Zhou Yu (周瑜), courtesy name Gongjin, is a native of Shu County, Lujiang County. His cousin Zhou Jing and Zhou Jing's son Zhou Zhong both served as eunuchs in the Han Dynasty. Zhou Yu's father, Zhou Yi, served as a County Commander of Luoyang County.
Zhou Yu's body is slender and strong, and her posture is beautiful. At the beginning, Sun Jian's rebels recruited Dong Zhuo and moved his family to Shu County. Sun Jian's son Sun Ce was the same age as Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu had friendly relations with Sun Ce. Zhou Yu gave up a large mansion on the south side of the road to live with Sun Ce, and also went to the back hall to meet Sun Ce's mother. Zhou Yu's uncle Zhou Shang served as the Taishou of Danyang, and Zhou Yu went to visit. Just when Sun Ce was about to cross the Yangtze River in the east, when he arrived in Liyang, Sun Ce sent someone to inform Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu led an army to meet Sun Ce. Sun Ce Daxi said, "I got you, and things will go smoothly." Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce to attack Hengjiang and Dangli, and conquered them all. He then crossed the river to attack Moling, attacked Feng Rong and Xue Li, and instead conquered Hu and Jiangcheng, marched into Qu'a, and Liu Sui fled, at this time Sun Ce's army had tens of thousands of people. So he said to Zhou Yu, "It is enough for me to use this team to capture Wu and Hui counties and pacify shanyue." You still go back to the division to defend Danyang. Zhou Yu returned to Danyang. Soon, Yuan Shu sent his cousin Yuan Yin to replace Zhou Shang as The Taishou of Danyang, so both Zhou Yu and Zhou Shang returned to Shouchun. Yuan Shu wanted to make Zhou Yu a general, and Zhou Yu analyzed that Yuan Shu would not achieve anything in the end. Therefore, he only asked to serve as the county magistrate of Juchao County, with the intention of returning to Jiangdong by road, and Yuan Shu agreed to his request. Zhou Yu then returned to Wu County from Juchao. The year was the third year of Jian'an (198). Sun Ce personally came to greet Zhou Yu, appointed him as a general of Jianwei Zhonglang, and immediately allocated him two thousand soldiers and fifty horses. Zhou Yu was twenty-four years old at the time, and everyone in Wu County called him "Zhou Lang". Sun Ce was famous for Zhou Yu's favor and trust in Lujiang, so he sent him out to guard Niuzhu and later served as the county magistrate of Chungu County. Soon, Sun Ce wanted to capture Jingzhou, with Zhou Yu as the central protector and concurrently serving as the Taishou of Jiangxia. Zhou Yu followed Sun Ce to the city of Anhui and successfully conquered it. At that time, the two daughters of Qiao Gong were both in love with the country. Sun Ce himself married Big Qiao, and Zhou Yu married Xiao Qiao. Later, he sent troops to xunyang, attacked Liu Xun, conquered Jiangxia, returned to pacify Yuzhang and Luling, and Zhou Yu stayed behind to guard Baqiu.
In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Sun Ce died, and Sun Quan was in charge of military affairs. Zhou Yu led an army to the funeral, and then stayed in Wu County, as a central protector, and took charge of military and political affairs with Changshi Zhang Zhao. In the eleventh year of Jian'an (206), Zhou Yu led Sun Yu and others to conquer Ma and Bao'ertun, beheaded their leaders, captured more than 10,000 remnants, and returned to garrison the palace pavilion. Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu sent his troops to lead Deng Long into Chaisang, and Zhou Yu pursued and attacked, capturing Deng Long and sending him to Wu County. In the spring of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Sun Quan rebelled against Jiangxia, and Zhou Yu was appointed as the former governor.
In September of that year, Cao Cao invaded Jingzhou, Liu Chun led the crowd to surrender, Cao Cao collected Liu Chun's water army, the water and infantry armies reached hundreds of thousands of people, and the generals of Eastern Wu were very frightened to learn of this news. Sun Quan summoned the group and asked for countermeasures. The deliberators all said: "Cao Cao is a man like the Jackal, but in the name of Han Cheng Xiang, he blackmailed tianzi to fight everywhere, often using the will of the imperial court as a pretext, and now he wants to fight against him, and things are even more difficult." Besides, general, the situation you are in, what can resist Cao Cao is the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Now Cao Cao occupies Jingzhou, has all the land, plus Liu Biao's originally trained water army, large ships and warships, there are thousands of them, Cao Cao put them into the river along the river, and there are infantry, land and water march together, the so-called Yangtze River natural danger, has become Cao Cao and our side of the common. At present, the disparity between the forces of the enemy and us is so great that they cannot be compared. So the best strategy is not to surrender to him. Zhou Yu said, "Not so! Although Cao Cao was called the Chancellor of the Han Dynasty, he was actually a thief of the Han Dynasty! General, with the mighty talents of the gods and the great deeds of your father and brother, you divided Jiangdong, covering an area of thousands of miles, with sufficient food and clothing, and Haojie lived here, which was the time when you ran amok in the world and eliminated the evil scourge of adultery and evil for the Han family. Besides, now that Cao Cao himself had come to send him to death, how could he surrender in reverse? Let me analyze and count for you: If the situation in the north is now completely stable, cao cao has no internal worries, and of course he can fight with us for a protracted period of time. But can we compete with us in a water battle? At present, the situation in the north is not stable, and ma chao and Han Sui are west of Hangu Pass, which is a hidden danger in Cao Cao's rear. Moreover, abandoning the superiority of cavalry and relying on the captured warships to compete with the armies of our Wuyue land in water battles was not what they were good at. Now it is the middle of winter, and the lack of forage for military horses has driven the soldiers of the Central Plains to the southern rivers and lakes, and the water and soil are not satisfied, and they will inevitably produce diseases. These four points are all taboos in the use of soldiers, and Cao Cao has taken the liberty of implementing them. If the general wants to capture Cao Cao, it should be today. I request that we lead 30,000 elite troops into Xiakou and promise to defeat Cao Cao for you. Sun Quan said: "Cao Cao's old thief has been trying to abolish the Han Dynasty and establish himself as emperor for a long time, but he is only jealous of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Lü Bu, Liu Biao and me. Now these people have been eradicated, and I am the only one who lives alone, and I am inseparable from the old thief. What you said about fighting him is very much in line with my idea, this is God sending you to help me!"
