The Empty City Strategy

Zhuge Liang’s troops left Qishan, captured Jiang Wei and continued to march towards Wei State. Wei State sent Sima Yi to resist the Shu army and defeated Ma Su at Jieting, but Zhuge Liang’s city was empty. , the soldiers all went out to relieve the siege, and there were only some old, weak, sick and disabled people in the city. Zhuge Liang came up with a plan and ordered the city gate to be opened. He sent a few veterans to clean the city and took two children to play the piano on the tower. Sima Yi's soldiers came Outside the city, he saw the four city gates wide open and Zhuge Liang singing on them again. Sima Yi ordered the troops not to move. When he stepped forward to take a look, he saw that Zhuge Liang was calm and the music was calm. He suspected that there was an ambush, so he ordered the troops to withdraw.

Zhuge Liang sleeps in Wuzhangyuan

Burn Red Cliff

Zhuge Liang skillfully recruits Jiang Wei

Tattles with Confucian scholars

Inspiring wisdom Zhou Yu

Zeng Zao retreated

Zhuge Liang built a wooden ox and a flowing horse (some say it was built by Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying)

Zhuge Liang fled to Xiangyang with his uncle and made grass. Living in a cottage, working hard and studying hard. The lonely Zhuge Liang traveled around Xiangyang, made friends, met with his teachers, and gained a lot of knowledge and studies. Zhuge Liang accidentally heard that there was a talented woman Huang Yueying in Huangjiawan, and he wanted to meet her and make friends. Unexpectedly, Huang Yueying's father Huang Chengyan blocked the door. Zhuge Liang was tested repeatedly by Huang Chengyan and showed his intellectual talent, but he revealed that his daughter was very ugly. If Zhuge Liang wanted to marry a beautiful wife, he would find another job. Zhuge Liang made up his mind and came to propose marriage again. Huang Yueying raised a series of problems that stumped Zhuge Liang. In order to marry the talented Huang Yueying, Zhuge Liang used perseverance, wisdom and the help of friends to finally overcome the difficulties set up by the Huang family's father and daughter, and finally won the heart of the beauty. Zhuge Liang completed his studies, made friends, and got married in Longzhong. He honed his skills and became a talented person with amazing strategies and unparalleled wisdom. Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, and Zhuge Liang published the "Longzhong Dui" that has been passed down through the ages. He resolutely came out of the mountain and wrote an earth-shattering legend.

Steamed Buns

It is said that when Zhuge Liang defeated Meng Huo's troops and returned to the court, they were unable to cross the Lu River. According to custom, 49 human heads were sacrificed. The next day, Zhuge Liang wrapped them in flour and wrapped them in meat. Adult heads were used to replace human heads for sacrifices; since then, there have been many sacrifices with steamed buns in addition to pigs, cows, and sheep; another note: steamed buns originally meant to replace the heads of captive barbarians used for sacrifice, so they are called It was called Mantou, but later it was changed to Mantou to avoid taboos, and then the food side was added to become the current steamed buns. Kongming lanterns The Kongming lanterns that have been passed down to this day are also called sky lanterns. According to legend, they were invented by Zhuge Kongming (namely Zhuge Liang) during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Kongming was besieged by Sima Yi in Yangping and was unable to send troops out of the city to ask for help. Kong Ming accurately calculated the direction of the wind, made a floating paper lantern, and attached a message for help. He was indeed out of danger, so later generations called this kind of lantern Kongming Lantern. Another theory is that the shape of this lantern is like the hat worn by Zhuge Kongming, hence its name.