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The war in the north has not affected the situation in Jiangdong, although they are concerned about the general trend of the world, but the situation in Jiangdong and the north have not affected, and it seems to be a unique world.

Today, the Jiangdong Lu family ushered in an uninvited guest, at least Lu Kang thinks so.

"Gong Jin, is this the Jiangdong Lu family? I didn't feel any difference. ”

A young man with starry eyes and sword eyebrows said casually, the Lu family in Jiangdong is very famous, at least in Jiangdong, the Lu family can be said to be an Internet celebrity family, which is due to the way the Lu family acts, so that the thieves in Jiangdong agree with it.

As long as they go out to trade, whether they make money or not, the tolls for those water thieves are never less.

Like such a family, do you say that the water thieves in Jiangdong like it or not, they would rob it in the past, but the Lu family never resisted, and directly raised their hands to surrender, how much money they wanted, they gave it, this is very boring, think about it, you go to rob, as a result, people don't say anything, they don't resist. Give what you want, this kind of robbery is the same as asking for food. Anyone will find it boring.

Later, the water thieves seemed to know the Lu family's way of acting, so they simply didn't rob them, maybe they would escort a layer when they saw it, it was very simple, if you robbed or not, people would give you tolls, who would be so short-sighted.

Since then, the Lu family has eaten very well in Jiangdong, and the water thieves are about to become his family's guards, Sun Ce has also heard of this situation, but he doesn't care, because the Lu family is notoriously unarmed and has no armed forces.

When I arrived at the Lu family this time, I didn't see any rich and noble courtyards, but the environment was really good, and there were several warships placed by the river, and Sun Ce's eyes were a little red when he saw it.

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Outstanding people, you only look at their houses, what can you see, let's go, let's visit, let the soldiers stay here and wait, it seems to be sincere." ”

Zhou Yu looked at the warship, his eyes were blazing, if he could get this kind of warship, then pacifying Jiangdong would really be like a tiger with wings, the Jiangdong Lu family must be included in the soil.

Sun Ce nodded, agreed with Zhou Yu's decision, and took the lead to knock on the door.

Soon got a response, it was a young man who opened the door, but it was not a subordinate pretend, the man looked at Sun Ce, and then at Zhou Yu, especially the big red robe on Zhou Yu's body stayed for a long time, and said with a smile: "Two people came from afar, Jiangdong Lu Xun is a boy, on behalf of the Lu family, welcome the two, please come in." ”

After speaking, he opened the door and got out of the way, but the small grade showed decent etiquette, which made people look very weird.

Zhou Yu said with interest: "Do you know us?" ”

Sun Ce also looked at Lu Xun, heard his introduction, and felt that this child was quite interesting.

"Jiangdong Xiaobawang Sun Bofu, Mei Zhou Lang Zhou Gongjin, everyone in the world knows."

Lu Xun was actually a little exaggerated, but the excitement in his heart made him say it without hesitation. Who is this person in front of him, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin, the lupine scarf, the characters who are in ashes when talking and laughing, and the little overlord of Jiangdong, who has read history, absolutely can't hate these two people.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce glanced at each other, when did the two of them have such a big name, but they didn't care, and followed Lu Xun in.

What I saw along the way, that is, some parts of the ship, there were nothing particularly valuable.

Zhou Yu Lu Xun Sun Ce entered the hall, at this time Lu Kang was already waiting, just now when Lu Xun spoke, he used gestures from his back to notify his subordinates to report.

"The two adults came from afar, and I don't know what happened."

As soon as Zhou Yu and Sun Ce sat down, Lu Kang spoke, without any politeness, and went straight to the point.

In fact, he doesn't blame Lu Kang, his impression of Sun Ce is still under Yuan Shao's subordinates, and Yuan Shu and the Lu family can only hehe, the relationship is not good.

Zhou Yu could see the clue at a glance, although Lu Kang's dislike was well hidden, it still couldn't escape Zhou Yu's eyes. looked at Sun Ce again, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Lord Lu, forgive me, we broke away from Yuan Shu, fought all the way, and wanted to break through in Jiangdong, this time, I wanted to discuss with the Lu family, if we could trade some of the Lu family's ships."

explained the matter clearly in a few words, and of course, the most important thing was to tell the news that he had broken away from Yuan Shu.

Lu Kang raised his eyebrows, and the atmosphere eased slightly.

