Since ancient times, the world's famous generals have all been proud of "breaking the army and beheading the general", "falling into the battlefield and destroying the enemy", and establishing outstanding meritorious achievements, whether it is Qin Shibaiqi and Wang Qi, or Han Xin and Wei Qing of the strong Han, Li Jing and Qin Qiong of the Sheng Tang Dynasty, as well as Han Qi and Yue Fei of the Song Dynasty, Xu Da and Lan Yu of the Ming Dynasty, all of whom have lit the beacon fire on the "Wolf Residence Cave Mountain", the inscription is engraved into the "Yanran Stone", and the battle flag is planted with the "Huanglong Mansion" as the supreme glory.
However, in the chaotic world, it is often "one will become famous and ten thousand bones withered", how many soldiers and soldiers bleed but are lonely and nameless under a thousand years, hidden in the yellow sand, even if they are "famous generals in a hundred battles", how many or unjustly humiliated, or can not die well, favored in the future generations, almost all of them are magnificent and abnormal, such as Yue Wumu, such as Guan Yunchang, and even more, loyal and brave before death, suspenseful at the time of death, but hard to be twisted and distorted by Fang Wenye history, and even if there are ming historians to justify their names, they only end up with different praises and controversies.
The famous general we are talking about today is the Three Kingdoms period with extraordinary achievements, invincible victories, and the cause of death of Guan Yu in anger is a mystery, but few people know that he is called "Jiangdong Huo to go to the disease" of Eastern Wu Lu Ziming. His full name was Lü Meng, Ziming, and the Fupi people of Runan, which is now a native of Fuyang, Anhui. When Lü Meng was a teenager, he followed his brother-in-law Deng Dang to escape the war and ran to Jiangdong, becoming a general of Sun Ce in Jiangdong at that time, and repeatedly participated in the war to conquer the Shanyue tribe. When Lü Meng was fifteen years old, he secretly joined the army and fought extremely bravely, and Sun Ce, who was known as the "Little Overlord of Jiangdong", was shocked and thought that he was a rare general.
Lü Meng's mother was very worried about her son's safety, and once scolded him for refusing to keep the family in peace, but Lü Meng said: "It is a very painful thing for the eldest husband to stay at home dragging his poor body! It is better to serve the battlefield, and perhaps you can still get rich and prosperous because of your military achievements, just as the so-called, do not explore the tiger's den, and get the tiger? No matter how his mother cried and cried, begging him not to play with his life in the chaotic world, he was not moved, and he insisted on going his own way to defect to Sun Ce's army.
Sun Ce admired his ambition very much, and Lü Meng, at first, because he was young and young, did not immediately arrange for an important position, but was sent down to a small military official to do some rough chores, and Sun Ce may also be to test and temper him. At that time, he was quite upset in his heart, thinking that he was very talented and small, subject to mediocrity, and privately complained that Sun Ce would not give him a chance, and after the small military official heard about it, he often humiliated him: "How can the shafts do it?" Want to feed the tiger with meat before the battle? (Silly boy, what can you do?) Just work hard here, go to the battlefield, you are tantamount to sending meat to the tiger's mouth! ）
Lü Meng couldn't bear it once, and in a fit of rage, he raised his knife and gave the small military official the result, the blood splashed on the ground, everyone present was stunned, no one dared to stop him, and he fled to the home of his old friend Zheng Chang, who was not far from home. Later, Zheng Chang persuaded him to turn himself in to lieutenant colonel Yuan Xiong, Yuan Xiong and Zheng Chang had a good relationship, and also won sun ce's weight, just by relying on this relationship, Yuan Xiong saved Lü Meng's life, and soon Sun Ce personally summoned Lü Meng, thinking that he was a strange man, and asked him what his plans were in the future, Lü Meng pounced on the ground and said: "The general will either accuse Lü Mou of his crime, or make Lü Mou follow the general around, see merit in the battlefield, and have no more wishes!" Sun Ce admired his bluntness and fierceness very much, so he arranged him among the guards and soldiers, with attendants around him.
