Zhuge Liang Prays For The Eastern Wind
After all preparations for the fire attack on Cao Cao's fleet had been made, Zhou Yu suddenly realised that in order for his plan to succeed, the wind must blow from the southeast or else his own fleet would catch fire. He saw that the wind was blowing from the northwest and vomited blood, fainted. and became ill. Zhuge Liang visited him later and pointed out the root cause of Zhou Yu's "illness". He claimed that he knew Taoist magical arts and had the ability to change the wind direction. An altar was set up and Zhuge Liang performed rituals there for days until the southeast wind started blowing just before the fire attack was carried out. Zhuge Liang left immediately after the wind started blowing as he knew that Zhou Yu would send his men to kill him. As Zhuge Liang expected, Zhou Yu did send Ding Feng and Xu Sheng to kill him, but Zhuge had already fled on a vessel commanded by Zhao Yun.
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