Xinye County is located in the southwest of Henan Province, China, in the center of Nanyang Basin. Area 106 1 km2. The population is 683,200, mainly Han nationality. Xinye County, located in the Western Han Dynasty, is named after it is located in Xinye, where the remaining lakes in Nanyang Basin are silted. Burning Xinye comes from the 40th time of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Mrs. Cai suggested that Zhuge Liang burn Xinye in Jingzhou. After Zhuge Liang set fire to Bowangpo, he first set fire to Bowangpo, and Xia Houdun was defeated. Cao Cao personally led the troops to attack Xinye. Liu Bei gave up Xinye and went to Fancheng to escape from Cao Jun. Cao Cao led Cao Ren's troops to Xinye, and when he saw that the city gate was wide open and there was no one in the city, he led his troops to station in the city. At night, it caught fire. These are the first two fires in "Three Fires for a New Official".

The incident of burning a new field is not recorded in the official history, so it is generally believed that this incident was invented by Luo Guanzhong, not by Zhuge Liang, but by Liu Bei.