Zhou Yu's Description in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Zhou was born in Lujiang County (now Shucheng County, Anhui Province). He is tall and strong, handsome and handsome. He was born in 175, six years older than Zhuge Liang, and entered the political career much earlier than Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain at the age of 26, and Zhou Yu entered the ranks of military horses in his early 20 s.

In the second year of Han Xingping (AD 195), Sun Ce took Jiangdong as an excuse, and Zhou Yu, under the leadership of his uncle Danyang (now Xuancheng, Anhui Province), helped Sun Ce cross the river and defeated Liu You, the then Yangzhou secretariat, which played an important role in pacifying Jiangdong in Sun Ce. Zhou Yu was 2 1 year-old. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were in the same year. As early as Sun Ce's father Sun Jian began to beg Dong Zhuo to move to Shu County, Zhou Yu once vacated a big house for Sun Ce to live in. They have a very deep friendship. So when Sun Ce returned to Jiangdong, Zhou Yu went to help, and Sun Ce was very happy about it. He told Zhou Yu that he could get your help and his career would be successful.

After Sun Ce defeated Liu You, there were tens of thousands of troops. He thought it was no longer a problem to pacify Wu Jun and Huiji County, so he sent Zhou Yu back to defend Danyang with his uncle. Soon, Yuan Shu sent his cousin to replace Zhou Yu as the governor of Danyang, and Zhou Yu and his uncle came to Shouchun (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province). Shouchun was the home of Yuan Shu, the great warlord who occupied Jianghuai at that time. Yuan Shu took a fancy to Zhou Yu and wanted to appoint Zhou Yu as the Ministry. Zhou Yu thought that Yuan Shu would not achieve much, so he left Shouchun for an excuse and returned to Wu Sunjun Ce in the third year of Jian 'an (AD 198). Sun Ce personally greeted him and awarded him the post of corps commander. At that time, Sun Ce himself was just a general, and this corps commander was privately appointed by Sun Ce, ranking second only to the general. Zhou Yu was 24 years old then.

As soon as the young man Zhou Yu arrived in Wu Dong, he was appointed as a corps commander, and Wu soldiers called him Zhou Lang. Sun Ce sent Zhou Yu to Niuzhu, an important ferry in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (located in the north of dangtu county, Anhui Province, also known as quarrying), and later served as the county magistrate of Chungu (now southwest of Fanchang County, Anhui Province). Soon, Sun Ce wanted to seize Jingzhou, and appointed Zhou Yu as the central guard (both military commanders as important as the central leaders) and concurrently served as Jiangxia prefect (in fact, Jiangxia County was owned by Liu Biao at this time, and Sun Ce appointed Zhou Yu to seek Jiangxia to take Jingzhou). Zhou Yu took Jingzhou with Sun Ce, conquered Anhui County (now Qianshan County, Anhui Province), and got two daughters of Gong Qiao, a minister at the end of the Han Dynasty. Gong Qiao and Gongqiao are both beautiful and have the appearance of cities. Sun Ce married the bridge herself, and Zhou Yu married the bridge. Then he captured Xunyang (now southwest of Huangmei County, Hubei Province) and asked Jiangxia County, but failed. When he returned to the army, Zhang Yu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province) and Luling (Sun Ce was separated from Zhang Yu County (now southwest of Ji 'an, Jiangxi Province) settled down in the south, and Zhou Yu stayed behind to guard Baqiu in Luling County (now Xiajiang County, north of Ji 'an City).