"Trading ships? It's not that you can't, but didn't Yuan Shu explain anything to you? ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Yuan Shu once told us that if there is a chance, he will destroy the Lu family and vent his anger for him." ”

Suddenly there was a stagnant atmosphere, Lu Kang's eyes were not very good-looking, and Lu Xun also stood aside speechlessly, his uncle really didn't have any brains at all.

"But we refused, Yuan Shu's behavior was too much, and we couldn't stand it, so we came to the Lu family and wanted to turn the war into a jade silk."

Zhou Yu continued, panting and speaking in a way that made Lu Xun roll his eyes, this must have been deliberate.

Looking at the Three Kingdoms, talking about the Three Kingdoms, the most legendary figure should be Zhuge Liang, a name that has become synonymous with Chinese wisdom. However, the real characters of the Three Kingdoms in history are far from what is described in the book, and it can even be said that they are very different. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is understandable, because after all, this is, of course, there will be the infiltration of personal feelings, and the personal feelings of supporting Liu and Cao in the book are very obvious. Lu Xun actually knows a lot about it, Zhou Lang in history, suave, handsome, and versatile, far from being as small-bellied as Mr. Luo's pen. Zhou Lang's versatility has made many girls and young women fall in love with it, compared to Pan An's scenery of throwing fruit and car, Pan An is just good-looking, and Zhou Lang is both talented and beautiful. There are poems as evidence: in order to get Zhou Langgu, he always mistakenly brushes the piano. In order to let Zhou Lang look at herself a few more times, the girl deliberately played the piano wrongly. can think about the situation at that time, Zhou Lang could hear the tune when he talked and laughed, how talented he was!

Lu Xun is Zhou Yu's die-hard loyalist, brainless fan, when he was on the earth, his family was well-off, so he often played Zhou Yu with a face, and he knew Zhou Yu very well, knowing that he met Sun Ce when he was a child and became friends of life and death. After Sun Ce broke away from Yuan Shu and became independent, Zhou Yu took the initiative to defect to Sun Ce. In Sun Ce's war to pacify Jiangdong, he played the dual role of a strategist and a general, and subdued Tai Shici with stratagem. After Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, Zhou Yu served as the governor of the navy. In 200, Sun Ce died early, and before he died, he said to Sun Quan, "Ask Zhou Yu if you don't decide on foreign affairs." After Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, he also trusted Zhou Yu very much. In 208, Sun Quan went west to conquer Huangzu, and Zhou Yu made great contributions. In 208, Cao Cao went south, and his goal was directly aimed at Jiangdong, and Sun Quanzhan and undecided. Zhou Yu rushed back from Poyang Lake in time, correctly analyzed the various drawbacks of Cao Cao's distant arrival, and made Sun Quan decide to fight Cao Cao. Zhou Yu, as the governor of the navy, used fire to attack Cao Cao, which was the famous Battle of Chibi. After the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu was poisoned by arrows when he attacked Nanjun, but he still desperately took Nanjun. Subsequently, Zhou Yu ceded the south bank of the Yangtze River to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei went to Jingkou to see Sun Quan and asked for the whole of Jingzhou, Sun Quan agreed, so Zhou Yu had to retreat to Chaisang County to recuperate, and during his illness Zhou Yu reminded Sun Quan to beware of Liu Bei. In 210, Zhou Yu led his troops to attack Xichuan, and when he traveled to Baqiu City, he suffered an arrow wound and died young at the age of 36. After Sun Quan heard the news, he immediately welcomed Zhou Yu's coffin back to Chaisang, and Lu Xun could say a series of achievements without hindrance.

But in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Mr. Luo Guanzhong portrayed Zhou Yu as a typical example of narrow-mindedness, jealousy and jealousy, when he found that Zhuge Liang's intelligence surpassed his own, he tried every means to kill, and he wanted to get rid of Kong Ming and then quickly, as a result, his plan was seen through by Zhuge Liang one by one, and he fell into Zhuge Liang's plan, and was so angry that he vomited blood and died. The series of wits and fighting methods between Yu and Liang before and after the Battle of Chibi are written meticulously and vividly, and they are quite successful from the perspective of character building, but from the perspective of historical authenticity, it is all nonsense, nonsense, Lu Xun was crazy at the time, if the official history could be written so well, Zhou Yu would not be incomprehensible by the world.

Lu Xun really wants to tell the world that Zhou Yu in history was of course not angry to death by Zhuge Liang, and there is no trace of "Three Qi Zhou Yu" at all. Judging from the historical background of Zhou Yu and Kong Ming at that time, as well as the political status and historical role of the two of them before and after the Battle of Chibi, the real winner was Zhou Yu rather than Kong Ming. The talented, shrewd and sophisticated Zhou Yu actually far overshadowed the fledgling Kong Ming.

