Cao Cao once again raised his army to attack Wu and entered the nest. Sun Quan immediately 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 advance could be encamped, Lü Meng led his troops to attack and crush him. Due to the courageous resistance of Lü Meng and others, Cao's army attacked Xuwu for a long time. Cao Cao saw that it was difficult to win a quick battle, so he led his army to withdraw.

Lü Meng was appointed as the Left Protector and the General of Huwei because of this campaign.

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On the day of Cao's withdrawal, Lü Meng presided over a celebration of the victory of defending the city, and the people of Suwu watched, among them, there was a local girl, surnamed Tao, called Tao Wan. Her body exudes an alluring aroma. Lu Meng walked closer and asked Tao Wan, "Girl, are you married?" ”

Tao Wan said, "Not yet, what are you doing?" ”

"Marry me?" Lu Meng said.

Tao Wan said, "How many concubines will you have?" ”

Lu Meng said, "I am still unmarried, how many concubines do I have?" ”

"Oh," said Tao Wan, "how is that possible?" What makes no one marry you? ”

Lu Meng hooked his hands and said, "You come with me, and I will tell you." ”

Tao Wan followed Lu Meng to the general's mansion, and Lu Meng said to Tao Wan, "My mother and my sister both said that fraud can be done on the battlefield, but marriage cannot, and you must tell the truth - these years of crusade and west, there is really no time to ask for your mother-in-law, and she is still grinding rods and pestles by the door - a single person." ”

Tao Wan giggled non-stop.

Lu Meng said, "How can you just laugh? Shall you do not want me? ”

Tao Wan suppressed her smile and said, "You should answer me first, and I will answer you." ”

Lu Meng said, "What should I do to you?" ”

Tao Wan said, "I'm going to give birth to a son for you, and you won't be allowed to take a concubine again." ”

"Okay, I'll answer you," said Lu Meng, "you just can't give birth to a boy, and I won't take a concubine." ”

Tao Wan cocked her toes and blocked Lu Meng's mouth.

Lu Meng picked him up and walked to the inner room......

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In the winter of the same year, Lu Su, who was guarding Lukou, died. Lü Meng took him as a general, stationed in Lukou in the west, and Tao Wan accompanied the army. It turned out that more than 10,000 people in Lu Su's department were all under the command of Lu Meng. Sun Quan appointed Lü Meng as the Taishou of Hanchang, and increased the food of Xiajun, Liu Yang, Hanchang, and Zhou Ling.

The jurisdiction of Lümeng is adjacent to Guan Yu's Jiangling, and the two of them guard 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, they actively prepared for war and prepared to wait for the opportunity to recover Jingzhou.

Tao Wan is even more good at deceit. Lü Meng replaced Lu Su as a general, and when he first arrived in Lukou, Tao Wan asked Lü Meng to be more attentive to Guan Yu, show kindness and righteousness, and form a friendly relationship with Guan Yu.

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In June of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei succeeded to Hanzhong, and 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 opportunity to lead the main force to attack Jingxiang in the north.

Cao Cao returned to Chang'an from Hanzhong and sent Yu Ban to reinforce Fancheng. Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, captured the ban, and beheaded Pang De, which shocked China for a while.

Tao Wan gave Lu Meng another plan, making Lu Meng so, so, so.

Lu Meng thought about it and said, "This has to be cooperated by the Lord." ”

So, Lü Meng wrote to Sun Quan, saying: "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.

Lu Meng returned to Jianye, and Tao Wan accompanied him. Passing through Wuhu, Lu Xun, the right governor of the tent (Sun Quan's Janissary Commander), came to visit him and said to Lu 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 indeed as you said, but I am very sick. ”

Lu Xun said that Lu Meng ambushed the military plane.

Lü 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." ”

After Lu Xun left, Lu Meng broke out in a cold sweat, Tao Wan asked the reason, Lu Meng took Lu Xun's understanding of the military plane as Tao Wan, Tao Wan thought for a while, and said, "This Lu Xun is a talent, you can recommend it to the Lord." ”

Later, Lü Meng visited Sun Quan, and Sun Quan asked who could command him at Lukou, and Lü Meng strongly recommended Lu Xun and said:

"Lu Xun is far-sighted and has the ability to take on heavy responsibilities, depending on his bearing, he can be of great use after all; 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 ask him to hide his edge on the outside, observe the situation inside, look for opportunities, and then attack the enemy, so that he can achieve victory."

Sun Quan ordered Lu Xun to replace Lü Meng.

When Lu Xun came to Lukou, he also used tricks, and 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 appointed Lü Meng as the supreme commander to conquer Guan Yu.

In the winter moon, Sun Quan went west to conquer Guan Yu, appointed Lü Meng as the front, led the army to conceal the front, entered Xunyang (now northeast of Guangji, Hubei), ambushed the elite soldiers in the camouflaged merchant ships, ordered the soldiers to wear white clothes, disguised as merchants, recruited people to swing oars, day and night, tracing the river and sailing, straight to Jiangling, everything was carried out very concealed and secretive.

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 had been occupied by Shu Han for a long time. And Guan Yu, who was proud of the enemy, was unaware of Lu Meng's attack.

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.

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In the first battle of Jiangling, Lü Meng's merit was great, and Sun Quan appointed him as the Taishou of Nanjun, the Marquis of Xiaoling, and gave him 100 million yuan and 500 catties of gold. Lu Meng repeatedly refused, refusing to accept money, but Sun Quan did not allow it.

Before the knighthood was promulgated, Lü Meng fell ill.

Sun Quan was in the public security, so he took Lu Meng and placed him in the inner hall, and Tao Wan followed. He did everything possible to diagnose and treat nursing, and ordered that doctors be recruited in the country, and those who could cure Lu Meng's disease would be rewarded with a thousand gold.

Sun Quan devoted himself to the treatment of Lu Meng, and whenever the doctor gave Lu Meng acupuncture, Sun Quan was sad.

Sun Quan wanted to see Lu Meng more, but he was afraid that he would work too hard, so he ordered someone to dig through the wall and watch it secretly. If he found that Lu Meng had eaten something, Sun Quan was happy, and he talked and laughed at his subordinates; If he found that Lu Meng did not eat and drink, Sun Quan sighed for a long time and couldn't sleep at night. When Lü Meng's condition improved slightly, Sun Quan issued a pardon order and asked the ministers to celebrate.

You must know that Jingzhou, which has been his heart disease for many years, was finally recaptured by Lu Meng.

Later, when Lü Meng's condition worsened, Sun Quan personally visited him at the bedside and ordered the Taoist priest to pray for him to save his life.

Lü Meng eventually died in Sun Quan's inner sanctum at the age of forty-two. Sun Quan was so grief-stricken that he cut back on food and sleep to mourn.

During his lifetime, Lü Meng's gold, silver, treasures and various rewards were handed over to the treasury for collection. He ordered the officials in charge to return all these to the court after his death. He also left his last words, bereavement affairs to be frugal, not extravagant. After Sun Quan found out, he became more and more sad.

Tao Wan gave birth to three sons to Lü Meng, they were Lü Cong (có

g), Lv Ba, Lv Mu.

Lu Meng fulfilled his promise, only Tao Wan had one wife, and never took a concubine.

After Lü Meng's death, the eldest son Lü Cong became a knight; Lu Cong died young, and his second son Lu Ba attacked the lord; Lü Ba died in battle, and his third son, Lü Mu, attacked the lord.

Sun Quan also gave him 300 families who guarded the tomb, and 50 hectares of land that were exempted from the tax tax.