This page details the main "brains" for the Kingdom of Wu.

Zhou Yu   Zhou Yu Full Name: Zhou Gongjin Life Span: 35 years (AD 175-210) Wife: Lady Qiao(younger) Warlords Served: Sun Ce, Sun Quan Officers Killed: Cai He Cause of Death: Arrow wound and anguish

Perhaps the most well known character for the Wu kingdom, he is the sworn brother of Sun Ce. Just before Sun Ce passed away, he told his younger brother Sun Quan to turn to Zhou Yu for advise on external affairs. Holding the appointment of Commander-in-Chief, he was one of the key figures for the events in the battle preparation, the actual battle of Chibi and shortly its aftermath.

Spurned into war with Cao Cao by Zhuge Liang's recitation of a poem whereby Zhuge Liang mentioned in the poem in the poem that one of Cao Cao's main intention of annexing the Wu kingdom is the possession of two beauties (See women's page on the Qiao sisters). Though Zhou Yu had the assistance of Zhuge Liang, he soon realised that he is no match for Zhuge Liang in terms of wits. Such a man like Zhuge Liang may prove to be a dangerous foe later to the Wu kingdom. Intially Zhou Yu tried to tap Zhuge Liang's talents for the benefit of the Wu kingdom by sending Zhuge Liang's elder brother Zhuge Jin to go and persuade Zhuge Liang to serve Sun Quan instead of Liu Bei. However Zhuge Liang could not be swayed leaving Zhou Yu no choice but to get rid of Zhuge Liang.

In order to put Zhuge Liang to death through proper means so as to prevent discontent among his men and mockery, Zhou Yu gave Zhuge Liang the assignment of producing one hundred thousand arrows in ten days time. However Zhuge Liang managed to produce the arrows in three days time thus greatly astonished Zhou Yu and this made Zhou Yu feel inferior compared to Zhuge Liang. This add up to Zhou Yu's urge to kill Zhuge Liang even more. Zhou Yu's attempt to kill Zhuge Liang was foiled when Zhuge Liang escaped under the protection of Zhao Yun after summoning the southeast wind needed to turn the tide of war against Cao Cao. (The southeast wind was predicted by Zhuge Liang and not any socery craft)

The defeat of Cao Cao's forces at Chibi gave Zhou Yu the opportunity to capture the territories of Jingzhou as war booties. Zhou Yu settled with an agreement with Liu Bei that should he fail to capture the city of Nanjun, Liu Bei would be given the chance to attack it. However Zhuge Liang had anticipated that Zhou Yu's forces would be repelled by Cao Ren's defending forces. By letting Zhou Yu assault Nanjun and attriting the defenders, the attack by Zhao Yun would be easier. During the attack on Nanjun, Zhou Yu was wounded by a poisoned arrow and his army suffered a defeat.

While Zhou Yu was away trying to capture the city of Nanjun, Liu Bei sent forth his army to capture the other various cities of Jingzhou. In the end, the entire Jingzhou fell into Liu Bei's hands. This infuriates Zhou Yu a great deal and this aggravated his wound and he fainted. Thus Zhou Yu put his Jingzhou conquest plans on hold for the mean time and returned to Wu kingdom to recuperate. After Zhou Yu has almost fully recovered he came up with a plan to regain Jingzhou by tricking Liu Bei to come to the Wu kingdom for the 'marriage' with Sun Quan's sister. The plan is to kill Liu Bei while he is enroute to the Wu kingdom. Again Zhuge Liang foiled his scheme and the marriage though intially kept a secret was blown up and much of the population of the Wu kingdom know about it. Since the plan has some somewhat failed since it is no longer a secret, a slight adjustment was made by Zhou Yu. Since Liu Bei cannot be killed, he decided to trap Liu Bei in the Wu kingdom instead. A grand palace was soon built for Liu Bei and his newlywed bride and the intention is to shower Liu Bei with luxuries and comfort that he would not leave the place.

The plan is such that without their lord, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and most of the officers and the army would soon disintegrate. Such a situation would present a prefect opportunity to invade and recover the territories of Jingzhou. Unfortunately the plan to trap Liu Bei did not last long and before long Liu Bei escaped back to Jingzhou together with his wife. Zhou Yu led men to intercept and kill Liu Bei upon hearing news that Liu Bei had begun making his way back to Jingzhou. On landing on the shores of Jingzhou across the river, Zhou Yu was beaten beaten by Liu Bei's generals. Upon retreat, Liu Bei's soldiers shouted out that Zhou Yu lost a women and his men. Infuriated and aggravated again, his arrow wound reopened once more and Zhou Yu fainted.

