Chapter 11 Five, Liu Bei is finally relieved

The Sun Wu Corps led by Zhou Yu has about 30,000 people. Although the number is not large, the main force is the navy.These navy troops had received Zhou Yu's long-term training in Poyang Lake (then called Peng Lize), and they were well-equipped, well-organized in fighting, and strong in combat effectiveness. In Jiujiang, a beautiful city on the banks of the Yangtze River, there is a Gantang Lake in the city, and there is still a Zhou Yu Dianjiangtai on a small island in the lake.A few years ago, I went there on a business trip, and I visited it admiringly. The area of ​​this lake is really limited. It is difficult to hold a military parade in this place, let alone an exercise or drill. Later, I heard that the area around Jiujiang includes the Poyang Lake area and Zhou Yu. There are several other places related to the Dianjiangtai and the military parade, which may have been built in memory of Zhou Yu in the past.

The main generals under Zhou Yu include: Huang Gai (then captain of Danyang County), Ling Tong (then captain of Chenglie), Sun Kuang (then captain of Changshui), Gan Ning (then magistrate of Dangkou County), Lu Meng (then Ren Hengye Zhonglang General), Han Dang (then Zhonglang General), Quan Cong (then Fenwei Colonel), Lu Dai (then Governor Army Colonel), Sun Ben (then Zhenglu General and Yuzhang County Prefect), Lu Xun (then was the captain of Jingwei), Pan Zhang (then was the captain of Wumeng). In charge of logistics support were Zhu Zhi (General Fuyi at the time) and Lu Fan (General Pi at the time and prefect of Pengze County, which was set up by Sun Quan himself).

The above basically includes all the essence of Sun Wu's army. Among them, there are many veterans who followed the Sun family during the Sun Jian era, with senior qualifications, high prestige, and rich combat experience. But from the perspective of military positions, their positions are generally not high. Sun Ben, Zhu Zhi, Lu Fan and others have the title of general, and they can be regarded as the rank of army commander and deputy army commander. Other school lieutenants and captains can be regarded as generals. It is the level of division commander and brigade commander.This is because the total strength of the Sun Wu Corps is limited, and military positions are related to the number of troops.

Even Sun Quan himself, his current official position is nothing more than a general seeking captives, and his rank is about the same as that of Yu Jin, Le Jin, and Zhang Liao.Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Sun Wuxi Army Corps, joined the Sun camp for just ten years. Compared with Han Dang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Zhu Zhi, the veterans who followed Sun Jian in the South and North, his qualifications were far behind. Judging from the position, Zhou Yu is serving as the Central Guard Army at this time. This position is very important. He is in charge of the Guards, but his rank is not too high.In Cao Cao's side, Han Hao, Xiahou's deputy, served as the central guard for a long time.It can be seen that in terms of status, Zhou Yu is also worse than the veterans.

After the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu, who made outstanding achievements in the world, was promoted by Sun Quan to be a partial general, which can be regarded as a deputy army rank. This is the uniqueness of Sun Quan's employment of people. Regardless of seniority, everything is determined by ability and needs. The Sun Wu Corps commanded by Zhou Yu went up the river and soon reached Fankou in E County, where Liu Bei was already waiting anxiously. After Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to Chaisang, he waited anxiously for news.He sent a lot of scouts to inquire about the news of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the information he got was that Cao Cao personally led the army to come by boat, and Liu Bei was very anxious.

Liu Bei had no idea whether Zhuge Liang could persuade Sun Quan to resist Cao Cao together.Speaking of it, the relationship between Sun Quan and Cao Cao is closer. The two families are still relatives. Sun Quan’s younger brother Sun Kuang married Cao Cao’s niece, and Sun Quan’s cousin Sun Ben is the father-in-law of Cao Cao’s son Cao Zhang. The two families may become a family at any time Sex is also great.If that's the case, Liu Bei has really reached the point where he can't answer every day and the ground is not working. This is not unfounded worry. According to the "Three Kingdoms Zhu Zhizhuan", Sun Ben, who was the prefect of Yuzhang County at this time, had plans to surrender to Cao Cao (and Cao Gong broke Jingzhou, Megatron Southland, Ben was afraid, and wanted to send his son into a hostage).After Fuyi General Zhu Zhi heard about it, he hurried to persuade him, stating his interests, and Sun Ben gave up.

Liu Bei thought, maybe he could surrender Cao Cao again.But he thought again, the situation in the world has undergone fundamental changes. With the eradication of heroes one by one, Cao Cao no longer needs to use him to express his tolerance and love to the world. As an important opponent in Cao Cao's eyes, he and Cao Cao There are countless grievances and entanglements. If Cao Cao falls into the hands, waiting for his ending may not be much better than that of his old friend Lu Bu. Upstairs at the White Gate, Lu Bu was strangled to death with a rope, and Liu Bei was there.Whenever he thinks of these things, Liu Bei often wakes up from his dreams. This is probably the most difficult time in Liu Bei's life.

