Chapter 510: Wu Xia Amun

Thousands of miles of Tianwei Dragon and Tiger North, Wuyun Jiaqi Phoenix East.

Mai Cheng reported that General Jiang Shang was Lu Meng. ----------Yuan. Yang Weizhen "Sending Lu Zuo to Return to Yue"

It is said that the smoke and waves on the mouth of the three rivers are vast, and the group of soldiers and ships of Gan Ning and Huang Zhong flows into the Yangtze River from the Han River, almost covering the surface of the river. Suddenly, three cannon shots were heard downstream, and the sail wall was faintly exposed in the mist on the opposite side, hundreds of Soochow warships were densely spread on the downstream river, the main mast was hung high with the Wuzi flag, and the yellow dragon black flag was flying high. Xi Zhicai smiled: "It's Wu Jun who came to greet Kong Ming." "Huang Zhong ordered people to play the banner of handover, and at the same time prepare for battle, just in case there is one in ten thousand.

In the sound of the horn, a ship of the flagship building of Soochow came out in a row and went straight to the flagship of Ganning. The boat slowly approached against the current, and saw that high on the deck of the building ship, a young general stood upright like a javelin, wearing a black embroidered yellow dragon robe blown by the river wind and hunting and flying behind him, highlighting his domineering and well-proportioned figure. When you look closely, you are full of yellow hair, high eyebrows and deep eyes, blue eyes and purple hair, and magnificent, it is the younger brother of Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong.

Behind Zhong Mou, two white-robed young generals stood tall with guns, one of them had a slight beard, dark complexion, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a temperament like a tiger, he was the general of Eastern Wu, Lu Meng Lu Ziming, a wealthy man in Runan, and the other person was white-faced, beardless, resolute, strong, and flexible.

These two generals were still young at this time, and they were strong in martial arts, and they happened to be the eighteen-year-old Sun Quan's bodyguard. Among them, Lü Meng was promoted by Sun Quan, not only affectionately called him "Amon", but also personally went to the army to persuade him to learn, so that Lü Meng grew from an unknown origin under Wu to a famous general with both civil and military skills. After Amon grew up, he crossed the river in white in the official history and regained Jingzhou and eliminated Guan Yu for Sun Quan, which can be said to have made immortal achievements and established a great reputation.

In the official history, Lü Meng crossed the Yangtze River south when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, and joined the army to attach himself to his brother-in-law Deng Dang. At that time, Deng Dang was Sun Ce's subordinate general, and led his troops to conquer Shanyue several times. Although Lu Meng was young, he was bold and secretly followed his brother-in-law Deng Dang out to fight. Deng Dang was surprised when he found out, and when he returned from the battle, Deng Dang told Lu Mu about it. Lu Mu was very angry and wanted to punish Ameng, but Lu Meng replied: "It is really difficult to live in such a poor life now. If you go out to fight, you may be able to gain merit and wealth. Moreover, Ban Chao once said that if he can't enter the tiger's den, how can he get the tiger? I am willing to fight for riches with my life. Lu's mother felt pity and finally forgave him and let him go.

At that time, one of Deng Dang's subordinate generals, seeing that Lu Meng was following Deng Dang at a young age, despised him very much, and said to the outside world: "What is Lu Meng's kid capable of? This is just to feed the tiger with meat. Later, he laughed and humiliated Lu Meng in front of him. Lü Meng was furious, raised his knife and killed him, and fled to the house of his fellow villager Zheng Chang. Later, through the school captain Yuan Xiong turned himself in, Yuan Xiong interceded for Lü Meng and recommended him to the lord Sun Ce. Sun Ce saw that although Lu Meng was young, his martial arts were indeed outstanding, so he arranged for him to work by his side. A few years later, Deng Dang died, and Sun Ce instructed Zhang Zhao to recommend Lü Meng to replace Deng Dang and take up the post of Sima of another department.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce was assassinated, and Sun Quan took over the power of Jiangdong. After Lu Meng heard about it, he knew that after the merger of the troops, it would be even more difficult for him to make a difference. So, he found a way to get items on credit, made crimson clothes and leggings for his subordinates, and stepped up the training of the formation. When Sun Quan inspected, Lü Meng's soldiers and horses were "displayed impressively, and the soldiers practiced", and Sun Quan was very happy when he saw it, thinking that he had managed the army well. Instead of reducing his troops, he increased his troops, and from then on he was prosperous.

