Preface
Among the three kingdoms in those troubled times, there is nothing that has left the deepest traces in history than the situation of the three kingdoms. But it is inevitable that there will always be a strategist by the side of the monarch, of course, people should be most impressed by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.
When it comes to Soochow, everyone will always think of Zhou Yu, although Zhou Yu died early, but he is a strategist with the deepest traces of history. It is precisely because of Zhou Yu in front of him that people will always selectively ignore Lu Su, but is Lu Su really such a mediocre duty?
First, it can be reused
It can be said that Lu Su is one of the more prominent ones compared with other people in the Three Kingdoms at that time. Lu Su was born in a wealthy family, and his family background is also very deep, which can be seen from the help he gave Zhou Yu later. Although he lost his father at a young age, the Lu family's education of Lu Su did not fall behind.
Lu Su Wen Tao Wuluo soon became a well-known young talent in the local area, at that time it was a troubled time, in this situation, talents like Lu Su have always been sought-after by everyone, but since Lu Su has talent, his eyesight is needless to say.
At this time, Zhou Yu was worried about the problem of food, so he heard from his subordinates that there was a local person named Lu Su, who had both ability and political integrity, so Zhou Yu made a request to Lu Su, hoping that Lu Su could support some food. In the face of Zhou Yu's request, Lu Su agreed without thinking about it, and it was this help that made the two bond.
Not long after befriending Zhou Yu, Lu Su was valued by Yuan Shu because of his talents, but Lu Su had the same idea as Zhou Yu and felt that Yuan Shu was difficult to achieve great things, so after working for Yuan Shu for a while, Lu Su packed up his things and left. This time he was ready to defect to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu was already under Sun Ce's command at this time.
It was precisely because of Zhou Yu's recommendation that Lu Su entered the camp of Soochow. But then he had to return to his hometown because of the death of his grandmother, and during this time Wu also underwent earth-shaking changes in the Middle East, Sun Ce died, and his younger brother Sun Quan ascended the throne. In this situation, Zhou Yu hoped that Lu Su would defect to Sun Quan.
Lu Su listened to the advice of his friend and took refuge in Soochow, and began his eight-year career as a strategist.
2. Foresight
From the first words that Lu Su said when he saw Sun Quan, it was enough to see Lu Su's vision, and he could be regarded as a famous military strategist and strategist during the Three Kingdoms period.
At that time, Cao Cao was fighting with Yuan Shao in the north, and Lu Su meant that when Cao Cao was in the south, he took the opportunity to send troops to attack Liu Biao to obtain Jingxiang, and then took advantage of the victory to occupy Yizhou. Since then, a situation has been formed in which Sun Quan and Cao Cao ruled across the river, dividing the world into two.
In fact, Lu Su's two divisions of the world and Zhuge Liang's three divisions of the world have similarities, and it is worth mentioning that Lu Su proposed it earlier than Zhuge Liang. If this plan is feasible today, the situation in the three countries is bound to change dramatically. Unfortunately, before Sun Quan had time to capture Jingxiang, Cao Cao had already begun to move south.
Liu Bei couldn't do it, so he could only hand over the land of Jingxiang to Cao Cao's hands, which was also a helpless move. But through this, it is enough to see that Lu Su is by no means the indiscriminate person as later generations say, he has his own strategy. It can be said that from the day Lu Su entered the WTO, he had already predicted that Cao Cao would be the strongest force in the entire Three Kingdoms.
Later, Lu Su's strategy was to let Sun Quan cooperate with Liu Bei against Cao Cao, which he admired all his life. Of course, the facts also proved that Lu Su was very far-sighted, and he saw it decades earlier than others.
As early as when Liu Cong surrendered, Lu Su keenly felt that the situation in the Three Kingdoms was about to change. So before the others could react, they suggested to Sun Quan that they should form an alliance with Liu Bei and fight against Cao Cao together.
After the unification of the north, the location of Dongwu has entered Cao Cao's eyes, and Cao Cao is extremely eager to get this piece of fragrant gluttony, and it just so happens that Cao Cao has just experienced victory and is the time when morale is greatly boosted. Immediately organized the army to go south and wanted to attack Soochow.
