He didn't join forces with Cao Cao until he was 51 years old. Battle of Red Cliffs saw through Huang Gai's false surrender, but finally he retreated bravely.
In the Battle of Red Cliffs, he always advised Cao Cao to pay attention to things such as chain locking and southeast wind rising to guard against Wu Jun's plot, but Cao Cao thought there was no need to worry and not to be on guard. Later, when Wu falsely surrendered Huang Gai and falsely claimed that he would sail the grain ship to yield, it was also the first time that he learned that his ship was not a grain ship and there must be fraud.
After the Red Cliff War, he told Cao Cao in Huarong Road during the Cao Cao crisis, asking him to impress Guan Yu with Zhang Liao and the past. Cao Cao was very suspicious when he learned that Liu Bei had Jingzhou, so he suggested that Zhou Yu and Cheng Puyao lead the county of Jingzhou, provoking disputes between Sun and Liu, which indirectly caused Zhuge Liang to grieve Zhou Yu.
His name is Cheng Yu. In this colorful book of heroes in The Three Kingdoms, Cheng Yu, a native of Dongjun, doesn't seem to be often noticed. He doesn't have Guo Jia's magical and bizarre tactics, Sima Zhong Da's forbearance and cunning means, and he doesn't have the iconic goose feather fan in Kong Ming's hand, which can be used for his camera. Whenever the heroes of the Three Kingdoms are competing to shine the light of their constellations, Cheng Yu seems to be like a gloomy fourth-class star, just hiding at the end of the awning and not competing with others. However, when we look up at the sky carefully again, this gloomy general star may show us dazzling light.
As the saying goes, gold will shine sooner or later, and so will Cheng Yu, a gold, even though he lived in that turbulent era at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. As for Cheng Yu, because he didn't step into his official career too early, it naturally caused Cheng Yu not to have many opportunities to show himself. In addition, due to the uneven ink level of each character in Mr. Luo Lao's masterpiece The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cheng Yu left a slightly mediocre figure in the eyes of the world. However, it is not difficult for us to get a glimpse of Cheng Yu's talents through his excellent performance in the two processes of breaking the yellow turban insurrectionary and intellectually persuading Liu Dai.
In 192 AD, Liu Dai, the secretariat of Yanzhou, was killed by the Yellow Scarf Army, but Liu Dai's death gave Cao Cao a godsend. With the help of Chen Gong, Cao Cao successfully entered Yanzhou, and took the first step of his hegemony. In the first days, Cao Cao was thirsty for talents and heard that Cheng Yu was in Yanzhou, so he quickly sent someone to summon him. At this time, Cheng Yu, who was 51 years old, unexpectedly agreed very readily. Before leaving, fellow villagers wondered why Cheng Yu's behavior was inconsistent, but Cheng Yu just laughed. In this way, Cheng Yu began his career under Cao Cao. Later, when talking with Cheng Yu about state affairs, Cao Cao was very satisfied with the results, so he appointed Cheng Yu as Shou Zhangling.
in 194 ad, Cao Cao marched eastward to Xuzhou, making Cheng Yu and Xun stay in Juancheng. Just as Cao Cao stepped out of Yanzhou, Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others were in turmoil. Chen and Zhang took this opportunity to secretly welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou. Suddenly, all the surrounding counties responded, and the situation in Yanzhou was in dire straits. At this point, because the Juan City and Fan and Dong 'e counties left behind by Cheng Yu and Xun were not frightened by Lu Bu's arrogance, they still maintained a high state of alert. However, when they heard that Chen Gong wanted to lead an army to attack Dong 'e, the people in Juan City were also shocked. Seeing that the situation is constantly deteriorating, the time left for Cheng and Xun is getting shorter and shorter. They have not only three cities and tens of thousands of lives in them, but more importantly, if these three cities are lost again, Yanzhou will completely fall into the bag of Lu Bu, and Cao Cao, who is conquering outside at this moment, will fall to the point of homelessness, and a devastating ending may follow. < P > At this critical juncture.
