After Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce inherited his father's footsteps and took command of the army. Zhou Yu went to see his father, Danyang satrap Shang Zhou. When Sun Ce entered Liyang (now northwest of Anhui County), he was going to cross the river eastward and wrote a letter to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yuling led the troops to meet Sun Ce and gave him strong support. Sun Ce was very happy and said, "I'll make you feel like a duck to water". So, the two men fought side by side, crossing the river first (now the north bank of the Yangtze River in the southeast of Anhui County) (now the east of Anhui County, when the water enters the river) for profit, then crossing the river to attack Moling (now Moling Pass in Jiangning, Jiangsu Province), defeating Yan Rong and Betty, and then taking Hu Zhe (now Hushu Town in Jiangning, Jiangsu Province) and Jiangcheng. At that time, the number of ministries in Sun Ce had grown to tens of thousands. He said to Zhou Yu, "I think it is enough for us to win the Hirayama of Wuhui. So Zhou Yu led the troops back to Danyang. Soon, Yuan Shu sent his cousin Yuan Yin to replace Shang Zhou as Danyang secretariat, and Zhou Yu followed Shang Zhou to Shouchun (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province). Yuan Shu found that Zhou Yu was very talented, so he wanted to keep Zhou Yu for himself. Zhou Yu saw that Yuan Shu would not achieve anything in the end. He only asked to be a county magistrate who lived in a nest and wanted to take the opportunity to return to Jiangdong. Yuan Shu agreed to Zhou Yu's request. In the third year of Jian 'an (198), Zhou Yu returned to Wu Jun (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) by building a nest to attract phoenix. When Sun Ce heard that Zhou Yu had returned, he personally made Zhou a corps commander, with 2,000 troops and 50 horses. In addition, Sun Ce also gave Zhou Yuan an advocacy band to build a house for Zhou Yu, which was unparalleled in generosity. Sun Ce also said in the order issued: "Zhou Gongjin is brilliant and talented, with the same angle as me, and is a close relative of the same flesh and blood. When I was in Danyang, he led troops and sent ships' food to help me, which made me accomplish great things and rewarded me with merits. Today's return is far from repaying his support at a critical moment! " Zhou Yu was 24 years old, and Wu soldiers called him Zhou Lang. Because Zhou Yu was kind and honest in Lujiang area, Sun Ce ordered him to go out to guard Niuzhu, and later served as the governor of Spring Valley. Soon, Sun Ce wanted to take Jingzhou, worshipped Zhou Yu as the central imperial army, and served as Jiangxia satrap (to the west of Xinzhou, Hubei Province), leading an army to conquer. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce attacked Wancheng and got two daughters, Gong Qiao, both beautiful. Sun Ce married the bridge, and Zhou Yu married the bridge. Sun Ce said to Zhou Yu, "Although Gong Qiao's daughter suffered from war and displacement, we are lucky to have the two of us as son-in-law." Then he attacked Xunyang, defeated Jiangxia, and returned to the army to pacify (now Nanchang, Jiangxi) and Luling. Zhou Yu stayed to guard Baqiu.
