Before the Xiangfan Change, many people ignored Lu Meng, and in the official history, Lu Meng's actual talent may even be no less than Zhou Yu, and the reason why he was able to eliminate Guan Yu in the end was because Lu Meng originally had this ability.

【Fledgling】

Lü Meng, the word Ziming, is a native of Runan Fupi (now Lujiagang, Funan, Anhui). In the early years, Lü Meng crossed the river to the south and attached himself to his brother-in-law Deng Dang, so Sun Ce fought, and after Deng Dang's death, under the recommendation of Zhang Zhao, Lü Meng took over Deng Dang's position and served as Sima of other departments.

After Sun Ce's assassination, Sun Quan was in charge of state affairs, and he planned to merge these troops, considering that the minor generals had few soldiers and insufficient expenses. When Lü Meng found out, he secretly borrowed money and made big red clothes and leggings for the soldiers, and on the day of the review, his troops were lined up in a neat and mighty manner, and all the soldiers could perform the exercise, Sun Quan was very happy to see it, so he added soldiers to him. Later, Lü Meng followed Sun Quan to fight against Danyang, and made meritorious achievements in every battle, and was promoted to the governor of Pingbei and concurrently served as the magistrate of Guangde County.

After Sun Quan crusaded against Huang Zu three times, Lü Meng basically participated in the war, and together with Zhou Yu, Sun Quan recommended the general Gan Ning, after the first crusade against Huang Zu, Lü Meng was sent to one side to crusade against Shanyue.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Sun Quan crusaded against Huang Zu for the third time, and personally led the troops to kill Chen Zhuo, the governor of Huang Zu's army. So he appointed Lü Meng as the general of Yokono Zhonglang and gave him tens of millions of money.

In the same year, Cao Cao went south to seize Jingzhou, Sun Liu united with Cao Cao to start a big battle in Chibi, and won the victory, Lü Meng followed Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others to participate in this battle, and followed Zhou Yu along the river to attack Jiangling, in the battle of Jiangling, Lü Meng proposed that Zhou Yu lead the army to rescue Ganning in Yiling, leaving Ling Gongji to confuse Cao Ren, and finally broke Cao's army, and then Lü Meng was appointed as a partial general because of his merits, and concurrently served as the Yang Commander.

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.

During the Battle of Jiangling, the Yizhou general Yu led his army to surrender to Cheng, and Zhou Yu went to the table and asked Sun Quan to allocate the headquarters of the Raid Su to Lü Meng's jurisdiction, which was also rejected by Lü Meng.

[Shibei three days, that is, more impressive]

After Lu Su replaced Zhou Yu, he went to Lukou and passed by the Lümeng military camp. At that time, Lu Su despised Lu Meng a little, and someone said 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 he was drinking, Lu Meng asked Lu Su: "You have a heavy responsibility, and you are neighbors with Guan Yu, what strategy do you plan to use to prevent unexpected changes?" Lu Su replied casually: "The specific situation depends on the time. Lu Meng said: "Although Wu and Shu are now allied, Guan Yu is really a general of the bear and tiger, how can he not plan a strategy in advance?" So he planned five response plans for Lu Su. Lu Su then left the table and walked to Lu Meng's side, patted him on the back and said, "Lu Ziming, I really didn't expect your talent and strategy to reach such a level. So he went to see Lü Meng's mother and became friends with Lü Meng and said goodbye.

According to the "Biography of Jiang Biao", at the beginning, Sun Quan said to Lü Meng and Jiang Qin: "The commanders who are now ruling together should learn more and benefit themselves." Lu Meng said: "In the army, I often suffer from busy military affairs, and I am afraid that I have no time to study. Sun Quan said, "Do I want you to be a learned person who studies the scriptures?" You just should browse widely and understand the lessons of the past, you say that military affairs are busy, who is like me, no matter how busy you are, you can't be busier than me, I read "Poems", "Books", "Liji", "Zuo Chuan" and "Chinese" when I was young, but I don't read "Yi". It was not until after the commander Jiangdong read the three histories (i.e., the "Historical Records", the "Han Book" and the "Dongguan Han Ji") and the military books of each family, and he felt that it was very beneficial. Like the two of you, your brains are easy to use, and if you learn it, it will definitely be useful, so why not do it? We should hurry up and study "Sun Tzu", "Liutao", "Zuo Chuan", "Chinese" and the three histories. Confucius said: 'If you don't eat all day long, you don't sleep all night to think, it's useless, it's better to learn'. When Emperor Guangwu commanded the soldiers and horses, he couldn't let go of the scroll, and Cao Cao also claimed to be old and studious, not to mention you. ”

Lu Meng began to study, and he didn't read all day long, and the books he read couldn't even compare to the old Confucian students. Later, Lu Su was promoted to an official position, replaced Zhou Yu, and came to talk to Lu Meng, Lu Su touched Lu Meng's back and said: "I used to say that my brother was a martial artist and only had courage, but now, he is so knowledgeable, and he is no longer Wu's Ameng." Lu Meng said: "Shibei should be impressed for three days, my brother said so, but he is incompetent." Brother, you are now replacing Gong Jin (Zhou Yu's character), it is already very difficult, and it borders on Guan Yu, this person is old and studious, reading "Zuo Chuan" is catchy, and very domineering! It's just that he is too conceited, always domineering, and doesn't take others seriously, which is his biggest weakness. Now, if you play against him, you should use a single rematch and use me to deal with him. Secretly said three strategies to Lu Su, and Lu Su solemnly accepted it and kept it secret.

Sun Quan often sighed: "People grow up and learn like this, like Lu Meng and Jiang Qin, no one can compare." Isn't it great that people who are already prosperous and wealthy can still learn like this, despise wealth, have good intentions, and have both virtue and virtue to be the pillars of the country? ”

【Lu Meng who cannot be ignored】

Sun Quan's persuasion of learning may be seen earlier from the "Jiangbiao Biography", but before Lu Su replaced Zhou Yu, Lu Meng had already shown his edge, he was first recommended by Jiangdong minister Zhang Zhao to replace his dead brother-in-law Deng Dang as the Sima of other departments, and then he was valued by Sun Quan, added soldiers, and followed Sun Quan to fight, with great achievements, recommended the general Gan Ning for Sun Quan, and even killed Huang Zu's naval army governor Chen Qi, and in the battle of Jiangling, he was even more brilliant, helping Zhou Yu defeat Cao Ren's troops and rescue Gan Ning.

However, Lü Meng's performance is far more than that, in the later Jiangdong and Cao Cao, Liu Bei's group of battles, Lü Meng has a more excellent performance, unceremoniously said, in terms of strength in all aspects, Lü Meng's evaluation in the Three Kingdoms era should be the top, Lü Meng from the military, from the strategic point of view, it can be said that he is not much worse than Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, Zhou Yu and others.

Lü Meng was a very, very terrifying figure during the Three Kingdoms era, and anyone who neglected him would pay a heavy price.