Chapter 57 Fifty-sixth Cao Cao Banquet Tongque Terrace Kongming Three Spirits Zhou Gongjin

But it is said that Zhou Yu was ambushed by Zhuge Liang in advance with the three army horses of Guan Gong, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan, and he was defeated in one blow.Huang Gai and Han Dang rescued and got off the ship, but lost countless sailors.Seeing Xuande, Mrs. Sun's chariots and servants all stopped on the top of the mountain, how could Yu not be angry?The arrow sores were not healed, but because of the anger, the sores burst open, and he fell into a coma. The generals woke up and sailed away.Kongming taught Hugh to chase, and he and Xuande returned to Jingzhou to celebrate and reward the generals.

Zhou Yu went back to Chaisang.Jiang Qin and his party returned to Nanxu to report to Sun Quan.Quan was so angry that he wanted to worship Cheng Pu as the governor and raise troops to take Jingzhou.Zhou Yu wrote another letter, asking for revenge.Zhang Zhaojian said: "No: Cao Cao wanted to avenge Chibi's hatred day and night, because he was afraid of his grandson and Liu's concentricity, so he did not dare to raise troops."If the lord now annexes himself in a moment of anger, he will take advantage of the emptiness to attack, and the country will be in danger.Gu Yong said: "Is there no detailed work in Xudu?"If you know that Sun and Liu are not in harmony, you will definitely make people collude with Liu Bei.If you are afraid of Soochow, you must vote for Cao Cao.If this is the case, when will Jiangnan be safe?For the current plan, it is better to send people to Xudu to present Liu Bei as the shepherd of Jingzhou.When Cao Cao knew this, he was afraid and did not dare to send troops to the southeast.And make Liu Bei not hate the lord.Then let the confidants use countermeasures to order Cao and Liu to attack each other.Quan said: "Yuan Tan's words are very good."But who can do it?Yong said: "There is a person here who is admired by Cao Cao and can be his envoy."The right to ask who.Yong said: "Hua Xin is here, why don't you send him?"Quan was overjoyed and sent Xin Bibiao to Xudu.Xin took the order to set off and went to Xudu to ask to see Cao Cao.Wen Cao gathered a group of officials in Ye County to celebrate the appreciation of the Tongque Terrace, and Xinnai went to see the Marquis of Ye County.

Since the defeat of Chibi, Cao often thought of repaying the enemy; he only suspected Sun and Liu's combined efforts, so he dared not advance lightly.In the spring of the fifteenth year of Jian'an at that time, the Tongque Terrace was built.Cao Nai held a civil and military meeting in Ye County and held a banquet to celebrate.Its platform is facing the Zhanghe River.In the center is Tongque Terrace, the one on the left is named Yulong Terrace, and the one on the right is named Jinfeng Terrace, each ten feet high.It is connected by the second horizontal bridge.There are thousands of households, resplendent with gold and jade.On that day, Cao Cao wore a gold crown with inlaid jewels on his head, and a green brocade robe; he sat on a high position with a jade belt and pearl shoes.Civil and military attendants stand under the stage.