When Zhou Yu helped Sun Wu start a business in Jiangdong, Kong Ming was still wandering and living in seclusion. From the second year of Emperor Xingping of the Han Dynasty to the assassination of Sun Ce in the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu emerged at the beginning of the warlord division and melee in the late Han Dynasty, and became the first hero to help Sun Ce lay the foundation of Jiangdong. At that time, Sun Ce already possessed the six counties of Danyang, Wu, Huiji, Lujiang, Yuzhang and Luling, of which only Zhou Yu did not participate in the conquest of Wu County and Huiji County, but he also had his credit, because if he had not assisted Sun Ce to cross the river and defeat Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, Wu County and Huiji would not have been obtained by Sun Ce.

When Zhou Yu became the founding father of the Sun regime, Zhuge Liang was far from debuting. When Kong Ming was 14 years old, he left home and went to Yuzhang with his uncle to serve as Taishou, and when things changed, he went to Jingzhou with his uncle to seek refuge with Liu Biao. When his uncle died of illness at the age of 17, Kong Ming moved to Longzhong, 20 miles west of Xiangyang, and began a ten-year life of seclusion. So when Zhou Yu assisted Sun Ce in creating the foundation of Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang was in the middle of wandering and ploughing. At this time, Yu and Liang naturally can't be compared, and it's not easy to compare. The real comparison between Yu and Liang can only be talked about after Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain in the winter of 207 AD. The protagonist of the Battle of Chibi was Zhou Yu, and Kong Ming was only a supporting role in the war, Emperor Jian'an of Han Xian for five years, Sun Ce died after being assassinated, and Sun Quan inherited his father's and brother's business as the lord of Jiangdong. Zhou Yu led his troops to Wu Ben for funeral from Baqiu, and then stayed in Wuhui, where he was in charge of military and political affairs with Changshi Zhang Zhao as the Central Protector. At that time, Sun Quan was only 19 years old, and Zhou Yu assisted him wholeheartedly, making great contributions to establishing Sun's authority and consolidating the six counties, and defeated Liu Biaojiang's Xia Taishou Huang Zu's attack on Chaisang. In the spring of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Sun Quan once again crusaded against Huang Zu, Zhou Yu was the former governor, and he was also the first governor of Eastern Wu. After conquering Huang Zu, Zhou Yu was ordered to guard Poyang. In the seventh lunar month of the year, Cao Cao took Jingzhou in the south, and Cao, Liu, and Sun fought for the ownership of Jingzhou, followed by the famous Battle of Chibi in history. In the process of the Battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liangfang and Zhou Yu showed their talents, but it was Zhou Yu who sang the leading role, and Kong Ming was only a supporting role, and his role could not be compared with Zhou Yu. Zhuge Liang undoubtedly played an important role in facilitating Sun and Liu to form an alliance to jointly resist Cao Cao, but this was only a diplomatic mediation before the Battle of Chibi, and it was in diplomatic mediation that Eastern Wu Lusu played a greater role than Kong Ming. It was Lu Su who facilitated Liu Beidong's alliance with Wu Kangcao, and then Kong Zhizhi provoked Sun Quan to join Liu Kangcao. At the critical juncture when Cao Cao's army was moving eastward, Zhuge Liang went to Wu to persuade Sun Quanlian Liu Kangcao, who was still hesitating, and demonstrated his wisdom and talent on the spot for the first time, which is fully affirmed by history. But at this time, Zhuge Liang had just come out of the mountain, he was young, and his reputation was not great, and Liu Bei's strength was weak at that time, and he needed to rely on the help of Eastern Wu, and the leading aspect of Sun and Liu's joint resistance to Cao was Eastern Wu, and Liu Bei's group was in a subordinate position, and Kong Ming's role was limited. Zhou Yu, on the other hand, is a pivotal figure in everything from decision-making to military action. At that time, after Cao Cao obtained Jingzhou, he went down the east of the river from Jiangling, advancing by land and water, and the momentum was huge. Cao Cao sent a letter to Sun Quan, threatening that "the Imaji naval army is 800,000 people, and Fang and the general will hunt in Wu." This is a diplomatic rhetoric, which means to persuade Sun Quan to return to obedience as soon as possible. Sun Quan got the book for the county ministers to circulate, the Eastern Wu ministers were shocked, Zhang Zhao and others all advocated surrender, Dulu Su quietly told Sun Quan that those who advocated surrender were all out of their own interests, and should not be obeyed, and suggested that Sun Quan immediately recall Zhou Yu. After Zhou Yu returned from Poyang, he sternly refuted the surrender faction, advocated resisting Cao, and analyzed the actual strength and disadvantages of Cao's army to Sun Quan, prompting Sun Quan to finally make the decision to join Liu to resist Cao. That is to say, Lu Su, Zhuge Liang, and Zhou Yu all played their respective roles in promoting Sun and Liu's joint resistance to Cao, and it was Zhou Yu who played a key role in making Sun Quan's determination to resist Cao. Only when Zhou Yu came out to make a clear statement could he suppress the surrender faction led by Zhang Zhao. Zhou Yu showed his political acumen at critical moments beyond the average person. In terms of military operations, Zhou Yu was both the governor of the Wu army and the commander of the coalition forces, and the commander of the Battle of Chibi, while Zhuge Liang was only a participant. There are many reasons why the Sun and Liu coalition forces can win, although there are many reasons, and the credit is not exclusive to any one person, but Zhou Yu, as the coach, is undoubtedly the first hero of Chibi Pocao. If you want to say that the second hero, it should be Huang Gai. Because the deception and fire attack were proposed by him, and under the command of Zhou Yu, they were specifically implemented by him. What role Zhuge Liang played in this battle is not recorded in history. Zhuge Liang's biography only records that he set off with Wu Jun, and after arriving at Liu Bei's place, he and the Eastern Wu side "resisted Cao Gong".

