What is Zhuge Liang's principle of borrowing the east wind in Battle of Red Cliffs?

As we all know, Zhuge Liang is one of the key figures in Battle of Red Cliffs. Without the east wind borrowed by Zhuge Liang, the steamboat of Dongwu could not have gone down the river and burned Cao Cao's chain boat.

In the war between Wu Dong and Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang was the one who could see through Zhou Yu's mind best. After Zhou Yu succeeded in letting Cao Cao kill the Chua brothers, he immediately sent Lu Su to test Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang guessed that Zhou Yu would not tolerate him, but he could not pretend not to know. If Zhuge Liang deliberately did not break Zhou Yu's mind, it would be easy for Zhou Yu to think that Liu Bei was alone, so he underestimated Liu Bei! At that time, when sharing the fruits of victory, Liu Bei will get less benefits!

So Zhuge Liang conveyed an idea to Zhou Yu through Lu Su's frankness, that is, Zhuge Liang has guessed your idea! In this way, according to Zhou Yu's mind, on the one hand, Liu Bei's influence should be taken into account, on the other hand, Zhuge Liang should be removed by all means!

Therefore, the story of the grass boat borrowing an arrow later appeared, which further strengthened Zhou Yu's determination to get rid of Zhuge Liang! Then Zhuge Liang also knew Zhou Yu's mind. After getting the time of Zhou Yu's general attack, Zhuge Liang would be secretly executed in Zhou Yu's army at the moment of the general attack if he did not take action.

Therefore, during this period, Zhuge Liang had to find a way. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang's familiarity with the weather made him avoid many risks, including borrowing fog to shoot arrows and straw boats. Zhuge Liang just escaped this time because of the weather. What's the weather like in the east wind? When discussing with Zhou Yu that the east wind was coming, Zhuge Liang already knew the time of the general attack! Zhuge Liang knew Zhou Yu's mind, and his idea was to take advantage of the east wind to stay away from Zhou Yu's army, so that he could fish in troubled waters and run away. Zhuge Liang can't escape if he wants to escape in the army. Then you have to choose a place that is beneficial to you, so Zhuge Liang took Lu Su to choose a place. Lu Su won Zhou Yu's trust and wouldn't cheat Zhou Yu, so Zhou Yu was relieved to have Lu Su with him when he chose a place! Zhuge Liang chose Nanping Mountain as his position. Lu Su devoted himself to the great cause of the alliance and didn't take Zhuge Liang's escape to heart at all.

So Zhuge Liang took this opportunity to escape from Cuiping Mountain, and Zhao Yun took him back to Xiakou. For what dongfeng zhuge liang didn't take it to heart! This is what Zhuge Liang said when he sent Lu Su away. "Please don't be surprised if Liang's prayers are in vain." Zhuge Liang's main purpose in borrowing the east wind is to escape from the Wu Dong camp.