At that time, Liu Bei was attacked by Cao Cao and wanted to lead his army south to cross the Yangtze River, and met Lu Su at Dangyang, so he conspired against Cao's plan. From then on, Liu Bei also entered Xiakou and sent Zhuge Liang to pay homage to Sun Quan. Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to join forces with Liu Bei to defend against Cao Cao, and the two armies encountered each other at Chibi. At this time, many soldiers in Cao Cao's army were infected with diseases, and as soon as the battle began, Cao's army was defeated and retreated, and the retreating troops were stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu and other garrisons on the south bank of the Changjiang River. Zhou Yu's general Huang Gai said: "Now the enemy is outnumbered, and it is difficult to resist him for a long time. However, observing that the Warships of the Cao Army were all connected from end to end, they could be attacked with fire. So Zhou Yu dispatched dozens of large ships and warships, filled the ships with firewood and grass, poured oil into them, wrapped a curtain on the outside, planted a tooth flag on it, and first asked Huang Gai to write to Cao Cao, pretending to surrender. Some light and fast boats were prepared, each tied to the tail of the big ship, so the fleet sailed forward in turn. The generals in Cao Cao's army all looked at each other and pointed to the fleet, saying that Huang Gai had come to surrender. The yellow cover untied the boat and set the boat on fire at the same time. At that time, the wind was fierce, and the fire spread in the north of the river and burned down all the Cao army camps on the shore. Soon, fireworks soared into the sky, and many of Cao's soldiers and horses were burned and drowned, and then the whole army was defeated and retreated, returning to defend Nan County. Liu Bei and Zhou Yu and others pursued together. Cao Cao left Cao Ren and others to defend Jiangling City, and he himself led his army back to the north.
Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu marched into Nan County, confronting Cao Ren across the Yangtze River. Before the army could engage, Zhou Yu sent Gan Ning to occupy Yiling. Cao Ren sent another army to besiege Ganning. Gan Ning complained to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu adopted Lü Meng's strategy, leaving Ling Tongzhen to guard the rear, and he and Lü Meng went upstream to rescue Gan Ning. After the siege of Ganning was lifted, Zhou Yu's army crossed the river and garrisoned the north bank, setting a date for a major battle with Cao Ren's army. Zhou Yu personally planned to fight, and was shot in the right chest by a random arrow, and was seriously injured, so he had to retreat. Later, Cao Ren learned that Zhou Yu was bedridden and did not get up, so he led his troops into battle. Zhou Yu then encouraged himself to get up and tour the barracks with his wounds, inspiring the courage of the soldiers, so Cao Ren had to withdraw his troops.
Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as a general and concurrently served as the Taishou of Nan Commandery. Jun, Hanchang, Liuyang, and Zhou Ling were given to him as food and stationed to guard Jiangling. Liu Bei concurrently served as a general in Jingzhou as a general, and his administrative office was located in The Public Security. Liu Bei went to Jingkou to meet Sun Quan, and Zhou Yu said: "Liu Bei has the posture of a tyrant, and he is a fierce general like Yu and Zhang Fei, and he will certainly not be subservient to people for a long time." I am foolish to think that the best strategy now is to move Liu Bei to Wu County for resettlement, build a gorgeous palace for him on a large scale, give him more beautiful women and things he likes to play with, so as to satisfy his eyes and ears, and then separate Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, each in a different place, send people like me to restrict them, let them attack with us, and the big thing will be calmed. Now that he has ceded the land to aid the foundation, so that these three people can get together, and they are all in the frontier battlefield, I am afraid that the dragon will get the clouds and rain, and after all, it will not be something that is safe in the pool!" Sun Quan considered that Cao Cao was in the north and should recruit heroes from all over the world, and was worried that Liu Bei was not subdued for a while, so he did not take Zhou Yu's advice.
At that time, Liu Zhang, as the pastor of Yizhou, was invaded by Zhang Lu as a thief in the north, and Zhou Yu went to Jingkou to meet Sun Quan and said: "Now Cao Cao has just suffered setbacks, and is worried about his internal turmoil, and has not been able to send troops to fight with you. Allow me to send an army with the Fenwei general Sun Yu to attack Shudi, and after obtaining Shudi, I will annex Zhang Lu, and then leave Fenwei to hold there in order to become mutual aid with Ma Chao, and I will come back with you to occupy Xiangyang and attack Cao Cao, so that the north can seek. Sun Quan agreed with this statement. Zhou Yu returned to Gangneung to pack, but when he passed by Baqiu, he fell ill and died at the age of thirty-six. Sun Quan personally mourned in plain clothes and touched the people around him. When Zhou Yu's coffin was returned to Wu County, Sun Quan went to Wuhu to greet him, and all the expenses for the funeral were provided to him. Later, an edict was issued: "The late generals Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, as well as their family's field guests, must not ask them to pay taxes and serve." At first, Zhou Yu was regarded as a friend by Sun Ce, and Sun Ce's mother asked Sun Quan to treat Zhou Yu as a respect for his brother. At that time, Sun Quan was a general, and all the generals and guests performed simple etiquette to him, and only Zhou Yu was the first to respect him and perform the courtesy of his courtiers to Sun Quan. Zhou Yu is witty and generous, magnanimous, and very popular, only incompatible with Cheng Pu.