Of course, wouldn't it be better if he could get it without spending a single soldier, so he sent an envoy to the camp of Eastern Wu to negotiate with Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan would surrender his land. It can be said that the reason why the reputation of Eastern Wu is so bad in history is that there is no backbone in them, and Cao Cao threatened slightly, and many people in the court began to advocate surrender.
Most of the people who advocated surrender were civil servants, but in Sun Quan's camp, it was not only the civil ministers, but also many of the military generals who were capitulationists. At this time, Sun Quan was also in a dilemma, and Lu Su stood aside without saying a word. But when everyone left, Lu Su came to Sun Quan's room alone and persuaded Sun Quan that he must not surrender to Cao Cao.
And asked Sun Quan to recall Zhou Yu to discuss countermeasures together, after Lu Su's heartfelt words, Sun Quan immediately woke up, actively prepared for war according to Lu Su's suggestion, and recalled Zhou Yu.
Needless to say, the two sides broke out in the Three Kingdoms period, a famous battle of winning more with less - the Battle of Chibi, which ended in Cao Cao's defeat, and Cao Cao was never able to set foot in the Jiangdong region after that. For the rest of his life, he could only be entrenched in the north.
After retreating to the north this time, a group of generals led by Zhou Yu in the DPRK and China wanted to take Jingzhou in one fell swoop, but Lu Su was resolutely opposed to this strategy, Lu Su still insisted on advocating the Sun-Liu Alliance, and only the two-party alliance could be possible against Cao Cao, after all, although Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, his strength was still strong.
Therefore, Lu Su later suggested that Sun Quan lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei to consolidate the alliance between the two sides, and at that time in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, it can be said that most people advocated sending troops to capture Jingzhou. In the end, Sun Quan still listened to Lu Su's opinion, why the situation of the Three Kingdoms continued for many years, it was precisely because Shu Han and Eastern Wu both adhered to the strategy of the alliance that all this was inseparable from Lu Su.
Third, the concept of talent
After Zhou Yu's death, he recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan and let Lu Su take his place. When he was appointed by Sun Quan, Lu Su once recommended a person to Sun Quan.
What Lu Su recommended was Pang Tong, who was known as the "Sleeping Dragon and Phoenix Chick", but unfortunately this person's appearance was really unbearable to look at directly, and because of his talented and eccentric temperament, Pang Tong made Sun Quan dislike. did not entrust him with important tasks, but Lu Su clearly knew Pang Tong's ability, so he asked him to go to Shu Han to join Liu Bei, and Lu Su told Pang Tong that Liu Bei would definitely reuse him after arriving in Shu Han.
And when Pang Tong left, Lu Su personally wrote a letter of recommendation, which is enough to see Lu Su's attention. In Lu Su's view, the relationship between the two parties is an alliance, and it would not be a good thing if Pang Tong could assist Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao together. However, Liu Bei and Sun Quan had the same attitude, and after seeing Pang Tong, they ignored him because of his appearance.
So Lu Su wrote another letter to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to reuse Pang Tong. This time Liu Bei finally listened, and soon he discovered Pang Tong's ability.
It can be said that Lu Su's character can also be seen from this incident alone, just like what he said, as long as he does not help the abuse, even if he can't be in the same camp, he can be used by others. Lu Su's view of talent has long been beyond the thinking of the time.
epilogue
It can be said that when Lu Su was still alive, he had been doing his best to maintain the alliance between Eastern Wu and Shu Han, and why the world gave Lu Su the evaluation of a good man was just because he had been easing the relationship between the two parties in the middle.
But the facts also proved that what Lu Su did was correct, Cao Cao was afraid of the strength of the alliance, and he did not act rashly for many years. After the death of Lu Su here, the alliance between the two parties broke down, Lü Meng attacked Jingzhou, Guan Yu was killed in battle, Liu Bei was furious and sent troops to Eastern Wu, and in the end, both sides were defeated and injured, but Cao Cao took advantage of the fisherman.