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Chapter 275 Divine General Lu Xun

In addition to Zhou Yu and Lu Su, among the famous people in Soochow, there is another person whose reputation is not obvious, and that is Lu Xun.

Lu Xun was one of the most outstanding military strategists and politicians during the Three Kingdoms period. He made military exploits for Soochow to establish a three-part world hegemony.

Lu Xun also won Sun Quan's high trust because of his outstanding talents, brilliant military exploits and loyal family style.

Although Lu Xun was dissatisfied by Sun Quan for participating in the dispute between the two palaces in his later years, the Lu family continued to flourish after his death.

In the Wu dynasty, it was always the home of important ministers in charge of military affairs, and it was still the pillar of the state of Wu.

The importance of Lu Xun in the history of the Three Kingdoms is self-evident. His death is an important symbol of Soochow's transition from prosperity to decline, from strength to weakness.

"In the sixth year of Guanghe reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Xun was born into a large Jiangdong family in Wu County, Wu County."

"The Lu family has been officials for generations. Lu Xun's grandfather, Lu Yu, was an official at the city gate, his uncle Lu Kang was the prefect of Lujiang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his father, Lu Jun, was an official at Jiujiang."

"When Lu Xun was young, his father died early, so he followed his uncle Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, and studied in Shu County where he was appointed."

"In the first year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huainan warlord Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to attack Lujiang because of a rift with Lu Kang. Lu Kang held on for two years."

"At the end of the next year, Lujiang City was finally captured by Sun Ce, and Lu Kang died of illness soon after."

"However, before he died of illness, Lu Xun and his relatives were sent back to his hometown of Wu County by Lu Kang."

"In the two-year war against Sun Ce, nearly half of the more than 100 members of the Lu family died due to famine and war."

"Lu Xun's uncle Lu Ji is six years younger than Lu Xun, so Lu Xun helps him support the family."

"Young man Lu Xun was a gentle and elegant scholar. He was well-known among the people of Wuxian County at that time for being well-read."

"Sun Ce died because he was assassinated by Xu Gong's three disciples. Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and became a general, and Lu Xun was recruited."

Lu Xun: Although my Lu family has a sworn blood feud with Sun Ce, there is no other way. The situation is stronger than others, so I have to join Sun Quan.

Sun Wu's regime founded Jiangdong. Although it was carried forward by the two brothers Sun Ce and Sun Quan, its roots can still be traced to Sun Jian's line.

The Sun family made their fortune in the north, but most of their main generals and counselors came from Jianghuai and Jiangbei.

The Sun family came from a poor family. There were deep-rooted differences in social identities and cultural and political concepts between them and the local gentry in Jiangdong, and they were hostile from the beginning.

In this context, Jiangdong's powerful forces supported a large number of military forces that resisted the Sun family.

These forces were strongly suppressed by the Sun family, and many noble families were wiped out. It can be said that there was a blood feud between the two.

Similarly, the Lu family has a big feud with the Sun family.

When Sun Ce took refuge with Yuan Shu, he attacked Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, resulting in the death and injury of nearly half of the more than 100 members of the Lu family.

Even Lu Kang's son was demoted to be the governor of Yulin and eventually died of depression.

He was also in Lujiang at the time, but fortunately, in order to preserve the family's strength, Lu Kang sent him back to his hometown before the war, and he was able to save his life.

Although Lu and Sun Ce were enemies, the situation was stronger than the others.

As the Sun Wu regime gained a foothold in Jiangdong and its rule gradually became more stable, he, who was tasked with revitalizing his family, had to rely on Sun Quan to protect his family.

"After Sun Quan took over Jiangdong, the twenty-one-year-old Lu Xun began to serve in Sun Quan's shogunate."

"First he served as the Eastern and Western Cao Lingshi of Soochow, and later he was appointed by Sun Quan as the captain of Haichang Tuntian and in charge of the affairs of a county."

"At that time, there was a severe famine in Haichang County. Lu Xun opened the granary to rescue the hungry victims."