But what makes Lu Xun's heart ache is that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Kong Ming was very active in the Battle of Chibi, and he used a trick to borrow arrows from a grass boat, which was actually done by Sun Quan later when he confronted Cao Jun in Hefei, and it was the Seven Star Altar to worship the sky to borrow the east wind, and even attacked with fire He also had his share, as if he had become a key figure in breaking Cao, but all these descriptions were just literary creations, and there was nothing in history. When Liu Bei went to see Zhou Yu from Fankou and learned that Zhou Yu had only led 30,000 horses, he proposed to call Lu Su and others to come and discuss together. Zhou Yu said that he accepted the military order, and he was not allowed to entrust someone to act as an agent at will, and if you wanted to see Lu Su, you could visit him another day. Liu Bei was both ashamed and happy when he said this, and the happy one was because he saw Zhou Yu's purge of the army. After Cao Cao's army was defeated, he sent a letter to Sun Quan saying: "The battle of Chibi was worth the disease, and the lonely burning ship retreated, so that Zhou Yu was falsely given this name. ”。 This is Cao Cao's statement that he wants to save face, and it also reflects that Zhou Yu is the main hero of the Battle of Chibi.

Before the passage of the Romance, the literati and scholars had a high evaluation of Zhou Yu's performance in the Battle of Red Cliffs. Hu Zeng said in the poem "Red Cliff": "The flame burned the flag of Emperor Wei in the west, and Zhou Lang opened the country and fought for the tiger." The battle did not fake the long sword, and the hero million divisions have been defeated. Su Shi's "Nian Nujiao - Chibi Nostalgia" praised the "Three Kingdoms Zhou Lang": Thinking about Gongjin back then, Xiao Qiao got married for the first time, and he was heroic. Lupine scarf, talking and laughing, the captives are gone. It is reasonable and historically accurate for the poets of the Tang and Song dynasties to praise Zhou Yu and attribute the main credit to Zhou Yu for the destruction of Chibi Cao. Thinking about how majestic Gong Jin was at this time, I couldn't help but be fascinated!

Zhou Yu in history, his biography specifically talks about his temperament, he is likely to win people, his mind is not narrow at all, and his popularity is also very good. The veteran Cheng Pu was proud of his age, and he used to bully Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu always didn't care, but later Cheng Pu finally admired it from the bottom of his heart and said to people: "If you have sex with Zhou Gongjin, if you drink good wine, you won't feel drunk." Cao Cao made Jiang Gan lobby Zhou Yu to write that after Zhou Yu captured Jiangling in 209, Jiang Gan saw that Zhou Yu was determined and ambitious, and could not speak, and went back to say that Zhou Yu was "elegant and elegant", and was willing to bow down. As the founding father of Eastern Wu, and Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are brothers and sisters, and they are brothers-in-law, Mrs. Wu also instructed Sun Quan to "serve him as a brother", and his reputation in Eastern Wu is very high, but he has always attached great importance to assisting Wu's career, is humble and does not put on a show, takes the lead in implementing the minister's festival, and respects Sun Quan. He is proficient in music, and Wu Ren has the praise of "the song is wrong, Zhou Langgu", which shows that his daily style is also approachable.

