Sun Quan received a letter from Zhou Yu before he died. What was the content of the letter?

Speaking of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, it would be incomplete without mentioning Zhou Yu. Who is Zhou Yu? In his early years, he followed Sun Ce to conquer the country and used military tactics to conquer the six counties in Jiangdong. Later, he became Sun Quan's country. This shows that Zhou Yu is a man of real talent and learning. What did Zhou Yu accomplish in his life? Unifying the six counties in Jiangdong was just a warm-up before the meal. Zhou Yu's greatest achievement was to defeat Cao Cao in Chibi and realize the prototype of the Three Kingdoms. It is no exaggeration to say that Zhou Yu is the father of the Three Kingdoms. Without Zhou Yu, the situation of the Three Kingdoms would have been difficult to form.

As we all know, Zhou Yu passed away soon after he shined in Chibi. For a figure like him, a veteran of Soochow, his death would have an impact on Soochow and the whole world. Huge!

What arrangements did Zhou Yu make before he died? In other words, when Zhou Yu was alive, what contributions did he make to Soochow, and what contributions did he make to the Sun family?

Speaking of Zhou Yu’s contribution, he can be said to be the savior of the Sun family. Why do you say that? First of all, we have to start with Sun Ce. Although Sun Ce has military power, his mind is similar to that of Lu Bu. He is relatively simple-minded and always pays attention to personal courage. How can a person like this be on the throne? Where is King Lin Tianxia?

The most correct thing Sun Ce did in his life was to worship Zhou Yu as his military advisor, taking charge of all Sun's troops and horses, and obeying Zhou Yu's arrangements for marching and fighting. Because of this, Sun Ce was able to pacify the six counties in Jiangdong during his lifetime. At that time, even Cao Cao, who had many generals and counselors, did not dare to do anything to the Sun family! All of this may be attributed to Zhou Yu.

Soon, Sun Ce was killed by an assassin, and his position naturally passed to Sun Quan. Sun Quan is also a very courageous person. Although his force is not as good as that of his brother Sun Ce, his mind is much better than Sun Ce!

After Sun Quan came to power, he followed Zhou Yu's arrangements and quickly looked for talents in the surrounding areas, because his philosophy was the same as Cao Cao's, "Whoever gets talents will win the world", and sooner or later it will happen for the territory. !

Soon, Sun Quan recruited outstanding talents such as Lu Su, Yu Fan, Puyang Xing, Zhuge Jin and so on. Among them, Lu Su was recommended by Zhou Yu, which shows that Zhou Yu is equivalent to Xun Yu of Cao Wei. Although the Lu Su he recommended was not as resourceful as Guo Jia. But his talent and knowledge are enough to rival Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and others.

In 202, Cao Cao completely eliminated Yuan Shao in Guandu. At this time, only Sun Quan, Liu Zhang, and the hard-working Liu Bei in the whole world could barely compete with Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao sent a document to Sun Quan, the most powerful person. The document asked Sun Quan to give it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao's intention was to use hostages to control Jiangdong and finally conquer Soochow. If this is really the case, Liu Bei will be too aggressive to deal with it.

Sun Quan discussed this with everyone and could not make up his mind. Later, Zhou Yu stepped in and asked Sun Quan to wait for his destiny, recuperate and develop his own strength. At that time, Sun Quan, who was already visionary and far-sighted, became more determined not to send hostages to Cao Cao after Zhou Yu's analysis. In 208 AD, just after the Spring Festival, Sun Quan had conquered the last opposition force, Huang Zu. Jiangdong's strength has taken a further step, but Jiangdong's disaster is slowly coming!

It turns out that Cao Cao pointed the finger at Sun Quan. Although he initially said he would fight Liu Bei, all fools knew that Liu Bei could not defeat Cao Cao. After all, the strength lies there!

In the autumn of 208, Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of troops southward, vowing to pacify Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Facing such a battle, Sun Quan was a little scared in his heart. In addition, many civil and military officials advised Sun Quan to surrender to Cao Cao. Don't be beaten into disgrace when the time comes. If that time comes, you will be worthless.