A few years later, Deng Dang, who was the Sima of Jiangdong Province, died of illness, and Zhang Zhao, the chief of history, recommended Lü Meng to Sun Ce to replace his brother-in-law's position. Not long after, Sun Ce also died of assassination and serious injuries, and Lü Meng's promotion was temporarily shelved. After Sun Ce's brother Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, Sun Quan was very jealous of Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, the old ministers of Wen Yiwu, and wanted to promote the middle-aged and young low-ranking officers who were not reused and adopt them for his own use, so as to balance Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu. So he privately found Lü Meng and the others, talked to them, and gave them clothes and leggings, causing Lü Meng and the others to cry bitterly and swear allegiance to the lord.
Not long after, Sun Quan conducted a military parade, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu walked in the forefront, the whole audience was silent, and when Sun Quan appeared, the young generals lined up to salute him, and the shouts were tremendous, Zhang and Tuesday were shocked, and they never dared to underestimate Sun Quan again. Sun Quan was also very happy, and added soldiers and weapons to Lü Meng and others. Lü Meng was then sent to Danyang to fight, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of Pingbei for his military merits, and concurrently served as the commander of Guangde County.
Later, Eastern Wu and Jingzhou Liu Biao's subordinate Huang Zu engaged, Huang Zu's fierce general Chen Was unstoppable, Eastern Wu soldiers and horses for a while no one could resist him, Lü Meng single-handedly asked for the front, directly charged and killed Chen, defeated the Jingzhou army, and took advantage of the victory to capture the city, Huang Zu heard about it, immediately abandoned the capital and fled, the Eastern Wu generals chased after him, Lü Meng led a military horse to directly surround Huang Zu, and his subordinate Colonel Feng personally captured Huang Zu, Sun Quan was overjoyed, and thanked Lü Meng for his revenge for the killing of his father Sun Jian, and said to the whole army: Revenge of vengeance, the gram of things, first behead Chen, and then get Huang Zu, ZiMing's merits! "Immediately promoted Lü Meng to the rank of General Yokono Nakaro and gave him ten million yuan.
In this year, Cao Cao personally led an army of 830,000 to the south, and was destroyed by Sun Liu's combined forces at Chibi, and Zhou Yu besieged Cao Cao's general Cao Ren at Nan Commandery. In order to break through Nan Commandery, Zhou Yu ordered the general Gan Ning to defend Yiling as a flank, and Cao Ren immediately sent troops to attack Yiling to eliminate the threat of the enemy in his belly and back, but Gan Ning could not defeat Cao Ren, so he hurried to Zhou Yu for help.
The generals of Eastern Wu all thought that the total strength of the troops was not enough, how could they divide the troops to save Gan Ning, Zhou Yu was also very hesitant, at this time Lü Meng jumped out and said: "Gan Ning is the lord and the general, he must be saved, the troops are insufficient, then the Zhou Governor must pour all his troops to go!" Zhou Yu couldn't make up his mind, all the generals said that Lü Meng was fooling around, and Lü Meng said: "If I go with the Governor of Dadu, I will definitely be able to rescue Gan Ning, and the base camp can be handed over to Ling Tong to guard, and I guarantee with the lives of my whole family, as long as we break the siege of Yiling within ten days, Ling Tong can hold on for ten days!" ”
Zhou Yu decided to send troops, and as a result, as soon as Zhou Yu's soldiers and horses arrived at Yiling, Cao Ren knew that he was invincible to Zhou Lang and immediately withdrew, and under Lü Meng's fierce attack, within ten days, Zhou Yu also accidentally captured Nan County, almost capturing most of Jingzhou. Ling Tong also desperately held the base camp, and Zhou Yu was deeply shocked by Lü Meng's wisdom and bravery, and recommended him to Sun Quan to be a partial general and also a Xunyang County Order.
