The entire Soochow was like a sleeping giant, awakened at that moment.
At the moment of Yinshi, a long winding dragon trembled restlessly from head to tail, from the dragon head of Nanping Mountain to the river mouth of Chibi.
Zhuge Liang climbed up the stairs, ascending the altar to practice, there are many stars, the sky is full of brilliance, there is not a single wind, there is not a thin cloud.
The huge brazier stands at the position of twenty-eight stars in four directions, corresponding to the stars on the top of the zenith. Zhuge Liang holds a seven-star sword, wears a bright zodiac crown, and wears a gossip gown of heaven and earth, pointing the sword to the sky.
If heaven and earth felt something, the river water on the south bank came in waves one after another.
Huang Gai leaned on the sword with both hands and pointed the sword at the ground. Behind him, thousands of Soochow soldiers boarded the boat one after another, pushing the small boat, and with the sound of water, pushed the small boat into the dark Yangtze River.
Ten people in a boat rowed their oars one after another, and Huang Gai galloped into the vast darkness like a statue standing on the bow.
The mist of Chibi was born on the surface of the river. In the darkness, there was a fleet of ships with the sound of the collision of chains. Cao's army of 800,000 was crossing the river to the east.
Zhou Yu led the crowd to board the ship, and put a wooden table on the bow, a qin, three cups of wine, a stick of incense, and the smoke lingered, as if they were melting and gathering on this still deck.
"Gongjin." Sun Ce said with a smile.
Zhou Yu raised his eyes, met the illusioned Sun Ce in the white mist, and smiled slightly.
"Please protect me, Bo Fu." Zhou Yu said, "Bless me, protect Soochow."
Sun Quan stepped forward, and Zhou Yu said loudly, "Three cups of water and wine, sacrifice to heaven and earth, sacrifice to the ancestors of the Sun family, and sacrifice to your heroic spirit!"
Sun Quan picked up the wine and poured it into the river.
When the east wind blows, the Yangtze River roars earth-shatteringly with the fighting spirit of thousands of years at that moment!
Clouds rushed in instantly, carrying a strong east wind, covering the entire Chibi battlefield, and the gray mist was completely dispersed.
On the top of Nanping Mountain, the banners fluttered. Zhuge Liang opened his eyes, closed his sword, and looked up at the sky. The brazier was blown to pieces in an instant.
Cao Jun's fleet has already appeared in the strong wind and river waves, and the east sky is showing a fish belly.
"Brother Gongjin." Sun Quan said suddenly.
Zhou Yu pressed both hands on the strings, silent.
"Do you still remember the day my brother died?" Sun Quan stood behind Zhou Yu.
"I remember." Zhou Yu said, "I have known your brother for twenty-two years. Every day, every moment, I remember, even if we get together less and leave more..."
"I can't remember what he looked like, what he said." Sun Quan said in a low voice, "I just remember how harsh he was to me back then."
The boy Sun Ce still looked energetic, sitting on the bow of the boat with his knees hugged, laughing foolishly.
The east wind broke through the waves, dissipating the white mist all over the river, but it couldn't dispel the appearance of the old man gathered by the wisp of green smoke.
"I first met your brother." Zhou Yu smiled slightly and said, "It was when I was four years old..."
During the speech, Chaoyang erupted with majestic flames, scorching half of the sky red.
On Nanping Mountain, the morning bell rang, and in the strong wind, it was like a dragon roaring.
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The sound of gold and iron is like a dragon's chant, and the giant dragon in golden scales in Soochow finally wakes up completely. By turning its head, it spews out golden-red flames and sweeps towards the rolling east river!
"Divide the troops!" Huang Gai shouted.
Getting closer and closer to Cao Jun's warship, Huang Gai's fleet suddenly split into two, and with the help of the strong wind and full-speed oars, they scattered across the entire river, and the small boat surrounded the big boat.
Cao Jun's camp began to realize that something was wrong, and they shot arrows downward one after another. Huang Gai shouted again: "Set fire!"
In an instant, tens of thousands of red lotuses exploded in Jiangxin, releasing kerosene with fire and flames, and swept Cao Jun's warship with the waves of the river.
Just when the first explosion sounded, Zhou Yu waved the five strings, and the sound could split mountains and earth!
The entire Yangtze River let out an astonishing roar, and headed straight for Cao Jun.
The Battle of Chibi spread across the river.
The warship collapsed suddenly, fire and thunder bloomed, red lotuses were everywhere, the mast tilted, and millions of corpses floated, bleeding and drifting.
