(The following is purely personal speculation and is for the reader's entertainment only, and should not be confused until there is no relevant historical evidence.) ）

Zhou Yu Lu Su, Lu Meng Lu Xun, is the world's well-known four governors of Eastern Wu. Although they have their own merits in history, most of their deaths have one thing in common, that is, they died young.

Zhou Yu was thirty-six years old when he died, Lu Su was forty-six years old when he died, Lu Meng was forty-two years old when he died, and only Lu Xun lived the longest, sixty-two years old. And the reason why he can live so long also has his own special reasons.

The ancients had a short lifespan, and there were often major plagues during the Three Kingdoms period in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and there were many people who died at a young age, so it is not surprising to look at their early death, but if you work hard to investigate the cause of their death, you will shudder to find that behind their death, there is always a shadow of a person.

To explore their deaths, we must first understand this person, and this person is Sun Quan, the emperor of Eastern Wu.

There are many evaluations of Sun Quan in history, but the description of him is always pertinent, and I think it should be his brother Sun Ce's evaluation of him before his death.

The people of Jiangdong will decide between the two Chen, compete with the world, and they are not as good as me; Be virtuous and capable, do your best, in order to protect Jiangdong, I am not as good as Qing. ――"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Sun Ce"

Sun Ce's evaluation fully shows that Sun Quan should be a master of success, perhaps not enterprising enough, but it is more than enough to protect the existing land.

In the novel, Cao Cao once evaluated Liu Zhang as a "dog guarding the household", although Sun Quan also guarded the door, but he was not a watchdog, but a tiger. Anyone who comes will come up and take a bite and tear it apart.

Therefore, Cao Cao's evaluation of Sun Quan is "to give birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou". I hope that I can have a son like Sun Quan who can keep the country that I have worked so hard for.

It is precisely because Sun Quan's ability is to defend the country, not to fight the country, that it affects his attitude towards national policies and guidelines in the future.

Readers who are familiar with history will know that there is a very strange phenomenon in Chinese history, that is, most of the kings can share weal and woe with the soldiers when they fight the country. But once the world is calm and the country is stable, they will begin to kill heroes indiscriminately. A good "glass of wine to release military power" almost stained you for treason, and beheaded you all over the house.

Few emperors have been able to break out of this cycle (the exception is Tang Taizong Li Shimin, who ruled at the time of China's greatest power.) The reason for this is actually very simple, when starting a business, the emperor needs the assistance of talented people, and the greater your talent, the more popular it is. But when it comes to the stage of keeping their jobs, these people are an eyesore.

After all, you have a lot of merit, a good reputation, and a lot of power, if you have the idea of becoming an emperor, wouldn't it be troublesome? And even if you are faithful to me now, and dare not have a second against me, who knows if you will do the same to my son.

Therefore, most of the emperors who guarded the country had such thoughts, and Sun Quan was no exception, which had a deep impact on his attitude towards heroes in the future.

However, Sun Quan, who had just taken charge of Jiangdong, did not have too many ideas, his position was not very stable at this time, and he was still divided into two factions in the Jiangdong Group at this time, one was his father Sun Jian's old subordinates, with Cheng Pu and Huang Gai as the leaders of the old school, and the other was the old ministers left by his brother Sun Ce, headed by Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao.

Sun Ce entrusted Sun Quan to Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao on his deathbed, as the so-called foreign affairs do not decide to ask Zhou Yu, and internal affairs do not decide to ask Zhang Zhao. With the assistance of the two of them, Sun Quan, who was newly promoted, finally gained a firm foothold and had his own team, such as Lu Su, Gu Yong and others.

At this time, Sun Quan was in the rising stage of his career, so nothing big happened, and the Jiangdong Group was also harmonious.

It was not until 208 A.D. that the eloquent Cao Cao unified the north and began to wave his army south, beginning his grand plan to unify the whole country.

Occupy Jingzhou and surrender Liu Cong, and the flames of war burned in front of the gate of the Eastern Wu regime. The country has reached a critical moment, just in the sound of surrender in Jiangdong, a person stepped forward to support Cao, and Cao Cao, who has always been invincible, finally met the biggest nemesis of his life here - Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu, the word Gongjin, is a native of Shu County, Lujiang. The history books say that he has a good appearance, fine sound and rhythm, is resourceful and decisive, good at military affairs, and has a magnificent personality and elegance. (Definitely not the jealous person in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.) ）

Zhou Yu has been with Sun Ce since he was a child, and Sun Ce had to trust him to be a lonely minister before he died. With the support of him and Lu Su, Sun Quan strengthened his confidence and united with Liu Bei to fight against Cao.

