Zhuge Liang Three Qi Zhou Yu

Chapter 11 Three Jueqi Zhou Gongjin asked Pang Shiyuan to cross the river to attend the funeral. Kong Ming sent an order to Zhang Fei to lead 3,000 Han troops and handed him the letter, saying, "Catch up with Zhou Yu on the dry road and take this He sent a letter to them and asked him to read it, which at least cost him his life. Zhang Fei accepted the letter, left Luhuadang, and headed forward. Here Kong Ming ordered people to pack up everything, teach Zhou Cang to meet Guan Yunchang, and go to Jingzhou to deliver orders. He and Liu Bei led the civil and military personnel back to Jingzhou City to wait for news from Jiangdong. But when Zhou Yu came out of Hexin Pavilion, he remembered that he had been captured just now. Although he was not insulted by Kong Ming in person, he still felt that there was a resentment in his heart that could not be expressed. Therefore, as soon as he came out of his mouth, he felt sluggish and his body became increasingly unable to support himself. His face gradually turned from red to white, he was short of breath, and started to vomit blood again. He thought that his breath was over and death was imminent. All the generals gathered around him, beating their backs and rubbing their chests, never leaving his side. Small and large boats slowly returned along the river bank. At dawn, Lu Su saw Zhou Yu in such a state and persuaded him to go ashore temporarily and rest for a day. Zhou Yu knew that it would be difficult to reach Chaisang, so he nodded, sent an order to stop the ship and land, and set up camp along the coast. The generals supported Zhou Yu slowly ashore and sat down on the tent, with civil and military officials standing on both sides. Zhou Yu and everyone took a breather, and an urgent military situation was reported from outside: "Report to the Governor, Zhang Fei has led his troops to fight, and they are fighting in front of the camp." Zhou Yu thought, Zhang Fei keeps nailing me today, if I don't die, they Reluctant to give up, it's like the king of hell is coming to demand his life, tightening and tightening for a while. Although I am like a candle that cannot burn for long, as long as I am alive and dying, I cannot lose the power of the younger generation of heroes. Then he asked casually: Who is going to fight against the enemy? Gan Ning stepped out from the side and accepted the order happily. He mounted his horse, raised his halberd, and led a thousand troops out of the camp. Seeing that the flag gate had been set up on the opposite side, Zhang Fei was sitting on his horse with a spear in his hand. He galloped forward on horseback. When Zhang Fei saw a general being swept out of the camp, he shouted: "Hey! General Wu is coming, stay on horseback, and give me a name!" "That's the general Gan Ning. He has a black face and lets the horse fight!" "Young general Gan Ning, if you compete with Lao Zhang, you will die in less than three rounds. Lao Zhang will not eat his food, so I will spare your life. Now there is a letter from my military advisor, which I ordered you to send to Zhou Lang. "After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he set up the zhangba snake spear, took out an arrow from the flying feather bag, and took out the letter close to his body. He wrapped the letter around the arrow shaft with a silk thread, tied a slip knot, and took it from his waist. He took off a hard bow, bent it and nocked an arrow, and shot it towards Gan Ning. At the same time, he shouted: "Hey, Gan Ning, here's a letter!" Gan Ning saw that Zhang Fei had no intention of fighting, but he sent a letter. , got a closer look, stretched out his hand to catch the arrow. Fortunately, this arrow didn't have much weight and was held firmly between three fingers. Then he untied the letter from the arrow shaft and shot back the wolf fang. After Zhang Fei delivered the letter, he sent an order: "Brothers, beat the victory drum and return to camp!" He had already heard the "dong..." drums in the army. Zhang Fei circled his horse, held his spear, took his brothers and ran away. More than half a mile away from the river, they halted their horses and set up a camp to await Zhou Yu's death letter. When Gan Ning saw the Han army beating drums and returning to camp, he secretly laughed: "This is the only one who is so stupid that he beats the victory drum without even fighting, and sending a letter can be considered a victory. If you win a battle, I don't know what you will do." So happy! Gan Ning did not pursue it. He opened the envelope and looked at it. It read: "General Gen. Ge Liang, the Commander-in-Chief of the Han Army, has invited Ge Liang to write to Mr. Gong Jin, the Governor of Soochow." I thought to myself that it was indeed a letter to the governor and could not be opened. He then turned his horse's head around, dismounted in front of the camp, set up his halberd, and went straight to the camp with the letter in hand. After Lu Su saw Gan Ning leading his troops away, he didn't hear any shouting and fierce fighting in front of the camp, so he had to report that Zhang Fei had sent a letter. I thought, if a warlike general like Zhang Fei came to the camp today without fighting, he would send a letter with no good words. Zhuge Liang must have captured the governor at Luhuadang and knew that Zhou Yu was angry, so he sent a letter on purpose. The words must be joking and insulting, so as to make the governor die of anger. This letter must not be seen by Zhou Yu. Let me hide it first. Lu Su then winked at the crowd and asked them to pay attention to the governor's condition. A man quietly came to the head camp, and when Gan Ning came back to deliver the order, he was intercepted first. After a while, he saw Gan Ning entering the head camp and was about to give orders to the Chinese army. Lu Su quickly stopped him and said, "General Xingba, please go slowly. I have something to tell you." Gan Ning came to Lu Su and asked: "Doctor, what's your message?" "I heard that Zhang Fei has a letter for you?" "Yes. It was written by Zhuge Liang to the Governor of Zhou. Here, it is this letter." Gan Ning said, holding up the letter. Give a signal. "I'll wait for my subordinate to take a look at it." "Doctor, how can I open the governor's letter without permission? I can't afford it."