Later, Zhou Yu died young, Lu Su became the governor of the Eastern Wu armies, saw Lü Meng, thought that he was just a rough man, very contemptuous, said: "This Wu xia Lü Amon, I have seen before in front of the Zhou Du Overseer's account, I don't understand anything, I also advised him to read more military books, today should not be much progress!" ”
The officials who had seen Lü Meng's great power said to Lu Su: "General Lü Ziming's merit and fame are getting bigger and bigger, and most of the governors can't treat him lightly!" Lu Su personally bent down to visit Lü Meng's tent, and the two of them feasted and drank a lot, and when the wine was hot, Lü Meng said to Lu Su: "The prince is deeply entrusted by the lord, and now Guan Yu occupies Jingzhou for Liu Bei, I don't know how you will plan the great cause for the lord?" Lu Su saw that he was asking such a sudden question, and his heart was very unhappy, so he casually replied: "Temporary Shi Yi'er!" (I'll talk about it later!) ）
Lü Meng thought that his answer was too perfunctory, and when his temper came up, he said again: "Although Sun Liu's two families were one when they broke Cao, but now Liu Bei is running Western Shu, but he has put the most courageous world famous general Guan Yu in Jingzhou to guard us, and the Governor of Zhou regarded Guan Mou as a tiger general in the world, didn't the prince feel worried?" ”
Lu Su was frightened by his words, and he was half awake, and immediately asked him what to do? Lü Meng actually said five brilliant strategies that could greatly break Guan Yu and take back Jingzhou, Lu Su suddenly felt too incredible, and he was shocked to rise up, pasted to Lü Meng's side, stroked his back, and said: "Three days of Shi Bei, when you look at each other!" I really don't know that your talent has reached this point now! It seems that you are no longer the Wuxia Lu Amon of that year! So he decided to marry Lü Meng as a brother with a different surname, and went to see Lü Meng's mother together.
Later, Lu Su also died, and Sun Quan handed over all the military power to Lü Meng. When Cao Cao heard that Zhou Yu and Lu Su were gone, he thought that there was no one in Jiangdong, so he once again sent troops south to harass, and Lü Meng used a ruse to recruit the Wei generals on the border, and constantly sneaked into Cao Wei's city pool, making Cao Wei steal chickens and not become a corrosive rice, but even more unbearable and helpless. Many Wei generals even dragged their families with them, helping the old and the young to come to the Lümeng camp to surrender.
Later, Cao Cao was forced to be helpless, personally led his army to Wusu (present-day Wuwei County, Anhui) to stabilize the situation, and confronted Eastern Wu, Lü Meng repeatedly offered strange tricks to Sun Quan, especially in the establishment of docks in various water arteries to prepare, so that Cao Jun's water division was blocked everywhere, and the Eastern Wu water army played its advantages to defeat Cao Jun repeatedly, so angry that Cao Cao broke his mouth and finally retreated, and wrote to Sun Quan: "Jiangdong Lü Meng, deeply hated, did not die at his feet, and was lonely and uneasy! Sun Quan took Cao Cao's handwritten letter and looked at It with Lü Meng, and the two junchen laughed.
Later, Cao Cao prepared to use the old method of dealing with Lü Bu, Yuan Shao, and Ma Chao in Tuntian around Hefei, accumulating grain and building a fortress to fight a war of attrition against Eastern Wu, and sending people with heavy money to lure bandits around Poyang Lake as an internal response. After Lü Meng learned of this, he said to Sun Quan: "The land around Hefei is fertile, if You let Cao Cao build a fortress in Tuntian, once there is a harvest and the foundation is laid, there will be a steady stream of Cao troops to add to the Huainan area, or in a few years, they will form a trend of Taishan pressing eggs on us, and the lord must get rid of it as soon as possible!" ”
Therefore, Sun Quan personally led a large army to Hefei and asked the generals for advice, while Lü Meng recommended Gan Ning as the vanguard, and he asked the elite division of his headquarters to follow Gan Ning to break the enemy. When the battle began, Lü Meng personally beat the drum, the Wu army rushed forward one by one, and the Cao army general Zhang Liao was frightened to retreat thirty miles, and Lü Meng pulled out several cities of the Cao army with a drum. Sun Quan was so excited that he made him the Taishou of Lujiang, and handed over to him all the recruits and captured horses in this battle, and gave him six hundred households in Xunyang County as his food, and gave him the privilege of thirty private subordinates.
