Yue has written two articles before. The first one is "Remembering the Past of Gong Jin": it reviews Zhou Yu's friendship with Sun Ce when he was young, helping Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong, and then after Sun Ce was assassinated, he devoted himself to helping Sun Ce's second brother Sun Quan (19 years old) to stabilize Jiangdong Sun Group for eight years. The latter focuses on Battle of Red Cliffs's leading figures and concludes that this is Zhou Yu's masterpiece!
Battle of Red Cliffs took place in the 13th year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (208), and Zhou Yu died in the 15th year of Jian 'an two years later (2 10). So, what did Zhou Yu experience in those seemingly silent two years? What kind of ambition does he want to accomplish? After synthesizing various historical materials, Yue Shijun found that Zhou Gongjin's strategic layout and foresight are really above Zhong, and its focus is on the whole world!
After Chibi, we attacked Nanjun, and Yiling gave a boost to the military power.
In the 13th year of Jian 'an (208), Battle of Red Cliffs, Sun Quan and Liu Bei joined forces to defeat Cao Jun. Cao Cao, a powerful minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, stole chickens and wasted rice, fearing that the defeat would shake the rear regime and immediately accelerated his return to the north.
However, before he left, Cao Cao left Du, Southern General Coss, Du, General Yokono and others to stay in Nanjun (governing Jiangling).
Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu led tens of thousands of troops. Relying on Yu Wei's victory in Chibi, they were at loggerheads with Coss' Ministry on the other side of the river. Before the two armies met, Zhou Yu first sent Gan Ning to occupy Yiling (now Yichang, Hubei) in the upper reaches of Jiangling, so that Coss could attack from east to west and force him to withdraw northward.
Gan Ning led hundreds of elite soldiers to travel day and night, and as expected, they occupied Yiling and took refuge in the city.
Coss saw a genial smile and immediately sent five or six thousand people to besiege Yiling in an attempt to recapture this strategic place in one fell swoop. In those days, there were only a few hundred sergeants under Gan Ning, plus the recruits who broke the city, which was about 1,000. Gan Ning sent someone out of town to ask Zhou Yu for help.
The generals were worried that if the Yiling was rescued, it would cause emptiness in the rear and leave an opportunity for Coss. Monroe, commander of Yokono, said to Zhou Yu, "Leave Gong Ling's achievements behind, and I will go with you to save the situation. According to the situation, it won't take too long. I guarantee that Gong Ling's grades will last for ten days. " Then he suggested that Zhou Yu send 300 men to cut off the steep mountain road with firewood, so that the enemy could get their horses when they fled.
Zhou Yu took Lv Meng's advice and personally led the main force to rush to Yiling, where he defeated Cao Jun and killed more than half. Cao Jun fled overnight and crossed the dangerous road blocked by firewood. In desperation, all the riders abandoned their horses. Zhou Yu and Lv Meng led the army to chase and intercept, and gained 300 horses, which greatly increased their military strength.
Endure the arrow wound, rise up, according to Jiangling defeated Coss.
Subsequently, Zhou Yu immediately returned to Lidu River, marched straight into the north bank, camped and attacked Jiangling.
Zhou Yu rode a horse and was shot to the right. He was seriously injured and withdrew to the camp.
Coss heard that Zhou Yu was ill in bed and personally commanded soldiers to attack Wu Bing. Zhou Yu stood up, patrolled the battalions and encouraged the soldiers to kill the enemy. Coss had to retreat.
At this time, in response to Zhou Yu's attack, Sun Quan sent troops to surround Hefei (now Hefei, Anhui). Coss, who was alone, suffered many battles and losses in the past year. Forced to give up Jiangling City and retreat to Jingzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei).
Zhou Yu occupied Jiangling, was appointed as a partial general by Sun Quan, and concurrently served as the prefect of Nanjun, taking Xiajun, Hanchang and Zhouling as cities to control the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
Those under house arrest are Liu Bei, Tu Bashu, Sun Quan and Yan.
After Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Yu proposed to Sun Quan the plan of placing Liu Bei under house arrest, and directly managed the army subordinates of Liu Bei's camp. Sun Quan thought that the north still needed to contain Cao Cao, and Liu Bei was afraid that it would be difficult to control it, so he did not adopt it.
Liu Zhang, the Yizhou shepherd who occupied Bashu at that time, was weak and tolerant, lacked prestige and strategy, and had frequent internal rebellions and was unable to stop him. Zhou Yu also suggested that Sun Quan should plan Yizhou early, and don't let Cao Cao beat him to it.
