Lu Fan frowned and said: "There must be a reward if there is a punishment, there must be a clear reward and punishment, and you must be able to convince the public!" ”

Jin Liang said with a smile: "I have thought deeply about this question, and I am ready to set a ten-level battle merit reward system. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info first-level soldiers are the kind of rookie soldiers who have never killed the enemy's head or captured the enemy, they can only get a basic reward after the battle, and if from now on there are those who have captured the enemy's head, captured prisoners or completed other tactical tasks, they will have different combat merit points, and they will be upgraded when they accumulate a certain number of points, and they can get a reward of one percent more than the previous level, and if they have not violated military regulations and military discipline throughout the year, they will increase the reward by half. ”

Lu Fan Lang laughed and said: "With the thirty forbidden laws and seventy-two slashes and the reward system for military merits, the rewards and punishments are clear, and my army is much easier." ”

Jin Liang said solemnly: "Heng, how the system is is secondary, the important thing is implementation, I hope you can quickly reorganize a capable gendarmerie team from the Central Army, and start a rectification of the whole army." Saying the word rectification, Jin Liang's heart suddenly felt a strong disgust, he couldn't be so stupid to make his own people, and hurriedly said: "It's not rectification, it's rectification." ”

Lü Fan was resolute, and since he was appointed deputy general staff of the Central Army and head of the general army, he began to select the military police.

When Jin Liang's letter arrived in Lu Meng's hometown of Fupi in Runan County, it coincided with the marriage of Lu Meng's sister and Deng Dang, a native of the same county.

Lu Meng's father died early, and Lu Meng lived with his mother at his brother-in-law's house, and practiced martial arts with his brother-in-law Deng Dang every 'day'.

After receiving Jin Liang's recruitment letter, Deng Dang and Lü Meng's mother Zhou were deeply suspicious that Jin Liang, as a high-ranking official in the imperial court, could look down on Lü Meng as an eleven-year-old doll, and even said that he wanted to accept Lü Meng as his righteous son, and immediately refused to go to Xiangyang.

Although Lu Meng was very filial to his mother, he was very dissatisfied with his mother and brother-in-law's indifference to his opinions: "Mother, brother-in-law, do you think that Amon is wrong, isn't it enough to be the righteous son of the virtuous prince?!" ”

Lu Meng's mother, Zhou, knew that although her son was young, she was arrogant and did not allow others to look down on him, and said with a smile: "Ameng, my mother is not saying that you are bad, but that Jin Liang has never met us, but he is so earnest, my mother is afraid of being deceived!" ”

Lu Meng chuckled: "Mother, I am a child, what is worthy of him being deceived by a court official?" He lied to me, but he lied to me to be his son, and with a big official like him taking care of us, my mother and sister's 'day' was better. ”

The Zhou family is right to think about it, what is there to worry about about in their humble family, maybe they are really coming for Amon.

Deng was cautious about 'sexuality', and seeing that his mother-in-law was almost persuaded by Lu Meng, he hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law, Ameng, why don't we send someone to inquire first, to see what kind of character this Jin Liang is, and whether he is worthy of being Ameng's father-in-law!" ”

Although Deng Dang's family is also a poor family, but there are hundreds of acres of thin fields, there are more than a dozen slaves in the family, he sent a few slaves to Luoyang to investigate, after some 'days', some details about Jin Liang came from Luoyang Xiangyang, so that Deng Dang was very excited, especially the news that Lu Fan, a native of the same county, took his family to Xiangyang, Deng Dang changed his original caution, and urged his mother-in-law to make up her mind as soon as possible to go to Xiangyang.

Lü Meng's mother was still undecided, and Jin Liang's second letter arrived in Fupi, which also contained a letter of appointment to Deng Dang, appointing him as the battalion commander in charge of 500 people, and if Deng Dang was unwilling to be the battalion commander, he could also go to a county to be a county lieutenant.

Deng Dang's father is just a small official in the county, Deng Dang is an out-and-out poor family, although there are some cadres, but because of his family background, he is not favored by the family, if it is not for Jin Liangxiang this time, I am afraid that he will have to wait until five years later Sun Ce recruits troops, and he has a 'day' to come out.

