"The History of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of the Guo Family": "Taizu (Cao Cao) levied Jingzhou and was still in Baqiu. When he encountered diseases and epidemics, he burned his boat and sighed,' Guo Fengxiao is here, so he won't be here alone'. "
Three Kingdoms Wei Wuji: "In December of the 13th year of Jian 'an, we recruited generals from Jiangling (Liu) and prepared to go to Baqiu (citing the National Records):' There is Cao in Baqiu Lake, that is, Cao Gong was defeated by Sun Quan and burned. Forty miles south of Baling). "
The above can prove that there was a tragic scene in Baqiu Lake. Cao Cao set fire to the fleet that Wulin fled back to and stayed in place after the war. Retreat by land.
Chen Shou's "introspection" is more in line with historical facts. It is impossible for Wu Lin and Zhou Jun to burn the North Ship in World War I, because:
1. There are many ships in Cao Jun's fleet. Huang Gai said, "We are outnumbered." When there are thousands of ships, the means of burning them is single. It is impossible for ten fireboats to cause more than 1000 ships to catch fire at the same time.
2. Jun fleet array, unable to burn:
Huang Gai said, "Fuck the boat. End to end. " In other words, Cao Jun's fleet must be a long "long snake array" from east to west along the river. In this formation, the head and tail must be separated when burning, and the head and tail will also be separated when burning. At that time, the ship was Liu Biao's old ship, and the ship's anchor was just a big brown rope (stone anchor) (see biography of the Three Kingdoms of Dong). There were no iron ropes and iron anchors, not to mention locking all the ships with iron ropes and iron rings. What's more, at that time, Huang Gai used the southeast wind to burn from south to north and burned directly to the camp on the bank of the North Army. So, jun fleet can only be broken into two pieces.
Cao Jun's fleet resisted and Huang Gai's arrow fell into the water. The arson fleet interrupted its command.
Huang Gai directed the vanguard fleet to use the "false surrender plan" to let ten kindling ships break into the middle of Cao Fleet and set fire to them, but after the fire started, Huang Gai's arrow fell into the water. The Biography of the Three Kingdoms Huang Gai quoted: "Battle of Red Cliffs, Gai was captured by a flowing arrow and fell into the water in cold, which was obtained by Wu Bing. I don't know what it was built for. " He's fleet suddenly lost its former enemy commander, which increased the chances of Cao Jun's fleet retreating. It's impossible to burn all the northern ships!
It is true that the martial arts tricks of Cao Jun's fleet were burned, but it is impossible to burn them all. At that time, the southeast wind was blowing, and the Jun fleet withdrew back to the original water army base-Baqiu Lake. Zhou Yu and Liu Bei's allied fleet will also follow closely. Cao Jun is unable to fight any more, so he has to burn the remaining ships ashore and withdraw from Huarong Road. The biography of the Three Kingdoms and Sun Quan said: "Cao Gong burned the rest of the boats and returned them." This is a fact. Although it is true that Cao Cao boasted that "Battle of Red Cliffs burned the boat and retired", it would be a bit "beating a swollen face and filling a fat man" to burn the boat after robbing it!