Who is the real planner or protagonist of Burning Red Cliff?

The real planner or protagonist of Burning Red Cliff is Huang Gai.

At that time, Cao Cao was not used to the northern foot soldiers taking a boat, so he connected the boat end to end, and both men and women were on board. Zhou Yu said to Huang Gai: "Now that we are outnumbered, it is difficult to stay at loggerheads for a long time. Cao Jun connected the warships together, end to end, and could attack with fire and defeat Cao Jun. "

Choose ten Meng Chong warships, load them with dry jackals and firewood, pour oil on them, wrap them in curtains, hang up flags, prepare speedboats in advance and tie them to the stern. Huang Gai first sent a letter to Cao Cao, falsely claiming that he intended to surrender. At that time, the southeast wind was urgent, and the Huanggai warship was in front. When they reached the center of the river, they raised their sails and the rest of the ships moved forward in turn.

All the officers and men in Cao Cao's army stood out and watched, pointing to the boat and saying that Huang Gai had surrendered. More than twenty miles away from Jun, ten ships ignited at the same time, and the fire was fierce. The ship flew forward like an arrow, burning all the Jun warships, and the fire also spread to Jun's camp on land. In an instant, smoke and fire enveloped the sky, and countless Cao Jun people were burned to death or drowned.

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After Cao Cao returned to Jiangling, he was afraid of losing Chibi and making the regime in the rear unstable. He immediately returned to the north, leaving Coss and Huang Xu in Nanjun (the place where Jiangling was ruled), letting Wen Pin guard Jiangxia, and then appointing Lejin to guard Xiangyang, and Man Chong to act as a general and stay in Dangyang. Sun and Liu joined forces to win the victory in Battle of Red Cliffs.

In the 13th year of Jian 'an, Battle of Red Cliffs, Huang Gai went to Cao Cao to surrender, and took the opportunity to attack Cao Cao's army. He is one of Battle of Red Cliffs's main heroes. He worshipped the corps commander of Wufeng and attacked the city with Wuling barbarians. Huang Gai let 500 people in, stopped them and beat the thief to pieces. Spring has gone and summer has come, but chaos has passed. Later, he begged mountain thieves in yiyang county, Changsha, and added partial generals. The official is partial to the general, and Wuling is the satrap. ?

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