Zhuge Liang was a famous strategist in the Three Kingdoms period. There are countless records about Zhuge Liang in history, such as borrowing grass boats to shoot arrows and visiting thatched cottages. In the famous Battle of Red Cliffs, the story of Zhuge Liang borrowing from the east wind is also talked about by people. Do you know that Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind from Battle of Red Cliffs? It was made up by later generations. Keep reading!

Is it true that Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind in Battle of Red Cliffs?

This was a famous battle in Battle of Red Cliffs during the Three Kingdoms period. In the history of Battle of Red Cliffs, the general process is as follows:

In July of the 13th year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao invaded Jingzhou.

In August, Liu Biao, a priest in Jingzhou, died of illness, and his youngest son, Liu Cong, succeeded to the throne and was stationed in Xiangyang. Liubeitun Fancheng.

In September, when Cao Cao went to Xinye, Liu Cong kept Liu Bei in the dark and surrendered without a fight. Liu Bei fled south, and Xiakou fell. Cao Cao marched into Jiangling and tried to conquer Jiangnan.

In October, Zhuge Liang went to Jiangdong. Sun Quan decided to unite Liu Kangcao, appointed Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu as the left and right governors, and Lu Su as a captain of Cao Jun, and joined forces with Liu Beijun in Chibi.

From June, 654381October +0 1 day to February, 65438, Sun Liu's allied forces fought Cao Jun for the first time in Chibi. You lost the Wulin, Jiangbei. A disease happened in Cao Jun, and many soldiers died, so the warships were connected. Yellow feigned to fall, burning red cliff and broken. Cao Cao returned from Huarong Road to the north.

Of course, the protagonist of Battle of Red Cliffs is Zhou Yu, and the other is his partner and old enemy Zhuge Liang, who loves and hates him. Zhuge Liang borrowed an arrow from a straw boat and made a virtual video of Dongfeng 3 158, which is a story familiar to readers. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong used a lot of artistic means to make readers marvel at Zhuge Liang's ability to give orders. First, let's review the story:

On the eve of Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Yu prepared to launch a fire attack, burn Cao Jun's warships and defeat Cao Cao. However, Zhou Yu made a mistake in his busy schedule. He didn't expect that the fire attack had high requirements for the wind direction. In the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in the dead of winter, the northwest wind often blows, but there is no southeast wind. If you blow the northwest wind, you are in the limelight and just burn yourself, but you can't burn at all.

Zhou Yu couldn't think of any way, and suddenly fell ill. Zhuge Liang is giving advice to Zhou Yu's army. After learning the cause of Zhou Yu's illness, he gave Zhou Yu a "prescription": "If you want to break through Cao Jun, you must attack with fire. Everything is ready except the east wind. Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang to find a way to' build the east wind', and Zhuge Liang immediately agreed,' I can borrow it.' So Zhou Yu had a seven-star altar built. Zhuge Liang pretended to be on the altar. Want to borrow the east wind. On the day of the battle, the southeast wind was really strong. Zhou Yu took the opportunity to attack and captured Cao Jun in one fell swoop.

In fact, Zhuge Liang is good at predicting the weather. He knew through the forecast that there would be a southeast wind this day, and he didn't borrow it at all. This is just a practice of Zhuge Liang's meteorological knowledge. How did Zhuge Liang know that the southeast wind would blow in Battle of Red Cliffs? When does the southeast wind blow?

Chibi is in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in East Asia. In winter, the land cools faster than the ocean, so cold high pressure often forms in Central Asia, such as Siberian high pressure. In this way, the northwest wind should prevail in Chibi area at that time.

However, it is not impossible for the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to blow southeast wind in the middle of winter. In a word, there are two possibilities.

1. Due to the complicated and changeable atmospheric movement, it is likely that there will be occasional small depressions in the west of Chibi area. The low pressure in the northern hemisphere is a cyclone, and the airflow flows counterclockwise. In this way, the southeast wind just blows from Chibi in the east of the low pressure.

2. It is also possible that there is a small high pressure east of Chibi. The high pressure in the northern hemisphere is an anticyclone, and the airflow flows clockwise. In this way, the high pressure in the western part of Chibi just blows southeast wind.

Therefore, the truth of "borrowing" Dongfeng is actually:

A small high pressure formed in the west of Chibi and gradually moved eastward. When this anticyclone passes through Chibi area, Chibi A

He is proficient in astronomy and geography, and can judge the climate anomaly according to some natural phenomena at that time.

Maybe the southeast wind has begun to blow, and Kong Yu and his wife have made a temporary military decision not to prepare for the east wind.

It is indeed possible for the east wind to burn Chibi, which is a myth. In a calm state, some terrain factors can also be used to ignite Cao Jun, but there are still some controversies about this issue in later generations, and there are different versions. Bian Xiao believes that no matter what the truth is, as a loyal fan of Zhuge Liang, Bian Xiao would rather believe that Zhuge Liang's borrowing from the east wind is true!