Conquest during the Three Kingdoms period was a common thing, Wei, Shu, and Wu fought each other for their own interests, so they staged a lot of stories of the popular population, of which Lü Meng's "three plans" to ding jingzhou is very interesting, and today I will talk about this matter.
Dedicate Sun Quan
Twenty-four years after Jian'an, Guan Yu led the Shu army north, besieged the Cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng in the Wei State, captured and killed Pound, and for a moment threatened Huaxia, at this time Guan Yu's soldiers were victorious, as if no one could defeat him, so gradually became proud, Lü Meng took the opportunity to offer Sun Quan and said: "Guan Yu attacked Fancheng and left a lot of soldiers to garrison, presumably I must be afraid that I will sneak into his rear, I am often sick, and now on the grounds of medical treatment, I will lead some of the soldiers back to Jianye, Guan Yu will believe it after knowing the news, he will believe it. Then all the generals were transferred to Xiangyang, at this time we led the army to attack his rear, we will definitely be able to take Nan County, capture Guan Yu. ”
After writing the book, Lü Meng said that he was sick, so he pretended to be ill, so Sun Quan ordered that Lü Meng be summoned back to Jianye, and as a result, Guan Yu was indeed successful in the plan, and all the soldiers guarding Fancheng were transferred to Xiangyang.
Cross the river in white
At this time, Guan Yu had a lot of new horses, because of the lack of grain and grass, so he forcibly occupied the grain that Eastern Wu had placed in Xiangguan, and when Sun Quan learned of it, he was very angry, thinking that this was the best time to attack Guan Yu, so he led an army to attack Guan Yu and appointed Lü Meng as the front, and Lü Meng then took into account and decided to "cross the river in white clothes". So he led the army to attack covertly, let the soldiers put on ordinary people's clothes, dressed as merchants, hid in the boat, and marched to Gangneung.
Because the soldiers of the Wu Army were well concealed, they did not reveal a single trace of information, completely deceiving the Shu army stationed on the riverside. Lü Meng successfully came to Nan Commandery and lured down the Shu general Fu Shiren, who was stationed in the public security, and forced the landing of Nan Commandery Taishou Lufang, who was guarding Jiangling, and Lufang Kaicheng surrendered, so Lü Meng took Jiangling and recaptured Jingzhou, which had been occupied by the Shu army for a long time, while Guan Yu was unaware of Lü Meng's sneak attack.
The method of attacking the heart
After taking Gangneung, Lü Meng used the method of attacking the heart, he knew that in order to defeat Guan Yu, guan Yu's soldiers must lose their fighting spirit, so Lü Meng made proper arrangements and ordered that the people's lives should not be harassed, so that Jiangling was as usual, even better than before. Lü Meng also specially treated Guan Yu's family members kindly and took good care of them. Later, Guan Yu was defeated by Xu Huang and learned of the loss of Jiangling, so he led his army to quickly withdraw.
On the way back to the army, Guan Yu sent emissaries to see Lü Meng, and Lü Meng warmly received Guan Yu's emissaries and asked them to comfort the families of the Shu army generals, who all said that they had been treated favorably by Lü Meng and were in a very good situation, and as a result, the matter reached Guan Yu's army, and the generals knew that there was nothing wrong in their homes, even more than usual, so the soldiers lost their fighting spirit and developed a good feeling for Lü Meng, which laid the groundwork for some generals to later surrender to the Wu army, and Lü Meng's offensive strategy worked.
Contain Guan Yu
At the same time, Sun Quan had already led his army to Jiangling, and sent Lu Xun to capture Yiling and Zigui, cutting off Guan Yu's retreat into the river, and guan Yu could only break through the siege in the direction of the "Three Eastern Counties" after hearing the news.
However, Sun Quan had already ordered Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang to cut off Guan Yu's retreat, and although Guan Yu was a thousand enemies, it was difficult to resist the continuous attacks of the Wu army at this time, and eventually Guan Yu was captured and killed, and a generation of famous generals eventually died in Linfeng (Yuan'an County, Yichang City, Hubei Province).
brief summary
Lü Menglian defeated Guan Yu with three tricks, causing Guan Yu to eventually die, and it has to be said that Lü Meng is indeed superior, which may be related to his later efforts to study.
Reference: "Three Kingdoms"