Sun Quan saw that Lu Meng was young but could train soldiers, so he said to Lu Meng: "Qing should be in charge of things today, and you must learn!" "I resigned to do many things in the army. Quan said: "How can you be lonely and want to govern the scriptures as a doctor!" But when dabbling, see the past. There are many things to do, who is lonely? Lonely reading, thinking that it is very beneficial. "Monnai began to learn. and Lu Su went to Xunyang, discussed with Meng, and exclaimed: "Qing is only a little bit now, not Wu Xia Ameng!" Meng said: "Shibei for three days, that is, more impressive, how late can the eldest brother see things!" "Worship your mother, make friends and say goodbye.

This paragraph is called Sun Quan's persuasion, and Lü Meng later repaid Sun Quan's kindness. In the official history, Lü Meng first followed Sun Quan to crusade against Huang Zu, and when he broke Huang Zu's army, he learned that Shanyue in the three counties of Danyang, Yuzhang, and Luling was in turmoil. Sun Quan then led the army back to quell the rebellion, and Lü Meng accompanied the army to conquer. Lü Meng and Sima Huanggai, Han Dang, Zhou Tai and others led troops to guard the dangerous points, and each used force to pacify the Shanyue people who had rebelled in their own area. Lü Meng was appointed as the governor of Pingbei and concurrently served as the chief of Guangde.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan adopted the advice of the general Gan Ning and sent troops to attack Xiakou, and Lü Meng went out with the army. Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia County, ordered to block the mouth with the Mengchong battleship, and used a large brown rope to tie a boulder as a cone to fix the ship's position, and more than 1,000 people used bows and crossbows to fire at the river to block the river, and the Wu army's attack was blocked. Sun Quan ordered the generals Dong Xi and Sima Lingtong to lead a hundred death squads, wearing heavy armor, and rushed to the side of the Mengchong ship by a large boat. When Huang Zu saw Sun Quan's soldiers coming, he hurriedly sent Chen Zhi, the governor of the naval army, to lead his troops to counterattack, and Lü Meng led the forward troops, took the lead in the battle, and cut Chen down the Yangtze River with one sword. Sun Quan's army took advantage of the victory and advanced by land and water to besiege Xiakou City. Sun Quan's army stormed, conquered the city, and slaughtered it. Huang Zu fled alone and was chased and beheaded by the young general Feng Ze. In this battle, Sun Quan won a complete victory, annihilated his old enemy Huang Zu in one fell swoop, and occupied the Jiangxia region. After the war, Sun Quan said: "The success of this battle depends on the first success." Then he promoted Lü Meng to the general of Yokono Zhonglang and gave him tens of millions of money.

In October of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Lü Meng followed Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to break Cao Cao in Chibi, Cao Cao led the defeated army to return to the north, and left Cao Ren and others to garrison Jiangling. Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to command tens of thousands of troops and hold Cao Ren across the river. Soon after, Zhou Yu wanted to seize Jiangling, and first sent Gan Ning to attack Yiling City upstream, intending to form a flank threat to Jiangling. So, Cao Ren divided his troops to besiege Ganning and wanted to recapture Yiling. Gan Ning asked Zhou Yu for help, and the generals were worried that there were few soldiers, and if they rescued Yiling, it would cause Jiangling to be empty. Lu Meng said to Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu: "Leave Ling Gongji, I will work with you to rescue and relieve the siege, according to the situation, it will not take too much time, I guarantee that Ling Gongji can hold on for ten days." Then he advised Zhou Yu to send 300 men to cut off the already steep mountain road with firewood, so that when the enemy fled, we could obtain their horses. Zhou Yu adopted his suggestion, personally led the main force to aid Yiling, and broke Cao's army under Yiling City, killing more than half of them. Cao Jun fled by night, passing through a dangerous road blocked by firewood, and in desperation, the horsemen abandoned their horses and walked on their own. Zhou Yu and Lü Meng drove their troops to chase and intercept, and obtained 300 war horses, so that the military prestige was greatly boosted. He then returned to cross the river, marched to the north bank, built a barracks, and launched an attack on Gangneung. At this time, in response to Zhou Yu's offensive, Sun Quan sent troops to surround Hefei. Cao Ren was alone and lost many battles in the past year, and was forced to abandon Jiangling City and retreat to Xiangyang. Zhou Yu occupied Jiangling and was appointed by Sun Quan as the Taishou of Nanjun, taking control of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Lü Meng was once again relocated to a partial general because of his merits, and concurrently served as the Yang Seeking Order.

