Idiom stories related to Zhuge Liang

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei failed in his crusade against Cao Cao and defected to Liu Biao in Jingzhou. In order to make greater achievements in the future, he paid attention to recruiting talents and was recommended by Si Mahui, a celebrity in Jingzhou. Si Mahui said: "There are Wolong and Feng Chu. If they get one, they can ensure the world." Liu Bei inquired in many ways and learned that "Wolong" was Zhuge Liang, who lived in seclusion in Longzhong, twenty miles west of Xiangyang City. He is talented and studies history books, so he made a special trip to Longzhong to visit.

He went there three times, the first two times Zhuge Liang avoided seeing him, and the third time he personally greeted him. In the thatched cottage, he and Liu Bei discussed the current situation, analyzed the situation, and designed a general plan for seizing political power and unifying the world. Liu Bei was greatly impressed, and he was willing to accept Zhuge Liang as his teacher and ask him to come out of the mountain to help him revive the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang was deeply moved by Liu Bei's sincerity to "visit the thatched cottage" and agreed to Liu Bei's request to leave Longzhong to show his political ambition. Since then, Zhuge Liang has become Liu Bei's main counselor, helping Liu Bei to unite with Sun Wu in the east, explore Cao Wei in the north, occupy Jing and Yi States, and establish the Shu-Han regime in the north, thus forming a tripartite confrontation between Soochow and Cao Wei.

2. The straw boat borrows an arrow.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao led an army to attack Wu Dong, and Sun Quan and Liu Bei joined forces against Cao Cao. Zhou Yu was narrow-minded and jealous of Zhuge Liang, so he designed Zhuge Liang to build 100 thousand arrows in three days. Zhuge Liang borrowed 20 boats and scarecrows from Lu Su and set sail for Cao Ying in the night fog. Cao Cao led the army to shoot arrows at the scarecrow desperately, and successfully completed the task.

Everything is ready except the east wind.

Zhou Yu decided to attack Cao Cao and made all the preparations. Suddenly, it occurred to him that he could not defeat the enemy without the east wind. Only a piece of paper was needed, and Zhuge Liang withdrew the screen from the left and right. The secret letter reads: "If you want to break Cao Gong, attack him with fire, and everything is ready except the east wind." .

4, seven capture Meng Huo.

It is reported that Meng Huo is an impatient person. He is good at using bows and arrows and has great prestige in the local area. If he is subdued, it will be good for the governance of South China University. Zhuge Liang used a little trick to capture Meng Huo alive, treat him as a distinguished guest, invite him to drink and eat meat, and lead him to his own army to show him the lineup of the Shu army. Meng Huo was not satisfied, so Zhuge Liang let him go.

Meng Huo confronted the Shu army for the second time and was captured alive. Zhuge Liang saw that he refused and let him go again. In this way, we arrested and released it for seven times in a row, which finally convinced this influential figure in the south. Zhuge Liang wanted to let him go, so he said to Zhuge Liang, "You are like a god. From now on, the people of South China will never rebel again. " In September, the Third Route Army joined forces in Dianchi Lake (now Jinning, Yunnan) and finally put down the rebellion in South China.

5. Burn Chibi.

1 1 On October 20th, a southeast wind suddenly blew. Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's strategist, is good at observing the weather, and he has already made preparations with Zhou Yu. At this time, Cao Cao received a letter from Huang Gai and agreed to surrender. Cao Cao, with his generals, stood at the bow and waited. Sure enough, Cao Cao was very proud to see Huang Gai leading a dozen ships coming with the wind. A dozen ships rode the wind and soon reached the front of Cao Cao's warships.

With a wave of Huang Gai's hand, the ship suddenly burst into flames. It turned out that the ship was full of flammable things such as firewood and grease. The burning ship hit Cao Cao's warship battalion by the southeast wind, and Cao Cao's warship caught fire immediately. Because they were chained together, they couldn't escape and died in the fire. Cao Cao hurriedly abandoned the ship and went ashore, but the barracks where food was stored on the shore were also burned down by Zhou Yu's soldiers who ambushed in advance.

Sun and Liu's combined forces stormed and were defeated. Cao Cao broke through in a mess and fled back to the north. After Battle of Red Cliffs, Sun Quan was able to consolidate his rule in the south of the Yangtze River, while Liu Bei took the opportunity to occupy most of Jingzhou, forming a tripartite confrontation between Cao, Sun and Liu.