Shortly after Guan Yu was killed by Sun Quan, Lü Meng, the governor of Jiangdong, also died in the same year.

【Death of Lu Meng】

After pacifying Jingzhou, Sun Quan appointed Lü Meng as the Taishou of Nanjun, made him the Marquis of Xiaoling, and gave him 100 million yuan and 500 catties of gold. Lü Meng resolutely did not accept gold and money, and Sun Quan did not agree.

According to the record of "Jiangbiao Biography", the right to the public security conference, Lu Meng resigned, and the right smiled and said: "The fowl feather is the merit, the son is also well, and now the great achievement has been successful, and the celebration and reward have not been done, how can it be evil?" "It is to increase the infantry, to elect the generals of Huwei, and the prestige of the two counties of Nanjun and Lujiang. After worshipping and returning to the camp, the soldiers and horses followed, preaching before and after, and shining on the road.

However, the knighthood decree had not yet been issued, and when Lü Meng fell ill, Sun Quan was in the public security at that time, took Lü Meng and placed him in his inner hall, used thousands of prescriptions to treat him, and offered a reward to those in the country who could cure Lü Meng's illness, and gave him a thousand gold. Sometimes the doctor pricked Lu Meng with a needle, Sun Quan was distressed by Lu Meng's pain, wanted to visit him often, and was afraid that he would be too tired for himself, so he often dug a hole in the wall to watch Lu Meng, and was happy to see that Lu Meng could eat a little, and talked and laughed at the people around him, otherwise he would sigh and sleepless. When Lü Meng's condition improved, he ordered a general amnesty, and all the ministers came forward to celebrate.

Later, Lü Meng's illness worsened, and Sun Quan personally visited him at the sickbed and ordered the Taoist priest to pray for Lü Meng to prolong his life under the stars. Lü Meng died at the age of forty-two in Sun Quan's inner hall. At that time, Sun Quan was extremely grief-stricken, so he reduced all kinds of entertainment activities and reduced the amount of food.

Before Lü Meng died, he handed over all the gold, silver, jewelry and other gifts that Sun Quan had given him to the treasury for storage, and instructed the supervisors to hand over all the gifts after his death, and the funeral affairs must be simple.

Lü Meng's son Lü Ba inherited Lü Meng's title, and was rewarded with 300 people who guarded the tomb, as well as 50 acres of tax-free land. After Lü Ba's death, his elder brother Lü Cong succeeded the marquis. After Lü Cong's death, his younger brother Lü Mu continued to inherit his title.

【Righteous Colleagues】

Historically, Lü Meng was very good to his colleagues, during the Battle of Jiangling, Zhou Yu had prepared to hand over the troops of Yizhou to attack Su, Lü Meng not only did not agree, but also persuaded Sun Quan to increase the troops of Raid Su, and after the death of Chengdang, Song Ding, and Xu Gu, Lü Meng did not annex their soldiers, but asked for teachers for the children of the three generals, and carefully tutored.

Lü Meng was impeached by Jiangxia Taishou Cai for his own soldiers, but he had no resentment. When Yu Zhang Taishou Gu Shao died, Sun Quan asked Lü Meng who would replace him, so Lü Meng recommended Cai Yi to be a good official for this position, Sun Quan smiled and said, "Do you want to be Qi Xihe?" So Cai Yi was appointed.

Gan Ning was rough and easy to kill, which often dissatisfied Lü Meng, and from time to time disobeyed Sun Quan's orders, Sun Quan was very annoyed, Lü Meng pleaded for Gan Ning many times and said: "The world has not yet been calmed, and it is rare for a fierce general to be like Gan Ning, so he should be lenient and patient." Sun Quan then treated Gan Ning well, and later made the best use of it.

According to the Book of Wu, Ling Tong was the son of Ling Cao, and Ling Cao was shot to death by Gan Ning during the attack on Huang Zu. Because of the hatred of killing his father, Ling and Gan had a deep contradiction, so Gan Ning also guarded against Ling Tong and tried to avoid meeting him. Sun Quan also ordered Ling Tong not to be enemies with Gan Ning.

