There are at least three theories about Zhou Yu's death: 1, Zhou Yuzhong's arrow wound was not completely cured, and he died after the wound worsened and became infected. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, if a relative of Yu crossed Ma Zanchen, he fell to the right wing, but the sore was serious. Zhou Yu chickened out and attacked the enemy himself, and was shot in the right rib by a flowing arrow. He was seriously injured and retreated. Battle of Red Cliffs occurred in 65438+February 2008. After Zhou Yu hit Cao Cao hard, he immediately launched the battle of Nanjun to besiege Cao Ren, which lasted for one year. Zhou Yu's arrow was shot before the decisive battle with Cao Ren, about 65438+20091October. Later, Zhou Yu was caught in the war and could not recover, which led to the deterioration of the injury. When he was preparing for the western expedition to Yizhou on 2 10. Zhou Yu suddenly died of an epidemic. We know that in Battle of Red Cliffs, many soldiers under Cao Cao were infected with diseases or plagues. What diseases are they? I don't know. There is no record. Under the medical conditions at that time, many diseases were incurable, and Zhou Yu might be infected with this disease, which led him to die on the road of preparing for war. History books also use Zhou Yu's death as a sick man.
3. Conspiracy theory: Zhou Yu died at the hands of Sun Quan. Why did Sun Quan kill Zhou Yu? There are at least two reasons: first, senior engineers cover the main. Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao in Battle of Red Cliffs and Coss in the battle of Nanjun, which made him famous for a while. Zhou Yu and Wu Dongquan are deputy armed forces. Sun Quan was worried that it would threaten his rule, so he killed Zhou Yu, probably by poisoning or assassination. Nobody knows anyway. Second, the dispute over route or strategy. After Battle of Red Cliffs, there were two different routes, one was Zhou Yu's destruction of Liu, and the other was Lu Su's alliance with Liu against Cao Wei. So what's Sun Quan's attitude? Sun Quan's attitude is very strange. Zhou Yu suggested to Sun Quan to cut Shu, and Sun Quan agreed. Then Zhou Yu died suddenly when he went back to prepare. At the same time, Liu Bei borrowed Nanjun from Sun Quan, and Sun Quan agreed to Lu Su's persuasion. It's strange here. Since Sun Quan agreed to Zhou Yu's attack on Shu, why did he agree to Liu Bei's borrowing from Nanjun? Isn't this a contradiction?
Obviously, when Zhou Yu was alive, Sun Quan did not agree to Liu Bei's borrowing Nanjun, otherwise Zhou Yu would give up Nanjun, and Zhou Yu would not agree. In other words, Sun Quan agreed that Zhou Yuxian cut Shu, and Liu Bei finally borrowed Nanjun. After Zhou Yu's sudden death, Sun Quan agreed that Liu Bei could borrow the county. But after Sun Quan's suggestion and Liu Bei's rejection, the only reasonable explanation is that Sun Quan first agreed to Zhou Yu's attack on Shu, but Zhou Yu died suddenly. Then Sun Quan could only agree that Liu Bei borrowed Nanjun and wanted to cut Shu with Liu Bei, but Liu Bei refused. In this way, Zhou Yu's death should have nothing to do with Sun Quan. Because Sun Quan still wanted to attack Shu, but Zhou Yu died and Lu Su took over. One is that Liu Bei doesn't agree with * * to cut Shu together, and the other is that Lu Su doesn't agree. So, back to the question, Zhou Yu is more likely to die of illness.