Lu Kang (226-274), a native of Wu County, Wu County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a famous general of Wu and the second son of Lu Xun.

Lu Kang's father was the Marquis of Jiangling, the captain of Jianwu, and led his father to 5,000 people. Later, he moved to the general of the festival and the general of the town army. Sun Hao was the emperor, and he was appointed as the general of the Zhenjun Army, the governor of Xiling, Xinling, Yidao, Lexiang, and the public security military, and was stationed in Lexiang (now southwest of Jiangling, Hubei). In the first year of the phoenix (272), he repelled the attack of the Jin general Yanghu and attacked and killed the rebel general Xiling Du Buxian. Later, he worshiped the great Sima and Jingzhou Mu, and died in the official at the age of 49. He is known as the last famous general of the Wu Kingdom.

When Lu Xun died in February 245 A.D. (the eighth year of Chiwu), Lu Kang was 20 years old at the time, and was worshiped by Sun Quan as the captain of Jianwu, leading Lu Xun's troops to 5,000 people. When Lu Kang buried his father and thanked him, Sun Quan took out the so-called 20 charges that Yang Zhu had accused his father of before, and verified it with Lu Kang. Lu Kang replied one by one and defended his father. Sun Quan listened to Lu Kang's words and dispelled his suspicion of Lu Xun.

In 246 A.D. (the ninth year of Chiwu), Shenglu resisted as the general of the Lijie Zhonglang, exchanged defense areas with Zhuge Ke, and guarded Chaisang. When Lu Kang left, his station was intact, and after Zhuge Ke arrived, it was like new. However, Zhuge Ke's Chaisang station was quite destroyed, and Zhuge Ke was deeply ashamed.

In 251 A.D. (the first year of Taiyuan), when Lu Kang was still in the capital for treatment, Sun Quan summoned him and said to him with tears: "I used to listen to slanderous rumors, and I was not kind to your father in the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, so I treated you badly. The materials I have questioned before and after, put them out in a fire, and don't let people see them again. “

In 252 A.D. (the first year of Jianxing), Sun Quan died, Sun Liang succeeded to the throne, and worshiped Lu Kang as the general of Fenwei.

In 272 A.D. (the first year of the Phoenix), in August, Emperor Wu Sun Hao summoned General Zhaowu and Xiling Governor Bu Xuan. Bu Xian several generations for Xiling town generals, hastily called, thought that dereliction of duty, and fear of being slandered, so in September to raise the city to descend to Jin, send his nephew Bu Ji to Luoyang as a hostage, Jin Wu Emperor edict Bu Yan for the governor of Xiling military and Wei generals.

In October, when Lu Kang heard the news, he hurriedly sent the generals Zuo Yi, Wu Yan, Cai Gong and other troops to besiege Xiling.

Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty ordered Yang Zhao, the assassin of Jingzhou, to go to Xiling to meet Bu Shen, and ordered the general Yang Hu to lead 50,000 infantry to attack Jiangling (now Hubei), and ordered Xu Yin, the supervisor of Badong, to lead the water army to attack Jianping (County Zhi Zigui, now Hubei) to rescue Bu Xian.

In order to avoid being attacked by the enemy on his belly and back, Lu Kang ordered the armies of Wu Xiling to build a high wall from Chixi to Gushi (now Yichang, Hubei), which was used to besiege Bu Shi internally, and to resist Jin reinforcements outside, but he was not in a hurry to attack Xiling City. The Wu army built the siege day and night, which was extremely hard, and all the generals said: "Now with the elite of the three armies, we will attack Bu Xian rapidly, and when the Jin army comes to the rescue, Bu Xian must have been conquered." Why bother to build a wall, and make the soldiers and the people miserable?"

Lu Kang replied: "The walls of this city are strong and the terrain is dangerous, the city has abundant grain and grass, and the fortifications repaired and the defensive equipment are all planned and arranged in detail by me before. Now if we go on the other hand, we will not be able to conquer it quickly, and the northern reinforcements must come, and when the enemy comes, we will be unprepared, and we will be attacked inside and out, so how can we resist them?" All the generals wanted to rush to attack Bu Shen, but Lu Kang always refused to agree. Yidu Taishou Lei Tan's request was extremely earnest, and in order to convince the generals, Lu Kang allowed them to attack once. The attack turned out to be unfavorable, and the defensive wall was completed.

At this time, Lu Kang sat in Lexiang (now northeast of Songzi, Hubei) and wanted to go to Xiling to supervise the war. Wu Zhu's generals Wen Yanghu led 50,000 Jin troops to Jiangling, and they all invited Lu Kang to Jiangling to supervise the battle. Lu Kang thought: "Jiangling City is strong and has enough troops, so there is nothing to worry about." If the enemy captures Gangneung, it will certainly not be able to defend it, and we will suffer very little losses. But if Xiling is connected with the enemy, then all the tribes and people of Nanshan will disturb the commotion, then the things I am worried about will not be made clear at once. I'd rather give up Gangneung and go to Xiling, not to mention that Gangneung is very strong!" Then he went to Xiling.