For some reason, when Zhou Yu saw the sea of Shura's blood in his eyes, what he remembered was the afternoon when he met Sun Ce.
The sound wave is rushing, wrapped together with the river, like a turbulent current, like a thunder, like a giant dragon struggling to jump up, carrying the heroic spirit who returned to the mountains and rivers before his ambition was fulfilled, and with all the anger of Jiangdong, he rushed towards Cao Jun! The surface of the river was covered with kerosene, Cao Jun stopped suddenly, the warships collided, and the fire broke out, covering the sky and covering the earth.
A sea of flames was rolled up under the strong wind, and the dry warships and giant sails ignited at the slightest touch. The sound of Zhou Yu's qin sounded loudly, and all the warships of Soochow rushed out, gathered in a ring, rotated around the periphery, and threw out one after another. Cupping!
"Kill me!" Gan Ning shouted angrily.
The first warship collided with Cao Jun's chain of ships. In the fire, Wu Jun was killed on the deck.
Cao Cao yelled on the coach's boat: "Untie the chains! Spread out!"
However, the strong wind rolled over the burning sails, the masts collapsed one after another, and the kerosene on the river turned into a sea of flames. Cao Cao's handsome boat collided head-on with Zhou Yu's handsome boat, and Zhou Yu waved again.
The sound of the zither vibrated, Zhou Yu raised his head and slammed on the strings!
"Back!" Sun Quan said in horror.
Cao Cao sneered: "Zhou Gongjin! We meet again!"
"Farewell for a long time." Zhou Yu said loudly, "How is the prime minister?"
Sooner or later, two Soochow warships rushed from the left and right sides. With a loud thunder, they rammed their horns into the central commander's ship. Sun Quan took the drum hammer and beat the drum. Zhou Yu's commander's ship retreated.
The arrow pierced through the air in an instant, and Zhou Yu swung the strings again, changing the tune.
Arrows rained down like rain, overwhelming the sky and covering the handsome ship. There was a rattling sound, and the deck was full of arrows, but none of them shot into the three-step area around Zhou Yu's body!
The sound of the piano is like gold and stone cracking silk, like thousands of troops and horses soaring over the river. At that moment, when Sun Quan raised his head, he seemed to see the ghostly shadows of glowing horses under the clouds, and the spirits of the Changsha army descended from the sky. The flames on the surface of the river were raging, and as Zhou Yu flicked his fingers, waves of heat and heavenly fire burst out one after another. Finally, Zhou Yu's first string broke, and a mouthful of blood spewed out, staining the guqin red.
"Captain!" Sun Quan shouted with a pale face.
That string broke and the sky collapsed!
Immediately afterwards, countless Soochow warships projected the final fire thunder, and the fire thunder oil tank drew an arc and shot into the sky, and then turned into thousands of fire meteors, trailing flames, and shot obliquely towards the earth.
Under the dark sky, fireballs poured down like a torrential rain, piercing Cao Jun's warship in an instant!
The second string is broken, just like the Yangtze River has stopped flowing, and the world is quiet.
In the vast sky, the wind was surging, and the thick clouds in the sky briefly broke away, revealing the long night of the western sky and the bright morning sun in the eastern sky.
The thunder came suddenly, and a muffled thunder rolled. With the power of opening up the world, all the warships released their rams and rushed towards Cao Jun's warship.
A loud noise made the entire Yangtze River tremble, and Zhou Yu swiped with five fingers again.
Third string, fourth string broken.
The water of the Yangtze River is surging, like a new wave of the sea, rolling up a white line, and then thousands of troops trampling, thousands of horses galloping, sweeping the monstrous flames of kerosene, turning into a mighty force erupting from the mouth of a dragon, smashing Cao Jun's warship!
Zhou Yu's fingers swept towards the last string, but one hand gently pressed the back of his hand.
"Bo Fu." Zhou Yu raised his head.
It is still the familiar eyes, and it is still the familiar smile.
Sun Ce caressed Zhou Yu's cheek with one hand, then pulled out the Panlong Wujin stick, quickly jumped onto the bow of the ship, shouted loudly, and hit the distant warship with one stick.
Sun Ce's heroic spirit dissipated in the air, leaving no trace, and that stick stirred up the heavens, the earth and the river. Wherever it went, the warships of Cao's army disintegrated one after another, like a strong wind blowing, like a mountain collapsing to fill the sea!
