Section 335: Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai

On this day, we ate and drank with Zhou Dudu, drank and had fun, sang and danced, and Xiao Fei whispered to me: "By the way, we can't eat and drink for nothing here. Otherwise, let's tell him in advance about the plan that Zhou Yu originally came up with. ”

I asked curiously, "Then what plan are you going to offer?" We were talking about each other, and when we were talking energetically, suddenly, there was an old man with gray hair, serious and resolute, and a long white beard, he came to see Zhou Yu and reported the relevant situation, we looked at the person curiously, Zhou Yu received him politely and humbly, the two sat side by side, talked very happily, and saw that we were at a loss, so he introduced him to us:" Ladies and gentlemen, this is our Dongwu war achievements of the old-timers, Huang Gai's qualifications are really profound, very worthy of the respect of our younger generation, although he is the three generations of Dongwu Laocheng, but never rely on the old to sell the old, but for the long-term construction and development of our Dongwu dedication, after death, exhausted, tireless, south and north war, he is highly respected, brave and strategic, he was a county official in his early years, and then followed Sun Jian to go south and north. Sun Quan ascended the throne, the mountains were more and more unpleasant, and General Huang Lao was active in the front line of Zhenfu Shanyue, nine counties before and after, located in Xiping, and moved to Danyang Duwei. He was a serious man, good at training his soldiers, and his troops were brave and good at fighting every battle. However, his life is not easy, his family is poor, he has been a bitter child since he was a child, but he has to suffer hardship, and he is a master, and then he finally suffers and is happy, with this achievement, he was originally a descendant of Huang Zilian in Nanyang, but the family was separated, and Huang Gai's grandfather moved to Lingling to live. Later, the villagers died, Huang Gai had a difficult life, but he still had ambitions, although he was poor, he still often paid to warn himself, and studied books and the art of war by himself. After that, he served as a county official, and was then investigated for filial piety and was promoted to the public office. He has made great contributions to my dynasty. In the first year of the first peace, our former lord Sun Jian raised volunteers, and General Huang Lao looked like a torch, wholeheartedly, and unswervingly followed Sun Jian's lord. Sun Jian defeated Caokou in the mountains in the south and Dong Zhuo in the north, so he appointed Huang Gai as the Sima of the other department. In the second year of the first peace, Sun Jian died in battle, and Huang Gai successively followed Sun Ce and Sun Quan, and turned to the north and south in armor, risking his life to attack the city. The Shanyue tribes were unwilling to submit to Sun Wu, or there were counties where thieves and bandits were in rebellion, and they always used Huang Gai as the local administrator there. The officials of Shicheng County were particularly difficult to restrain and manage, so Huang Gai appointed two Pengshi to be in charge of various departments. He taught these two people that he had no talent as a county magistrate, and he was only famous for his martial arts, not as a civil official. Now that the thieves have not been pacified, I often have military tasks, and I entrust the two of you with all the affairs of official documents, and you should supervise and inspect various departments and correct the mistakes that expose them. If you are deceived or deceived within the scope of your duties, he will not punish him with a whip and a rod in any way, but you will do your best not to cause them a bad blow. At the beginning, the two Peng Shi were afraid of Huang Gai's majesty, and they did their duty every day, but over time, these officials thought that Huang Gai did not read the documents, and gradually neglected their official duties. Huang Gai was also dissatisfied with their laxity and laziness, and from time to time he examined and learned that they had several cases of not abiding by the law, so he invited all the officials in the county to invite them, held a banquet of wine and meat, and showed the examples of violations of law and discipline to be questioned. The two Pengshi had nothing to say, and they both kowtowed and pleaded guilty. Huang Gai said: I have warned you before, and in the end I will not punish you with whips and rods, and I will never lie to you. So he killed these two men. The officials of the county were shocked and mourned. Later, he was transferred to the county magistrate of Chungu County and the county magistrate of Xunyang County. The nine counties he served in before and after were all safe and stable. He was promoted to the rank of Danyang Duwei, suppressed the strong and helped the poor and weak, so that Shanyue sincerely attached, and the old should be strong, not long ago there was a barbarian rebellion in Wuling, attacking the city, Huang Gai was transferred to the Taishou, at that time there were only 500 people in the county, Huang Gai used tactics, opened the city gate to lead the barbarians into the city, and when he entered the halfway, he immediately launched an attack, killed hundreds of people, and recovered the lost city, killed its leader, and released the surrenderers. In one season, all the chaos was quelled, and the leaders of the local tribes treated him with courtesy. Soon, Yiyang County in Changsha County was also invaded by bandits, and Huang Gai was pacified again, so he was really a rare talent for governing the country. ”