At this time, the Yellow Turban remnants rebelled in Runan again, and Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Runan, countered violence with violence, which made Runan more and more chaotic, and Jin's mother resolutely made up her mind to leave her hometown and go to Xiangyang for the future of her son and son-in-law.

Deng Dang was also ruthless, sold all the fields and property, recruited more than 1,000 homeless people in Runan, and followed him to Xiangyang.

"Deng Dang, year of birth and death unknown, the subordinate general of Sun Ce, the little overlord in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was the brother-in-law of the famous general Lu Meng.

When Lü Meng was young, he crossed the Yangtze River south and attached himself to his brother-in-law Deng Dang. When Deng was Sun Ce's general, he conquered Shanyue several times. Lü Meng was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he also fought with Deng Dang privately. Later, when Deng Dang found out, he was shocked, and he couldn't stop it. After returning from the battle, Deng Dang told Lu's mother about it. Lu's mother was angry and wanted to punish Lu Meng, but Lu Meng said: "It is difficult to live in poverty, and it is merit to get rid of mistakes, and wealth can be achieved." But if you don't explore the tiger's den, you can get the tiger? ("Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, Lu Meng's Biography") After Lu Mu heard it, she "mourned and gave up" ("Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, Lu Meng's Biography").

A few years later, Dundown died. Zhang Zhao recommended Lü Meng to replace Deng Dang and serve as Sima of other departments. 》

Because Lu Meng was a junior, Jin Liang did not go out of the city to greet him in person, but asked Lu Fan to go to greet Lu Meng's family instead of himself.

On the way to the General's Mansion, Lü Meng's mother asked Lü Fan and Lü Ziheng: "Ziheng, how can Xian Tinggong know about my family Amun, and he is still willing to recognize Amon as his righteous son?" We are all fellow villagers, don't lie to me. ”

Lu Fan smiled slightly: "Xian Ting Gong has traveled the world before, passed by Runan, and met Ameng, Xian Ting Gong is well versed in the art of face-to-face, and can see at a glance that Amon is a child with clear bones, excellent understanding of 'sex', smart and studious, if you train it well, you will be able to take charge of it alone in the future, so you will send someone to invite your family to come to Xiangyang!" ”

Lu Meng was still very young, and when he heard such praise, he couldn't help but show a smug face.

Lu Mu's face sank: "Ameng, hear clearly, Xian Ting Gong said that you are 'smart and studious', and said, 'If you cultivate well', if you are proud, lazy, and difficult to learn, you will live up to the cultivation of Xian Ting Gong, I am afraid that it will be difficult to become a great weapon in the future!" ”

Lu Meng served his mother to filial piety, and when his mother said this, he hurriedly put away the smug 'color', and also listened to his mother's words in his ears, and nodded solemnly: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely study hard, and I will definitely live up to the expectations of my mother and the virtuous father." ”

Although Jin Liang did not go out of the city to greet him, when Lü Meng's family arrived outside the gate of the General's Mansion, Jin Liang walked out of the mansion and greeted Lü Meng's family in person to show his importance to Lü Meng and Deng Dang.

Jin Liang looked at Lu Meng in front of him, Lu Meng was only eleven years old at this time, but he looked like he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he was already six feet five inches tall, thin and slender, and his eyebrows were handsome.

Taking a closer look, Lu Meng's eyebrows revealed some unruliness, uninhibited, and tough, just as Jin Liang expected, Lu Meng at this time was far from being the handsome man who was both civil and military. The current Lu Meng is limited by family conditions, and has not yet begun to systematically self-study, although he is a little smart, but he doesn't know how to give full play to his intelligence, especially his bones are still brave and ruthless, and Ren Xia is still angry, in other words, the current Lu Meng is far from being reborn.

Jin Liang thought about it, Lu Meng was only eleven years old now, and there was still plenty of time left for him to be reborn, and he had to be a little patient with his growth.

