After all, in Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei is a righteous party and a hero. Others are unorthodox and traitors, so Zhou Yu's villain image in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is also normal. After all, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was invented by Luo Guanzhong according to history. Although there is a certain historical basis, it is not a history book, but a romance novel, and it still pays great attention to the readability of the stories in the book.
In fact, Zhou Yu in real history is similar to Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu is an excellent strategist. I think Zhuge Liang may be slightly inferior to Zhou Yu militarily. But it's a pity that Zhou Yu didn't keep Zhuge Liang healthy. Due to years of fatigue, Zhou Yu's health is very poor. This is the reason why Zhou Yu died suddenly. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce laid the Jiangdong region together. As we all know, Sun Ce, the tyrant of Jiangdong, died young.
This caused all the burdens to fall on Zhou Yu. At that time, Sun Quan was too young to undertake this important task. Therefore, as the elder statesman of Wu Dong regime, Zhou Yu must stand up and take the lead. The burden of such a big regime rests entirely on Zhou Yu. How much pressure do you think Zhou Yu has? This makes Zhou Yu's health worse and worse. Later, Zhuge Liang was angry with Zhou Yu and suddenly broke out, which eventually led to Zhou Yu's death. Zhou is a tragic hero. Luo Guanzhong deliberately vilified the image of Zhou Yu in The Romance of Three Kingdoms. In my opinion, Zhou Yu is a gentleman with both civil and military skills.