Zhou Yu

Zhou Yu

Zhou Yu (175-210 years), the word Gongjin, Lujiang Shu people. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was born in the Zhou family of Lujiang. He was the son of Zhou Yi in Luoyang. His grandfather, Zhou Jing, and his uncle, Zhou Zhong, were all officials. In Jiangdong, there is a saying that "if there is a mistake in the music, Zhou Lang will take care of it".

Zhou Yu seldom made friends with sun CE. At the age of 21, he went to the battlefield with sun CE to pacify Jiangdong. Later, sun CE was assassinated and killed. Sun Quan succeeded him, and Zhou Yu went to the funeral. As a Chinese guard, he and Chang Shi Zhang Zhao were in charge of all affairs. In 208, Zhou Yu led the army to unite with Liu Bei and defeated Cao Cao in the battle of Chibi, which laid the foundation for "dividing the world into three parts". He led the army to defeat Cao Ren and led the Nanjun prefect. He died in Bachu in 210, only 36 years old.

In the official history, Zhou Yu was a "great man" and "a real genius". Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu for his "talent of Wang Zuo", and Fan Chengda praised him as "a hero in the world and a romantic husband in Jiangzuo". When Huizong of Song Dynasty pursued and respected him as Pinglu. He is one of the 64 generals of Tang Wu Temple and one of the 72 generals of song Wu Temple.

Life of the characters

Official family

Zhou Yu was born into a big family. His grandfather Zhou Jing and uncle Zhou Zhong were both officials of the Han Dynasty. His father, Zhou Yi, once served as Luoyang magistrate. Zhou Yu is tall, handsome and ambitious.

In the first year of Chuping (190), when sun Jianbing was discussing Dong Zhuo, his family lived in Shouchun. At that time, sun CE, the eldest son of Sun Jian, was born in the same year as Zhou Yu, and was very famous in the area of Jianghuai. Zhou Yu went to visit with admiration and advised sun CE to take his mother and brother to move to Lujiang Shu county. Sun CE listened to his advice. Zhou Yu gave up the big house in Lunan for sun's family to live in, and went to the hall to meet sun CE's mother. The two families made friends. In 191, after Sun Jian died, sun CE and his family moved out of Lujiang.

Danyang borrows troops

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In the second year of Xingping (195), Zhou Yu went to visit his subordinate father Zhou Shang, who was the prefect of Danyang. At the same time, sun CE led his army to Liyang (now the northwest of Hexian County in Anhui Province) and was about to cross the Yangtze River eastward, so he wrote to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu led his troops to meet sun CE and gave him strong support. Sun CE was very happy and said, "I have you, and it's done."

So Zhou Yu followed sun CE to conquer the Hengjiang River (now the North Bank of the Yangtze River in the southeast of Hexian County in Anhui Province) and dangli (now the east of Hexian County in Anhui Province), then crossed the river and attacked moling (now Jiangning moling pass in Nanjing), defeated zorong and Xue Li, and then occupied Hushu (now ninghushu town in the South Jingjiang River) and Jiangcheng, entered qu'a (now Danyang in Jiangsu Province) and forced Liu Yao away. At that time, there were tens of thousands of people in sun CE's department. He said to Zhou Yu, "it's enough for me to use this team to capture Wu County and Kuaiji county and pacify Shanyue. Go back and guard Danyang." So Zhou Yu led his troops back to Danyang.

Leave Yuan Shu

Soon after, Yuan Shu sent his cousin Yuan Yin to replace Zhou Shang as governor of Danyang, and Zhou Yu followed Zhou Shang to Shouchun (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province).

In the third year of Jian'an (198), Yuan Shu found that Zhou Yu had talent, so he wanted to recruit Zhou Yu as his general. Zhou Yu saw that Yuan Shu would not achieve anything in the end, so he only asked to be the head of Juchao county and wanted to take the opportunity to go back to Jiangdong. Yuan Shu agreed to Zhou Yu's request.

Zhou Yu met Lu Su when he was the head of Juchao county. He thought he was unusual, so he took the initiative to make friends with him. They established an unbreakable friendship like gongsunqiao and Jizha in the spring and Autumn period.

This year, Zhou Yu and Lu Su returned to Wujun (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) from home together.

Official position

After hearing about Zhou Yu's return, sun CE personally went out to meet him and gave him general Jianwei Zhonglang, who assigned him 2000 soldiers and 50 combat horses. In addition, sun CE also gave Zhou Yu an encouraging band to build a residence for him. No one can compare with his generous reward. Sun CE also said in the order: "Zhou Gongjin is magnificent and talented. She has a good relationship with me. When I was in Danyang, he led the army and sent out ship grain to help me achieve great things. In terms of merit and virtue, the reward was far from enough to repay the support he gave me at the critical moment! " Zhou Yu was 24 years old at that time. People in Wujun called him Zhou Lang.

In the Lujiang area, the literati always admired Zhou Yu's kindness and faithfulness, so sun CE ordered him to go out to guard niuzhu, and later served as the commander of Chungu.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), sun CE wanted to attack Jingzhou. He paid homage to Zhou Yu as the central guard and also served as the prefect of Jiangxia (governing the west of Xinzhou in Hubei Province), and went with the army to fight. In December, sun CE led Zhou Yu and others to conquer Anhui city and captured Liu Xun's family and their men's and women's relatives under Yuan Shu's command. Among them, Qiao Gong and his two daughters were all of great national beauty. Sun CE accepted Daqiao and Zhou Yu accepted Xiaoqiao. Sun CE said to Zhou Yu, "although the daughter of Duke Qiao has suffered from war and exile, we are lucky to be sons in law." Then he attacked Xunyang and defeated Liu Xun. At the beginning of the second year, he fought for Jiangxia, and returned to Yuzhang (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province) and Luling (now Ji'an, Jiangxi Province). Zhou Yu stayed to guard Bachu.

