Foreword: The battle for Jingzhou in the 20th year of Jian'an ended in a compromise between Sun Quan and Liu Bei and the sharing of territories, but neither of them would be satisfied. Sun Quan adopted Lu Meng's suggestion and regarded the seizure of Jingzhou as his primary task. Guan Yu took advantage of a favorable opportunity to launch a war to seize Xiangyang and Fancheng from Cao Cao.
吕蒙
In the 22nd year of Jian'an (AD 217), Lu Su died, and Lu Meng succeeded him. This is an interesting thing. After the Battle of Chibi, the Jiangdong Group formed two factions: "Swallow Liu" and "Lian Liu".
After Zhou Yu who "swallowed Liu" died, Lu Su who advocated "Lian Liu" succeeded him. After the death of "Lian Liu" Lu Su, he was replaced by Lu Meng who advocated "swallowing Liu".
This is really thirty years in the east of the Hexi, 30 years of the Hexi, the wind and shui turn around, and the voice of "swallowing Liu Duo Jing" began to clamor in Jiangdong. So, who is Lu Meng? Why does he advocate "swallowing Liu Duojing"?
鲁苏
Why does Lu Su look at Lu Meng with admiration?
Speaking of which, Lu Meng can be regarded as Lu Su’s best friend, and their exchanges are quite dramatic.
According to the "Three Kingdoms: Lv Meng Biography": At the end of the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210 AD), Zhou Yu died of illness, Lu Su took over, went to Lukou, passing by Lu Meng's defense. At this time, someone suggested that Lu Su visit Lu Meng.
General Lu is gaining more and more credit and fame now, so you can’t treat him like you did before. When Lu Su thought about it, he went to visit Lu Meng, but deep down he still didn't take it seriously!
We know that Lu Meng came from a humble background, and has no education. He doesn't like reading. If you want to write a letter, you can dictate it yourself and give it to others. It feels like a brave martial artist.
However, this meeting surprised Lu Su. Lu Su went to see Lu Meng, who hosted a banquet. After drinking for three rounds, Lu Meng said, "Your Excellency now has a heavy responsibility and is neighboring Guan Yu. What strategies have you prepared to prevent accidents?"
Because Lu Su despise Lu Meng, Without thinking about it, it's better to act accordingly. Lv Meng said, "I'm afraid it won't work! Now, we and Liu Bei seem to be a family. In fact, Guan Yu is a bear and tiger. How can we not plan ahead?"
At this time, Lv Meng planned five strategies for Lu Su. After Lu Su heard this, he couldn't help jumping over the seat, sitting next to Lu Meng, touching his back and saying, "Brother Lu, I didn't expect your talents to reach this level!"
So Lu Su entered. Shibai met Lu Meng's mother, and the two became friends before they separated. Pei Songzhi’s note quoted "Jiang Biao Zhuan" to elaborate on this matter.
It is said that Lu Su touched Lu Meng's back and said: "Brother, I thought you could only fight wars! It turns out that there is so much knowledge, and it is no longer the'Wu Xia Amen' back then!"
Lu Meng said, "Senior people don't want to be for three days, they should treat each other with admiration"! Brother, please think about who Guan Yu is? Diligent and studious, familiar with "Zuo Zhuan", resolute and decisive, full of arrogance, but also aloof and arrogant, domineering. Can there be no surprising strategy to deal with such a person? So he offered advice to Lu Su, and Lu Su "respected it without disclosing it."
吕蒙
Why did Lu Meng change from a "stupid green" to a "strategist"?
It turned out that Sun Quan taught well. According to "Jiang Biao Biography", Sun Quan once said to Lu Meng and Jiang Qin: "You are all officers now. You should read more books."
Lu Meng said: "The military affairs are busy, so how can I have time? Reading!"
Sun Quan said: "Is loneliness asking you to learn? That means knowing a little history!"
Sun Quan heard it and said, "You have a lot of things, are you more busy than loneliness? Emperor Guangwu did not release the scrolls when he fought in the South and the North, and Cao Mengde competed in the Central Plains and was old and studious. Why don't you encourage yourself?"
The two were very educated. Lu Meng began to read more than many scholars. Lu Meng was originally a very talented and perceptive person with a lot of experience. Once you read, you have insights.
But his opinion is different from Lu Su. Lu Su believes that Cao Cao is the number one enemy and must work with Liu Bei to fight against the enemy, but Lu Meng disagrees.
孙权
How did Lu Meng convince Sun Quan to seize Jingzhou?
Lu Meng believes that Guan Yu is a great hero. He has always had the ambition of swallowing Wu and arrogant, and he is in a favorable position upstream. The alliance is actually difficult to last, so he "secretly strategizes" Sun Quan.
According to the "Three Kingdoms: Lv Meng Biography", this "secret plan" discussed two issues. One is whether to rely on Guan Yu to fight Cao Cao? Second, is Guan Yu reliable?
For the first question, Lu Meng's answer is not necessarily. Lv Meng said to Sun Quan: "The lord can send Sun Jiao to take control of Nanjun, Pan Zhang stationed in Baidi, Jiang Qin led an army of 10,000 to drag along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and will eventually take possession of Xiangyang before the lord."
As long as there is such a Strategic deployment, what are we afraid of Cao Cao? Why must rely on Guan Yu? What's more, Guan Yu is not reliable.
Lu Meng said: "The rulers of Guan Yu, arrogant and unpredictable, must not be regarded as their own people. Sooner or later, they will turn their faces with us. The reason why they have not attacked us yet is only because the lord, your god Wu Shengming, The final general and others are still alive. If we don't preemptively now, then, when we are all sorrowful, will we still be troubled?"
Sun Quan listened and felt that Lu Meng spoke very well. From the standpoint of Jiangdong Group, Lu Meng said it really well.
According to the textual research of Mr. Miao Yue's "Annotations to the Three Kingdoms", Lu Meng said this should be in the 16th year of Jian'an (AD 211). At that time Liu Bei had already entered Shu, but he had not yet won Shu.
刘备
However, after Liu Bei got Shu, he did not "return" Jingzhou, and Sun Quan could not "beg for it", which just shows that he "can't wait for it" and also explained Jiangdong Group can only seize Jingzhou by force.
Summary: Now that we look at it again, we have to say: "Lv Meng is indeed a foresight in capturing Jingzhou." In the eyes of outsiders, he has changed from a "wufu" to a man through learning "Strategic", it is not difficult to see the importance of learning. This also reminds me of people think of a sentence: "Small but easy to learn, like the sunrise of the sun; strong and easy to learn, like the light in the sun; old and easy to learn, like burning a candle.