"After surviving the famine, Lu Xun personally encouraged farmers to practice mulberry farming and taught the people to engage in agricultural production."

"While Lu Xun was governing Haichang County, many people in Wu, Kuaiji, Danyang and other places were hiding in the mountains and forests to hide from chaos."

"Lu Xun reported to Sun Quan the urgent matters currently being resolved and requested to recruit them."

"Pan Lin, the bandit leader in Kuaiji, invaded and poisoned the local people, and the Soochow army failed to capture him for several years."

"Lu Xun sent his generals to gather soldiers to attack the rebels hiding in dangerous areas."

"Wherever Lu Xun went, the rebels basically surrendered, and he expanded his army to more than 2,000 people."

"Youtu, the leader of the Poyang rebels, started a rebellion, and Lu Xun once again led his army to attack him."

"After Lu Xun was pacified, he was worshiped by Sun Quan as Dingwei Xiaowei and led troops to garrison at Lipu."

"After that, in order to stabilize the Sun family's rule in Jiangdong, Sun Quan married his brother Sun Ce's daughter to Lu Xun, and asked Lu Xun many times for advice on how to govern the country after official duties."

"Lu Xun suggested that Sun Quan concentrate his main forces to deal with the mountain bandits in the territory and eliminate their elite forces."

"Sun Quan adopted Lu Xun's strategy and made him the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army."

"At that time, Fei Zhan, the bandit leader in Danyang County, accepted Cao Cao's seal and ribbon and incited the Shanyue tribe to cause rebellion as an internal force. Sun Quan sent Lu Xun to lead an army to attack Fei Zhan."

"Because Fei Zhan's branch has more troops, but Lu Xun himself leads few troops."

"So Lu Xun set up additional flags and war drums and horns. He lurked in the valley at night and advanced with great noise, defeating Fei Zhan's tribe in one fell swoop."

"Later Lu Xun reorganized the troops in the three eastern counties, leaving the able-bodied to serve as troops, while the old, weak, sick and wounded served as civilian households."

"In the end, Lu Xun newly acquired tens of thousands of elite troops, and after quelling the chaos, he returned to garrison Wuhu."

Li Shimin: Although Lu Xun devoted himself to the army, he was also very good at strategies for governing the country and bringing peace to the people.

He admired talented people like Lu Xun who were capable of both literary and military skills.

When Lu Xun was appointed as the captain of the Haichang field, his political achievements were obvious and he was deeply supported by the people.

Lu Xun started from the reality that the local land was barren and had been in drought for many years. On the one hand, he opened warehouses to provide relief to the victims, and on the other hand, he encouraged mulberry farming.

In addition, Lu Xun also wrote to Sun Quan, criticizing the country's strict laws and harsh punishments.

According to Lu Xun's advice to Sun Quan, to govern the country with benevolent politics, we should try to avoid fighting as much as possible, and put the people first. Only by working with the people, doing light corvees and paying little tax can we enrich the country, strengthen the army, and unify the world.

Judging from Lu Xun's series of propositions, this illustrates Lu Xun's outstanding vision as a statesman and military strategist with both civil and military skills.

Lu Xun was not only good at governing the country, he was also excellent at fighting military affairs.

At that time, Soochow was deeply harassed by bandits. Lu Xun believed that bandits were colluding with Cao Wei and often looking for opportunities to cause trouble.

With bandits around, it would be difficult for Soochow to develop stably, and it was actually a serious danger. This view coincided with Sun Quan's.

Lu Xun also took advantage of the crusade against Fei Zhan to propose to Sun Quan the policy of "whoever wins, make up for the household", and recruit elite soldiers from the captives into the army.

This proposal gave Lu Xun the opportunity to obtain tens of thousands of elite soldiers and generals, giving the Lu family a powerful army.

From this point alone, it can be seen that Lu Xun's military strategy is equally excellent.

"In July 219 AD, General Guan Yu of the Shu State led his army north to besiege Xiangyang and Fancheng of the Wei State."

