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Chapter 267: The Emperor's Elephant and the Jedi Counterattack (33)

Shen Santong began to talk about the Battle of Red Cliffs in history, and explained it in detail.

This is also about drama, which includes his creative ideas.

Shen Santong said: "The Battle of Red Cliff in history had the following process."

"Background. In 207, Cao Cao went north to attack the Wuhuan and completely defeated the remaining forces of Yuan Shao. The north was stable, allowing him to launch an expedition to the south."

"In 208, after Cao Cao pacified the north, he returned to Yecheng in the first month of the 208th year of Jian'an () and immediately made military and political preparations."

"First, dig a black tortoise pond to train the navy."

"Second, send Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, Le Jin and others to station troops south of Xudu in preparation for the southern expedition."

"Third, I ordered Ma Teng and his family to move to Ye, and make them de facto hostages, in order to reduce the threat from the northwest."

"Fourth, he abolished the three highest officials and appointed the prime minister and the imperial censor. He appointed himself as the prime minister, which further consolidated his ruling position."

"Fifth, he killed Kong Rong, who had mocked and opposed him several times, on charges of crimes, in order to maintain his own authority."

"Then, in August, Liu Biao of Jingzhou died of illness, and Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others supported Liu Cong to succeed him as the governor of Jingzhou. This gave Cao Cao an opportunity to unify the country."

“So we entered the early stages of the Battle of Red Cliffs.”

"First, Liu Cong surrendered."

"Liu Cong surrendered Jingzhou to Cao Cao and sent people to welcome Cao Cao with the imperial seal issued by the court."

"The second fierce battle at Changbanpo."

"After Cao Cao arrived in Xiangyang, he heard that Liu Bei had already gone there, so he personally led 5,000 elite cavalrymen to chase after him."

"They ran for more than 300 miles in one day and one night, and caught up with Liu Bei at Changban in Dangyang County."

"Liu Bei abandoned his wife and son and fled on horseback with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and dozens of others. Cao Cao captured a large number of people, horses and supplies."

"The Third Sun-Liu Alliance."

"Lu Su suggested that Sun Quan send him to Xiakou to spy on the situation. After arriving, he heard that Cao Cao's army had already marched towards Jingzhou."

"By the time he arrived in Nanjun, Liu Cong had already surrendered to Cao Cao, and Liu Bei had already retreated southward."

"Lu Su went directly to see Liu Bei and suggested that Liu Bei send his trusted people to Jiangdong to contact Sun Quan."

"Liu Bei adopted Lu Su's strategy and stationed in Fankou, E County. Zhuge Liang and Lu Su went to see Sun Quan."

Shen Santong continued: "Then we will soon enter the official part of the Battle of Red Cliffs."

"First, the proposal to surrender, second, Sun Quan dispatched troops, third, Sun and Liu joined forces, and then the two sides fought for the first time, and Cao Cao was defeated."

"Cao Cao had no choice but to lead his navy to the north of the Yangtze River to join the army, and to moor his warships to the north bank near Wulin, where he trained his navy and waited for a good opportunity."

"Zhou Yu anchored his warships on the south bank of the Red Cliff, facing Cao's army across the Yangtze River."

"The above, from the background to the first battle, is the content of the first part of the movie. The small defeat leads to the confrontation, and it will end with borrowing arrows from the straw boat."

"The fourth part of the Battle of Red Cliffs, the burning of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao's defeat and loss of the chance to unify the country, ushering in the Three Kingdoms confrontation. This is also the main content of the second part of the movie."

Shen Santong said: "In general, the Battle of Red Cliffs was at the end of September 208, when Zhuge Liang rushed to Chaisang (Jiujiang, Jiangxi) to lobby Sun Quan. Zhou Yu was ordered to rush back from Poyang to boost Sun Quan's confidence."

"Sun Quan had already decided to fight Cao, but he was worried that he could not defeat him. After Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang's analysis, he became more determined."

"Among them, Zhou Yu's analysis of the war situation for Sun Quan was completely based on the military level and was more professional."

"He thinks Cao Cao is not as powerful as he looks."

"In early October 208, Zhou Yu led his army to Fankou on the other side of Xiakou and joined Liu Bei's 10 troops."

