Chapter 195: The Last Confucian General
Zhou Yu's political wisdom far surpassed that of several of his colleagues back then.
Except for the time when Sun Ce led his troops to the funeral after his death, he almost never took the initiative to return to Jiangdong, and every time he returned, he would communicate with Sun Quan long in advance, and explained that he only brought a few people, so as not to affect the relationship between him and Sun Quan.
Before Pan Zhang died in battle, Nanjun was lonely, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan used the Yangtze River to transport letters for a long time, and Zhou Yu did not return to meet Sun Quan at such a moment - he knew that his prestige was too great, and his appearance was bound to steal a lot of Sun Quan's limelight, making the young Jiangdong lord who had just lost the battle of Hefei feel uncomfortable.
But this time, Zhou Yu actually came directly by boat without notifying anyone, and when Sun Quan's subordinates reported, Zhou Yu had already disembarked and entered Jingkou City.
"How many people did he bring?" Sun Quan said in astonishment, and his right hand even subconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword.
"Back to the Supreme, Zhou Dudu only brought ten people."
"Ten people." Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, realizing that he was really thinking too much just now.
He settled down and hurriedly called someone out of the door to meet this highly meritorious big brother.
Although Zhou Yu has been very low-key, his return still attracted the attention of the city's civil and military forces, and almost all the officials in the entire Jingkou put down all their work, or welcomed out of the city, or stopped to watch and welcome the hero's return.
This grand scene allowed Sun Quan to really see Zhou Yu's prestige, this Confucian general who has been standing in Jiangdong for many years has accumulated enough prestige, he was on a par with his eldest brother back then, and after the death of his eldest brother, his prestige was indeed worse than Zhou Yu.
Sun Quan's family was able to stand in Jiangdong not by relying on his own fame and prestige, but only by relying on the male soldiers, fierce generals and fierce generals in the hands of Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan.
For a moment, Sun Quan seemed to see Zhou Yu's gloomy face, waving a large army to surround him and take away everything he had worked so hard to occupy.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu stopped more than a dozen feet away from him, untied the long sword at his waist and handed it to the servants beside him, and slowly fell to the ground.
"Zhou Yu, meet the Supreme."
Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief, walked up quickly, squeezed out a happy face, and was about to greet Zhou Yu.
But then, the smile on his face instantly froze again.
In his memory, Zhou Yu, who was heroic and radiant, now has a haggard and withered face, and his face in his thirties is bloodless, and he is a little abnormally sallow, and his lips are even purple, so that Sun Quan can't help but exclaim:
"Gong Jin, Gong Jin, you are, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Yu's concubine Xiao Qiao held Zhou Yu's arm, and two lines of tears slowly hung down from her beautiful face, which was extremely cute.
Zhou Yu stared into Sun Quan's eyes, and tried his best to barely squeeze out a wry smile:
"Zhongmou, can you talk about something in private?"
"Yes, of course. Quick, help Gongjin into the house! โ
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Zhou Yu was seriously injured in the attack on Jiangling before, Sun Quan thought that he had improved after a certain amount of recuperation, but Zhou Yu's current appearance really shocked him speechless.
He introduced Zhou Yu into his study, closed the door with his own hands, and instructed Chen Wu to guard the door in person, not even allowing Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong or even any of his relatives to approach.
Zhou Yu's face was sallow, and just sitting down and straightening his waist slowly had already made him breathe rapidly and look extremely painful.
Sun Quan personally brought him a cup of hot water and sent it to Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu waved his hand and said quickly:
"I'm running out of time, and I'm going to see Bo Fu soon."
Sun Quan buzzed in his head, and he was a little dazed for a while.
Although he was afraid of Zhou Yu's power, he never thought about what this big brother would do after he left him.
"No, Gongjin, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, I, I've hired a famous doctor, I will definitely be able to ......"
"Life and death are fateful, not something that people can force." Zhou Yu interrupted Sun Quan and said with difficulty, "If I have something to say, Zhongmou, please don't interrupt me." โ
"Okay, you say, you say."
Sun Quan found out that Zhou Yu's name for himself had been changed to Zhongmou, and his heart trembled again, and he gently clenched Zhou Yu's palm, waiting to hear him speak.
"There's one big thing, because it's so secretive, I've never said it before.
Cao Jun's general Yunshan is Guan Ping'......"
"Ahh Sun Quan was taken aback.
Ignoring Sun Quan's frightened eyes, Zhou Yu continued:
"It's a secretive affair that will continue to be kept secret.
Only a few people in me, Bo Yan and Liu Beijun know about this, and Zhongmou must not make a noise in the future, the identity of this person is related to the success or failure of our others.
This time, I received a summons from Guan Ping, saying that Cao Thief was about to go west, so I came to report in person, Supreme, definitely, you must keep it a secret! โ
Sun Quan nodded silently, digesting the extremely frightening news.
Yunshan is Guan Ping, so to speak, Pan Zhang was killed by him before?
Sun Quan is very fond of Pan Zhang, and likes Pan Zhang's crazy temper that dares to offend people.
After hearing that Pan Zhang was killed by Yunshan, the general of Cao's army, Sun Quan was furious and ordered Zhou Yu to lead the army to avenge him many times, but Zhou Yu kept finding various reasons to shirk it.
Later, Yunshan actually occupied Jiangling under Zhou Yu's nose, and Sun Quan realized that this person might be the person installed by Zhou Yu, so he temporarily held back the anger in his heart.
Unexpectedly, this person was actually Guan Ping!
Guan Ping!
Okay, I'll just say where this cloud mountain came from, why do you have such a ability, you can turn your hands into clouds and cover your hands for rain, and come and go freely in Jingxiang.
