Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu (175-21), whose name was Gong Jin, was a famous soldier in Shu County, Lujiang. Luoyang made Zhou Yi's son, grandfather Zhou Jing and uncle Zhou Zhong, all officials to Qiu. Grow strong, have appearance, refined temperament, Jiangdong has the language of "wrong song, Zhou Lang Gu". Zhou Yu made friends with Sun Ce less. At the age of 21, he went to the battlefield with Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong. After Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan succeeded him. Zhou Yu sent soldiers to attend the funeral, and Zhang Zhao * * * was in charge of all the affairs as a Chinese guardian army. In the 13th year of Jian 'an (28), Zhou Yu led the army of Jiangdong Sun's Group to unite with Liu Bei's army, and Battle of Red Cliffs defeated Cao Jun, thus laying the foundation for a three-point world. In the 14th year of Jian 'an (29), General Bai Pian led the Southern County Governor. In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (AD 21), he died in Baqiu (now Yueyang, Hunan) at the age of 36.
In the official history, Zhou Yu was "a magnificent man" and "a real genius", and Fan Chengda praised him as "a hero in the world and a beautiful husband in Jiangzuo". When Song Huizong pursued him as Pinglu. Ranked among the sixty-four generals of Tangwu Temple and one of the seventy-two generals of Songwu Temple.
Life of the character
Official Family
Zhou Yu was born in a gentry, and his grandfather Zhou Jing and uncle Zhou Zhong were both officials in the post of Han Taiwei. His father, Zhou Yi, served as Luoyang Order. Zhou Yu himself is tall, handsome and ambitious. Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are the same age and have close contacts. In 19 AD (the first year of Chuping), when Sun Jianbing begged Dong Zhuo, his family moved to Shu County. Zhou Yu let the Sun family live in the big house in the south of the road, and went to the church to meet Sun Ce's mother. The two families made friends. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce made friends with celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River here, and they have a good reputation.
Danyang borrowed soldiers
In the second year of Chuping (191), after Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce inherited his father's ambition and took command of his troops. Zhou Yu is the prefect of Danyang from his father Zhou Shang. Sun Ce just entered Liyang (now northwest of Anhui county) and was going to cross 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, "It's great that I got you."
So, the two men fought together, first crossing the river (now the north bank of the Yangtze River southeast of Anhui County) and making profits (now the east of Anhui County, when the profits flow into the river), then crossing the river and attacking Moling (now Moling Pass in Jiangning, Nanjing), defeating Yan Rong and Xue Li, and then taking Huzhe (now Hushu Town in Jiangning, Nanjing) At that time, Sun Ce had grown to tens of thousands of people. He said to Zhou Yu: "I already have Hirayama's strength, financial resources and food. You'd better go back and 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 Danyang satrap, and Zhou Yu followed Zhou Shang to Shouchun (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province). Yuan Shu discovered that Zhou Yu was talented, so he wanted to take Zhou Yu as his own. Zhou Yu saw that Yuan Shu wouldn't achieve anything in the end, so he only asked to be a Juchao county magistrate and wanted to take the opportunity to return to Jiangdong. Yuan Shu agreed to Zhou Yu's request.
Official residence and important position
In the third year of Jian 'an (198), Zhou Yu returned to Wujun (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) by living in a nest. When Sun Ce heard of Zhou Yu's return, he rushed out personally, awarded Zhou Yu Jianwei a corps commander, allocated 2, soldiers to him, and rode 5 horses. In addition, Sun Ce also gave Zhou Yu an advocacy band to build a residence for Zhou Yu, which was so generous that no one could compare with it. Sun Ce also said in the order issued: "Zhou Gongjin is magnificent and talented, and he has the same angle as me, and he is as close as flesh and blood. When I was in Danyang, he led the troops and sent ships and grain to help me, so that I could achieve great things and reward me for my merits. Today's reward is far from being able to repay his support at a critical moment! " Zhou Yu was twenty-four years old, and everyone in Wujun called him Zhou Lang.