"When Liu Bei heard that the starting force of the Eastern Wu army was only 30,000, he was a little worried about the lack of strength, so he left 2,000 elite soldiers to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, asking them to stay behind the main force of the Sun-Liu coalition army to leave a way out in case of defeat."

"After the meeting, Zhou Yu and Liu Bei led nearly 50,000 men to march westward along the river."

"October 10. After occupying Jiangling, Cao's army immediately chased eastward and encountered the allied forces of Sun and Liu who came to fight at Chibi, and a battle was fought."

"The Cao army, which was not good at naval warfare, suffered a defeat and had to retreat to the Wulin area on the north bank of Chibi."

"The first battle of Red Cliff was Cao Cao's first defeat since his southern expedition."

"His hope of unifying the world in one fell swoop was shattered, and his fantasy that Sun and Liu were vulnerable was no longer realistic."

Shen Santong took a sip of water and said, "But Cao Cao hasn't woken up yet, or maybe he wants to try again."

"History is about to turn a corner. China, which was about to be unified, is heading towards long-term division again because Cao Cao insisted on fighting the Battle of Red Cliffs."

"And this turning point in history was a major mistake in Cao Cao's military deployment - chaining warships."

"The main force of Cao's army is from the Central Plains and has no experience living on the water."

"The warships will be stationed on the Yangtze River, and the soldiers will eat and sleep on the ships."

"They were not used to the turbulence of the boat and the shaking of the waves, and many of them fell ill."

"So Cao Cao connected the ships together with iron chains to make it easier for the soldiers to defend the ships. This reduced the shaking and made it easier for the soldiers to adapt. This is the chain warship."

"The chained warships prevented Cao's fleet from dispersing quickly when it was attacked by fire, which ultimately destroyed Cao Cao's entire navy and also ruined Cao Cao's plan to unify Jiangnan."

"December 208, 12. The weather was sunny and warm during the day, and in the evening a southeast wind blew, and it became stronger and stronger."

"At midnight, Huang Gai's army set dozens of fireboats on fire at the same time. Taking advantage of the fierce southeast wind, the fireboats plunged into the fleet of Cao's warships."

"All of a sudden, Cao's warships, which were linked together, were on fire, and the navy fled in all directions."

"Some of the camps on the shore also caught fire. The entire Wulin camp was on fire. There were fleeing soldiers everywhere. Cao's army was in complete chaos."

"Cao Cao saw that the situation was hopeless and he could not organize an effective resistance, so he simply fled with his main generals and elite cavalry."

"Before escaping, he ordered the burning of the remaining ships and military camps."

"So on the north bank of the river across from Chibi, the fire burned even more fiercely. Countless Cao's soldiers were drowned or burned to death in the chaos."

Shen Santong said: "The Battle of Red Cliff came to an end in the early morning of December 208, 12."

"The allied forces of Sun and Liu, who had been prepared for this, used fire to pursue the enemy. All Cao's soldiers who had not been burned to death were annihilated before they could escape." "Cao Cao fled from Huarong Road to Jiangling. The road was muddy, so he tricked the old, weak, and sick soldiers into paving the road with grass to allow the cavalry to pass."

"Then he led the cavalry directly over, trampling on the weak soldiers who were paving the road, using their bodies to quickly pave the road."

"This method is extremely cruel, but it can bring out as many elite cavalry as possible as quickly as possible."

"The allied forces of Sun and Liu pursued all the way to Jiangling. The Battle of Red Cliffs ended with Cao Cao's complete defeat and the Sun-Liu alliance's complete victory."

Shen Santong concluded: "The Battle of Chibi was a landmark battle. It was the first time in Chinese history that a large-scale river battle was fought outside the Yellow River basin."

"It reflects that China's military and political center is no longer just based in the Yellow River Basin, but is gradually moving southward to the Yangtze River Basin."

"The result of the Battle of Red Cliffs told everyone that there is such a thing, and Jiangdong can actually fight against the Central Plains."

"The confidence of Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, and even the Southern Song Dynasty was cultivated from this battle."

"Although this is the result of the improvement of Jiangnan's agricultural level, most people don't understand this problem."

"So, Sun Quan's historical evaluation will never be low. And Sun Quan did not back down at the critical moment. If a mediocre person was in power, it is very likely that he would not even fight and would be frightened."

Huang Xiaoming listened carefully.

