Lu Su is a seriously misunderstood person, due to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the rendering of film and television works, for a long time, Lu Su has been considered an honest person, which is a serious misunderstanding by Lu Su, Lu Su is not only not honest, but also a unique vision, the opportunity to make a decision.
Before and after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu was the head of the generals of Jiangdong, defeated Cao Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Nan County, captured the most important place in Jingzhou - Nan County, and was appointed by Sun Quan as the Taishou of Nan Commandery, Zhen Shou Jiangling, after Zhou Yu's death, Lu Su was appointed by Sun Quan as the general who succeeded Zhou Yu, why was Lu Su, who had always been considered an "honest man", replace the military general Zhou Yu and guard the front line?
There are two main reasons why Lu Su was able to take over Zhou Yu's class:
Zhou Yu
First, Zhou Yu's recommendation.
Before his death, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to replace him, and Zhou Yu said this to Sun Quan:
We are now operating with Cao, Liu Bei is close to the public security, we should use Lianghui to guard the border, Lu Su's wisdom and talent are competent enough, please use him to replace me, after I die, there will be no worries.
Zhou Yu, as the general in question, is the most qualified to recommend his successor, Zhou Yu and Lu Su's political strategy is not the same, Zhou Yu advocates house arrest of Liu Bei and the capture of Yizhou, while Lu Su advocates uniting liu Bei to jointly resist Cao Cao, although the strategies of the two are different, but what is rare and valuable is that this does not affect Zhou Yu's recommendation of Lu Su, and the fundamental reason why Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su is that Zhou Yu recognized Lu Su's talent.
Lu Su
Zhou Yu knew Lu Su very early, when Zhou Yu was short of grain, looking for Lu Su to borrow grain, Lu Su's family was relatively rich, there were six thousand stone rice, Lu Su was very bold, a big hand, he gave half of the rice (three thousand stones) in his home to Zhou Yu, note that this is not a loan, it is a gift, in the chaotic world, Lu Su's atmosphere, all of a sudden let Zhou Yu very admired, feel that this person is different and abnormal.
From this incident, it can also be seen that Lu Su's atmosphere is bold and eclectic, Lu Su sent rice to Zhou Yu is actually like an investment, there is no gratuitous love, the rice in Lu Su's home is not falling from the world, but Lu Su is willing to give these rice to Zhou Yu, which is very valuable, and suddenly closes the relationship with Zhou Yu, the two often talk about the situation in the world and political ideals together, the relationship is very good, so that Zhou Yu has an understanding of Lu Su.
Before zhou yu died, he recommended Lu Su to succeed him
Soon, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to Sun Ce and Sun Quan, after Sun Ce's death, Lu Su told Sun Quan, who had just taken over the Jiangdong regime, about the situation in heaven and the strategy of the Jiangdong regime, Lu Su's strategy was to let Sun Quan establish an empire to unify the world, to know that the strength of the Jiangdong regime in the whole world at that time was not necessarily how strong, but Lu Su could look at the whole world and let Sun Quan's ambition rise to the same height, this is Lu Su's talent, but also the highest development strategy of the Jiangdong regime, this is one of Lu Su's talents. It is also the reason why Sun Quan recommended Lu Su.
The second is Sun Quan's trust.
Sun Quan is the lord of Jiangdong, after Zhou Yu's death, who will succeed Zhou Yu, Sun Quan has a veto right, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su, and then got Sun Quan's consent, Lu Su can take Zhou Yu's class, Zhou Yu's recommendation is the first step, Sun Quan's trust is the second step, which jointly contributed to Lu Su's reuse, this is because Sun Quan also saw Lu Su's talent.
So what talent does Lu Su have?
Sun Quan and Lu Su
1. Strategic talent.
When Sun Quan evaluated Lu Su, he compared Lu Su to Deng Yu, who was Deng Yu? Deng Yu was the head of the founding heroes under Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor, the chief strategy master of Liu Xiu, the head of the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai, often plotting the world strategy with Liu Xiu, it can be said that Deng Yu's role in Liu Xiu is equivalent to Zhang Liang's role in Liu Bang, but Deng Yu's talent is not only in strategy, Deng Yu can also lead the army to fight, and pacifying Shanxi is Deng Yu's credit.
And Sun Quan regarded Lu Su as a strategic master around him, equivalent to Zhuge Liang under Liu Bei, Xun Yu under Cao Cao, Sun Quan was a quite useful monarch, the reason why he evaluated Lu Su was because Lu Su had strategic ability, and Lu Su's strategic ability was reflected in the alignment on the bed.
Sun Quan trusted Lu Su
As early as 200 AD, Lu Su proposed to Sun Quan the strategy of the Jiangdong Clique, and Lu Su's strategy was as follows:
The Han Dynasty cannot be revived, and Cao Cao cannot be eliminated at once, now we should be in jiangdong, to see the situation in the world, taking advantage of the fact that the north is in contention, we can eliminate Huang Zu, attack Liu Biao, occupy all the places south of the Yangtze River, and then establish an imperial industry to seize the world, and establish a great cause like Han Gaozu's!
Lu Su's highest strategy is to establish a great cause like Han Gaozu's ancestor Liu Bang, that is, to unify the world, in 200 AD, I am afraid that no more than three people in the whole world have this idea, the first two are Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the third is Lu Su, Lu Su's vision is quite unique, he believes that the Han Dynasty has been impossible to revive, can not be saved, at this time Cao Cao has been holding tianzi to order the princes for four years, the people of the world are still many, but Lu Su can keenly realize that the Han Dynasty is about to end, and the day of changing dynasties is coming.
