The fifty-sixth chapter Cao Cao's banquet on the Bronze Sparrow Terrace, Kong Ming's three spirits, Zhou Gongjin
However, Zhou Yu was ambushed by Zhuge Liang in advance by Guan Gong, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, and was defeated in one blow. Huang Gai and Han Dang got off the boat, but they cut countless naval forces. From afar, Xuande and Mrs. Sun's carriages and horses were all stopped on the top of the mountain. How could Yu not be angry? Before the arrow sores were healed, the sores burst and were fainted on the ground due to their anger. The generals woke up and fled. Kong Ming sected to chase after him, and he returned to Jingzhou to celebrate and rewarded the generals.
Zhou Yu returned to Chaisang. Jiang Qin and his team returned to Nanxu to report Sun Quan. Quan was angry and wanted to be the governor of Cheng Pu and raised an army to seize Jingzhou. Zhou Yu wrote another letter to ask for a fight to raise an army to avenge his hatred. Zhang Zhao advised, "No. Cao Cao thought about repaying the hatred of Chibi day and night, but because he was afraid of Sun and Liu Tongxin, he did not dare to raise an army. If the lord now has anger for a moment, he will annex each other, Cao will take advantage of the opportunity to attack, and the country will be in danger." Gu Yong said, "Was there no detailed work done by Xu Du? If you know that Sun and Liu is not harmonious, Cao will collude with Liu Bei. Bei is afraid of Eastern Wu and will surrender to Cao Cao. If so, how can Jiangnan be safe? For the current plan, it is better to send someone to Xu.
The capital was the governor of Liu Bei as the governor of Jingzhou. Cao Cao knew it, but he was afraid and did not dare to add troops to the southeast. He also ordered Liu Bei not to hate his lord. Then he used the plan of counter-essay and ordered Cao and Liu to attack each other. I took advantage of the opportunity to seek it. This is what I got." Quan said, "Yuan Tan's words were very good. But who could be an envoy?" Yong said, "There is a man here who is admired by Cao Cao, who can be an envoy." Quan asked who. Yong said, "Why not send him here?" Quan was very happy. He immediately sent Xin to Xudu with his embassy to Xudu. Xin took the order to set off and went straight to Xudu to meet Cao Cao. He heard that Cao met his ministers in Ye County and admired the bronze croaking platform. Xin went to Ye County to meet him.
Since the defeat of Chibi, Cao often thought about taking revenge. He only suspected Sun and Liu Bingli, so he did not dare to advance lightly. In the spring of the 15th year of Jian'an, the bronze croaker platform was built. Cao met with civil and military officials in Ye County to celebrate. The platform was facing the Zhang River, and the bronze croaker platform was named Yulong Platform in the center, and the right was named Jinfeng Platform, each with ten feet high. Two bridges across the top were connected, with thousands of doors and thousands of households, and the golden and green bride robe. On that day, Cao Cao wore a gold crown inlaid on his head, a green brocade robe, a jade belt and pearl shoes, and sat high. The civil and military officials stood under the platform.
Cao wanted to watch the military officers compete for bows and arrows, so he asked his closest attendant to tie a head of Xichuan Red Brocade Battle Robe, hanging it on the weeping willow branches, with a pile of arrows under it, with hundreds of steps as the boundary. The military officers were divided into two teams: the Cao clans were both red, and the rest of the soldiers were all green: each with long arrows, crossing the saddle and stalking horses, waiting for command. Cao sent an order: "If anyone can shoot the red heart, he will give it to him with a brocade robe; if it fails to shoot, he will punish him with a cup of water." The order was below, a young general in the red robe team suddenly came out and looked at him, which was Cao Xiu. Xiu was flying horses, galloping three times, pulling the arrows, pulling the bows, and shooting them with one arrow, and the golden drums were in the middle of the red heart.
When the sound of the song, everyone cheered. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw it on the stage and said, "This is my thousand-mile horse!" He wanted to ask someone to take the brocade robe and Cao Xiu, but he saw a cavalry flying out of the green robe team, shouting, "Prime Minister Brocade robe, let me take the brocade robe first, and the clan should not be supported by Yue." Seeing the person, Wen Pin was the one who said, "Look at Wen Zhongye's shooting method." Wen Pin picked up a bow and rode a horse and shot a red heart. Everyone cheered, and the golden drums roared. Pin shouted, "Get the robe quickly!" In the red robe team, another general came out of the horse and said sternly, "Wen Lie shot first, why do you fight for it? Look at me and you two to pull the arrows!"
