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Cao Cao did not succeed because he do not enjoy populace support. He was a sore loser and sore at being a loser therefore he "rather killed the wronged than to be let the wronged go"
He was a Statesman at his best of I would even boldly say somewhat of like a seasoned politician like LKY.
IN the Chibi battle, it seems that it was Heaven's will that he would win Zhou Yu & Zhuge Liang. His big armed foreced of numbering 100,000 compared to Sun Quan couples of ten thousands would have swallow them flat.
The wind was in Cao Cao's favour, as "it was Heaven's will" but the sudden change of the wind direction causes Cao Cao to lose his entire naval force by arson from his enemy's small naval fleet. This east wind later becomes the famous Zhuge Liang borrowed East Wind. But it was not what happened/defeat at Chibi that caused Cao Cao to lose populace support but what happened after the battle at Chibi.
-Cao Cao's northern army could not acclimatise to the southern weather therefore though Cao Cao army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, many were reduced to sick soldiers.
-Cao Cao's northern army were not well drilled in naval battle except for a few defected naval generals from the enemy's side therefore there were still existing mistrust between Cao Cao and this new group of defected naval officers. Cao Cao often rather erred on being cautious rather than to fall flat on trust.
-After Cao Cao's army were reduced to mere few battalions, he ordered his troops to match back home. But he met with the change of weather as well. The route march back were wet with constant rain and muddy track making the march difficult for his cavalry and his own entourage.
- Cao Cao ordered for all the old and sick soldiers to carry each a bale of hay as vanguard of the marching army in view to lay the hay on the muddy grounds. But as soon as all the hay were laid, before hands were separated from the old and sick soldiers, Cao Cao ordered his cavalry to gallops forward in full force! Thus, the bodies of these soldiers were used as "planks" for the muddy road.
Since then Cao Cao lost his populace support. Without populace support, Cao Cao was destined to fail. I would incline to believe Cao Cao wanted to be an Emperor himself but for fear the populace, he made his son Cao Pi the Regent which subsequently lay the path to be the emperor. Likewise, Sima Yi also harboured the thought of being emperor but rather play the pivotal role of setting the path for his son. Do not forget, theirs was an era of Honor and righteousness, therefore they could not afford to rule with blemishes prior to ascending to the throne.
Though in "empirical" sense- Cao Cao is some sort of a "Hero" in the age of Three Kingdoms due to the way he puppet-ed the imperial court effectively but how often people subscribe to empirical reasoning? Humans are emotional being. Liu Bei could not be the HERO per say but he appeals more widely to the people, historians and maybe even our generation.
Liu Bei would rather move the entire city of peasants with him in his retreat as compared to Cao Cao's sacrificing his own army for his own safe passage, it is clear whose name better favoured by all. Stories Good deeds and evil deeds passed down to thousands of generation as per an old Chinese saying.
Benevolence is the key to rule the country as well the HEARTS of the people. Liu Bei had it, not for Cao Cao.
If you believe in the wisdom and decision of Zhuge Liang like I do, then even at Liu Bei death bed, Zhuge Liang vouched to serve even Liu Bei's idiotic son Ah Do faithfully just as the latter had served former. It was believed that Liu Bei was such a wise ruler or in our language with such forth and hindsight, predicted that his own son is not worthy of the the throne. Therefore at his death bed, though we could not be sure whether it was "play-acting" on Liu Bei's part, Liu Bei offered the Shu Kingdom to Zhuge Liang knowing Zhuge Liang would reject it vehemently thus pledging loyalty to serve Ah Do faithfully.
Please being HISTORY to life. Go visit Chengdu today and you will realise why Zhuge Liang in his forthsight and wisdom then, Chengdu is a good capital for a country to be. If you love Zhuge Liang like I do, I believe you will cry and feel Zhuge Liang's heartbeat for the City of Chengdu. its geographical location etc.... it is just amazing how a man who lived a few hundred years BC has such forth-sight for a city like Chengdu.
He was a Statesman at his best of I would even boldly say somewhat of like a seasoned politician like LKY.
IN the Chibi battle, it seems that it was Heaven's will that he would win Zhou Yu & Zhuge Liang. His big armed foreced of numbering 100,000 compared to Sun Quan couples of ten thousands would have swallow them flat.
The wind was in Cao Cao's favour, as "it was Heaven's will" but the sudden change of the wind direction causes Cao Cao to lose his entire naval force by arson from his enemy's small naval fleet. This east wind later becomes the famous Zhuge Liang borrowed East Wind. But it was not what happened/defeat at Chibi that caused Cao Cao to lose populace support but what happened after the battle at Chibi.
-Cao Cao's northern army could not acclimatise to the southern weather therefore though Cao Cao army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, many were reduced to sick soldiers.
-Cao Cao's northern army were not well drilled in naval battle except for a few defected naval generals from the enemy's side therefore there were still existing mistrust between Cao Cao and this new group of defected naval officers. Cao Cao often rather erred on being cautious rather than to fall flat on trust.
-After Cao Cao's army were reduced to mere few battalions, he ordered his troops to match back home. But he met with the change of weather as well. The route march back were wet with constant rain and muddy track making the march difficult for his cavalry and his own entourage.
- Cao Cao ordered for all the old and sick soldiers to carry each a bale of hay as vanguard of the marching army in view to lay the hay on the muddy grounds. But as soon as all the hay were laid, before hands were separated from the old and sick soldiers, Cao Cao ordered his cavalry to gallops forward in full force! Thus, the bodies of these soldiers were used as "planks" for the muddy road.
Since then Cao Cao lost his populace support. Without populace support, Cao Cao was destined to fail. I would incline to believe Cao Cao wanted to be an Emperor himself but for fear the populace, he made his son Cao Pi the Regent which subsequently lay the path to be the emperor. Likewise, Sima Yi also harboured the thought of being emperor but rather play the pivotal role of setting the path for his son. Do not forget, theirs was an era of Honor and righteousness, therefore they could not afford to rule with blemishes prior to ascending to the throne.
Though in "empirical" sense- Cao Cao is some sort of a "Hero" in the age of Three Kingdoms due to the way he puppet-ed the imperial court effectively but how often people subscribe to empirical reasoning? Humans are emotional being. Liu Bei could not be the HERO per say but he appeals more widely to the people, historians and maybe even our generation.
Liu Bei would rather move the entire city of peasants with him in his retreat as compared to Cao Cao's sacrificing his own army for his own safe passage, it is clear whose name better favoured by all. Stories Good deeds and evil deeds passed down to thousands of generation as per an old Chinese saying.
Benevolence is the key to rule the country as well the HEARTS of the people. Liu Bei had it, not for Cao Cao.
If you believe in the wisdom and decision of Zhuge Liang like I do, then even at Liu Bei death bed, Zhuge Liang vouched to serve even Liu Bei's idiotic son Ah Do faithfully just as the latter had served former. It was believed that Liu Bei was such a wise ruler or in our language with such forth and hindsight, predicted that his own son is not worthy of the the throne. Therefore at his death bed, though we could not be sure whether it was "play-acting" on Liu Bei's part, Liu Bei offered the Shu Kingdom to Zhuge Liang knowing Zhuge Liang would reject it vehemently thus pledging loyalty to serve Ah Do faithfully.
Please being HISTORY to life. Go visit Chengdu today and you will realise why Zhuge Liang in his forthsight and wisdom then, Chengdu is a good capital for a country to be. If you love Zhuge Liang like I do, I believe you will cry and feel Zhuge Liang's heartbeat for the City of Chengdu. its geographical location etc.... it is just amazing how a man who lived a few hundred years BC has such forth-sight for a city like Chengdu.
