The reason why Cao Cao lost the Battle of Chibi in history is also very simple - the Cao Cao army at that time, under the leadership of Cao Cao, the most outstanding politician and military strategist in the Three Kingdoms era, changed from a devouring and fat tiger to a paper tiger that could be broken at the first poke, and then was easily solved by the Sun-Liu coalition army.

To put it simply, Cao Cao at that time was too carried away and his tail was too high.

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Cao Cao will lose the battle of Chibi, in fact, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu have already put forward their own views in this regard. Zhuge Liang said that first of all, Cao Cao's army came from afar, and without rest, it must be exhausted; secondly, the northerners are not in a good water war; Once again, Cao Cao had just occupied Jingzhou, and the people's hearts were unstable.

And Zhou Yu also said that Cao Cao's army does not have an advantage in water warfare, and the water war they chose to give up land warfare is not the strength of the Central Plains, and now the season is not very suitable for Cao Cao's army to fight, and Cao's army will inevitably be unaccustomed to water and soil when it comes from afar, which is the defect of Cao Cao's army.

In history, Pei Songzhi's battle of Chibi has a relevant record in "The Biography of Jia Xu": "Chen Songzhi thought that this plan was not suitable for the time. At that time, Han and Ma were still wolves and guarded the right, and Wei Wu was not allowed to sit in Yingdu to threaten Wu Hui, which was also clear. Those who are in Jingzhou, Sun and Liu will fight for it. Jing people obey the majesty of Lord Liu, and worry about Sun Quan's martial strategy, for a long time, and it is true that the generals of the Cao family can resist. Therefore, Cao Ren guards Jiangling, defeat does not turn the heel, how can he be appeased, and the obedience can be expected? This is not only the new Pingjiang and Han Dynasty, but also the deterrence of Yang and Yue, and the tools of the water war, with the hands of Jing Chu Jiyi, the good meeting of the shock, and the great opportunity of the outline. If you don't take advantage of this, will you be safe? As for the defeat of Chibi, there is a fortune. In fact, the epidemic is booming, in order to damage the sharp edge, the triumphant wind from the south, and it is used to burn like a momentum. Heaven is really doing it, how can it be human? However, Wei Wuzhi went east, not a miscalculation. This rule is undeserved. ”

Indeed, Cao Cao will lose some bad luck, the winter that was originally blowing the northwest wind suddenly blew the southeast wind, and Cao Cao was pitted, but Jia Xu persuaded Cao Cao to stabilize Jiangdong first There is no problem, you must know that after Cao Cao seized Jingzhou, he already controlled the north and west of Jiangdong, and Jiaozhou in the south was weak and inclined to the imperial court, and Cao Cao could completely encircle Jiangdong after stabilizing Jingzhou, and at that time Sun Quan had no way to run except for jumping into the sea to the east, and there were many princes in Guanzhong, Ma Chao and Han Sui were only the strongest among them, Their threat to Cao Cao is actually very limited.

As for the epidemic, it cannot be completely classified as a natural disaster, because this thing itself is predictable, Zhou Yu saw this, and Guo Jia also said it when he persuaded Cao Cao to go south earlier, and in "Fu Zi" Cao Cao's memories of Guo Jia have this paragraph "There are many people who are afraid of diseases, there is an epidemic in the south, and as the saying goes, 'If I go to the south, I will not survive'." Guo Jia himself said that if he went to the south, he might not be able to survive because of the epidemic, Cao Cao definitely knew about the epidemic when he went south, but did he have any precautions, no, but sat back and watched the risk of the army being riddled with disease down the river.

When Huang Gai surrendered, Cao Cao was also suspicious of the aspect, but did he prepare for Huang Gai's fraudulent surrender? However, when Huang Gai came out to watch, there were many Cao Cao's soldiers, and then they were all burned by a fire.

