Chapter 506: A Moment of Brightness

Both Shengyu and He Shengliang! --------Bright. Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Zhou Yu's fateful words

In the swaying boat, Zhuge Liang mentioned the mastermind around Sun Ce, and Lu Su was speechless for a while. Jiangdong Sun Ce can be described as a brilliant star, but Zhou Gongjin is undoubtedly the brightest star.

Lu Su sorted out his thoughts and smiled: "Speaking of this person, he is indeed a young talent, he can be described as amazing, a little older than Kong Ming, he is Kong Ming's good opponent!" ”

Zhou Gongjin is the eunuch, the son of the Lujiang Shi clan, the son of Luoyang Ling Zhou Yi, his grandfather Zhou Jing, and his uncle Zhou Zhong have all been officials to the rank of lieutenant.

In the official history, Zhou Yu is very tall and strong, handsome and chic, partial and proficient in music, and is an idol-level talent. When he was young, he became friends with Sun Ce, and from the age of twenty-one, he went to the battlefield with Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong. Later, Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan succeeded him, and Zhou Yu's generals went to the funeral, and he was in charge of all affairs with Changshi Zhang Zhao as the central protector. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (2008 AD), Zhou Yu led his army to unite with Liu Bei and defeated Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi, thus laying the foundation of "three parts of the world". He also led the army to break Cao Ren, worship the general, and lead the southern county to guard.

Zhou Yu is not only resourceful, but also suave, and temperamental, Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu for having "Wang Zuo's capital", Fan Cheng praised him as "the world's heroes and heroes, Jiangzuo's beautiful husband". Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty also posthumously honored him as Pinglubo, ranking among the sixty-four generals of the Tang Wu Temple and one of the seventy-two generals of the Song Wu Temple. Pursuing his magnificent voice, from borrowing troops from Danyang, to important official positions, and then to becoming an important minister of Anbang, linking Liu Pocao, Dapo Cao Ren, and finally dying of illness at the age of 36 Baqiu, it is singable and crying.

In the official history, between Zhou Yu and Lu Su, it is really a year-old friend. Zhou Yu met Lu Su when he was the magistrate of Juchao County, and thought he was extraordinary, so he took the initiative to associate with him, and the two established an unbreakable friendship like Gongsun Qiao and Ji Zha.

In the third year of Jian'an (198 AD), Zhou Yu and Lu Su returned to Wu County together. When Sun Ce heard that Zhou Yu had returned, he personally greeted him, awarded Zhou Yu Jianwei Zhonglang General, and allocated 2,000 soldiers to him and 50 horses. In addition, Sun Ce also gave Zhou Yu a band and built a residence for Zhou Yu, and the reward was so generous that no one could compare. Sun Ce said in the order issued: "Zhou Gongjin is heroic and talented, and he has a good relationship with me, flesh and blood. When I was in Danyang, he led the soldiers and sent ships and rations to help me, so that I could achieve great things, and the reward was far from repaying him for his support at the critical moment! Zhou Yu was twenty-four years old at the time, and the people of Wu County called him Zhou Lang.

Because of the Lujiang area, the people have always admired Zhou Yu's kindness and faithfulness, so Sun Ce ordered him to guard Niuzhu, and later served as the head of the Spring Valley.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199 AD), Sun Ce wanted to attack Jingzhou, worshiped Zhou Yu as the central protector, and concurrently served as the Taishou of Jiangxia, and went with the army to fight. In December, Sun Ce led Zhou Yu and others to break through Anhui City, and captured Yuan Shu's Liu Xun's family and their subordinate male and female relatives. Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu: "The daughter of the Duke of Qiao, although she has suffered from the war and displacement, she is fortunate to have the two of us as sons-in-law. Then he attacked Xunyang, defeated Liu Xun, fought against Jiangxia at the beginning of the second year, and returned to pacify Yuzhang and Luling. Zhou Yu stayed behind to guard Baqiu.

In April of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), Sun Ce was assassinated at the age of 26, and entrusted Sun Quan with military affairs on his deathbed. When Sun Quan was in power, he was still young, and there were only several counties of Huiji, Wujun, Danyang, Yuzhang, and Luling, and their remote and dangerous places had not yet been fully attached. The heroes were scattered in various states and counties, and did not establish an interdependent relationship with the Sun family. Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu and others thought that Sun Quan could achieve great things with them, so they served him wholeheartedly.

