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Zhuge measures the weather

Because although Zhuge Liang is known as the "God Operator", it is all based on certain conditions. He can figure out the fog and the east wind, and he is familiar with the geographical environment at that time, but he can't figure out that there will be heavy rain, because he is not familiar with the climate and topography of Shanggu. No matter how powerful Zhuge Liang is, he cannot violate the laws of nature. This is why he stumbled and got lost in the heavy rain.

Zhuge Liang thought of disguising a scarecrow as a soldier to attract the enemy's attention because his army was short of weapons, and he got a sharp arrow as easy as blowing off dust. Zhuge Liang took advantage of the foggy weather to influence the enemy's sight and win the name of the enemy in one fell swoop. Later, Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind to "burn Chibi", which was even more admirable, and the name of Zhuge Liang's god operator came out. But whether it is the fog of "borrowing an arrow from a grass boat" or the east wind of "burning Chibi", Zhuge Liang made a prediction based on his understanding of the local perennial climate.

Zhuge Liang led Sima Yi to the valley and tried to attack him with fire. Suddenly, it rained cats and dogs and saved Sima Yi from the fire. Why didn't Zhuge Liang calculate that it would rain heavily when Sima Yi was burned to death? This is because Shanggu is not in Han Shu and Jingzhou that Zhuge Liang is familiar with. Zhuge Liang didn't know the weather changes in Shanggu, so he didn't expect heavy rain when the fire attacked. In fact, this is not surprising. Compared with the rapidly changing weather, Zhuge Liang is not Zhuge Liang at that time, and even the current weather forecast is sometimes inaccurate.

But after all, it is not known whether Zhuge Liang himself in history has the ability to predict the weather. After all, Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was processed by literature, so it is not surprising that there are some abilities that ordinary people do not have. But then again, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang must lose the first battle, or he will rewrite the history behind him.