Zhou Yu died of illness, and Lu Su took over. Lusu to Lukou, passing through the Lümeng station. Lu Su was a generation of Confucian generals, and he thought that Lü Meng was born as a martial artist, and he was somewhat despised by him. Sun Quan said to Lu Su: "General Lü's fame is becoming more and more prominent, you can't look at him with old eyes, you should visit him." So Lu Su was alone and went to the camp to visit Lu Meng, and Lu Meng set up wine to treat each other. When the wine was drunk, Lu Meng asked Lu Su: "You are under a heavy responsibility, and you are adjacent to Guan Yu, what strategy will you adopt to prevent unexpected things from happening?" Lu Su replied suddenly: "It depends on the situation temporarily." Lu Meng said: "Although Sun and Liu are a family now, Guan Yu is really a general like a bear and a tiger, why don't you plan it?" Therefore, Lu Meng analyzed the stakes at that time in detail. Lu Su was shocked when he heard this, got up from the table, approached Lu Meng, patted him on the back affectionately, and exclaimed: "Lu Ziming, I really didn't expect your talent and strategy to reach such a level. He also said: "With your current talent, you are no longer Wuxia Ameng!" Lu Meng said: "Shibei three days, that is, even more impressive, my brother knows this matter too late!" Since then, the two have become friends and have lived very closely.

In the first month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Sun Quan, entered the mouth of the Xuxu, broke through the Jiangxi camp of Sun Quan's army, and captured Sun Yang, the governor of the capital. Lü Meng led 70,000 troops to resist Cao Cao with Sun Quan, and offered many strange plans to persuade Sun Quan to build a dock at the mouth of the water to prevent enemy soldiers. Later, Cao Cao looked at Sun Quan's army from afar, saw the majestic lineup and the tight defense, and sighed: "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou." So he didn't dare to venture lightly. As the spring news of the Yangtze River was approaching, Sun Quan wrote a letter to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw his troops as soon as possible, and Cao Cao also judged the situation and took the initiative to withdraw his troops and return.

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, in order to enrich the military rations, sent Zhu Guang, the Taishou of Lujiang, to cultivate land and plant rice in the Wancheng area. He also sent spies to recruit the bandit leaders in the Poyang area as an internal response. Lü Meng believed that "the fields in Anhui County are fertile, and if there is a bumper grain harvest, their soldiers will increase, so that after a few years, Cao Cao's advantages will be revealed, and Anhui County should be taken as soon as possible." Sun Quan took his advice and led his army up the river to attack the city of Anhui. Zhu Guang gathered the troops to hold on to the city. Sun Quan asked the generals, who wanted to build earth mountains and buy siege equipment. Lü Meng said: "It will take many days to complete the manufacture of siege equipment and piles of earth. By that time, the enemy's city defenses have been consolidated, reinforcements will surely come, and we will not be able to capture the city of Anhui. Besides, our army came with a lot of rain and heavy water, and if we stay for a long time, the water will gradually recede, and we will encounter difficulties on the way back to our army, which I think will be very dangerous. Now it seems that this city will not be very strong, and the morale of our three armies is high, and they can be conquered quickly by attacking from all sides, and then returning to the army while the water has not retreated, which is the strategy of a complete victory. Sun Quan adopted this suggestion, and Lü Meng recommended the general Gan Ning as the governor of Shengcheng, leading the elite soldiers to launch a fierce attack from dawn. Lü Meng beat drums and cheered, Gan Ning took the lead, Lü Meng followed the city with his elite, and in just one meal, he broke through the city, captured Zhu Guang alive, and captured tens of thousands of people. Zhang Liao, the general of Cao Wei stationed in Hefei, learned that Anhui City was in an emergency, and hurriedly led his troops to help, and heard that Anhui City had been lost in the area of Jiashi, so he had no choice but to retreat. In this battle, Lü Meng made the greatest contribution, Sun Quan rewarded him heavily, appointed him as the Taishou of Lujiang, and the captured men and horses were also distributed to Lü Meng, and he was also specially given 600 households in Xunyang Tuntian, and 30 officials and subordinates.