The raging fire all over the sky exploded with a "boom", burning the sky full of fierce clouds.
Zhou Yu waved the five strings in his hand, and the sound of the piano vibrated. The majestic mountains and rivers and the surging river were trembling endlessly. The mast collapsed and fell into the water. The river water reflected the flames.
"Later..."
"Later." Zhou Yu pressed the string and said, "That's it."
Sun Quan was sitting behind Zhou Yu with his hands on his knees. The two of them looked at the fire in Chibi together.
Unknowingly, after talking for so long, from the moment the fire started, Zhou Yu remembered so many past events that he was so absorbed in them that his eyes were hazy with tears.
Sitting beside him, Sun Quan was overwhelmed with emotion after listening to the memories for so long, and didn't know how to continue.
"I still can't do anything," Sun Quan said.
"I know." Zhou Yu replied calmly, "So I sent Ding Feng to detain Kong Ming first."
The sound of explosions came from far away, and the Yangtze River has become a battlefield of raging fire.
Zhuge Liang hurried down Nanping Mountain, and Lu Su chased him from afar.
"Sir, please stop!" Lu Su said loudly.
Zhuge Liang groaned, but didn't stop on his feet, boarded the boat, Lu Su's expression changed, and he said, "My lord still has something to discuss."
Zhuge Liang was wearing Taoist robes, but still smiling, he bowed to Lu Su far away to the ground.
"I have a heavy responsibility and I have to resign."
The soldiers took up oars and rode the wind and waves to go. Lu Su's army chased to the riverside, but Zhuge Liang took advantage of the east wind and went a hundred paces, leaving a sentence: "Brother Zijing! Come to Jingzhou to sweep the couch and treat each other!"
The warship chased after him, Zhuge Liang's boat braved the wind and waves, and Ding Feng stood at the bow of the boat, chasing after him. Seeing that the pursuit was getting closer, another small boat broke through the waves and shot towards him.
"Say hello to the governor for my lord!" Zhao Yun stood on the bow of the boat holding a bow and arrow, and said loudly, "See you in Jingzhou someday!"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun bent his bow and set an arrow, and the arrow shot like a shooting star. The sail line was broken, and the whole warship was thrown across the river. Zhuge Liang escaped with his life and rushed to the north bank under the protection of Zhao Yun.
Cao's army collapsed, and countless people fell into the water. After the warship caught fire, it was swept up by huge waves. The huge ship hundreds of feet flew sideways and crashed into the barracks.
"Protect the prime minister!"
Hundreds of thousands of corpses were left on the north bank in the fire. Xia Houyuan galloped his horse, and the cavalry retreated hastily, while the Soochow army shot arrows and drew closer and closer. Cao Cao shouted in panic: "Mobilize the central army to encircle..."
With the sound of the war drum, thousands of ambushing troops rushed forward on the mountains on both sides of Wulin. Zhang Fei and Liu Bei each led 10,000 people and rushed into the middle army of Cao Jun. As soon as the battle broke out, Cao Jun was defeated twice. Collapsed, trampled on each other, countless casualties.
Cao Cao escaped from Wulin under the protection of his personal guards and withdrew to Xiangyang.
On the south bank of the Yangtze River, cheers resounded across the river.
The thunder pierced the sky, the strong wind brought the torrential rain, and the rain became heavier and heavier. Zhou Yu was completely soaked, and the fire on the river was extinguished.
Lu Su quickly boarded the boat and said, "Guan Yu let Cao Cao go."
"I knew it would be today." Zhou Yu said.
Zhou Yu's armor was dripping with water, he stood up slowly, Sun Quan wanted to come forward to help, but Zhou Yu waved his hand, the rain poured down, Zhou Yu knelt in front of Sun Quan on one knee, turned his back to the sky, the rain dripped on his face . In the freezing rain, dark clouds obscured the sky.
"God bless me, Soochow." Zhou Yu said in a deep voice.
Calling gold, withdrawing troops, another round of cheers erupted from the south bank.
In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's army was defeated in Chibi, and the 500,000 army was wiped out, and the rest retreated to Luoyang, less than 50,000.
In the same year, the Sun Quan regime pacified Jiaozhou.
Liu Bei rode at 20,000 paces, stood in Jingzhou, and took the post of shepherd in Jingzhou.
Three points of Jingzhou belong to Cao, Liu and Sun.