In the fifth year of Jian 'an (200 years), Sun Ce was assassinated, and before he died, he entrusted Sun Quan with general affairs. At that time, Sun Quan only had several counties, such as Huiji, Wu Jun, Danyang, Zhang Yu and Luling, and its remote and dangerous places were not completely attached. Heroes in the world are scattered in counties. They only pay attention to their own personal safety, but they have not established an interdependent relationship with Sun Shi. At the critical moment, the first people who supported Sun Quan were Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Lv Fan, Cheng Pu and others. Zhou Yu led the troops from other places to attend the funeral and stayed with Wu Jun Sun Quan as a central defender. He was armed to the teeth, treated Sun Quan with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, and co-managed the military and political affairs with Zhang Zhao, with a long history. Others naturally dare not disagree. After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the battle of Guandu, he became increasingly powerful and ambitious, thinking that the world could be transported in his hands. Therefore, in the seventh year of Jian 'an (202), Sun Quan was ordered to send his son to his side as a hostage. Sun Quan is also an Englishman. Of course, he doesn't want to be controlled by others, so he called ministers to discuss it. The liegeman had different opinions, and important officials such as Zhang Zhao and Qin Song hesitated. Although Sun Quan didn't want to send hostages, he was a little hesitant because he didn't get strong support. So he only took Zhou Yu to discuss the matter with his mother. Zhou Yu stands firm and resolutely opposes sending hostages. He analyzed Sun Quan's interests and said, "When Chu Jun was just sealed to the edge of Jingshan Mountain, there was not enough space. His descendants are very moral, able to expand the land, explore the territory, establish a foundation in Du Ying, and occupy Jingyang land until the South China Sea. It has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 900 years. Now, general, you have inherited the old business of your father and brother, ruled six counties, and the soldiers have no worries about food and clothing and high morale. Moreover, casting mountains for copper, boiling sea for salt, people's hearts are stable, and the wind of scholars is strong, which can be said to be invincible. Why give it to people? As soon as the hostages arrive in Cao Cao's hands, we have to respond to Cao Cao, and we are bound to be subject to Cao Shi. At that time, the biggest benefit we could get was just a party, a dozen servants, a few cars and a few horses. How can we compare with our own achievements? For today's plan, it is best not to send hostages, but to wait and see Cao Cao's movements and changes first. If Cao abides by morality and makes the world orderly, it will not be too late for us to join hands at that time; If Cao Cao is arrogant and tries to make a living, playing with soldiers is like playing with fire, and you will burn yourself. General, you just have to wait for your fate. Why give it to others? " Zhou Yu's words spoke to Sun Quan's heart. Sun Quan's mother also thinks that this should be done. She said to Sun Quan, "What Gong Jin said is reasonable. He is only one month younger than your brother. I have always regarded him as my son. You should regard him as your brother. " Sun Quan did not give the hostages to Cao Cao. Zhou Yu gained more and more trust from Sun Quan, and became more and more devoted and wise, working hard for the rise of Sun Group and being loyal. According to the Biography of Jiang Biao, Cao Cao sent someone to lobby Zhou Yuyong, and the person sent was Jiang Gan from Jiujiang. Jiang Gan is outstanding in appearance, brilliant and eloquent. No one in Jianghuai can compare with him. After this mission, he wore a scarf and a piece of cloth, pretending to wander around and went to see Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu guessed his purpose and came out to meet him. He asked, "Ziyi is really well-intentioned. She came to Wan Li not far away to be a lobbyist for Cao Cao!" Jiang Gan was embarrassed when Zhou Yu opened it.