At the beginning, Gangneung was flat and wide, and the roads were smooth. Lu Kang appointed Zhang Xian, the governor of Jiangling, to build a large weir to block the water and flood the enemy army. However, Yanghu took the opportunity to use a ship to transport grain and grass to Jiangling, and threatened to destroy the weir to save Bu Xian. Lu disobeyed Jiangling Governor Zhang Xian to destroy the weir dam and block the Jin army's water grain route, but the generals were puzzled and refused to listen to repeated advice. When Yanghu heard that the weir had been destroyed, he had to switch to transporting grain by car, which delayed and laborious, and caused the main force to not be able to advance quickly.

In November, Jin Yang Zhao led reinforcements to Xiling, and Xu Yin, the supervisor of Badong, led a naval army to Jianping. Lu Kang ordered Zhang Xian to hold his Jiangling, and sent the public security governor Sun Zun to maneuver on the south bank of the Yangtze River to prevent the Yanghu army from crossing south; The naval army governor Liuxi, and the Zhenxi general Zhu Wan intercepted the Jin Xu Yin naval army and went eastward; He led a large army to confront Yang Zhao in Changwei and waited for the fighters. When Wu defected Zhu Qiao and Governor Yu Zan. Lu Kang said: "Yu Zan is a veteran of our army, and I am a person who knows the details of our army, and I am often worried that the Yi soldiers are not well trained, and if the enemy attacks the siege, he must start from the defense of the Yi soldiers." So he adjusted the deployment overnight and replaced all the local defense forces with elite soldiers. The next day, Yang Zhaoguo concentrated on attacking the weak point of the original Wu defense area, and Lu Kang immediately ordered the Wu army to counterattack, and the Jin army was defeated under the rain of arrows and stones.

In December, Yang Zhao was poor and fled by night, and Lu Kang wanted to lead the crowd to pursue, but because he was worried about stepping out of the city to attack, he beat drums and feigned pursuit. Yang Zhao was terrified, discarded his armor and fled, Lu Kang sent light troops to chase him, and the Jin army was defeated. The various armies of Yanghu also withdrew their troops. Lu Kang transferred troops to conquer Xiling, captured and killed dozens of Bu Yan and his subordinates, all of whom were punished by the three clans, and the rest of the tens of thousands of coerced followers were pardoned.

In this battle, if the command of Lu Kang was determined, he first broke the momentum of the Jin army's division and joint attack, used secondary forces to contain the main force of the Jin army, and used the main force to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and finally defeated the Jin army and conquered Xiling. After Lu Kang entered the city, he repaired the siege of the city, and then returned to Lexiang in the east. Although Lu Kang made great contributions, he was "unobtrusive and humble as usual, so he was favored by the soldiers". Because of merit, worship and protect.

In 782 A.D. (the third year of Jianzhong), Yan Zhenqing, the ceremonial envoy, suggested to Tang Dezong that 64 famous generals in ancient times be posthumously crowned and set up temples for them to enjoy, including "Wu Da Sima Jingzhou Mu Lu Kang". At the same time, only the Taiwei Huaili Hou Huangfu Song, the Wei Zhengdong general Jinyang Hou Zhang Liao, the former Shu general Hanshouting Hou Guan Yu, the Wu Bian general Nanjun Taishou Zhou Yu, the prime minister Lou Hou Lu Xun, the Jin Zhengnan general Nancheng Hou Yanghu, Wei Taiwei Deng Ai, the Shu chariot cavalry general Xixiang Hou Zhang Fei, Wu Wuwei general Nanjun Taishou Xiaoling Hou Lu Meng, the great Sima Jingzhou Mu Lu Kang, and the Jin Zhennan general Dangyang Hou Du Pre.

In 1123 A.D. (the fifth year of Xuanhe), the Song dynasty set up temples for ancient famous generals in accordance with the practice of the Tang Dynasty, and Lu Kang was also included among the 72 famous generals. In the "Biography of Seventeen History and One Hundred Generals" written during the Northern Song Dynasty, Lu Kang is also among them.

There is a historical allusion called: Lu Kang tastes medicine

Book of Jin. The Biography of Yanghu": "Hu and Lu Kang are opposite, so that Yu Jiaotong and the virtue of resisting Hu, although Le Yi and Zhuge Kongming can't pass. Resist the disease, the medicine of withering, and the undoubted heart of resistance. Many people admonished and resisted, and said: 'How can the sheep be a delayer!' When I talked about it, I thought that Hua Yuan and Zi were repeatedly seen today. ”

Yang Hu of the Jin Dynasty was the governor of Jingzhou, and the border he fortified bordered the land defense of Wu. Yanghu is a person of high moral character and is deeply trusted by Lu Kang. Lu Kang was ill, and Hu sent someone to send medicine, and there was no doubt about taking medicine.

Tang Dynasty. Li Han's poem "Mengqiu": "The sentence is practiced and the mash is thrown, and the land resists the medicine." Quan Deyu's "Hunan Observation Envoy Yuan Gong's Two Elegy" one: "Today, Yin has no joy, and the sheep are not suspicious. ”

(End of chapter)