Zhou Yu brought troops from outside to the funeral, stayed by Sun Quan's side in Wujun to serve as the central guard, and was in charge of military and political affairs with Changshi Zhang Zhao. At that time, Sun Quan was only a general, and the etiquette of the guests was very simple, but Zhou Yu used the etiquette of a monarch and a minister to express his support for Sun Quan. Zhou Yu once said to Lu Su: "In the past, Ma Yuan replied to Emperor Guangwu and said, 'In today's world, not only the king chooses the minister, but also the minister chooses the king'. Now that my master Sun Quan is a close confidant of the sages and wise men, and accepts the ability of geniuses, I have heard that the mysterious argument of the ancient philosophers, who inherited the mandate of heaven to replace the Liu family, must start in the southeast, calculate the number of calendars and observe the situation, and eventually build the foundation of the emperor, which is in line with the mandate of heaven, and is also in the southeast. It is the era when people with knowledge and lofty ideals attach themselves to Yingjie. I'm learning that! And recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan, saying that he was talented and could be an assistant minister. It is suggested that Sun Quan should search for talents like Lu Su in many ways to achieve great causes, and not let them be scattered.

After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu, in the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), he ordered Sun Quan to send hostages to Cao Cao. Sun Quan convened a meeting of his ministers. The ministers had different opinions, and Zhang Zhao, Qin Song and other important ministers hesitated again and again and could not make a decision.

Sun Quan didn't want to give hostages. So, he only took Zhou Yu to his mother to discuss the matter. Zhou Yu analyzed: "When Chu Jun was first sealed to the edge of Jing Mountain, the place was not enough for a hundred miles. His descendants were virtuous, expanding the land, expanding the territory, establishing a foundation in Yingdu, and occupying the land of Jingyang until the South China Sea. It has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 900 years. General, you inherited the old business of your father and brother, ruled the six counties, the soldiers were well fed, and the morale of the soldiers was strong. Moreover, casting mountains for copper, boiling the sea for salt, people's hearts are stable, morale is strong, it can be said that they are invincible, why send quality to others? As soon as the hostages arrived at Cao Cao's hands, we had to echo Cao Cao, and we would inevitably be subject to Cao's control. At that time, the greatest benefit we could get was only a Hou Yin, a dozen servants, a few cars, and a few horses. For the sake of today, it is best not to send hostages, and wait and see Cao Cao's movements and changes first. If Cao Cao can abide by morality and save the world, then it will not be too late for us to return; If Cao Cao is arrogant and wants to make a living and play with fire, general, you just need to wait for the mandate of heaven, why do you want to send hostage to others? Zhou Yu's words reached Sun Quan's heart. Sun Quan's mother also thought it was time to do this, and she said to Sun Quan: "Gongjin's words make sense, he is only a month younger than your brother, I have always treated him as a son, you should treat him as a brother." Sun Quan did not send hostages to Cao Cao.

Every time Sun Quan gave Zhou Yu, he had a hundred pieces of clothes all year round, and no general could compare with Zhou Yu. For the Sun family, Zhou Yu can also be said to be loyal. "The Biography of Jiang Biao" records that Cao Cao wanted to use Zhou Yu for his own use, and once sent Jiang Gan, who was good at arguing, to lobby Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu resolutely rejected Jiang Gan. The scholars of the world admired Zhou Yu more and more.

In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD), Cao Cao led his army to invade the south, occupied the counties of Jingzhou, and advanced to Sun Quan. When the army was pressing, Sun Quan intended to fight with Cao Cao and asked for a strategy. However, Sun Quan's ministers appeared in two factions, the main peace and the main war, and the important ministers and advisers Zhang Zhao and Qin Song supported the surrender of Cao Cao. So Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan to recruit back Zhou Yu, who was training in Poyang.

