Lu Xun, whose real name is Lu Yi, is a native of Wu County, Wu County. He was one of the famous military strategists and politicians in the Three Kingdoms period and even in the entire Chinese history, and he had an extremely outstanding performance in all aspects, and was one of the pillars of the Wu State.

In terms of military affairs, Lu Xun had outstanding performances in the three major battles of Jiangdong, namely the Battle of Xiangfan, the Battle of Yiling and the Battle of Shiting, and was another outstanding commander in Jiangdong after Zhou Yu and Lü Meng.

【Combat Leader】

In terms of military affairs, Lu Xun began to pacify Pan Lin, the marshal of the Huiji bandits, and obtained more than 2,000 subordinates. In the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216), Lu Xun cooperated with the Fenwu general He Qi to pacify the thief commander You Tu in Poyang, so he was worshiped as a lieutenant and stationed troops in Lip.

The following year, Lu Xun proposed to Sun Quan to expand the army, so he was able to serve as the governor of the right part of the account, and the governor of the three counties of Huiji, Poyang, and Danyang. In the same year, Lu Xun sent troops to defeat Fei Zhan, who was rebelled by Cao Cao.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Lu Xun took advantage of the opportunity of Sun Quan, Lü Meng and others to crusade against Guan Yu, and became one of the main generals in Jiangdong.

At that time, Lu Xun found Lu Meng and persuaded him to take advantage of Guan Yu's opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to crusade, Lu Meng thought that Lu Xun was a usable talent after talking, so he recommended Lu Xun to replace himself who was already "seriously ill", Sun Quan worshiped the thirty-six-year-old Lu Xun as the right governor of the partial general to replace Lu Meng, Lu Xun was more attentive to Guan Yu after taking office, and further dispelled Guan Yu's vigilance. After Guan Yu transferred the Jingzhou troops, Lu Xun finally followed Lü Meng up the river, captured the three counties of Jingzhou under Liu Bei, and cut off Guan Yu's back road, which led to Guan Yu's defeat and killing.

After the war, Sun Quan worshiped Lu Xun as the right protector and the general of Zhenxi, entered the Marquis of Lou, and pacified Jingzhou, which was also Lu Xun's advanced battle.

In the first year of Huangwu (221), Liu Bei, the monarch of Shu Han, led his troops to the east, and Sun Quan sent Lu Xun to resist on behalf of the army, and the two sides fought in the Yiling area, as a result, Lu Xun won a complete victory, burned the company camp, and Liu Bei was almost wiped out. The Battle of Yiling was of great significance to Lu Xun, after which Lu Xun subdued everyone in one fell swoop and became the first commander of Jiangdong and the first person in military affairs. Sun Quan also worshiped Lu Xun as an auxiliary general, led Jingzhou pastor, and changed his title to Jiangling Hou.

In the seventh year of Huangwu (228), Wu Poyang was too guarded by Zhou Yi to surrender, leading the great Sima Cao Xiu of Wei into Wu, Sun Quan took Lu Xun as the governor of the capital, fake Huang Yue, led the three-way army, a total of 90,000 people ambushed Cao Xiu in Shiting, and defeated him in one fell swoop, Cao Xiu fled in defeat and was rescued by Jia Kui.

In the first year of Jiahe (232), Lu Xun personally led the army to march towards the Wei Lujiang River, and found that the governor of Wei Yangzhou and the general of Zhengdong were full of favors and set up an ambush to meet the Wu army. Lu Xun detected the movement of the Wei army, so he led his troops to retreat overnight.

About in the third year of Jiahe (234), Sun Quan responded to Zhuge Liang and launched another large-scale northern expedition, sending Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin to lead troops to attack Xiangyang, and then Sun Quan withdrew from Hefei, and the confidential military letters between Lu Xun and Sun Quan were intercepted by Cao's army.

At that time, the Wei State Jiangxia was too conservative and led the local soldiers and horses, which was quite a trouble on the border of the Wu State, but he had always been at odds with Wen Xiu, the son of the Wei veteran Wen Ping. When Lu Xun heard about this situation, he pretended to reply to Lu Shi, saying: "I have received your sincere letter, and I know that you and Wen Xiu have long been grudgeful, and you are at odds with each other, and you intend to come to join our country, I immediately secretly report your letter to the imperial court, and gather people to come to meet you." You should quickly and secretly assemble and tell us the exact time of return. Wu Jun placed the letter on the border between the two countries, and Lu Shi was panicked, so he personally sent his wife and children back to Luoyang. Since then, Lu Shi's subordinates have never been close to him, so he was dismissed from office.

In the sixth year of Jiahe (237), Sun Quan sent Lu Xun to oversee the army to conquer Peng Dan. In the same year, Wu Zhonglang sent Zhou Yi to Poyang County to recruit soldiers, Zhou Yi asked Lu Xun for advice, and Lu Xun thought that the people of Poyang County were easy to move and difficult to settle, so it was better not to call. Zhou Yu and others did not listen, and sure enough, they provoked a popular uprising, Wu Yu and others gathered to revolt, killed Zhou Yu, Lu Xun and Chen Biao conscripted against Wu Yu, Wu Yu was recruited, and more than 8,000 elite soldiers were obtained, and the three counties were pacified. Lu Xun appointed Chen Biao as a partial general, Jin was named the marquis of the capital, and went north to garrison Zhangkeng.

