Seven Birds and Menghuo

In the middle of the Three Kingdoms period, the Shu Kingdom occupied the Western Shu area. At this time, Menghuo in the south was in rebellion. Zhuge Liang went out to conquer the Southern Barbarians Meng Huo. In order to win over Meng Huo's people, he captured Meng Huo seven times and then released him. When Meng Huo was released for the seventh time, Meng Huo finally surrendered to Shu, and Zhuge Liang pacified the south.

The Empty City Strategy

In the middle and late period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang sent troops to attack the Wei State. Due to the loss of the important street pavilion, everything was lost. Zhuge Liang was forced to withdraw his troops, and Sima Yi's army pursued him. At this time, Kong Ming's generals and soldiers had basically finished allocating military duties, and only 2,500 troops were left in the city. So he ordered all the flags and drums to cease, opened the city gates wide, and played the piano alone on the tower. Sima Yi suspected that there was an ambush. Turn around and withdraw your troops. Zhuge Liang escaped a disaster!

Lost Street Pavilion

Just before the Empty City Plan, Ma Di volunteered to guard the street pavilion, but made a stupid mistake. Defeated by Sima Yi. The Shu army was cut off from its throat. Forced to withdraw troops.

Beheading Ma Su

Ma Su lost his street pavilion. Zhuge Liang was very angry. I remembered what Liu Bei told him before he died: "I think Ma Di is an exaggeration." Regret endlessly. In grief, Ma Su, who issued a military order, was beheaded.

Talking with Confucians

In the early period of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei's power was still very small, and he was driven out of control by Cao Cao. If you want to join Soochow, it's Sun Quan. Send Zhuge Liang as a lobbyist. However, the counselors of Soochow made things difficult for Zhuge Liang at every turn, and Zhuge Liang relied on his wealth of economic knowledge to fight against the Confucian scholars. They were all speechless. Later, with the help of Lu Su, Sun Quan was persuaded to unite to resist Cao Cao.

The straw boat borrows arrows

The coalition forces of Sun and Liu confronted Cao Cao in Chibi. Zhou Yu was jealous of Zhuge Liang's intelligence. Wanting to get rid of Zhuge Liang, he made things difficult for Zhuge Liang and asked him to make 100,000 arrows within ten days. Zhuge Liang expected that there would be heavy fog in a few days, so he agreed and reduced the time limit to three days. Zhou Yu believed that Zhuge Liang was seeking death. One or two days passed, and Zhuge Liang did not move. On the third night. Zhuge Liang borrowed some boats from Lu Su and filled them with straw men, and sailed towards Cao Cao's camp in a row. There was heavy fog on the river, and Cao Cao was unclear about the true strength of the enemy's troops. So he asked the soldiers to shoot arrows wildly. Arrows filled the straw boat. Zhuge Liang returned with a full load! !

Burning Bowangpo

In the early period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was very powerful and unified the north. The next step was to move south. Attack Liu Bei. At this time, Liu Bei took refuge with Liu Biao and was stationed in Xinye. Cao Cao sent general Xiahou Dun to attack Xinye. At this time Liu Bei had already invited Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang set up an ambush at Bowangpo and ordered Zhao Yun to lure the enemy deep and then attack with fire. Xiahou Dun really hit the mark. Returned defeated. This was the first battle Kong Ming fought after coming out of the mountain.

Burning Xinye

After burning Bowangpo, Cao Cao made a comeback and sent Cao Ren and Cao Hong's army to attack Xinye. Zhuge Liang expected that he could not stay in Xinye, so he left the city empty and hid sulfur and other fire-starters on the houses. After Cao Jun entered the city, he moved into private houses. There was a strong wind at night, and Liu Bei's army, who was ambushing outside the city, fired rockets into the city. The fire started quickly. Cao's soldiers fled out of the city, but were intercepted and killed by Liu Bei's army, and they returned defeated.

White Emperor City Tuogu

After Guan Yu lost Jingzhou and was killed, Liu Bei was filled with grief and anger and mobilized a large army to attack Wu. He vowed to "pacify Soochow". Unexpectedly, the company was "burned down" by Lu Xun of Soochow. Defeated, he fled to Baidi City, became depressed and became ill, and was in danger. Call the ministers to give instructions about the funeral. Prince Liu Chan was entrusted to Zhuge Liang.

