In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lu Su has always been an honest and honest and generous person image, often stunned by Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu Douzhi, he always can't understand, and has been frightened by Guan Yu, his performance is a bit silly, and a little cute. So how could such a person become one of the four governors in charge of the eastern Wu military? It should be known that Sun Quan himself did not have much military talent, but the level of employment was quite strong, and militarily he relied on the four major governors, namely Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun. How could Lu Su He De pay equal attention to the other three?
The real history of Lu Su (172-217) is very different from the image of Lu Su in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, just like the historical Zhou Yu is definitely not the stingy ghost in the "Yanyi". Lu Su in the history of zheng is a typical hero of blood and boldness, although he was born in a rich family, he is willing to be charitable, loves to throw money the most, likes to make friends with haojie celebrities, and he is both literate and martial, has a very high IQ, is good at fencing and shooting, often gathers teenagers, teaches soldiers and learns martial arts, and is called "Lu's crazy child" by the fathers and elders in the countryside. What do you think? It is hard for you to imagine the image of Lu Su who is swinging his horse and burning with passion, right?
This "crazy child" and Zhou Yu's friendship was because of his "madness" - at that time, Zhou Yu brought hundreds of people to visit Lu Su and wanted to borrow some grain, Lu Su's family had two large warehouses of rice, he pointed to one of the large warehouses and said to Zhou Yu, take it at will! Zhou Yu immediately decided that this was a wizard, so he became a close confidant. Later, Zhou Yu introduced Lu Su to Sun Quan, and from then on Lu Su became an important figure in the Eastern Wu clique.
In fact, before that, Yuan Shu had also heard of Lu Su's name and wanted to hire him as a county commander (this is really a typical big deal), And Lu Su saw at a glance that Yuan Shu was not a guy who could achieve great things, so he ignored it. Facts have proved that here in Sun Quan, Lu Su's ability can be fully exerted.
The title of "Governor of Eastern Wu" mentioned in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is indeed the four pillars of the Eastern Wu military in the main history, and the title of "Governor of The Great Capital" is almost similar to that of the commander-in-chief of the three armies (the ancient three armies were definitely not the three armies of the army, navy and air force, but the infantry, horses, and water, or the middle, upper, lower, or middle, left, and right), but in the history of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun, only Lu Xun had the title of "Governor of the Great Capital", and Zhou Yu's title was "Governor of the Front, Partial General"; Lu Su's title was "Lieutenant colonel of Fenwu, Partial General" and so on Lü Meng's title was "Partial General, Left Protector", etc. And whether in the interpretation or in the main history, Lu Su has one thing different from the other three, that is, he has never independently commanded a classic battle! Zhou Yu had the record of breaking Cao Cao at the Battle of Chibi, Lü Meng had the record of capturing Guan Yu at the Battle of Jingzhou, and Lu Xun had the record of breaking Liu Bei at the Battle of Yiling, but what about Lu Su? I really haven't fought a battle.
However, Lu Su was still an outstanding military expert, and his strategic level was outstanding, which was unmatched by the other three. Please look at Lu Su's great contribution to Eastern Wu -
When Lu Su first saw Sun Quan, he analyzed the general situation of the world and made strategic plans for the lord of Jiangdong. He said that the revival of the Han Dynasty was impossible, and Cao Cao would not be able to get rid of it for a while and a half. General you (referring to Sun Quan) only have Dingzu Jiangdong and sit and watch the world fight. Destroy Huang Zu first, then cut down Liu Biao, take advantage of the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, and then choose the opportunity to call the emperor and then compete for the world, which is similar to the great cause of Liu Bang, the ancestor of GaoZu! Lu Su's analysis and Zhuge Liang's strategic conception of Liu Bei's "Longzhong Pair" were somewhat spelled and very clever. After that, Sun Quan took it as the guiding principle for the development of Eastern Wu, and later Sun Quan successfully declared himself emperor, and lamented that this was thanks to Lu Su's clever strategy.