Reluctantly explained: "You and I are fellow villagers in the state. This time, we just came to visit you and see your troops. Are you calling me a lobbyist too much? " Zhou Yu said with a smile, "Although I am not as good as Wei Xiao, I can't be a bosom friend, but after listening to Shao, I can know elegant music." The implication, your psychology, I am very clear. So he invited Jiang Gan into the camp, gave a banquet, gave a banquet and stopped drinking. I said to him, "I have military secrets. You stay outside the living room first, and I'll invite you when you're done. " Three days later, Zhou Yu invited Jiang Gan to camp again. This time, I first showed him around the military camp, inspected the warehouse and military equipment, and then I held a reception. During the dinner, Zhou Yu showed Jiang Gan his attendants and costume treasures, and said to him, "It is a blessing or a curse for a husband to be on earth, to be trusted by a loyal minister from outside, to be as close as flesh and blood, and to follow his words and deeds." Even if Sue and Zhang Gengsheng come back, they will still talk back, which is not enough for young people to be moved! "Zhou yu has said very firmly, Jiang Gan also have nothing to say, so we have to smile. Jiang Gan later met Cao Cao and told him that Zhou Yu was elegant and interested in Gao Zhuo, saying that he would not move. People are on earth, so I admire Zhou Yu more and more. In the 11th year of Jian 'an (2006), Zhou Yu led Sun Yu and others to beg Ma to protect the second village, beheaded its leader and captured more than 10,000 people. Huang Zu, the satrap of Jiangxia, sent Deng Long to lead thousands of people into Chaisang, and Zhou Yu led an army to attack it, but Deng Long was captured alive. After Cao Cao basically unified the north, he wanted to further unify the whole country, and his first strategic goal was Jingzhou. At that time, Liu Bei failed to compete in the Central Plains and was living in Jingzhou with Liu Biao. Sun Quan also took a fancy to Jingzhou. In the spring of the 13th year of Jian 'an (2008), Sun Quan won Jiangxia, and Zhou Yu was the former commander-in-chief, defeating Huang Zu who was entrenched there. Cao Cao was afraid that Sun Quan would take the lead. In September of the same year, he sent troops to the south on a large scale. Liu Biao died of illness, and Liu Cong surrendered without a fight. Liu Bei was isolated, unable to compete with Cao Cao, and led the people to flee south. Cao Cao successfully occupied Jingzhou and captured 80,000 troops in Liu Cong, with hundreds of thousands of troops. His strength soared and he was arrogant. Threatened to go down the river and sweep across Jiangdong. Before he left, Cao Cao wrote a letter to Sun Quan, saying, "I ordered the southern expedition, and Liu Cong surrendered easily. Now I have trained 800,000 troops, and I am going to hunt Jiangdong with you. " Faced with such a grim situation, the counselors and soldiers of Soochow were very afraid. Sun Quan called them to discuss countermeasures, and most people, led by Zhang Zhao, thought that Cao should be "confronted". They said, "Cao Gong is also a tiger, but he is known as the Han Dynasty. He relied on the son of heaven to conquer all directions and used the court as an excuse. If he refuses today, it will be even bigger. The general can refuse to hold the drill, and so can the Yangtze River. I am in Jingzhou today, and I have a place to vote. Liu Biao's water conservancy army and Meng Chong's warships are thousands of ships, and Cao Cao knows that they are downstream, with infantry and land and water. This is the danger of the Yangtze River, which has always been with me. And there are so many forces that it is impossible to talk about it. It is better to satisfy a foolish plan than to satisfy it. Only a few manpower leaders such as Lu Su "resisted Cao", but it was not enough to turn the situation around. Lu Su suggested that Sun Quan recall Zhou Yu from other places. Zhou Yu once saved the day. He pointed out to Sun Quan against the "Ying Cao" faction: "Otherwise. Although Cao Cao is a famous Han Xiang, he is actually a Chinese thief. With the outstanding talent of SHEN WOO and the strength of his father and brother, the general established a separatist regime in Jiangdong, thousands of miles away. When the soldiers are full, the heroes are happy. It's still time to spread all over the world, and to kill the Han family. What's wrong with Cao Cao's death, but he can welcome him Please mention for the general: now that the land in the north has been decided, Cao Cao has no internal worries, but it will be a long time, and he can fight with our hospital. Now there is no peace in the north, and Ma Jia Chao and Han Sui are still in Kansai, which is a future trouble for Cao Cao. And give up the pommel horse, to fight the boat, to compete with wuyue who is not directed by China. It's cold now, and the horses have no grass. Driving China scholars to travel far and wide. If you are not used to water and soil, you will get sick. These four men are also suffering from fighting, but Cao Cao is desperate. It is appropriate for the general to avoid the exercise today. Zhou Yu invited 30,000 elite soldiers to live in Xiakou. I heard that Sun Quan, the general of broken child, once said to Zhou Yu, "The old thief has long wanted to abolish Han, so he should avoid Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Gu Er. Today, the number of heroes has been exhausted, but orphans still exist, and orphans and old thieves are at odds. Your words should be a strike, even lonely Taiwan Province, and this day will give you loneliness. That night, in order to strengthen Sun