First of all, it is important to note that marriage is not union.

A union is an alliance between one party and the other, and a marriage is a daughter or blood relative of one of the parties. Married to the other party. This is marriage. This is also the meaning of the marriage between Sun and Liu.

The marriage between Sun and Liu was because Sun Quan was afraid of Liu Bei's power, so he married his sister to him and used the marriage to consolidate the relationship. Liu Bei went to see Sun Quan, but Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Quan that Liu Bei was a hero, not a person who lived under others, and Sun Quan did not listen.

However, this is how it is described in "Romance".

Since the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan has fought with Zhang Liao more than ten times in Heqi, but he has never won the battle. Since Zhou Yu collected his troops from Nanjun, he stayed in the rear to recuperate.

Zhou Yu could only send Cheng Pu, and when Lu Su came to Heqi to assist Sun Quan's reinforcements, it happened that Zhang Liao sent someone to send a war letter, and Sun Quan was furious and decided to personally lead troops to meet the battle.

Early the next morning, Sun Quan led his army to attack Hexi, but was met by Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Le Jin and others on the way. The two sides fought fiercely, and the Wu army was defeated, and at this time, Xin Cheng was saved when he was popular, and Sun Quan was able to escape. That night, the general Tai Shici attacked Cao Ying at night and was killed by random arrows. Sun Quan was so sad that he collected his troops and went back to Nanxu.

Soon after, Liu Qi fell ill and died. The Soochow side sent Lu Su in the name of filial piety. To return Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei to write down an IOU, saying that he would change Jingzhou when Xichuan was taken. This may be the first time Liu Bei has borrowed Jingzhou.

When Lu Su encountered this situation, he was also very helpless, so he had to go back. Zhou Yu learned that he scolded Zhuge Liang for being a fool. Just then, the spies came to report. said that Liu Bei's wife Gan was dead, so Zhou Yu had a plan.

Zhou Yu immediately wrote a letter to Sun Quan, asking him to pretend to marry his sister Sun Shangxiang to Liu Bei, and tricked Liu Bei into Jiangdong in exchange for returning to Jingzhou. Lu Su brought the letter to Sun Quan, who was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately asked Lu Fan to go to Jingzhou to propose marriage.

This is the proposal of the "Sun-Liu marriage" described in the "Romance". It's just that the official history says that Sun Quan made this suggestion. may have deliberately rendered Zhou Yu on "Romance".

According to the official history, in 210, Liu Bei personally met Sun Quan in Dongwu.

There is not much record in the official history of Liu Bei's personal visit to Soochow to see Sun Quan this time.

According to the author's analysis, this time Liu Bei went to Dongwu to meet Sun Quan. There are three reasons for this.

The first reason is that Liu Biao's son Liu Qi died. Liu Bei wanted to go to Eastern Wu to see Sun Quan because he wanted Sun Quan to recognize his "Jingzhou Mu".

The second reason is that Liu Bei hopes that Sun Quan can completely hand over Jingzhou to Liu Bei himself. After all, Liu Bei has not yet obtained all of Jingzhou. After all, more than half of the most important southern county in Jingzhou's strategic location is still in Sun Quan's hands.

The third reason is that it is said in "Romance" that Liu Bei married Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang. I want to go to Soochow to see the old "father-in-law".

These are the three reasons why the author analyzed Liu Bei to see Sun Quan this time. Then let's talk about the third reason why Liu Bei went to see Sun Quan. That is, the matter of "Sun Liu marriage".

"Romance" said that the envoy of Eastern Wu sent by Sun Quan, Lu Fan, came to Liu Bei's station public security.

Lu Fan saw Liu Bei and said that as long as the two families got married to Qin and Jin, they could fight Cao Cao together. At this time, Liu Bei also knew the specific situation of this matter.

So, Liu Bei hesitated. So, let Lu Fan stay first, and then reply in the next day. The conversation between the two was all heard by Zhuge Liang, who was hiding behind the screen.

Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to agree, but Liu Bei was afraid that Zhou Yu would harm him, so Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "Zhou Yu's strategy can't hide from me." I have a way to let the princess marry Sun Quan's sister and keep Jingzhou safe. Zhuge Liang asked Sun Qian to go to Jiangnan with Lu Fan to settle this family business.

In October of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei took Zhao Yun and five hundred soldiers to Nanxu by fast boat to get married. Before leaving, Zhuge Liang handed Zhao Yun three tips and asked him to hide them, and there was a clever plan in each bag, so that Zhao Yun could open them in turn, and he would definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune and be foolproof.

This is the statement of "Romance". There is no record of the three tips that Zhuge Liang gave to Zhao Yun in the official history.

So, what are these three tips?

First of all, after Liu Bei and his entourage arrived in Nanxu. Zhao Yun opened the first bag, ordered 500 soldiers to buy pigs, sheep and fruits in the market, and publicized Liu Bei's coming to marry everywhere. Liu Bei and Zhao Yun also took the sheep and carried the wine, and went to meet the father-in-law of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Qiao Guolao.

This is the first plan. On a colossal scale. It was just that Wu Guotai, who later learned about the family affair, found out.

In this way, Wu Guotai was too angry, and Wu Guotai also called Sun Quan to ask right and wrong.

At this time, Guotai decided to summon Liu Bei to meet him in Ganlu Temple. Decide for yourself whether to marry your daughter to him.

Later, in Ganlu Temple, Sun Quan played a little trick again. Ambushed the axemen. Prepare to arrest Liu Bei.

Later, Zhao Yun rushed to remind Liu Bei. Liu Bei hurriedly knelt in front of Guotai and begged for help. This allowed Liu Bei to get out of danger.

Wu Guotai chose an auspicious day and made his daughter and Liu Bei intimate. The two met like old friends. It's a lot of fun.

So, Liu Bei indulged in the love of his children, wealth and glory, and seeing that a year had passed, he never mentioned that he wanted to return to Jingzhou.

Of course, this kind of thing is not possible in reality. is a deliberately rendered plot of "Romance".

At this time, Zhao Yun, who had nothing to do, was also anxious. So Zhao Yun opened the second bag.

After reading the tips. Zhao Yun followed the plan and went straight to Liu Bei and said: "The military advisor sent someone to report that Cao Cao raised 500,000 troops and approached Jingzhou, to avenge the revenge of Chibi, please return quickly." Liu Bei said: "I have to discuss this matter with Mrs. Sun." Zhao Yun said: "After discussing with my wife, I guess I won't be able to leave." Liu Bei said that he had a point.

So, Liu Bei came to the back garden, saw Mrs. Sun, and secretly wept. Mrs. Sun asked the reason, and Liu Bei said: "Jingzhou is in trouble, I have to go back, but I can't bear you." Mrs. Sun said, "Since I am already married to you, I will naturally go with you." So the two agreed to go to the river on New Year's Day to worship their ancestors, and then take the opportunity to escape.

On New Year's Day, Liu Bei and Mrs. Sun, under the escort of Zhao Yun, left Nanxu and set off for the river. Sun Quan was drunk because he drank with the officials, and it was not until the next day that he learned that Liu Bei had fled with Mrs. Sun.

At this time, Sun Quan was furious and hurriedly ordered Chen Wu and Pan Zhang to quickly lead his troops to chase after him. Cheng Pu said: "Chen Wu, when Pan Zhang saw Mrs. Sun, he definitely didn't dare to take someone. Sun Quan became even more angry when he heard this, so he directly handed the sword to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, and ordered them to take the heads of Liu Bei and Madame Sun.

It can be seen from here that this is a fictional plot of "Romance", and it is impossible for Sun Quan to send someone to take the heads of Liu Bei and Mrs. Sun. This is not good for the situation of the war. Besides, Sun Quan will not let go of his own sister.