Sun Quan hesitated and asked Liu Bei for advice. But what he never expected was that Liu Huangshu had long planned to occupy Bashu, so he cleverly dissuaded Sun Quan and put him on the shelf.
Liu Bei pressed his little heart afterwards: "Gong Jin is a great talent among thousands of people, because he has a good command of both civil and military skills. I am worried that he will soon become a minister. " What do you mean by that? Uncle boasted that Zhou Yu was both civil and military, handsome and handsome, and had a big heart in the world. He is a hero when he goes out alone!
In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (2 10), at the repeated request of Zhou Yu, Sun Quan finally approved his plan to conquer Yizhou. Zhou Yu quickly rushed back to the resident Jiangling to prepare for the war.
But at this moment, Zhou Yu, who had fought for many years, was seriously ill and finally died in Baqiu (now Yueyang, Hunan) at the age of 36.
Liu used Jiangling to dominate Yizhou for more than a thousand years.
When the news of Zhou Yu's death came back to Wu Jun (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), Sun Quan burst into tears: "Gong Jin is rich in Wang Zuo, but now he is short-lived. Why is he lonely? " "Then personally put on mourning for Zhou Yu, and the ministers around him shed tears.
When Zhou Yu's coffin was transported back to Wu Jun, Sun Quan personally went to Wuhu to meet him, and the funeral was very grand.
Later, Sun Quan lent Jiangling (South County) to Liu Bei, and together with the four counties of Jingzhou he had occupied before, Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou as a base.
In the sixteenth year of Jian 'an (2 1 1), Liu Zhang, an animal husbandry in Yizhou, was frightened when he heard that Cao Cao was going to send troops to Hanzhong to pacify Zhang Lu. Counselor Zhang Song persuaded Liu Zhang to invite Liu Bei to Sichuan to deal with Zhang Lu. Liu Bei then left Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou and led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses into Shu to win the hearts of the people.
In the seventeenth year of Jian 'an (2 12), Zhang Song was defeated and killed. Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned against each other and went south to attack Liu Zhang.
In the 19th year of Jian 'an (2 14), Liu Bei was surrounded by Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, and Liu Zhang surrendered. Liu Bei also led Yizhou animal husbandry, which laid the foundation of Shu Han.
Sun Quan regretted seeing Bashu fall into Liu Bei's hands.
In the third year of Taihe in Cao Wei and the seventh year of Jianxing (229), Sun Quan officially became emperor in Wuchang (now Hubei), and the founding name was Wu, which was changed to Huanglong, and the Sun Wu Dynasty was formally established.
Sun Quan, who proclaimed himself emperor, said with emotion to Gong Qing: "Being alone is not Zhou Gongjin, let alone the emperor." Yes, without Zhou Yu to help Sun Ce pacify Jiangdong and help Sun Quan expand his territory, how could there be a Sun Wu dynasty? !
In the third year of the founding of the Tang Dynasty (782), etiquette made Yan Zhenqing suggest to Qu that 64 ancient famous soldiers should be posthumously sealed and temples should be built for them to drink, including "Zhou Yu, the satrap of Nanjun and the general of Wu Pian".
In the fifth year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty (1 123), the Song Dynasty was an ancient famous temple, and Zhou Yu was among the 72 famous generals. In addition, Song Huizong and Evonne also honored Zhou Yu as Pinglu.
There is still Zhou Yu in Biography of 17 History of Hundred Generals, which was written in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Yue Comments: Zhou Yu's life can be described as a happy life, and it is rare to meet Sun Ce, a confidant, and people who have long supported Jianye Jiangdong; After Sun Ce's death, he helped his brother Sun Quan to consolidate his territory, and Battle of Red Cliffs was a great victory in the world. However, it is heroic to strive for peace in Bashu and enter the Central Plains. I regret that the sky is not with people, and I will regret it all my life.
Here, Yue would like to quote a passage from the Southern Song Dynasty writer, in order to make a final summary: "Alas! Let Zhou Gongjin live, and his wisdom will reach this. I think his decisive plan is to break Cao Cao and expand Jingzhou. Because I wanted to forge ahead in Bashu, I helped Ma Chao break Cao Cao's right arm. According to Xiangyang, I was amazed by the nature. This is impossible without a general understanding. It is a great disaster for Cao Cao to make the Si people immortal. Unfortunately, his ambition failed and was taken away by the sky. "