Quan's confidence and dispel his doubts, Zhou Yu visited him alone. He said to Sun Quan, "The ministers were scared when they saw that Cao Cao's gauntlet said that there were 800,000 water infantry, and they didn't seriously speculate on the actual situation, so they put forward the idea of surrendering the enemy. This is unreasonable. Now we can seriously estimate that Cao Cao's Central Plains soldiers are at most 150,000 to 60,000, and they are exhausted after a long journey; Liu Biao's army is only 70,000 to 80,000 at most. These people are still waiting to see, suspicious and not single-minded. Cao Cao is in charge of these tired, sick and suspicious soldiers. Although there are many people, why are you afraid? As long as we have 50,000 soldiers, we can completely defeat him. Please don't hesitate, don't worry. " Hearing this, Sun Quan was greatly moved. He patted Zhou Yu on the back and said, "What Gong Jin said is just what I want! Zhang Zhao and others, taking care of their families and wives and thinking only of themselves, really let me down. Only you and Lu Su agree with me. God asked you two to help me! 50,000 people, it is difficult to get together at once. But I have selected 30,000 troops, ships, grain and grass, and all kinds of fighting tools are ready. You, Lu Su and Cheng Pu can go out at once. I will continue to mobilize people, food and grass to be your backup. It would be nice to defeat Cao Cao in World War I. If you encounter setbacks, come back to me, and I will fight to the death with Cao Cao! "
At that time, Liu Bei wanted to lead an army to cross the river and met Lu Su in Dangyang, so Liu Bei moved into Xiakou and sent Zhuge Liang to see Sun Quan. Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance to fight against Cao. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the left commander with an army of 30,000. Cheng Pu is the right commander, Lu Su is a captain of Zanjun, assisting Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu and Liu Bei meet by the river and meet Cao Jun at Chibi. Cao Jun lies to the south of the Yangtze River. He is acclimatized, the disease is prevalent and his morale is low. As soon as he entered the war, he was defeated immediately, so he had to be stationed in Jiangbei, hoping to wait until after the winter and fight again the next spring. Zhou Yu led the soldiers to victory in the first battle and their morale was high. They are stationed on the south bank. Many Cao Ying soldiers are not used to water. In order to overcome this weakness, Cao Cao ordered the warships to be chained together, covered with wooden boards, and connected into a water camp to facilitate walking. He thinks he has a way to call these ships serial ships. Seeing this situation, Huang Gai, a veteran of Zhou Yu's subordinates, offered a plan: "Today, being outnumbered, it is difficult to last. However, look at the military ship, end to end, can be burned. Zhou Yu thinks Huang Gai is right. Then I chose dozens of Meng Chong warships, filled with firewood, poured oil on them, wrapped them in tents, put on tooth flags, and prepared for fire attack. Huang gaixian
Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu marched into Nanjun and confronted Coss across the river. Before the two armies met, Zhou Yuxian sent Gan Ning to occupy Yiling. Coss separated some military forces and surrounded Gan Ning, who asked Zhou Yu for help. Zhou Yu adopted Lv Meng's strategy, left Ling Tong to defend the rear, and personally took Lv Meng to save Gan Ning, thus lifting the siege of Gan Ning. Zhou Yu led the troops to the North Shore and made an appointment to fight Coss. Zhou Yu rode a horse and was shot to the right. He was seriously injured and withdrew to the camp. Cao Renwen heard that Zhou Yu was ill in bed and personally commanded soldiers to attack Wu Bing. Zhou Yu stood up, patrolled the battalions, encouraged the soldiers and killed the enemy with his life. Coss had to retreat.
Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the partial general and concurrently the satrap of Nanjun, and took Xiajun, Hanchang, Liu Yang and Zhouling as cities to station troops in Jiangling. The unification process between Battle of Red Cliffs and China was temporarily interrupted, and the tripartite confrontation was revealed, while Zhou Yu was famous all over the world. After Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei led Jingzhou by General Zuo, and successively took the opportunity to capture Wuling, Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang counties and stationed in the public security. Liu Biao's old department belongs to Liu Bei. In order to further expand his territory, Liu Bei went to Jingkou to see Sun Quan. He asked Sun Quan to lend him the south county on the grounds that the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River had little land and could not provide security for the people, so that he could control the situation in Jingzhou.
