In July of the thirteenth year of the reign of Emperor Xian of Han (208 AD), Cao Cao led an army to conquer Jingzhou in the south. In August, Liu Biao, the mu of Jingzhou, died of illness, and his second son Liu Chun inherited the foundation.
When Eastern Wu's adviser Lu Su heard about it, he immediately met with Sun Quan and asked to go to Jingzhou to investigate the situation. Sun Quan, who had been coveting Jingzhou, immediately approved it.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao was faster than Lu Su, and "Su (Lu Su) had not yet arrived at Cao Gong (Cao Cao). The speed of surrender of Liu Chun, the young lord of Jingzhou, was not slow, and before Cao Jun reached Xiangyang, he asked him to surrender to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao leads the army to the south (stills)
In this case, Lu Su immediately made a decision and immediately went to find Liu Bei, who had fled to Dangyang. After meeting Liu Bei, Lu Su suggested that he unite with Sun Quan to fight against Cao Cao and "help the world".
At the same time, Lu Su also clearly told Liu Bei that whether Sun Quan agreed or not was still unknown.
At this time, Zhuge Liang, who had not yet made any practical contribution to Liu Bei, asked Liu Bei for orders: he rushed to Eastern Wu and "asked for help from General Sun". Of course, Liu Bei agreed.
Subsequently, Zhuge Liang and Lu Su came to Chaisang to meet Sun Quan ("Juyi Sun Quan").
As for how Zhuge Liang used his excellent diplomatic skills to persuade Sun Quan to cooperate with Liu Bei after seeing Sun Quan, we will not dwell on it.
In short, the ending was "Quan Dayue, that is, send Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Su and other water troops of thirty thousand, follow Liang Yi first, and force cao Gong." (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Zhuge Liang)
From this point of view, it was naturally Zhuge Liang who persuaded Sun Quan to ally with Liu Bei to resist Cao!
Zhuge Liang (stills)
Is this really the case? In fact, for Sun Quan, the decision to "unite Liu and resist Cao" was not so easy to make.
First, Sun Quan and Cao Cao were related by marriage. Cao Cao's niece married Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Kuang; Cao Cao's son Cao Zhang, in turn, married Sun Quan's niece.
This relationship, no matter how Sun Quan and Cao Cao theory, is relative to each other anyway. However, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were not related.
Then, Sun Quan is naturally unwilling to help an outsider who does not even have a half-cent relationship with himself against his relatives.
Second, when Cao Cao marched south to Jingzhou, it was already "a hundred counties in Jiuzhou, ten and seven eight, threatening the world and threatening the world." "It can be described as strong! At that time, Liu Bei, who had neither any territory nor many troops, sent people under the fence. It can be described as a weak force!
Then, Sun Quan does not need to offend a strong person for the sake of a weak person for no reason.
In the third rule, Liu Bei was a man whom Cao Cao called a "hero" (Cao Cao's saying: "The hero of the world is only the king and the ear!"). " ) of the "restless" characters.
Liu Bei (stills)
If you help Liu Bei, wouldn't you create obstacles to the realization of your grand goal ("build an emperor to seek the world")? Borrowing Cao Cao's hand to get rid of it is only natural.
The existence of the above objective reasons made Sun Quan "support the army in Chaisang and wait and see if it succeeds or fails" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Zhuge Liang). Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, hoping to profit from it. It can be said that Sun Quan at that time had no intention of helping Liu Bei.
However, Sun Quan was worried about the gains and losses of jingzhou' treasure land. Because, Lu Su once drew such a blueprint for him: "Eliminate Huang Zu and enter Liu Biao, and even the Yangtze River is extreme, according to it." Then build the emperor to try to ,......。 ”
At this time, Huang Zu had been "eliminated" by Sun Quan. According to the plan, the next step is to "enter Liu Biao" and seize Jingzhou. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao came. Therefore, Sun Quan sent Lu Su to Jingzhou to explore the truth.
Sun Quan (stills)
Later, however, just as Lu Su and Zhuge Liang came to Chaisang together, Sun Quan "asked Cao Gong to ask the East" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su Biography).
Cao Cao was about to use troops in Eastern Wu, which forced Sun Quan to reconsider his relationship with Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Because with the demise of Liu Bei, Cao Cao was going to attack sun quan.
So, under such circumstances, is it possible for Sun Quan not to consult with his subordinates and make a statement based only on Zhuge Liang's grand remarks that served Liu Bei? Or, meet with Zhuge Liang first, and then discuss decisions with his subordinates?
Impossible, impossible. How can such a major military affair easily listen to the words of outsiders? Moreover, where is the reason why there is a matter of its own, and it is busy talking with an outsider without first discussing it internally?
That is to say, after Lu Su returned from Jingzhou, Sun Quan first organized Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, and others to hold a meeting to discuss what to do about Cao Cao's imminent attack.-what to do?
As a result, most of the officials "persuaded Quan (Sun Quan) to welcome him" - surrendering to Cao Cao! After listening to everyone's suggestions, Sun Quan was very disappointed: why did everyone think so? At this time, Lu Su just "washed his ears and listened", looked at it coldly, and did not say a word.
Lu Su (stills)
After a while, the embarrassed and helpless Sun Quan got up to go to the toilet. Lu Su saw it and pulled out. As soon as Sun Quan saw Lu Su coming with him, he immediately realized that he had something to say that was inconvenient for the public.
Therefore, Sun Quan took Lu Su's hand and asked kindly, "Sir, do you have anything important to say to me?" ”
Lu Su replied bluntly: "The views of the lord, Zhang Zhao, and others are all misleading the general. It is okay to surrender Cao Cao, but it depends on who it is. For example, I Lu Su, it is okay; general, you can't.
Why? After Lu Su surrendered to Cao Cao, he may still enjoy certain treatment. However, General, you meet Cao Cao, what destination do you want to get? ("The general greets you, want to be safe?") ”）
Sun Quan sighed and said, "Just now, I was very disappointed by everyone's opinions. Only this remark of the gentleman was the foresight that suited my heart, and it opened me up. ”
Lu Su's words made Sun Quan more soberly realize that there was no way out by surrendering to Cao Cao, and only by "uniting Liu to resist Cao Cao" could it be possible to "become an emperor."
Lu Su and Sun Quan talking together (stills)
It can be seen from this that Lu Su is his own person who knows Sun Quan's true thoughts and really thinks about him.
Then, if the great enemy is present, if he does not surrender to Cao Cao, he should unite with Liu Bei!
In this way, when Sun Quan received Zhuge Liang, after further understanding the situation of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, he agreed to Zhuge Liang's proposition of "uniting Liu against Cao Cao" and immediately put it into practice.
To this end, Pei Songzhi said in the commentary of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Liu Bei and Quan worked together to reject China. He also said: "Jianji rejects Cao, and shi shi lu su." ”
From the above, it can be seen that Lu Su was the initiator of the "Sun Liu Alliance" and promoted it before Zhuge Liang.
Main references: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) lusu chuan(鲁蘇傳), "Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) by Zhuge Liang(Zhuge Liang), "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Romance of the Three Kingdom