What's the story of the soldiers in Chibi?

After the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao unified the north, developed production and enhanced military strength. He intends to March into the south, destroy Jingzhou Liu Biao, destroy Jiangdong Sun Quan, and then unify the whole country.

In the 13th year of Jian 'an (AD 208), Cao Cao went south and took Jingzhou. Liu Biao, who occupied Jingzhou at this time, just died, and his second son, Liu Cong, succeeded him. Liu Cong was so frightened when he heard that Cao Jun was so powerful that he secretly surrendered to Cao Cao. Liu Bei, who was sent by Liu Biao to be stationed in Xinye and Fancheng, saw that Cao Cao's army was approaching and had no time to resist, so he had to retreat to Jiangling (now jiangling county, Hubei Province) in a hurry. Jiangling is a military town and an important supply place for troops and materials. Cao Cao was afraid that Liu Bei would occupy Jiangling, and he personally led 5,000 light cavalry to pursue it day and night. A few days later, Cao Cao caught up with Liu Bei in Changban (now northeast of Dangyang County, Hubei Province), defeated Liu Bei and seized Jiangling. Liu Bei fled to Xiakou (now Wuhan City, Hubei Province) through a path, where he met Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, who joined forces with about 20,000 people.

Sun Quan, who occupied Jiangdong, was also very nervous about Cao Cao going south. With the consent of Sun Quan, Lu Su went to Liu Bei to understand the situation and persuaded Liu Bei and Sun Quan to unite against Cao Cao. Liu Bei fully agreed with Lu Su's proposition and led his troops to retreat to Fankou (now north of Sun Yicheng County, Hubei Province) on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Cao Cao got more than 80,000 troops from Liu Cong, which increased to more than 200,000. He led the troops down the river to Xiakou. Seeing that the situation was tense, Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei, "The matter is very urgent. Let me go to Sun Quan for help! " Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to follow Lu Su to Chai Sang (now Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province) to meet Sun Quan.

Zhuge Liang met Sun Quan and felt that Sun Quan was still hesitating to resist Cao Cao. He said to Sun Quan, "Cao Cao has broken Jingzhou, and now he is going down the river and approaching Jiangdong. If General Sun wants to rebel against Cao Cao, he should break off relations with him at once. If you don't have the guts, why not put on your armor and surrender to Cao Cao as soon as possible? " Hearing this, Sun Quan. He asked: "Why didn't Liu Yuzhou (Liu Bei was the secretariat of Yuzhou, and the ancients called him an official title instead of a respectful title) surrender to Cao Cao?" Zhuge Liang replied: "Liu Yuzhou is a descendant of the royal family of the Han Dynasty. Literati admire him, just as rivers return to the sea. How can he be worse than others when he encounters some difficulties! " When Zhuge Liang said this, Sun Quan was very excited. He suddenly stood up and said, "I can't take the whole Jiangdong and 100 thousand armored soldiers under the control of others!" I've made up my mind! But Liu Yuzhou has just lost, how can he resist Cao Cao? " Zhuge Liang said, "There are still 20,000 elite soldiers in Liu Yuzhou. Although Cao Cao has many soldiers and horses, he is exhausted after a long journey. In addition, Cao Jun is mostly from the north, and he is not used to water wars in the south. They just occupied Jingzhou, and the people are not satisfied. In this case, as long as our two families are United and Qi Xin works together, we will certainly be able to defeat Cao Cao. " Zhuge Liang's analysis made Sun Quan feel very reasonable and strengthened his determination to resist Cao. He immediately called a meeting between civil servants and military commanders to discuss ways to deal with Cao Cao. Just then, Cao Cao wrote a letter threatening Sun Quan, saying that he would lead 800,000 troops to crusade against Jiangdong and wanted to meet Sun Quan.

At the meeting, Sun Quan showed everyone Cao Cao's letter, and many people were shocked. Zhang Zhao, who has a long history, said: "What we can resist Cao Cao is the natural barrier of the Yangtze River. Now Cao Cao has occupied Jingzhou and got Liu Biao's water army and thousands of warships, all along the river. He has occupied the dangerous zone on the north bank of the Yangtze River. What can we do to resist him? In my opinion, we might as well make peace with him and welcome him! " Sun Quan was very unhappy and got up and left the meeting. Lu Su hurried behind, chasing after the eaves. He said to Sun Quan, "Don't listen to what Zhang Zhao and others have just said. You should call Zhou Yu back and let him make a decision together. " Sun Quan accepted Lu Su's suggestion and announced a temporary truce until Zhou Yu arrived.