"Lü Meng wrote to Sun Quan suggesting that he pretend to be ill and return to Jianye in order to paralyze Guan Yu."

"After hearing the news, Guan Yu was indeed caught in the trap and gradually transferred his garrison troops to Fancheng."

"In the winter of October of the same year, Lu Xun, then the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, went to visit Lu Meng and suggested attacking Guan Yu while Guan Yu was negligent."

"Later, Lu Meng recommended Lu Xun to Sun Quan on the grounds that Lu Xun was far-sighted and talented."

"I also believe that Lu Xun is still young and has a relatively shallow reputation, so it is difficult for him to attract Guan Yu's attention. This way he can hide his true intentions and wait for opportunities to attack."

"Sun Quan adopted Lü Meng's suggestion and appointed Lu Xun as the right commander of the partial general to replace Lü Meng."

"After Lu Xun took office, he wrote to Guan Yu and expressed his admiration for his great achievements and heroic demeanor in a humble tone, praising Guan Yu's successive victories."

"Guan Yu actually relaxed his vigilance after learning about it, and felt happy when he saw Lu Xun's humble attitude."

"Lu Xun then reported Guan Yu's reaction to Sun Quan and stated to him Guan Yu's weaknesses and critical points."

"In November 219 AD, Sun Quan secretly led his army northward and ordered Lu Xun and Lu Meng to be the vanguard to capture Gong'an and Nanjun. Then Lu Xun marched straight in to attack Yidu."

"Fan You, the governor of Yidu of the Shu army, abandoned the city and fled. Officials in various cities and leaders of ethnic minorities surrendered one after another."

"Lu Xun then concurrently served as the governor of Yidu and was named General Fubian and Marquis of Huating by Sun Quan. He also asked Sun Quan to give gold, silver and bronze seals to the surrendered leaders."

"The following year, Lu Xun sent generals Li Yi, Xie Jing and others with 3,000 soldiers to attack Liu Bei's generals Zhan Yan and Chen Feng."

"Li Yi, who led the navy, and Xie Jing, who led the infantry, intercepted the dangerous place, defeated Zhan Yan and captured Chen Feng alive, and then defeated Deng Fu, the governor of Fangling, and Guo Mu, the governor of Nanxiang."

"The local wealthy Wenbu and Deng Kai in Zigui gathered thousands of ethnic minority soldiers to unite with Western Shu. Lu Xun once again deployed his soldiers to defeat Wenbu and Deng Kai. The two fled to Western Shu and were appointed generals."

"So Lu Xun sent an envoy to lure Wenbu and others to surrender to Soochow."

"Lu Xun captured and recruited tens of thousands of people one after another, so Sun Quan promoted him to the rank of Right Protector, General of Zhenxi, and the title of Marquis of Lou."

"Later Lu Xun suggested giving official positions to the newly surrendered Jingzhou people so that they could serve Jiangdong. Sun Quan adopted Lu Xun's suggestion."

Li Longji: According to what I have seen, Lu Xun's military commanding ability is not weaker than Zhuge Liang's.

The reason why he thinks so is based on facts and is not just a boast.

Lu Xun's military ability is mainly reflected in his ability to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, and does not care about current gains and losses.

In the battle of Jingzhou, he took advantage of Guan Yu's arrogance and arrogance, and wrote a letter praising Guan Yu with humble words.

Guan Yu completely lost his vigilance and focused on the battle of Fancheng.

In the Battle of Yiling, Lu Xun, as the coach of Soochow, observed the subjective and objective situations of the two armies.

Determine the strategy of luring the enemy deep, concentrating troops, striking later, and waiting for opportunities to defeat the enemy.

When Liu Bei's 40,000 men came with great force, Lu Xun took the initiative to give up large areas of land and strategic locations.

He gave up five to six hundred miles of mountainous area to the Shu army, ignored the criticism of his subordinates, and waited for the opportunity.