Pulling the bow, one arrow shot away, and the red heart was also caught. Everyone shouted in unison. Looking at the person, it was Cao Hong. Hong Fang wanted to take the robe, but saw another general in the green robe team, raising the bow and shouting, "What's the wonder of you three shooting methods! Look at me!" Everyone looked at it, Zhang He. He turned over and shot an arrow from his back, and also caught the red heart. Four arrows were gathered in the red heart. Everyone said, "You are good at shooting methods!" He said, "The brocade robe must be mine!" Before he finished speaking, a general in the red robe team came out and shouted, "You turn over and shoot back, how can you be called different! Look at me snatching the red heart!" Everyone looked at it, Xiahou Yuan was
Yuan suddenly reached the entrance of the realm. Nu turned around and shot an arrow. Among the four arrows, the golden drums sounded. Yuan pulled the horse and pressed the bow and shouted, "Can this arrow take the brocade robe?" He saw a general in the green robe team responding and shouted, "Let's leave the brocade robe and me Xu Huang!" Yuan said, "What method do you have to shoot? Can you take my robe?" Huang said, "It's not a different story for you to take my robe?" Huang said, "You can take the red heart. Look at me taking the brocade robe alone!" He picked up the bow and arrow, looked at the willow branches from afar, and shot it, and just shot the willow branches, and the brocade robe fell to the ground. Xu Huang flew to take the brocade robe, put it on his body, and suddenly came to the stage and said, "Thank you Prime Minister's robe!" Cao Cao and all the officials were envious.
Huang just pulled the horse back, and suddenly a green robe general jumped out of the platform and shouted, "Where are you going to the brocade robe? Leave it to me early!" Everyone looked at it, and then Xu Chu said, "The robe is here, why dare you to take it away!" Chu refused to answer, and actually flew into the horse to grab the robe. The two horses were close, so Xu Huang hit Xu Chu. Chu held the bow with one hand and dragged Xu Huang away from the saddle. Huang quickly abandoned the bow and rolled over and got off the horse. Chu also pulled the horse off, and the two grabbed it and fought. Cao urgently asked someone to untied it. 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, and each had the intention of fighting. Cao laughed and said, "I look at Gong and others for bravery. How could I cherish a brocade robe?" He then taught all the generals to come to the stage, and each gave a piece of Shu brocade, and each of them thanked him. Cao ordered each to sit in the order. The music and sounds were played, and the water and land were held together. Civil officials and generals put cups in turn and offered rewards. Cao Gu said to all the civil officials, "Since the military generals are happy to ride and shoot, they are enough to show their power and courage. Gong and others are well-educated. If you climb this high platform, you can't get a good chapter to record a record.
Is it a great matter at the time?" All the officials bowed and said, "I wish to follow the order of Jun." At that time, there were a group of civil officials, including Wang Lang, Zhong Yao, Wang Can, and Chen Lin, who presented poems. Many of the poems praised Cao Cao's merits and greatness, and they were supposed to accept the order. Cao Cao looked at them one by one and laughed and said, "The masters' masters' masters have a great reputation. They were originally stupid and filial and honest. Later, they were in chaos in the world and built a cemetery house fifty miles east of Qiao. They wanted to study in spring and summer, hunt in autumn and winter, and wait for the world to be peaceful before they could become officials. Unexpectedly, the court conscripted the orphans as a result of the silence of the world.
The Dianjun Academy Commander changed his intentions and wanted to make contributions to the country to fight against the thieves. After his death, he was given a tomb and said, "The tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty, was enough for his life. I thought that since I attacked Dong Zhuo and suppressed the Yellow Turbans, I have eliminated Yuan Shu, defeated Lu Bu, destroyed Yuan Shao, and settled Liu Biao, and then pacified the world. As the prime minister, the noble ministers are already extremely noble, so what else can I hope? If there is no one in the country, I don't know how many people proclaimed emperors or kings. Some people may be worthy of the power of the orphans, and I guessed that the orphans had different intentions. This is a big mistake.