"Lu Su said that the governor's health was deteriorating and he could no longer bear great anger. You don't know that Kong Ming is very capable of irritating and frightening people. When he was taking the three counties last time, he also received a letter , the governor immediately fainted when he saw it. Therefore, if he comes with such a letter today, you and I must not hand it over to him rashly. I will take a look at it first. If there is no strong abuse in it, then I will submit it to the governor; It was the same letter as the last time, so just hide it and hide it from him. Gan Ning was very touched when he saw that Lu Su was so loyal to Zhou Yu, and expressed his willingness to share the responsibility with Lu Su. He took the letter and handed it over to him. At first glance, I felt that it was very different from the previous one. I thought, could it be that Kong Ming felt sorry for me last night and sent Zhang Fei to express his gratitude today? Kong Ming united sincerely, and the feud between the Sun and Liu families could be resolved. Lu Su opened the letter, took out the letter, and looked at the content of the letter: "Liang Zi Chai Sangyi." Farewell, I will never forget you till now. Hearing that his troops wanted to take Xichuan, Liang thought it was impossible. The people of Yizhou are strong and the land is dangerous. Although Liu Zhang is weak, he can defend himself. Today, I am going on an expedition, traveling thousands of miles, in order to gain full success. Although Wu Qi cannot determine the rules, Sun Wu cannot follow it well. Cao Cao was defeated at Chibi, so why should he forget to take revenge for a moment? Now we are raising troops for an expedition. If Cao takes advantage of the situation, the south of the Yangtze River will be destroyed! Liang can't bear to sit back and watch, and hereby informs you. Fortunately, I learned from it. "The first sentence does not mean that he and Zhou Yu had met in Chaisang, but that when Liu Bei crossed the river to marry him, Zhou Yu chased after him, but was picked up by Kong Ming. Before the person arrived, his spirit was still there. It is clear. After thinking about this, it can be explained that although Zhou Yu's beauty trap is sinister, it cannot escape Kong Ming's divine calculation, which made him "lose his wife and lose his troops". Kong Ming will never forget the following words easily. He analyzed the situation in Xichuan and the disadvantages of marching into Xichuan, and advised Zhou Yu not to do this inaction and make people laugh. In fact, this letter is full of bitter sarcasm, insinuating that Zhou Yu has no regard for the overall situation. Xichuan can be easily defended. , the journey is far away, and it is depressing to laugh at Zhou Yu for sacrificing his roots for the sake of the end. Lu Su nodded while looking at it, thinking, yes, Zhuge Liang is really far-sighted, and every word is true. Although he is not on good terms with Zhou Yu, at the critical moment. , can understand the general situation, see the overall situation, and advise others to rein in the situation. He glanced at Gan Ning again and nodded, thinking that this letter was harmless and could be shown to Zhou Yu. Unexpectedly, you seemed to be full of praise, and Zhou Yu read it. The reason is very simple. One is that the mystery of Kong Ming's letter is very profound, and the other is that everyone's perspective on reading the letter is like one wearing a pair of colored glasses and the other wearing a plain mirror; Zhou Yu and Kong Ming had a long history of heart problems, and they were very thoughtful. Especially when looking at Kong Ming's letter, he had to think extra hard, so he understood all of Kong Ming's intentions. Lu Su, on the other hand, looked at the issue more impartially, and he was a bystander. After reading the letter, Lu Su felt that there was nothing to make Zhou Yu angry, so he handed it to Gan Ning and returned to the tent. Gan Ning took the letter again and came forward. He said: "Great Governor, the general is back. "How about victory or defeat?" "" The general was about to charge after being ordered to do so, when he saw Zhang Fei shoot an arrow with a letter tied to the arrow shaft. Therefore, there was no fighting. "After that, he handed over the letter with both hands. Seeing that the envelope had been opened, Zhou Yu hurriedly asked: "Who opened this letter? "Lu Su and Gan Ning hurriedly responded: "I'm going to lower my rank to Lu Su. "The last general is Gan Ning." "Although Zhou Yu was seriously ill, he was very clear in his heart. Seeing Lu Su and Gan Ning's frank admission, he knew that they were sincere and would not let Kong Ming anger him again. Therefore, he read it first and then reasoned. Now I present this The letter showed that there was no evil in it. Zhou Yu took the letter and looked at it, thinking, why is Zhuge Liang so uncharacteristically polite