During that time and space, he could become one of the four major governors of Eastern Wu by self-study, and he was also a good offensive governor, in this time and space, he had his own 'essence' heart teaching and the teaching of famous teachers such as Sima Hui and Hu Zhao, I believe he would only be more perfect than that time and space.

Lü Meng (179-220), Ziming, a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a native of Runan Fupi (now Lujiagang, Funan, Anhui)

When Lü Meng was young, he crossed the Yangtze River south and attached himself to his brother-in-law Deng Dang. When Deng was Sun Ce's general, he conquered Shanyue several times. Lü Meng was only sixteen years old, and he also fought with Deng Dang privately. Later, when Deng Dang found out, he was shocked, and he couldn't stop it. After returning from the battle, Deng Dang told Lu's mother about it. Lü's mother was very angry and wanted to punish him, Lü Meng said: "It is difficult to live in this poor life, maybe you can get the merit and get rich." Besides, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger? His mother took pity on him and forgave him.

At that time, there was an official under Deng Dang, who saw that Lu Meng was young, and despised him, and said: "What can that kid do, all he can do is to send meat to feed the tiger." 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 Lu Meng and recommended him to Sun Ce. Sun Ce saw that Lu Meng was indeed outstanding, so he arranged for him to work by his side. A few years later, Dundown died. Zhang Zhao recommended Lü Meng to replace Deng Dang and serve as Sima of other departments.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Sun Ce was assassinated at the age of 26. Sun Quan took over the power of Jiangdong and wanted to select those young generals who had fewer troops and could not play much role, and adjusted and merged their subordinates. 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 training. 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.

In the ninth year of Jian'an (204), Sun Quan crusaded against Huang Zu, defeated Huang Zu's army, and learned of the Shanyue Incident in Danyang, Yuzhang, and Luling counties. Sun Quan led the army back, and Lü Meng accompanied the army to conquer. To Yuzhang County (now Nanchang, Jiangxi), Sun Quan ordered the capture of the general Lü Fanping Poyang (now northeast of Boyang, Jiangxi), the general Cheng Pu attacked Le'an (now the northeast of Dexing, Jiangxi), and the Jianchang Commander Taishi Ci Fu Zhihai (now Yongxiudong, Jiangxi), and at the same time, ordered Lü Meng and other troops to lead troops to guard the danger and serve as the county commander or county magistrate of the most active area in Shanyue. Lü Meng and the generals followed Sun Quan's deployment 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 (208), Sun Quan adopted the advice of the general Gan Ning and sent troops to attack Xiakou (now Wuhan, Hubei), and Lü Meng went out with the army. Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia County, ordered to use the Mengchong warship to block the mouth (the mouth of the Yangtze River from the Han River), 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 block the river, and the attack of the Wu army 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, Huang Zu hurriedly sent Chen Liang, the governor of the navy, to lead his troops to counterattack, and Lü Meng led the forward troops, took the lead in the battle formation, and personally killed Chen Zu. Sun'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 knight 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 believed: "The success of this war was due to the defeat of Chen Zuo first. "Appointed Lü Meng as the general of Yokono Zhonglang and gave him tens of millions of money.

In October of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Lü Meng also followed Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others to break Cao Cao in Chibi, Cao Cao led the army to the north, and left Cao Ren and others to garrison Jiangling (now Jingzhou, Hubei). Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu to command tens of thousands of troops and hold Cao Ren across the river. When the general of Yizhou attacked Su and led the army to surrender to Cheng, Zhou Yu went to the table and asked Sun Quan to allocate the headquarters of the attack to Lü Meng for jurisdiction. Lu Meng had a different opinion. Considering the overall situation, he believed that Zhou Yu's opinion was inappropriate. He vigorously praised the courage and talent of the raider, and said that the raider had come all the way to Mujiaohua to surrender to him, and he should only increase his troops, not deprive him of his military power. Sun Quan felt that Lü Meng was reasonable, so he returned the troops who attacked Su according to his wishes.