I couldn’t understand some of the content, so I will have to ask the history teacher assigned to the crew later.

But he understood Shen Santong's final summary.

Grasped the key points of the performance.

Sun Quan is a character who has great courage at critical moments.

It was noon and everyone had lunch together.

in the afternoon.

Finished sorting out the novels and history.

Shen Santong began to talk about the play. He talked about the overall requirements: "We must understand that before the Battle of Red Cliff, the Central Plains was basically unified, which means that the South should surrender, without exception."

"Even Cao Cao thought the same thing at the time, which is why he was so careless."

“So a balance between the two camps was formed.”

"The Cao Wei camp is strong and based on past history, it will definitely win the Battle of Red Cliffs."

"The Sun-Liu camp was weak and had to surrender in the past, but we know that Sun-Liu won in the end."

"In terms of dramatic effect, there is tension. One is strong at the time, but ends up miserable. The other is weak at the time, but ends up strong."

"And I require that when acting, there must be no looking ahead or behind."

Shen Santong looked at Director Chen and said, "Cao Cao's pressure is overwhelming. He is certain that he will soon ascend to the throne of emperor and dominate the country. Consciously or unconsciously, he has the aura of an emperor."

"After the initial defeat, he retreated somewhat, but remained confident. It was not until the burning of Red Cliff that he was completely defeated."

"I hope Teacher Chen can grasp the turning points of each stage well. I require that in the early stage, the aura should be fully open."

Shen Santong looked at Feng Yuanzheng, Zhou Jie, Lu Yi, Huang Xiaoming and others and said, "Sun and Liu have nowhere to retreat, and the aristocratic families may even turn against us. There is no chance that I will be spared."

"For Sun and Liu, this is a battle of life and death."

"I want that kind of tension, an epic confrontation, the thunder is about to fall, the sky is about to collapse, there is only fighting. And then the Jedi counterattack!"

Performance is just the foundation, and music must be added later to create the atmosphere.

But if the performance is not good, and it becomes a joke and frivolous, then no matter how good the post-production work is, it will be useless.

The key points of this play are: Cao Cao is one, Zhou Yu is one, Zhuge Liang is one, Sun Quan is half, Zhao Yun is half, and Liu Bei is half.

In fact, Zhuge Liang was also half, but Shen Santong designed him to become one.

Most of the novel is fictional and Shen Santong basically did not use it. Only the highlight of Wu Hou was appropriately adopted.

Who made him Wu Hou? Without Wu Hou, the history of the Three Kingdoms would not be so famous, so the C position should be given more drama.

After the tone was set, Shen Santong only occasionally showed up for subsequent rehearsals.

With Director Chen and Feng Yuanzheng guiding him, he doesn't have to worry too much about the actors and can focus on other things.

Time passed little by little.

Other characters began to join the rehearsal one after another.

12 month 1 day.

The historical blockbuster "Red Cliff", which took a year and a half to prepare, started shooting in Wuxi.

I saw a news today that Pan Zhanle won the championship in the 100-meter freestyle.

When I wrote about Sun Yang, I said that this event is equivalent to the 100-meter track and field event and the crown of swimming events. Its gold content is so high that it can catch up with all the gold medals in this year's Olympics combined.

Pan Zhanle is the fastest swimmer human.

Western official media did not release the video, and even if they did, they did not give Pan Zhanle a shot. For example, Germany did not broadcast the award ceremony, but broadcast a short video that slandered our athletes for using drugs. It broke the defense.

It's not just a normal breach of defense, it's a major breach of defense. They blackmailed Sun Yang, harassed him with pre-race drug tests, used media violence, and threatened to arrest our athletes. Still no use.

With a deep breath, Pan Zhanle destroyed the altar of Angsa Bairen.

When I wrote about Wu Ji and the part about Sun Yang being hacked, I only wrote about the external targeting and not the internal coordination because I was afraid that the book would be lost.

When writing the three rumors, the author explained how some media cooperated, but it was deleted.

Not much to say. I hope Pan Zhanle can be protected.

Some book friends left a message saying that I am an angry young man, but the author is not an angry young man. He is very gentle and restrained in writing. After all, it is a refreshing novel and he does not want to stimulate everyone's blood pressure.

What is written is all fact and has been verified by reality.

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