In the end, a fire in Chibi laid the foundation for three points of the world and achieved Zhou Yu's eternal fame.

However, it was the Battle of Chibi that planted the seeds of Zhou Yu's death at the same time.

Because Zhou Yu made a mistake that all ministers should not make - high merit.

After the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu's popularity reached unprecedented heights, which caused Sun Quan to be extremely uneasy. After all, he has only been in power for seven or eight years, and his position is not very stable, and Zhou Yu is not his descendant, but an old minister left by his brother Sun Ce. Not only is he in charge of military power, but his prestige also surpasses his own. At this time, Sun Quan already felt that Zhou Yu's existence was becoming more and more threatening to his position.

And after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu's behavior also made Sun Quan more and more worried.

At that time, after the war, the people were determined, but Zhou Yu insisted on provoking the war, not only competing with Liu Bei for the Jingzhou territory left by Cao Cao, destroying the Sun-Liu alliance, but also using Nanjun as a springboard to enter Shu and occupy Yizhou.

His strategy was very simple, that is, to annex Jing and Yi Prefectures, and divide the north and south with Cao Cao in the north.

If his strategy had succeeded, the world would have been a different story. It's just that this view of his contradicts the mainstream view of the Koto group at that time.

At that time, although Cao Cao suffered a crushing defeat in Chibi, he still had great strength in the north, and he could make a comeback at any time. In order to confront Cao Cao, who was still strong, the Jiangdong clique was eager to recover from the smoke of war, and the Sun-Liu alliance still had a need for his existence.

Therefore, Zhou Yu's strategy aroused the dissatisfaction of the Jiangdong lord and faction at that time, and even more aroused Sun Quan's dissatisfaction. As I said earlier, Sun Quan's character is that he is not enterprising enough, but he attaches great importance to vested interests. Only when the existing territory is fully secured can he want to attack others.

Now, in his view, Zhou Yu's military adventures had seriously affected the stability of the existing Jiangdong regime. An old minister of the former dynasty, who was highly accomplished and contrary to his own strategic views, Sun Quan's worries and dissatisfaction with Zhou Yu had gradually escalated into fear, and he began to kill him.

Although Sun Quan had murderous intent, he still had a cautious attitude towards dealing with Zhou Yu. Even Zhou Yu's military adventure to capture Yizhou can only be openly agreed. After all, Zhou Yu not only assisted himself in ascending to the throne at the beginning, but now he has also made great contributions to the country, and rashly dismissing him from military power or killing him will make him infamous for being ungrateful.

Sun Quan, who was good at scheming, naturally would not do such a stupid thing, so secretly killing Zhou Yu became the only option.

However, how to kill Zhou Yu without revealing a trace without arousing suspicion has become a problem that needs to be considered. With Zhou Yu's current status, and having lived in a military camp for a long time, surrounded by heavy guards, simply sending assassins would not work. So if you want to kill Zhou Yu, you must start through someone close to him.

There are about three types of people who can approach Zhou Yu and kill him without a trace, these are relatives, friends, and comrades. There is one person who happens to account for the last two of the three categories, and this person happens to be his trusted descendant and cronies. This person is Lu Su.

Lu Su and Zhou Yu intersected in the early years, Zhou Yu once borrowed grain from Lu Su due to lack of grain, as soon as he opened his mouth, Lu Su did not hesitate to lend a warehouse of 3,000 grains to Zhou Yu. After this, Zhou Yu felt that Lu Su was a different character, so he took the initiative to befriend him, and the two gradually established a deep friendship.

At the time of the Battle of Chibi, both of them were anti-Cao factions, and Lu Su was also the main founder and contact person of the Sun-Liu Alliance. However, after the Battle of Chibi, the political differences between the two brought them to opposite sides.

In contrast to Zhou Yu's military adventures, Lu Su's view was that the Jiangdong group's primary task was not to use military force everywhere, but to stabilize Jiangdong and strengthen the alliance with Liu Bei. To this end, he also suggested that Jiangling be lent to Liu Bei so that he could assist Jiangdong in his fight against Cao Cao, who was still powerful.

Lu Su's ideas were the same as those of the mainstream of the time and Sun Quan's. When he met Sun Quan for the first time, Lu Su put forward the idea of basing himself on Jiangdong and observing the world, and made Sun Quan think it was true, as if he was a confidant. It can be said that Lu Su held this point of view and established himself in the Jiangdong Group, which was also the main reason why he was trusted and promoted by Sun Quan.