Thinking of Confucius's great virtue of King Wen, this is a heart-to-heart. But if you want to donate troops alone and return to the country of Wuping Marquis, you are not allowed to do so: I am afraid that once you remove the military, you will be harmed by others; if you are defeated, the country will be in danger; so you will not be able to admire your reputation and live in real disasters. All the dukes must be ignorant of those who are alone." Everyone raised their heads and said, "Although Yi Yin and Duke Zhou are not as good as the prime minister." Later generations wrote a poem saying, "Donald Zhou was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang respected the corporals: If he died in that year, who knows the authenticity of his life!"
Cao Cao drank several cups in a row, but was drunk without realizing it. He called his left and right to hold a pen and inkstone, and wanted to write a poem about the "Bronze Que Tai". Just now, he suddenly reported: "The Eastern Wu sent Hua Xin to report to Liu Bei as the governor of Jingzhou, and Sun Quan married Liu Bei with his sister. Most of the nine counties in the Han Dynasty were already under the jurisdiction of Bei. "Cao heard of it, his hands and feet were flustered and he threw his pen on the ground. Cheng Yu said: "The Prime Minister was among the thousands of troops, and he was not moved when he attacked the arrows and stones. Now he heard that Liu Bei had obtained Jingzhou, why was he so shocked?" Cao said: "Liu Bei is a dragon among people, and he has never had water in his life. Now he has Jingzhou, and he is trapped into the sea. How can he not move!" Cheng Yu said: "Prime Minister"
Do you know Hua Xin's intention? Cao said, "I don't know." Yu said, "Sun Quan was originally afraid of Liu Bei and wanted to attack him with his troops; but he was afraid that the Prime Minister would take advantage of the situation and attack him, so he ordered Hua Xin to be an envoy and recommended Liu Bei, so he was at ease and blocked the Prime Minister's look." Cao nodded and said, "That's right." Yu said, "I have a plan, and let Sun and Liu join him, and the Prime Minister took advantage of the situation and planned it. Both enemies were defeated in one drum." Cao was overjoyed and asked about his plan. Cheng Yu said, "Who is leaning on by the Eastern Wu is Zhou Yu. The Prime Minister now reported that Zhou Yu was the prefect of Nanjun, Cheng Pu was the prefect of Jiangxia, and left Hua Xin to use it in the court. Yu must be an enemy of Liu Bei.
Isn’t it good to take advantage of the situation and plan for it?” Cao said, “Zhongde’s words are consistent with his own intentions.” Then he summoned Hua Xin to the stage and gave him a reward. After the banquet that day, Cao immediately sent Wenwu back to Xuchang and reported to Zhou Yu as the prefect of the general Nanjun, and Cheng Pu as the prefect of Jiangxia. Hua Xin was appointed as the Shaoqing of Dali and stayed in Xudu.
The mission was to Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu were all taken. After Zhou Yu led Nanjun, he became more and more interested in avenging, so he wrote to the Marquis of Wu and asked Lu Su to go back to Jingzhou. Sun Quan then ordered Su, "You have borrowed Jingzhou and Liu Bei, but now you are not returning, so when will you wait?" Su said, "The document clearly states that if you get Xichuan, you will return." Quan scolded and said, "I only said to take Xichuan, but I will not move troops until now, so I will not wait for the old man!" Su said, "I would like to go and say it." So he took a boat to Jingzhou. However, Xuande and Kongming gathered food and grass in Jingzhou and trained their troops and horses.
Many people from far and near returned to him. Su Su suddenly reported to him. Xuande asked Kong Ming, "What is the intention of Zijing?" Kong Ming said, "Yesterday, Sun Quan suggested that the lord was the governor of Jingzhou, which was afraid of Cao Cao's plan. Cao appointed Zhou Yu as the prefect of Nanjun, and wanted to make our two families annex each other. He was better than to take things in the middle. Now Lu Su is here, Zhou Yu has been appointed as the prefect of the prefect and wants to come to ask for Jingzhou." Xuande said, "How can I answer it?" Kong Ming said, "If Su mentions the matter of Jingzhou, the lord will burst into tears. When he cries to the point of grief, Liang comes out to persuade him."