Lü Meng temporarily returned to Xunyang to recuperate, but he did not expect that there was a rebellion in nearby Luling County, and the generals who followed him all thought that Lü Meng had just returned the military power, xunyang City had no troops to send, and he must go to Jianye to ask Sun Quan to send troops, and Lü Meng said: "The lord has tasted the words, the birds are tired, it is better than a osprey!" (Meaning that a group of mountain people rebelled against thieves, and the thief could be done by capturing the king first), so he immediately led hundreds of his own soldiers to rush to Luling, killed the chief evil, and exhumoused the rest of the people, and the rebellion was so easily quelled, Sun Quan was overjoyed after learning about it, and greatly appreciated his courage.
At this time, Liu Bei had pacified Western Shu and ordered Guan Yu to strengthen the guard of Jingzhou, and Sun Quan, seeing that Liu Bei had no intention of returning Jingzhou, ordered Lü Meng to go and attack the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guilin under Jingzhou. Lü Meng had not yet sent an army, and only wrote two letters, which made Changsha and Guilin fall in the wind, and only Lingling Taishou Haopu refused to surrender to Eastern Wu.
Liu Bei heard of the changes in Jingzhou, and immediately rushed from Shudi to Jingzhou personally, garrisoned at the public security, and urged Guan Yu to retake Er County, Sun Quan learned that Liu Bei's army was coming, and also quickly led his army to garrison Lukou and support Lü Meng at any time. Lü Meng believed that as long as they seized the time to capture Lingling, Liu Bei and Guan Yu would have no great achievements in Jingzhou, and they would also be jealous of Eastern Wu's real strength and would not dare to attack hard.
Therefore, Lü Meng summoned Deng Xuanzhi of Nanyang, the best friend of Hao Pu, and ordered him to threaten and induce Hao Pu to surrender on the pretext of breaking the city and killing Hao Pu. When Deng Xuanzhi entered the city to lobby, Lü Meng secretly summoned the generals overnight and gave him a strategy to prepare to raid Lingling at dawn when Haopu was not ready. When it was dawn, Hao Pu promised Deng Xuanzhi to go out of the city to negotiate with Lü Meng, and as a result, the Wu army had already captured Lingling, and Lü Meng clapped his hands and laughed when he saw Hao Pu, Hao Pu had to surrender, and later learned that Liu Bei and Guan Yu's army was about to arrive, and he regretted it very much.
Liu Bei learned that Lingling had been lost, that all three counties had been taken by Eastern Wu, and that the Wu army was no longer in trouble, so he asked for a resentful alliance again, and Sun Quan released Hao Pu and allowed the Xiang River to be used as a boundary to settle down. Lü Meng, on the other hand, defeated Liu Bei and Guan Yu in this battle, and received a greater reward from Sun Quan.
Soon, Cao's army once again marched south to Hefei, Sun Quan raised an army to personally march, and Lü Meng and Ling Tong desperately defended the left and right on the battlefield, defeating the Wei general Zhang Liao and forcing Cao Cao to retreat again. Sun Quan made Lü Meng the Left Protector and was given the title of "General of Huwei", a status equivalent to that of Zhao Zilong of Changshan, who was a coward of Shu Han.
Lü Meng considered that Guan Yu was a rare and brave general in the world, sitting in Jingzhou, and often had the heart to annex Eastern Wu, and Jingzhou was in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, posing a great threat to Jiangdong, and this problem must be solved as soon as possible. Sun Quan was also having a headache for Guan Yu, and Lü Meng secretly said, "Although Jingzhou is located in the upper reaches of the jiangdong and is very easy to go down the east of the river, it is also the land of the four wars, and it is also coveted by Cao Wei, and it is bound to be difficult for a long time!" The reason why Guan Yu has not yet marched east to attack us is that he is afraid of Cao Cao, and second, because of the lord Shengming, and Amon I am not dead! Now if you don't take advantage of the fact that it has not yet grown strong and stable, it will be impossible to seize Jingzhou when Liu Bei sits in Western Shu and connects east and west into a line, and then wants to seize Jingzhou by force! ”
Sun Quan was deeply impressed, but because cao Cao had repeatedly attacked and harassed Huainan before, he wanted to seize Xuzhou in Huainan first, and then go west to Jingzhou, and Lü Meng said: "The land of Xuzhou, the horse riding, the lord of Xuzhou today, Cao Cao will definitely come to fight, my Wu army is conducive to water warfare, once glued, it is even more worrying, it is better to kill Guan Yu first, all according to the Yangtze River, with the land of the south of the river to fight for the north, then there will be more than enough, can be protected!" After Sun Quan listened, he was so happy that he praised him one after another.
