Introduction: During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many opponents of equal strength, such as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, both of whom were from the family of officials and eunuchs, and one was the overlord of Hebei and the other was the overlord of the Central Plains, and whoever could win could become the overlord of the world. There were also Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, both of whom were Shu Han's ministers and Cao Wei's vassals, and their victory or defeat would also determine the trend of the late Three Kingdoms. There are also Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, who each have different positions as military divisions within the group, but once cooperated to fight the Battle of Chibi, and also spread the helplessness of "both ShengYu and He Shengliang", but many friends pointed out that this was just an act of belittling Zhuge Liang and deliberately elevating Zhou Yu. Whether this is the case or not, we will see exactly.
First of all, let's look at Zhou Yu's resume, he was born in a famous family in Jiangdong, his grandfather and father were once officials in the DPRK, Zhou Yu received an elite education of that era from a young age, and was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Especially in terms of piano rhythm, there is a saying that "the song is wrong Zhou Langgu". In 194 AD, Sun Ce exchanged thousands of soldiers and horses from Yuan Shu with the Chuanguo Jade Seal, and raised an army under the banner of helping him recover Jiangdong, and then invited Zhang Zhao, a famous soldier in Jiangdong, to help him handle government affairs, and invited his friend Zhou Yu to become his military master.
Don't look at Sun Cebing Shao Zhou Yu is also young, the combination of the two of them is perfect, Zhou Yu has formulated a strategy to attack the weak points of Jiangdong, and Sun Ce's fierce combat style is even more effective with half the effort, and he has also won one victory after another, and the territory is getting bigger and bigger. When Sun Ce finally took control of Jiangdong after taking the last county town of Jiangdong, Huiji Commandery, it took only 6 years, becoming the fastest and youngest prince in that period.
In 200 AD, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao began the Battle of Guandu, and Zhou Yu planned to send cavalry from Jiangdong to secretly attack Xuchang to take Emperor Xian of Han, but ended because Sun Ce was assassinated. After Sun Quan came to power, he changed Jiangdong's strategy of going north to west, so Zhou Yu went to Chaisang to train water troops to prepare for the future attack on Jingzhou. Cao Cao's effortless acquisition of Jingzhou during his southern expedition, he wanted to quickly annex Jiangdong but was sniped by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and Zhou Yu, as the actual commander, dashed Cao Cao's dream of unifying the world with a battle of Chibi. However, shortly after the war, Zhou Yu fell ill and died at the age of 36.
Zhuge Liang was also born in the Langyashi clan, and moved to Nanyang with his family in his childhood, and studied under Mr. Shuijing in his youth. Because of his talent and ambition, he was awarded the title of "Wolong" by Mr. ShuiJing, and was invited out of the mountain by Liu Beisan Gu Maolu at the age of 27, and since then Wolong has been born. Zhuge Liang, who had just come out of the mountains, escaped from the fire of Cao Jun in Bowangpo, and then promoted Liu Bei's alliance with Sun Quan from an incredible angle, borrowed the East Wind to help Zhou Yu's fire attack during the Battle of Chibi, and sent the generals Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others to quickly occupy Jingzhou Nan County and Jingnan Four Counties after the war, making Liu Bei a big winner and also making Zhou Yu jealous.
After Zhou Yu's death, Eastern Wu finally had no strength to contain Liu Bei, especially the newly appointed governor Lu Su was still a pro-Liu faction, and Liu Bei could finally put aside the threat from Jiangdong and march into Yizhou with Jingzhou soldiers. Although Yizhou's materialistic army was also well-equipped, it annexed the place within two years under Zhuge Liang's planning, officially entering the era of the Three Kingdoms. After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang became the de facto ruler of Shu Han, and took Shu Han on several northern expeditions, but all of them returned to No success, and Zhuge Liang also died in Wuzhangyuan due to mental exhaustion.
Judging from the comparison of the resumes of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, before Zhou Yu died, both his military achievements and his position had been suppressing Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bei Group did not dare to make a mistake because of his existence. It was only after Zhou Yu's death that The Liu Bei clique developed, and only then did Zhuge Liang's later series of power and northern expeditions. The phrase "He Shengliang" was mainly invented by Luo Guanzhong, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Zhou Yu had never said such a thing in history. If you really want to say that Zhou Yu is inferior to Zhuge Liang, perhaps he is inferior to Zhuge Liang in the center of the novel author Luo Guan.