Yu Liang fights wits

Before his death, Zhou Yu once looked up to the sky and sighed: Since I was born in Yu, how can I be bright? I died with regrets. In fact, Zhou Yu never really had a good fight with Zhuge Liang on the battlefield throughout his life. After all, the Sun and Liu families were united as the main force, but the two were always competing with each other for wisdom and secret power. Zhuge Liang was always able to guess and tell Zhou Yu's thoughts. Zhou Yu was a person who had a high self-esteem. Someone who penetrated his heart made him very jealous. In fact, both of them have their own strengths and advantages. Zhuge Liang had an overall view, was good at strategizing, understood changes, and was extensively involved in astronomy and geography. Zhou Yu has far-reaching knowledge, has long fought on water, has strategies, is familiar with music, and is charming and suave. The two have similar views on strategy, they see the same thing about heroes, and their combat strategies are between the two. But Zhuge Liang was modest and open-minded, while Zhou Yu was arrogant. In the contest between the two, Zhou Yu was always at a disadvantage because Zhuge Liang caught his weakness. This was not really because Zhuge Liang was smarter than Zhou Yu.

The meeting between Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang was due to the needs of the Sun-Liu alliance. At that time, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao, and Liu Cong, the leader of Jingzhou, surrendered to Cao Cao. Liu Bei's army was squeezed into the two small towns of Jiangxia and Xiakou. Jiangxia, joined forces to eliminate Liu Bei and divide the territory equally. Sun Quan knew that Cao Cao wanted to go to Jiangnan and was very anxious. However, he did not know Cao Cao's true intentions and was unable to make a decision, so he sent Lu Su to Jiangxia in the name of condolences to Liu Biao to meet Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to inquire. Condition. Lu Su knew that Zhuge Liang was strategic and eloquent, so he invited Zhuge Liang to go to Jiangdong with him and persuaded Sun Quan to use Jiangdong's power to join forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao. After Zhuge Liang arrived in Jiangdong, he first had a verbal dispute with a group of Sun Quan's counselors and debated for a while. He refuted the Zhuhe faction with righteous words, leaving the Jiangdong counselors speechless. Then Zhuge Liang used provocation to arouse Sun Quan's fighting spirit. But Sun Quan was young after all, and Cao's army was coming with menacing force. Sun Quan had no confidence at all, and he could not make a decision after hesitating. His mother, Sun Guotai, reminded him of Sun Ce's last words: If you are not sure about domestic affairs, ask Zhang Zhao, and if you are not sure about foreign affairs, ask Zhou Yu. Sun Quan suddenly woke up and summoned him urgently. Zhou Yu returned to Chaisang. Zhou Yu is the governor of Jiangdong, with a high position and a good friend of Sun Ce. Although he is young, he is experienced and capable. He is respected by all the civil and military officials in Jiangdong. Both the war faction and the peace faction came to Zhou Yu to express their views. Zhou Yu was only perfunctory, saying what was right and wrong, and did not express his own opinions. Finally, Lu Su accompanied Zhuge Liang. When Zhou Yu saw Zhuge Liang, he deliberately upheld the view of the peace faction, saying that Cao Cao's army was powerful and would be easily defeated in battle, but easy to surrender if surrendered. He also expressed his intention to persuade Wu Hou and the whole country to surrender to Cao Cao. Zhuge Liang knew that Zhou Yu was an arrogant person and had guessed Zhou Yu's thoughts. He was not eager to reveal it, but mysteriously offered Zhou Yu a plan: no need to work to lead sheep to carry wine, accept soil and present seals, just send a helper The envoy, with a small boat, escorted the two people to Cao Cao's camp and presented them to Cao Cao. As long as Cao Cao got these two people, millions of people would definitely disarm and retreat. Zhou Yu was particularly surprised after hearing this and asked doubtfully: "Use "Who can defeat Cao Cao's troops?" Zhuge Liang deliberately betrayed him and said, "If these two people are removed from Jiangdong, they will be like a leaf floating on a tree, and a drop of grain will be lost in Taicang. However, if Cao Cao gets these two people, he will be as happy as if he has obtained a treasure." . Zhou Yu became even more interested after hearing this, and kept asking questions. Zhuge Liang made up a story that was more true than the truth, saying that Cao Cao had built a new one not long ago, named it Tongque Terrace, and selected beauties from all over the world to fill it. He had heard for a long time that Jiangdong There are two beauties, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao. They have the looks of a fish and a wild goose, and the beauty of a flower that shys away from the moon. They will definitely want to get them quickly. Today, a million troops are going to the south of the Yangtze River for no other reason than these two. After Zhou Yuna listened to the story calmly, she asked Zhuge Liang coldly, "What's the proof that Cao Cao wants to win two wives?" Zhuge Liang then recited fluently the "Ode to the Bronze Bird Terrace" written by Cao Cao's son Cao Zhi. Two sentences in it, "Take two Qiao to the southeast, and happily have sex with them day and night" are proof. After hearing this, Zhou Yu became furious and cursed: The old thief bullied me too much. Zhuge Liang added fuel to the fire and said that the Han Dynasty often used princesses to marry in order to stabilize the border. In the prosperous land south of the Yangtze River, why should it cherish two common people's daughters? Zhou Yu explained that you don’t know something. Da Qiao is the wife of General Sun Ce, and Xiao Qiao is my wife, Zhou Yu. Zhuge Liang quickly pretended to be frightened and asked for forgiveness. Zhou Yu then told the truth and prepared to raise his army to fight to the death with Cao Cao. . Before Zhuge Liang met Zhou Yu, he had actually done his homework. He knew that Zhou Yu was arrogant and could only do things against his will, not just what he said. So he used Cao Zhi's poem out of context, pretended not to know the identity of Er Qiao, and deliberately used Cao Cao to hurt Zhou Yu, thereby angering Zhou Yu. When Zhou Yu was furious, he carefully checked the truth and falsehood. He was originally going to have a showdown with Cao Cao, but now he became more determined to fight against Cao Cao.

