Zhuge Liang in Battle of Red Cliffs borrowed the arrow from the straw boat, but why didn't Cao Cao fly the rocket?

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the passage of time, all the heroes were basically lost, leaving only Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Later, they divided the world roughly: Liu Bei established Shu, Cao Pi (abolished after Cao Cao's death) established Wei, and Sun Quan established Wu.

Objectively speaking, it is not easy for these people to persist until the end. After all, there were many separatist forces in the early stage. Cao Cao was almost destroyed by Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei was chased many times. Sun Quan also faced the crisis of national subjugation several times. Battle of Red Cliffs is the foundation of three points of the world. After this decisive battle, the whole pattern of the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty was basically formed.

In the description of the classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Battle of Red Cliffs is a wonderful bridge, especially Zhuge Liang spent a lot of thought to defeat Cao Jun, and borrowing an arrow from a straw boat is an important link for Battle of Red Cliffs. According to the story in the book, 50,000 people of Sun Liu fought against more than 200,000 Cao Bing, and bows and arrows were one of the magic weapons for Sun Liu's allied forces to defeat the enemy.

In the ancient cold weapon era, bows and arrows were very useful long-range weapons with simple operation and great power. But at that time, Sun Liu's strength was limited, and it was impossible to get 654.38+ ten thousand arrows in a few days. At the critical moment, Zhuge Liang came up with a way to borrow an arrow from a straw boat, and finally succeeded in one fell swoop.

Friends who are familiar with this story know that the clever Zhuge strategist did not take the usual path, but adopted the method of borrowing an arrow from Cao Cao? Make bows and arrows? . This Mr. Wolong is really a talent. He can accurately calculate that there will be heavy fog in three days, which is worse than today's weather forecast. So he took advantage of the fog on the river and went to Cao Ying in a boat dressed as a scarecrow? Borrow an arrow? .

The so-called:? Artists are bold. ? Zhuge Liang is really desperate. He sent the boat directly to the water town of Cao Jun? Door? Fight with drums. At that time, Cao Cao's boss was also very cooperative. Not only did he not send anyone to fight, but he also ordered his archers to shoot fiercely at the invading grass boat.

After Zhuge Liang made trouble for a while, he easily got 65438+ ten thousand arrows from Cao Cao. Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, afraid of being ambushed, and dared not send troops directly to fight Zhuge Liang. There's nothing wrong with that. But the question is, why didn't Cao Cao put rockets against the invading enemy?

At that time, there was fog on the river, so Cao Cao couldn't see the enemy clearly, so he used rockets to deal with the enemy. This rocket is not the carrier rocket of today's manned spacecraft, but an ancient arrow that ignites the fire.

If Cao Cao ordered his men to launch rockets at Zhuge Liang, it would be a tragedy for Mr. Zhuge Liang and Lu Su. Because they are no matter how powerful they are, after all, there are scarecrows on board, and these flammable materials caught fire, and Zhuge Liang was buried in the sea of fire in a few times.

Some people may think: Cao Cao didn't see the scarecrow on the other ship at all. Is it useful for him to install rockets? In fact, Battle of Red Cliffs later gave the answer. Huang Gai hit the fireboat to Cao Ying, and Cao Cao's warship immediately turned into a sea of fire.

By the same token, as long as Cao Cao fired a rocket at Zhuge Liang's ship, even though he didn't know there was a scarecrow on the other side, Zhuge Liang could never return and finally be buried in the sea of fire.

Then why didn't Cao Cao fly the rocket?

In fact, the answer is very simple, which may be related to Cao Cao's suspicious personality. During the Battle of Red Cliffs period, Cao Cao's troops were more than four times that of Sun and Liu, and the strength of the two sides was very different. At this time, suddenly Zhou Yu sent someone to fight, and he came in foggy weather.

Under normal circumstances, Zhou Yu, who is weak, should stick to his post. If he takes the initiative to fight, it will be like a moth to a fire. As a result, this kind of counterintuitive thing suddenly appeared in foggy days, and Cao Cao was sure to have doubts: Is there any conspiracy on the other side? So he dare not send troops to fight.

At the same time, under this mentality trend, Cao Cao also dare not put the rocket easily. Because since the other party dares to come, it must have come prepared or for some purpose. If Cao Cao orders people to put rockets, maybe the other side will take advantage of the situation to rush to their water village, but take advantage of the situation to ignite their barracks, then Cao Cao's army may suffer.

In order to protect his water village, Cao Cao dared not put rockets casually, so he built Zhuge Liang. In fact, Zhu Gekongming is very clever. Since he dares to borrow an arrow, he must be sure that the other party dares not put a rocket, otherwise he will not dare to take risks easily. From this point of view, there is really nothing wrong with Cao Cao not flying rockets.