Chapter 56 Cao Cao’s banquet at the Tongque Terrace Kong Ming Sanqi Zhou Gongjin
The Tongque Terrace in Yecheng was completed, and Cao Cao and all civil and military officials had a banquet at the Tongque Terrace. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang told Lu Su, who came to claim Jingzhou, that they could only return Jingzhou after acquiring Yizhou. Zhou Yu wanted to attack Jingzhou in the name of laboring the army, but Zhuge Liang saw through the plan and arranged four armies to wait for the arrival of Zhou Yu's troops. ?Extended information
Brief introduction of the main characters in this chapter:
1. Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding statesman, military strategist, diplomat, writer, calligrapher, inventor. In his early years, he followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Jingzhou. After Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong, Xiangyang. ? Later Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times to invite Zhuge Liang, and joined forces with Sun Yat-sen to fight against Cao Cao, and defeated Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi. Forming the power of the Three Kingdoms, they also captured Jingzhou.
In the 16th year of Jian'an (211), Yizhou was captured. Then he defeated Cao Jun and captured Hanzhong. In the first year of Shu Zhangwu (221), Liu Bei established the Shu Han regime in Chengdu, and Zhuge Liang was appointed prime minister to preside over the government. Liu Chan, the empress of Shu, succeeded to the throne, and Zhuge Liang was granted the title of Marquis of Wuxiang and led the herding of Yizhou. Be diligent and cautious, handle all political affairs personally, and strictly enforce rewards and punishments.
Alliance with Soochow to improve relations with all ethnic groups in the southwest; implement farmland policy and strengthen war preparations. Six Northern Expeditions to the Central Plains were carried out, but most of them used food to achieve no success. He eventually became ill due to overwork and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan (now Qishan, Baoji, Shaanxi) in the twelfth year of Jianxing Shu (234) at the age of 54. Liu Chan named him Zhongwuhou, and later generations often called Zhuge Liang the honorific name Wuhou. The Eastern Jin regime named him King Wuxing because of his military prowess.
2. Zhou Yu was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was the son of Zhou Yi, the commander of Luoyang, his grandfather Zhou Jing and his uncle Zhou Zhong, both of whom rose to the rank of Taiwei. He is long and strong, has good looks and fine music, and there is a saying in Jiangdong that "if the music is wrong, Zhou Lang will take care of it".
Zhou Yu had a good relationship with Sun Ce. At the age of 21, he followed Sun Ce to the battlefield to pacify Jiangdong. Later, Sun Ce was assassinated and Sun Quan succeeded him. Everything.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Zhou Yu led his army to join forces with Liu Bei and defeated Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi, thus laying the foundation for the "three-part world". He also led his army to defeat Cao Ren and worshiped the partial general as the governor of Nanjun. He died of illness in Baqiu in the 15th year of Jian'an (210 years) at the age of 36.
Official history records that Zhou Yu had a "magnificent personality" and "a real genius". Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu for having "the qualifications of a king's assistant", and Fan Cheng praised him as "a heroic man in the world and a romantic and beautiful husband on the left side of the Yangtze River". During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he was honored as Pinglubo. Ranked among the 64 generals in the Tang Wumiao Temple and one of the 72 generals in the Song Wumiao Temple.