When they met for the first time, Zhuge Liang observed Zhou Yu's behavior and knew Zhou Yu's temperament. He made some small plans to let Zhou Yu know the truth. Zhou Yu was a smart man. When he was provoked by Zhuge Liang, he revealed his thoughts, and he might not have figured it out afterwards.

Yu Liang’s first confrontation was just to achieve the goal of resisting Cao Cao, and there was no distinction between superior and inferior. However, Zhou Yu had already appreciated Zhuge Liang’s wit. What made Zhou Yu murderous was that Zhuge Liang not only guessed It revealed Zhou Yu's thoughts and could also penetrate Sun Quan's mind. Under Zhou Yu's persuasion, Sun Quan decided to give Cao Cao a try, but he was still uneasy in his heart. After all, Cao Cao had many soldiers and generals and was good at strategy. Zhou Yu once analyzed that Cao's army had committed four military taboos when going south, and Sun Quan was relieved after hearing this. However, Sun Quan did not know the comparison of military strength between the enemy and ours, and the strength of Cao's army, so he was inevitably suspicious. Zhou Yu did not notice this, but Zhuge Liang did it easily. Sun Quan was captured and persuaded Zhou Yu to explain Sun Quan's military situation in detail to clear his doubts. Zhou Yu immediately met with Sun Quan to analyze the military situation and compare the enemy's and our own military strength. After hearing this, Sun Quan's doubts were relieved. Zhou Yu was secretly frightened. Zhuge Liang knew the thoughts of the monarchs and ministers of Soochow very well. In the future, Sun and Liu would turn against each other, and Soochow would definitely be at a disadvantage. From then on, Zhou Yu had the intention to kill Zhuge Liang. Fortunately, there was Lu Su, a middleman who was relatively rational and believed that killing the wise men before Cao Cao was defeated would mean removing his own help. Therefore, Lu Su had been secretly helping Zhuge Liang and maintaining the Sun-Liu alliance.

