Kong Ming was made difficult by Zhou Yu, and the grass boat borrowed an arrow. Why didn't Cao Wei shoot a rocket?

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is not only a treacherous villain, but also a very suspicious person who likes to nip in the bud. For example, when he failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo and fled alone, he accidentally killed the Lv Boshe family because of paranoia. When he suffered from migraine in his later years, Hua Tuo wanted to perform craniotomy for him. He suspected that Hua Tuo wanted to murder him, so he put Hua Tuo in prison, executed him, and so on. However, on the eve of Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhuge Liang was bullied by Zhou Yu and came to borrow an arrow from a straw boat. As Zhuge Liang wished, he shot an ordinary arrow instead of a rocket that could kill Zhuge Liang. What's going on here?

After reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we can easily find that rockets were very common at that time, which is not a strange thing. Cao Cao can't live without it. Besides, Zhuge Liang's boat is full of grass people. If Cao Cao ordered the rocket to be launched at this time, Zhuge Liang and Lu Su would probably die. However, Cao Cao, who has always been suspicious, did not do so. He just ordered an ordinary arrow to be fired. Why didn't he choose the rocket? Is this the aura that the author specially opened for Zhuge Liang? The answer isno. Bian Xiao thinks that Cao Cao didn't order the rocket to be launched for several reasons.

First, the rocket should not last long.

The so-called rocket is an arrow soaked in oil and easy to ignite. This kind of arrow is not only difficult to transport, but also unsuitable for long-term storage. Even if Cao Cao's army had it, it would be impossible to reserve it in large quantities. If they want to launch rockets, they need to make them at once. At that time, the ships led by Zhuge Liang kept beating gongs and drums, making noise, and creating an atmosphere where the army was under pressure. At this time, Cao Jun's only goal is to retreat from the enemy. Imagine that at this time, they still have thoughts, but do they have time to make rockets?

Second, rockets have short range and poor penetration ability.

After the rocket's arrow is stained with oil, the gravity increases and the range is shortened. At that time, Zhuge Liang's ships were close to Cao Cao Ying, but there was still a long way to go. If a rocket is used, it may miss. In addition, the rocket's arrow body needs to be wrapped in a tarpaulin, so the arrow body has no penetrating power, and the effect of retreating the enemy is almost negligible. At that time, the fog was so thick that Cao Cao couldn't see the ships on the river clearly. He is not going to fight head-on, but to retreat from the enemy. If you use rockets, it is not only troublesome, but also almost ineffective. How does Cao reinvent the wheel?

Third, Cao Cao didn't know that the ship was full of scarecrows.

If Cao Cao had known in advance that all the ships brought by Zhuge Liang were flammable scarecrows, perhaps he would have taken the trouble to order the release of the rocket regardless of its shortcomings. After all, as long as a few arrows hit the ship, Zhuge Liang will be finished. But Cao Cao didn't know about it, and Zhuge Liang had been ordering soldiers to beat drums and shout. Cao Cao even thought it was an attack by Jiangdong Water Army. At this time, neither Cao Cao nor his civil servants and military commanders guessed that there were flammable materials on board. How could he put a rocket on easily?

Fourth, the air is humid and it is difficult for the rocket to ignite.

The grass boat borrowed an arrow, and Sun, Cao and Liu confronted Chibi, and the air was already wet. Zhuge Liang chose the time, which was foggy in the morning. Even if Cao Cao makes up his mind to use a rocket, he may not be able to light it. If Cao Cao ordered the rocket to be released, but the soldiers couldn't light it, maybe the rocket was halfway launched and went out because of the humid air, then the war would become a joke. Cao Cao was a soldier all his life. How could he make such a low-level mistake?

After the overall analysis, it is not difficult to know that when Zhuge Liang borrowed the arrow from the straw boat, Cao Cao only ordered the arrow to be released, and did not use a rocket with greater lethality, which could kill Zhuge Liang. It is not the author who forced the IQ of everyone in Cao Wei camp to add luster to Zhuge Liang. From the perspective of novels, Cao Cao's choice at that time was very correct.