When Zhou Yu died, he wrote a letter to Sun Quan recommending Lu Su to take over his position as governor, saying, "Lu Su's resourcefulness is enough to do the job, and I ask him to be used to replace me." On the day of my death, there will be no care. ”

Why did Zhou Yu trust Lu Su so much?

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Lu Su (172-217), Zijing, a native of Dongcheng County, Linhuai County (now Dingyuan, Anhui), was an outstanding strategist and diplomat in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Born into a noble family; He lost his father at a young age and was raised by his grandmother. He has a burly physique, a bold personality, likes to read, and is good at riding and shooting.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he saw that the imperial court was mediocre, the officials were corrupt, and the society was in turmoil, so he often called the young people in the township to practice military practice.

In 184 A.D. (the first year of Zhongping), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was devastated.

In the process of suppressing the peasant uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the feudal separatist forces in various places continued to expand, and the world was in chaos.

At that time, Zhou Yu was the head of the nest, and when he heard the name of Lu Su, he brought hundreds of people to visit and asked him to fund some food.

At that time, Lu Su's house had two large round granaries, each containing 3,000 grains, Zhou Yu said that it was "borrowing" grain, and Lu Su hesitated slightly. At that time, warlords and warlords of all sizes had always been like this, first for borrowing, and then for common use.

The family was in trouble, and the grandmother didn't know what was going on, so she let the maid help her and walk out of the house.

When Lu Su saw his grandmother come out, he hurriedly introduced Zhou Yu to her, and his grandmother said to Zhou Yu, "You are the Zhou Lang who people say 'there is a mistake in the song, Zhou Lang Gu'?" ”

When Zhou Yu heard that the old lady knew him, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "It's Xiao'er." ”

My grandmother said, "You're also in the army?" ”

Zhou Yu said, "Trying to save the building from toppling. ”

"Very well," said the grandmother, and then pointed to one of the granaries with her hand, and said, "Take this barn." ”

As soon as Lu Su heard that his grandmother had agreed, he had nothing to say, so he asked people to open a warehouse to transport grain to Zhou Yu.

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After this incident, Zhou Yu was convinced that Lu Su was a different person, and took the initiative to associate with him, and the two established an unbreakable friendship like Gongsun Qiao and Ji Zha.

When the melee between the heroes was about to expand to Lu Su's hometown, in order to avoid harm, Lu Su moved his family to Dongcheng.

At that time, Dongcheng was the jurisdiction of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu heard his name and asked him to be the mayor of Dongcheng.

However, Lu Su found that Yuan Shu's subordinates were in vain, and they were not enough to achieve great things, so he led more than 100 people to move south to Juchao to join Zhou Yu.

When he moved south, he put the old and weak in front and the young men who were quick and strong in his own hands behind. Yuan Shu learned that Lu Su had moved and hurried to stop him. Lu Su lined up the strong men, stretched out his bow and arrows, and said to the pursuers: "You are all men, you should understand the general trend." Why do you want to persecute me? ”

So saying, he ordered the men to stand their shields on the ground, and shot them far away, and the arrows pierced the shields. On the one hand, the pursuers felt that Lu Su's words were reasonable, and on the other hand, they estimated that they could not help him with their own strength, so they had to retreat.

Lu Su successfully arrived at Juchao.

Soon, Zhou Yu crossed the Yangtze River east and defected to Sun Ce, and Lu Su walked with him and left his home in Qu'a.

After meeting Sun Ce, Sun Ce appreciated Lu Su very much. However, Lu Su has always been very cautious in doing things, although Sun Ce sincerely invited, but Lu Su did not answer.

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Soon after, Lu Su's grandmother died, and he went back to Dongcheng to handle the funeral. When Zhou Yu heard the news, he also rushed to Qu'a and went to the funeral like his grandmother. However, both of them saw the old lady hesitating in the funeral house.

Zhou Yu said, "It scared me so much that my hair stood on end." ”

It is rumored that the old lady's soul has always followed Lu Su and protected him like when he was a child.

After settling the old man, Zhou Yu persuaded Lu Su and himself to defect to the Sun brothers.

At that time, Sun Ce had died, and Sun Quan still lived in Wu County.