After half a year of stalemate, the Shu army that penetrated deep into the hinterland of Soochow was exhausted due to the long battle front, difficulty in supplying food and grass, and the heat of midsummer.

Lu Xun took the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, and Liu Bei's army immediately collapsed.

In terms of the art of command, as the commander of an army.

Lu Xun was indeed good at sizing up the situation, knowing himself and his enemy, able to accurately capture combat opportunities, and win by surprise.

Moreover, after Lu Xun won a great victory, he stopped the pursuit at the right time.

This left Cao Wei with no opportunity to take advantage of it, and the overall strategic plan was well planned, which can be called a clever military strategy.

Although Lu Xun was relatively calm in defensive battles, he was more conservative in offensive battles.

During the Battle of Shiting, Zhu Huan suggested using his own troops to cut off the road and make Cao Xiu surrender.

The Wu army could take advantage of the opportunity to seize the victory and march straight in, capture Shouchun, and separatize Zhunnan.

But Lu Xun thought it was impossible, and as a result the resolution was not implemented.

"In the autumn and July of 221 AD, Liu Bei led his troops to attack Sun Quan."

"Sun Quan sent Zhuge Jin, the governor of Nanjun, to ask Liu Bei for peace, but Liu Bei did not listen to Zhuge Jin's advice."

"At that time, people in Soochow rumored that Zhuge Jin secretly sent people to communicate with Liu Bei. Lu Xun reported to Sun Quan that Zhuge Jin had no such intention."

"In 222 AD, Liu Bei, the king of Shu Han Dynasty, led his army to attack the western border of Wu to avenge Guan Yu's death."

"Sun Quan appointed Lu Xun as the Grand Governor and led 50,000 people including Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang to resist Liu Bei."

"Liu Bei set up dozens of camps from Wuxia, Jianping to Yiling, and used gold and silver brocades and official rewards to seduce the armies of various ethnic minorities."

"In addition, we sent General Feng Xi as the chief governor, Zhang Nan as the vanguard, Fu Kuang and others as separate governors, and ordered Wu Ban to lead thousands of troops to camp on the ground to challenge the Wu army."

"All the generals in Soochow wanted to fight Wu Ban, but Lu Xun stopped them on the grounds that the Shu army was deceitful. Later, Liu Bei really led 8,000 ambush troops to withdraw from the valley."

"After Liu Bei withdrew his troops, Lu Xun reported to Sun Quan the importance of Yiling's strategic location, and stated Liu Bei's mistakes in his troops' formation and the inevitable result."

"All the generals thought that taking the initiative to attack Liu Bei would be detrimental to their own side, but Lu Xun decided to send troops to attack one of Liu Bei's camps first."

"Although he did not take advantage of the Shu army, he made him develop strategies to fight against the Shu army."

"So Lu Xun ordered his soldiers to each hold a handful of firewood, light it on fire and throw it towards the Shu army camp."

"After the fire became stronger, Lu Xun led his entire army to attack, beheading Shu general Zhang Nan and Barbarian king Samoko, and breaking through more than forty Shu army camps."

"Liu Bei's generals Du Lu, Liu Ning and others were forced to surrender to Lu Xun due to the situation."

"Liu Bei climbed up to Ma'an Mountain to form his troops, while Lu Xun urged the troops to surround him from all sides."

"The Shu army collapsed immediately, with as many as 10,000 casualties."

"Liu Bei took advantage of the darkness to escape from the battlefield. Only the soldiers at the post station burned the armor and other items left by the soldiers to stop the pursuers. Then Liu Bei entered Baidi City to repair."

"The Shu army's warships, weapons, supplies, etc. were all lost. The corpses of the army's sergeants and soldiers crowded the river and drifted with the waves. Liu Bei also felt ashamed that he was defeated by Lu Xun."

"At the beginning, Sun Huan, the general of Dongwu Andong, led other troops to attack Liu Bei's forward in Yidao, but was besieged by Liu Bei."

"Sun Huan asked Lu Xun for help, but Lu Xun refused to rescue him because of Sun Huan's high morale and the strong city."