Zhou Yu was training the water army in Poyang Lake. When he heard that Sun Quan had summoned him, he set off back to Chai Sang, a portrait of an ancient man. After listening to the opinions of civil and military officials, he said to Sun Quan, "The general is divided into Jiangdong and the land is thousands of miles away. Soldiers should eat and drink enough. How can he submit to Cao Cao? " Zhou Yu went on to say, "Actually, Cao Jun is no more than 200,000. It's freezing season, and their horses are short of forage. When the soldiers from the north arrived in the south, they were acclimatized and were bound to get sick. These are all fatal wounds of Cao Jun. In my opinion, this is the best time for us to defeat Cao Cao. Ask the general to give me tens of thousands of good soldiers to go to Xiakou and defeat Cao Cao. " When Sun Quan heard Zhou Yu say this, his spirit did it one brace up. He pulled out his sabre, cut off a corner of the desk with one knife and said to everyone, "Whoever lets Cao Cao surrender again will be just like this desk. He appointed Zhou Yu as the viceroy, Cheng Pu as the deputy viceroy, and Lu Su as a captain of Zanjun, with 30,000 troops. Join Liu Bei's water army and fight together. Sun Liu's allied troops are stationed in Chibi on the south bank of the Yangtze River, facing Cao Cao's army across the river on the north bank, and a big war is about to start.

At this time, Cao Cao's soldiers became ill one after another because of their acclimatization; Soldiers who are not sick are not used to the bumps on the water. Many people get seasick, nausea and vomiting, and lose their fighting ability. Cao Cao is very anxious about this. It has been suggested that the warships will be connected by chains and planks to create a "serial ship", which will be safe and sound. Cao Cao hurriedly ordered craftsmen to build it overnight. The serial ship makes people walk on the ship, just like on land, which is much smoother.

Zhou Yu, who commanded Sun and Liu Lianjun, learned that Cao Cao was using a serial ship and discussed countermeasures with everyone. Huang Gai, the general, said, "Although the serial ship is stable and has weaknesses, it is most afraid of fire attack." Zhou Yu said: "Fire attack is really a good idea! How can you set it on fire? Someone must turn himself in, get close to them, and set fire to them. But this is a very dangerous thing. " Huang Gai said, "I am willing to go. Even if it is shattered, I will try to burn Cao Ying! "

A few days later, Cao Cao received a letter from Huang Gai demanding surrender. At this time, Cao Cao thought that he was in an absolute advantage, and that Sun Quan's situation was already very difficult, the fate of Jiangdong's downfall was inevitable, and there was a great possibility of division within the Sun Shi regime. So, he took Huang Gai's fraudulent surrender letter as true and agreed on the date and code of Huang Gai's surrender.

On the appointed day, when it was getting dark, Cao Cao got a report from the soldiers, saying, "Ten boats of Qinglong Banner came to the north bank." Cao Cao said happily, "This is Huang Gai's surrender. When Huang Gai comes, I will be finished! " I didn't know that Huang Gai's boat was full of oiled dry firewood and hay and covered with curtains. Not far from Cao Ying, Huang Gai ordered a fire. At that time, the southeast wind blew, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind took advantage of the firepower. Ten ships, like ten fire dragons, rushed to Cao Ying with the wind and burned all the ships in Cao Ying. Because Cao Ying's ship was a chain ship, it soon burned into a sea of fire. I saw the fire flying, and the fire burned the stone wall of the river bank red. Cao Jun soldiers fell into a panic and ran for their lives, and countless people were burned to death or drowned. Zhou Yu commanded the main force of the allied forces and took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Cao Jun. Cao Jun was defeated. Sun and Liu Lianhe got up and pursued them by land and water. Cao Cao fled by land with the defeated troops and finally returned to Xuchang. From then on, he never had the strength to go south again.

Battle of Red Cliffs ended in the victory of Sun Liu's allied forces and the defeat of Cao Jun .. This is another famous war example in the history of China War, in which the few win the more and the weak win the stronger.