After this research, Lu Xun was able to get out of the historical fog created by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and discover the true faces of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu. Since then, Lu Xun no longer believes in Zhuge Liang's so-called magic calculation, but Lu Xun still has some admiration for 'Longzhong Pair', but Lu Xun feels that Zhuge Liang's real talent is far inferior to Zhou Yu. I can't help but admire Zhou Yu's leading talent, literary accomplishment and open-mindedness. I think that if you only talk about the ability to command troops in the Three Kingdoms, except for Cao Cao, no one in the Three Kingdoms is Zhou Yu's real opponent. It's a pity that Mr. Luo Guanzhong is a pure pro-Liu faction, so he arranged Zhou Yu in a mess.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's voice interrupted Lu Xun's thinking: "You said that he built the ship?" ”

Zhou Yu pointed at Lu Xun with a surprised expression, looking incredulous that such a small kid could actually be proficient in shipbuilding technology.

"That's right, my nephew is not only proficient in military strategy, but also very good at ship modification."

Lu Kang stroked his beard with a smile on his face, at first, he was also Zhou Yu's expression, surprised, really surprised, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lu Kang wouldn't have believed it.

Lu Xun scratched his head embarrassedly and laughed.

Lu Xun was not very interested in their conversation.

Seeing Zhou Yu at this time, his mind had already wandered away, and a doubt in his heart couldn't help but rise.

Zhou Yu, how did he die?

Zhou Yu was born in a scholar family, and his grandfather Zhou Jing and uncle Zhou Zhong were both lieutenants of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His father, Zhou Yi, once served as the Luoyang Commander. Zhou Yu has been friends with Sun Ce since he was a child, and when Sun Ce first rose, Zhou Yu swept Jiangdong and sent money and food to help Sun Ce achieve great things. Yuan Shu admired Zhou Yu's talent and wanted to hire Zhou Yu as a general, but Zhou Yu refused because Yuan Shu was difficult to achieve great things, and then managed to officially defect to Sun Ce, and fought with Sun Ce in the south and the north, making great contributions to the foundation of Jiangdong, and was deeply trusted by Sun Ce. After Sun Ce was assassinated, Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao jointly assisted Sun Quan and took charge of military and political affairs. After Cao Cao eliminated Yuan Shao, he coerced Sun Quan to send his son as a hostage, and Zhou Yu had lofty ambitions and dissuaded Sun Quan from sending him hostage. At the time of the Battle of Chibi, he fought against Cao, and foresaw the disadvantages of Cao's army and his own advantages, and commanded the whole army to defeat Cao's army in Chibi and Wulin, and was the number one hero in the Battle of Chibi. Later, he successfully conquered Nanjun, a strategic point in Jingzhou, and Cao Ren was defeated. After the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu suggested to Sun Quan to send troops to attack Shu, eliminate Zhang Lu, annex Liu Zhang, and divide the world with Cao Cao, reflecting the foresight of a military strategist. Zhou Yu died in Baling at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve while preparing for military operations in Jiangling. A series of history, as if there is no problem at all, is it really a jealous talent? Untimely death? Lu Xun didn't believe it.

I remember that when Zhou Yu died, it was recorded that Sun Quan wept bitterly and said: "Gongjin has the talent of Wang Zuozhi, and now he is dying in a short life, who will I rely on in the future?" After he became emperor, he still remembered Zhou Yu, and once said to the ministers: "Without Zhou Gongjin, how can I be honored as emperor?" "The hegemony of Wang Tu of Eastern Wu came to naught with Zhou Yu's sudden death, and since then he has changed from wanting to get involved in the world to being on the side of peace." It can be seen that Zhou Yu's role in Soochow is irreplaceable. At that time in Wu State, Zhou Yu recommended a virtuous person to compare with Uncle Bao; The fold is comparable to the country; Humility and loyalty are unmatched. Elegant and magnificent. Sun Ce died at the beginning of his life, and Sun Quan "was the time when the power was the general, and the generals and guests were the courtesy, and Yu was the first to respect, and then the minister's festival." The degree of sex is restored, and it is likely to win people, but it is not harmonious with Cheng Pu. When the generals were courteous, Zhou Yu was extremely respectful compared to his young Sun Quan, so he commented on his temperament, only disagreeing with Cheng Pu, but he folded his knots, which finally made Cheng Pu admire. The concept of "respecting Liu and degrading Cao" in the market has long existed. In Su Shi's sketches, there was such a description of the folk Three Kingdoms, "When it comes to the affairs of the Three Kingdoms, when I hear that Liu Xuande is defeated, I often feel my eyebrows, and there are people who have tears; Hearing Cao Cao's defeat, he sang fast. "The people's praise and disapproval of characters have their own foothold and starting point. They "respect Liu" and support "Emperor Shu", and naturally they will not have a good impression of Zhou Yu, who is standing on the opposite side.