The plan was settled, and Lu Su came into the mansion. After the ceremony, he sat down. Su said, "Today, the emperor's uncle became the son-in-law of the Eastern Wu, and he was the master of Lu Su. How dare he sit down?" Xuande smiled and said, "Zi Jing and I have an old friend, why should I be too humble?" Su then sat down. After the tea, Su said, "Now he is ordered by the Hou Jun of Wu and comes specifically for the Jingzhou matter. The emperor has been staying for a long time, but he has not been seen. Now that the two families have been married, they should see the relationship and deliver it early." Xuande covered his face and cried. Su was shocked and said, "Why is the emperor like this?" Xuande cried constantly.
Kong Ming came out from behind the screen and said, "Long has been listening for a long time. Does Zijing know why my master cried?" Su said, "I really don't know."
Kong Ming said, "What's the hard thing? When my master borrowed Jingzhou, he promised to take Xichuan and return it. Think about it carefully, Liu Zhang of Yizhou is my master's brother. He is usually the flesh and blood of the Han Dynasty. If he wants to raise troops to capture his city, he may be scolded by outsiders. If he doesn't take it, he will return Jingzhou, where can he stay? If he doesn't return, Yu Zun's uncle is not good-looking. Therefore, he burst into tears." After Kong Ming said, he touched Xuande's heart, beat his chest and stamped his feet, and burst into tears. Lu Su advised, "Don't worry about the emperor's uncle, and discuss it with Kong Ming for a long time." Kong Ming said, "If you are troubled by Zijing, don't cherish the trouble of just one word. Please tell Wu Hou about this trouble, and when will you give me some more time?" Su said, "If Wu Hou does not follow, what will happen?" Kong Ming said, "When Wu Hou hired the emperor's uncle as his own sister, how can I not follow it? I hope Zijing will reply with good words."
Lu Su was a kind and kind elder. Seeing Xuande so sad, he had to agree. Xuande and Kong Ming thanked him. After the banquet, he sent Lu Su off the boat. He went straight to Chaisang and saw Zhou Yu, and told him what happened. Zhou Yu paused and said, "Zi Jing was also the plan of Zhuge Liang! When Liu Bei followed Liu Biao, he often wanted to annex, let alone Liu Zhang in Xichuan? This kind of recommendation would affect my brother. I have a plan that prevented Zhuge Liang from taking my plan. Zi Jing should go to one another." Su said, "I hope to hear the wonderful plan." Yu said, "Zi Jing does not have to go to see the Marquis of Wu, and then go to Jingzhou to say to Liu Bei: Sun and Liu families, now
If you get married, you will be a family. If the Liu family cannot bear to go to take Xichuan, I will raise an army to dare. When I obtained Xichuan, I used it as a gift, but returned Jingzhou to the Eastern Wu." Su said, "Xichuan is far away, and it is not easy to get it. Is this a plan the governor must not be able to do this?" Yu laughed and said, "Zi Jingzhen is the elder. Do you think I will really go to take Xichuan and him? I only use this name, but I actually want to go to Jingzhou, and teach him not to prepare. The Eastern Wu army gathered Sichuan and passed by Jingzhou. He asked him to ask for money and grain. Liu Bei would definitely go out of the city to work hard. At that time, he took advantage of the situation to kill him and seize Jingzhou, so he would relieve his hatred."
Lu Su was overjoyed and came to Jingzhou again. Xuande discussed with Kong Ming. Kong Ming said, "Lu Su must have never seen the Marquis of Wu, so he went to Chaisang and Zhou Yu to discuss some tricks and come to seduce me. But the lord just looked at me and nodded, and agreed." The plan was decided.
Lu Su came in to see him. After the ceremony, he said, "The Queen of Wu praised the emperor's destiny very much, so he discussed with the generals and raised an army to collect Sichuan for the emperor's destiny. He took Xichuan, but replaced it with Jingzhou, and used Xichuan power as a marriage capital. But when the army and horses passed by, he hoped to receive some money and food." Kong Ming heard it, and hurriedly nodded and said, "It's rare to get the kindness of the Marquis of Wu!" Xuande bowed and thanked him, "This is all the power of Zi Jing's good words." Kong Ming said, "If the heroic army arrives, he should receive rewards from afar." Lu Su was secretly happy and returned after the banquet.
