During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu was the pillar of Soochow. Especially after Sun Ce's death, when Sun Quan was still young, Soochow was mainly supported by Zhou Yu. At the time of his death, he was still obsessed with the future and destiny of Soochow Wu, and he entrusted Sun Quan with this During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu was the pillar of Soochow. Especially after Sun Ce's death, when Sun Quan was still young, Soochow was mainly supported by Zhou Yu. At the time of his death, he was still obsessed with the future and destiny of Soochow Wu, and he entrusted Sun Quan with this : "At present, Duke Cao is in the north, the Xinjiang is not quiet, and Liu Bei is living in a house. It is like raising a tiger. , This is the autumn when the scholars of the dynasty eat, and the day when the supreme considerate.": "At present, Duke Cao is in the north, the Xinjiang is not quiet, and Liu Bei is living in a house. It is like raising a tiger. , This is the autumn when the scholars of the dynasty eat, and the day when the supreme considerate."
What does this sentence mean? Zhou Yu analyzed the situation of the world for Sun Quan. At that time, the strongest Cao Cao was in the north, but the rear was unstable (Ma Teng and Han Sui in Xiliang were eager to move, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was watching), even if Cao Cao led an army to attack, we were not afraid (there is a natural danger in the Yangtze River). , have the confidence to win the battle of Chibi), and although Liu Bei temporarily resides with Liu Qi, it is only a river away from Jiangdong, like raising a big tiger beside the couch, it is too dangerous.
Zhou Yu's concerns were not unreasonable. Cao Cao was the enemy on the bright side, while Liu Bei was a potential hidden enemy. It was easy to hide with open spears, but difficult to guard against dark arrows. Soochow should focus on Liu Bei's defense, otherwise he would die in the future. I don't know.
The above is Zhou Yu's exposition of Liu Bei, the hidden enemy, in the official history of the Three Kingdoms. This year is 210 AD. There are also related descriptions in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu not only wanted to get rid of Liu Bei, but also wanted to get rid of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's powerful military advisor. For example, in the battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang to make 100,000 arrows within ten years (an average of 10,000 arrows a day), and if it could not be completed within ten years, it would be convenient to engage in military law.
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang was one foot high and boasted that he would "build 100,000 arrows" within three days of Haikou. After "borrowing arrows from a straw boat", he obtained 100,000 arrows and delivered them on time. Although Zhou Yu wanted to kill Zhuge Liang, he had no excuse and could only let Zhuge Liang go temporarily. Since then, Zhou Yu has also set traps many times, trying to catch Zhuge Liang's mistake and get rid of Zhuge Liang reasonably, but Zhuge Liang has cracked them one by one. On the eve of the burning of Chibi, when Zhuge Liang went to the altar and borrowed the "Dongfeng", Zhou Yu did not forget to send someone to kill Zhuge Liang. Fortunately, Zhuge Liang had already figured out that with Zhao Yun's assistance, he escaped smoothly and returned to Liu Bei.
As for the actions to get rid of Liu Bei, there are also many such as using the "beauty trick" to trick Liu Bei to come to Jiangdong to marry Sun Quan's sister. However, this strategy was also seen through by Zhuge Liang, and as a result, "Zhou Lang's clever plan to make the world safe, he lost his wife and lost his army", Zhou Yu was so angry that he vomited blood, and finally died because of it.
Whether it is in official history or in Romance, Zhou Yu has realized that Liu Bei is a hidden enemy of Soochow Wu, and he wants to get rid of it quickly. However, Sun Quan did not fully understand this problem. He still focused on the overall situation, united Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao, and lent Jingzhou (Nanjun), which Zhou Yu had worked so hard for for a year, to Liu Bei, the "Lao Lai", but he would not come back. . Therefore, after Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan did not pay attention to Liu Bei, and 11 years later, he was attacked, and Soochow almost wiped out the country.
In July 221 AD, shortly after Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, he couldn't wait to go east. During the Eastern Expedition, Liu Bei brought in almost all the Shu troops that could be mobilized, leaving only a small part of the troops in Hanzhong to guard against Cao Wei.
In the early days of the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei's Shu army was powerful and gained an overwhelming advantage over the Wu soldiers. They were invincible and invincible. They quickly captured the Xiakou, defeated the Wu army Li Yi, Liu A and other troops, and occupied Zigui. At this time, the soldiers of Soochow Wu had no ability to fight, their morale was low, and they lost every battle and retreated.
In order to survive, Sun Quan also declared himself a subject to Cao Wei, and humbly asked Cao Wei for help. However, Cao Pi, the emperor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, did not send a single soldier or a single soldier, and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. From this we can see how much pressure Liu Bei's army put on Soochow and how great the crisis in Soochow, even bigger than during the Battle of Chibi (because the Sun and Liu allied forces fought together against Cao in the Battle of Chibi, and now only Soochow and Shu are the only ones military operations), is on the verge of being destroyed.
If it wasn't for Lu Xun's birth, he would reorganize the Wu army, and he would not be able to hold on to it, exhausting the strength of the Shu army, and then attacked the Shu army camp at night, and the Shu army's company camp was burned down by the wind. The Shu army fell into a sea of fire, was in chaos and fled. At this time, Soochow was able to resolve the crisis of destroying the country and turn the crisis into safety.
Epilogue
Zhou Yu had the deepest understanding of Liu Bei, the confidant of Soochow Wu, and repeatedly reminded the lord Sun Quan to always pay attention to Liu Bei beside the couch. Before he died, what he could not let go of was to instruct his lord Sun Quan, not to raise tigers, not to wait for Liu Bei to grow up, and to get rid of Liu Bei as soon as possible, even if he did not get rid of Liu Bei, he must limit Liu Bei's strength and firmly grasp Liu Bei in the hands.
Before his death, Zhou Yu said: If Liu Bei is not eliminated, the Eastern Wu will be in danger. However, Sun Quan did not listen to Zhou Yu's dying words, and let Liu Bei seize Yizhou and Hanzhong, develop and grow, and was attacked 11 years later, and was almost destroyed in the Battle of Yiling (Zhou Yu died in 210 AD, Liu Bei died in 221 AD) Launched the Battle of Yiling, a total of 11 years).
(This article mainly refers to "Three Kingdoms")
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