The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

Zhou Yu's initial political career was perfect. Together with his friend Sun Ce, he pacified Jiangdong, fought against Jingzhou, and conquered Jiaozhou, giving full play to his military talents and strategies. If Sun Ce had not died, the current master of Jingzhou might not be Liu Biao.

Zhou Yu came from a famous family. His father Zhou Yi once served as an official in Luoyang. His ancestor Zhou Jing and his father Zhou Zhong both served as officers to the rank of Taiwei. Zhou Yu was regarded as the second generation of the top officials of that era.

Zhou Yu, who received a good education at Taixue, loved reading and was good at music. In addition, he was tall and handsome. His reputation spread in the Jianghuai area before he was twenty years old, and he was known as "Beautiful Zhou Lang".

Xu Shao, a celebrity from Nanyang, once commented on Zhou Yu on the first day of the month: The song was wrong for Zhou Langgu.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Sun Ce died unexpectedly. As Sun Ce's most capable subordinate and commander-in-chief of the three armies, Zhou Yu was forced to lose military power and return to the countryside.

Twenty-five-year-old Zhou Yu returned to his hometown of Lujiang County and served as the teacher of the Qiao family in the Qiao family of the Lujiang noble family. The head of the Qiao family, Qiao Rui, had two daughters. The eldest daughter was named Qiao Liang and the younger daughter was named Qiao. Wan, both of them are national colors, with the appearance of overwhelming the country and the city. Zhou Yu himself is also a talented and beautiful man, and he naturally quickly captured the hearts of the two young ladies of the Qiao family. Seeing that Zhou Yu had real abilities and came from a famous family, Qiao Rui followed suit and agreed to the marriage. From then on, Zhou Yu lived in the Qiao family, harmonious with Er Qiao Qinse, and lived a life like a couple of gods and immortals.

Under the organization of Sun Jing, the former generals under Zhou Yu gathered in Wu County. They recruited local braves, trained soldiers, and waited for the opportunity to be used again.

Governor Lu Xun stationed his troops in Chaisang, which was the seat of Wang Yingbu's administration in Jiujiang. It is now an important town in Yangzhou. Through Chaisang, you can go north to Xuzhou and west to Jingzhou. It has an important strategic position and a prosperous economy. It has a history of peace and prosperity. An equally important position. Lu Xun was a representative of the Jiangdong faction and was naturally at odds with the Huaisi faction headed by Zhou Yu. Therefore, none of Sun Ce's old generals defected to Lu Xun.

Sun Quan once again reused the Jiangdong faction to suppress the Huaisi faction, so the old Huaisi generals may spend their entire lives doing nothing.

The situation is always changing rapidly. Faced with the choice of survival, Sun Quan finally compromised and sent Zhang Zhao as an envoy to Lujiang to recruit Zhou Yu.

Just after the New Year of the seventh year of Jian'an (202), Zhang Zhao went to Lujiang with several large boxes of gifts. The road was not peaceful, and there were bandits and bandits from time to time who wanted to steal property. Fortunately, the two school captains Dong Xi and Xu Sheng who escorted Zhang Zhao were brave and defeated more than a dozen groups of bandits along the way, and safely sent Zhang Zhao to Lujiang. county.

As a representative of the Jiangdong gentry and one of the four major families of Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang, Zhang Zhao had naturally met Zhou Yu. That was three years ago. At that time, Zhou Yu was the governor and high-spirited, while Zhang Zhao was just a minor official. Times have changed now.

Zhou Yu had already guessed Zhang Zhao's intention. In the past three years, although he had been living in Lujiang, he still cared about the affairs of the world. Lu Bu unified Hebei and Cao Cao conquered the Central Plains. Everything was as he expected. He just let him What was surprising was that there was no fight between the two great heroes of the time, Lu Bu and Cao Cao, but they formed an iron alliance in Luoyang. Zhou Yu had a premonition that his peaceful days were numbered. He motioned Zhang Zhao to sit down, and then said, "Zibu is a rare visitor. I heard that you are now the governor of Yangzhou and are busy with business. How can you have free time to come to Lujiang?"

Zhang Zhao didn't mince words, he went straight to the point and said, "Gong Jin has been living a comfortable life in seclusion for the past few years. Now Jiangdong will face a disaster. I hope Gong Jin will help my lord out of consideration for my late lord's kindness."

Zhou Yu pretended not to know, "The weather in Jiangdong has been good these past few years, and the people are prosperous. What kind of disaster is there? Please let Zibu know."

Zhang Zhao said, "Cao Cao has now pacified the northwest, and Yizhou Liu Zhang has also surrendered. The next step is to annex Jingzhou and Jiangdong. Jingzhou Cai Mao sent an envoy to form an alliance with his lord, capture Jiangxia, and fight against Cao Cao together. Now he lacks an army commander, so he can only Gong Jin is qualified to be the head coach."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Three years ago, Marquis Wu took away my position as Commander-in-Chief and dismissed all the Huaisi generals who were highly valued by the late lord. Now he has remembered me. It's too late."

Zhang Zhao said, "My lord has realized his mistake, and to show his sincerity, he is willing to marry young lady Sun Ren to Gong Jin."

Zhou Yu said, "As far as I know, Miss Sun is now thirteen years old. Why is Marquis Wu so anxious to promise her to me?"

Zhang Zhao said, "It's all for Jiangdong's great plan. I hope Gongjin agrees."

Zhou Yu said, "I can lead the troops, but I have two conditions. The first is to restore me as the governor, and the second is that I recall the old generals of Huaisi."

Zhang Zhao said, "Before leaving, my lord granted me the right to act expediently. Now I will agree to your terms on behalf of my lord and also ask Gong Jin to leave as soon as possible."

Zhou Yu said, "Please Zibu return to Jianye first, and wait until I go to Wu Commandery to summon the old Huaisi generals, and then go to Jianye to meet with the lord."

After sending Zhang Zhao away, Zhou Yu returned to the inner room and said to the two wives, "Your husband has waited until his day of success. I want the whole world to know how talented Zhou Yu is."

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were nestled in Zhou Yu's arms. How could a beautiful woman not love a hero? Her husband was proud and proud, and she could also take advantage of them. This was the best of both worlds.

Zhou Yu bid farewell to his father-in-law Qiao Rui, took Er Qiao with him, and set off for Wu County in a carriage. Lu Meng had long received a letter from Zhou Yu and brought a group of old Huaisi generals to greet Zhou Yu outside the city. They had not seen each other for many years. Everyone was very excited. When they heard that Zhou Yu would soon be reinstated as the governor, everyone put aside their old prejudices and expressed their gratitude. Willing to help Sun Quan conquer Jiangxia.

At Jianye Wuhou Mansion, Sun Quan met with Zhou Yu and others, handed his sword to Zhou Yu, and restored him to the military position of military governor. He was in charge of Jianye's 20,000 elite soldiers, plus the 10,000 soldiers recruited by Wu County. Zhou Yu had already Mastered an army of 30,000 people. After holding the wedding ceremony with Sun Ren, Zhou Yu led his army to Chibi, preparing to cross the Yangtze River north and attack Jiangxia.