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei occupied Jingzhou and sent Guan Yu to defend it. Sun Quan repeatedly asked for it, but Liu Bei refused to return it. In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan sent Lü Meng to lead 20,000 soldiers to capture the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang. Lü Meng spread Changsha and Guiyang, and the two counties were attached to the wind, but Lingling was too guarded by Hao Pu to defend the city and not surrender. After Liu Bei heard this, seeing that the situation was critical, he hurriedly rushed from Shu County to the public security, and ordered Guan Yu to send troops to fight for the three counties.

Sun Quan was stationed at Lukou at that time and commanded all the armies to fight. On the one hand, Sun Quan sent Lu Su to lead 10,000 people to garrison in Yiyang to resist Guan Yu, and on the other hand, he passed an urgent document to Lü Meng, asking him to abandon Lingling and immediately return to the division to reinforce Lu Su. At the beginning, Lü Meng pacified Changsha and led his troops to Lingling, and when he passed through Yuxian, he found Deng Xuanzhi, an old friend of Hao Pu, the commander of Lingling, and took him in the army, wanting him to lure Hao Pu down. After Lü Meng received the letter, he did not announce it, but recruited generals overnight, laid out a strategy, and said that he would attack the city at dawn.

After arranging, he said to Deng Xuanzhi: "Hao Zitai knows that there is loyalty in the world, and he also wants to do loyal things, but he doesn't understand the situation. Liu Bei, the general of Zuo, was in Hanzhong and was besieged by Xiahou Yuan. Guan Yu is in Nanjun, and now our lord has personally arrived in Nanjun. Recently, Guan Yu broke through the base camp of Fancheng Guan Yu and rescued Yu County, Guan Yu has been defeated by Sun Gui. These are recent events, and you have seen them all. They are now everywhere and everywhere, and it is too late to save themselves, how can they have the spare strength to rescue Lingling again! Now our soldiers are elite, everyone wants to contribute to the country, and the Lord is dispatching a large army to march on the road one after another. At present, Zitai's life is difficult to protect, but she is waiting for hopeless rescue, just like the fish in the water in the pit of the cow's footprints, and hopes to use the water of Jiang and Han to survive, and it is also very clear that she has nothing to rely on. If Zitai can unite his soldiers and stick to the lonely city, he can still survive for a few days, so as to wait for some refuge later, which is also feasible. Now I have carefully planned and arranged the troops to attack the city, and in less than a day, the city will be breached, and after the city is broken, he himself will die to no avail, and let the hundred-year-old mother, full of gray hair, be killed, isn't it painful? I suspect that he didn't get information from the outside world, and thought that he had foreign aid to rely on, which is why he is stubborn to this point. You may go to him and tell him what is at stake. ”

Deng Xuanzhi met with Hao Pu and relayed Lu Meng's meaning to him. Hao Puxin believed that it was true, feared in his heart, and was ready to surrender. Deng Xuanzhi went out of the city first to report to Lu Meng, saying that Hao Pu would arrive in a while. Lü Meng ordered four leaders in advance, each of whom selected 100 people, and when Hao Pu left the city, he immediately rushed in and guarded the city gate. Soon after, Hao Pu went out of the city, and Lü Meng met him, took his hand, and boarded the boat with him. After greetings, he took out Sun Quan's urgent documents to show him, clapped his hands and laughed. Hao Pu took the paperwork and knew that Liu Bei had arrived at the public security and Guan Yu had arrived at Yiyang. After Lü Meng outwitted Hao Pu, he left Sun Jiao to deal with the aftermath, and he led his troops to Yiyang on the same day. When Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, Liu Bei's rear was tight and he was forced to make peace with Sun Quan. Sun Quan also wanted to take the opportunity to capture Hefei and agreed to strike the army. The two sides agreed to take Xiangshui as the boundary, and Sun Quan returned Lingling County and Hao Pu to Liu Bei. In recognition of Lü Meng's military exploits, Xunyang and Yangxin were used as Lü Meng's food towns.