Zhou Yu was committed to the study of music when he was young, even after drinking three lords, if the player made a mistake, he must be able to hear it, and when he heard it, he would look back, so someone made up a song at that time: "The song is wrong, Zhou Langgu." ”
Zhou Yusheng has two men and one woman. Daughter Xu was married to Crown Prince Sun Deng. His son Zhou Xun married a princess and served as a knight lieutenant, with the style of Zhou Yu, and died very early. Zhou Xun's younger brother Zhou Yin (周胤), who was initially appointed as the governor of Xingye, married a woman of the clan and commanded a thousand soldiers and stationed at the public security. In the first year of Huang Long's reign (229), he was given the title of Marquis of Duxiang and later exiled to Luling Commandery for crimes. In the second year of Chi Wu (239), Zhuge Jin and Bu Qi jointly said: "Zhou Yin, the son of the late general Zhou Yu, who was praised by the Lord in the past and was crowned a general, could not continue this blessing, and in his heart he thought of serving the country and did his best to indulge his various greed and incur punishment. For the sake of the courtiers, they thought that in the past, Zhou Yu was deeply favored by His Majesty, was a close confidant during the dynasty, a brave general when he went to war, was ordered to go out on expeditions, always took the lead as a soldier, personally went into battle, was loyal, and regarded death as a homecoming. Therefore, he was able to attack Cao Cao in Wulin and drive out Cao Ren in Yingdu, showing the prestige of the country and the benevolence of His Majesty, and the sound and might shook the seas, and the ignorant Jingbaran regions were all submitted. Even Uncle Fang of the Zhou Dynasty, Han Xin and Yingbu of the Han Dynasty, really could not surpass him. The ministers who were able to defeat the enemy and save the country, no emperor since ancient times did not value them, so Han Gaozu's knighthood oath said: "Even if the Yellow River is as thin as a belt and Mount Tai is as small as a stone, the feudal system will last forever and be passed on to future generations." 'Write the oath of affirmation in dansha, hold a solemn oath ceremony, hide the oath in the ancestral temple, let it be passed on forever, so that the descendants of the heroes, from generation to generation, not only their descendants, but even the descendants of a long time later, repay and commend the merits of their subjects, be diligent and earnest, and reach the extreme, with the intention of exhorting future generations, so that those who have served the country with their lives for the national merits will die without regret. What's more, now that Zhou Yu has died not long ago, and his son Zhou Yin has been demoted to a commoner, this is even more sentimental. We believe that His Majesty's wise handling of things, drawing on the ancients, can make the severed knighthood continue again, so we intercede for Zhou Yin, asking for forgiveness of his sins, the return of his troops, the restoration of his title, so that the rooster that has not chirped for a long time can be re-chirped, and the courtiers who are burdened with felonies can once again continue to serve the country. Sun Quan replied, "My confidants and old ministers worked with me, and Gongjin was one of them, and I really can't forget him." In the past, Zhou Yin was young, and at first he had no merit, he commanded an army for no reason, and was knighted as a general, which was to thank Gong Jin for his merits and give his descendants. However, Zhou Yin relied on these things, indulged in alcohol, did whatever he wanted, and warned and persuaded him many times before and after, but he still did not change. My friendship with Gong Jin, like the two of you, the intention of expecting Zhou Yin to make a difference, how can there be an end? In view of Zhou Yin's excessive sins, it is not appropriate to immediately restore the official title, and it is also necessary to let him suffer some hardships so that he understands the past. Now that the two of you have sincerely invoked the oath of knighthood of Han Gaozu, the lonely man feels ashamed. Although my virtue cannot be compared with that of Han Gaozu, I still want to try to be similar to him, and this is also the case, so I did not take your advice. As the son of Gong Jin, and the intercession of the two of you, if you can change it, what is there to worry about?" Zhuge Jin and Bu Qi's sonata had just been presented, and Zhu Ran and Quan Chun had also interceded on Behalf of Zhou Yin, and Sun Quan agreed to their request. It coincided with Zhou Yin's illness and death.
Zhou Yu's nephew Zhou Jun, also became a partial general because of Zhou Yu's meritorious service, commanding a thousand soldiers. After Zhou Jun's death, Quan Chun asked zhou Jun's son Zhou Hu to be appointed as a general. Sun Quan said, "In the past, Cao Cao was beaten away. Occupying Jingzhou is the credit of Gongjin, and I will never forget it. At first, when I learned of Zhou Jun's death, I also wanted to appoint Zhou Hu, but I heard that Zhou Hu's disposition was not good, and using him as an official was tantamount to creating trouble, so I stopped this practice. Is there an end to the lonely man's nostalgia for Gongjin?"
Lu Su, Zi Jing, a native of Dongcheng, Linhuai County. His father died shortly after he was born and he lived with his grandmother. The family is rich in wealth and has a charity personality. At that time, the world was already in chaos, Lu Su did not manage the family affairs, distributed a large amount of money from the family, sold the land at a price, and devoted himself to the relief of the poor and the friends of the people, which won the hearts of the local people.
Zhou Yu, as the county magistrate of Juchao County, led hundreds of people who intended to visit Lu Su and asked for food funding. Lu Su's family had two warehouses of rice, three thousand hus each, and he pointed to a warehouse for Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu knew more about his peculiarities, so he made friends with him, and his friendship was like Gongsun Qiao and Ji Zha. Yuan Shu learned of Lu Su's reputation and appointed him the governor of Dongcheng County. Lu Su saw that Yuan Shu did not have the discipline and law, and was not enough to conspire with him to do great things, so he took more than a hundred old and weak people in the clan and more than a hundred chivalrous teenagers and went south to Juchao to surrender to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu led an army across the Yangtze River in the east, and Lu Su accompanied him and left his family in Qu'a. When his grandmother died, he sent the coffin back to the East Side for burial.
Liu Ziyang and Lu Su have a deep friendship, and he wrote to Lu Su and said: "Now that the world is full of heroes and masters, with your qualifications and talents, it is especially suitable for the current situation in the world." You should hurry back to pick up your old mother and not stay in the East Side. Now Zheng Bao, a man with more than 10,000 troops in Chaohu Lake, is located in a rich area, and many people in Lujiang County have gone to rely on him, not to mention those of us. Depending on his condition, there will be more people gathered, and you should go there quickly. Lu Su listened to his persuasion. After burying his grandmother, he returned to Qu'a, and Lu Su wanted to go north to Chao Lake. Just when Zhou Yu had already taken Lu Su's mother to Wu County, Lu Su told Zhou Yu in detail about his desire to defect to Zheng Bao. At that time, Sun Ce had died, and Sun Quan was still stationed in Wu County, and Zhou Yu said to Lu Su: "In the past, Ma Yuan replied to Emperor Guangwu, 'In the current situation, not only the monarch can choose his subordinates, but his subordinates can also choose the monarch'. Now Lord Wu is close to the sages and wise men, accepting and appointing people with prodigies, and I have heard the mysterious saying of the ancient philosophers that those who inherit the Mandate of Heaven to replace the Liu Clan must rise up from the southeast region, calculate the calendar and observe the situation, and eventually lay the foundation of the emperor, which is in line with the Mandate of Heaven and is also in the southeast. Now is the time for people of insight and lofty ideals to return to Yingjie. I just realized this truth, you don't need to take Liu Ziyang's words to heart. Lu Su listened to his persuasion. Zhou Yu recommended to Sun Quan that Lu Su's talents were suitable for assisting Ji, believing that such talents should be widely recruited to accomplish the emperor's deeds, and not let them leave.
