Counting the seven fires in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, did Zhuge Liang set four?

Throughout the ages, the most commonly used tactics of generals are water hammer and fire attack; The so-called fire and water are ruthless, so they often suffer heavy losses. For example, when Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, he led seven soldiers in the Forbidden City, and there were few survivors. Therefore, the ancient famous soldiers set up camp to fight, mainly to guard against this kind of fire and water attack; In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are also many descriptions of fire attack. Now let's take stock of the seven fires in the book.

TOP, 7 new wildfire

The fire of Xinye is the second fire after Zhuge Liang was invited out of Longzhong by Liu Bei. At that time, Cao Cao led an army to attack Jingzhou, and Xinye City, where Liu Bei was located, bore the brunt. Although Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao's spirit many times earlier through Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, Cao Jun was strong after all, and Liu Bei had no choice but to abandon the city. Because Liu Bei decided to lead the people of the whole city to act together, he also gave Zhuge Aliang a chance to set a trap.

Zhuge Liang asked his soldiers to plant all kinds of kindling in Xinye City. After Cao Jun Pioneer entered Xinye City, he lit a fire while cooking, which led to the burning of Xinye City. The key point is that his spirit has been lost, so that Cao Jun had to rest for a few days and gained valuable time.

Ding, 6 Huoshao Bowangpo

Burning Bowangpo was Zhuge Liang's first fire after he came out of the mountain. At that time, Xia Houdun, the pioneer general of Cao Jun, sent 100,000 troops to attack Xinye City, and the enemy's strength was very different. At the same time, Liu Beijun's generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are still eating Zhuge Liang's "vinegar", causing internal contradictions; So, Liu Bei intervened and asked the generals to set an ambush in Bowangpo according to Zhuge Liang's arrangement. Everything was arranged, just waiting for Xia Houdun to drill into the trap.

As a result, Xia Houdun seems to act according to Zhuge Liang's plan perfectly to cooperate with Zhuge Liang. It turned out to be a tragedy in Bowangpo. However, in addition to defeating Cao Jun, this battle has another more important significance, that is, it has established Zhuge Liang's position in Liu Bei's army, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are also convinced.

At the top, five fire rattan armour soldiers.

The burning of rattan armor happened when Zhuge Liang conquered Meng Huo in the south. At that time, Meng Huo was at war with Zhuge Liang and suffered repeated defeats. There is no way, so it is worth asking for help everywhere. One of them is the Uighur bone, the king of Ugo. This Uighur bone is not only good in itself, but also has a special army-Fu Jia soldiers. This Fu Jiabing is not only physically strong, but the key is that Fu Jia is not heavy when crossing the river, and the sword cannot enter, which can prevent crossbows.

This made Zhuge Liang Jun suffer a lot. Zhuge Liang had long known the weakness of Fu Jia soldiers, but he never thought of using it. It was not until there was no way out that the rattan armor soldiers were designed to burn. Although he won the upright bone, Zhuge Liang knew that he had lost countless virtues, which was one of the main reasons for the failure of Zhuge Liang's seven-star light array.

Above, 4 Burning the Valley

The burning of the valley in the above picture occurred during Zhuge Liang's sixth northern expedition to Qishan. At that time, Sima Yi, the coach of Wei Jun, knew Zhuge Liang's power, so he failed to persist. The two armies of Shu and Han came from afar, and the transportation of grain and grass was extremely troublesome. Zhuge Liang wanted to make a quick decision; So Zhuge Liang wanted to lure Sima Yi to Shanggu with a trick, and then burned Sima Yi and his men alive in Shanggu with flammable substances prepared in advance.

When Wei Yan led Sima Yi and others into Fangshang Valley, flammable substances prepared by Shu army were ignited in Fangshang Valley. Seeing that Sima Yi and others were going to die in the fire, I didn't expect it to rain and put out the fire. Sima Yi and others got away with it. Zhuge Liang couldn't help sighing in the valley: "Man proposes, God disposes. Not strong! "

Top, 3 fire black nest

Burning black holes is the most important link in the battle of Guandu; When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao competed for hegemony in Hebei, Yuan Yuan was stronger than Cao Cao. Whether it is the number of troops or the logistics of grain and grass, the two armies have been deadlocked for a long time. Although each has its own outcome, Yuan's overall strength is far stronger than Cao's, so as time goes by, it is more and more unfavorable to Cao Yue. The key is that Cao is going to run out of food.

Cao Cao also wanted to sneak into Yuan Shao's barn to end the war quickly. However, the general grain transport officers and grain guards are both wise and brave, and Cao Cao dare not go; Fortunately, I surrendered myself at this time and told Yuan that the grain depot and the grain depot administrator were "waste wood". Cao Cao decisively attacked the Wu Dynasty, and Yuan Liang was almost burned by a torch, and Yuan was defeated.

Above, the Battle of Yiling 2

It is said that after Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, his power reached its peak, second only to Cao Cao; But then things went downhill. Guan Yu was attacked by Soochow because of the battle of Xiangfan, which led to Guan Yu's death and Jingzhou's fall. Under Liu Bei's grief and indignation, he raised 700,000 troops to pour out the country and behead Wu; Sun Quan was so frightened that he was urgently handed over to Lu Xun's 200,000-strong army to resist Liu Beijun. Fortunately, Liu Bei's army lacks consultants, although there are brave soldiers.

Liu Bei made the most fatuous decision in his life, camping for 700 miles and camping by the Woods. More importantly, it was hot. When Lu Xun saw Liu Beijun camping, he immediately smiled. Zhuge Liang was very helpless after knowing it. Although Zhao Yun hurried to tell Liu Bei, it was too late. Tracing the cause set fire to almost all the elite of Shu Han. ...

Top, 1 burn Chibi.

This should be the largest war in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is also described in the book. Cao Cao sent troops south to surrender Jingzhou, and then unified more than 800 thousand troops, hoping to seize Jiangdong and unify the whole country; At that time, Sun Quan wavered between war and surrender. In the end, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and Zhou Yu joined forces to make Sun Quan determined to resist Cao Cao.

However, the strength gap is still huge. Sun Quan can only allocate 30,000 troops to Zhou Yu, while Liu Bei has only 20,000 troops here. The strength of the two sides is absolutely different, and they can only win by surprise attack tactics; At this point, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang have the same idea, both thinking about fire attack. As a result, Huang Gai offered a bitter plan, Pang Tong offered a series of plans, Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind, and Zhou Yu focused on the overall situation. Finally, Cao Cao was almost killed by a torch, which laid the basic situation of three pillars.

Since ancient times, fire and water have been ruthless, because this is force of nature, which is beyond human control; In the event of a fire, the specific number of casualties depends on destiny, but generally speaking, it will cause huge losses, so it will damage the world; Look at Zhou Yu, who lost his life because of burning Chibi and died young; Look at Zhuge Liang again, because he often attacked with fire, although he always wanted to save Yin De, he still failed to borrow his life from the Seven Star Light Array, which led to his death before he could conquer it. Therefore, if it is not necessary, it is best not to use uncontrollable forces easily.