The weather in Lingtai, Guangxi

Zhuge Liang actually borrowed the east wind because he has a good geographical foundation and is good at analyzing the general situation of the weather. He finally learned that the southeast wind would blow in a few days, so he pretended to build a platform as a spell to borrow the east wind. It is also a side expression of Zhuge Liang's erudite and versatile personality.

It happened in the famous Battle of Red Cliffs at that time, and Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind. At that time, Cao Cao led 800,000 troops to attack Sun Quan through Chibi River, but most of Cao Cao's troops could not swim, so it was difficult for them to fight on water. But their numbers were enough to give Sun Quan a headache, so Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others were invited to help. The general in charge of Wu Dong is Zhou Yu.

After the three men discussed, Cao Cao's army was designed to cross the river together by connecting the ships. Then I wanted to burn all these ships with torches, but a few days before Cao Jun was going to attack, the southwest wind blew. This wind direction can't achieve the effect of wiping out Cao Cao's army in one fell swoop, and Cao Cao may successfully attack Wu Dong. Zhou Yu felt very headache for this matter, and even fell ill in bed. After Zhuge Liang learned about this, he began to observe the terrain of Chibi and the weather forecast these days.

Sure enough, under Zhuge Liang's research, he found that the southeast wind would blow in a few days. If we take this opportunity to burn the ship, we will certainly annihilate Cao Jun in one fell swoop. So, in order to relieve Zhou Yu's worries, he told Zhou Yu that he could borrow the southeast wind and let him wait for a few days to fight again. Sure enough, at the beginning of the war, Zhuge Liang began to build a platform. He really borrowed the southeast wind and wiped out Cao Cao's 800 thousand army. The case of Zhuge Liang's borrowing from Dongfeng further mythologized Zhuge Shijun's identity.