Sun Quan immediately summoned Lu Su and was very happy after talking to him. After the guests retreated, Lu Su also resigned, but Sun Quan left him alone, and the two of them shared a bed and drank. Sun Quan secretly consulted with Lu Su: "Now that the Han Dynasty has collapsed and the four sides are in turmoil, I inherit the foundation founded by my father and brother, hoping to achieve the same feats as Qi Huan and Jin Wen." Since you have a green eye for me, what strategy do you rely on to help me succeed?" Lu Su replied, "In the past, Emperor Geng Gengzhong of Han Gao wanted to honor Emperor Yi and did not achieve anything, because Xiang Yu plotted to kill Emperor Yi. Now Cao Cao, just like Xiang Yu in the past, how can you become the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Jin Wen? In Lu Su's view, the Han court could no longer be revived, and Cao Cao could not be eliminated at once. For the sake of the general, the only way to guard Jiangdong is to observe the changes in the situation under the world. If the situation in the world is like this, doing so will not arouse suspicion and hatred. Why? Because the north is an eventful autumn. You just took advantage of this change to eliminate Huang Zu, and then conquer Liu Biao, cross all the territories south of the Yangtze River and try your best to occupy, and then call the emperor to build a number to seek the world, which is just like Han Gaozu established the foundation!" Sun Quan said, "I'm doing my best now, I just want to assist Han Room, what you're saying is not within my ability." Zhang Zhao scolded Lu Su for not being modest enough, and had some slanderous remarks about him, saying that Lu Su was young and vigorous, rude and careless, and could not be reused. Sun Quan did not take his words to heart, but instead valued Lu Su more, and gave Lu Su's mother clothes, draperies, and daily necessities in the family, making Lu Su's family as rich as ever.
After Liu Biao's death, Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan: "The land of Jingchu is adjacent to our State of Wu, and it can reach the north along the water, connecting the river and Han on the outside, and there are mountains and mausoleums inside, there are strong cities and pools, the land is fertile, the people are rich, if you occupy this territory, it is the capital to lay the foundation for the establishment of the imperial industry." Now that Liu Biao has just died, his two sons have never been harmonious, and the generals in the army have also become dependent on each other. Coupled with the fact that Liu Bei was a tyrant in the world, he had a grudge with Cao Cao and was hiding in Liu Biao, who was jealous of his talents and did not reuse them. If Liu Bei and Liu Biao's sons work together and work together from top to bottom, we should appease them and make alliances with them; If there is a divergence between them, we should try another way to accomplish our own great things. I requested that I be ordered to go to Jingzhou to mourn Liu Biao's sons, and to comfort the generals in charge of their army, and to persuade Liu Bei to appease Liu Biao's subordinates and work together to fight against Cao Cao, and Liu Bei must be willing to obey. If this matter is handled properly, then the world can be calmed. If you don't hurry to Jingzhou now, I'm afraid that Cao Cao will be in front. Sun Quan immediately sent Lu Su to him. Lu Su rushed to Xiakou and learned that Cao Cao had sent troops to Jingzhou and was traveling day and night. By the time Lu Su arrived at Nan Commandery (南郡), and Liu Biao's son Liu Chun had already surrendered to Cao Cao, Liu Bei fled in panic and prepared to cross the Yangtze River south. Lu Su went straight to meet Liu Bei, went to Changhanpo in Dangyang, met with Liu Bei, declared Sun Quan's intentions to Liu Bei, and also expressed the strong and prosperous consolidation of Jiangdong, and persuaded Liu Bei and Sun Quan to work together against Cao. Liu Bei was very pleased. At this time, Zhuge Liang was following Liu Bei, and Lu Su said to Zhuge Liang, "I am your brother's friend", and the two immediately became friends. Liu Bei then went to Xiakou and sent Zhuge Liang to send an envoy to Eastern Wu to meet Sun Quan, and Lu Su also returned to his life.
Just when Sun Quan heard the news that Cao Cao was going to move east, he consulted with the generals. Everyone advised Sun Quan to greet Cao Cao, but Only Lu Su was silent. Sun Quan got up to change clothes, Lu Su chased him to the eaves, Sun Quan knew his thoughts, took his hand and said, "What do you want to say?" Lu Su replied, "Before observing the discussion of the people, they all wanted to delay you, not enough to conspire with them to do great things." When now I Lu Su can greet Cao Cao, but for the general can not. Why? Now that I meet Cao Cao, Cao Cao should send me back to my hometown to examine my fame and status, and I can inevitably be a petty official, ride an ox cart, have an entourage, interact with scholars, slowly promote, and also be a governor of a prefecture. And general, when you meet Cao Cao, where will you be placed? I hope that you will make a big plan early and do not listen to the opinions of the people. Sun Quan sighed and said, "I am very disappointed by these people's views, and now that you have stated your far-reaching plan, it is in line with my ideas, and this is the heavens that have given you to me!"
At that time, Zhou Yu accepted the mission and rushed to Poyang, and Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan to quickly pursue Zhou Yu and return. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu as the commander and Lu Su as a lieutenant of the Zan Military Academy to assist in formulating operational strategies. Cao Cao was attacked at Chibi and fled, Lu Su returned to Wu County first, and Sun Quan made a big fuss and asked the generals to greet Lu Su. Lu Su will enter the temple door to meet Sun Quan, and Sun Quan will get up and salute, and take the opportunity to ask Lu Su: "Zi Jing, I helped the saddle off the horse to meet you, is it enough to show your merits?" Lu Su hurriedly stepped forward and said, "No." Everyone was surprised to hear this answer. After taking a seat, Lu Su slowly raised his horse whip and said, "I hope that your power and grace will spread all over the world, encompass Kyushu, and achieve the great cause of the emperor, and then use soft-wheeled cars to recruit me, which is what shows me." Sun Quan clapped his hands and laughed.
Later, Liu Bei went to Jingkou to meet Sun Quan and asked to oversee Jingzhou, but Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei in order to resist Cao Cao together. When Cao Cao learned that Sun Quan had used the land to finance Liu Bei, he was writing a letter and was so shocked that he dropped his pen on the ground.
Zhou Yu was seriously ill, and Shang shu said: "In the world now, it is the time when disasters are everywhere, which is exactly what I worry about day and night, and I hope that Your Majesty will think about what has not yet happened in advance, and then think of happiness." Now that he was an enemy of Cao Cao, Liu Bei was close to the public security, and the people in the areas near the border had not yet been annexed, and liang generals should be appointed to guard the town and appease them. Lu Su's wisdom and strategy were slightly competent enough to ask for him to succeed me. When I died, there was nothing to worry about. Sun Quan immediately appointed Lu Su as a lieutenant of Fenwu and replaced Zhou Yu in command of the army. Zhou Yu's more than 4,000 people and four counties of Fengyi belonged to Lu Su. Sun Quan also appointed Cheng Pu as the Taishou of Nan Commandery. Lu Su initially guarded Jiangling, and then stationed along the river to guard Lukou, and the prestige of Ende spread in all directions, and the number of troops increased to more than 10,000, and Sun Quan appointed him as the Taishou of Hanchang and the general of partiality. In the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Lu Su followed Sun Quan to conquer the city of Anhui and became the general of Hengjiang.
