The conclusion of the upper part is Cao Cao's defeat. How will the competition between the two parties in the lower part start? The audience is looking forward to it. "In the lower part, Cao Cao makes a move!" Chen Han said that Cao Cao would use a very poisonous trick to instantly reverse the situation of the war, "Let me tell you, Cao Cao made the Sun-Liu allied army disordered without using a single soldier." Although Chen Han did not specifically say what Cao Cao's poisonous trick was, he told the reporter that it was this strategy that eventually caused Cao Cao to "harm himself".
In the upper part, the classic performances such as Zhao Zilong's bloody battle at Changbanpo and Zhang Fei's roar breaking the bridge of Dangyang failed to satisfy the audience. What about the lower part? "Borrowing arrows with straw boats, Jiang Gan crossing the river, and the burning of Red Cliffs will all be presented, only the stories have been processed and integrated, more novel, and more compact."
According to historical records, Zhou Yu died of an arrow wound two years after the Battle of Red Cliffs. There is a plot in the upper part where Zhou Yu blocks an arrow for Zhao Zilong, which seems to be a foreshadowing of Zhou Yu's death. In response to this, Chen Han said that the lower part would not involve Zhou Yu's death: "This was originally one of our plots, making Zhou Yu fake his death, and then suddenly appear unexpectedly at a critical moment. Later, considering that the story was already sufficient, doing so would make it too complicated, so we abandoned it." However, Chen Han revealed that when the linked ships were set on fire, Xiao Qiao was still in Cao Cao's camp, and several generals of the Sun-Liu alliance went to rescue her, at this time Zhao Zilong would repay Zhou Yu for blocking the arrow.
Yesterday, Chen Han, one of the screenwriters of "Red Cliff", revealed in an interview that the truly exciting confrontation would take place in the lower part, "More segments, tighter rhythm, more spectacular scenes, cuter lines."
In the upper part, Cao Cao openly stated that the reason for attacking Sun Quan was to seize Xiao Qiao, the most beautiful woman in the world. This segment made many viewers dissatisfied: "Starting a war for a woman, such a Cao Cao is too shallow!"
Chen Han revealed that infatuation with Xiao Qiao was just one of Cao Cao's strategies for fighting this war, "This is deliberately shown by Cao Cao, the intention is to sow discord among Zhou Yu's side and disrupt the morale. Cao Cao is a deep-minded person. In this play, he has no action scenes, and his highlight is his strategy."