Zhou Yu wrote to Sun Quan, saying: "Liu Bei is a lean man, and generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Xiong Hu must not be used for a long time." I think the best way is to leave Liu Bei in Wu, build a palace for him, play with his beautiful women to entertain his eyes and ears, divide them into two factions, and let those like him fight and attack, so that the big things can be decided. Now all three are on the battlefield, and the dinosaurs have sex, but Sun Quan thinks that Cao Cao is too powerful in the north, so he should recruit heroes to compete with him. And Liu Bei is by no means a man who can be easily subdued, so he did not adopt Zhou Yu's construction strategy. Zhou Yu's plan to contain Liu Bei was not adopted, and he was very unwilling, so he put forward another plan to Sun Quan. When Liu Zhang was appointed as Yizhou Pastoral, Zhang Lu kept making trouble. Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan, "Cao Cao's new defeat has a lingering fear, and even the generals can't compare with him. Go to Shu with begging, win Shu and Zhang Lu, and stay and stick to its land to help Ma Chao. Yu is still in Xiangyang for talks with the general, and Zhou Yu's plan to go north is of great strategic significance. Sun Quan immediately agreed. Zhou Yu wants to get back to Jiangling and prepare for the war. He got sick halfway and died in Baqiu (now Yueyang, Hunan) at the age of 36. After Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan felt pain and broke his ankle. So, I personally put on my mourning clothes and mourned for him, moving left and right. When Zhou Yu's coffin was transported back to Wu Jun, Sun Quan personally went to Wuhu to meet him, and all funeral expenses were borne by the state. Zhou Yu's Tomb was built in the 15th year of Jian 'an (2 10). The cemetery covers an area of about 5 mu, and the trillion area is about 8 feet high. It is sealed, there is no table, and the tomb is built on the flat ground. It is made of Han bricks, with the tomb door facing east, surrounded by stone railings and a wooden hexagonal "laughing pavilion" next to it. A thousand years later, the tomb collapsed and the pavilion fell. The total area of the cemetery has been expanded to 8648 square meters. Zhou Yu fought all his life, with a strong enterprising spirit and a report that swept the world. Zhou Yu, a young man with lofty ideals and charming personality, is famous for commenting on Yingfa. Zhou Yu is gifted in literature and is good at music. Even after drinking, he can still hear the subtle omissions in the music played by the musician. Whenever this happens, he always turns to have a look. Therefore, there was a saying at that time that "Song was wrong and Zhou Lang would take care of it." Zhou Yu is polite. At that time, Sun Quan was just a general, and the generals and guests were not fully prepared for his etiquette, which was rather hasty. Only Zhou Yu served Sun Quan carefully and treated him in full accordance with the ceremony of the monarch and the minister.
Zhou Yu is open-minded and convinced by virtue, which is completely different from Zhou Yu invented by later novelists. It should be said that this is Zhou Yu's true character. Cheng Pu had a bad relationship with Zhou Yu. Cheng Pu thinks he is older than Zhou Yu and bullied Zhou Yu many times. Zhou Yu has always been tolerant and never cared about him. Cheng Pu later worshipped Zhou Yu in particular. He once said to people: "associating with Zhou Gongjin is like sipping wine, and you get drunk before you know it!" As for later generations, Zhou Yu was narrow-minded, jealous of talents and talents, and died of popularity, which is purely a novelist's statement and is not credible. Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan are all well aware of Zhou Yu's talent. Liu Bei once privately provoked the relationship between Zhou Yu and Sun Quan. On one occasion, Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and others saw Liu Bei off, Zhang Zhao and others left first, and Sun Quan talked with Liu Bei. Liu Bei sighed and said, "Gong Jin is the best in civil and military affairs. It's just that he is too big, I'm afraid he won't live long! " Cao Cao deliberately belittled Zhou Yu's role in Battle of Red Cliffs. Then he wrote to Sun Quan, saying, "Battle of Red Cliffs, the soldiers are sick, so I burned my boat and retired. Unexpectedly, this made Zhou Yu famous. " However, no matter what others say, Sun Quan knows it well. Before he died, Zhou Yu cried bitterly and said, "Gong Jin was very talented in Wang Zuo, and now he is short-lived. Who should I rely on in the future? " After he proclaimed himself emperor, he still remembered Zhou Yu and said to his ministers, "How can I be emperor without Zhou Gongjin?"
Zhou Yu has two sons and one daughter, the daughter is Prince Sun Deng, the eldest son Zhou Xun marries the princess, and the second son is also an official.