Restore the true fire in history to Bowangpo
Five years after Jian 'an, the battle of Guandu broke out. Liu Bei, who parted ways with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, took this opportunity to join hands again and attached himself to Liu Pi and Gong Dou, the local leaders of Runan, in an attempt to launch a surprise attack behind Cao Cao. However, the following year, Cao Cao, who won a great victory in Guandu and Cangting, decided to turn back and eradicate the threat behind him. After the defeat in the Battle of Rangshan, Liu Bei was forced to flee to Jingzhou to take refuge in Liu Biao. Liu Bei, who was appreciated by Liu Biao, was entrusted with the important task of guarding the northern part of Jingzhou and stationed in Nanyang Xinye.
In the seventh year of Jian 'an, Liu Biao took advantage of Cao Cao's Northern Expedition to attack Yuan Shang and capture several capitals, but sent Liu Bei to lead the troops to attack it. Liu Bei then sent his troops to the Northern Expedition, reaching Yexian County near Xuchang, which seriously threatened the security of the Central Plains. Cao Cao's generals Xiahou _, Yu Jin and Li Dian fought back. Liu Bei withdrew his troops and chose Wang Bo to fight against Jun.
During the confrontation, one day Liu Bei deliberately sent a small number of troops to fight Xiahou _, deliberately lost, and then burned his barracks. All kinds of signs made Xiahou _ misjudge Liu Bei's inability to fight again and decided to pursue him. Li Dian admonished him. Xiahou _ thinks that Li Dian's judgment is wrong, so he is forbidden to pursue. However, when marching to the narrow forest mountain road, the ambush arranged by Liu Bei suddenly appeared, and Xiahou _ couldn't cope with it and was ambushed. In times of difficulty, Li Dian commanded soldiers' horses to meet the enemy and rescued Xiahou _. And Liu Bei also chose to withdraw his troops because he had too few troops.
Although Liu Biao intended to capture many capitals, after this battle, Liu Biao did not take the initiative to attack. Later, although Liu Bei advised Liu Biao to send troops when Cao Cao was going on an expedition to Liucheng, Liu Biao refused, and finally missed the opportunity to seize the Central Plains. After his death, Jingzhou's inheritance was instantly occupied by Cao Cao, forcing Liu Bei to seek Sun Quan's help in Jiangdong, which led to the later Battle of Red Cliffs.
The Battle of Bowangpo in Romance of the Three Kingdoms has always been regarded as the first battle after Zhuge Liang took office, and it is also the first fire of the sentence "A new official takes office with three fires". Zhuge Liang promised Liu Bei to be an official after he went. At that time, Cao Cao had pacified Hebei and was determined to have a southern expedition, so he sent Xiahou _ as commander-in-chief, Yu Jin and Li Dian as lieutenants, and led a hundred thousand troops to Nanyang Xinye. At that time, Zhuge Liang had a plan to retreat from the enemy, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked down on Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang had no choice but to subdue them with Liu Bei's sword, let them each lead a thousand horses, ambush them in Yushan and Lin 'an, wait for Xiahou _ to lead them through, and then use ambush and fire attack. He also sent Zhao Yunling, an old and frail archer, as a pioneer, to fight Xiahou _, cheat and retreat, and lure Xiahou _ into the narrow mountain road. He also sent Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Liu Feng and others to sneak into the rear of Jun and burn materials, causing panic in Jun. After the war, everything was carried out according to Zhuge Liang's arrangement.
When Xiahou _ pursues Yu Jin's lead, Li Dian in the rear urgently informs Xiahou _ in front to be careful of enemy fire. However, it is too late. June is limited by narrow roads, in a place where trees are mixed. The fire got out of control and suffered heavy casualties. Xiahou _ and other generals fled back to Xudu. After Zhuge Liang's victory in the first battle, Guan Yu paid a New Year call again.
Third, the cause of this war was that Liu Biao took advantage of Cao Cao's northern expedition to Yuan Shang in an attempt to attack many capitals. He sent Liu Bei to lead the attack. Liu Bei's encounter with Cao Cao's Xia Houdun army in Wang Bo triggered the war. It was not Cao Cao who pacified Hebei and invaded Liu Bei, but Liu Bei invaded Cao Bei in the north and Cao Cao sent troops to resist.
Fourth, this is a small battle, unlike novels, Xiahou _ has hundreds of thousands of troops.