Because of the Lujiang area, the gentry always admired Zhou Yu's kindness and faithfulness, so Sun Ce ordered him to leave Niuzhu and later served as the head of Chungu. Soon, Sun Ce will attack Jingzhou, worship Zhou Yu as the Chinese guard army, and concurrently serve as the satrap of Jiangxia (governing the west of Xinzhou, Hubei Province) to conquer with the army. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce attacked the city of Anhui, and got two daughters, Qiaogong, both of whom were beautiful. Sun Ce married Da Qiao and Zhou Yu married Xiao Qiao. Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu, "Although the daughter of Qiaogong has suffered from war and displacement, we are lucky to have both of us as sons-in-law." Then he attacked to find Yang, defeated Liu Xun, then won Jiangxia, and returned to the army to pacify Yuzhang (now Nanchang, Jiangxi) and Luling (now Ji 'an, Jiangxi). Zhou Yu stayed to guard Baqiu.
an important official of anbang
in April of the fifth year of Jian' an (2), Sun Ce was assassinated at the age of 26, and he entrusted Sun Quan with military affairs on his deathbed. At that time, Sun Quan only had several counties, namely Huiji, Wujun, Danyang, Yuzhang and Luling, and its remote and dangerous places had not yet been fully attached. Heroes all over the world are scattered in various counties, and they have not established the interdependent relationship with Sun Shi. At the critical moment, the first people to support Sun Quan were Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Lv Fan, Cheng Pu and others. Zhou Yu led troops from other places to attend the funeral, and stayed with Sun Quan of Wu Jun as a middle guard. He is heavily armed, treats Sun Quan with the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and is in charge of military and political affairs with Zhang Zhao, the long history.
after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu, in AD 22 (the seventh year of Jian 'an), he ordered Sun Quan to send his son to Cao Cao as a hostage. Sun Quan didn't want to be controlled by others, so he called his ministers to discuss. Ministers have different opinions, and Zhang Zhao, Qin Song and other important ministers are hesitant and unable to make a decision.
Although Sun Quan didn't want to send hostages, he was a little hesitant because he didn't get strong support. So he only took Zhou Yu to his mother to discuss the matter. Zhou Yu stood firm and resolutely opposed to sending hostages. He analyzed the interests of Sun Quan and said: "When Chu Jun was just sealed to the edge of Jingshan Mountain, the place was not enough. His successors were wise, expanding land and territory, establishing a foundation in Yingdu and occupying Jingyang land until the South China Sea. It has been handed down from generation to generation for more than 9 years. Now, general, you have inherited the old business of your father and brother, ruled six counties, and the soldiers are well-fed and the morale of the soldiers is strong. Moreover, casting mountains for copper, boiling the sea for salt, people's hearts are stable, and the scholar's style is strong, which can be said to be invincible. Why should we give them to people? As soon as the hostages arrived at Cao Cao's hands, we had to respond to Cao Cao, and we were bound to be subject to Cao Shi. At that time, the biggest benefit we could get was just one Hou Yin, a dozen servants, a few cars and a few horses. How can it be compared with our own achievements and being lonely? For today's plan, 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 join in again; If Cao Cao is arrogant, he will burn himself if he tries to make a living and play with fire. General, you just have to wait for your destiny. Why do you want to give it to others? "
Zhou Yu's remarks touched on Sun Quan's heart. Sun Quan's mother also thinks that this should be done. She said to Sun Quan, "Gong Jin's words are reasonable. He is only one month younger than your brother. I have always treated him as a son. You should treat him as a brother." Sun Quan didn't send hostages to Cao Cao.