Soon, Zhou Yu wanted to capture Jiangling, and first sent Gan Ning to attack the upper reaches of Yiling City (now Yichang, Hubei), forming 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 go to the 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, and their 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 (now Hefei, Anhui). Cao Ren was forced to abandon Jiangling City and retreat to Jingzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei) after repeated defeats in nearly a year of battles and heavy losses. 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 appointed as a partial general for his merits, and concurrently served as the commander of the sun.

Once, Sun Quan said to Lu Meng: "You are now in an important position and have great power, so you can't stop studying." "Lu Meng shirked the heavy military affairs and did not have time. Sun Quan said, "Do I want you to study the Confucian classics and become a learned scholar?" Just read a cursory reading and understand the past. You say you're busy, but who can handle more than me? I read a lot and I feel that I have gained a lot. "Lu Meng Naiwu began to study, and over time, he read more books than the old ones. [5]

In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), 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. There is a response to Lu Su: "General Lu's fame is becoming more and more prominent, you can't look at him with old eyes, you should visit him." So Lu Su visited Lu Meng. 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. When Lu Su heard this, he was shocked, 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. Shi Lu Meng was very close to the military camps of Chengdang, Song Ding, and Xu Gu. The latter three died, and their children were too young to do anything, and Sun Quan wanted to merge their troops with Lü Meng. Lu Meng resolutely refused. He wrote to Sun Quan, pointing out that Xu Gu and the other three were diligent in their ministry and loyal to the country, and although their children were young, they could not be deposed. After reading the book three times in a row, Sun Quan listened to his advice. Lu Meng also asked teachers for the children of the three generals and carefully tutored them.

Cao Cao sent Xie Qi, a native of Lujiang, to serve as a farmer in Qichun, stationed in Tianxiang in Anhui City, and repeatedly invaded the border. Lü Meng sent people to induce him to surrender, but Xie Qi did not comply, so Lü Meng found his flaws and launched an attack, Xie Qi retreated, and his subordinates helped the old and the young to surrender one after another.

In the first month of the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Cao Cao personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Sun Quan, entered to the mouth of Weixukou (now southeast of Wuwei, Anhui), 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 with Sun Quan to resist Cao Cao. Lu Meng has offered many strange plans, and they are all valid. Sun Quan was also advised to build a dock at Jiashuikou [9]. Lü Meng guarded against the enemy soldiers, and was meticulous. 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 (214), Cao Cao, in order to enrich the military rations, sent Zhu Guang, the Taishou of Lujiang (now Lu'anbei, Anhui), to cultivate land and plant rice in the area of Anhui City (now Qianshan, Anhui). 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.

In May, heavy rains swelled the rivers; In the leap month, Sun Quan led his army up the river and attacked Wancheng. 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 takes many days to complete the construction 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 took this suggestion. Lü Meng recommended the general Gan Ning as the governor of Shengcheng, led the elite soldiers, and launched 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, 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, to Jiashi (now north of Tongcheng, Anhui), and heard that Anhui City had been lost, so he had to retreat.

This battle played an important role in Sun Quan's control of the Jianghuai region. Sun Quan thought that Lü Meng had the greatest credit in this battle, and rewarded him heavily, and immediately appointed him as the Taishou of Lujiang. The captured men and horses were also distributed to Lu Meng, and he was also specially given 600 households in Xunyang Tuntian, and 30 officials and subordinates.

Lü Meng returned to Xunyang. Soon, the thieves in Luling were in turmoil, and the generals repeatedly conquered and suppressed. Sun Quan said: "There are hundreds of birds, it is better than one osprey." "Ordered Lü Meng to go to the conquest. Lü Meng's soldiers went to Luling, captured and killed the first evil, and released all the rest, allowing them to resume their old business.

Liu Bei occupied Jingzhou and sent Guan Yu to guard it. Sun Quan repeatedly asked for it, but Liu Bei refused to return it.

In the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), 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, he saw that the situation was critical, so he hurriedly rushed from Shu County to the public security, and ordered Guan Yu to compete for the three counties.