Fifth, Xiahou _ troops suffered little casualties. Jun Li Dian had long expected that Liu Bei would use ambush tactics, so he ordered soldiers to attack Liu Bei and rescue Xiahou _. The two armies retreated, the war ended, and Liu Bei only won a small victory.
Sixth, Cao Jun was not defeated by fire as described in the novel. Liu Bei just burned down his barracks, using an ambush strategy. It is more appropriate to call this battle "the Battle of Bowangpo".
The following is the original history book:
: Liu Biao sent Liu Bei to invade the north, even to Ye, which was rejected by Mao Mi. Once you are ready to burn the chariot, you will lead the army to pursue it. As the saying goes, "If a thief quits without reason, he will be suspected." The south road is narrow and the vegetation is deep, so you can't chase it. "If you don't listen, you will be forbidden to chase them, but stay behind. If the enemy is trapped by a thief and the situation is unfavorable, he will try to save him, but as soon as the situation comes out, he will retreat.
More and more Jingzhou heroes have returned to their former masters to express their doubts and suppress themselves. Rejecting Xiahou _, prohibition equals hope. For a long time, the first master set an ambush. Once he set himself on fire, was chased by others, and was broken by an ambush.
Huoshao Wangbopo The Secret Behind
Liu Bei has been stationed in Xinye for more than seven years, with only one military action. Liu Biao told him to March into Xu County. After Wanxian and Changshan, it reaches Yexian in the southwest of Xu Xian. The general of Ye County is Xiahou _. Under Xiahou _, there are two generals, Li Dian and Yu Jin.
The battle was well fought: there was a roadside ambush tactic that defeated Xiahou _ himself and the pursuers led by Yu Jin.
Li Dian was right not to advocate pursuit. First, Liu Bei suddenly retired without losing his troops, like "cheating." Second, to the south of Yexian County, the road leading to Wang Bo is the mountain pass of Fangcheng Mountain, which is very narrow and long, with lush vegetation on both sides. Liu Bei may have been lying in ambush. Xiahou _ didn't listen to Li Dian, and he was defeated.
In addition to attacking Xiahou _' s pursuers with an ambush army, did Liu Bei also burn the vegetation on both sides of the mountain road with fire, as Wei Zhi and Li Dian said in the Legend of the Three Kingdoms? This is possible, but it is not necessary. In addition, if a fire breaks out in a dry day in autumn and winter, it is not just Xiahou _ and Yujin's soldiers who are burned to death.
Is Liu Bei's victory due to Zhuge Liang's command? Did Liu Bei visit Zhuge Liang three times at this time and invite Zhuge Liang to be a strategist?
As we all know, Xiahou _ was defeated before Li Dian participated in Cao Cao's siege of Yexian County. The siege of Yexian County began in February and ended in August.
When Zhuge Liang wrote the annals of the Three Kingdoms and Shu in the fifth year of Jianxing, he said this: "The first emperor had no interest in his officials, and he was wronged by his accusations. Chen Sam is in a thatched cottage. He was grateful for the ministers' current affairs, so he asked the first emperor to drive him away. After being overthrown, he ordered defeat and ordered danger. I have been here for twenty-one years. "
Lovely Pei Songzhi, under these words, made a very clear note: "Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao in the thirteenth year of Jian 'an, and sent Ming to make an envoy to Wu. Liang Jianxing resisted the Northern Expedition for five years and overthrew it for twenty years. However, Liu Bei first met Liang in the year before his defeat. "
From this point of view, there is not only no evidence of "burning Bowangpo" in history, but Zhuge Liang is still lying high among dragons. He never got a fake sword from Liu Bei in Xinye Camp, so he ordered Guan Yu, Zhang Yu, Guan Ping and Liu Feng to ambush the so-called "Yushan" on the left side of Wang Bo with a thousand "militiamen", named Zhang Fei. Also known as Pin Guan.
Zhuge Liang told the four men to wait for Zhao Yun and Liu Bei to confront Xiahou _, cheat and defeat, retreat to Bowangpo and set fire together. They did, and sure enough, "there were corpses everywhere, rivers of blood" and they killed me.
The romance writer described Xiahou _ as an attacker and Liu Bei as an attacker, but never made a profound investigation: Liu Bei accepted the attack, and Xiahou _ only "pursued" Liu Bei after retreating. The romance author also described Xiahou _ as a stranger in the northeast of Xinye Xuchang.