after a brief analysis and discussion between cheng Yu and Xun, Xun said to cheng Yu: Yanzhou is rebellious now, and only these three cities can be preserved. Chen Gong and others are heavily stationed in the city. If they can't unite as one, the three cities will shake. And you are the hope of the officials and the people. Now go back and lobby them, and you will succeed. So, Cheng Yu readily agreed and immediately came to Fan County. Knowing that the family of JinYun, the county magistrate of Fan County, was in Lu Bu's hands, Cheng Yu persuaded him to defend the city with reason and emotion, and made him secretly send an ambush to assassinate dysprosium and lead the siege of Fan County to be successfully resolved under Cheng Yu's lobbying. Later, Cheng Yu sent people to do some tricks in Cangtingjin, which made Chen Gongjun unable to cross, which successfully delayed his invasion. Then, Cheng Yu rushed to his hometown Dong 'e non-stop. After arriving in Dong 'e County, because of Cheng Yu's high prestige here, it is natural for local soldiers and civilians to hold on to the city under the leadership of Dong 'e Aring Zaozuo, and the difficulties in Dong 'e are solved. In the end, the battle of Yanzhou three cities was successfully completed under the command of Cheng and Xun and with the help of Xue Mian. When Cao Cao returned from his crusade, he was even more moved to hold Cheng Yu's hand and said, If it weren't for Cheng Qing's strength, I would have nothing to return to. Then he appointed Cheng Yu as Dongping Xiang and Tunfan in the above table.
In this way, Cheng Yu once again showed his good overall control ability and superior strategy during the crisis, and successfully helped Cao Cao to preserve the foundation of his hegemony. Here, after Cheng Yu designed and preserved the Three Cities, he and Cao Cao had another short story. According to the records in Wei Shu's book, Cheng Yu often dreamed of climbing Mount Tai when he was a child, holding the sun in his hands, which may be a sign of wealth in ancient times. Soon, Cheng Yu told this dream to his good friend Xun, and Xun told it to Cao Cao. At this time, Cao Cao's view of Cheng Yu began to change greatly after he passed the merits of the Three Cities and listened to Xun's story. One day, Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu with great emotion: Qing should be my heart in the end. Cheng Yu was originally named Cheng Li, and Cao Cao renamed it Yu because of his dream of holding the sun.
At that time, in the era of great turmoil when the world was falling apart, the famous saying that not only the monarch chooses his ministers, but also the ministers choose his princes has already become the common understanding and foundation principle of many wise men, and Cheng Yu finally met his Bole after politely declining Liu Dai's call-up twice. Subsequently, relying on the merits of the three cities and his own good strength, he gradually gained the attention and trust of Cao Cao and successfully squeezed into the core counselor group under Cao Cao. As for the allusion of Cheng Yu's praise for Japan, it has long been a beautiful talk and has become a symbol of mutual trust between the monarch and the minister.
After Cheng Yu designed and saved the three cities, the war between Cao Cao and Lu Bu also started. At first, Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Puyang. In previous battles, Cao Cao failed to gain an advantage and lost several times. After that, there was another locust disaster in the local area. In desperation, the two sides had to lead troops temporarily. At this time, Yuan Shao of Hebei Province unexpectedly appeared. He sent messengers in the name of Lianhe, hoping that Cao Cao would move to his home, but the real purpose of this move was to take this opportunity to control Cao Cao. Because Cao Cao had just lost Yanzhou at that time, and the commissary was about to run out, he was trying to agree to Yuan Shao's request, but Cheng Yu appeared at this critical moment. After asking Cao Cao about the specific situation, Cheng Yu hit the nail on the head. Nowadays, although Yuan Shao occupies the land of Yan and Zhao, and he also has the ambition to annex the world, his wisdom cannot help him. At this time, although Cao Cao only had three cities, the situation was very difficult, but for Cao Cao, as long as the civil servants and military commanders in his hands and the soldiers in the city were reasonably used, the business of overlord would be achieved. After listening to Cheng Yu's comprehensive analysis, Cao Cao gave up the idea of harmony.