Sun Quan returned to the army and conquered Hefei, but was frustrated by the Wei general Zhang Liao. Sun Quan besieged Hefei for more than ten days, then withdrew the siege and retreated, to the north of Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao took the opportunity to lead the infantry to attack. Lü Meng, Gan Ning, and Ling Tong struggled to resist, fighting desperately, covering Sun Quan's escape to Xiaoyaojin, and Sun Quan hurriedly rode the horse over. At that time, the general He Qi led 3,000 people to meet in the south of Xiaoyao Jinnan, and Sun Quan was spared.

In the first month of the twenty-second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, completed his army, and once again raised his army to attack Wu, and the soldiers entered the nest. Sun Quan built a city at the mouth of the river to control the confluence of the water and the Yangtze River. At the same time, with Lü Meng as the governor, he led the army to guard the dock, and with the dock built before, he placed 10,000 crossbows to resist Cao's army. Before Cao Cao's vanguard could set up camp, Lü Meng led his troops to attack and successfully defeated him. Due to Lü Meng's courageous resistance, Cao's army attacked Xuwu for a long time. In March, Cao Cao saw that it was difficult to win a quick victory, so he led his army to withdraw. Lü Meng was appointed as the Left Protector and the general of Feng Huwei because of this campaign.

In the winter of the same year, Lu Su, who was guarding Lukou, died. Lü Meng took his place as a general, stationed in Lukou in the west, and the original more than 10,000 people and horses of the Lusu Department were all under the command of Lü Meng. Sun Quan appointed Lü Meng as the Taishou of Hanchang, and increased the food of Xiajun, Liuyang, Hanchang, and Zhouling, and the jurisdiction was adjacent to Guan Yu's Jiangling, and the two guarded their own land. Lu Meng knew that Guan Yu was good at fighting and had ambitions for external expansion, and from the topography, he was in his upper reaches, so he would definitely not be in peace for a long time. Therefore, Lü Meng actively prepared for war and was ready to wait for an opportunity to recover Jingzhou.

At the beginning, Lu Su and others believed that Cao Cao was in the north, and the war had just begun, and Sun and Liu should rely on each other, help each other, and share the same hatred for the enemy, and should not affect the overall situation because of the competition for interests between the two sides. At that time, Lü Meng held a different opinion, and once offered Sun Quan a secret plan, he said: "If the captured general Sun Jiao is now allowed to defend Nanjun, Pan Zhang is stationed in the White Emperor, and Jiang Qin leads a mobile force of 10,000 people to patrol up and down the Yangtze River, the enemy will run wherever he appears, and Weichen I will occupy Xiangyang for the lord." With such an arrangement, what are you worried about Cao Cao? What else do you rely on Guan Yu? Besides, Guan Yu and their monarchs and ministers, relying on their cunning and strength, are capricious everywhere, how can they be regarded as true good friends! The reason why Guan Yu did not immediately invade our territory to the east is because your lord is extremely holy, and our generals are still alive. Now if we don't pay attention to them while we are strong, once we die, is it possible to exert our strength? Sun Quan deeply accepted the strategy, and told Lü Meng about the intention of attacking Xuzhou, Lü Meng said: "Now Cao Cao is north of the Yellow River, pacifying Youzhou and Jizhou, and there is no time to take care of the east, and the strength of the soldiers defending in Xuzhou is insignificant, as long as he goes to attack, he can naturally conquer it." However, the topography of Xuzhou, only by land, is the place where the brave cavalry gallops, the lord you get Xuzhou today, Cao Cao will come to fight for it within ten days, although it is worth worrying about with seventy or eighty thousand people to hold it. It is better to capture Guan Yu and occupy the entire Yangtze River basin, and the situation will be even stronger. Sun Quan thinks this is a more practical suggestion.

When Lü Meng replaced Lu Su as a general, when he first arrived in Lukou, he redoubled his hospitality to Guan Yu, extended kindness, and formed a friendly relationship with Guan Yu.