Sun Quan lived in Lukou at that time and commanded all the armies. 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 (now east of Hefei, Anhui), Zhang Liao took the opportunity to lead the infantry to launch an attack. Lü Meng and Gan Ning struggled to resist, and Ling Tong led the guards to fight 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 (217), Cao Cao, the king of Wei, completed his army, and then once again raised his army to attack Wu and entered Juchao (now the northeast of Chao County, Anhui). 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 was ordered to lead the army to guard the Xuwu (now Dongguan Town, Hanshan County, Anhui Province), and with the dock built before, he placed 10,000 strong 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. 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 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, 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.

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 had a different opinion, and once offered Chen a secret plan to Sun Quan, he said: "Let the captured general Sun Jiao guard Nanjun, Pan Zhang garrison the White Emperor City, Jiang Qin led 10,000 guerrilla soldiers, and move up and down the Yangtze River, ready to deal with the enemy, Lü Meng went to occupy Xiangyang for the country, in this case, what else did Cao Cao have to worry about?" What can we rely on Guan Yu? Moreover, Guan Yu's monarchs and ministers, relying on their own deception and means and force, often repeatedly, could not treat them as henchmen. The reason why Guan Yu is inconvenient to send troops to the east now is because of the fact that your Supreme Shengming, Lu Meng and others are still alive. Now instead of trying to get them when we are strong, once we die, if we want to exert ourselves, can we still do it? Sun Quan deeply understood 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 they attack, they can naturally conquer it." However, the terrain of Xuzhou, only by land, is the place where the brave cavalry gallops, Supreme 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 on to 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 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 fighter plane, Liunan County (now Jingzhou, Hubei) guarded Elfang and guarded Jiangling, and the general Fu Shiren guarded Gong'an (now northwest of Hubei Gong'an), and led the main force to attack Jingxiang (Wei Jingzhou Zhixinye, now Xinye, Henan; Xiangyang County governs Xiangyang, now belonging to Hubei).

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.

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, sailed against the current 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. Guan Yu heard that Xun 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." After this conversation, Lu Meng found that Lu Xun was a usable talent. 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 he is used, he should 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 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 governors of the left and right, and led the troops to attack Jiangling, although the matter was decided by Zhou Yu, but Cheng Pufu believed that he 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 of that year, Sun Quan appointed Lü Meng as the governor of the capital, led the army to go out in concealment, 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 the people to swing the oars, day and night, sailed back the river, and attacked Jiangling, everything was carried out very covertly and secretly. 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 Gong'an (now north of Hubei Gong'an), and then asked Fu Shiren to lead the Wu army to land in Lufang, 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. Captured all the family members of Guan Yu's subordinates, comforted them, and ordered that the army should not harass the people, and not make any demands from the people's families.

At that time, there was a sergeant from Runan under Lü Meng, who was rumored to be Lü Meng's cousin, and took a hat from the people to cover the armor of the government. Lü Meng believes that although the armor is a public artifact, it is still a violation of the military order to take the people's hat without permission. Behead 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 Meng Lu Meng several times, and Lu Meng warmly received the messenger sent by Guan Yu, took him to the city, and asked him to go to the soldiers' homes to condole, so some people wrote letters in their own hands, saying that they were treated well by Lu Meng. When the envoy returned to Guan Yu's army, the soldiers learned that their families were not only safe and sound, but also received more preferential treatment than usual, so the 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 (now Zigui, Hubei), 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 predicament of losing ground and suffering from the enemy on his back, so he went west to Maicheng (now southeast of Dangyang, Hubei). In December of that year, Guan Yu led a small number of cavalry to break through from Maicheng and fled west to Zhangxiang (northeast of Dangyang County), 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

In the battle of Jiangling, Lü Meng made great contributions, 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 (later generations may speculate that there was a plague in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, because the history records that Lü Meng, Gan Ning, Sun Jiao, and Jiang Qin died in the same year, or speculate that Lü Meng suffered on the battlefield when he was young, resulting in overwork and illness). When Sun Quan was in the public security, he took Lü Meng and placed him in the inner hall, did everything possible to diagnose and treat him, and ordered that doctors be recruited in the country, and those who could cure Lü Meng's illness 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. Later, when Lü Meng's illness worsened, Sun Quan personally visited him at the bedside, ordered the Taoist priest to pray for him, wanted to save his life, and asked Lü Meng: "If you can't rise up to serve me again, who can replace you in guarding Jiangling?" Lu Meng replied: "Zhu Ran is more than enough to be bold and guarded, and I think he can accept the appointment in my place." ”

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.

