Three Kingdoms

Chapter 12 Zhuge Liang Raised Zhou Yu
Cao Cao decided to join forces with Sun Quan of Soochow to attack Liu Bei.Sun Quan sent Lu Su to Liu Bei to inquire about the news.Liu Bei told Lu Su: "I want to join forces with Sun Quan to attack Cao Cao." So Lu Su asked Zhuge Liang to go to Soochow to meet Sun Quan and discuss strategies against Cao Cao.

The counselors of Soochow all advocated surrendering to Cao Cao.Sun Quan didn't know what to do, so he sent someone to invite Zhou Yu.Zhou Yu came back soon.Zhou Yu did not advocate surrender.

Zhuge Liang arrived in Soochow.Soochow counselors scrambled to make things difficult for Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang defeated the counselors of Soochow by virtue of his wisdom.

Sun Quan received Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to provoke Sun Quan and told Sun Quan: "Cao Cao led more than 100 million troops to attack Soochow. Soochow surrender quickly." Sun Quan was a little scared, so Sun Quan asked Zhuge Liang: "Why didn't Liu Bei surrender?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile: " How could my lord surrender? He is an uncle of the emperor, benevolent and righteous, and everyone worships him, so he will not surrender. On the contrary, he will fight Cao Cao to the end." Sun Quan was very unhappy when he heard this.

In the evening, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang kept discussing whether to surrender or not, and Lu Su was also present.

Zhou Yu said to Lu Su: "We should surrender to Cao Cao in order to preserve Soochow." Lu Su disagreed.Zhuge Liang watched their quarrel and remained silent.

Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang what plan he had.Zhuge Liang said: "I agree with General Zhou, surrender to Cao Cao." After hearing this, Lu Su couldn't help being furious: "Our lord Sun Quan will not surrender. How humiliating it is to surrender!"

Zhuge Liang said: "I have a plan to defeat Cao Cao."

Zhou Yu asked him what was his strategy?Zhuge Liang said: "Cao Cao once said that he has two major wishes. The first wish is to dominate the world; the second wish is to enjoy the happiness of life with Jiangdong's beauty, Qiao Xiaoqiao." Zhou Yu listened to Zhuge Liang's words. After the narration, he couldn't help but slapped the table and said angrily: "Da Qiao is General Sun Ce's wife, and Xiao Qiao is my wife. Isn't Cao Cao deceiving people too much?" Zhuge Liang pretended to be panicked and said: "I don't know Xiao Qiao Qiao is General Zhou's wife, I was wrong, she deserves death." Zhou Yu said, "I will definitely kill that old traitor Cao Cao!" Zhuge Liang hurriedly said, "Don't regret what you just said." Zhou Yu took Zhuge Liang's hand and said: "Soochow is going to war with Cao Jun, and we still need Mr. Zhuge's help!" Zhuge Liang said: "I am willing to help General Zhou!"

The next day, Zhou Yu went to see Sun Quan.At that time, the civil and military officials of the Eastern Wu Dynasty were all there.Zhou Yu scolded Zhang Zhao and other counselors who advocated surrender.Zhou Yu said to Sun Quan again: "I am willing to lead 5 elite troops to garrison Xiakou and fight Cao Cao to the death."

Sun Quan was very happy and handed over the military power to Zhou Yu.Zhou Yu took the sword that Sun Quan gave him to command the whole army.As soon as he returned to the barracks, he asked Zhuge Liang to discuss how to defeat Cao Cao.Zhuge Liang said: "General Sun is still a little worried that Cao Jun has too many generals." Zhou Yu heard that it made sense, and went to see Sun Quan in the middle of the night.After listening to Zhou Yu's detailed analysis, Sun Quan felt that Cao Jun was not to be feared, so he made up his mind to fight Cao Cao to the death.Zhou Yu thought that Zhuge Liang's strategy was better than him, so he wanted to get rid of Zhuge Liang.

Zhou Yu failed to defeat Zhuge Liang even after several tricks, so he decided to lure Liu Bei to the Soochow Army camp to take the opportunity to kill him.But Liu Bei and Guan Yu were closely protecting him, and Zhou Yu didn't dare to do anything, so he had to let Liu Bei go back again.

(End of this chapter)