Another major contribution of Lu Su to Eastern Wu was to unite with Liu Bei against Cao Cao. In 208 AD, Liu Biao, the boss of Jingzhou, fell ill and died, Cao Cao's army captured Jingzhou, and Liu Bei was defeated and left Dangyang. Lu Su had already persuaded Sun Quan to marry Liu Bei, so Lu Su personally met Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was also very happy, and sent Zhuge Liang to accompany Lu Su to meet Sun Quan, so Sun and Liu's two families became allies. Soon Cao Cao's army saw that Jiangdong was going to conquer Sun Quan, and many eastern Wu courtiers advocated submitting to Cao Cao, and Lu Su told Sun Quan that these guys were all wrong! It is resolute not to surrender Cao, but to resist Cao Cao even. Lu Su then introduced Zhuge Liang to Sun Quan, and then advised Sun Quan to recall Zhou Yu, who was outside, to discuss the grand plan. In this way, Sun Quan finally made up his mind to resist Cao Cao and destroy Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi. In this classic war that laid the foundation for the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu respectively served as the governors of the left and right, that is, the chief and deputy commanders-in-chief, and Lu Su served as the lieutenant of the Zan Military Academy, that is, the chief of staff, actively planning, and played an important role in the victory of the great war. Before the war, Lu Su also played an irreplaceable role in promoting Sun Liu's alliance.
Although Sun Liu Lian had already proposed it in Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair", it was Lu Su who officially initiated the implementation! Moreover, Sun Quan was a little hesitant before the war, and it was also Lu Su who helped Sun Quan make up his mind to resist Cao at a critical moment, and his move to introduce Zhuge Liang and persuade him to recall Zhou Yu made Sun Quan make the final decision to resist Cao! In the Battle of Chibi, Lu Su was not the highest decision-maker or commander-in-chief, but his role was really very important, or sun quan let the generals warmly welcome Lu Su after the war and personally stood up to greet Lu Su, sun Quan regarded Lu Su as the number one hero of the Battle of Chibi!
The stability of Sun Liu's alliance was crucial to the great cause of resisting Cao, after all, Cao Wei's strength was too strong, and although it was defeated by Chibi, it still occupied various advantages. After the Battle of Chibi, most of the Eastern Wu generals, including Zhou Yu, advocated the seizure of Liu Bei, let alone the loan of Jingzhou to him, but Lu Su opposed, advocating that Liu Bei must be gentle with the clique and could not turn Liu Bei into an enemy of Sun Wu. In this way, Sun Quan followed Lu Su's advice and lent Jingzhou Nan Commandery to Liu Bei to continue to strengthen Sun Liu's friendship. In 210 AD, Zhou Yu became seriously ill and recommended Lu Su to replace him before his death. In this way, Lu Su became the second military pillar of Eastern Wu after Zhou Yu. Soon after taking office, Lu Su built Lukou (陸口; present-day south bank of the Yangtze River southwest of Jiayu County, Hubei) into an important military base for Eastern Wu. Later, The third military commander of Eastern Wu, Lü Meng, and the fourth military commander, Lu Xun, also led their troops to garrison Lukou.
Lu Su was stationed at Lukou and became neighbors with a difficult military general, guan Yu, the number one general of Liu Bei's clique. Guan Yu's personality is known to everyone - arrogant and always despises Jiangdong. Lu Su is always kind to Guan Yu and never offends, but he will also be tough on the issue of principle. In the "Single Knife Society" described in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (in fact, as early as the Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing's miscellaneous drama had "Single Knife Society"), the wise and courageous Guan Yu took the Green Dragon Yanyue Sword alone (in fact, Zhou Cang also followed) to lu su's feast, facing the hidden sword and light sword shadow of Eastern Wu, Guan Yu held Lu Su hostage, successfully foiling the Eastern Wu conspiracy. And the real history of the "single knife society", the best performance is Lu Su! He argued on the basis of reason, criticized Guan Yu without saying a word, and finally the two sides shook hands and made peace, and continued to maintain the alliance. It is very regrettable that Lu Su died of illness at the age of 46, and the successor Lü Meng secretly attacked Jingzhou, killed Guan Yu, broke up the alliance of Sun Liu, and Lü Meng also died early, then Liu Bei cut down Wu, Lu Xun burned the camp, and the Shu Han army was defeated... I don't know if Lu Su has knowledge underground, how do you feel?
Although he did not independently command the classic great battles like Zhou Yu, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun, Lu Su had superb strategic ability, and his planning and implementation of Liu Kangcao's strategy was even smarter than Lü Meng and Lu Xun's "violent solution". And Zhou Yu's previous idea of holding Liu Bei hostage was not as good as Lu Su's strategy. Under the circumstances at that time, only sun liu alliance was the best choice. Look at the fate of Sun Liu's appearance and divine separation later, weren't they all wiped out by the Sima family one by one?! Therefore, in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, Lu Su was a first-class strategist, and his level was no less than zhuge Liang!
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