The fourteenth chapter of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a group of Confucians
Zhou Yu was originally training a naval army in Poyiyang and Yihu, and when he said that Cao's army had arrived at the riverside, he rushed back to Chaisang to meet Sun Quan. Lu Su had the best relationship with Zhou Yu, so he told Zhou Yu all the discussions in the past two days.
Zhou Yu reassured Lu Su and asked him to invite Kong Ming to meet him first.
As soon as Zhang Zhao and the others saw Zhou Yu, they told them a lot about the benefits of descending Cao. Zhou Yu asked, "Do you all have the same opinion?" They said, "All the same." Zhou Yu said: "I have been thinking about surrendering Cao Cao for a long time, let's meet with the lord tomorrow to discuss countermeasures!." ”
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other generals also came to see Zhou Yu and said that they would rather kill their heads than surrender to Cao.
Zhou Yu said: "I am about to fight Cao Cao, how can I surrender!" Generals, please go back first, and see the lord tomorrow, I have my own decision. ”
In the evening, Lu Su led Kong Ming to see Zhou Yu and asked Zhou Yu whether he was the main peace or the main battle. Zhou Yu said: "Cao Cao is playing the emperor's signboard, and his troops are large, and we will definitely lose in the fight." I made up my mind to persuade my lord to surrender. Lu Su was busy arguing with Zhou Yu. Kong Ming secretly sneered on the side.
Zhou Yu asked Kong Ming why he was smiling, and Zhuge Liang said: "I laugh at Lu Su and don't know the current affairs. I have a way, as long as there are two people, I can teach Cao Cao's million-strong army to withdraw. He also said: "Cao Cao built the Tongque Terrace, and he had long wanted to get the two stunning beauties of Dongwu, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao. As long as these two daughters are sent, Cao Cao will inevitably retreat. Zhou Yu was furious and scolded, "Cao Cao, old thief, deceive people too much!" ”
Zhou Yu said, "You don't know, Da Qiao is the wife of General Sun Ce, and Xiao Qiao is my wife. Zhuge Liang pretended to be panicked and said that he shouldn't talk nonsense. Zhou Yu was provoked by Kong Ming, so he said the truth from the bottom of his heart: "Fang Cai is deliberately tempted, in fact, I have long wanted to break Cao Cao, and I also asked Mr. Zhuge to cooperate and help." Zhuge Liang agreed.
The next morning, Sun Quan ascended to the court. After analyzing the favorable conditions for the battle of Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu said: "I am willing to fight to the death for the general, but I am afraid that the general will not be able to make up his mind." When Sun Quan heard this, he pulled out his sword, cut off a corner of the table, and said, "Whoever dares to mention the matter of surrendering Cao again will end up with the same fate as this table!" ”
Sun Quan gave the sword to Zhou Yu, and named Zhou Yu as the governor of the capital, Cheng Pu as the deputy general, and Lu Su as the captain of the military academy, and announced to the civil and military officials that those who did not obey the order would be punished according to the military law.
When Zhou Yu arrived at the camp, he sat in the middle military tent, stood on both sides with swords and axes, and ordered hundreds of civil and military officials to obey orders. It was ordered that five teams should set off immediately and go to the village at the mouth of the three rivers.
Zhou Yu invited Lu Su and Zhuge Liang to Sanjiangkou. Zhou Yu asked Kong Ming to lead Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei to Jutie Mountain to cut off Cao Cao's grain transportation road. Kong Ming knew that Zhou Yu wanted to borrow Cao Cao's knife to kill Liu Jun, but it was difficult to refuse, so he agreed.
Lu Su knew that Zhou Yu wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, and was worried that Kong Ming was still in the dark, so he asked him if he was sure that he would send troops this time. Zhuge Liang said: "My water warfare, foot warfare, horse warfare, and chariot warfare are not all different and refined, how can there be any reason not to succeed?" Unlike Zhou Yu, except for the water war, the rest are laymen. ”
Lu Su brought the words, and Zhou Yu was angry when he heard it, and planned to lead his troops to Jutie Mountain to rob grain. Kong Ming said: "Asking me to rob grain is obviously a plan to kill people with a knife. It's just that now we should work together to break Cao, if we murder each other, it will be difficult to achieve a big thing. Lu Su told Zhou Yu these words, and Zhou Yu sighed and said, "This person is ten times more knowledgeable than me, and if he doesn't get rid of it today, it will be a great disaster in the future." ”
Liu Bei saw that Zhuge Liang had not returned for a long time, so he sent Mi Zhu to find out the news in the name of the army. Zhou Yu accepted the gift, but asked Mi Zhu to go back and ask Liu Bei to cross the river to discuss Cao's plan, wanting to kill Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in one fell swoop.
Liu Bei had no choice but not to go for the sake of the alliance between the two families, so he ordered Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to guard the village, and he took Guan Yu across the river. Zhou Yu arranged for the knife and axe men to ambush on both sides of the banquet, and agreed to use the cup as a code to get rid of Liu Bei. But seeing Guan Yu standing behind Liu Bei with his sword in his hand, his eyes were always staring at Zhou Yu, so he didn't dare to make a move.
Liu Bei returned to the ship after the banquet and was very happy to see that Kong Ming was already in the cabin. Kong Ming told Liu Bei about the danger at the banquet just now, and Liu Bei understood. Kong Ming asked Liu Bei to inform Zhao Yun that after the Jiazi Day in November, when he saw the southeast wind rising, he drove a small boat to the south bank to pick him up, and urged Liu Bei to return quickly.
Cao Cao sent someone to write to Zhou Yu, who was angry that he failed to kill Liu Bei. Seeing that the envelope was written on it, "The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty paid the governor of Zhou to open it", he was very angry, tore up the letter, beheaded the envoy, and brought the head of the handover back to demonstrate to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao saw that Zhou Yu destroyed the book and beheaded the envoys, so he set up troops to the mouth of the three rivers. The two armies fought on the river. Cao's army had no experience in water warfare and returned defeated. Cao Cao then ordered Jingzhou's generals Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to train the navy day and night.
Zhou Yu won the battle and ascended that night? Looking at the position of the Cao army on the other side, the next day he personally took a boat to explore the reality of the Cao army's water village, saw that the Cao army's water village was in good order, and learned that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were the governors of the Cao Ying water army, and thought to himself: "If you don't get rid of these two people, Cao Cao will be difficult to break." ”
Cao Cao knew that Zhou Yu had seen the situation in Shuizhai, so he summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures. Jiang Gan, the guest of the scene, said that he and Zhou Yu were classmates and had always had a deep friendship, and he could persuade Zhou Yu to come and surrender. Cao Cao was overjoyed and sent Jiang Gan to go.