In June of the 24th year of Jian'an, after Liu Bei succeeded Hanzhong, he sent Meng Da and Liu Feng to capture Fangling, Shangyong and other places in the east of Hanzhong County, and his power expanded. In July, Sun Quan wanted to attack Hefei, and most of the Wei army mobilized Huainan to defend the Wu army. Guan Yu, who was guarding Jingzhou, seized the fighter plane, Liunan County guarded Elfang to guard Jiangling, and the general Fu Shiren guarded the public security, and led the main force to attack Jingxiang in the north, staged a flooding of the Seventh Army, captured Yu Ban, beheaded Pang De, and directly threatened Xu Du, which shocked China for a while.

Lü Meng wrote: "Guan Yu attacked Fancheng and left many defenders, it must have been because he was afraid that I would attack his rear. I was sick from time to time, so in the name of curing my illness, I could divide some soldiers to return to Jianye with me. When Guan Yu heard the news, he would withdraw the guards and leave for Xiangyang. At that time, our army took the waterway, went up the river by boat, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to attack his emptiness, then we could capture Nanjun and capture Guan Yu. ”

After the book, Lü Meng claimed that he was seriously ill, and Sun Quan publicly issued a document to summon him back to Jianye. When Guan Yu heard the news, he really hit the plan, and gradually transferred the garrison to Fancheng. In leap October, Lü Meng was summoned by Sun Quan to return to Jianye, passing through Wuhu, and Lu Xun, the governor of the right part of the tent, came to visit him, and said to Lü Meng: "Guan Yu is adjacent to your defense area, why did you leave far away, won't you worry about it in the future?" Lu Meng said, "It is true that it is as you say, but I am very sick. Lu Xun: "Guan Yu is conceited and brave, bullying others, he has just made great achievements, he is arrogant, he is committed to attacking the north, he has no suspicion of our army, he has not heard that you are seriously ill, he must be even more defenseless, if he is taken by surprise, he can be captured." When you meet your lord, you should plan for it. Lu Meng was shocked, but in order not to leak the military aircraft, he said: "Guan Yu has always been brave and good at fighting, it is difficult for us to be the enemy of him, besides, he has occupied Jingzhou, and he has shown great kindness and faith, plus he has just achieved great success, and his courage and momentum are even more vigorous, and it is not easy to deal with." ”

Later, Lü Meng met Sun Quan, Sun Quan asked who could command him at Lukou, Lü Meng strongly recommended Lu Xun, and said: "Lu Xun is far-sighted and has the ability to take on heavy responsibilities. And he doesn't have a big reputation, he is not a person that Guan Yu scruples about, and no one is more suitable than him. If you use him, you should hide his edge outside, observe the situation inside, look for opportunities, and then attack the enemy, so that he can achieve victory. Sun Quan then ordered Lu Xun to replace Lu Meng. When Lu Xun came to Lukou, he immediately wrote to Guan Yu, expressing his admiration for him and saying that he would never be an enemy of Guan Yu. Guan Yu became more and more careless.

Guan Yu has tens of thousands of new men and horses, and there is a shortage of food. In order to solve the urgent need, Guan Yu actually forcibly occupied the grain stored in Xiangguan by Dongwu without authorization. When Sun Quan learned of this, he felt that the time was ripe, so he sent troops to attack Guan Yu. Sun Quan was about to appoint the captured generals Sun Jiao and Lü Meng as the supreme commanders of the left and right armies, and Lü Meng said: "If you think that the captive generals are talented, you should appoint him as commander-in-chief; If you think I am talented, you should appoint me. In the past, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu were the left and right governors, leading troops to attack Jiangling, although the matter was decided by Zhou Yu, but Cheng Pu was a veteran, and both of them were commanders, so the two sides did not get along, and almost ruined the country's major affairs, which is what should be taken as a warning now. Sun Quan came to his senses, thanked Lu Meng and said, "With you as the commander, you can appoint Sun Jiao as your backup." ”

In November, Sun Quan went west to Guan Yu, appointed Lü Meng as the front, led the army to conceal the front, entered Xunyang, ambushed the elite soldiers in the camouflaged merchant ships, ordered the soldiers to wear white clothes, disguised as merchants, recruited people to paddle and paddle, day and night, tracing the river and rushing straight to Jiangling, everything was carried out very covertly and secretively. The soldiers of the Shu army stationed in Jiangfang were deceived by the disguised Wu army, caught off guard, and all of them were captured, and the city of Jiangling was empty and fell into chaos. Lü Meng first asked Yu Yu, the former cavalry commander, to write a letter to lure Fu Shiren, a Shu general stationed in public security, and then asked Fu Shiren to lead the Wu army to force down to Lu Fang, the Taishou of Shunan County, who was guarding Jiangling. Elfang offered the city to welcome him, and Lü Meng led a large army into Jiangling, thus recapturing Jingzhou, which Shu had occupied for a long time. And Guan Yu, who was proud of the enemy, was unaware of Lu Meng's attack.