to me today? He always calls me by his first name, but today he is "Captain" and "Mr. "Could it be that he is willing to give up Jingzhou and seek reconciliation between the two families? If he is willing to do this, I will withdraw my troops. Zhou Yu thought as he took out the letter and looked at it, his face suddenly changed color, thinking, Zhuge Liang pretended to persuade me not to In the battle of Xichuan, use Wu Qi and Sun Wu to compare me. Could it be that I couldn't do what the predecessors couldn't do? So in the battle of Chibi, how can I understand that I defeated Cao Cao's army of millions with tens of thousands of people? ? This does not mean that I am incapable of doing anything, but only you, Zhuge Liang, can bring peace to the world. After reading this letter, Zhou Yu rolled his eyes upward and dropped the letter in his hand.

All the generals shouted again: "Wake up, Governor! Wake up, Great Governor!" Lu Su thought, how could such a good letter make the Governor faint? The generals picked up the letters from the ground and circulated them one by one. , all looked at each other, and felt that this letter was a good one. After a while, Zhou Yu woke up and thought that he would be alive soon and it would be difficult to return to Chaisang. He looked at everyone blankly and said nothing. Lu Su was so anxious that he walked around, thinking to himself, if this continues, the governor will die here. Tell him to withdraw his troops. He will definitely not want to. What should we do? It would be better for me to go to Nanxu to speak to the Marquis of Wu first, and let Sun Quan come and order him to withdraw his troops. Maybe I can get to Chaisang. Lu Su walked up to Zhou Yu and said softly: "Captain, Zhuge Liang has gone too far to bully others. When I return to Chaisang, I will go to Chaisang to collect more food and grass, and join forces with the governor to attack Xichuan to vent my anger." Zhou Yu at this time She is extremely sensitive and does not stop her even after hearing such a statement. I thought to myself, this time I used a beauty trick to send away a princess, how could I have the face to withdraw my troops and go back to see the master? If Lu Su rushes back to Chaisang, he must report it to the Marquis of Wu. If he gets an order from his lord to go back and meet his family, I will die in peace. I'm afraid that before Lu Su reaches Chaisang, my soul will have returned to Jiuquan. So he nodded to Lu Su. Who would have thought that once Lu Su left, a pair of friends who had forgotten their years would become eternally separated. Lu Su obtained the governor's consent and asked the generals to take good care of him and have less contact with the Han army. He immediately returned to Nanxu by boat. After meeting with Sun Quan, he told in detail what happened since Zhou Yu sent out his troops, and asked Marquis Wu to send someone quickly to order Zhou Yu to withdraw his troops, otherwise his life would be in danger if he was too late. Sun Quan heard that Zhou Yu had been vomiting blood for days and was in a coma, so he hurriedly sent an order to withdraw his troops. I thought to myself that Zhou Yu is a pillar of Jiangdong. If something happens to him, there will be no peace in Jiangdong. Lu Su was ordered to rush back quickly, and his brother Sun Hao was ordered to wear Sun Quan's sword and invite Zhou Yu back to Chaisang to take good care of him. Lu Su followed Sun Quan's order and rode a fast horse to Chaisang. He saw that the generals had brought Zhou Yu's body back. While Lu Su ordered people to deliver the news to Nanxu, he also helped Xiao Qiao and her son set up the mourning hall and take care of the funeral arrangements. When Sun Hao passed by Chaisang, the mourners had already arrived. This is a postscript, and will be explained later. After Lu Su left, Zhou Yu felt more and more uncomfortable in his chest, weak and weak. He kept vomiting blood and would faint from time to time. Seeing that he was dying, he said to both sides: "Generals, I will pass away soon." When General Wu saw Zhou Yu, who was sometimes clear and sometimes confused, he shed tears secretly. Now they heard Zhou Yu calling them sadly, and the generals comforted them: "Please take care of the tiger's body, and return to Soochow to recover." "Generals, Zhuge Kongming has the talents of Yin and Lu, who are enough to help Liu Beicheng." World. After the governor returns to heaven, you must urge the Lord to keep in touch with Kong Ming, so that Jiangdong will be safe. "When a man is about to die, his words are also good; when a bird is about to die, his song is also mournful. Zhou Yu deserves to be regarded as a man of influence during the Three Kingdoms period. When he was dying, he was able to regret his mistakes and understand the significance of Sun and Liu's alliance. It is extremely difficult for a person to repent, especially a decision-maker