Later, the emergence of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms completely nailed Zhou Yu's image to the contradictory standard of Romance. On the one hand, it affirmed that Zhou Yu befriended Sun Ce, opened up Jiangdong, and established a hegemony; Recommend Lu Su, accept Gan Ning, and promote the virtuous and capable; Finally, the fire breaks through the enemy and establishes immortal feats. On the other hand, when he encountered the central figure of Liu Bei's group, Zhou Yu had to retreat. For those central figures, Zhou Yu can only be a foil. All this seems to have reached the extreme in the exclamation of "both Shengyu and He Shengliang". A lot of distortions and belittlements have been made to Zhou Yu's image, and here the differences between the romance and the official history are compared to set the record straight. Regarding Zhuge Liang's three qi Zhou Yu, the official history records that even Liu Bei commented that Zhou Yu was "vast", and Zhou Yu's magnanimity would not be angry at all. In the two years from the end of the Battle of Chibi to Zhou Yu's death, Zhuge Liang was engaged in logistics work in the Lingling area, and he had never met Zhou Yu at all. As for Zhou Yu's death, it was Zhou Yu's old subordinate Pang Tong who sent condolences to mourn, not Zhuge Liang, about the grass boat borrowing arrows, the person who borrowed arrows from the grass boat is Sun Quan in the official history, and the romance describes Zhou Yu's jealousy of Zhuge Liang is a complete fabrication, and it is Zhou Yu himself who skillfully borrowed arrows in the ancestor of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

After the Ming Dynasty, people's understanding of Zhou Yu mainly comes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Zhou Yu's sigh of "both Shengyu and He Shengliang" echoes in the folk discourse for hundreds of years. Liu Jixing believes that if Zhou Yu really knows underground, it is estimated that he will look up to the sky and sigh: "If Yu is born, how can he give birth to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"

In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu died in Baqiu, "Yu returned to Jiangling as a suit, and Dao Yu died of illness in Baqiu, when he was Chinese New Year's Eve sixth." After the death of Cao Cao's important aide Guo Jia at the age of thirty-eight, Cao Cao once told Xun You that his death was "a middle-aged death", and he was very sad. It can be seen that although the average life expectancy was quite low due to years of war at that time, for political and military figures with a certain status and access to the best medical conditions, 36 years old was far from a normal age of death. In fact, in the entire Later Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, Zhou Yu's status was reached, and before his death, he was a partial general, Nanjun Taishou, and very few died naturally when he was younger than Zhou Yu. Among them, the most famous are the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Ei, who died at the age of 35, and the Wu Jing Emperor Sun Xiu, who died at the age of 30. In his short life, Zhou Yu traveled to various places for a long time, and when he died, he was less than two years away from the Battle of Chibi, which can be said to be at the peak of his career.

If the story ends here, I am afraid we can only sigh that creation makes people and prematurely let a generation of famous generals withdraw from the stage of history. However, if we carefully read the relevant historical materials, we will have some other questions about Zhou Yu's death.

"Premature death" and "violent death" are two completely different concepts in the annals of history, untimely death can be a long-term bed bed and serious illness, and a person of a handful of age can also die suddenly. According to common sense, it generally takes a process from infection to development and finally death. Characters who are recorded as "strokes" or "sick deaths" can generally be considered to have passed away relatively peacefully. Here we take the example of Luo Tong, an official of the state of Wu, who, like Zhou Yu, died at the age of thirty-six, undoubtedly "untimely death", and the previous record of his political and military activities stopped at the early years of Huang Wu's deeds in leading troops to resist the Wei general Cao Ren. For Luo Tong, his death is obviously not among the "violent deaths".

Regarding Zhou Yu's death, the record in this biography is that "Yu returned to Jiangling as a suit, and the Tao died of illness in Baqiu, when Chinese New Year's Eve six." Although the word is "sick death", there is no doubt that it was a typical violent death. To prove this conclusion, we first need to sort out the background of Zhou Yu's death.