Let's say that Liu Bei and the others drove to the boundary of Chaisang, and saw Xu Sheng, Ding Feng intercepting in front, and Chen Wu and Pan Zhang chasing after them from behind. At this time, Zhao Yun opened the third bag. After Liu Bei saw it, he acted according to the plan, and told Mrs. Sun about Zhou Yu's beauty plan to deceive herself to Dongwu and wanted to murder her, and asked Mrs. Sun to help relieve the siege.

At this time, Mrs. Sun rolled up the curtain of the car and scolded General Wu: "I follow my husband to Jingzhou at the behest of my mother and brother. You have eaten the heart of a bear and a leopard's gall, and you can't rebel? When the four men heard this, they made amends and retreated to the side of the road, letting them pass.

This paragraph is really the Dongwu version of Huarong Dao.

By the time Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai arrived, Liu Bei and his party had already walked away. Jiang Qin's name was Xu Sheng, and Ding Fengfei reported to Zhou Yu and asked him to chase him by speedboat from the waterway, leaving only four people to continue to chase from the shore. Liu Enbi and others came to the riverside, and when they saw that the chasing soldiers were approaching, they were in a panic, and suddenly saw more than 20 merchant ships parked on the riverbank, and everyone hurriedly got on the boat.

At this moment, a person walked out of the cabin, wearing a scarf and a road, so Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei knew that the merchants in the biography were all Jingzhou sailors, so they put their minds at ease. By the time Jiang Qin and the others arrived, the ship was already far from the shore. Jiang Qin ordered the archers to release their arrows, but to no avail.

At this time, Zhou Yu led a large number of warships to chase after him. Zhuge Liang ordered the ship to dock and fled north. Zhou Yu went ashore to chase after him, and suddenly saw Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and other leading soldiers to kill, so he had to retreat to the boat. At this time, the Jingzhou soldiers shouted in unison: "Zhou Lang's clever plan to settle the world, he lost his wife and broke his army." Zhou Yu was furious, the arrow sores cracked, and he fainted on the spot.

This is the story of Zhou Yu who "lost his wife and lost his soldiers" in "Romance".

Although there is no specific record of the "Sun-Liu marriage" in the official history of the Three Kingdoms. But "Romance" is a big book.

Therefore, the author deduces that Liu Bei went to Eastern Wu to see Sun Quan. It's not for marriage. Maybe it's for Jingzhou's business.

Liu Bei went to Eastern Wu to meet Sun Quan. In this matter, Zhou Yu played a crucial role.

After Zhou Yu learned of this, he immediately wrote to Sun Quan, resolutely expressing his opposition to Liu Bei's manipulation of Jingzhou.

In his letter, he said that Liu Bei was not a thing in the pool, and now handing over Jingzhou to him was tantamount to raising tigers, and sooner or later Liu Bei would become a fierce rival of Eastern Wu.

Therefore, Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Quan take the opportunity to put Liu Bei under house arrest in Eastern Wu, build a large construction project for him, and reward him with beautiful women and other rare treasures. and then incorporate Liu Bei's generals, so that the world can be decided.

This was a suggestion written by Zhou Yu to Sun Quan, but it was not taken by Sun Quan.

Of course, Sun Quan has his own ideas.

Sun Quan was to consolidate the foundation of the Sun-Liu alliance against the powerful Cao Cao in the north.

So for this reason, he did not put Liu Bei under house arrest, but he did not give Jingzhou to him.

So Liu Bei learned the inside story after he went back, and he was full of emotion for this, he almost fell into Zhou Yu's hands, which made him realize that it was difficult for him to bargain from Dongwu with Zhou Yu.

Just when Liu Bei was worried about Zhou Yu's affairs, the news of Zhou Yu's death suddenly came.

So how did Zhou Yu die?

What is the difference between the "Romance" and the records in the official history?

Was Zhou Yu really angry with Zhuge Liang? The canon gives a different answer.

Stay tuned for the answer from Masashi.