In the official history, after Lv Meng won Jingzhou, he received a very generous reward from Sun Quan . However, the reward has not been issued yet, Lv Meng passed away inexplicably at the age of 42.
In later generations, some people speculated that there might be a major infectious disease such as the plague that year, or that Lu Meng died of illness over many years, but there is no exact death record anyway.
Of course, if we imagine the historical environment and human decisions at that time, we may be able to find the real cause of Lu Meng's death.
Judging from the time of Lu Meng's death, it was the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an. This was exactly the year Soochow seized Jingzhou, so Lu Meng's death could not be avoided by Jingzhou, Sun Quan and Guan Yu .
At that time, although it was Sun Liu Union, Liu Bei was under the account of Jingzhou Liu Biao, and he had just escaped from the small town of Xinye, and he was almost wiped out by Span Cao Cao_span. After his death, his son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, Liu Bei can be said to be crying without tears.
So on the eve of the Chibi battle , Liu Bei hurriedly fled to Jiangxia, Liu Qi , and was really chased by Cao Cao all the way.
However, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei became the biggest winner. Soochow lost his wife and broke down. At this time, Liu Bei not only occupied the four counties of Jingzhou, but also took the opportunity to borrow from Soochow. It also gave Sun Quan the experience of meat buns hitting dogs-never going back, but in Southern County, , Zhou Yu, and , Cao Ren, had only been conquered for a year.It was transferred to Liu Bei's hands, and no one was angry.
Therefore, Liu Bei's failure to return to Jingzhou became the main reason for the breakdown of the Sun and Liu alliance.
When Sun Quan intended to take Bashu from the west, during the planning and preparation period, Zhou Yu died of illness. This matter can only be put on hold.
But what Sun Quan never expected was that Liu Zhang let Liu Bei enter Shu to reject Zhang Lu , Liu Bei turned his back on the guest and occupied the vast territory of Shu. This turned the power of Sun Quan and Liu Bei in an instant.
To survive in troubled times, you can only rely on strength, and Soochow is more embarrassed. If you want to expand your territory, you can only extend to the north. The north is the boundary of Cao Cao, and there is really no bargaining for it.
Since the north cannot be touched, the target can only be Jingzhou in the west.
In the 20th year of Jian'an, after Liu Bei took Shu, Sun Quan asked for Jingzhou again. The result is conceivable. Anyway, he just refused to give it.
Since you are shameless, you can only take it forcibly, so Sun Quan sent Lv Meng to take the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang in the south of Jingzhou. Wu, in desperation, the two sides can only negotiate a peace, and the alliance relationship appears to be cracked.
We all know that it was Guan Yu who guarded Jingzhou later, and Guan Yu was arrogant, and looked down upon anyone except his elder brother Liu Bei.
Sun Quan wanted to win over Guan Yu by in-laws, but Guan Yu refused. It seemed that the only way to seize Jingzhou was by force. Lu Meng yelled every day to take Jingzhou in the ears of Sun Quan. So Soochow's conspiracy against Jingzhou officially began.
During Guan Yu's campaign in Xiangfan, Lu Meng began to pretend to be sick and abdicate, letting Lu Xun assume the post of governor to paralyze Guan Yu.
As soon as Lu Xun came to the top, he tried his best to please Guan Yu, and urged him to slowly make Guan Yu put down his guard against Soochow, so he kept sending Jingzhou soldiers north to support the Fancheng battlefield.
Yes, it’s now,Seeing the opportunity, Dongwu immediately ordered Lv Meng to seize Jingzhou, but Lv Meng did not act hard, but pretended to be a businessman and attacked Jiangling in the dark, and then asked the prefect of Jiangling to persuade the local guard to descend. In this way, all Jingzhou fell into Soochow's sphere of influence.
Guan Yu in Fancheng heard that Jingzhou had fallen and had no base camp, so he could only withdraw his troops. Then he faced the double-sided attack of Cao Wei Xu Huang and Dongwu Lu Meng.
In the end, defeated Maicheng . At 's , he was ambushed by Pan Zhang's general Ma Zhong, and his eldest son Guan Ping was captured.
Since Guan Yu and his son were captured, why did Lu Meng kill him?
Lv Meng killed Guan Yu, most of the reasons were Guan Yu himself was too arrogant, and Lu Meng himself and Guan Yu did not have any personal complaints.
In Lu Meng's view, Guan Yu refused to make a relationship at the beginning and slandered Wu Hou in public. This is unbearable. Soochow generals did not have Guan Erye. , Which made Lu Meng hate him.
Another one is that Guan Yu just flooded the seven armies in , forced to surrender to the ban, and beheaded Pound . The history books record that at that time, the powerful China, Cao Cao once forced the capital to move. Not killing him is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain. In the future, he will be a big enemy of Soochow. If Guan Yu is killed by Lv Meng, it will not only eradicate trouble for Soochow, but also make himself famous and shock the world.
Therefore, Lu Meng who came afterwards killed Guan Yu and his son without hesitation.
When the news reached Jiankang, Sun Quan was dumbfounded. It was correct to surprise Jingzhou, but Guan Yu shouldn't be killed.
One: Although it has reached the point where it has turned against Liu Bei, Jingzhou itself is his own.You have occupied it for so many years, but now it's just taking it back by virtue of his ability. Anyway, Liu Bei has taken care of it first, and can only smash his teeth and swallow it in his belly.
Second: Although Soochow has occupied Jingzhou, it is still at a disadvantage in front of Cao Wei. His enemy is Cao Cao. If he wants to survive, he can only continue to cooperate with Liu Bei. One more helper is better than no helper. Even if the alliance cannot be maintained, as long as The opponent doesn't play black hands behind his back.
Third: The strategic goal of owning Jingzhou has been achieved. Guan Yu and Liu Bei have the same siblings, and when Guan Yu is released back to Shu, Liu Bei will certainly not hate Soochow. When the two parties will lobby again, the contradiction will naturally be eased.
But the current situation is that Guan Yu is dead, and the two families have completely torn their skins. Sun Quan can only try to remedy it.
First: Send Guan Yu's first level to Cao Cao, and lead the disaster to the north, which can show good to Cao Cao and divert Liu Bei's anger. At the same time, Guan Yu's body was buried in Dangyang in the prince's courtesy.
Second: Since something has happened, there must be a back-to-back man, not someone else. This back-to-back man is Lu Meng. Only in this way can Liu Bei's anger be calmed. Facts have proved that the result is completely useless.
But was Sun Quan only killed because Lu Meng killed Guan Yu? Do not! There are other reasons.
First of all, Lv Meng’s position as the chief governor. The chief governor is the highest leader of the army. The army can be deployed at will. It is a super rich official system, which makes Sun Quan have to be afraid, after all, in troubled times. In the middle, the right way is to have soldiers.
Even if they are all loyal to Soochow, who would have expected what it would be like in the future, just like Zhuge Ke , who later mastered the military and political power, appointing cronies and domineering. This is something that Sun Quan can't calculate. What he can do is to solve all the threats in front of him. Otherwise, it would not be in vain to be able to take over from his father and brother's foundation at the age of eighteen.
and Lu Meng killed Guan Yu,It was precisely the use of his powers as a general governor that this made Sun Quan very upset. Even if Guan Yu deserved to die, he should get his order.
Therefore, a Lv Meng can not only reduce his own threat, but also calm Liu Bei's anger. It really kills two birds with one stone.
A Three Kingdoms is a conspiracy, in which intrigues and deceptions abound, between the various forces, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.
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