Therefore, Lü Meng had full authority to handle the affairs of Jingzhou, and he first personally went to Guan Yu's residence to meet him, and gave him a thick gift, showing all kinds of humble gestures on the surface, which completely paralyzed the arrogant and conceited Guan Yu. Soon, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng (樊城), which had attacked Cao Wei, but left two more troops of soldiers and horses to garrison Gong'an and Nan Commandery (南郡) to guard Against Eastern Wu.
Lü Meng immediately asked Sun Quan for leave to go home on the grounds of illness, and dismissed all his subordinates, and after Guan Yu heard about it, he immediately transferred the soldiers and horses of The Public Security and Nan Commandery to Xiangyang and attacked Fancheng with all his might. Soon, Guan Yusheng captured Wei Ming and imprisoned him, and for a time the sound of power was so great that even Cao Cao was afraid that he would kill Xu Du in one fell swoop, and prepared to move to the northern city of Yecheng to avoid Guan's soldiers. After Guan Yu heard about it, he was even more proud, thinking that he was invincible in the world, and he did not take Eastern Wu in his eyes.
At this time, Lü Meng turned tens of thousands of elite soldiers into white-clad merchants, all lurking in the merchant ships, day and night, crossing the river into the Jingzhou territory, and quickly solved all the scouts that Guan Yu had set up along the river, and Guan Yu did not know it. Waiting for the Wu army to take advantage of the void all the way in, until the sneak attack captured Nan County, Guan Yu and the Jingzhou army generals xiao all captured, only to spread the news of the loss of Jingzhou to the north, Guan Yu's men and horses learned of it, there was no will to fight, Lü Meng waited until Sun Quan's army arrived, launched a fierce attack on Guan Yu, Guan Yu was defeated, only with the eldest son Guan Ping led the remnants of the west to Maicheng, on the way to escape, he was actually blocked by the Wu generals Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang, fought with the Wu army for hundreds of rounds, killed more than a hundred Wu soldiers, and finally because of the siege, exhausted and captured, Jingzhou finally fell into the hands of Eastern Wu.
Sun Quan wanted to treat Guan Yu preferentially and use him as a hostage to negotiate with Liu Bei, while Lü Meng led the Eastern Wu generals to insist on killing Guan Yu, directly deterring Liu Bei, and using this to warn Cao Cao that Eastern Wu could completely reject Cao Wei in the north and Shu Han in the west, and absolutely could not be underestimated! Sun Quan finally listened to Lü Meng's advice, gritted his teeth and beheaded Guan Yu, and sent the head to Cao Cao to show Wu Wei!
Lü Meng was awarded the Title of Taishou of Nan Commandery (南郡太守), the Marquis of Lingling (孱陵侯), and was given 100 million yuan in money and 500 catties of gold. Lü Meng resolutely refused to accept the monetary reward, and cried bitterly to Sun Quan: "Today I can finally raise my eyebrows and breathe for the Lord's father in the three families of Dingzhi, and Amon died without regrets!" I don't want to say a word for a while, but it is the same as guan Yu said to Zhuge Liang in the past, "Except for death and rest".
