On the eve of Battle of Red Cliffs, after Cao Cao's army was chained to the ship, Cao Cao looked at the mighty momentum of the army and thought that it would take a few days to wipe out the four seas and unify the Central Plains. He couldn't help but be glad that he had learned a lesson from it. So he prepared drum music, sang and danced to strengthen the military power, and drank until midnight when he suddenly heard the reputation of crows flying south. Cao Cao was impressed by this scene and gave this "Short Songs".
In the forty-eighth chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is a poem describing Cao Cao: After Cao Cao unified the north, he led millions of strong men, sent troops south, drank horses from the Yangtze River and fought a decisive battle with Sun Quan. It was a night with few stars, and he put wine and played music on the river to celebrate the general. When the wine was warm, Cao Cao stood at the bow and sang generously. The lyrics are this short lyric. In the forty-eighth chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is a poem describing Cao Cao: After Cao Cao unified the north, he led millions of strong men, sent troops south, drank horses from the Yangtze River and fought a decisive battle with Sun Quan. It was a night with few stars, and he put wine and played music on the river to celebrate the general. When the wine was warm, Cao Cao stood at the bow and sang generously. The lyrics are this short lyric.