After Lü Meng's death, his son Lü Ba attacked the lord. And he gave him three hundred households that guarded the tombs, and fifty hectares of land that were exempt from the land endowment.

Lu Meng was instructed by his mother, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down: "Lu Meng greets the virtuous prince!" ”

Jin Liang stepped forward to help Lu Meng up, and said with a smile: "Why do you call me Xian Tinggong, why don't you call me my father-in-law?!" ”

Lu Meng grinned and said, "My mother said that if the name is not right, it is not good." ”

Lu Meng's mother, Zhou, stepped forward and saluted: "Virtuous Gong, can you hold a ceremony for Amon to officially bow down to your knees?" ”

Jin Liang replied: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, when our fellow Guangling Lu Dai and Nanyang Jin Chang come to Xiangyang, we will hold a ceremony to join the sect." ”

Lü Fan arranged a house for Lü Meng's brother-in-law Deng Dang, and Lü Meng and his mother temporarily lived in his brother-in-law's house.

After Deng Dang settled his mother-in-law and brother-in-law, he brought the letter of appointment given to him by Jin Liang and came to Jin Liang: "Lord, I want to join the army immediately!" ”

Jin Liang smiled slightly: "Follow me!" He took Deng Dang straight to the school field in the general's mansion.

Jin Liang pointed to the weapon rack in the school field: "What are you good at, just take it, I want to test your martial arts!" ”

Deng Dang looked at Jin Liang's attitude towards Lu Meng, he could completely guess that Jin Liang was mostly looking at Lu Meng's face and rewarding himself with a battalion commander, Deng Dang was very unconvinced, his uncle Lu Meng used to be attached to him to practice martial arts with him, but now it has become him Deng Dang relies on his uncle to be appreciated, he picked up a big knife: "Lord, although the last general is not your opponent, the last general is definitely capable of the position of a battalion commander." ”

Jin Liang ordered someone to bring a yellow horse and smiled at Deng Dang: "Resist, I believe that you are fully qualified for the position of battalion commander, but I want to give you important courage, I don't know if you can resist." After Jin Liang said this, he flew on his horse, lifted Fang Tian's halberd, and pointed at Deng Dang: "Use all your strength to attack me, I see what state your martial arts have reached?" ”

Deng Dang took the lead, stepped on the yellow horse, picked up the big knife, and went straight to Jinliang.

The two horses staggered, and there was a loud bang, Deng Dang's mouth was numb, and the big knife in his hand could barely hold it, and the cold air from Fang Tian's halberd made his whole body chill.

Jin Liang stopped the red rabbit horse and said with a slight smile: "Yes, you can still pick me up with a halberd." After saying that, he waved his halberd and stabbed at Deng Dang.

Jin Liang did not use a killing move, and slowly sparred with Deng Dang, and after ten rounds, Jin Liang knocked Deng Dang's big knife to the ground with a halberd, and Le Ma smiled: "Your strength can barely be included in the ranks of the three military generals." ”

Since Jin Liang issued the ten-grade official system, he has nothing to do in the army, so he encourages the generals of the whole army to compete in martial arts, and then ranks their force into the final level, such as Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Wang Yue and others, whose force is above 95 points, is listed as a positive grade, and so on, every five points is lowered by half a level, Deng Dang's force is about 75 to 80, similar to Wei Xu and Song Xian's generation, and stronger than Li Feng, Xue Lan, Liu He and others, and is barely a second-rate general.