Zhou Yu wanted to kill Zhuge Liang, but suffered from being unknown. Due to the overall situation of the Sun-Liu alliance, he had to treat Zhuge Liang as a guest. One day, Zhou Yu invited Zhuge Liang to discuss matters and told him that in the past, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao faced each other. Yuan Shao was defeated with more troops, but Cao Cao won with fewer troops. This was because Cao Cao had cut off Yuan Shao's Wuchao food supply. Now Cao Cao has 830,000 troops, and our army has 830,000. There are only 50,000 to 60,000 people. We must do what Cao Cao did back then. We must first cut off the enemy's food routes and then defeat them in one fell swoop. Now Cao Cao has stored grain in Jutie Mountain. You are familiar with the geographical environment there. Please lead your troops. I will help you with a thousand troops to cut off the enemy's grain routes. For the common interests of both countries, do not decline. Zhuge Liang secretly laughed in his heart, knowing that Zhou Yu was plotting to kill him, he did not tell the truth and happily agreed. Lu Su asked Zhou Yu privately, what does it mean to ask Zhuge Liang to intercept grain? Zhou Yu told him that he wanted to kill Zhuge Liang, but he was afraid that he would not accept it, so he wanted to kill him with the help of Cao Cao to avoid future troubles. Lu Su went to see Zhuge Liang again to see if he saw through Zhou Yu's plan. Lu Su deliberately asked Zhuge Liang whether his trip would be successful. Zhuge Liang said confidently, I am proficient in water warfare, infantry warfare, horse warfare and chariot warfare. Unlike you, "Rao Zijing is the guard of ambush, and Zhou Lang is the guard of water warfare along the river." You can only ambush, Zhou Yu is only good at water warfare. You can't fight a tough land battle like the Liangjie Road. Lu Su conveyed Zhuge Liang's words to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu was furious. Zhuge Liang dared to laugh at me because I couldn't fight on land. I didn't need him to intercept the grain road. I would personally lead the troops tomorrow. Lu Su sent another message to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang then told Lu Su the truth. Zhou Yu asked me to cut off Cao Cao's food routes, but he just wanted to kill me with Cao Cao's hands. Cao Cao was used to cutting off people's food routes, how could he not send heavy troops to guard it? In the grain depot, Zhou Yu must not act out of anger, otherwise he will be captured by Cao Cao. Now it is best to engage in a water battle with Cao Cao to weaken Cao's army, and then find a way to defeat him. Lu Su conveyed Zhuge Liang's advice to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu shook his head and sighed, "This man's knowledge is ten times better than mine. If he is not eliminated today, he will be a disaster for our country in the future." In fact, Zhuge Liang just saw through Zhou Yu's schemes, took advantage of Zhou Yu's narrow-minded weakness, and calmly dealt with Zhou Yu's schemes. He was not really ten times stronger than Zhou Yu. But when a master breaks down his moves, every flaw in his moves can easily be exploited by his opponents.