According to "Jiang Biao Zhuan", Liu Bei sent people to the Yangtze River every day to see if Sun Wu's navy came. Finally, Liu Bei received a report that he saw Sun Wu's warship.Liu Bei was very excited, but still couldn't believe it. He asked the scouts, could this be the Qingxu Corps of Cao Jun (how do you know it's not Qingxu Junxie)?The Qingxu Corps was ordered by Cao Cao to be under the command of Zang Ba, who deterred Sun Wu from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Zang Ba should be in Guangling County at this time, that is, near today's Yangzhou and Taizhou, thousands of miles away, how could he suddenly appear here?It can be seen that brother Liu Bei was really scared.

The scouts reported that it was not Cao Jun but Sun Wu's ship, because the signs on Sun Wu's ship were obvious.Liu Bei was relieved at this point, so he sent someone to condolences. However, then the two sides had a small dispute over some etiquette arrangements.Zhou Yu didn't wait for Liu Bei himself in his naval camp, but only saw the envoy sent by Liu Bei, a little unhappy.Zhou Yu told the envoy: "I have military affairs on my side, so I can't leave casually. It would be the best if General Liu can condescend to come here." Although Liu Bei is going downhill, he is also the left general officially appointed by the imperial court, and his position is much higher than that of Sun Quan, not to mention the little Zhonglang general Zhou Yu?In terms of age, Liu Bei was forty-seven years old at this time, and Zhou Yu was thirty-three years old. At that time, he was fourteen or fifteen years old, which was a generation behind. Zhou Yu should call Liu Bei uncle when he saw Liu Bei.

Zhou Yu just wanted to set a score for Liu Bei, because it involved the issue of whether his orders would work well when the two armies joined forces in the next step.Liu Bei's envoy came back and reported truthfully, which must have offended Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, because "Jiang Biao Zhuan" recorded how Liu Bei did ideological and political work for them.Liu Bei said: "He wants me to go. Now we are working together to fight against Cao Cao. If we don't go, it will not show our sincerity." Liu Bei then took a small boat to meet Zhou Yu (he went to see Yu in a single boat).This arrangement is also very particular. The light boat is simple and easy, which not only looks chic, but also shows that we don't really care about you.

When Liu Bei met Zhou Yu, he discussed the strategy of resisting the enemy. He cut to the chase and asked the question he was most concerned about right now: "How many people did General Zhou bring with him this time?" Zhou Yu told the truth: "Thirty thousand people." Liu Bei was disappointed: "It's too little (hate less)." Zhou Yu said confidently: "This is enough, please General Liu to see how I, Zhou Yu, defeat the enemy." Liu Bei chatted with Zhou Yu for a while. He wanted to ask Zhou Yu to call Lu Su over to chat with him. Zhou Yu said, "You can't leave without permission if you accept an order. If you want to see Zijing, you can make a special trip to visit him." (If you want to see Zijing, don't pass him by)." Zhou Yu told Liu Bei at the same time that Zhuge Liang had also returned and would arrive in three or two days.According to a book called "Yuan Zi", Zhuge Liang's mission to Chaisang left a deep impression on many people in Jiangdong.Zhang Zhao admired Zhuge Liang's talent very much, recommended him to Sun Quan, and hoped that he would switch to Sun Wu.Right now, the company run by Sun Quan is strong, has a bright future, and pays high salaries, while the company run by Liu Bei is in danger of going bankrupt and may be merged and reorganized at any time. If Zhuge Liang chooses to change jobs, it is easy to understand. But Zhuge Liang does not intend to change bosses.Some friends were puzzled, and Zhuge Liang explained: "General Sun is a good leader (General Sun can be called the master), but according to my observation, he can take on me, but he may not let me fully display my talents, so let's forget it (he can be called the leader), but I don't think he can let me use my talents." The virtuous is bright but cannot be completely bright, so I will not keep it)." This is Zhuge Liang's brilliance. Leaders trust you and reuse you, but they may not always allow you to give full play to them. The real top talents don't care how much they earn or how big their officials are, but care about maximizing their self-worth.Zhuge Liang didn't vote for Cao Cao, and he didn't go to Liu Biao's place early to find an errand. He waited for a long time before Liu Bei came. He would not change masters easily. Liu Bei had a very bad impression of Zhou Yu when they met for the first time. Zhou Yu didn't give face at all, and his attitude was quite cold.But the current situation is inseparable from others, there is really no way.According to the results of discussions between Liu Bei and Zhou Yu, Liu Bei handed over all the troops under his command and Liu Qi's unit, which was actually under his command at this time, to Zhou Yu for unified dispatch and command. As mentioned earlier, there are about 20,000 people in this part of the army, including the water army brought out by Guan Yu when he retreated south.Including these troops, the Sun Liu coalition army has more than 50,000 people. According to the practice of joint operations, Liu Bei should truthfully tell Zhou Yu the detailed garrison positions, numbers, and names of commanders of his troops so that he can unify his command.However, according to the "Jiang Biao Biography", Liu Bei still kept a hand. He hid two thousand people in private. It is also a plan for advancing and retreating). Compared with Zhou Yu's full confidence, Liu Bei really didn't know what to do. He couldn't hand it all over to Zhou Yu, in case this kid was ruined. In case of defeat, he really wanted to go to the south to find his old friend Wu Ju , There must be some capital on the road.