. At first, he was not favored by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. After burning Bowangpo, he believed in Zhuge Liang's wisdom. Cao Cao's army went south, and Liu Beijun retreated to Jiangxia. When he left, Zhuge Liang set an ambush, submerged Cao Cao's army and set it on fire. Then, as an emissary, he went to Jiangdong to discuss with the Confucians and persuaded Sun Quan to unite with Liu Bei against Cao Cao.
He cooperated with Zhou Yu, but burned Chibi with cleverness, and expected that Zhou Yu wanted to harm himself and let Zhao Yun sail to meet him in advance. After returning to Liu Beiying, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were sent to pursue Cao Cao and plan the story of Guan Yu's Huarong Road. After Cao Cao's defeat, Zhuge Liang captured Jiangling with one move, and Zhou Yu immediately captured Jiangling. After he counterattacked Jingzhou, he saw through Zhou Yu's false plan to destroy the enemy, and Zhou Yu was so angry that Zhou Yu said, "Why should I be born?"
Liu Bei went to Sichuan and lost Pang Tong. Zhuge Liang, who was stationed in Jingzhou, told Guan Yu that "Sun Wu was allied in the east and Cao Cao was resisted in the north", and Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun supported him to enter Sichuan, and then he took the opportunity to win Chengdu. Then he took part in the battle of Hanzhong and persuaded Liu Bei to be king with his ministers. After Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, he pretended to be ill and advised Liu Bei to be the emperor. After Liu Bei failed to attack Wu, he trusted Zhuge Liang and made his two younger brothers Liu Yong and Liu Li recognize Zhuge Liang as his father.
Shortly after Liu Chan proclaimed himself emperor, Sima Yi of Cao Wei arranged a plan to attack Shu Han, and Zhuge Liang shot down all five armies without leaving the Prime Minister's office. After that, Meng Huo, the seven captors, was sent to pacify Nanzhong, but when he burned his protruding bones, he consciously killed himself too much. After accumulating enough strength, Zhuge Liang led the army to the northern expedition and left Qishan in six ways. Although it was quite successful, it failed to achieve the goal of pacifying the Central Plains and reviving the Han Dynasty. Before the end of his life, he put on a seven-star light array to continue his life, but Wei Yan accidentally put out the light, taught Jiang Wei what he had learned all his life and made a plan, and then died.
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