Next, Zhou Yu used counterintuitive tactics and with the help of Jiang Qian, he killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the chief and deputy commanders of the navy who were good at water warfare in Cao Cao's army. Because Zhuge Liang was not involved in this matter from beginning to end, Zhou Yu was very proud. , sent Lu Su to inquire and see if Zhuge Liang saw through his strategy. As a result, when Lu Su saw Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang congratulated Lu Su. Lu Su asked where the joy came from, and Zhuge Liang said that it was exactly what Zhou Yu asked you to find out! Zhou Yu's counterintuitive plan could only be concealed from Jiang Qian. Although Cao Cao was temporarily deceived, he would soon wake up. Now that Cai Hao and Zhang Yun, who know best about water warfare among Cao Cao's troops, are dead, Cao Cao appointed Mao Jie and Yu Jin, who did not understand water warfare, as commanders of the navy. Wouldn't it sooner or later cost the lives of the navy? Isn't this worthy of congratulations? A few words showed that Zhuge Liang not only saw through Zhou Yu's counterintuitive plan, but also guessed the purpose of Lu Su's trip. This made Lu Su feel incredible. Lu Su informed Zhou Yu of the matter. Zhou Yu was shocked and thought that this person must not be left here, so he made up his mind to ignore it. The Sun-Liu alliance also wanted to kill Zhuge Liang. Lu Su believed that killing Zhuge Liang at this time would not only make people dissatisfied, but even Cao Cao would laugh.

Zhou Yu said that I had my own justice to kill him and asked him to die without regrets.

The next day, Zhou Yu gathered under the general's tent and asked Zhuge Liang to discuss matters. He deliberately asked him, which weapon should be used first in a water battle? Zhuge Liang replied that on the river, bows and arrows came first, so Zhou Yu took advantage of the situation and gave Zhuge Liang a task to make 100,000 arrows. And only give a ten-day deadline. Zhuge Liang always tried to sell out the situation, saying that the military situation was urgent, and ten days was too slow, and three days was enough. Zhou Yu secretly rejoiced: You are seeking death on your own, you can't blame me. Zhuge Liang was immediately asked to issue a military order. Zhuge Liang also relaxed and happily asked Zhou Yu to send 500 soldiers to the riverside to carry arrows three days later, which made Zhou Yu feel even more unpredictable. Let Lu Su quickly find out the truth. As soon as Lu Su showed up, Zhuge Liang kept complaining about him. He shouldn't have told Zhou Yu the truth, which aroused his murderous intention. How could he make 100,000 arrows in ten days, and how could the craftsmen listen to Zhou Yu and use their strength? . This time, no matter what, we want to help, we have prepared twenty small boats, with straw men tied up in each boat, distributed on both sides, and thirty sergeants to accompany them. These must be kept secret and never told to Zhou Yu again. As expected, Lu Su did not mention the preparations to Zhou Yu this time. In fact, even if he told Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu could not guess Zhuge Liang's intentions. For the first two days, there was no movement from Zhuge Liang. In the early morning of the third day, heavy fog rolled across the river and the other side was nowhere to be seen. Zhuge Liang took Lu Su and set off with the fleet, heading straight to Cao Cao's navy camp, and asked the soldiers to beat drums and shout. Lu Su was so frightened that he was afraid that Cao Jun would attack. Zhuge Liang was calm and composed, drinking and laughing with Lu Su. When Cao Cao's camp heard drums and shouts from the river, they thought the Soochow Navy was attacking. They thought the fog was thick across the river and they couldn't see how many ships there were in Soochow. They didn't dare to go out to attack them casually, so they just mobilized thousands of archers to shoot arrows in front of the camp. , all of a sudden thousands of arrows were fired at the straw men on the boat. When the sun cleared and the fog cleared, Zhuge Liang returned with the straw boat fully loaded. He got more than 100,000 arrows without any effort, which made Cao Cao very frustrated. After returning to Jiangdong, Zhou Yu knew the whole process of borrowing arrows, and sighed with emotion: Kong Ming has a brilliant plan, I am not as good as me. At this time, there was no reason to kill Zhuge Liang, so Zhou Yu had to give up temporarily and focus on dispatching troops and generals to burn Cao's army.

