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Zhou Yu in history:

Zhou Yu (Zhou Lang, 175-210), the name Gongjin, was a native of Shu County, Lujiang (now southwest of Lujiang County, Anhui), a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the son of Zhou Yi of Luoyang Ling. In the official history, he was called "magnificent" and "really talented", Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu for having "Wang Zuo's qualifications", and Fan Cheng praised him as "the world's heroes and heroes, and Jiang Zuo's beautiful husband". At the age of 21, he followed Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong. In 208, Zhou Yu led his army to unite with Liu Bei and defeated Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi, thus laying the foundation of "three parts of the world". In 209, he worshiped the general and led the southern county to be guarded. He died in Bachu in 210. During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he was posthumously honored 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.

Zhou Yu was born in a big family, and his cousin Zhou Jing and uncle Zhou Zhong were both officials and held the position of Taiwei. His father, Zhou Yi, once served as the Luoyang Commander. Zhou Yu himself is tall, handsome, and ambitious.

In the first year of Chuping (190), when Sun Jianbing was fighting Dong Zhuo, his family lived in Shouchun, and Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, was very famous in the Jianghuai area. Zhou Yu went to visit and persuaded Sun Ce to take his mother and younger brother to move to Lujiangshu County, but Sun Ce listened to his advice. Zhou Yu let the mansion in Lunan for the Sun family to live in, and went to the church to meet Sun Ce's mother, and the two families became friends.

In the second year of Chuping (191), after Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce moved out of Lujiang with his family.

In the second year of Xingping (195), Zhou Yu went to visit his father Zhou Shang, who was the Taishou of Danyang. It happened that Sun Ce led his army into Liyang (now northwest of Hexian County, Anhui) and was about to cross the Yangtze River eastward, so he wrote a letter to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu led his troops to greet Sun Ce and give him strong support. Sun Ce was very happy and said, "With you, it will be done." ”

Therefore, Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce Xianke Hengjiang (now the north bank of the Yangtze River in the southeast of Hexian County, Anhui) and Dangli (now the east of Hexian County, Anhui, where the Lishui enters the river), and then crossed the river with his army, attacked Moling (now Moling Pass, Jiangning, Nanjing), defeated Zhenrong and Xue Li, and then captured Huyi (now Hushu Town, Jiangning, Nanjing) and Jiangcheng, entered Qu'a (now Danyang, Jiangsu), and forced Liu Miao away. At that time, Sun Ce's army had grown to tens of thousands. He said to Zhou Yu: "I use this team to capture Wu County and Huiji County, and pacify Shanyue, it is enough, you go back to guard Danyang." So, Zhou Yu led his troops back to Danyang.

Soon, Yuan Shu sent his cousin Yuan Yin to replace Zhou Shang as the Taishou of Danyang, and Zhou Yu followed Zhou Shang to Shouchun (present-day Shou County, Anhui). Yuan Shu found that Zhou Yu was talented, so he wanted to accept Zhou Yu as a general. Zhou Yu saw that Yuan Shu would not achieve anything in the end, so he only asked to be the magistrate of Juchao County, and wanted to take the opportunity to return to Jiangdong, and Yuan Shu agreed to Zhou Yu's request.

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), Zhou Yu and Lu Su returned to Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) 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 also 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 I was rewarded for merit, and today's 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), Sun Ce wanted to attack Jingzhou, worshiped Zhou Yu as the central protector, and concurrently served as the Taishou of Jiangxia (governing the west of Xinzhou, Hubei), and accompanied the army to conquer. In December, Sun Ce led Zhou Yu and others to break through the city of Anhui and capture Yuan Shu, Liu Xun's family and their male and female relatives. Among them, the two daughters of the bridge are both beautiful and beautiful. Sun Ce is from Na Da Qiao, and Zhou Yu Na is Xiao Qiao. 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 Jiangxia at the beginning of the second year, and returned to pacify Yuzhang (now Nanchang, Jiangxi) and Luling (now Ji'an, Jiangxi). Zhou Yu stayed behind to guard Baqiu.

In April of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), 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 of the world are scattered in various states and counties, and they have not established 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. Now is the time for people with insight and lofty ideals to join the heroes. I'm learning that! He also 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), 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.

Now the general, you inherit the old business of your father and brother, rule the six counties, the soldiers are full of food, and the morale of the soldiers is 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? "I want to talk about "Glory of Kings Sanctions System" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~