When Nanjun Taishou Elfang opened the city and surrendered, Lü Meng celebrated the surrender of Nanjun on the sand dunes, and Yu Tuan advised Lü Meng to be careful that there would be ambushes in the city, and only Elfang and Wu Jun were of the same heart in Jiangling City; Others had ill intentions and persuaded Lü Meng to enter the city as soon as possible to control the city, but Lü Meng suddenly woke up and took control of the important places in the city in time, so that the people who originally wanted to ambush did not have time to set up an ambush. At that time, there was indeed an ambush in the city, but because Lü Meng accepted Yu Tuo's advice, the ambush was unsuccessful.

Lü Meng captured all the family members of Guan Yu's subordinates, comforted them, and ordered that the army should not harass the people, and those who violated the order were beheaded. At that time, Lü Meng had a sergeant under him, who, like Lü Meng, crossed from the south of Runan County, north of the Huai River. He took a hat from the people's house to cover the armor of the government. Lü Meng believed that although the armor was a public artifact, he still violated the military order by taking the people's hat without permission, and beheaded him with tears. So the army was so shocked that the road was not left behind.

Lü Meng also sent people to comfort the elderly in the morning and evening, caring about their lives and running out of supplies. If someone is sick, they are given medicine, and if they are hungry or cold, they are given food and clothing. The treasures in Guan Yu's treasury, Lu Meng did not take any of them, and sealed them all. At that time, Guan Yu had been defeated by Xu Huang, and when he heard that Jiangling was lost, he panicked and hurriedly withdrew his troops and returned. On the way back to the army, he sent people to contact Lü Meng several times, and Lü Meng warmly received the messenger sent by Guan Yu, took him to the city to travel, and asked him to go to the soldiers' homes to offer condolences. When the envoy returned to Guan Yu's army, the soldiers learned that their families were not only safe and sound, but also that they had received more preferential treatment than usual, so the whole army had no fighting spirit.

At this time, Sun Quan had already arrived in Jiangling first, and sent Lu Xun to capture Yiling and Zigui, cutting off Guan Yu's retreat into Sichuan. Guan Yu asked for help from the Shu generals Liu Feng and Meng Da stationed in Shangyong, but was refused. Guan Yu was trapped in the dilemma of losing ground and suffering from the enemy, so he went west to Maicheng. In December of that year, Guan Yu led a small number of cavalry to break through from Maicheng and fled west to Zhangxiang, and his subordinates all surrendered to Sun Quan. Sun Quan sent Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang to cut off his path, and Guan Yu's father and son finally captured and beheaded Sima Ma Zhong of Pan Zhang's department, and Jingzhou was pacified.

Lv Meng's life, bold and courageous, frugal reading, knowledgeable, visionary, self-denial, and gradually have the unparalleled style of a countryman. At the same time, his filial piety to his mother is well known throughout the country, Lu Su and Gan Ning all worship their mothers, marry colleagues, help Xu Gu and others raise orphans, and macro does not care about personal grievances with Cai Yi and Gan Ning, but makes good words for him before the Lord. When he was in military service, he was still diligent in his studies and studies, and applied them to practical purposes, so that he could become a generation of famous generals. bravely cut Chen Zhi, broke Huang Zu and Zhu Guang; Capture Hao Pu and Guan Yu wisely. He was loyal to Sun Wu all his life and was one of Sun Quan's most trusted generals.

The two flagships finally got closer, Sun Quan took Lu Meng and Ling Tong, personally stepped on the pedal between the two ships, and a pair of blue eyes fell straight on Zhuge Liang, who greeted him with a smile, and laughed: "I heard that Ziyu has a younger brother Kong Ming, known as Nanyang Wolong, and his wisdom is as deep as the sea." When I saw it today, it was really a dragon and phoenix among people! ”

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