Lu Xun felt that it was very likely to be a conspiracy, but he was not sure that after the victory in the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu did not take advantage of the victory, but launched a victorious pursuit of Jingzhou under Cao Cao's control. After more than a year of stalemate, Cao's army retreated, and the Soochow group took control of the entire Nanjun region on the north bank of the Yangtze River. During the same period, Liu Bei's group, which was under Zhou Yu's wing during the Battle of Chibi, took the opportunity to take over the Jingnan region, where resistance was weak, and once again had its own base after Cao Cao's southern expedition.

At this time, there were two different ideas for the future long-term development strategy of Soochow, the first was the "cutting of Shu" insisted on by Zhou Yu and others, and the second was the "borrowing Jingzhou" insisted on by Lu Su and others. Zhou Yu returned to Jingkou from the front and explained his strategic vision to Sun Quan, he said: "Begging and fenwei are both advancing to Shu, and Shu and Zhang Lu are gained, because they stay in Fenwei to stick to their place, so as to join forces with Ma Chao." Yu also worked with the general in Xiangyang to crouch, and the north can also be mapped. ”

What was Sun Quan's reaction? "Quan Xu Zhi", that is, he got Sun Quan's approval. And it was on the way back to Jiangling that Zhou Yu died suddenly. Obviously, judging from the background at the time, no one thought that Zhou Yu would die at such a point in time, and his death could be called a "violent death".

This is not only our inference, but also Zhou Yu's own cognition. In a letter he wrote to Sun Quan before his death: "Dao suffered a violent illness, but yesterday he was treated with medical treatment, and he was unharmed every day. "To make it very clear, what I encountered was a "violent disease", the day before I started treatment, and the next day I reached the point where I already knew that I was going to die and began to deal with the aftermath, the intensity of this "disease" is really staggering.

So, is this really just a story of "an emergency illness takes away a famous general"?

As mentioned above, "cutting Shu" and "borrowing Jingzhou" were two different voices within Eastern Wu after the Battle of Jiangling, and Lu Su, who was a hardcore hawk with Zhou Yu at the time of the Battle of Chibi, resolutely proposed the strategy of "borrowing Jingzhou" at this time. Under the circumstances, these two strategies could not coexist, and it was unrealistic for Eastern Wu to attack Shu alone if it lost Nanjun, a key logistical supply base. In fact, after Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan still proposed to Liu Bei, who had been borrowed to Jingzhou, to take Shu together. Liu Bei's staff pointed out sharply at that time, "Wu will not be able to cross the Jing and Shu", dispelling Liu Bei's doubts.

Note that detaining Liu Bei, who asked Sun Quan to borrow Jingzhou in person, in Jingkou, and then subduing his subordinates and taking Shu in the west, although only Lü Fan is mentioned here, in fact, this is part of Zhou Yu's plan to destroy Shu. There is a saying in the record: "Bei Yi Jing saw the power, Yu Shang Shu said: 'Liu Bei is a hero, and the generals of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will not be used for a long time. It is foolish to say that the big plan should be set up for Wu, Sheng is the palace room, and many of its beauties play well, in order to entertain their ears and eyes, divide these two people, each place one side, so that those who are like Yu can be coerced and attacked, and major events can be determined. Now the land is cut off to capitalize on the industry, gather these three people, all in the territory, the dinosaur gets clouds and rain, and it is not the thing in the pool. Liu Bei's purpose of going to Jingkou is very clear, that is, to borrow Jingzhou. went deep into the capital of Wu and said that it was a bold adventure for Liu Beilai, who had already turned his face with Zhou Yu, the boss of the Battle of Chibi. Sure enough, Zhou Yu wrote a letter in which he proposed a plan to "put Liu Bei under house arrest".

It should be said that this is a very creative idea. Liu Bei under house arrest can not only remove the threat from the flanks on the road to Shushu in one fell swoop, but also absorb Liu Bei's subordinates with land combat capabilities as a supplement to the Wu soldiers who are not good at land warfare. However, there are still some taken for granted parts in it, such as the relationship between Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei, it is obviously unrealistic to ask Zhou Yu to "coerce and attack". But in general, this should be an indispensable part of Zhou Yu's plan to destroy Shu.