In the fourth year of Chiwu (241), Lu Xun built the city of Yi.

In the first year of Huanglong (229), Sun Quan was officially proclaimed emperor, he appreciated Lu Xun's merits, and set up a general above the general, whose status was higher than that of the three dukes, equivalent to the great Sima. Lu Xun was worshiped as a general and the right protector. Lu Xun thus became Sun Wu's first general.

【Military Career and Evaluation】

It can be seen from Lu Xun's career as a leader that Lu Xun's defection to Sun Quan was actually very late, and at the beginning he only relied on quelling some small-scale rebellions to brush up his achievements, and his status within the Jiangdong generals was not very high, probably at the rank of captain, not to mention the miscellaneous generals, even the Zhonglang generals may not be compared.

The Battle of Xiangfan in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219) was a key turning point for Lu Xun to leap into the Dragon Gate. In order to further paralyze Guan Yu, Sun Quan and Lü Meng promoted the still unknown Lu Xun to replace Lü Meng's garrison Lukou, and Lu Xun seized this opportunity, not only completed the task of paralyzing Guan Yu brilliantly, so that Guan Yu transferred a large number of troops in Jingzhou, but also crusaded against Jingzhou with Lü Meng, defeated, and surrendered many generals under Guan Yu, conquered many cities along the way, occupied and occupied Ziguizhi River and Yidao, held the mouth of the gorge, blocked the gate of Guan Yu's retreat to Yizhou, and finally captured Guan Yu and executed him.

In the Battle of Xiangfan, Lu Xun first served as a partial general to temporarily replace Lü Meng to garrison Lukou, and then worshiped General Fubian and Lingyi Dutaishou, and was finally named the general of Zhenxi by Sun Quan, pacifying Jingzhou, and completed the process of triple jump in the first battle, and directly changed from a middle-level general to one of the upper-level core commanders.

However, Lu Xun was not convinced by the Jiangdong generals because of his lack of qualifications and his rise too fast. This point is very obvious in the Battle of Yiling, after all, Lu Xun has only been in the army for less than ten years at that time, and his age is less than forty years old, in the eyes of other generals, Lu Xun can be said to be a yellow-haired boy, a junior in the Later Jin Dynasty, and only by rubbing Lu Meng's merits can he have this status, so it is very normal for everyone to be psychologically unconvinced.

But Lu Xun conquered everyone in this battle, and almost annihilated Liu Bei's entire army, so the generals had to be convinced, and Lu Xun overwhelmed many veteran generals in one fell swoop as a new generation and became the first person in Jiangdong military. Subsequent battles such as the Battle of Shiting further consolidated Lu Xun's position in military affairs.

In his lifetime, Lu Xun made the greatest achievements in the three battles of Xiangfan, Yiling and Shiting, which can also be said to be Lu Xun's military masterpieces.

The first is the Battle of Xiangfan, this battle was actually originally not related to a general of Lu Xun's level, but Lu Xun was forced to insert it and became one of the key players.

The second was the Battle of Yiling, in which Lu Xun adopted the strategic policy of luring the enemy deep and exhausting the enemy's division according to the actual situation, not being moved by the enemy, and waiting for the enemy army to be exhausted before winning in one fell swoop.

Of course, the strength of the Wu army was not weaker than Liu Bei, and as the defender, it still had a geographical advantage, and Liu Bei led the troops alone, and there were no powerful generals and strategists under his command, so Lu Xun's opponent Liu Beijun was actually not very strong from the beginning. The main problem faced by Lu Xun is not from the outside, but from the internal veteran generals who disagree with him, after this problem is dealt with, Liu Bei is not afraid, and the final result of this war also proves this.

Finally, there was the Battle of Shiting, which was similar to Sima Yi's pacification of Gongsun Yuan, the preliminary and planning and preparation work were actually mainly completed by the monarch, and Lu Xun and Sima Yi as commanders were only responsible for the task of the final battle, which was equivalent to the existence of the endpoint. Cao Xiu's defeat was already foreseen when he was hit by Zhou Yi's pseudo-surrender.

Lu Xun's own military ability basically belongs to the first tier in the history of Jiangdong and even in the history of the Three Kingdoms, and there will inevitably be a position for him in the top ten.

In the third year of the founding of the Tang Dynasty (782), Yan Zhenqing, the ceremonial envoy, suggested to Tang Dezong that 64 famous generals in ancient times be posthumously awarded and temples were set up for them to enjoy, including "Wu Cheng Prime Minister Lou Hou Lu Xun". In the fifth year of Xuanhe (1123), the Song dynasty set up a temple for the ancient famous generals in accordance with the practice of the Tang Dynasty, and Lu Xun was also included among the seventy-two famous generals. In the "Biography of Seventeen Histories and Hundred Generals" written during the Northern Song Dynasty, Lu Xun is also among them.