Jin Liang stationed in Ma and discussed with him some problems in leading troops and arranging formations, and found that Deng Dang had still read a few military books, but he was still young and had never had experience in the army, so he seemed a little immature, but fortunately, Deng Dang was 'sexual' stable and cautious, and could slightly make up for the shortcomings in experience and age.

Jin Liang nodded and said with a smile: "Didn't I give you a letter of appointment from the battalion commander?" I have now decided to take that mandate back. ”

Deng Dang was stunned and said: "Lord, although my martial arts and art of war are not good, it is not so bad that I can't even be a battalion commander, right?" ”

Jin Liang shook his head and said, "Kang, you're too worried, I'm thinking, should I appoint you to be a brigade commander?" ”

Deng Dang's combat power is average, his command is average, and he will be famous in history because he is Lu Meng's brother-in-law, but in the early stage of Eastern Wu, he can also be regarded as a capable captain under Sun Ce. Jin Liang also considered that he had brought more than 1,000 'fine' and strong homeless people from Runan, and that there were more than 1,000 people who could not give him a battalion commander who could only command 500 people to send them away, not to mention the existence of Lu Meng.

Deng Dang said angrily: "Lord, I am confident that I will lead two thousand men and horses, and I will live up to the high expectations of my lord." ”

Jin Liang said with a smile: "Confidence alone is not enough, you have never been in the army before, and you have no combat experience, but you can temporarily become the deputy of a general, learn experience from him, and then be promoted after the 'day'." According to the regulations of the Central Army, you must be a deputy captain of a team in the training camp for the first three months, follow me, learn how to fight, and at the end of the three months, you can be released as the deputy brigade commander of the 1st Brigade and the main battalion commander of the 1st Battalion. ”

Although Deng Dang was quite proud of his ability, he was already very satisfied with being the battalion commander of the Central Army, the 'elite' division of the regular officer army, not to mention that Jin Liang added him a deputy brigade commander, and hurriedly bowed down to accept it

Jin Liang saw that his attitude was very respectful, and smiled with satisfaction: "Resist, in a few 'days', Amon will be my righteousness, we will be relatives, I hope you train your subordinates well, don't lose my face." ”

Deng Dang bowed down again and asked with a smile: "Lord, I don't know how you plan to cultivate Amon?" Do you go to the Scout like Zhuge Liang? ”

Jin Liang shook his head and said: "Although Amon is only eleven years old, he looks like fifteen or sixteen years old, I am not going to let him go to the Scout Army again, I will assign him two masters, learn from Frustration in the art of war, and learn from Huang Zhong in martial arts, Frustration is the long history of our Central Army, and he has a deep strategy, Huang Zhong is the Sima of our Central Army, and he is a master of both swords and arrows, I believe that under the teaching of the two of them, Amon will definitely be able to become a general who is both civil and military." ”

Deng Dangfu was blessed to his heart, and said with a smile: "It's better to let Amon follow the lord to learn, the lord is the commander of the heavens, the civil and military forces, and Amon follows the lord, wouldn't it be easy to become a general?" ”

Jin Liang laughed and said: "Resist, it's too famous, in fact, I might as well be frustrated in terms of Tao strategy, I am not as good as Huang Zhong in terms of sword skills, Amon should learn the art of war Tao strategy should be taught by Frustration, and Huang Zhong should be taught to learn knife skills, and besides, Amon is my righteousness, how can I not teach him?" Not only him, but also you young generals, I have to teach you from time to time, so that your martial arts and art of war can improve, and you can command 500 people now, and 10,000 or 50,000 people in the future. A non-commissioned officer who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, but being a general is not only based on bravery, but also about learning the way of commanding the army and using the army, and you still need to strengthen in these aspects. ”

Deng Dang nodded yes. Then he smiled and said: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, my lord, your words are really inspiring, I suggest that your words be spread as a slogan, so that the soldiers below can train hard and fight bravely." ”

Jin Liang nodded and smiled: "You can contact Dong Zhao's Ministry of Military Affairs, the military and political departments under the Ministry of Military Affairs are responsible for propaganda." (To be continued.) )