As a result, Liu Bei, who had always had good luck, won the bet again this time, and Sun Quan did not adopt the opinions of Zhou Yu and Lu Fan. As for Lu Su's plan to borrow Jingzhou, "the right is to follow it". In this way, Liu Bei took Nanjun that Zhou Yu had spent a year fighting hard to fight down. And this, of course, is impossible to be accepted by Zhou Yu.

Sun Quan agreed that Lu Su's plan to borrow Jingzhou was the same time period as Liu Bei's stay in Jingkou, and Zhou Yu was still in Jiangling at this time and had not yet set off for Jingkou, so he would "go up" to Sun Quan to explain Liu Bei's plan to house arrest. And that's where things get interesting.

For the Jingzhou plan, "the right is to follow it", and later the plan to cut down Shu proposed by Zhou Yu in person, "the right to allow it". And as has been argued above, these two plans are in conflict with each other. So, could it be that Sun Quan has amnesia? Or is Sun Quan too soft-hearted and embarrassed to reject others?

If we admit that Sun Quan is not an idiot, then we must note the possibility that Sun Quan, when he weighed two plans, was in fact ready to cut off the other. We know that in fact it was the Shu plan that was interrupted. Well, as the words of the great detective Japanese elementary school student hang on his lips, the remaining one, no matter how ridiculous, may be the truth.

Lu Xun was very suspicious that Zhou Yu's death and Sun Quan were involved in the case.

It seems too hasty to throw out this groundbreaking conclusion all at once, so let's take a look at some other angles.

After the First Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu's reputation swelled rapidly, and Cao Cao wanted to write to Sun Quan in a letter that said: "The battle of Chibi was worth the disease, and the lonely burning ship retreated, which made Zhou Yu gain this name in vain. This can also reflect the prestige of Zhou Yu's fame at that time. From a psychological point of view, for Sun Quan, as the de facto ruler of Eastern Wu, this was not a happy situation.

It is naturally inappropriate to talk about empty hair and condemnation of the heart, so let us speak in black and white. The relationship between Zhou Yu and Sun Quan's brother Sun Ce has long been popular, and the two ascended to worship their mother, and jointly settled Jiangdong. However, there is also a shadow behind this relationship.

After crossing east with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu once returned to Shouchun under the control of Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu wanted to take Yu as his general. But at this time, Zhou Yu's observation of the technique was unsuccessful, so he returned east again and was personally greeted by Sun Ce. There is a question here that few people think about, when Jiangdong was initially decided and all kinds of waste were flourishing, why did Zhou Yu return to Yuan Shu in the north? Although he nominally followed his uncle Zhou Shang, who had stepped down from Danyang Taishou, to Shouchun to accept a new position, Zhou Yu was already twenty-four years old at this time and had full capacity for his own behavior, so his return to Shouchun can only be explained by the fact that he was not yet loyal to the new regime in Jiangdong to the point of dying later. The reason why he finally returned to Wu was because he thought that Yuan Shu would not achieve anything, so later Cao Cao sent Jiang Gan to Yangzhou to persuade him to vote, Cao Cao could not be said to be a monarch without achievements, why didn't he go north to defect? In other words, if Yuan Shu was a successful king, Zhou Yu might not return to Jiangdong, and that period of history would have to be rewritten.

Zhou Yu did not participate in the central affairs during Sun Ce's lifetime, but fought and defended in other places for a long time. At that time, the central mind of Sun Ce's regime was another person, Zhang Zhao, who advocated the surrender of the Northern Army before the Battle of Chibi, which led to a great loss of prestige.

What was Zhou Yu's reaction at this time? After Sun Ce died violently and Sun Quan began to exercise power, Zhou Yu led his troops back to Wudi, which was obviously a move beyond his own identity. On the one hand, Sun Quan, who is only nineteen years old, and on the other hand, Zhou Yu is a soldier who can fight well. As a result, Zhou Yu entered the center and divided part of Zhang Zhao's power.

Sun Quan, who was only nineteen years old at the time, certainly did not have the strength to change such a power pattern, but this experience must have planted a fire in his heart. After the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu's fame soared and ignited the fuse, and finally ignited the fire in the fifteenth year of Jian'an. However, Lu Xun didn't dare to assert that this was true, but at least it could be inferred that the relationship between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu was not good, but looking at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Lu Xun always felt that there could be no problems with these two good friends.

Lu Xun shook his head, and suddenly heard a voice: "What?" Don't Bo Yan agree to go with us? ”

Zhou Yu looked at Lu Xun and shook his head, and said suspiciously.

At this time, Lu Xun looked confused, what is the situation, he is decisively sold?