And choosing water warfare and abandoning land warfare is a mistake that people can't look at directly. The reason why the Yangtze River was regarded as a natural danger by the Sun Wu group was because the water war was more beneficial to the southerners, Zhang Zhao and others persuaded Sun Quan to surrender at that time A very important reason was that Cao Cao had crossed the Yangtze River, and as a result, Cao Cao still took the waterway to crusade against Sun Quan, so what is the significance of his crossing the Yangtze River, after Cao Cao got Jingzhou, there is one thing that is very ironic, although his forces have crossed the Yangtze River, but Cao Cao's army and himself are basically in the north of the Yangtze River, and he has not seen the intention of crossing the river.

Cao Cao is to attack the enemy's strength with his own short, the result is not only that his army is not as good as the opponent in water warfare, but also leads to the advantage of his own army can not be played, and the generals under his command are basically not good at water warfare, unable to help Cao Cao.

Zhou Yu said that in the cold season at that time, there was a lack of forage for military horses, which may also be the reason why Cao Cao chose the waterway. But if the season was not right, Cao Cao could have waited, he was not in a hurry to fight Jiangdong, Cao Cao had fought all his life, and it was impossible not to know about it, and Jingzhou had just been obtained by Cao Cao, and he couldn't fully digest it, Sun Quan couldn't run away, and his army was relatively tired from afar, so he could take this opportunity to recuperate for a while. Cao Cao could have initially stabilized Jingzhou in the coming year, and then attacked Sun Quan by land.

And Cao Cao didn't do any of this.

When Cao Cao was preparing to crusade against Jingzhou, he contacted Xun Yu in advance and asked him what his opinion was, Xun Yu said: "Now that the Central Plains region has been pacified, the situation in the south is difficult. It's just that Liu Biao happened to die at that time, and Liu Cong surrendered, making it easier for Cao Cao to get Jingzhou. Cao Cao contacted Xun Yu before going south to Jingzhou, but after getting Jingzhou, he went directly down the river and did not record communicating with Xun Yu.

Objectively speaking, the strength of the Sun-Liu coalition army is not strong, and there is an obvious gap with Cao Cao's army. First of all, their troops were weak, at that time, the Jiangdong army led by Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu was 20,000 according to the records in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", and the records in the "Jiangbiao Biography" were 30,000, and the combined armies of Liu Bei and Liu Qi were about 20,000, with a total strength of 50,000 at most, and Cao Cao's army was 200,000 less. Even Sun Quan himself may not have expected Zhou Yu and the others to defeat Cao Cao at one time, and his plan at that time may have been to send Zhou Yu to delay time first, so that he could mobilize more troops, but in fact, Sun Quan was not ready to fight Cao Cao.

And the Sun-Liu coalition army is also mixed, with Liu Bei's remnants of the defeated generals, Jiangxia's defenders, Sun Ce's troops led by Zhou Yu, and Cheng Pu and other Sun Jian's old generals. Among them, Liu Bei's army was newly defeated, judging from Liu Bei's attitude and performance, it is likely that Cao Cao has broken his courage, and Liu Qi's Xiakou army is essentially under the command of Liu Qi, they have been fighting with the Jiangdong army for many years, and the resentment cannot be small, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu as the commanders of the Jiangdong army, the status is basically equal, not to mention one mountain and two tigers, the two have a bad relationship.

Therefore, the Sun-Liu coalition army is not invulnerable, on the contrary, they are full of flaws, among which between Liu Bei and Liu Qi, between the Jingzhou army and the Jiangdong army, between Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, there are many places that can be used by Cao Cao, but Cao Cao has not been able to use it, and this is not the most disappointing, the most disappointing thing is that Cao Cao did not even give the other party decent pressure on the battlefield, and was destroyed by the other party while fighting.

The reason why Cao Cao lost the Battle of Chibi cannot be blamed on others, it is Cao Cao's own problem, he was too carried away after getting Jingzhou, and he couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest.

It's just eight words - the coach is foolish, and the three armies are affected.