That Huang Gai said humbly: "Where, where, the old minister is just doing a good job of classification, or the young talent of the Governor of Zhou, resourceful, corporal Lixian, approachable, and knowing people to make good use of it, in order to make our Dongwu a group of harmony, even if Cao Cao's million lions, close at hand, such a big crisis is coming, the Governor of Zhou is still not afraid of danger, facing the battle to the end, Huang is really admired." It turns out that this is another star Huang Gai, that is, Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, one of the heroes who are willing to fight, and one of the heroes who are willing to suffer, has a high historical evaluation, Chen Shou said that all his generals are the tiger ministers of Jiangbiao, and the Sun family is also favored. Wei Yao said that he was a young lonely, a fierce baby, a hard worker, but ambitious, although he was poor, he was not the same as the ordinary, and he often spent his spare time with a negative salary, studied sparsely, and talked about military affairs. Cai Jing said that he: the martial arts are fierce, the ambition is strong, the land pulls out the mountains, the water breaks the dragon, the bow of the six jun, the left and right gallop shooting, the sword of ten thousand people, the handover of short soldiers, the attack is like a Wenyang, the burning ship is like a yellow cover, a hundred battles are won, and Pixiu is a group. Yu Xin said that he shot fire at the beginning of the wind, or returned to the boat with heavy arrows. The voice was not identified in Huang Gai, and it had been sunk in Du Hou first. The pool of yellow cranes that fall into the sails, the island of the puffs of the Tibetan boats. Zhang Ruyu said that he was like Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, Zhu Huan, He Qi, Ling Tong, Quan Cong, and Lu Fan, all of whom were wise enough to resist the public, brave enough to defeat the enemy, and there was no one who did not obey the order. Hao Jing said that he Cheng Pu's generals were all Jiangbiao Huchen, defending the lord, attacking the enemy, rejuvenating the king, and the Sun brothers established the country, and the power of the generals was also. If Huang Gai's water battle is attacked with fire, those who can use it can also be used; Jiang Qinzhi does not take personal grudges and lifts Xu Sheng; Ling Tong's pro-virtuous corporal is light on wealth and righteousness; Chen Biao's wife is open and has the rules of a good general. Gan Ning's extravagance, Pan Zhang's lawlessness, the power is tolerated, Xu Ning repaid Su Fei's kindness, did not make the unification restore his father, and manipulated the general's skills. Ding Feng is proud of his merits, and he is not allowed to abuse the master, it is appropriate!" "General Wu is light and has a lot of tricks. Mo Ken descended and proclaimed himself emperor. Mo Chuang cares for the orphan and snorts at every turn. There is a skill, and there is a way to drive. Guobao Jiangdong, live up to King Huan.

Xiao Fei lost no time in smiling and said: "This proposal is inseparable from Huang Gai, it has to be him." Then he decisively said to Zhou Yu: "Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer." Zhou Yu's eyes sparkled, and he said in surprise: "Could it be that the little military divisions have any magic plans?" In fact, it was just Zhou Yu's own idea back then, but we helped him say it in advance, Xiao Fei said: " When the time comes, you will be like this, if you play this plan well, you will definitely be famous through the ages and win the battle, and ah, if you successfully travel to the modern society, you will get the glorious title of Oscar actor, however, this plan is good, but then it will be hard for General Huang, because this is an out-and-out bitter plan, your old man is going to suffer hard, I don't know if you will be a little unbearable?"

Zhou Yu laughed happily: "Great, this plan is very good, this plan is very good, it is really a rare trick, maybe I can think of it in the time of a stick of incense, but it is all the same, so like this, if we can succeed, the battle of Chibi, we have already achieved it, and we have the chance to win." Huang Gai said disapprenously: " That's good, as long as I can succeed, you don't care about me, I really do my best for our Dongwu, and then die, even if I want my old man's upward project to succeed in this plan, I will not hesitate to give my life, this little bit of flesh and skin suffering is nothing, people live for a spirit, don't be afraid, Zhou Dudu, when the time comes, you have to start harder, although to the death is to fight is, for the sake of our Dongwu's great cause, you must not be merciful to my subordinates. In order to repay Sun's kindness and Jiangdong's cause, I am willing to be severely punished first, and then surrender to Cao Cao. ”

At this time, God really helped us, the Jingzhou generals Cai He and Cai Zhong brothers who had surrendered to Cao Cao were sent by Cao Cao to deliberately come all the way to our Zhou Yu camp to surrender fraudulently, their sneaky appearance was seen through by us at a glance, and Zhou Yu, who was like a mirror, pretended to be deaf and stupid, and deliberately solemnly and properly placed Er Cai, and then our perfect plan was officially staged the next day.