The world was separated and belonged to Wei, Shu, and Wu.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu conquered Bashu in the west. When he sent troops to Jiangling, he fell ill and died in Baqiu. The whole country mourned. That year, his spirit moved to Chaohu Lake and sank at the bottom of the lake by the lonely mountain. According to Zhou Yu's last words, he was accompanied by Sun Ce Lingshu.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan, and Sun Quan sent Lu Meng and Lu Xun to raid Jingzhou. Guan Yu was defeated and killed, and Jingzhou returned to Soochow.
In the next year, Cao Cao died of illness. Cao Pi succeeded the king of Wei.
In the second year of Huangchu, Lu Xun inherited Zhou Yu's behest and set fire to the company camp for 700 miles, defeating the Shu army, and Liu Bei retreated to Yizhou. The world is three points, and Yizhou is exhausted.
In the seventh year of Huangchu, Cao Pi died of illness in Luoyang.
Seven years later, Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan Mountain five times, and attacked Wei in the Northern Expedition. In May, Sun Quan won the trust and marched into Chaohukou. He was sheltered by Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's heroic spirits. , without success.
In the first year of Huanglong, Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor and founded Wu. He died of illness in the first year of Taiyuan at the age of seventy-one.
In the fifth year of Xianning, Lu Kang died of illness, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty Sima Yan attacked Wu, and Sun Hao surrendered to the enemy in Stone City. Soochow fell, and the Three Kingdoms belonged to Jin.
On the day when the country was destroyed, there were 4 prefectures, 43 counties, 313 counties, 523,000 households, 32,000 officials, 230,000 soldiers, 2.3 million men and women, and 2 rice grains. 1.8 million dendrobium, more than 5,000 boats.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, in Baqiu, the autumn wind passed through the hall, everything was bleak, the sky was bright and bright, and the ground was rusty yellow.
In the Baqiudeng military pavilion, Zhou Yu coughed. Zhou Yu coughed so hard that he could barely catch his breath. The soldiers on the side stepped forward and handed him tea.
"Thank you." Zhou Yu said wearily.
"Let's rest for a while, the governor." The soldier said, "There are still a few days before the reinforcements arrive, so don't worry too much."
Zhou Yu finished writing the letter home, sealed it and ordered someone to send it out. Xiao Qiao was in Jianye, Lu Su was in Jiangling, and Sun Quan was in Wujun. In autumn, when everything withered, there was no one by his side. It was lonely and cold, and the smell of dry grass brought a swirling yellow leaf into the room.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a lifelike butterfly, which stopped in front of the table and flapped its wings, then twirled and flew out of the fluttering gauze curtain.
Zhou Yu drank half a cup of cold tea, then lay down on the couch to rest for a while, and then couldn't sleep.
"When is it?" Zhou Yu stopped coughing and just said in a deep voice.
"Report to the governor, it's time."
Zhou Yu vaguely heard the sound of children playing outside. In autumn, the sky is broad and the sun is shining brightly, shining on the fields full of withered grass, making people feel warm.
"Is... who is talking?" Zhou Yu said.
"Reporting to the governor, Lieutenant Lin's boys are flying kites outside, so I'm going to catch them now."
"No... no need." Zhou Yu closed his eyes and said, "This is very good, where did you make the kite?"
The soldier couldn't answer, Zhou Yu thought of something and said, "There is a box on the bottom floor of the military platform. Bring me the contents of the box."
The soldiers went and found a dark and heavy iron box at the bottom of the shelf. They couldn't open it for a long time, so they had to report back to Zhou Yu: "Captain, there is no key."
"The key..." Zhou Yu's lips were dry and chapped, "I can't remember where it is for a while."
The soldiers had no choice but to break the lock on the box, and there were only two faded yellow kits containing the talisman papers in the box. After taking it, Zhou Yu's hands trembled. After taking it, the soldier stuffed it into Zhou Yu's hand.
Zhou Yu lay quietly on the couch, with his hands folded, and two kits covered between his fingers.
"Fly high..."
"Don't twist the wires..."
"Wait for me… "
The voices of children in the distance came into the window along with the flying dust. Zhou Yu sometimes slept and woke up, no one was around, only himself.
"Gongjin." Sun Ce's voice rang in his ears.
Zhou Yu opened his eyes and saw Sun Ce who hadn't seen him for a long time, and then laughed.
"Why are you here?" Zhou Yu asked unexpectedly.
Sun Ce held a kite in his hand, smiled mysteriously at him, and beckoned, Zhou Yu sat up, stayed on the bed, and followed Sun Ce out of the door.