At this time, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang did not compete with each other for wisdom. Zhou Yu did several good things. He accepted Cai Zhong and Cai He, Cai Mao's brothers, as a channel to convey the news; he sent Pang Tong to go deep into Cao Jun's serial plan. , allowing Cao Cao's ships to be connected as one to facilitate fire attacks; using a bitter trick to defeat Huang Gai, he deceived Cao Cao's trust. The situation is developing in the direction Zhou Yu expected. Zhuge Liang is fully aware of Zhou Yu's every plan. He only talks to Lu Su, but tells Lu Su not to tell Zhou Yu to avoid causing complications. Lu Su has acted as a sounding board several times. , almost killed Zhuge Liang, and became very cautious, not daring to tell Zhou Yu about Zhuge Liang's views. When Zhou Yu asked, he just kept it vague. Zhuge Liang had no obvious reaction to Zhou Yu's strategies, and Zhou Yu thought he had hidden them. Zhuge Liang was very proud in private.

The anti-Cao deployment was going smoothly, until one day Zhou Yu led his generals to stand on the top of the mountain, looking at Cao's camp in the north of the Yangtze River. A gust of wind blew by, and the horn of the flag blew across Zhou Yu's face. Zhou Yu suddenly thought of something, He screamed, vomited blood, and fell unconscious. Soochow panicked and invited famous doctors to treat Zhou Yu, but with little success. The civil and military forces in Jiangdong were all without a master for a while. Lu Su was very worried and asked Zhuge Liang for advice. Zhuge Liang volunteered to treat Zhou Yu. After Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu met and exchanged greetings, they began to fight against each other again. Zhou Yu said, how can one protect himself when misfortunes and misfortunes happen to him. Zhuge Liang replied, "How can people predict the unexpected events in the sky?" Zhou Yu heard the hidden meaning in Zhuge Liang's words and asked Zhuge Liang to prescribe a cure. Zhuge Liang secretly wrote 16 words to Zhou Yu: If you want to defeat Duke Cao, you should attack with fire. Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. It turns out that Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang had decided on the strategy of attacking Cao Cao with fire early on. However, it was the twelfth lunar month of winter and the northwest wind was blowing. If they used fire attack, the wind direction would be towards them. Not only would they not be able to burn Cao Cao's army, but they would also burn their own troops. Burn down. Because of this, Zhou Yu felt very depressed and could not discuss it with the generals. So I got seriously ill and couldn't do anything. Without thinking about it, Zhuge Liang easily exposed his thoughts. Zhou Yu was shocked and asked Zhuge Liang for a solution. Zhuge Liang made a fool of himself and said that he had learned the Qimen Dunjia from a stranger and could control the wind and rain. As long as he did it himself, he could ask the sky for Zhou Yu. Southeast wind for three days and three nights. Then Zhuge Liang asked Zhou Yu to build the Seven Star Altar on Nanping Mountain in a serious manner, and he did it alone. Of course, Zhou Yu had everything he wanted.

In fact, Zhuge Liang had already thought of a way to escape at this time. He knew very well that he had repeatedly seen through Zhou Yu's plans, which had aroused Zhou Yu's deep jealousy. The day Zhou Yu established his full power was the day when his life was in danger. We must try to leave Jiangdong while Zhou Yu has something to ask for and is busy mobilizing troops and generals. Sure enough, when the southeast wind came, Zhou Yu was shocked. Zhuge Liang had a way to conquer the creation of heaven and earth, and he had the ability to predict the ghosts and gods. If he was left alive, he would be the root of Soochow's disaster. Immediately dispatched two generals to lead troops by land and water to the Seven Star Altar in Nanping Mountain. They met Zhuge Liang and beheaded him on the spot regardless of the crime, and took the head to ask for merit. As a result, the two of them rushed to the scene. Zhuge Liang had already left for a long time. When Zhou Yu found out, he was shocked and said: This person is so cunning and makes me uneasy at dawn. However, the attack on Cao's army was imminent, and Zhou Yu had no time to take care of Zhuge Liang at this time. He launched a general mobilization order to attack Cao's army in an all-round way, achieving the eternal feat of burning Chibi and establishing a new situation for the Three Kingdoms. The situation where Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang joined forces and battled wits also came to an end.