However, Zhou Yu's actions just vetoed his political views, and if Zhou Yu really succeeded, then his strategy of basing himself in Jiangdong and observing the world became a laughing stock, and he had no foundation for his life and lost his precious political ideals.

But if this reason is alone, it is not enough for Lu Su to attack Zhou Yu, after all, the relationship between the two is also very good. But if you add the king's order, it's different.

No one knows how Sun Quan gave the order and what method Lu Su used to kill Zhou Yu. But killing a hero who saved Koto and his best friend must go through a painful struggle.

However, for the sake of his own political ideals, for Zhou Yu, who had already walked on the opposite side of the Jiangdong people, Lu Su still chose to obey the king's orders. This also laid the groundwork for his death in the future.

In 210 AD, Zhou Yu died of illness in Baqiu at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.

The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the characters are merry through the ages. To the west of the base, humanity is, Zhou Lang Chibi of the Three Kingdoms. Rocks and clouds collapsed, waves crashed on the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up. The country is picturesque, and there are many heroes and heroes at one time. - Su Shi of the Song Dynasty

After Zhou Yu's death, Lu Su took his place to lead troops to guard Lukou, the gateway to Eastern Wu, and was responsible for dealing with the Jingzhou issue.

Lu Su Zijing, Linhuai Dongcheng (now Dingyuan, Anhui) people. He lost his father at a young age and was raised by his grandmother. He likes to read, is good at riding and shooting, has a burly appearance and a bold personality. He was a famous military strategist, politician and diplomat in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

When it comes to Lu Su, most people will think of the image of an honest and loyal man in the film and television dramas of the Three Kingdoms, who is always aware of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu's schemes.

In fact, Lu Su's wisdom is not inferior to Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, and even his far-sighted insight and generous mind are higher than these two. He was a master of strategy in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is no exaggeration to say that it was he who single-handedly created the situation of the Three Kingdoms.

This is not unfounded. As early as when Lu Su and Sun Quan met for the first time, Lu Su concocted a "couch strategy" that was as famous as Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair", and proposed to Sun Quan that "the Han family cannot be revived, Cao Cao cannot be eliminated, and Jiangdong should be guarded to watch the world." Suppressed Huang Zu, cut down Liu Biao, occupied the Yangtze River area, and then called the emperor to establish the country to map the world. Strategic concept.

His strategic ideas were deeply recognized by Sun Quan, so he regarded Lu Su as his confidant for the rest of his life. Even though Zhang Zhao, an important minister in Jiangdong, said many times that Lu Su was young and sparse and could not be reused, Sun Quan still attached great importance to Lu Su and constantly gave Lu Su various rewards. And Lu Su also worked hard for his own strategic concept.

After Cao Cao got Jingzhou, Lu Su took the initiative to contact Liu Bei in the hope of promoting an alliance between Sun and Liu to jointly resist Cao.

In the face of Cao Cao's army and the surrender of the Jiangdong group, Lu Su stepped forward and strengthened Sun Quan's confidence in the struggle.

He said to Sun Quan: "After our ministers surrender to Cao Cao, we can still mix up another official and a half-position, but if the general surrenders, how can he deal with himself?" “

This is completely Sun Quan's intimate words, Sun Quan said movingly: "The words said by others disappointed Gu Yi, only Qing clarified the big plan, and it was the same as what Gu thought in his heart." Qing is really a gift from God. “

After Chibi, Jingzhou became a battleground for the three forces of Sun, Liu and Cao. Cao Cao, who had suffered a defeat, retained Nanyang County in the north and Xiangyang City, the capital of Jingzhou. Liu Bei occupied the four counties of Wuling, Lingling, Changsha, and Guiyang Jingnan. And Sun Quan occupied the area of Nanjun and Jiangxia, which was sandwiched between the two forces.

On the one hand, Liu Bei, who lives in a couple, hopes to develop and strengthen himself, and on the other hand, Sun Quan, who is caught between two forces, also feels quite embarrassed.

At this time, on the issue of Jingzhou, Lu Su, who was very strategic, persuaded Sun Quan to lend Nanjun to Liu Bei, and formed a strong momentum with the Jiangdong group to jointly fight against Cao Cao.

This is a very bold strategic deployment, you must know that Nanjun is a strategic place in Jingzhou, which was captured by Zhou Yu in the hands of Cao Wei after more than a year of bloody battles. Sun Quan lent it to Liu Bei without frowning.

The effect of this "borrowing" is also very obvious, Liu Bei's territory borders Cao Cao's territory, and it has become an outpost against Cao, and it is a horn with the Jiangdong Group.