Xuande asked Kong Ming, "What is this?" Kong Ming laughed and said, "Zhou Yu's death is approaching! I can't hide this strategy!" Xuande asked again, and Kong Ming said, "This is a plan to destroy Guo. It is famous for Muchuan, but it is actually Jingzhou. When the lord goes out of the city to work his troops, take advantage of the situation to take it down, kill into the city, attack him unprepared, and he is unintentional." Xuande said, "What if it does?" Kong Ming said, "Lord is calm, and only cares about preparing a bow to capture the tiger, and arranges incense bait to fish for fish. When Zhou Yu arrives, he will not die, and he will be nine points without energy." Then he called Zhao Yun to listen to the plan: "In this way, I will be able to control the rest." Xuande was very happy. Later generations said, "Zhou Yu decided to take Jingzhou, and Zhuge's prophet was the first to do it. I hope the fragrant bait in the Yangtze River is stable, but I don't know how to fish in the fishing hook in secret."
But Lu Su returned to Zhou Yu and said that Xuande was the one who said that Kong Ming was happy and was about to leave the city to work. Zhou Yu laughed and said, "It turns out that I have fallen into my plan!" He then told Lu Su to report to the Marquis of Wu, and sent Cheng Pu to lead the army to respond. Zhou Yu's arrow soreness was gradually healed, and his body was fine. Gan Ning was the pioneer, and he was second with Xu Sheng, Ding Feng, Ling Tong, and Lu Meng were the back team. He had 50,000 water and land soldiers, and came to Jingzhou. Zhou Yu was in the boat, and he laughed again, thinking that Kong
When the Ming Dynasty was trapped. When the front army arrived at Xiakou, Zhou Yu asked, "Would someone be in front of Jingzhou take him in front of you?" Someone reported, "Uncle Liu sent Mi Zhu to see the governor." Yu called him and asked the soldiers how they were. Mi Zhu said, "The lords are all ready to arrange it." Yu said, "Where is the emperor?" Zhu said, "Everyone outside the gate of Jingzhou, please hold a cup with the governor." Yu said, "Now for your family's affairs, I will send troops to the expedition; don't be easy for the military service." Mi Zhu led his words and replied first.
The warships lined up on the river in a row and went in sequence. When they arrived at the police, there was no military ship, and no one was taken away from him. Zhou Yu rushed the boat to go quickly. More than ten miles away from Jingzhou, he saw a quiet and silence on the river. The response of the whistle detective: "In the city of Jingzhou, two white flags were planted, but no one was seen." Yu was suspicious and told the boat to shore, and went to ride a horse in person. He brought a group of officers from Ganning, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng to lead three thousand elite troops to look directly at Jingzhou. When he reached the city, there was no movement. Yu held the horse and asked the soldiers to call the door. The city asked who it was
The Wu army replied, "It was the governor of the Zhou Dynasty in the Eastern Wu who was here in person." Before he finished speaking, a clapper suddenly sounded, and the soldiers on the city raised their guns and knives. Zhao Yun came out from the enemy's building and said, "Why is the governor like this?" Yu said, "I took Xichuan for your lord, are you still unknown?" Yun said, "Military Advisor Kongming has known that the governor's plan to destroy Guo on his own way, so he left Zhao Yun here. My lord said, "I am both Liu Zhang, both the Han clan members, can you bear to go against the righteousness and take Xichuan? If you take Shu in Dongwu Duan, I will put my hair into the mountains and not lose my trust in the world."
When Zhou Yu heard this, he pulled the horse back. He saw a man holding a flag of Ling and reported to the horse: "I found four armies and horses and arrived together: Guan came from Jiangling, Zhang Fei came from sister back, Huang Zhong came from the police, Wei Yan came from Chanling Road, and there were countless military horses in the four directions. The shouts were shaking for more than a hundred miles, and they all said they wanted to capture Zhou Yu." Yu immediately shouted, and the arrow sores broke and fell down the horse.
Chapter completed!