All these subsequent plans being foiled by Zhuge Liang had driven Zhou Yu to the very limit. Pressured by Sun Quan to regain the Jingzhou territories, Zhou Yu proposed that he will attack and conquer Xichuan for Liu Bei in exchange for Liu Bei's return of Jingzhou. The proposal is a pretext whereby when Zhou Yu lead his army to Jingzhou on the way to Xichuan, Liu Bei would go and boost the the morale of the Wu troops. Zhou Yu's intention is to launch a surprise attack to capture the main city of Jingzhou when Liu Bei go out of the city to greet and welcome the Wu army. On the contrary however, Liu Bei was nowhere to be seen and Zhao Yun who is the general on top of the castle gate told Zhou Yu that Zhuge Liang had seen through his scheme. Not to be underestimated by Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu ordered his forces toward Xichuan to prove that he can capture Xichuan. Along the way a messenger delivered Zhuge Liang's letter to Zhou Yu which warn him that attacking Xichuan would give Cao Cao a golden opportunity to attack Wu from behind. Zhou Yu became too aggravated and fainted again. This time round he never recovered and passed away very shortly after. His last words were "Heaven has created me. Why must Zhuge Liang exist too?"

Lu Su   Lu Su Full Name: Lu Zijing Life Span: 45 years (AD 172-217) Warlords Served: Sun Ce, Sun Quan Officers Killed: Cause of Death: Illness

Recommended by Zhou Yu to succeed him as the commander-in-chief of the Wu forces. Lu Su is more level-headed and tolerant of talents than Zhou Yu. He advised Zhou Yu to focus on the main issue of defeating Cao Cao's mighty army instead of diverting his attention to getting rid of Zhuge Liang. Getting into petty struggles and conflicts internally will only give Cao Cao an advantage.

Compared to Zhou Yu, Lu Su prefer to settle disputes through diplomacy. Although as he is the commander-in-chief, he made many trips personally as envoy for the Wu kingdom to resolve the thorny Jingzhou dispute. Zhuge Liang took advantage of this diplomatic problem solving approach of Lu Su and managed to retain control of Jingzhou over an extended period of time. However as time goes by, Sun Quan's patience eventually wears out and he ordered Lu Su to resort to force since all attempts at resolving the Jingzhou dispute peacefully and amicably have come to nought.

Lu Su attempted one last try at a somewhat aggressive diplomatic settlement and invited the the general in charge of Jingzhou, Guan Yu to a feast at the river side. The planb is to get Guan Yu to come to the Wu side of the riverbank and hopefully the presence of the Wu soldiers/generals around the feasting area would intimate or force Guan Yu to hand over Jingzhou to East Wu. Although alone by himself, Guan Yu managed to escape by pretending to be drunk and dragged Lu Su along with him as he make his way to his boat before bidding Lu SU goodbye. Afraid that Guan Yu harm their commander-in-chief, the Wu soldiers and generals dare not take any action against Guan Yu ashe held Lu Su by his side on his way to the boat.

Lu Su died not long after the Wu Kingdom had captured Jingzhou with a surprise attack on Guan Yu's rear when he is engaged in a battle with Cao Cao's army.

Lu Xun   Lu Xun Full Name: Lu Boyan Life Span: (AD 183-?) Warlords Served: Sun Quan Officers Killed: Cause of Death:

Scholar and son-in-law of Sun Ce. He succeeded Lu Su after being appointed as the Commander-in-Chief out of the blue from Kan Ze's recommendation when East Wu was in danger of being overrun by Liu Bei's deep incursion into Wu territory. Many officers opposed to the appointment of Lu Xun's appointment as the commander-in-chief due to his scholarly background but Sun Quan went ahead with the appointment nonetheless.

Lu Su's orders of holding and defending the important passes and castles and ceasing all attacks on the enemy has raised the eyebrows of many generals. Many think he is a coward. Though misunderstood and could be in danger of insubordination among his generals, Lu Xun held steadfast to his strategy waiting for the approciate strategy to strike.

The time to strike finally arrived when Liu Bei moved his army into the more shady woods during the summer. Ma Liang cautioned Liu Bei against Lu Xun's motive for his seemingly cowardly defensive stance could be waiting for this very moment whereby to make use of the hot summer heat to launch an counter offensive by fire. Unfortunately Liu Bei turned a deaf ear to Ma Liang's advise and was subsequently defeated. Lu Xun's pursuit of Liu Bei ended when he was lost and trapped inside the rock formation set up by Zhuge Liang.

He was later appointed as the Prime Minister of Wu and honored the pact of alliance with Shu with reinforcements and attacks on Wei.