Zhou Yu meets Zhuge Liang for the first time. The two men become opposed to each other at once. None of them want to be the first to greet the other. Lu Su asks Zhou Yu for his opinion on the war against Cao Cao. On purpose, Zhou Yu says he advocates surrender, because he wants to scare Zhuge Liang. However, Zhuge Liang sees through him and makes use of Lu Su to provoke Zhou Yu. Zhuge Liang says that Cao Cao has come to the Southland because of the two daughters of patriarch Qiao. Then he recites the “Bronze Bird Tower Rhapsody” for Zhou Yu.
周瑜初會諸葛亮，二人見面拼火候，誰也不願意先招呼對方，魯肅問周瑜對曹操干戈事如何，周瑜有意說了個降字，想嚇諸葛亮，給諸葛亮識破，借魯肅的口反激周瑜，說曹操下江實爲大小喬，背銅雀台賦給周瑜聽。