Warm wine and kill Hua Xiong

In the early days of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao launched a coalition to attack Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's vanguard was Hua Xiong. Hua Xiong was a subordinate of Lu Bu, the best master of the Three Kingdoms. He was also very brave and killed several generals of the coalition forces in a row. When the coalition forces were worried that no one could defeat Hua Xiong, Guan Yu couldn't help but ask for a fight. But Liu Bei had little status at this time, and Guan Yu's military rank was pitifully small. So Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, objected, fearing that the enemy would ridicule him for having no soldiers in the army. But Cao Cao had seen Guan Yu's ability and admired him very much, so he poured wine for him. Guan Yu said that it would not be too late to wait until Hua Xiong came back to drink. So he jumped on his horse and rushed into the enemy camp. After a while, he came back with Hua Xiong's head. At this time, the wine was still hot. This is Warming Wine and Killing Hua Xiong!

Crossing five passes and killing six generals

Liu Bei was defeated in the Battle of Xuzhou. Guan Yu was persuaded by Zhang Liao and agreed to temporarily surrender to Cao Cao in three chapters. He killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou for Cao Cao to break the siege of Baima. Later, when he learned that Liu Bei was at Yuan Shao's place, he wanted to find Liu Bei. In order to retain Guan Yu, Cao Cao avoided seeing him. Guan Yu could only leave without saying goodbye. Passing five passes along the road, the guards refused to let them pass, so Guan Yu killed them one by one. One *** six. Finally met up with Liu Bei. This is the famous saying of riding a thousand miles alone, passing five levels and killing six generals!

Going to the meeting alone

After the Battle of Chibi. The Three Kingdoms gradually formed. Liu Bei left Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, and his main force expanded westward. Jingzhou has been a battleground for military strategists of all ages. Originally belongs to Soochow. Soochow has been looking for opportunities to get it back. Lu Su came up with another plan: trick Guan Yu into crossing the river to attend the banquet, ambush the swordsman and axemen at the banquet, throw a cup as a signal and rush out to kill him. Then he sent Guan Yu to a banquet. Guan Yu agreed calmly knowing it was a trick! He only took Zhou Cang with him to carry the knife for him. During the dinner, Lu Su mentioned the matter of asking for a return to Jingzhou, but Guan Yu refused to talk about it, saying that state affairs would not be discussed during the banquet. Lu Su kept pestering him, and Zhou Cang interrupted. Guan Yu took the opportunity to pretend to be angry and snatched the sword from Zhou Cang's hand, and ordered Zhou Cang to retreat.

Zhou Cang understood and exited. Guan Yu pretended to be drunk, holding a big knife in one hand, holding Lu Su's hand with the other and pulling Lu Su to the riverside. The Soochow soldiers were afraid of accidentally injuring Lu Su and were afraid of Guan Gong's force, so they did not dare to take action. Guan Yunchang got on the boat and took advantage of the wind.

Three Heroes Battle with Lu Bu

After Hua Xiong was beheaded by Guan Yu, Lu Bu personally took action and was unbeatable. Zhang Fei rushed out and fought with him for more than 50 rounds without deciding the outcome. Guan Yu came up and attacked Lu Bu from both sides, but couldn't defeat Lu Bu in 30 rounds. Liu Bei also came up to attack, and the three heroes fought against Lu Bu, and the fight was very fierce. Lu Bu made a false stab at Liu Bei and was defeated. (Lü Bu deserves to be the number one general in the Three Kingdoms)

Seven armies flooded

Guan Yu besieged Cao Ren in Fancheng. Cao Cao sent General Jin and Pang De to lead seven armies to rescue him. Troops were stationed in the valley. It was a time of continuous autumn rain. Guan Yu ordered people to block the water inlets of Xiangjiang River. When the river rose, the seven armies were flooded. Cao's army suffered numerous casualties. Pang De was beheaded and Yu Jin was captured.

Scrap bones to cure poison

After the water flooded the seventh army, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng and scolded the formation under Fancheng. Cao Ren ordered the archers to shoot arrows. Guan Yu was hit by an arrow in his right arm and returned to his army. The arrow is poisonous, and the poison has penetrated into the bones. So Hua Tuo, a famous doctor who had treated Zhou Tai, was invited. Hua Tuo said that he had to cut open the flesh and scrape the poison off the bones. This would be extremely painful. He asked Guan Yu to tie his arms tightly and cover his head. Guan Yu said no. While playing chess with Ma Liang, he stretched out his hand to scrape his bones, and there was no trace of pain in his conversation and laughter. After the incident, the two men marveled at each other. Guan Yu praised Hua Tuo's medical skills, and Hua Tuo praised Guan Yu's courage and perseverance.

Explanation of Cao Cao

In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's army encountered a fire attack and suffered heavy casualties. Cao Cao was defeated and fled. He was intercepted and killed by Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others along the way, leaving only a few hundred men and horses around him. Passing through Huarong Road, Guan Yu has been ambushing here for a long time. It turned out that Zhuge Liang had already predicted that Cao Cao would escape from Huarong Road, so he asked Guan Yu to lead his troops to ambush here. At this time, Cao Cao was desperate, so he asked Guan Yu to let him go for the sake of past friendship. Guan Yu was a man who valued friendship very much. He remembered Cao Cao's kindness to him when he lived with Cao Cao in the past, and he softened his heart and let Cao Cao go.