Zhou Yu persuaded Lu Su and said, "In the past, Ma Yuan replied to Emperor Guangwu and said, 'In today's situation, not only the monarch can choose his subordinates, but his subordinates can also choose the monarch'. Now Sun Quan is a close believer in sages and wise men, and accepts the ability of geniuses. Moreover, I heard that the ancient philosophers argued that those who inherited the Mandate of Heaven to replace the Liu family must have started in the southeast, and the calculation of the calendar and observation of the situation would eventually build the foundation of the emperor, which was in line with the Mandate of Heaven and was also in the southeast. Now is the time for people with insight and lofty ideals to join the heroes. That's what I'm learning. ”

Lu Su followed his words and went to Wu County with Zhou Yu to meet Sun Quan.

Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan, saying that he was talented and could be an assistant minister. And suggested that Sun Quan should search for talents like Lu Su in many ways to achieve great causes, and not let them be scattered.

Sun Quan talked to Lu Su and was very happy. When the guests got up and withdrew, Lu Su also said goodbye. But after a while, Lu Su was quietly led back by Sun Quan and drank together.

Sun Quan said to Lu Su, "Today, the Han family is like a building that is about to collapse, and the four sides are in chaos, I inherit the foundation founded by my father and brother, and hope to build a career like Qi Huan and Jin Wen." Since you have patronized me, what are the best ways to help me succeed? ”

Lu Su replied:

"In the past, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Geng Gengzhong, wanted to respect Emperor Yi but failed in the end, this was because Xiang Yu harmed Emperor Yi. Now Cao Cao, just like Xiang Yu in the past, general, how can you become the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Wen of Jin? In Lu Su's private opinion, the Han court can no longer be revived, and Cao Cao cannot be eliminated at once.

"For the sake of the general, there is only one way to see the changing situation in the world. The situation in the world is like this, and one party will naturally not attract suspicion and hatred. Why? Because the north is an eventful time. You just took advantage of this change to eliminate Huang Zu, invade Liu Biao, try your best to occupy all the places south of the Yangtze River, and then call the emperor to build the name in order to seize the world, which is a great cause to establish with Han Gaozu! ”

Sun Quan was very important to Lu Su. He gave Lu Su generously, so that the wealth of the Lu family reached the level of the old time.

Lu Su tried his best to assist Sun Quan, and whenever he encountered a major event, he was a counselor and planned, and he was thoughtful and wise.

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In 208 A.D. (the thirteenth year of Jian'an), Sun Quan ordered Gan Ning to attack Jiangxia in the west, behead Huang Zu, and then prepare to seize Jingzhou.

Cao Cao had no time to look south, but now he saw Sun Quan attacking Jiangxia, lest he capture Jingzhou and develop wings. So in July, he began the southern expedition and gathered a large army in Nanyang.

In August of the same year, Liu Biao fell ill and died.

Lu Su said to Sun Quan:

"The land of Jingchu is adjacent to our Jiangdong, and it can reach the north along the river, connecting the river and Han Dynasty outside, and the mountains and tombs inside, like the golden city is solid, fertile and rich, and the people are rich, if you occupy this territory, it is to lay the foundation for the establishment of the emperor's industry. Now that Liu Biao has just died, the two sons have never been at odds, and the generals in the army have been divided into two factions.

In addition, Liu Bei is a hero in the world, and there is a contradiction with Cao Cao, and he lives with Liu Biao, who is jealous of his talent and does not dare to reuse it. If Liu Bei and Liu Biao's sons work together and work together, we should appease them and make allies with them; If they are separated from each other, we should make another plan to accomplish our own great things.

"I ask that I be ordered to go to Jingzhou to pay my respects to Liu Biao's sons, and to comfort the generals in their army, and to persuade Liu Bei to appease Liu Biao's subordinates and work together to deal with Cao Cao, and Liu Bei will be happy to obey his fate. If this matter is handled well, then the world can be calmed. If you don't go to Jingzhou now, I'm afraid Cao Cao will be in front. ”

Sun Quan granted his request.

As soon as Lu Su arrived in Xiakou, he heard that Cao Cao had marched to Jingzhou. Lu Su traveled day and night, and when he arrived in Nanjun, Liu Biao's son Liu Cong (có

g) Jingzhou had already been sacrificed to Cao, and Liu Bei was preparing to retreat south to cross the river.