Previously, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang's discipline was abolished, and Zhou Yu and Gan Ning both persuaded Sun Quan to seek Shu land. Sun Quan used this matter to consult Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was plotting for himself in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to reply: "I Liu Bei and Liu Zhang entrusted the name of the royal clan, hoping to rely on the heroic spirit of the ancestors to support the Han Room." Now that Liu Zhang has offended everyone, I am alone in my heart of fear and shock, I dare not hear the words of attacking Shu land, I hope you will forgive him. If this request is not answered, I should put my hair on and return to the hidden mountains. Later, Liu Bei led his army westward to plot liu zhang, leaving Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, and Sun Quan said: "The cunning villain dared to play tricks. When Guan Yu and Lu Su were adjacent to each other, they were suspicious many times, and the territory was intertwined, and Lu Su often appeased them with a friendly posture. After Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, Sun Quan demanded that he return the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang, but Liu Bei did not reply to this meaning. Sun Quan sent Lü Meng to lead an attack and capture it. When Liu Bei heard the news, he personally led his army back to The Police and sent Guan Yu to fight for the three counties. Lu Su garrisoned Yiyang and confronted Guan Yu. Lu Su invited Guan Yu to meet him, and the soldiers and horses led by each of them stayed a hundred paces away, and only invited Guan Yu and his generals to attend the meeting single-handedly. Lu Su took the opportunity to rebuke Guan Yu and said, "Our country sincerely lends you land because you have come from afar in defeat and retreat, and you have no capital to stand up. Now that Yizhou has been occupied, since there is no intention of returning Jingzhou, I only ask you to return the three counties, and you do not obey. Before he could finish speaking, one of the people present interjected: "Only people of benevolence and virtue can settle down in such a land, and how can there be a reason why it has always occupied it and not returned it?" Lu Su scolded the man loudly, and his words were very stern. Guan Yu stood up with a knife and said, "These are naturally major state affairs, what does this person know?" At the same time make the eyes let the man leave. Liu Bei demarcated the Xiangshui River and divided the land of Jingzhou equally, and the two countries withdrew their troops.
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), Lu Su died at the age of forty-six. Sun Quan held a funeral for him and personally attended his funeral. Zhuge Liang also held a mourning ceremony for Lu Su. When Sun Quan ascended the throne, he ascended the altar and turned back to the ministers and said, "In the past, Lu Su used to tell me about this matter, but it can be said that he really understands the situation in the world!"
When Lu Su's widow, Lu Shu, became an adult, Zhang Cheng, the governor of Lu Su, said that he would eventually be able to occupy a high position. During the Yong'an period, Lu Shu was made a general of Zhaowu and was given the title of Marquis of Duting and Governor of Wuchang. During the Jianheng period, he held the Rune Festival and was promoted to the position of Xia Kou Governor. The areas he governed were highly disciplined, competent and strategic. Phoenix died three years later (274). His son Lu Mu inherited his title and commanded his troops.
Lü Meng, Ziming, a native of Fupi County, Runan. When he was young, he crossed the Yangtze River south and joined his brother-in-law Deng Dang. Deng Dang was a general of Sun Ce and repeatedly conquered Shanyue. When Lü Meng was fifteen or sixteen years old, he secretly followed Deng Dang's team to attack the Shanyue rebels, and Deng Dang looked back and saw Lü Meng, was shocked, and shouted to stop him, but he did not listen. After returning, Deng Dang told Lü Meng's mother about this matter, and his mother was very angry and wanted to punish him, Lü Meng said: "It is difficult to maintain a life in this poor and lowly life, maybe if you get credit, you can get rich." Besides, if you don't go into the tiger's den, you can get the tiger?" His mother took pity and forgave him. At that time, Deng Dang's subordinate officials thought that Lü Meng was young and looked down on him, saying, "What can that boy do, isn't it to send meat to feed the tigers?" After some days, he met Lu Meng and laughed and insulted him. Lü Meng was so angry that he immediately took a knife and killed the servant, and then fled to the home of his fellow villager Zheng Chang. Later, he came out on his own and turned himself in to the above through the lieutenant Yuan Xiong, yuan Xiong took the opportunity to intercede for him, and Sun Ce summoned him, thinking that he was very peculiar, and left him at his side.
A few years later, Deng Dang died, and Zhang Zhao recommended Lü Meng to succeed Deng Dang as the leader of the army, and was appointed sima of Bedu. After Sun Quan took charge of state affairs, he believed that the small generals had few subordinates and insufficient military use, and wanted to merge these troops. Lü Meng secretly borrowed money and made big red clothes and leggings for the soldiers, and when the day of the review, his troop queue was strict and mighty, and all the soldiers could practice, sun Quan was very happy to see it, so he added subordinates to him. He followed Sun Quan in his conquest of Danyang, and made meritorious achievements in every battle, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of Pingbei and concurrently served as the governor of Guangde County.
Lü Meng accompanied Sun Quan to conquer Huang Zu, and Huang Zu ordered the governor Chen to lead a water army to resist Sun Quan. Lü Meng led the vanguard troops and personally led Chen Yi to the head, and the generals of the whole army took advantage of the victory to attack the city. When Huang Zu learned that Chen had been killed, he abandoned the city and fled, while Eastern Wu soldiers pursued and captured him. Sun Quan said: "The success of this war was caused by defeating Chen First. "He appointed Lü Meng as a general of Yokono Nakaro and gave him tens of millions of dollars."
In the same year, Lü Meng, together with Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, attacked Cao Cao in the west toward Wulin and besieged Cao Ren at Nan Commandery. The Yizhou general Raid Su came with a large army to attach himself, and Zhou Yu suggested that the troops of The Raider be handed over to Lü Meng, who praised Raid Su for having the courage and strategy, and being able to admire the indoctrination to come from afar to rely on, and morally speaking, he should be increased and his troops should not be captured. Sun Quan thought that this was very reasonable, so he returned the troops to attack. Zhou Yu sent Gan Ning to shou Yiling, and Cao Ren sent another part of his army to attack Gan Ning, and Gan Ning was besieged in a critical situation, so he sent someone to ask for help. All the generals thought that the troops were insufficient and could no longer be assigned, and Lü Meng said to Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu: "Leaving Ling Gongjie, I will go with you to rescue and relieve the siege, according to the situation, it will not be long, I guarantee that Ling Gonggong can hold on for ten days." He also persuaded Zhou Yu to send three hundred men to cut off the dangerous intersection with firewood, so that the enemy could escape and get their horses. Zhou Yu adopted his plan. The army rushed to Yiling and engaged the Cao army on the same day, killing and wounding more than half of the enemy troops. The enemy fled overnight, and when the army reached the mountain road blocked by firewood, the cavalry abandoned their horses and fled on foot. The enemy pursued urgently, captured three hundred warhorses, and carried them back to Eastern Wu with a company of ships. Therefore, the morale of the Generals of the Wu Army doubled, so they crossed the river and camped and attacked the enemy. Cao Ren retreated and fled, so he occupied Nan Commandery again to pacify Jingzhou. After Lü Meng returned to the dynasty, he was promoted to general of the partial general and concurrently served as the county commander of Xunyang County.