The sky is clear, the sun is shining brightly, the air is fresh, and the mountains and fields seem to be brightened at that moment. The dry grass smell and the smell of each other's young men's clothes are clean, and when they run, they bring rows of The rust grass lay down.
"Hey! Wait!" Sun Ce shouted with a smile.
Zhou Yu stood dozens of steps away, pulling the long string, and the kite flew higher and higher, spinning, and fluttering under the blue sky.
In the military pavilion, on the couch, the wind stopped, the veil was motionless, Zhou Yu's expression was calm and serene, his thin body was wrapped in white clothes, and his hand was hanging down weakly.
One month later, Sun Quan personally helped Ling to Shu County, where there are beautiful mountains and clear waters, and Chaohu Lake is full of blue waves.
"It's a good place." All the officials said one after another.
"When General Sun was alive in the past, the governor often said that one day he would welcome us to Shu County." Zhang Zhao stroked his beard and said, "Great people, great place."
Sun Quan replied: "When my father passed away, my mother and I lived in Brother Gongjin's house for several years. We often wanted to come back, but we were entangled in many things and couldn't make it."
Sun Quan is no longer the child he was back then, but he still remembers that scene when he walked to Chaohu Lake.
In those springs, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce went boating on Chaohu Lake, one was fishing at the stern, and the other was drinking and cooking fish at the bow, while Sun Quan waited greedily for Zhou Yu to remove the pot cover.
It was in those days that Zhou Yu taught him that governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, and taught him to cultivate himself, regulate his family, govern the country and the world.
Today, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce sink their coffins in Chaohu Lake, and they should have fulfilled their previous wish.
Zhou Yu lay quietly in the coffin, holding Sun Ce's bone altar in his arms. His handsome face remained unchanged as before. Xiao Qiao's eyes were dim with tears, sprinkled with mugwort leaves, and the children pushed the coffin lid together and lifted the heavy wooden coffin pivot. Sent to the middle of the lake, three boats slowly sank it to the bottom of the lake.
The white falcon let out a cry piercing the sky, and spread its wings across the sky.
In the icy blue lake, the coffin sank slowly with air bubbles. Zhou Yu's eyes were closed tightly, and her long black hair spread out, wrapping around the remains of Sun Ce in her arms.
"Gong Jin." Sun Ce laughed and turned into a phantom, hugging Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu's spirit opened his eyes, with a smile in his eyes, and raised his arms to hug Sun Ce.
Under the blue sky, spring and summer rotate, countless years have passed, another year Jiangdong spring arrives, peach blossoms are blooming all over the mountains, under the lonely mountain, beside Chaohu Lake, children fly kites along the mountainside.
"It's here!"
"Come on!"
The two children chased the kite and ran into the deserted dumb temple. The ruins of the dumb temple were left, and there was a bell with copper rust in the ruins. The kite was hanging on the bell stand impressively.
Two little boys sat side by side in front of the Gushanya Temple, one with a string in his hand and the other with a kite.
The flying feathers flew across the sky, and the taller boy said to the shorter boy, "Hey, look at that bird, it's a falcon that flies around in the sky all day long."
"Hmm." The other boy carefully wound the thread with a smile on his lips.
"Why do I feel that I vaguely recognize it." said the tall boy.
"Did you call it? See if it comes?" The boy who was winding the thread asked without looking up.
The tall man pinched his lips and whistled. Fei Yu heard the whistle in mid-air, so he swooped over, then retracted his wings, and stopped in front of the two of them. The winding boy looked up, his eyes full of surprise.
"The bird is ours," said the boy with the kite. "Let's go!"
His companion didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and was led down the mountain, but Fei Yu was quiet and docile, folded his wings, and was led down the mountain.
Two children stepped onto the raft, and the one with great strength held the pole at the stern, while the other wound the coil, picked up the kite and waited.
"Let's go!" the tall boy urged him.
"If you want to break Mr. Cao, you must attack with fire. Everything is ready, and the only thing you need is the east wind—" Another boy said seriously.
The east wind is blowing, and the wind is blowing all over the sky, making Chaohu Lake rippling.
As soon as the kite is released, it swirls on the surface of the lake, and then the bobbin is whistling when it is pulled, and flies to the blue sky with thousands of miles of white thread, soaring under the sky.
The twin peaks of Gushan stand like double walls, standing on both sides of Chaohu Lake, and the peach blossoms are flying in the wind, covering the whole gentle world.
—End of the full text of Jiangdong Shuangbi—
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