In the official history, Zhou Yu is a "prodigy" and a "real genius", and Fan Chengda is known as "the hero of the world and the romantic husband of Jiangzuo". When Song Huizong chased him for Pinglu. Ranked among the sixty-four generals of Tang Wu Temple and one of the seventy-two generals of Wu Song Temple.
History books and unofficial history have different opinions about the cause of Zhou Yu's death. Today, I will talk about one of them, who died of the anger of Ge Liang. This is the most widely known statement.
In The Romance of The Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong used Zhou Yu as a metaphor for Zhu Gekongming with extraordinary intelligence. Therefore, even if he is a "dead man", he will be useful, so he told a very beautiful story of "Sanyu".
When we read the story of "Three Yu" in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we always feel that Zhou Yu and Kong Ming have changed a lot compared with Battle of Red Cliffs. Zhou Yu is no longer resourceful, but has become a retarded and angry naive child. Even Kong Ming is no longer as broad-minded as before, and he advances on his opponent step by step, almost the same as Zhou Yu's attitude towards him before. Knowing that Zhou Yu was ill and angry, he was secretly happy after winning the battle. Why did he send someone to scold Zhou Yu and even write a letter to humiliate him? It seems that he is determined to die, and then hurry away. If Zhou Yu was once the villain of Kong Ming, Kong Ming was even worse at this time. No wonder Lu Xun said, "Zhuge Yingming is close to the demon."
It is said that Zhou Yu invented 37 tricks, that is, the trick of cheating death, which was defeated in one fell swoop and ended in death. What the hell is going on? The following story reveals the mystery.
It turned out that Zhuge Liang had sent Zhang Fei to ambush Zhou Yu in Luhuadang.
On the way to defeat, Zhou Yu vomited blood and was unconscious. The soldiers in Dongwu were depressed and worried that the governor was dying. Seeing this situation, Zhou Yu remembered a famous saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War that "all is fair in war". It is better to play with the sadness of the three armies. Immediately call Lu Su into the account, screen back or so, biting his ear to teach the secret trick.
After Zhou Yu's words, he suddenly bit his tongue and vomited blood again and again. Suddenly, he shouted: "since you have a surplus, why not have a bright life!" Amethyst, avenge me! " Then he fell flat on the bed and died.
Lu Su acted according to the plan, and at the same time called the civil and military generals, quickly camped out and pulled out the village, and retreated to Wu Dong; At the same time, Zhou Yu's coffin was sent back to Chaisangkou by Poyang Lake for a big funeral.
Zhuge Liang was in Jingzhou when he suddenly heard that Zhou Yu was so angry that he couldn't help wondering. He thought: Zhou Yu is a general, familiar with the art of war, and knows that winning or losing is a common occurrence in military strategists. How can he get angry easily? Maybe it's cheating, so it's better to mourn in person and see the truth. He prepared the paper, wrote it, took twenty captains, bid farewell to Liu Bei, and arrived at Chaisangkou.
When Lu Su saw that Zhuge Liang had really come to offer his condolences, he shouted for him and exulted in his heart. Then, according to Zhou Yu's method, he sent fifty knife and axe men to ambush on both sides of the mourning hall, and the other two generals Ding Feng and Xu Ning hid behind the altar with swords and obeyed orders.
Zhuge Liang walked into the mourning hall and quietly glanced at the hatchback. He found that the civil and military generals at the wake were all eyeing and murderous, and there was no sad atmosphere at all. Even Zhou Yu's wife, Xiao Qiao, was not at the wake, and he felt bad in his heart, which further confirmed his guess that Zhou Yu was playing dead. What should we do now? We can't retreat, and we can't panic. We have to "take it when we come", improvise and try to break the fraud to win, so that we can escape safely.
Zhuge Liang immediately burned incense, lit candles, paper and silks, knelt in front of the platform and wept bitterly, but secretly took a look at the mysterious coffin and immediately found two military commanders hiding inside, running at daggers drawn. Zhuge Liang thought, I am kneeling here and crying. If I get caught by two people, it's really bad luck. It is better to help the coffin and cry, see what Zhou Yu is doing in the coffin, and then make plans. So he knocked on his head three times and cried and read aloud the eulogy. This eulogy was sincere and touching, and the soldiers on both sides cried and mourned. Zhuge Liang also cried like a crybaby. After burning the eulogy, he simply threw himself on the coffin and helped the coffin cry even more sadly. Suddenly, he found a vent on the coffin lid. Zhou Yu has been lying in the coffin pretending to be dead, just aiming at the vent to breathe. Zhuge Liang secretly folded half a candle and plugged the vent while everyone was crying. Zhou Yugang wants to lift his leg and kick open the coffin lid. Unexpectedly, the air hole was blocked and the air was cut off. He only felt that his chest was tight and his throat was still open. Where did you get the strength to kick open the coffin lid?
Lu Su was impatient and thought, why didn't the viceroy jump out and order it? So he also approached the coffin, punning and crying, saying, "Brother Gong Jin, Mr. Wolong came to the coffin and cried. Did you hear that? "
Of course Zhou Yu heard it. Unfortunately, he is dying, and there is nothing he can do. He just suffocated in the coffin.
Zhuge Liang cried for a while, but nothing happened in the coffin. It is estimated that Zhou Yu is really dead, so he left with tears.
Lu Su had no choice but to let him go back to Jingzhou by boat.
As soon as Zhuge Liang left, Lu Su turned back to the mourning hall, patted the coffin lid and said, "Gong Jin, why did you change your mind and stop killing Zhuge Liang?" I asked several times in a row, but there was no answer in the coffin. Lu Su quickly opened the coffin and saw Zhou Yu lying on his back. Alas, he is dead! Looking again, I don't know when Zhuge Liang stuffed half a candle in the blowhole. Obviously, Zhou Yu was suffocated.
The thirty-seven tricks invented by Zhou Yu, that is, the trick of playing dead, were defeated at one fell swoop and paid the price of life. Whether this is a brilliant plan or not, I look forward to your comments.
Inscription of hole (1) in coffin (2) (1)