After Lu Su succeeded Zhou Yu, he went to Lukou and passed by the Lü Meng military camp. Lu Su was a little contemptuous of Lü Meng, and someone said to Lu Su: "General Lü's reputation for meritorious deeds is becoming more and more prominent, you should not look at him in the past, you should visit him." So Lu Su went to visit Lü Meng. While drinking heavily, Lü Meng asked Lu Su, "You are shouldering heavy responsibilities and are adjacent to Guan Yu, what strategy will you use to guard against unexpected circumstances?" Lu Su replied very casually: "It was formulated according to the specific conditions at that time." Lü Meng said, "Now that Wu and Shu are allied, Guan Yu is really a brave general, so how can he not make a plan in advance?" So he planned five coping plans for Lu Su. Lu Su got up and walked over to Lü Meng, stroked his back, and said, "Lü Ziming, I really didn't expect your talent and strategy to reach such a point." Then he went to see Lü Meng's mother and made a friendship with Lü Meng before leaving.
At that time, Lü Meng and Cheng Dang, Song Ding, and Xu Gu's military camps were all close to each other, and after the three generals died in battle, their children were very young. Sun Quan wanted to entrust all of their army to Lü Meng, but Lü Meng resolutely resigned, saying that Xu Gu and others were working state affairs, and that although their subordinates were young, they could not abolish their military power. After writing three times in a row, Sun Quan agreed to his request. Lu Meng then selected teachers for them and asked them to tutor the children carefully. He was so dedicated to all these things.
The State of Wei sent Xie Qi, a native of Lujiang, to serve as a lieutenant of the Puchun Diannong, reclaim tuntian in Anhui County, and repeatedly invaded the border of Eastern Wu. Lü Meng sent people to induce him to surrender, but he did not obey, so Lü Meng waited for an opportunity to attack, And Xie Qi was forced to retreat back, and his subordinates Sun Cai, Song Hao, and so on, all came to surrender to Lü Meng with young and old people. Later, Lü Meng's entourage Sun Quan resisted Cao Cao at Fusu, and repeatedly offered strange plots, and persuaded Sun Quan to build forts on both sides of the Shukou, and the fortifications were so meticulous that Cao Cao could not conquer them, so he had to withdraw his troops.
Cao Cao sent Zhu Guang to serve as the Taishou of Lujiang, stationed in Anhui County, and vigorously reclaimed rice fields. He also ordered the spies to lure the leaders of the Poyang thieves and let them act as an internal response. Lü Meng said: "The land in Anhui County is fertile, and if there is a bumper grain harvest, their troops will increase, so that for several consecutive years, Cao Cao's attitude will be revealed, and they should be eradicated as soon as possible." He specifically stated the situation to Sun Quan. Sun Quan then personally went out to Anhui County, summoned the generals, and asked what the plan was. Lü Meng recommended Gan Ning to be the governor of Shengcheng, and supervised the siege of the city at the front, and Lü Meng himself led the elite troops to follow behind. In the early morning, the army was sent to attack, Lü Meng personally beat the drum, and the soldiers all bravely rushed to the city first, and by breakfast, they had attacked the city of Anhui. When Zhang Liao led his army to Jiashi, he learned that the city of Anhui had been occupied by the Wu army, so he had to lead the army back. Sun Quan rewarded Lü Meng for his merits, and immediately appointed Lü Meng as the Taishou of Lujiang, and all the captured soldiers and horses were assigned to him, and 600 people and 30 officials were rewarded. Lü Meng returned to Xunyang, and within a year, the thieves of Luling rebelled again, and the generals could not be captured after conquest, Sun Quan said: "There are hundreds of birds, but it is not as good as one peng." He also ordered Lü Meng to go on a crusade. After Lü Meng arrived at Luling, he killed the leader of the thieves, released all the others, and restored their civilian status.
At this time, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to guard the town and guard all the land of Jingzhou, and Sun Quan ordered Lü Mengxi to seize the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang. Lü Meng sent a letter to the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang, and the two counties guarded the wind and submitted to Eastern Wu, and only Lingling Taishou Haopu firmly held the city and resolutely did not surrender. Liu Bei personally rushed from Shu to The Police and sent Guan Yu to capture the three counties. Sun Quan was stationed at Lukou at that time, and sent Lu Su to lead 10,000 horses to garrison Yiyang to defend against Guan Yu, and sent people to quickly send a letter to Lü Meng, telling him to abandon Lingling and quickly return to aid Lu Su. At the beginning, Lü Meng was pacifying Changsha, and when he was going to Lingling and passing through Xuan County, the car was carrying Deng Xuanzhi, a nanyang man, who was Hao Pu's old friend, and Lü Meng wanted him to induce Hao Pu to surrender. After receiving Sun Quan's letter summoning him to return, Lü Meng did not publish it, and summoned the generals that night to inform them of the siege strategy, and decided to attack the city in the early morning of the next day. Turning back to Deng Xuanzhi, he said, "Hao Zi knows too well that there are loyal and righteous things in the world, and he also wants to guard loyalty, but he does not understand the situation." The left general Liu Bei was in Hanzhong and besieged by Xiahou Yuan. Guan Yu was in Nam Gun, and now our monarch himself rushed to Nam Gun. Recently, Guan Yu's base camp in Fancheng was breached and Guan Yu was rescued, and Guan Yu had been attacked by Sun Gui. These are recent events that you have seen with your own eyes. They are now on all sides of the party, it is too late to save themselves, and they have the strength to rescue Lingling again! Now our soldiers are elite, everyone wants to sacrifice for the country, and the monarch is dispatching a large army to come one after another. Now Zi Tai's life is in danger, but he is waiting for hopeless rescue, just like the fish in the water in the cow's footprint pit, and he hopes to rely on the water of the river and the Han, and it is also very clear that he has nothing to rely on. If Zi Tai can unite his soldiers and keep the isolated city, he can continue for a period of time to wait for later dependence, which is also possible. Now I plan zhou xiang to deploy good troops to attack the city, in a day, the city can be breached, after the city is broken, he himself died, it does not help things, but let the hundred-year-old mother, full of white hair, be cursed and killed, is not it painful? I reckon he couldn't understand the situation outside, and thought he had a rescue to rely on, so he was stubborn to this point. You can go and see him and explain the stakes to him. Deng Xuan went to see Hao Pu before, specifically expressing Lü Meng's meaning, and Hao Pu was afraid and obedient after hearing it. Deng Xuanzhi first went out of the city to report to Lü Meng, saying that Hao Pu would arrive soon. Lü Meng ordered the four generals in advance to choose a hundred men each, and as soon as Haopu left the city, they immediately went in to guard the city gate. Soon Hao Pu left the city, and Lü Meng greeted him and took his hand in greeting and disembarked with him. After the greeting, he took out the letter written by Sun Quan to him for Hao Pu to read, and then clapped his hands and laughed. Hao Pu read the letter and learned that Liu Bei was stationed in the police, while Guan Yu was near Yiyang, ashamed and remorseful, and eager to go underground. Lü Meng left Sun Jiao behind, entrusted him with the aftermath, and led his army to Yiyang on the same day. Liu Bei requested an alliance with Sun Quan, and Sun Quan returned Hao Pu and the others, demarcated the Xiangshui River, and returned Lingling County to Liu Bei. He also used Xunyang and Yangxin as Lü Meng's food.