in 196 ad, Cao Cao welcomed the son of heaven into Xudu under the advice of Cheng Yu and Xun, and took Cheng Yu as his senior minister. Then, because Yanzhou at that time had not yet been settled, he took Cheng Yu as the commander-in-chief, led the satrap, and supervised Yanzhou. At the same time, Liu Bei also joined Cao Cao after losing Xuzhou. Cheng Yu saw that Liu Bei had great talent and would not be reconciled to others, so he advised Cao Cao to kill him, but unfortunately he was rejected by Cao Cao. Soon, Cao Cao sent Liu Bei to Xuzhou to intercept Yuan Shu, and this time it was the foreshadowing for Liu Bei to become Cao Cao's biggest opponent in his later life. Afterwards, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, "Your master didn't get rid of Liu Bei the day before yesterday, but now he will be disloyal if he uses it as a soldier. Cao Cao woke up suddenly, but he regretted it after all. Sure enough, things didn't go out as planned by Cheng and Guo. After Yuan Shu died of illness, Liu Bei went to Xuzhou and killed Cao Cao's confidant Che Yanyan once, and dispatch troops rebelled against Cao Cao. Soon after, Cheng Yu was promoted to General Zhenwei.
Time goes on again. Before the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao stationed troops in Liyang and prepared to move to the south. At this time, Cheng Yu happened to be guarding Juancheng. Because Cheng Yu had only about 7 troops at that time, and Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao was powerful, he was anxious to add two thousand troops to Juancheng to help Cheng Yu defend the city. But when Cheng Yu heard the news, he took a step that no one thought of, and that was to refuse Cao Cao's reinforcements. Cheng Yu explained to Cao Cao: Now Yuan Shao has hundreds of thousands of troops and thinks he is invincible. If he sees that Yu has few troops, he will not attack easily. But if you accept the reinforcements, you will be attacked by Yuan Shao on a large scale, which will only damage the situation. I hope your majesty will not doubt it. Later, when Yuan Shao heard that Cheng Yubing was few, he dismissed it. Indeed, there was no invasion against Juancheng, and Cheng Yu's performance once again made people gasp in admiration. In 2 AD, Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao, and his two sons, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, had to flee, and the battle of Guandu came to an end. At this time, Cheng Yu corrected a group of mountain people and outlaws, and got thousands of elite soldiers, so he led the army to join forces with Cao Cao in Liyang to win two yuan. Second Yuan was defeated again, and Cheng Yu was sealed as General Fenwu, and he was appointed as Tinghou of Anguo.
in 28 ad, Cao Cao personally led an army to attack Jingzhou. In desperation, Liu Bei had to flee to Soochow for help. At this point, some people think that Liu Bei's going here is like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and Sun Quan will kill Liu Bei, which will save him from future trouble. However, Cheng Yu did not take precautions. He analyzed that since Sun Quan ascended the throne shortly at that time, he was naturally not afraid of it at home. This time, Cao Cao's first expedition to Jingzhou was already a great success. Although Sun Quan was resourceful, he did not have the ability to resist alone. Liu Bei, on the other hand, has a great reputation, plus Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all enemies, so Sun Quan will certainly help Liu Bei to resist Cao Jun. By the time Sun and Liu parted ways, Sun Quan had already lost the chance to kill Liu Bei. Facts have proved once again that Cheng Yu's judgment is accurate. In Battle of Red Cliffs, Sun Quan and Liu Bei joined forces to reject Cao Cao. At this time, Cheng Yu, who is nearly old, also went to war with the army. According to records, this became Cheng Yu's last expedition with the army, and it was this last expedition. Cheng Yu once again showed amazing insight at a critical juncture. When Huang Gai's fraudulent grain surrender ship came, Cheng Yu rebelled that Huang Gai's ship was not a grain surrender ship by virtue of the speed of the ship, thus successfully seeing through his fraudulent surrender strategy. However, all this still seems to be unable to prevent Cao Cao from failing. In Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao was defeated by the allied forces of Sun and Liu, so he had to flee to Nanjun in a hurry. Since then, the world has gradually stepped into a full swing.
I don't know how long it took, but the middle of summer gradually became normal. One day, Cao Cao gently caressed Cheng Yu's back and said with emotion: Yanzhou's defeat needs no words. Why did I get here? I don't know how to understand this sentence. Perhaps Cao Cao remembered the scene of rejecting Yuan Shao after the defeat of Yanzhou. If he hadn't listened to Cheng Yu's exhortation at that time, I don't know how bleak it would be now. However, whatever the meaning of this sentence is, at least it is certain that Cheng Yu was moved by Cao Cao. Therefore, after Cheng Yu expressed his desire to retire at a meeting of the clan to serve cattle and wine, he immediately chose to return to the army and retreat bravely. In this way, Cheng Yu has never appeared under the sky that belongs to him since then. Author: Xiao Long for nine days