Sun Quan listened to his words, was greatly moved, and also hugged him and cried tears, snot, and said: "Zhou Yu helped me break Cao, let me stand firm when I first took the throne, but he always exceeded his authority, making me feel awe, but I was very jealous." Lu Su was cautious and had to ask me for instructions in everything, which made me feel very at ease, the only thing that was deficient was that he lacked decisiveness and courage, and was always deceived by his old friend Zhuge Liang, preferring to temporarily sacrifice the interests of Eastern Wu rather than offend Liu Bei and Kong Ming, which made me very annoyed. Only when you Lu Ziming are dead on the ground, do your best for me to dominate the world in Eastern Wu, and do your best and spare no effort, can I get what I want today, be worthy of the inheritance left to me by my father and brother, and from then on surpass my father and brother and achieve the hegemony of Jiangdong! ”
Therefore, he resolutely did not allow Lü Meng to give up the huge bounty, and Lü Meng had to accept it. However, when he was preparing to give Lü Meng the canonization and award ceremony, Lü Meng suddenly relaxed due to long-term overload, and drank and reveled for several days and nights, so that he suddenly fell seriously ill and lay down in bed.
After Sun Quan learned of this, he was very distressed, and he carried Lü Meng directly into his inner temple, personally taking care of him day and night, and recruiting famous doctors from all over the world to come to him for treatment. When the doctor gave the needle to heal, Sun Quan saw that Lü Meng's face was miserable, and his heart was like a knife, and when he saw that Lü Meng's face improved slightly, he was so happy that he patted his forehead and thanked the heavens. He was also afraid that he would move in and out too much and interfere with Lü Meng's recuperation, so he directly ordered someone to cut a low hole in the wall, and he drilled in and out of the hole alone to come to visit, and sometimes in order to wait for Lü Meng to give out a breath, he was so nervous that he could not sleep at night.
Later, Lü Meng's illness became more and more serious, and Sun Quan even reached the point where he made an exception for a courtier to make an amnesty in the territory of All Wu, despite the opposition of his courtiers. In the end, Lü Meng was unable to be healed, and Sun Quan disregarded his body, personally wearing a Daoist robe to learn From Zhuge Liang, placing a long lantern under the seven stars of the Big Dipper, and summoning Daoist monks to pray for heaven and ask for his life, but Lü Meng still died of illness in the inner temple, only forty-two years old. Sun Quan fainted several times in grief, and later heard that before Lü Meng died, he also instructed his family to return all the rewards they had received in his life to the gongfu, sun Quan cried for it, gave Lü Meng an extremely solemn funeral and mourning, and arranged for three hundred families to guard his tomb for generations.
The description of Lü Meng's death in Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms is too mysterious, and it only says that Sun Quan directly praised Lü Mengli for taking Jingzhou at the celebration conference, far better than Zhou Lang and Lu Zijing! So he personally drank wine and gave It to Lu Meng. After Lü Meng drank, he suddenly became a "Guan Gong possessed body", and scolded Sun Quan loudly, and everyone was shocked to rescue Sun Quan, as for how to "first aid" was not described in detail, and finally only Lü Meng fell to the ground, the seven tricks bled to death, and the people present were all frightened, so the scene was completely different from the "Zhengshi" illness and death, why it was "seven tricks of bleeding", whether Lü Meng was poisoned after drinking and hallucination is unknown.
Due to the great influence of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that was widely circulated, the impression of Lü Meng by later generations has always been poor, and he has always been planted on the opposite side of Guan Yu, who represents "Qianqiu Zhongyi", and has become a "Jiangdong rat generation" and a despicable villain who specializes in "secretly calculating and sneaking attacks", and the evaluation of Lü Meng in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is that he is brave and strategic, decisive and insightful in military affairs, deceives Hao Pu, and captures Guan Yu, which is the most wonderful work of his use of soldiers, and the courage to kill has always been the crux of his controversy in later generations.
This can't help but remind people of another world-famous general in history who bravely crowned the world, the Western Han Dynasty hussar general and champion Hou Huo to go ill, the same young hero, extraordinary wisdom and courage, but also extremely good at "surprise attacks", repeatedly made great achievements, almost no defeat, there is also a "xiong guess yin" lord (Emperor Wu of Han), there is also a "brave and reckless killing" unscrupulous bad disease, but the historical evaluation has become a cloud of mud, the difference between the world, really people are lamented.