Lü Meng led his army back, and then went to conquest Hefei, and when he retreated, he was attacked by Zhang Liao and others, and Lü Meng and Ling Tong swore to defend Sun Quan to the death. Later, Cao Cao sent a large number of troops to The Shu, and Sun Quan appointed Lü Meng as the Governor of the Shu Shu, guarding the fort docks he had previously built, and setting up 10,000 crossbows on the fort to resist the cao army's attack. Cao Cao's vanguard troops were not completed, Lü Meng attacked to defeat them, and Cao Cao led his troops to retreat. Sun Quan granted Lü Meng the title of Left Protector and General of Huwei.
After Lu Su's death, Lü Mengxi sent a garrison to Lukou, and more than 10,000 people of Lu Su's army came under the command of Lü Meng. He was also appointed as the Taishou of Hanchang, and the following Jun, Liu Yang, Hanchang, and Zhouling were made food yi. Lü Meng and Guan Yu divided Jingzhou into demarcation and governance, and the border was connected, and he knew that Guan Yu was brave and majestic, and had the intention of annexing Eastern Wu, and moreover, Guan Yu was in the upper reaches of Eastern Wu, and the situation of dividing the territory and ruling was difficult to last. At first, Lu Su and others believed that Cao Cao was still alive and that it was easy to cause trouble to both sides, and that Sun and Liu should cooperate with each other and hate each other, and could not turn their backs on each other. Lü Meng secretly offered a plan to Sun Quan: "Let the general Sun Jiao guard Nan Commandery, Pan Zhang garrison the White Emperor City, Jiang Qin lead a guerrilla force of 10,000 people, move up and down the Yangtze River, and deal with the enemy's situation at any time, Lü Meng and I will go forward to capture Xiangyang for the country, so how can we still worry about Cao Cao and rely on Guan Yu?" Moreover, Guan Yu Junchen, playing with deceptive means and capriciousness, should not regard them as close friends. The reason why Guan Yu did not lead the army to the east now is because your Shengming, Lü Meng, and others are still there. If we don't take advantage of the fact that we are strong and seek them now, once we are old and weak, if we want to send troops to the battlefield again, can we still do it?" Sun Quan very much agreed with his plan, and incidentally talked with him about the matter of taking Xuzhou, and Lü Meng replied: "Now Cao Cao is far north of the Yellow River, has just attacked the forces of the Yuan family's sons, and is pacifying Youzhou, Jizhou and other places, and has no leisure to take care of the east. The local defenders of Xuzhou, hearing that the strength was not strong, went to attack the self-occupied. However, the geographical situation is connected by land, it is the place where Xiao Yong's cavalry gallops long, and now that you have Xuzhou, then Cao Cao will come to fight for it in the next ten days, although he guards it with 70,000 or 80,000 troops, he is still often worried in his heart. It is better to capture Guan Yu's territory and occupy the entire territory of the Yangtze River, and the situation will be even more spectacular. Sun Quan believes that these words are very reasonable in analysis. When Lü Meng replaced Lu Su and had just arrived at Lukou, he ostensibly doubled his alliance with Guan Yu and made a friendship.
Later, Guan Yu conquered Fancheng, leaving part of his troops stationed in The Conservative Gong'an and Nan Commandery. Lü Mengshang said, "Guan Yu's crusade against Fancheng and leaving a lot of guard troops must be worried that I will attack his rear." I am often sick, please send a part of the troops back to Jianye, in the name of my medical treatment. When Guan Yu learned of this news, he must withdraw the troops who remained in the rear and rush to Xiangyang. At that time, our large army went up the river day and night and attacked the empty area of the Shu army, then Nan County could be captured, and Guan Yu could also be captured. So pretending to be seriously ill, Sun Quan publicly issued a document ordering Lü Meng to return to Jianye and secretly discuss plans with him. Guan Yu really believed it, and gradually withdrew the remaining troops of Nan County to Fancheng. The State of Wei sent aid to Fancheng, and Guan Yu captured all of them, captured tens of thousands of horses, pretended to be short of grain, and took the rice that the State of Wu transported to Xiangguan at the junction of Wu and Shu without authorization. When Sun Quan learned of this, he immediately began to act, sending Lü Meng to lead his troops in front. Lü Meng's army drove to Xunyang, ambushed all the elite soldiers in the big boat, let people dress in ordinary clothes and pretend to be the people shaking the bridge, and the people sitting in the boats all dressed up as merchants, day and night, came to Guan Yu's outpost on the riverside, and captured all the sentries, so Guan Yu did not know the news of Eastern Wu's troops. The Wu army rushed to Nan Commandery, and both Shiren and Mi Fang surrendered to Lü Meng. Lü Meng entered the city, captured the families of Guan Yu and other generals, and comforted and persuaded, ordering the Wu army not to harass the people and not to ask for anything. There was a soldier under Lü Meng's tent, a native of Runan, who took a bucket from the people's house to cover the armor, and although the armor was a public item, Lü Meng still thought that he had violated the military order and could not abandon the law because of his fellow villagers, so he killed the soldier with tears. Then the whole army was shocked and did not leave the road behind. Every day, Lü Meng sent his relatives to comfort the elderly and ask them about the items they lacked, the sick provided medicine, and the hungry sent clothes and food. The treasures hidden in Guan Yu's mansion were sealed and waited for Sun Quan to come and dispose of them. On the way back to Jiangling, Guan Yu sent people to Lü Meng many times to exchange news, and Lü Meng treated the people sent by Guan Yu kindly, letting them travel around the city and greet each family, or let their families personally write letters to the generals in the army to explain the situation. Guan Yu's emissaries returned to the army, and the generals privately visited and interrogated each other, knowing that the family was safe and sound, and the treatment was better than in the past, so Guan Yu's generals lost their heart to fight. Coinciding with the arrival of Sun Quan's army in Jiangling soon, Guan Yu knew that his forces were weak and isolated, so he fled to Maicheng and traveled west to Zhangxiang, where the generals turned their backs on Guan Yu and surrendered to Sun Quan. Sun Quan sent Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang to intercept Guan Yu's inevitable path and capture both father and son. Jingzhou was pacified.