Once, Gan Ning and Ling Tong gathered at Lu Meng's place to drink, the wine was hot, Ling Tong stood up and danced the knife, and Gan Ning also stood up and said: "I can dance the double halberd!" Lu Meng saw that the two had the intention of fighting, so he separated them in the middle and said: "Although Gan Ning can dance, he is still not as exquisite as me. So he used a sword and a shield to separate the two. Later, Sun Quan knew that Ling Tong could not forget his father's enmity, so he asked Gan Ning to lead his troops to be stationed in Banzhou.

It is said that a child in the kitchen of Gan Ning was negligent. Fleeing to Lü Meng, Lü Meng was afraid that he would be killed by Gan Ning, so he hid him and did not send him back immediately. Later, Gan Ning came to visit Lu Meng's mother with gifts, and when he wanted to go to the church to see his mother, Lu Meng called out the little boy to return it to Gan Ning, and Gan Ning promised not to kill him. However, after a while, when he returned to the boat, Gan Ning tied the boy to a mulberry tree and personally shot him to death with a bow. Then, the people on board were ordered to strengthen the ship's cables, undress themselves and lie down in the boat. Lü Meng was furious, beat drums and gathered troops, and prepared to board the ship to attack Ganning. Gan Ning heard the movement and deliberately lay down and couldn't get up. Lü Meng's mother ran barefoot to dissuade Lü Meng: "The Lord treats you like flesh and blood, entrusting you with great affairs, how can you want to attack Gan Ning because of personal anger?" If Gan Ning dies, even if the Lord does not question you, it is illegal for you to do so as a courtier. Lu Meng has always been very filial, and after listening to his mother's words, he understood in his heart. He personally came to Gan Ning's boat and greeted with a smile: "Xingba, my mother is waiting for you to eat, come ashore quickly!" Gan Ning was very ashamed, choked up with tears and said to Lu Meng: "I have failed you. So he went back with Lu Meng to meet Lu Mu, and feasted happily for a day.

【The first metropolitan governor of Koto】

Because of the influence of some film and television works, many people may think that Zhou Yu is the first governor of Jiangdong, which is not true.

First of all, it is necessary to understand that the governor of the capital is the official position of the commander of the generals of the army, and this position is generally established in wartime, so although Lu Su is the second commander of the Western Front after Zhou Yu, in fact, Lu Su was not appointed as the governor of the capital, and when Sun Quan and Liu Bei in Jingzhou clashed for the first time, Sun Quan had already arrived at Lukou, and the specific things were directly commanded by Sun Quan, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan were not able to fight in the end.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Sun Quan was the former governor of the capital when he crusaded against Jiangxia, and during the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Jiangling, in fact, his official position was the governor of the left, or the governor of the left, and he commanded the armies together with the governor of the right, Cheng Pu, not the governor of the real sense.

Lü Meng, the first metropolitan governor of Jiangdong, was the third military commander of the eastern and western lines of Jiangdong, and was appointed by Sun Quan as the metropolitan governor during the Battle of Xiangfan, commanding the armies to defeat Guan Yu. At the beginning, Sun Quan wanted to imitate Zhou Yu's old story and let Lü Meng and Sun Jiao lead the troops together, but Lü Meng had followed Zhou Yu back then, knew such drawbacks, and argued with reason, Sun Quan gave up the initial idea, only with Lü Meng as the governor, and let Sun Jiao as the rear support. At that time, Sun Quan's original words were: "With Qing as the governor, Ming Jiao as the successor." ”

【Many generals passed away】

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), many generals under Sun Quan died in this year, in addition to Lü Meng, there were also Sun Jiao, Jiang Qin and others, and the time of their deaths was basically after the crusade against Guan Yu, almost after Guan Yu's death.

Jiang Qin recorded that when the class teacher was returning, he died of illness on the way. Sun Jiao said that he had made great contributions in the crusade against Guan Yu, and later died in the same year. Therefore, there is speculation that Lü Meng and others may have encountered the epidemic at that time, but I have not found any relevant records about the epidemic at that time, which may be a coincidence, after all, Lü Meng's health itself has always been bad.

And Sun Quan's poisoning of Lü Meng is even more absurd, what good is Lü Meng's death to Sun Quan, at that time Sun Quan had already offended Liu Bei, and Cao Cao's power was still strong, it was the time to employ people, anyone could harm Lü Meng, but Sun Quan was impossible.