What do you mean by greed? Introduce allusions to greed and inadequacy.

After Battle of Red Cliffs's defeat, Cao Cao focused on stabilizing internal affairs, and personally led an army to crusade against Guanzhong, defeating Ma Chao's allied forces. Ma Chao wanted to cut land for peace, but Cao Cao refused, and finally settled Liangzhou. Two years later, Cao Cao ordered 400,000 troops to go south to join forces with Sun Quan, who led the army to resist Cao Cao at Ruxukou. The two armies were deadlocked, but the spring rain continued, and Cao Cao ordered the retreat. The idiom "greed" to be introduced to you this time is related to the battle of such a mouth. Let me tell you the story behind it. Let's have a look.

Today's story of idioms in the Three Kingdoms can be found in Chapter 61 of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which happened during the War of Empty Mouth. The relevant figures are Cao Cao and Sun Quan. The original text is as follows:

Sun Quan pointed a whip at Cao Cao and said, "The Prime Minister is very rich in the Central Plains. Why did he invade my Jiangnan because he was greedy for money? " Cao Cao replied, "You are a servant and have no respect for the royal family. I'm here to ask you for a letter from Tian Zi! " Sun Quan smiled and said, "Isn't this shameful? Don't the world know that you are the emperor? I don't respect the Han Dynasty, but I just want you to correct your country. " Cao Cao was furious and scolded the general for going up the mountain to catch Sun Quan. Suddenly, the drums began to beat, and two tiger troops came out from behind the mountain, with Han Dang and Zhou Tai on the right and Chen Wu and Pan Zhang on the left. These four members will take 3000 crossbowmen and shoot like rain. Fuck, hurry up and take the generals back. The four generals behind me were in a hurry. On the way, Chu Xu led the samurai guards to capture Cao Cao alive.

Wu Bingqi played a triumphant song and returned to ruxu. Cao Cao returned to his camp and thought, "Sun Quan is not an idle man. The red sun should be the emperor for a long time. " So I had the intention of withdrawing troops in my heart, and I was afraid that Wu Dong would laugh at me, and I was in a dilemma ... Suddenly, I reported that Wu Dong had sent a letter. Shit, look at it. The book briefly says, "Solitary and Prime Minister are ministers and butchers of the Han Dynasty. The prime minister did not think about serving the country and the people, acted rashly and abused all beings. How can a kind person do this? Spring water will be born this day, so go quickly. If not, there will be another disaster in Chibi. The public should think for themselves. " There are two lines at the back of the book: "Don't die, don't be alone." Cao Cao smiled and said, "Sun Zhongmou won't bully me." Reward the order, and then order the teams.

According to the plot development of the novel, Cao Cao led 400,000 troops into Ruzhou, and Sun Quan led the troops to defend the enemy. After a fierce battle, the two sides were deadlocked. One day, Cao Cao led more than fifty cavalry out of the camp and met Sun Quan in front of a hill. The two men were angry and quarrelling, and then they scuffled. Soon, when the rainy season came, Cao Cao had the intention of withdrawing troops, but he was afraid of being laughed at by Sun Quan. While hesitating, Sun Quan sent someone to send a personal letter. Cao Cao smiled and ordered the whole army to withdraw to the Central Plains.

The idiom to be introduced in this article is Sun Quan's "insatiable greed", which means insatiable greed. This is also an idiom initiated by Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The contest between Cao Cao and Sun Quan mentioned in the novel in Ruzhou did happen in history. According to the reflection? "Ji of Emperor Wudi" says: "In the spring of the eighteenth year, in the first month, I marched into ruxu's mouth, broke through the camp in Jiangxi, and gained the right to command the army and lead the army back. "The reflection? "Biography of Master Wu" also said: "In the first month of the eighteenth year, Cao Gong attacked your weakness, and the ruling and opposition parties refused for more than a month. Tsao looked at the army on the right, sighed at Su Qi, and then retreated. "Although the records of these two historical materials are slightly different, from the results, Cao Cao did not achieve the tactical purpose. So this world war I can be regarded as the victory of Sun Quan.

As for Sun Quan's letter to Cao Cao mentioned in the novel, it is also a real historical event. Has this allusion appeared in the history of the Three Kingdoms? The original text quoted by Wu is as follows: "Quan is writing to Cao Gong, saying,' Spring water will be born, and the public should go quickly.' Don't just say,' You can't live alone until you die'. Cao Gong said to the generals,' Sun Quan does not bully orphans.' It's the army. "

Why did the fierce battle of hundreds of thousands of troops come to an abrupt end? There are many reasons. First of all, the fighting sites of the two sides are concentrated in the Yangtze River, and Dongwu's army has obvious advantages. According to Wu Li, as soon as the war started, Sun Quan led the water army to launch the opposition, and captured more than 3,000 people in Cao Jun. Cao Cao was forced to attack and turned from defensive to offensive, and the war changed from offensive and defensive to positional warfare. Secondly, the rainy season along the Yangtze River makes it more difficult for Cao Jun to move.

In addition to these two reasons, there is a more important reason, that is, Sun Quan's military command ability and strong resistance to pressure in this war. As mentioned above, at the beginning of the war, Sun Quan led his troops to capture 3,000 Cao Jun alive, which made Cao Cao sit up and take notice of Sun Quan's military command ability. During the stalemate between the two sides, Sun Quan made another move that Cao Cao admired. Reflection? The Biography of the Master of Wu quoted Wei Lue as saying, "You have the right to visit the army by ship. When the minister's crossbow was thrown at random, the arrow hit his ship. The ship is likely to capsize. The right belongs to the ship because of the arrow, and the arrow is flat. " When Cao Cao saw this, he sighed and said this: "The son should be like this, and the son of Liu Jingsheng should be like a dolphin dog!"