After hearing that Sun Quan connected Liu Bei with land, Cao Cao, who was writing a letter, was so panicked that he even dropped his pen on the ground.

In the future, Liu Bei used Nanjun as a springboard to go west to Yizhou, and then take Hanzhong, and finally formed a three-kingdom trend with Cao Wei and Sun Wu.

Therefore, if it weren't for Lu Su's efforts to persuade Sun Quan to lend Nanjun to Liu Bei, and try his best to maintain the Sun-Liu alliance, Liu Bei would have no room for development, and the world would probably have become another at that time.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lu Su is the creator of the Three Kingdoms.

However, after Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, the honeymoon period of the Sun-Liu alliance gradually ended. At this time, the Jiangdong Group gradually stabilized after a few years of rest. Cao Cao was busy fighting with Liu Bei for Hanzhong and had no time to look east, so the Jiangdong group felt a lot less external threat.

After Sun Quan stabilized his position, he began to set his sights on other people's territory. The Jingzhou issue began to surface.

After Liu Bei obtained Yizhou, he did not return the borrowed Nanjun to Sun Quan. And Nanjun is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and in the hands of Liu Bei, it is a great threat to Sun Quan, who relies on the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Therefore, it became an urgent problem for the Jiangdong group to return to Nanjun to resolve the territorial dispute in Jingzhou.

Liu Bei's refusal to repay the loan caused great dissatisfaction among the Jiangdong clique, during which the border friction between the two countries continued to escalate, and many "anti-Liu factions" advocated attacking Liu Bei and solving the Jingzhou problem by force.

However, Lu Su, who was keen to maintain the Sun-Liu alliance, believed that the territorial dispute with Liu Bei should be resolved through negotiation, rather than by force. With great foresight, he understands better than anyone that the two families of Sun and Liu will benefit both sides if they fight, and they will lose both.

However, at this time, it was difficult for Jiangdong to listen to his opinions seriously, and even Sun Quan, who had always trusted him, expressed his dissatisfaction with him and asked him to come forward to return to Nanjun, which he had strongly borrowed.

Lu Su was in a dilemma, in order to take into account the overall situation and avoid Sun and Liu's troops, he asked Guan Yu, the then Jingzhou guard, to negotiate by the river, stipulating that the soldiers and horses on both sides would retreat a hundred paces, and only the generals would go to the meeting with a single sword.

This is the prototype of the single knife society that was praised by various arts in later generations. In order to highlight the image of Guan Yu's martial saint, later authors portrayed Lu Su as a cowardly and incompetent coward, in fact, Lu Su accused Guan Yu several times at the meeting, and his rhetoric was harsh.

"The country originally borrowed the land from the Qing family, but the Qing family's army was defeated and came from afar, so there was no reason for it. Now that he has gained the state, he has no intention of returning it, but he asks for three counties, and he does not obey his orders. ”

One of Guan Yu's subordinates retorted:

"The man who is the husband of the land, but the ear of virtue is always there."

Lu Su immediately shouted angrily, Guan Yu was afraid that the atmosphere between the two sides would be stiff, so he motioned for the general to leave.

The Single Sword Society did not resolve the territorial dispute between the Sun and Liu families, and the war was on the verge of breaking out. Later, because Cao Cao entered Hanzhong, Liu Bei, in order to avoid being attacked on his back, agreed to divide Jingzhou into two, and assigned Jiangxia, Guiyang, and Changsha counties to Sun Quan, while Nanjun, a strategic place in Jingzhou, was still in his own hands.

After the one-knife meeting, although the Sun and Liu families maintained a superficial calm, the Jiangdong Group expanded its territory and its ambitions for Jingzhou could not be stopped.

The far-sighted Lu Su estimated that he could already foresee the collapse of the relationship between Sun and Liu at this time, and his political ideals finally failed, and he had nothing to do about it, Jiangdong had been occupied by those hawks, and Sun Quan no longer obeyed his words and no longer accepted his political strategy.

Seven years ago, he had killed that man for his political ideals, and he would spend the rest of his life guilty. In the end, he didn't expect that he still failed, and Lu Su fell into extreme pain.

In 217 AD, Lu Su, full of guilt, pain and disappointment, died of illness at the age of forty-six.

Death was a good relief for Lu Su, and every night when he dreamed back, he no longer woke up with guilt and wept bitterly. He once killed the man who regarded him as a confidant, and he felt guilty for the rest of his life, and now he can finally get his life back.

Brother, the two are clear.