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Chapter 49 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms – titled “Zhuge Liang Borrows the Eastern Wind; Zhou Yu Launches the Fire Attack” – marks the dramatic climax of the Battle of Red Cliffs, where meteorology, mysticism, and military genius converge to shatter Cao Cao’s dream of unification.
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In the autumn of 208 CE, as Cao Cao’s massive army marched southward to unify China under his rule, the fate of the realm hung in the balance.
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In the popular imagination shaped by Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Pang Tong – the “Young Phoenix” – is forever linked to one of the most iconic ruses in Chinese military history: the Chain Stratagem.