Cao Cao wanted to watch the military officers compete with bows and arrows, so he asked his attendants to hang a collar of Xichuan red brocade war robes on the branches of weeping willows, and set up a line of arrows below, bounded by a hundred steps.Divide the military officers into two teams: the Cao clan all wear red, and the rest of the soldiers all wear green; each carries a carved bow and long arrow, straddles his saddle and rein his horse, waiting for command.Cao Cao's decree said: "Anyone who can hit the red heart with an arrow will be given a brocade robe; if he misses the shot, he will be punished with a glass of water."When the order was issued, a young general in the red-robed team rushed out suddenly, and everyone regarded him as Cao Xiu.Hugh flies back and forth, gallops three times, buckles the arrow, draws the bow full, and shoots it with one arrow, hitting the red heart.The golden drums sounded together, and everyone applauded.Cao Cao saw great joy on the stage, and said: This is my family's thousand-mile horse!Fang wanted to make people take the brocade robe and Cao Xiu, but he saw a rider flying out of the green robe team, and said: "Prime Minister Jinpao, let me take my foreign surname first, and it is not suitable for the clan to cross it."Cao regards the person as Wenpin.The officials said: "Let's look at Wen Zhongye's shooting method."Wenpin picked up the bow and rode the horse and shot an arrow, which also hit the heart.All applaud, and the golden drum blares.The recruiter shouted, "Get the robe quickly!"I saw another general in the red robe team galloping out, and said sharply: "Wen Lie shoots first, how can you fight for it?"Watch me and you two untie the arrow!Pull the bow full, shoot an arrow, and hit the heart.The crowd cheered in unison.As for the person, it is Cao Hong.Hong Fang wanted to take the robe, but he saw another general from the green robe team coming out, raised his bow and shouted: "You three people's shooting skills are nothing surprising!"Watch me cum!It was Zhang He who everyone looked at.He Feima turned over and shot an arrow in the back, which also hit the heart.The four arrows were gathered together in Hong's heart.Everyone said: good marksmanship!He said: "The brocade robe must be mine!"Before he finished speaking, a general in the red robe team galloped out and shouted: "You turn around and shoot from the back, what's the difference?"Watch me shoot hearts!It was Xia Houyuan who everyone looked at.Yuan suddenly arrived at the boundary, and Niu turned around and shot an arrow, which was among the four arrows.The golden drums sounded together.Yuan Lema pressed his bow and shouted, "Can this arrow win the brocade robe?"I saw a general in the green robe team come out in response, shouting: "Leave the brocade robe with me, Xu Huang!"Yuan said, "how can you shoot to take my robe?"Huang said: "If you shoot the red heart, it's not different."Watch me take the brocade robe alone!Picking up the bow and setting up the arrow, looking at the willow branch and shooting it, it just happened to break the willow branch, and the brocade robe fell to the ground.Xu Huangfei took the brocade robe, put it on his body, and suddenly rode up to the stage and said, "Thank you for the robe, Prime Minister!"Cao Cao and all the officials admired him.Huangcai reined in his horse and wanted to go back, when suddenly a green-robed general jumped out from the edge of the stage, and shouted, "Where are you going with the brocade robe?"Stay early with me!It is Xu Chu who sees it.Huang said: "The robe is already here, how dare you take it by force!"Chu Geng didn't answer, but flew his horse to grab the robe.The two horses were close, so Xu Huang beat Xu Chu with his bow.Holding the bow with one hand, Chu dragged Xu Huang away from the saddle.Huang dropped his bow in a hurry, turned over and dismounted, Chu Yi dismounted, and the two grabbed and fought.Worrying makes people untie.The brocade robe was torn to pieces.Cao ordered both of them to come on stage.Xu Huang opened his eyebrows and glared, Xu Chu gritted his teeth: each had the intention of fighting.Cao laughed and said: "Gu Te regards the brave ears of the public and others."Do you cherish a brocade robe?Then he taught all the generals to come to the stage, and each gave a piece of Shu brocade.All the generals thanked each other.Fate each sit in order.The music is playing, and the land and water are in harmony.The civil servants and military generals take turns to hold the lamps, and the offerings and rewards are staggered.

Cao Gu said to all the civil servants, "The military commander enjoys riding and shooting, which is enough to show his might and courage."The public and others are all well-learned people. If you climb this high platform, can you not make a good chapter to record a momentary victory?All the officials bowed and said, "I would like to obey Jun's order."From time to time, a group of civil servants including Wang Lang, Zhong Yao, Wang Can and Chen Lin contributed poems.Most of the poems have the meaning of praising Cao Cao's great merit and virtue, and he deserves to be ordered.Cao Cao then glanced at it, and said with a smile: "You guys are excellent works, and the reputation is too high."The solitary is stupid, and the beginning is filial piety.Later, when the world was in turmoil, I built a Buddhist temple fifty miles east of Qiao. I wanted to study in spring and summer, and shoot and hunt in autumn and winter.Unexpectedly, the imperial court recruited Gu to be a lieutenant of the Dian Army, so he changed his mind and wanted to make contributions to the country's thieves.Ever since the campaign against Dong Zhuo and the suppression of the Yellow Turban, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao have been eradicated, and the world has been brought to an end.If there is no one person in a country, it is not known how many people are called emperors and how many people are called kings.Or see the weight of the solitary, speculate in vain, suspect that the solitary has a different mind, this is absurd.Gu often reads that Confucius called King Wen the most virtuous, and this statement is deeply rooted in his heart.However, if you want to donate soldiers alone and return to the country that you enfeoffed as the Marquis of Wuping, it is really unacceptable: I am afraid that if you let go of the military, you will be harmed by others; if you lose alone, the country will be in danger;You must be ignorant and lonely.Everyone rose to worship and said: "Although Yi Yin and Zhou Gong are not as good as the prime minister."There is a poem from later generations that says:

When Duke Zhou was afraid of rumors, when Wang Mang respected the corporal: If he died in the past, who would know the truth in his life! Cao Cao drank several cups in a row, but he didn't feel intoxicated. He called his left and right to hold pens and inkstones, and wanted to write Tongquetai poems.Just now I was writing, and suddenly it was reported that Hua Xin, the envoy of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, played Liu Bei as the shepherd of Jingzhou.When Cao heard this, his hands and feet flustered, and he threw his pen to the ground.Cheng Yu said: "The Prime Minister was among the ten thousand armies, and when the arrows and stones were attacking, he was not tempted; now that Liu Bei has won Jingzhou, why is he so surprised?"Cao said: Liu Bei, the dragon among men, has never tasted water in his life.To win Jingzhou today is to trap the dragon into the sea.I'm so lonely!Cheng Yu said: "Does the Prime Minister know Hua Xin's intentions?"Cao said, "I don't know."Yu said: Sun Quan was jealous of Liu Bei and wanted to attack him with troops; but he was afraid that the prime minister would take advantage of his weakness and attack him, so he ordered Hua Xin to recommend Liu Bei as his envoy.It is the heart of An Bei, and the ear of the prime minister.Cao nodded and said, "Yes."Yu said: "Someone has a plan to annex Sun and Liu Zixiang, and the prime minister will take advantage of it, and the two enemies will be defeated with one blow."Cao was overjoyed, so he asked about his plan.Cheng Yu said: Zhou Yu is also the one who the Eastern Wu relies on.The prime minister now plays Zhou Yu as the governor of Nanjun, and Cheng Pu as the governor of Jiangxia. Liu Huaxin will use them in the court; Yu must be his own enemy with Liu Bei.I take advantage of their phases and combine them to map them, isn't it also good?Cao said: Zhongde's words are just in line with Gu's will.Then Hua Xin was called to the stage and rewarded again.On the same day, after the feast was over, Cao Cao led Wenwu back to Xuchang, and played Zhou Yu as the governor of Nanjun and Cheng Pu as the governor of Jiangxia.Feng Huaxin was appointed Shaoqing of Dali and stayed in Xudu.The mission went to Soochow, and Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu each received their duties.