The next day, the high-spirited, Yushu was in the wind, and the dashing Governor of Zhou Yu gathered all the generals of Eastern Wu in the big tent, and he ordered the generals to receive three months' worth of grain and grass, and to prepare for the battle of Pocao. According to the original plan, Huang Gai deliberately stepped forward, interrupted Zhou Yu's words unhappily, and was angry first, and said dissatisfiedly: " Don't say three months, even if you spend thirty months of grain and grass, it will not help, the governor of Zhou Da does not have to work hard, useless, really, if Cao Cao can be defeated within this month, it will be better; if he cannot be defeated within a month, it is better to follow Zhang Zibu's idea, we all simply surrender, it is better than a futile battle to die on the battlefield, Cao Cao is a million heroes ready to cross the river, that momentum, that number of people, is really invincible, we are these people, how to do it, he is the trend of the times, what about our Eastern Wu, do not be the enemy of the trend。 When Zhou Yu heard this kind of surrender argument that destroys his own prestige, grows the morale of others, and shakes the morale of the army, he deliberately became furious, and immediately pushed the rebellious and nonsense Huang Gai out of the tent and beheaded him for public display. That Huang Gai did not show weakness, he deliberately relied on the old and sold the old with the qualifications of the old minister of Jiangdong, and deliberately did not take Zhou Yu in his eyes at all, and looked disdainful, which made Zhou Yu more and more angry, and he ordered to be killed quickly. The escalation and intensification of the contradiction between Zhou and Huang made the uninformed generals quietly uneasy, because they were afraid that too many people would easily leak the news, so we blocked the news, and most of the people were still in the dark, confused. As soon as all the civil and military officers saw that most of the capital governors were angry and the veteran Huang Gai died in front of them, they knelt down together and begged for mercy for Huang Gai. For the sake of everyone's face, Zhou Yu was relieved and changed the immediate decision to a heavy blow to a hundred spines. Zhong Wenwu still felt that the punishment of the rod was too heavy, and still begged Zhou Yu to raise his hand. Zhou Yu didn't give an inch this time, he overturned the desk, reprimanded the officials, and ordered a quick cane. The executing soldiers tore the yellow cover to the ground, stripped them naked, and beat them with fifty canes. Seeing this, the officials begged for relief again, and Zhou Yu retreated into the account with hatred, only we knew it tacitly.

I couldn't help asking: "By the way, why didn't I see the extremely familiar figure of Zhuge Liang's handsome guy, why hasn't he come yet, it's all this time, he should also come with a leaf boat, I remember the double reed bitter meat plan written by Zhou Yu and Huang Gai at that time, almost all the civil and military officials." The only one knows in his heart that he doesn't say a word, he stands by and watches, he is a clever plan, like a god, and Zhuge Liang who borrows the east wind from Chibi. ”

Xiao Fei said disapprerovingly: "Haha, Zhuge Liang you have in mind is still in Dongwu, in fact, this battle of Chibi has nothing to do with Zhuge Liang, he just contributed to the Sun Liu Peace Alliance, and he didn't participate in the battlefield at all, and it was Zhou Yu who showed his magic powers." ”

I couldn't help but say: "Didn't the book say that Zhuge Liang still borrowed something?" Xiao Fei smiled and said, "Look, you have been poisoned by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" again. It's really poisoned too deeply, and I can't extricate myself from it, but the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is really well written, unforgettable, and it's really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

However, these 50 military sticks beat Huang Gai really badly, his skin was open, blood was bursting, and he passed out several times in a row. When other generals came to visit, Huang Gai was tight-lipped, just sighing for a long time, and there seemed to be many unspeakable secrets. When his close friend Kan Ze came to see the illness with a skeptical attitude, Huang Gai told the truth and asked Kan Ze, who was known for his loyalty and courage, to sneak to Cao Ying to deliver a letter of deception on his behalf. Cao Cao, who is rich in experience and scheming, will be suspicious in the face of Kan Ze and the fraudulent surrender book. But Kan Ze was by no means an idle person, he was both bold and eloquent, which finally made Cao Cao have to believe. At this time, Cai Zhong, Cai and the two, who had already mixed into Zhou Yu's account, also sent someone to send a secret report from Zhou Yu's angry cane and Huang Gai. After Kan Ze left Cao Ying's camp and returned, he sent a secret letter to Cao Cao, further agreeing on the code and logo when Huang Gai came to land. During this period, Cai He and Cai Zhong also secretly communicated news for Cao Cao from the south bank of the Yangtze River. Although Cao Cao is suspicious, but all this is done seamlessly, plus Huang Gai is very successful, he is Sun Jian's loyal old subordinate, and his position qualifications are older than Zhou Yu, but he is under Zhou Yu, and now that Zhou Yu has become a superior, Huang Gai must be aggrieved and want to choose another master. In addition, it is not surprising that the frequent change of ownership during the Three Kingdoms period is not surprising, and Cao Cao is because he believes too much in his own charm, feels good about himself, and feels that his strength is far superior to that of Eastern Wu many times, it is normal for someone to come to him, it is justified, and the previous experience has given him blind confidence, Zhang Liao surrendered himself when Cao Cao destroyed Lu Bu, Zhang Liao surrendered when Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, Xu You surrendered himself, not to mention when Cao Cao destroyed Jingzhou, and the general Cai Mao's family took refuge in Cao Cao behind his back. It can be seen from this that Cao Cao has enemy generals to vote for every expedition, so it is not surprising that Cao Cao believes in Huang Gai, because Cao Cao believes very much that he is a rare master, and he is the trend of the times, and everyone expects to return, which can attract enemy generals and make them rush to come to the Ming Lord, and even more make the suspicious Cao Cao wise man think a thousand times, and he must make a mistake, and he is convinced of Huang Gai's surrender.