Although Sun Quan's military ability is not very good, he has quite attained in the ability of power and art, and quickly understands the value of Guan Ping.
With this person, Sun Liu will be able to gain a lot of military information during the Northern Expedition in the future, and Guan Ping's sudden backlash at a critical moment can cause a fatal blow to Cao Cao.
Sun Quan was quite happy in his heart, but he immediately thought that Guan Ping was a loyal fan of Liu Bei, and he was the chosen one who could go to a thousand years later.
This made him quite unhappy in his heart, and he was silent for a while.
Zhou Yu didn't feel Sun Quan's unhappiness, he endured the pain and continued: "Now that Guan Ping has controlled most of Jingzhou, Cao Jun is completely unable to threaten us in Jingzhou.
Liu Bei wants to attack Yizhou in order to win the world, and he will definitely not fight with us.
Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to use Guan Ping to deliver the news, we can take advantage of the competition between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, we can immediately wave our army to the north, occupy Lianghuai and Xuzhou, the Central Plains has no danger to defend, and the world can be determined! โ
Although Zhou Yu was sick, his voice was still loud when he spoke.
Sun Quan couldn't help but applaud when he heard it, but when he remembered Zhou Yu's condition, he couldn't help but lower his head.
"Zhongmou, don't be sad." Zhou Yu's sickly face once again showed a trace of firmness, although his life was losing a little bit, but this Confucian general was still heroic, and slowly showed a firm smile, "Back then, I fought with Bo Fu, Ziyi and others in Jiangdong, and after so many years of hard fighting, I finally had a chance to take a little rest." โ
"My only regret is that I didn't see my Jiangdong disciples break through the Central Plains and change the world - Zhongmou, you have to promise me one thing."
"Gongjin rest assured, what happened after you ...... death"
"I'm not talking about that." Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, "You have to promise me that before you break through the Central Plains, you must not turn your face with Liu Bei!" โ
"What, what?"
Zhou Yu had also proposed to kidnap Liu Bei and control Liu Bei's subordinates to fight, but Sun Quan didn't expect that when Zhou Yu was dying, he must have agreed to this matter.
Why is this happening?
Although Sun Quan has never had the intention of turning his face with Liu Bei, although Sun Quan has always believed that only when the two join forces can there be a future.
But when Zhou Yu talked about this matter, Sun Quan always felt weird.
"Liu Bei, a hero too.
If killing him can help Zhongmou dominate the world, I will definitely not hesitate to do it.
But even if Liu Bei occupies Yizhou and divides Jingzhou equally with us, the Central Plains is so big that we still can't fight against it. โ
"If you want to turn your face with Liu Bei, at least wait for Liu Bei to take Yongliang, and our army will occupy the Central Plains and Xuzhou.
At that time, we can rely on the Central Plains to connect Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who retreated to Hebei, to fight again, so as to achieve the supreme cause.
If we had done it before, we would have been able to stay in a corner of the world, and I wouldn't want to get involved in the world! โ
Zhou Yu said, the expression on his face became more and more painful, Sun Quan didn't have time to argue with Zhou Yu, and helped Zhou Yu to lie down slowly, and the tears finally couldn't be suppressed.
Sun Quan, who is getting older, was already a little suspicious of Zhou Yu before, but a generation of famous generals is about to pass away, Sun Quan still can't help but think of the passionate years when he followed Sun Ce and Zhou Yu and chased Jiangdong with enthusiasm.
Although those years were hard, it is very warm to think about it now, but those who fought together back then have left them one by one.
The eldest brother is gone, and now Zhou Yu ...... It's also leaving.
"After I'm gone, please hand over my part to Zijing.
Zijing has Wang Zuo's talents, and he will be able to correct the country.
Also, there are ......" Zhou Yu's mouth was already slowly oozing some blood foam, and he said painfully:
"And, Boyan! Bo Yan has great talents, this person's ability is far above me, and he will definitely be able to assist Zhongmou to prosper Jiangdong.
The dispute between the north and south of my river depends on this person to bridge, Zhongmou, Zhongmou must not suspect this person. โ
After Lu Yi returned to Jiangdong, he offered advice to Sun Quan many times, preparing to take out Lu Xun's pseudonym, imitate Huo Jun, and go behind the enemy army to fight guerrillas and establish a base area.
But Sun Quan had already been suspicious of Lu Yi before, and after Pan Zhang's death, Sun Quan was even more dissatisfied with Lu Yi and kept finding various reasons to refuse.
When Zhou Yu was dying, he actually recommended Lu Yi, and his expectations for him were so high that Sun Quan never expected it.
He bowed his head slowly and sighed:
"I understand, I will use Lu Yi in the future.
But what about after that? Gongjin, should I fight Hefei or Guangling, you have to ......"
Sun Quan said, but Zhou Yu, who was lying on the ground, was silent.
Sun Quan was stunned and slowly probed Zhou Yu's snort.
After a long time, Sun Quan slowly lowered his head and looked blankly at Zhou Yu's face that had regained its calmness.
The face is still handsome, and the fatigue of years of hard work has finally returned to zero at this moment, this Confucian general ended his short and magnificent life, and finally returned to his side of his comrades-in-arms for many years, Sun Quan had mixed feelings in his heart, and he could only retreat a little and salute Zhou Yu slowly.
"Gongjin, go with peace of mind."
"Cao thief actually dared to go west...... Okay, I'll get to him this time! โ
"Last time, we had few soldiers, and it was difficult to break through Hefei.
But this time it's different, I ...... I organized an army of 100,000, and if the thief dared to leave, I would break the sun!
Gong Jin...... Get on your way! โ
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