When Zhou Yu led Nanjun, he wanted to repay his favor more, so he wrote to Marquis Wu, begging Lu Su to return Jingzhou.Sun Quan ordered Su to say: "You used to protect Jingzhou and Liu Bei, but now you have delayed the return. When will you wait?"Su said: "It is clearly written in the document that if you get Xichuan, you will return it."Quan chi said: "We only talk about taking Xichuan, but we haven't moved any troops so far. Don't wait for old people!"Su said: "Someone is willing to talk about it."So he came to Jingzhou by boat. But it is said that Xuande and Kongming gathered grain and grass in Jingzhou, trained the army and horses, and many people from far and near returned.Suddenly it was reported that Lu Su had arrived, and Xuande asked Kongming, "what's the meaning of Zijing's visit here?"Kongming said: "Yesterday, the Lord Sun Quanbiao is the shepherd of Jingzhou. This is a plan to fear Cao Cao."Cao made Zhou Yu the prefect of Nanjun. He wanted our two families to annex each other. He was good at taking things out of the middle.Now that Lu Su is here, it is Zhou Yu who has accepted the post of prefect and wants to claim Jingzhou.Xuande said: "Why answer it?"Kong Ming said: "If Su mentioned the matter of Jingzhou, the lord would burst into tears."Crying to the point of grief, Liang came out to persuade.The plan has been set, and Lu Su will be brought into the mansion. After the ceremony, we will sit down.Su said: "Today, the emperor's uncle has become the female servant of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. He is the master of Lu Su. How dare he sit?"Xuande said with a smile: "Zijing and I are old friends, why should you be too modest?"Su Nai sat down.After tea, Su said: "I am here for the Jingzhou incident under the order of Wu Houjun."The emperor's uncle has borrowed it for a long time, but has not been seen and returned.Today, the two families are getting married, and it should be delivered early in terms of family affection.When Xuande heard the words, he covered his face and cried loudly.Su Jing said: "Why is the emperor like this?"Xuande cried unceasingly.Kongming came out from behind the screen and said, "I've been listening to you for a long time."Zijing, do you know why my master is crying?Su said: "I really don't know."Kong Ming said, "what's so hard to see?"When my master borrowed Jingzhou, he promised to return Xichuan after he got it.Think about it carefully: Liu Zhang in Yizhou is my master's younger brother, and he is usually of the Han Dynasty.If you want to raise troops to take his city, you may be reviled by outsiders; if you don't take it, you will return Jingzhou, where will you settle down?If you don't pay back the time, it will not look good on Uncle Yu Zun's face.Facts are in a dilemma, so I burst into tears.After Kongming finished speaking, Xuande's heart was touched, he beat his chest and stamped his feet, and burst into tears.Lu Su persuaded: "Don't worry about the emperor's uncle, and have a long-term discussion with Kong Ming."Kong Ming said: "I have trouble with Zijing. When I see Wu Hou again, don't hesitate to say a word. I implore Wu Hou about this troublesome plot. How long will it last?"Su said: "If the Marquis of Wu does not follow, what can I do?"Kongming said: Wu Houzun used his own sister to marry the emperor's uncle, how could he not agree?Wang Zijing replied kindly.

Lu Su is a benevolent elder. Seeing Xuande's grief, he had no choice but to agree.Xuande and Kongming thank you.After the banquet, send Lu Su off the ship.When I went to Chaisang, I met Zhou Yu and told me about it.Zhou Yu paused and said, "Zi Jing has fallen into Zhuge Liang's plan again!"When Liu Bei followed Liu Biao, he often had the intention of annexing, let alone Xichuan Liu Zhang?It seems that pushing the tune like this will inevitably involve the old man.I have a plan to keep Zhuge Liang out of my plan.Zijing bento and his party.Su said: I would like to hear about the wonderful strategy.Yu said, "Zijing doesn't have to go to see Marquis Wu, and then go to Jingzhou and say to Liu Bei, "Sun and Liu, if they get married, they are one family. If the Liu family can't bear to take Xichuan, I will raise troops from Eastern Wu to take Xichuan; take Xichuan." At that time, he used it as a dowry, but returned Jingzhou to Soochow.Su said: Xichuan is so far away that it is not easy to get it.Could it be possible for the governor to do this?Yu laughed and said, "Zi respects the real elders."Do you think I'm going to fetch Xichuan and him alone?I only use this as a name, and I really want to take Jingzhou, and I will teach him not to prepare.Soochow army Ma Shouchuan, passing Jingzhou, asked him for money and food, Liu Bei must leave the city to work in the army.At that time, he took advantage of the situation to kill him, seized Jingzhou, Xue Wu's hatred, and solved the disaster at one step.Lu Su was overjoyed, so he came to Jingzhou again.Xuande discussed with Kongming.Kong Ming said: "Lu Su must have never seen Marquis Wu, but only went to Chaisang to discuss some strategies with Zhou Yu, and came to lure my ear."But what I said, the lord just looked at me and nodded, and he agreed.The plan has been set, Lu Su came to see him, and after the ceremony, he said: "Wu Hou praised the emperor's uncle Shengde very much, so he discussed with the generals and raised troops to collect Sichuan for the emperor's uncle."He took Xichuan, but exchanged it for Jingzhou, and took the right of Xichuan as dowry.But when the army and horse passed by, they expected some money and food.After hearing this, Kong Ming nodded his head and said: "It's rare that Marquis Wu is so kind!"Xuande cupped his hands in thanks and said: "This is all about the power of Zijing's kind words."Kongming said: If a great army arrives in Japan, it should be rewarded from afar.Lu Su was overjoyed secretly, and left after the banquet.Xuande asked Kongming, "what does this mean?"Kongming laughed and said, "Zhou Yu's death is approaching!"Children can't hide such tricks!Xuande asked again.Kong Ming said: This is a plan to destroy Guo by false means.The false name was collected from Sichuan, but Jingzhou was actually taken.Wait for the lord to go out of the city to work as an army, take advantage of the situation to take it down, and rush into the city to attack the unprepared and surprise him.Xuande said, "what can I do?"Kongming said: My lord is relieved, just prepare the nest bow to catch the tiger, and arrange the fragrant bait to catch the turtle.When Zhou Yu arrives, he will not die, and he will be almost lifeless.So he called Zhao Yun to listen to the plan: so and so, the rest is at my mercy.Xuande was overjoyed.Later generations have poems that sigh:

Zhou Yu decided to take Jingzhou, and Zhuge Prophet was the first.I count on the Yangtze River bait to be stable, but I don’t know the fishing hook in the dark. But Lu Su said that when he came back to see Zhou Yu, he said that Xuande and Kong Ming were happy and ready to go out of the city to work in the army.Zhou Yu laughed and said: So this time I also fell into my trick!Then he taught Lu Su to report to Marquis Wu, and sent Cheng Pu to lead the army to meet him.At this time, Zhou Yu's arrow sores had gradually healed, and his body was fine. Gan Ning was in the vanguard, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were in second place, and Ling Tong and Lu Meng were in the rear.Fifty thousand soldiers on land and water came from Jingzhou.Zhou Yu was in the boat, laughing all the time, thinking that Kong Ming had tricked him.When the former army arrived at Xiakou, Zhou Yu asked, "Is there anyone in Jingzhou to meet them in front?"People's newspaper: Uncle Liu Huang sent Mi Zhu to see the governor.Yu called and asked Lao Jun how he was.Mi Zhu said: My lord is ready to make arrangements.Yu said, "Where is the emperor's uncle?"Zhu said: "We are equal outside the gate of Jingzhou, and hold the lamp with the governor."Yu said: "Now it's your family's business to send troops on an expedition; the ceremony of laboring in the army is easy."Mi Zhu took the words and returned first.The warships lined up densely on the river, advancing one by one.Look at the police, there is no military ship, and no one is far away.Zhou Yu urged the boat to go fast.More than ten miles away from Jingzhou, I can only see the stillness on the river.The sentry's report: On Jingzhou City, two white flags were planted, but no one was seen.Suspicious, Yu ordered the boat to go ashore, and rode a horse on the shore himself. He took a group of officers Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, and Ding Feng, and led his relatives and 3,000 elite troops to Jingzhou.I went to the bottom of the city, but there was no movement.Yu reined in his horse and ordered the sergeant to call for the door.The city asked who it was.Wu Jun replied: "It is the Zhou Dudu of Eastern Wu who is here in person."Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of clappers, and all the soldiers on the city raised their guns and knives.Zhao Yun came out from the enemy tower and said: "What is the purpose of the governor's trip?"Yu said: "I will take Xichuan for you, don't you still not know?"Yun said: "Kong Ming's military division knew that the governor was planning to destroy Guo by false means, so he left Zhao Yun here."My lord has something to say: Gu and Liu Zhang are both clan relatives of the Han family, how could they take Xichuan despite their injustice?If Rudong Wuduan takes Shu, I will go to the mountains with my hair scattered, and I will not lose my trust in the world.When Zhou Yu heard about it, he reined in his horse and returned.I saw a man holding a command flag and reporting in front of the horse: "The four army horses were found to kill together: Guan was killed from Jiangling, Zhang Fei was killed from Zigui, Huang Zhong was killed from the police, and Wei Yan was killed from the small road in Chanling: Siluzheng does not know how many soldiers and horses there are.The shouts shook for more than a hundred miles, and everyone said they wanted to catch Zhou Yu.Yu immediately yelled, the arrow sore cracked again, and fell under the horse.It's exactly: one move is difficult to play against the enemy, and after several calculations, it will always be empty.It's unknown what life is like, let's see the breakdown below.

① The meaning of being out of sequence. ② During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin State borrowed a way from Yu State to attack Guo State;