Three Kingdoms

Chapter 15 Zhuge Liang's Three Qi Zhou Yu

Zhou Yu took advantage of the victory and pursued to compete with Liu Bei for Nanjun.Zhuge Liang asked Zhou Yu to seize Nanjun by himself.

When Cao Cao was defeated on Huarong Road, he ordered Cao Ren to guard Nanjun and Cao Hong to guard Yiling in order to prevent Zhou Yu from attacking.

Zhou Yu was ambushed by Cao Jun unknowingly, and was shot in the left rib by a poisoned arrow, and was almost killed by Cao Bing.Zhou Yu was defeated and returned.

Cao Ren and Cao Hong sent people to shout loudly in front of Zhou Yu's camp every day.Zhou Yu pretended to vomit blood and fell off his horse before the battle, and then ordered people to spread rumors that he died from spurting blood.

Cao Ren and Cao Hongxin thought it was true, but they didn't know what it was.He entered Zhou Yu's barracks in the middle of the night, but was defeated by the army commanded by Zhou Yu and fled.They didn't dare to go to Nanjun again, and desperately lost in the direction of Xiangyang.Zhou Yu ordered the army to chase and kill for more than ten li, and then withdrew the army and went to Nanjun.

At this time Nanjun was occupied by Zhao Yun.Zhou Yu was furious and ordered the army to attack the city, but was shot back by the army commanded by Zhao Yun.Zhou Yu sent troops to attack Xiangyang and Jingzhou.At this time, the soldiers who inquired about the military told Zhou Yu: "Zhang Fei attacked Jingzhou and captured it at once. Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang. These two cities were captured by Liu Bei's army without any effort." Zhou Yu was poisoned by Zhuge Liang's ingenious plan. The sores burst open and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

In order to expand Liu Bei's territory, Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun to capture Guiyang County.Zhao Yun led three thousand elite troops to attack Guiyang County.Zhang Fei also led three thousand elite soldiers to attack Wuling County.Guan Yu led five hundred troops to attack Changsha County, and also surrendered the brave generals Huang Zhong and Wei Yan.

Liu Bei's army was greatly boosted for a while.

Liu Qi in Jingzhou died of illness suddenly. Lu Su was ordered by Sun Quan of Eastern Wu to ask Liu Bei to return Jingzhou.Zhuge Liang wrote a letter, promising to return Jingzhou if Xichuan was captured.Lu Su had no choice but to return the order to Sun Quan with that document.

Zhou Yu knew that it was Zhuge Liang's trick.Therefore, he and Sun Quan discussed a plan, which was to marry Sun Quan's sister to Liu Bei when Liu Bei had just died of Mrs. Gan, and asked Liu Bei to go to Soochow to marry Sun Quan's sister in person, and then detain him as soon as Liu Bei arrived. Liu Bei was not released until Zhuge Liang was sent back to Jingzhou.

Sun Quan also praised Zhou Yu's clever strategy.So Lu Fan was sent to persuade Liu Bei to come to Soochow to welcome Sun Quan's sister.

Zhuge Liang ordered Liu Bei to get married, and sent Zhao Yun to protect Liu Bei. Before leaving, he gave Zhao Yun three kits.There are tricks hidden in the kit. When encountering difficulties, you can open it and watch it and follow the trick.

As soon as Liu Bei arrived in South Xuzhou, Zhao Yun opened the first kit.The trick is to ask Zhao Yun to order 500 men and horses in the group to wear red and hang colors, set off firecrackers, and tell the people in southern Xuzhou that Liu Xuande is going to marry the younger sister of Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty.As soon as this incident got out, almost everyone in Jiangdong knew about it.Liu Bei first met Qiao Guolao.Qiao Guolao told this incident to Sun Quan's mother, Wu Guotai.Wu Guotai cried and made a fuss in front of Sun Quan, which made Sun Quan very embarrassed.

Wu Guotai met Liu Bei at the Ganlu Temple. She saw that Liu Bei had an extraordinary appearance and looked like a dragon and a phoenix, so she agreed to marry her daughter to Liu Bei.

Sun Quan followed Zhou Yu's strategy and built a luxurious mansion for Liu Bei.Liu Bei was fascinated by the beauty and didn't want to go back to Jingzhou.Zhao Yun hastily opened the second kit. The trick was to ask Zhao Yun to constantly urge Liu Bei to return to Jingzhou, saying that Cao Cao personally led 50 troops to kill Jingzhou in order to avenge the defeat of Chibi.Liu Bei believed it was true, so he and his wife, Mrs. Sun, took the opportunity to go back to Jingzhou by boat.

Zhou Yu personally pursued Liu Bei by boat.Zhuge Liang picked up Liu Bei on the shore.Zhou Yu was killed and retreated by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong. Liu Bei's soldiers laughed at Zhou Yu for losing his wife and losing his army.Zhou Yu was so angry that the poisonous arrow sores burst open again, and vomited a big mouthful of blood, and passed out.

Zhou Yu was not convinced, so he used another strategy to seize Jingzhou.He wrote to Liu Bei that he was going to capture Xichuan, and hoped that Liu Bei could borrow food and grass on the way.Knowing that Zhou Yu wanted to take Jingzhou City, Zhuge Liang pretended to agree to Zhou Yu's request.

Zhou Yu thought that Zhuge Liang didn't know his plan, so he led an army to Jingzhou.Unexpectedly, he was defeated by Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan.Zhou Yu was so angry that the poisonous arrow sores burst again, and he vomited blood and passed out on the ground.Later Zhou Yu died in Baqiu.

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