At this time, Zhou Yu, a veteran of the Sun family, spoke. Cao Cao seems to have countless elite soldiers, but many of them are newly acquired Jingzhou soldiers. Many people in their ranks hate Cao Cao. However, in addition, the soldiers and horses are all from the north. They are not used to the water and soil in the south and will definitely get sick. After Zhou Yu analyzed it, Sun Quan immediately decided to fight Cao Cao to the end.

Later, Zhou Yu and Liu Bei's troops formed a large formation in Chibi, with Zhou Yu as the general commander and Liu Bei's troops only doing support work. Zhou Yu, using Huang Gai's "bitter meat strategy" strategy, first asked Huang Gai to set Cao Cao's warship on fire. Then, they led the army to directly attack Cao Cao's Chinese army camp. Soon, Cao Cao, who was not used to water, was defeated. The most terrible thing was that their warships were tied up with big ropes under Pang Tong's trick. , In this way, Cao Jun had no choice but to wait and see. The war was quickly over, and Soochow won the greatest victory! And Zhou Yu's name is also famous all over the world.

The true story of the Battle of Chibi

After winning the battle in Chibi, Zhou Yu did not withdraw all his troops from the battlefield, but launched an attack on Jingzhou, the territory controlled by Cao Cao. . After 12 months of unremitting efforts, Cao Ren was defeated, and Soochow now controlled all the territory on the north bank of the Yangtze River. However, the cities in the Jingnan area were quickly occupied by Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others. It is difficult for Zhou Yu to attack his former allies directly. What should he do? Liu Bei's move was really disgusting. The spoils of war originally belonged to Sun Quan, but unexpectedly, an ally came to strike first. This is so embarrassing!

At this time, Zhou Yu understood that Cao Cao was not the only enemy of Soochow. Perhaps Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were the ultimate bosses of Soochow. For this reason, Zhou Yu wrote to Sun Quan, saying: "Liu Bei has the support of Guan, Zhang, and Kongming. He will definitely not be in power for a long time. He must take action as soon as possible."

Before defeating Cao Ren, do the best. After becoming the governor of Nanjun, Zhou Yu proposed the last strategy. Why is it the last one? Because Zhou Yu died soon after this. This strategy is worth at least 100,000 to Sun Quan. If Sun Quan truly understands it, he will be the ultimate winner in the world. Even Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others can't do anything to Sun Quan.

What did Zhou Yu say to Sun Quan before he died? Zhou Yushu had the air of a general and a king, and his final strategy was first presented to Sun Quan in the form of a letter. What did he say in the letter? Next, let’s take a look at the records in historical materials.

The content of Zhou Yu's letter is excerpted from the historical material "Three Kingdoms/Zhou Yu's Biography":

"Now that Cao Cao has recently broken his nose, he is worried in his heart that he cannot fight with the general even with troops. He is begging for help. Together with Fenwei, they advanced to Shu, captured Shu, and merged with Zhanglu. Because Fenwei was left to defend his territory, he was able to join forces with Ma Chao, and Yu also took control of Xiangyang with his generals, and the north was promising.

From the above records, it can be seen that Zhou Yu proposed the strategy of capturing Xichuan Wu and Liu Zhang at that time. This strategy coincides with the decision made by Zhuge Liang in "Longzhong Dui". However, before Zhou Yu could realize his strategy, he died of illness in Baqiu. It makes people sigh...

As mentioned by Zhou Yu, Wu joined Liu Zhang and joined forces with Ma Chao. This strategy is a big threat to both Liu Bei, who is caught in the middle, and Cao Cao, who is in the Central Plains. If this strategy is really realized, it is estimated that the endings of Liu Bei and Cao Cao will definitely change!

After Zhou Yu's death, although Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun took over, they could only stick to their talents. If they wanted to dominate the world, they might need guidance from experts. Why do you say this? After Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan waited for nearly 20 years before proclaiming himself emperor, which is enough to explain some problems. It's not that the ability is not good, but that the talent cannot compete with Liu Bei and Cao Cao, these two masters.