Zhou Yu returned to Sun Quan's side and analyzed the key to the victory or defeat of Cao Cao and Sun Quan's armies to Sun Quan, first pointing out: Cao's army was exhausted after a long journey; The weather is cold, and the horses have no grass to eat; Northerners are accustomed to land warfare, not good at water warfare, and are not accustomed to water and soil; Ma Chao and Han Sui are still in Guanxi, and they are Cao Cao's troubles. After further analyzing the actual strength of Cao's army, it was pointed out that Cao's army from the Central Plains was only 1560,000, and the 70,000 or 80,000 people who were newly surrendered by Liu Biao were not favored by Cao. Sun Quan sighed: "Cao Cao has wanted to abolish the Han and stand on his own for a long time, but he is just taboo with Eryuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and me. Leave me alone, Cao Cao and I are incompatible, what you said is very much in line with me, this is God gave you to me! ”

Sun Quan finally made up his mind, drew his sword and cut off the corner of the table, saying: "There are no more people who dare to say surrender, just like this table!" ”

Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to lead 30,000 people to resist Cao, on the way to meet the two armies in Chibi, Cao Cao's army because of illness, and not accustomed to water, the first battle was defeated and retreated, Cao Cao led the army to Jiangbei. Zhou Yu and Liu Beijun set up camp on the south bank, and the two sides confronted each other. Zhou Yu's general Huang Gai suggested that Cao Jun be defeated by fire, but Zhou Yu thought it was feasible and ordered Huang Gai to surrender. Cao Cao really hit the plan, all the ships were burned, and Cao Cao returned the north to the south county.

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu marched into Nanjun again, and held Cao Ren across the river. Before the two armies clashed, Zhou Yu first sent Gan Ning to occupy Yiling. Cao Ren sent a part of his troops and horses to surround Gan Ning, and Gan Ning complained to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu adopted Lü Meng's strategy, leaving Ling Tong to guard the rear, leading the army to aid Yiling, breaking Cao's army under Yiling City, killing more than half of them. Cao's army fled by night, passing through a dangerous road blocked by firewood, and the riders abandoned their horses and walked. Zhou Yu led his troops to chase and intercept, and obtained more than 300 war horses, and his military prestige was greatly enhanced.

Zhou Yu led his troops to garrison the north shore and set an appointed date to fight Cao Ren. Zhou Yu personally rode a horse to supervise the battle, was shot in the right flank by a flying arrow, was seriously injured, and retired to the camp. Cao Ren heard that Zhou Yu was sick in bed, and personally supervised the soldiers to attack the Wu soldiers. Zhou Yu rose up and inspected the battalions to encourage the soldiers to kill the enemy.

After a year of fighting, Zhou Yu killed and wounded Cao Ren, so that Cao Ren had to abandon the city. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as a partial general, and concurrently served as the Taishou of Rennan County, and made the three counties of Xiajun, Hanchang, and Zhouling his Fengyi, and let him garrison Jiangling. After the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu proposed to Sun Quan to put Liu Bei under house arrest and directly manage the army subordinates of Liu Bei's camp.

In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210 AD), Sun Quan approved Zhou Yu's plan to conquer Yizhou, and Zhou Yu returned to Jiangling, where he was stationed, and died suddenly at the age of 36 when he traveled to Baqiu. Sun Quan heard this and cried: "Gongjin has the qualifications of Wang Zuo, but his life is short, what else can I rely on?" He personally put on mourning clothes to mourn for Zhou Yu, and was moved. When Zhou Yu's coffin was transported back to Wu County, Sun Quan went to Wuhu to greet him. After Sun Quan was proclaimed emperor, he said to Gongqing: "If there is no Gongjin, I can't be the emperor." ”

Zhuge Liang and Lu Su's boats floated all the way to Jiangxia, passing through the waters of Xiangyang, a large number of warships appeared on the water surface of the Han River, looking like a sea of cloud sails from a distance, which was extraordinarily magnificent. Zhuge Liang stood at the bow of the boat, still reminiscing about Lu Su's evaluation of Zhou Gongjin in his heart, such a Zhou Gongjin really longed to meet him. Whether it is a friend or an enemy, Zhou Gongjin is undoubtedly the person who deserves to be taken seriously.

Lu Su suddenly pointed ahead, only to see a flagship coming against the wind and waves, and a general standing firmly in the bow of the ship, with a scruffy beard on his face, covered in water and leather armor, but exuding the charm of a savage, he laughed and said loudly: "Zhuge Military Division!" Zi Jing Junshi! Gan Xingba was ordered by the lord to welcome the two! ”

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