Life

Zhu Yi was the son of the Wu general Zhu Huan, who was from Wu County, Wu Commandery, which is present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu. He gained his first military appointment as a Cavalry Commandant (騎都尉) after his father's death in 238. His first field assignment was in 241 when he followed Zhu Ran in the latter's assault on the Wei fortress at Fancheng, but it would be his victory over the Wei general Wen Qin that cemented his reputation as a capable commander. Zhu Yi personally led 2,000 troops to destroy all seven of Wen Qin's encampments, decapitating several hundred men in the process, and earning him a promotion to Lieutenant-General (偏將軍). The Wu emperor Sun Quan remarked afterward that Zhu Yi was even braver and sturdier than he had heard.

In 252, Zhu Yi thwarted a Wei invasion when he led a naval force to attack and destroy the floating bridges built by the Wei generals Hu Zun (胡遵) and Zhuge Dan in their attempt to cross the Yangtze River into Wu territory.

In 257, when the Wei general Zhuge Dan started a rebellion against the Wei regent Sima Zhao, the Wu regent Sun Chen dispatched an army of 30,000 to aid Zhuge Dan in Shouchun (present-day Shou County, Anhui), and dispatched another 30,000 troops led by Zhu Yi to a county just south of Shouchun to act as the rear guard. The Wei general Zhou Tai defeated Zhu Yi's army and inflicted over 2,000 casualties. Sun Chen then ordered another 50,000 men, commanded in part by Zhu Yi, to attack the Wei forces. Leaving his baggage train and the bulk of his forces at Dulu (都陸), he travelled upstream and made a night crossing on floating bridges with 6,000 of his bravest fighters, but the Wei generals Zhou Tai and Shi Bao (石苞) detected his forces and defeated them. Zhu Yi regrouped but was again driven back. Later, the Wei officer Hu Lie (胡烈) led 5,000 men to launch a sneak attack on Zhu Yi's baggage train and managed to burn down his supplies.

Sun Chen sent another 30,000 men to assist Zhu Yi and fight the Wei forces to the death, if necessary, but Zhu Yi was unwilling to fight without supplies or food. Sun Chen was so enraged that he had Zhu Yi executed at Huoli (鑊裡; in present-day Chaohu, Anhui).

生平

潛破譎計

童年與張純和張儼三人皆因年幼而有文才而知名。長大後因父親朱桓為將而任郎。嘉禾六年（237年），因父親稱病到建業治療，以騎都尉暫領父親部隊。次年父親逝世，朱異繼承嘉興侯爵位。

赤烏四年（241年），朱異隨朱然進攻魏國的樊城，並建計破其外圍，還國拜為偏將軍。後率手下二千人掩破魏國廬江太守文欽設置要道的七個屯寨，斬首數百，遷揚武將軍。

赤烏十三年（250年），魏將文欽詐降，密書給朱異，希望他親自迎接。朱異看出文欽譎計，報告孫權；孫權認為不可排除他真心投降，若擔心是譎計，就領重兵以作防禦，於是派朱異與呂據督二萬人至北方邊境，而文欽果然不降。建興元年（252年），遷鎮南將軍。

違從戮命

同年曹魏派遣胡遵、諸葛誕等進攻東興，太傅諸葛恪領四萬兵到東興防禦，朱異督水軍攻浮橋，魏軍不敵，從浮橋撤退，浮橋不勝負荷斷裂，大量魏軍在水中遇溺，於是大破魏軍。

太平二年（257年），曹魏徵東大將軍諸葛誕在壽春叛魏，並派人質到東吳請求援兵，東吳得悉後十分高興，於是任命朱異假節，為大都督，領兵為壽春解圍，但在安豐遭到魏將州泰擊敗；孫綝不久又派朱異領丁奉等領兵再次前往壽春解圍，又被石苞和州泰等擊破，魏太山太守胡烈更奇兵突襲東吳糧秣所在的都陸，東吳糧秣盡毀。朱異軍缺糧，只得吃葛葉充飢。朱異撤回後，孫綝又分派三萬兵，命令朱異領兵死戰，朱異堅決不肯，孫綝大怒之下將朱異殺害。

評論

• 孫權：「本知季文定，見之復過所聞。」

• 《三國志》評：「呂據、朱異、施績咸有將領之才，克紹堂構。若（呂）范、（朱）桓之越隘，得以吉終，至於據、異無此之尤而反罹殃者，所遇之時殊也。」

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