Anbang minister

In April of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), sun CE was assassinated and died. On his deathbed, he entrusted the military affairs to Sun Quan. When Sun Quan was in charge of his business, he was still young, with only a few counties, including Kuaiji, Wujun, Danyang, Yuzhang and Luling. His remote and dangerous places were not yet attached. The heroes of the world scattered in various prefectures and counties, and did not establish a relationship of interdependence between the monarch and his officials. Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and others believed that Sun Quan could accomplish great things with them, so they devoted themselves to serving him.

Zhou Yu led soldiers from other places to mourn. He stayed at Sun Quan's side in Wujun county and served as the central guard. Together with Zhang Zhao, the commander, he was in charge of military and political affairs. At that time, Sun Quan was just a general, and the etiquette of the guests was very simple. Only Zhou Yu expressed his support for Sun Quan with the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers.

Zhou Yu once said to Lu Su, "in the past, Ma Yuan said to Emperor Guangwu," in today's world, not only the monarch chooses his ministers, but also his ministers choose their monarchs. ". Today, Sun Quan, my master, is a close believer in wise men and talents. I heard that the ancient philosopher's mysterious argument that those who inherit the destiny of heaven to replace Liu must start in the southeast. By calculating the calendar and observing the situation, they will eventually build the foundation of the emperor, which is in line with the destiny of heaven and is also in the southeast. It is the time when people with knowledge and ambition come to heroes. That's what I know! " He also recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan, saying that he had talent and could be an assistant minister. It is suggested that Sun Quan should collect talents like Lu Su in many ways in order to achieve great achievements, and they should not be allowed to travel abroad.

After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu, he ordered Sun Quan to send hostages to Cao Cao in the seventh year of Jian'an (202). Sun Quan then convened a group of ministers to discuss. The ministers had different opinions. Zhang Zhao, Qin song and other important officials hesitated and could not make a decision.

Sun Quan didn't want to send hostages. So he only took Zhou Yu to his mother to discuss the matter. Zhou Yu analyzed: "when Chu Jungang was sealed to the edge of Jingshan, the place was not a hundred Li. His descendants expanded their land and territory, established their foundation in Yingdu, and occupied the land of Jingyang to the South China Sea. It has been handed down from generation to generation for more than 900 years. General, you have inherited the old legacy of your father and brother and ruled six counties. You have a good army and a good morale. What's more, the mountains are made of copper and the sea is made of salt. The people are stable and the scholar's style is strong. It can be said that they are invincible. Why should we send quality to people? As soon as the hostages arrived at Cao Cao's hands, we had to echo with Cao Cao, and we were bound to be subject to Cao's family. At that time, the greatest benefit we could get was just one Hou Yin, a dozen servants, a few cars, a few horses. How could it be compared with our own achievements? For today's plan, it's better not to send hostages, but to watch Cao Cao's movements and changes. If Cao Cao can abide by the moral principles and save the world, then it is not too late for us to return to him. If Cao Cao is arrogant and indulgent, he will set himself on fire if he plans to make a mess. General, you just have to wait for the destiny. Why do you want to send a pledge to others? " Zhou Yu's words touched Sun Quan's heart. Sun Quan's mother also thought that she should do so. She said to Sun Quan, "Gongjin's words are reasonable. He is only one month younger than your brother. I always treat him as a son. You should treat him as a brother." Sun Quan did not give Cao Cao hostages.

Sun Quan often gave Zhou Yu 100 pieces of clothes all year round. At that time, no general could compare with Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu is also loyal to the sun family. According to Jiang Biao Zhuan, Cao Cao wanted Zhou Yu to be used by himself. He once sent Jiang Gan, who was good at arguing, to lobby Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu resolutely rejected Jiang Gan. Scholars all over the world admire Zhou Yu more and more.

In the 11th year of Jian'an (206), Zhou Yu led Sun Yu to attack Ma'an and bao'ertun, killed their leaders and captured more than 10000 people. Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, sent Deng long to attack Chaisang with thousands of people. Zhou Yu led his troops to fight back and captured Deng long. Ganning, the general of huangzu, came to surrender. Zhou Yu and LV Meng recommended him together, so he was valued by Sun Quan.

Sun Jiangchun's expedition to Huang Jianquan was in 208. Zhou Yu was the front governor and captured Huang Zu. Sun Quan ordered Huang Zu to be beheaded.

Liu pocao

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In the autumn of the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao led his army to invade the South and occupy Jingzhou. Cao Cao forced Sun Quan. When the army came down on the border, Sun Quan intended to fight Cao Cao and asked for his strategies. However, Sun Quan's ministers were divided into two groups: those who were in charge of peace and those who were in charge of war. So Lu Su urged Sun Quan to call back Zhou Yu in Poyang.

Zhou Yu returned to Sun Quan and analyzed the key to the victory and defeat of Cao Cao and Sun Quan's two armies. First, he pointed out that Cao Cao's army was tired after a long journey; the weather was cold, and the horse had no grass to eat; the northerners were accustomed to land warfare, and were not good at water warfare, so they were not acclimatized; Ma Chao and Han Sui were still in Kansai, which was Cao Cao's future trouble. as well as

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