Sun Quan appointed Lü Meng as the Taishou of Nan Commandery (南郡太守), the Marquis of Guoling (孱陵侯), and gave him 100 million yuan in money and 500 catties of gold. Lü Meng resolutely rejected gold and money, and Sun Quan disagreed. The knighthood order had not yet been issued, just when Lü Meng was ill, when Sun Quan was in the public security, he took Lü Meng and placed him in his inner temple, used thousands of medicines to treat him, and rewarded the country with a reward of thousands of gold that could cure Lü Meng's disease. Sometimes the doctor pierced Lü Meng with a needle, sun Quan was sad for Lü Meng's pain, wanted to visit him often, and worried that he was tired and prepared, often chiseled a hole in the wall to watch Lü Meng, see Lü Meng can eat a little bit of food, happy, talk and laugh to the people around him, otherwise he will be sad and sigh, and he will not be able to sleep at night. Lü Meng's condition gradually improved, and he issued an edict of amnesty, and all the courtiers came forward to celebrate. Later, Lü Meng's illness worsened, and Sun Quan personally went to visit and ordered the Taoist priests to pray for Lü Meng's life under the stars. Lü Meng died in the Inner Temple of Sun Quan at the age of forty-two. At that time, Sun Quan was very sad, so he reduced various recreational activities and reduced the amount of food. Before Lü Meng died, he handed over all the gifts such as gold, silver, jewelry and other gifts that Sun Quan had given to him to the government treasury for storage, and instructed the supervisors to hand them all in after his death, and the funeral must be frugal and simple. When Sun Quan heard this, he was even more saddened and moved.
When Lü Meng was young, he did not study classic books, and every time he stated a major event, he often dictated it and let others record it as a sonata. He was impeached by Jiangxia Taishou Cai for his own deployment, but he had no resentment. When Yuzhang Taishou Gu Shao died, Sun Quan asked Lü Meng who could take over, and Lü Meng took the opportunity to recommend Cai Yi, saying that he would be a good official in this position, Sun Quan smiled and said, "Do you want to be Qi Xihe?" So cai wei was appointed. Gan Ning's rough temperament likes to kill people, which often makes Lü Meng dissatisfied, and occasionally disobeys Sun Quan's orders, Sun Quan is very angry with him, Lü Meng intercedes for Gan Ning many times, saying: "The world has not yet been calmed, and a fierce general like Gan Ning is rare, and he should be tolerant and patient." Sun Quan then treated Gan Ning kindly, and was later able to appoint his abilities.
Lü Meng's son Lü Ba inherited Lü Meng's title, and was rewarded with three hundred people who guarded the tomb, as well as fifty acres of tax-free land. After Lü Ba's death, his brother Lü Chun succeeded him as Marquis. After Lü Chun's death, his younger brother Lü Mu succeeded him as a knight.
Sun Quan and Lu Xun commented on Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng: "Gongjin is majestic and fierce, and his courage is superior, so it is really difficult to have anyone to inherit Cao Cao and open up Jingzhou, and now you have you to continue." Gong Jin used to ask Zi Jing to come to Jiangdong and recommend him to me, and when I talked to him about it, he put forward a plan to unify the world and achieve the foundation of the emperor, which was the first gratifying thing. Later, Cao Cao, because of the power of Liu Chun's forces, threatened to lead hundreds of thousands of troops on land and water and attack Eastern Wu. I summoned all the generals to ask how to deal with it, no one took the lead in proposing a suitable plan, as for Zibu and Wenbiao, they all said that they should send emissaries to greet Cao Cao with a letter of surrender, Zijing immediately retorted that it was impossible, and advised me to quickly recall Gongjin, entrust the army with heavy responsibilities, and go to resist Cao Cao, which was the second comforting thing. Moreover, his plan far exceeded the plan of Zhang Yi and Su Qin. Later, although he persuaded me to lend land to Liu Bei, it was the first mistake, but it was not enough to damage his two major credits. Zhou Gong did not seek complete blame for people, so the lonely man forgot his mistakes and admired his strengths, often comparing him to Deng Yu. When there is another son who is young next year, I only think that he will work tirelessly and act boldly and boldly. When he became an adult, he was knowledgeable and resourceful, and his strange strategies could be said to be only under Gongjin, but his speech and discussion were not as heroic as Gongjin. In terms of planning to attack Guan Yu, he surpassed Zi Jing. Zi Jing said in his reply to me: "The rise of the emperor has enemies to be destroyed, and Guan Yu is not enough to be afraid." This is something that Zi Jing actually can't do, on the surface it's just a big talk, and I forgive him, and I don't arbitrarily harshly criticize him. However, he marched and camped in the village, which could be forbidden, there were no officials in the jurisdiction of his subordinates who neglected their duties, the road was not lost, and his governance measures were also very perfect. ”
Comment: Cao Cao relied on the capital of the Han dynasty to hold Tianzi hostage to attack Haojie, sweep Jingzhou, and threaten the Jiangdong region, and Sun Quan's advisers at that time were all suspicious and dissenting. Zhou Yu and Lu Su had the courage and wisdom to make decisions, and they were outstanding, and they were indeed the wizards of the world. Lü Meng was brave and strategic, good at judging and identifying military aircraft, relying on schemes to recruit Hao Pu and capture Guan Yu was his best plan. Although Lü Meng was rash and arbitrary when he was young, he killed people indiscriminately, but in the end he was able to restrain himself, and he had the strength of a national soldier, where was he just a military general? Sun Quan's argument is fair and appropriate, so he records it.