like Zhou Yu. There are often some people who have not fulfilled their wrong opinions during their lifetime, and even when they die, they still ask their descendants to inherit their will and continue on the wrong path. Such people do not repent and would rather put their granite heads in the coffin, so they cannot be considered a hero. The generals were all shocked when they heard Zhou Yu praise Zhuge Liang for the first time. I thought to myself, Zhuge Liang is indeed capable. He arrived at our Sanjiangkou and won battles time and time again. Therefore, they all responded in unison: "How dare you disobey the command of the Governor Jin Yu?" Zhou Yu called Cheng Pu to come over and prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone to record the legacy. Cheng Pu was ready, sat down, laid out paper and picked up a pen, already communicating with tears. I thought to myself, Zhou Yu is so miserable, it is just like the yellow plum blossom that does not fall, the green plum blossom that falls. My first governor is still alive, but you are leaving us in a hurry. When you reach middle age, it is a good time to display your talents and knowledge and become famous. However, your fate is unlucky and your doom has arrived. Cheng Pu heard Zhou Yu talking, so he started writing with trembling. "I have extraordinary talents and special circumstances. I have entrusted my confidants to control the army and horses. I dare to exert all my efforts to serve you." - Lord, I, Zhou Yu, am an ordinary person. I have received your respect and regard me as your best friend. My confidant treats me like a brother and sister, and gives me the military and political power of six counties and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangdong. How can I not do my best to repay the lord for his kindness? "Death and life are unpredictable, and cultivation is short but life is short; foolish ambitions have not been developed, and the body has perished, so how regretful it is!" - However, a person's life and death are not predictable, they are all arranged by his own destiny. I have only lived to be thirty-six years old. My wishes have not yet been realized, and I am already beyond my ability to do my best for the Lord. This makes me feel very sad.

"Currently, Cao Cao is in the north, and the battlefield is not yet quiet; Liu Bei is staying at his residence, and it is like raising a tiger; the affairs of the world are yet to be known. This is the autumn day when the scholars of the dynasty are eating, and it is the day when the Supreme Being is concerned." - Although Cao Cao was defeated. At Chibi, he did not dare to move lightly, but his desire for revenge was not willing to let up. He still owned a large area of ??land in the Central Plains, and he was still able to control the emperor and command the princes; while Liu Bei newly gained the land of Jingxiang and occupied Jingzhou, it was like raising a tiger , once the animal nature breaks out, it will be difficult for Jiangdong to compete with him. The world is in turmoil and wars are raging. This is the time when the lord and the civil and military officials are worried about the fate of the country. "Lu Su is loyal and meticulous, so he can take over Yu's duties. 'When a person is about to die, his words are also good'. If you learn from this, Yu will be immortal after death." - Lu Su This person is loyal, steady and sophisticated. , was meticulous in everything he did, and had a close friendship with Zhuge Liang, allowing him to serve as governor on his behalf, which was enough to share the Lord's worries. When I am dying, it would be a pity to die if I can get your master's consent. After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he let out a long sigh and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Cheng Pu put down his pen and stood up. He ordered his men to pack up the four treasures of the study, blow dry the ink, and walked to Zhou Yu to let him take a look. Zhou Yu opened his eyes and took a look, and found that there was nothing wrong. He ordered Cheng Pu to keep it with him and present it to the Marquis of Wu later. Zhou Yu seemed to have finished an extremely difficult task, or as if a burden had been lifted off him, and he collapsed in the case. The generals saw that he was often unconscious and his breathing became weaker and weaker. When it was time to light the lamps in the evening, a sudden gust of wind blew into the tent and blew out all the candles on the tent. When everyone hurriedly lit them, Zhou Yu had already breathed his last. Later generations wrote a poem that said: Red Cliff has left a heroic legacy, and the youth has a handsome voice. A string song knows the elegant meaning, and a glass of wine thanks a good friend. He once visited three thousand dendrobium trees and often drove out one hundred thousand soldiers. Baqiu died at the place where he wanted to mourn.