The Three Brothers in Taoyuan

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Uprising occurred. The imperial court issued announcements to recruit troops and horses to quell the chaos. When Liu Bei saw the announcement, he sighed deeply. Zhang Fei happened to hear him and said, "If a man doesn't contribute to the country, why are you sighing here?" Liu Bei said that he was unable to do what he wanted, so he sighed. Zhang Fei said that he had some savings from selling pork and could recruit troops. Liu Bei was very happy. The two of them went to drink. It happened that Guan Yu was about to apply for the army and came in to drink. The three of them were like-minded and very speculative, so they became sworn brothers and worked together to achieve great things.

Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage

When Liu Bei first came out to conquer the world, although he had great masters such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, etc., he suffered repeated defeats. The reason is because there is no good military. Until I found Xu Shu! Xu Shu helped Liu Bei win several battles but was deceived by Cao Cao. Before leaving, Xu Shu recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang is Mr. Wolong. So Liu Bei personally went to invite Zhuge Liang three times in a row. Zhuge Liang was not at home the first two times and did not see him until the third time. Liu Bei asked him about the current situation and invited Zhuge Liang to help. Zhuge Liang told the famous "Longzhong Dui" and agreed to go out. Liu Bei was like a fish in water, capable of both civil and military affairs, and began his great cause of unifying China.

Discussing Heroes over Boiled Green Plum Wine

After Cao Cao killed Lu Bu, he invited Liu Bei to drink. During the banquet, Cao Cao asked Liu Bei who in the world could be called a hero. Liu Bei listed Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and others one by one. Cao Cao said no. Liu Bei asked him, and Cao Cao said: "Today's heroes are only the envoys and Cao Er!" Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this. He knew that Cao Cao would not tolerate him. So he used the excuse of intercepting Yuan Shu to borrow troops from Cao Cao and left.

The more detailed plot of Green Plums Cooking Wine and Discussing Heroes:

After Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Bu, he defected to Cao Cao. Later, he accompanied Cao Cao to destroy Lu Bu and then returned to Beijing with Cao Cao. Cao Cao was dictatorial and very rude to the emperor. Uncle Dong Cheng and others conspired to get rid of Cao Cao, and Liu Bei also participated. Liu Bei planted vegetables in the garden where he lived every day, thereby creating the illusion that he had no ambitions and hiding it from Cao Cao. One day, Cao Cao suddenly sent someone to invite Liu Bei to have a drink. As soon as they met, Cao Cao smiled and said, "You have done a great job at home!" Liu Bei was secretly surprised, thinking that he had cheated on him. Cao Cao continued: "It's not easy for Xuande to learn to grow vegetables." Liu Bei was relieved. Cao Cao said he saw green plums in the garden, and suddenly remembered that there was a lack of water on the road when he led troops to conquer Zhang Xiu last year. The soldiers were very thirsty. Cao Cao suddenly had an idea and pointed ahead and said, "There is a plum forest ahead." The sergeants all drooled after hearing this, so they didn't feel thirsty. So I invited Liu Bei to have a small gathering, cook wine, enjoy plum blossoms, and talk about heroes! Cao Cao asked Liu Bei who in the world could be called a hero. Liu Bei listed Sun Ce, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and others one by one. Cao Cao said no. Liu Bei then asked him, and Cao Cao said: "Today's heroes are only your envoys and Cao Er!" When Liu Bei heard this, he was so shocked that he dropped his chopsticks to the ground. There happened to be a thunder at that time, so Liu Bei pretended to be frightened by the thunder and covered it up. His own horrified look. Liu Bei knew Cao Cao's insight, so Cao Cao must not tolerate him.

At that time, Yuan Shu was severely weakened after being defeated by Cao Cao, and wanted to flee to Hebei to join Yuan Shao. Liu Bei then used the excuse of intercepting Yuan Shu to borrow troops from Cao Cao and left. Escaped from Cao Cao's control. After learning about this, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia remonstrated with Cao Cao, saying that even if they did not kill Liu Bei, they could not let him go. Doing so would be like letting the dragon into the sea and letting the tiger return to the mountain.

This story includes the origin of two idioms: Looking at the plum blossoms to quench thirst and letting the tiger return to the mountain

Cao Cao's words spoke of the two tit-for-tat heroes in the Three Kingdoms period, showing Cao Cao's Insightful and rather conceited ambition. It also shows Liu Bei's cautious and adaptable mentality when living under others.