Zhou Yu is faithful to Sun Shi. According to the Biography of Jiang Biao, Cao Cao wanted to use Zhou Yu for his own use, and sent Jiang Gan, who was good at arguing, to lobby Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu resolutely rejected Jiang Gan. Scholars all over the world admire Zhou Yu all the more.
in the 11th year of Jian' an (26), Zhou Yu led Sun Yu and others to crusade against Ma and Bao Er Tun, beheaded their leaders and captured more than 1, people. Huang Zu, the satrap of Jiangxia, sent Deng Long to lead thousands of people to attack Chaisang, and Zhou Yu led the army to fight back and captured Deng Long.
Burning Red Cliff
In the autumn of the 13th year of Jian 'an (28), Cao Cao led an army to invade the south and occupied Jingzhou, and Cao Cao advanced on Sun Quan. When the army was under siege, Sun Quan's ministers appeared two factions, the main peace faction and the main battle faction. Sun Quan was influenced by Lu Su and Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's subordinate, and was hesitant. Lu Su advised Sun Quan to call back Zhou Yu in Poyang.
Zhou Yu returned to Sun Quan and analyzed the key to the success or failure of Cao Cao and Sun Quan. First, he pointed out that Cao Jun was exhausted after a long journey. The weather is cold and horses have no grass to eat; Northerners are accustomed to land warfare and are not good at water warfare. Ma Chao and Han Sui are still in Kansai, which is the future trouble of Cao Cao. Then the actual strength of Cao Jun was further analyzed, and it was pointed out that Cao Jun from the Central Plains was only 15, or 6,, and the 7, or 8, people who were newly reduced by Liu Biao were not popular with Cao.
Zhou Yu recommended himself to resist Cao Jun with 3, chosen men. Only then did Sun Quan make up his mind, drew his sword and cut off a corner of the table, saying, "There will be people who dare to surrender again, just like this table!"
Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to lead 3, men to fight against Cao Cao. On the way, they met in Chibi. Cao Cao's army was ill and not familiar with water, so he lost in the first battle, and Cao Cao led the army to Jiangbei. Zhou Yu and Liu Beijun set up camp on the south bank, and the two sides confronted each other. Zhou Yu suggested that Huang Gai defeat Cao Jun with a fire meter. Zhou Yu thought it was feasible and ordered Huang Gai to cheat. As expected, Cao Cao got caught, all the ships were burned, and Cao Cao returned to Nanjun in the north.
ordered to fall into Baqiu
Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu marched into Nanjun again, and they were at loggerheads with Coss across the river. Before the two armies met, Zhou Yuxian sent Gan Ning to occupy Yiling. Coss separated some soldiers and horses and surrounded Gan Ning, who was in an emergency to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu adopted Lv Meng's strategy, left Ling Tong to guard the rear, and personally took Lv Meng to save Gan Ning, thus lifting the siege of Gan Ning. Zhou Yu led his troops to the north shore and agreed to fight Coss on a date. Zhou Yu rode his horse to supervise the war, and was shot in the right by an arrow. He was seriously injured and withdrew to camp. Cao Renwen heard that Zhou Yu was ill in bed and personally supervised the soldiers to attack Wu Bing. Zhou Yu rose to his feet, patrolled the battalions, and encouraged the soldiers to kill the enemy. Coss had to retreat. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as a partial general and a satrap of Rennan County, and took Xiajun, Hanchang and Zhouling as his cities to station troops in Jiangling.
After Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Yu offered Sun Quan a plan to put Liu Bei under house arrest and directly manage the army subordinates of Liu Bei's camp, but Sun Quan did not agree.
in the 15th year of Jian' an (21), Sun Quan approved Zhou Yu's plan of conquering Yizhou, but when Zhou Yu rushed back to Jiangling, where he was stationed, he fell seriously ill and finally died in Baqiu at the age of 36. Sun Quan personally put on mourning clothes to mourn for Zhou Yu and moved the left and right. When Zhou Yu's coffin was transported back to Wujun, Sun Quan went to Wuhu to meet him personally, and all funeral expenses were paid by the state.