The situation in the world in 200 AD
Lu Su suggested that Sun Quan had ambitions to unify the world, which was something that many people did not dare to think about at that time, after all, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north were so powerful that it was not the turn of Sun Quan south of the Yangtze River to unify the world, but Lu Su dared to think that he asked Sun Quan to take full control of the south of the Yangtze River and then map the world, in fact, it can also be understood that if the unification of the world cannot be unified, it can also divide the south and form a confrontation between the north and the south.
Lu Su's words immediately made Sun Quan have great ambitions, at this time Sun Quan was quite young, only 19 years old, Lu Su's strategy took root in the young Sun Quan's heart from then on, during the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan was unwilling to surrender, a big reason is that Lu Su supported Sun Quan's ambitions.
Sun Quan was not willing to surrender, he had a political ideal, that is, to unify the world, this ambition to maintain Sun Quan has always been independent, although in the later period Sun Quan did not complete Lu Su's strategy, but Lu Su's strategy allowed Sun Quan to establish the imperial industry, Sun Quan called the empress, he remembered Lu Su, and lamented that if it were not for Lu Su, he would not have today, this is Lu Su's strategic talent.
Sun Quan was ignited by Lu Su's political ambitions
2. Ability to govern the army.
Sun Quan once commented that Lu Su had two major merits, one was the strategic merit, and put forward the strategy of unifying the world to achieve the foundation of the emperor, and Sun Quan also believed that Lu Su's plan surpassed that of Zhang Yi and Su Qin at that time. Before the Battle of Chibi, everyone in Jiangdong was in danger, and the surrender faction led by Zhang Zhao suggested that Sun Quan defect to Cao Cao, and Lu Su resolutely opposed surrender, and suggested that Sun Quan recall Zhou Yu for military deployment.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) Lu Su Biography: This son cannot do it internally, and the outside is a big word, and he is lonely and forgives, and does not reproach him. However, as a military camp, it does not lose its orders and prohibitions, there is no abolition in the tribal boundaries, there is no road to be found, and its law is also beautiful.
Sun Quan also had such an evaluation of Lu Su, Sun Quan believed that Lu Su sometimes talked big, and forgave Lu Su, not arbitrarily harshly reprimanding him, but Sun Quan also believed that Lu Su marched and camped in battle, could be banned on the order, there were no officials in the jurisdiction who neglected their duties, and they could do everything they needed, and the governance measures were also very perfect.
Lu Su and Zhuge Liang
This is Lu Su's management of the army, Lu Su is a person with advantages and disadvantages, in addition to strategic ability, Lu Su also has the ability to govern the army, which is one of the reasons why Lu Su can replace Zhou Yu, people with strategic ability are not necessarily able to govern the army, such as Zhang Liang and Xun Yu, have not ruled the army, and Zhuge Liang can rule the army, you must know that instead of replacing Zhou Yu, in addition to guarding the side, he must also deal with the enemy's invasion, involving military and war, if there is no ability in this regard, Sun Quan will not use Lu Su.
So don't simply think that Lu Su just understands a little strategy, in fact, Lu Su also knows how to govern the army, during the period when Lu Su was defending Lukou, his opponent in the east was Guan Yu, the enemy in the north was Cao Cao, and during the period of Lu Su's town defense, he successfully blocked the hostile forces and did not let Jiangdong lose, this is Lu Su's military talent.
3. Courage is outstanding.
Lu Su has never been an honest person, but a very courageous person, when Lu Su wanted to escape from Yuan Shu's control area, Yuan Shu sent troops to pursue Lu Su, Lu Su led the elite people in the family, deployed defenses, opened bows and arrows, made a posture of being ready to fight at any time, and warned the pursuing soldiers with words, and finally successfully got rid of the pursuing soldiers, this is not something that honest people can do, in some ways, Lu Su is a cruel person.
Lu Su's boldness was also reflected in the confrontation with Guan Yu, the historical single horse to the meeting was actually Lu Su, after Liu Bei took Yizhou, Sun Quan begged for the three counties of Jingnan, Liu Bei refused to give, Sun Quan was furious, on the one hand sent Lu Su to confront Guan Yu, on the other hand sent Lü Meng to attack the four counties of Jingnan, when Lu Su and Guan Yu confronted each other in Yiyang, the two sides agreed to negotiate, Lu Su and Guan Yu met alone, their generals were far behind, Lu Su did not have a trace of fear.
Lu Su also has the ability to govern the army
Not only was he not afraid, Lu Su also accused Guan Yu of not returning the three counties of Jingzhou to his face, Guan Yu was dumbfounded, and Guan Yu had a subordinate who said: The land can only be occupied by people with benevolence, and the family will always occupy it. When Lu Su heard this, he immediately became angry and scolded the person who was talking, and even Guan Yu signaled the person to leave.
It should be known that Guan Yu is the first general of the Three Kingdoms in the history, the general of ten thousand enemies, the general of the bear and the tiger, the general Yan Liang, who can kill the enemy in the midst of ten thousand armies, the force is extraordinary, and Lu Su does not have a special strength in personal force, but Lu Su is not afraid of Guan Yu, but is tit-for-tat, and does not give in, this is Lu Su's courage, absolutely not an honest person can do it.
This is Lu Su's talent, courageous, able to govern the army, and understand strategy, so Sun Quan compares Lu Su to Deng Yu, so Zhou Yu will recommend Lu Su to take over his class.