Chapter 423: Yan Zhoulang
In fact, the Dahan Intelligence Department is indeed mixed with many hidden people among these millions of refugees, with various identities, and they can't be screened at all.
Sun Quan felt that for such a big matter, he should still consult Zhou Yu's opinion, but he heard that Zhou Yu is now seriously ill and recuperating in Chaisang, and the military affairs have already been transferred to Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Ling Tong and others.
Sun Quan sent Zhuge Jin and LΓΌ Meng to Chaisang to meet Zhou Yu and inform Zhou Yu of all these things, so that Zhou Yu could give him an idea.
Chaisang, Zhou Yu's mansion, is actually just a separate small courtyard on a small island in the middle of the lake.
Zhuge Jin and LΓΌ Meng landed on the island under the ferrying of the sailor's boat, and there were no soldiers of the Wu army on the island, only a few Zhou Yu's domestic servants.
After being robbed of Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao by Lu Bu, it took several years for Zhou Yu to find his current wife and give birth to two sons.
Zhou Yu has been unwell since the Battle of Xiangyang, so he asked Sun Quan for leave and returned to Chaisang to recuperate.
Walking into the courtyard where Zhou Yu lived, the air was filled with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine.
Under the leadership of the housekeeper, the two of them walked to the courtyard at the back, and as soon as they entered the courtyard gate, they heard a coughing sound coming from the house.
After the housekeeper reported, a weak man's voice came from the room, "Ziming and Ziyu are here, come in quickly, I'm weak, so I won't get up to greet me, bear with me." β
Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin hurriedly walked into the room, only to see that the half-lying and half-lying on the bed was the governor of the three armies of Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, but Zhou Lang, who was radiant in the past, was now sick and haggard, thin as firewood, like a person who was about to die.
But Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin were scared to death, "Dadudu, why are you so sick?" Have you seen a doctor? β
Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, "I've seen a lot of doctors, saying that I am sick from hard work, and I have spent too much mental energy, and it is difficult to return to heaven!" β
Lu Meng and the others are even more sad, this is really a jealous talent, Zhou Yu is only thirty-six years old this year.
Zhou Yu could see it, "You don't have to be sad, everyone has their own lives, the will of heaven is like this, it's useless to think about it, you are here, I'm afraid there is something difficult for the lord to decide, right?" β
"Governor, as expected." LΓΌ Meng canceled Cao Pi's title of King of Wei, joined the State of Wu, and brought millions of people from the State of Wei, and Sun Quan did not know how to settle it.
Zhou Yu closed his eyes and rested for a while, while listening carefully to LΓΌ Meng's description, and heard that the Han army did not attack the retreating Wei army and the people, but only silently sent them all the way.
couldn't help but open his eyes and nodded effortlessly, "That's it, Lu Bu and Zhuge Liang are not ordinary smart people, they are leading to trouble." β
Zhuge Jin became anxious when he heard this, "Metropolitan Governor, are you saying that Lu Bu deliberately allowed Cao Pi to cross the Huaishui with millions of people?" Is there a conspiracy in it? Do we have to rush them back? β
Zhou Yu shook his head and smiled a little bitterly, "Ziyu, Lu Bu naturally deliberately let Cao Pi bring millions of people to our Wu country, do you think that these million Wei people are a million mouths, and before they can create enough food to feed themselves, can't we keep raising them?" β
"And there must be a lot of big men and spies in it, and it can't be screened at all, the intelligence department of the Han army, you and I have all been taught."
"But we can only accept them hard, it is impossible to rush back, not to mention whether we can rush back, as long as you have such behavior, it is easy to stir up the turmoil of these millions of Wei people, this is a good show that Lu Bu and they are waiting to see!"
Zhuge Jin muttered: "I can't kill, I can't rush, I have to raise it, what a burden this is, I'm afraid that our Dongwu will be crushed by him!" β
Zhou Yu didn't say anything, but was thinking about something, Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin didn't dare to disturb, just waited patiently.
After a long time, Zhou Yu came back to his senses, "You go back and tell the lord that these millions of people are a double-edged sword, and if they are not handled well, they will be a big bomb, but if they are dealt with well, Wu Guo will have a little more strength to fight against the Han Dynasty." β
"These millions of people must not be dispersed, but gathered together and then migrated to the south, such as Jiaozhou and even Yizhou."
"Just let them go to the military tun, the Wei State has been implementing the military tun, presumably they are no strangers, and all the men in the Wei State have to join the army to serve, and there must be many men of school-age in these millions of people."
"It is suitable for 5,000 to 10,000 people in one place, and then with 2 to 3,000 people of Wu State, with an army of 500 people."
"As long as we make good use of it, we can add hundreds of thousands of well-trained new troops to the Wu State, and all the people of the Wei State are soldiers, and you must suggest that the lord follow suit."
After saying so many words in one breath, Zhou Yu's face became more ruddy, but he also had to cough for a while, and then, he explained some military and political affairs of Wu to the two, which was more like explaining the will.
When Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin left Chaisang and returned to Jianye on a naval warship, the two were not happy because they had received useful guidance from Zhou Yu, on the contrary, they had already seen that Zhou Yu's advice this time was probably a return to the light, and his life would not be long.
The two of them rushed back to Jianye as quickly as possible, and truthfully relayed Zhou Yu's suggestions and entrustments to Sun Quan, the king of Wu.
Sun Quan was also very sad when he heard that Zhou Yu had reached the point of running out of oil and lamps, although he sometimes felt that Zhou Yu was a little arrogant, with no one in his eyes, and even ignored his own lord.
Even sometimes Zhou Yu relied on his brotherhood with his brother Sun Ce to speak unceremoniously to Sun Quan, and often denied Sun Quan's ideas in person, although most of the time it was true that Sun Quan was not thoughtful, but occasionally he really couldn't get off the stage.
But when Zhou Yu was about to die, Sun Quan remembered all his advantages, especially under the command of Zhou Yu, the Eastern Wu army had fought against Lu Bu's Han army for so many years, and had not suffered any big losses.
This alone is not something that anyone can do, as awesome as Cao Cao, isn't it also deflated by Lu Bu repeatedly?
Therefore, Sun Quan's final advice to Zhou Yu was to obey his words, and he even sent the royal family's imperial physician to give Zhou Yu another life.
It's a pity that Zhou Yu's fate is really exhausted this time, when the royal family's imperial doctor arrived at Chaisang, it was already a step too late, and Zhou Yu died soon after Lu Meng and Zhuge Jin left.
When Sun Quan heard the bad news, he also cried bitterly, "Today's lonely loss of Gongjin is like a Dapeng bird that has broken its two wings, how can I feel embarrassed!" β
Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu's remains to be buried in the best coffin, transported to Jianye, and buried Zhou Yu with the most solemn funeral on the high mountain outside Jianye City.
(End of chapter)