How handsome is Zhou Yu in history? How powerful is Zhou Yu?
When I mention Zhou Yu, I always unconsciously think of his famous saying: If you are born with Yu, why should you be born with Liang!
In The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong portrayed Zhou Yu as a man with a high heart and fighting wits with Zhuge Liang, which made many people lament Zhou Yu's extraordinary talent, but also hated his haggling over every ounce.
In fact, Zhou Yu's accusation is really unfair. The real Zhou Yu in history is one of the best in both talent and tolerance.
The real Zhou Yu is magnanimous and almost never makes bad friends with others. At that time, there was a man named Cheng Pu who always had a hard time with Zhou Yu and often deliberately abused him because he was older than Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu never blushed when he treated this person, and he never cared about the process.
Later, Cheng Pu was moved by Zhou Yu and became very worshipful of Zhou Yu. He often tells others: associating with Zhou Gongjin is like drinking, and you get drunk before you know it.
How handsome is Zhou Yu in history? If Zhou Yu is really a narrow-minded person, I'm afraid this Cheng Pu has died more than ten million times!
In the official history, Zhou Yu is not only generous, but also proficient in temperament and handsome. Even Sun Quan said that Zhou Yu was the capital of Wang Zuo, and Fan Chengda in the Southern Song Dynasty praised Zhou Yu as a hero in the world.
Zhou Yu was born in a bureaucratic family. Many people in the Zhou family were great officials in the Han Dynasty. He is tall and handsome, and only knows others. Imagine, like Zhou Yu, a handsome guy with a good family, good personality, good looks and versatility, will his fans be less? Many women in boudoir regard it as their dream lover.
According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu was proficient in temperament when he was young. Even if he is slightly drunk, he can detect the player's slight mistake and immediately turn his head to see the person who made the mistake. Many women deliberately play the wrong music in order to impress Zhou Lang!
Some people may say that family background and looks don't mean anything. Even if the family is extraordinary and looks good, how powerful can Zhou Yu be? No matter how powerful it is, can it be as powerful as Zhuge Liang?
Zhou Yu fought countless wars in his life, but Battle of Red Cliffs was the most famous. At that time, Soochow only gave him an army of 30 thousand people. Although nominally Dongwu and Liu Bei jointly resisted Cao, Liu Bei did not hand over his military forces to Zhou Yu, but ordered Zhang Fei and Guan Yu to watch from behind Zhou Yu. Cao Cao led an army of about 150,000 to 60,000 people. Together with the 70,000 or 80,000 people that Liu Biao reduced from Cao Cao, there are more than 200,000 troops.
If it were the average person, he would have been frightened out of his wits when he heard that 30 thousand was against more than 200 thousand. How can he resist? But Zhou Yu did not panic, but confidently told Liu Bei that 30 thousand people were enough!
Later, Zhou Yu ordered Huang Gai to surrender, and then defeated Cao Jun with Huang Gai's fire attack strategy. Although Battle of Red Cliffs's aura was almost put on Zhuge Liang's head after the romance was rendered, Zhou Yu and Huang Gai in the official history were the key to the victory of this war!
Besides Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Yu also defeated Cao Wei's valiant soldier Coss. It's a pity that God envies talents. Zhou Yu died of a serious illness at the age of 36. Sun Quan felt very sad when he heard the bad news. He cried: Gong Jin has the capital of Wang Zuo, but his life is short. What can I rely on?
Later, in The Sun Rises, he said to the minister: Without Gong Jin, I can't be an emperor.
For Sun Ce, Sun Quan and Dongwu as a whole, the existence of Zhou Yu is of great significance. He helped the Sun Shi brothers heart and soul. When Sun Quan just took over the power of Dongwu, he also firmly supported Sun Quan. He opened up Jiangzuo and joined hands with Cao, which laid a solid foundation for the stability and strength of Dongwu.