"Later, Liu Bei was defeated and Sun Huan was saved. He praised Lu Xun for his good command of the troops."

"Later, Sun Quan worshiped Lu Xun as a general of the auxiliary state because of his magnanimity and endurance of humiliation. He led the herdsman of Jingzhou and was granted the title of Marquis of Jiangling."

Su Shi: To endure all humiliations in order to complete an important task. The origin of the idiom "bearing humiliation and bearing burdens" is the historical allusion of Lu Xun during the Three Kingdoms period.

On the eve of the Battle of Yiling, Sun Quan appointed Lu Xun, who was still young at the time, as the Grand Governor to resist Liu Bei at Yiling.

At that time, the generals, either old generals from Sun Ce's period or members of the clan, were conceited and looked down on Lu Xun, and their orders to Lu Xun were always false and submissive.

In response, Lu Xun said that although he was a scholar, his lord Sun Quan was willing to appoint him as the governor and would be willing to obey the command in the future.

It’s because I think I still have some strengths and can endure such humiliation and bear heavy responsibilities.

Afterwards, Lu Xun ordered the generals not to underestimate him anymore. Although the generals were still dissatisfied, they also restrained themselves.

When Liu Bei was defeated, most of the strategies came from Lu Xun himself, and the generals were convinced.

"After Liu Bei fled to Baidi City, Soochow general Xu Sheng and others wrote letters requesting to pursue Liu Bei's victory and capture him."

"Sun Quan did not express his attitude, so he asked Lu Xun for his opinion."

"Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, and Luo Tong believed that Cao Pi was now gathering troops on a large scale, ostensibly to help Wu in its crusade against Liu Bei."

"But in fact they had ulterior motives, and the Wu army should have erred on the side of caution and withdrew decisively."

"Not long after, the Wei army attacked and Soochow was attacked on three sides."

"In 223 AD, Liu Bei died of illness shortly after he retreated to Baidi City."

"Liu Chan will inherit the throne, and Zhuge Liang will be in charge of the government. The Shu Kingdom plans to negotiate peace with Sun Quan."

"Sun Quan asked Lu Xun to inform Zhuge Liang of the relevant matters based on the specific situation, and placed the engraved seal of Sun Quan at Lu Xun's residence."

"Every time Sun Quan exchanged letters with Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang, he would always show them to Lu Xun for review. If there was any inappropriateness, he would have him change it before sealing it."

"In 226 AD, Lu Xun reported to Sun Quan to request the generals to increase farmland on the grounds that there was less food in the governorate."

"In October of the same year, Lu Xun reported to Sun Quan on relevant matters and advised him to reduce penalties and taxes and implement virtuous governance."

"Sun Quan issued an edict specifically for this purpose and ordered the relevant departments to draft regulations and provisions, and sent a doctor to present them to Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin."

"It means that if the two of them think there is anything inappropriate, they can be allowed to modify or add to it on their own."

"In 228 AD, Sun Quan ordered Zhou Li, the governor of Poyang, to defraud Cao Xiu, the commander-in-chief of the Wei state." "Cao Xiu fell into the trap and marched to Wan County. Sun Quan then summoned Lu Xun, who was given a yellow ax, and appointed him as the governor of Pingbei to attack Cao Xiu."

"Cao Xiu felt humiliated when he found out that he had been deceived. He relied on his large number of soldiers and horses to fight Lu Xun."

"Lu Xun led the middle route army, and ordered Zhu Ran and Quan Cong to lead the left and right wing armies to advance in three directions to break up Cao Xiu's ambush."

"He went north to pursue the fleeing enemies and rushed straight to them, killing and capturing more than 10,000 people, and seized 10,000 cattle, horses, mules, donkeys and other vehicles."

"They looted all the military supplies and weapons of the Wei army. Cao Xiu retreated and died of gangrene on his back."

"When the Wu army reorganized in Wuchang, Sun Quan ordered the attendants on the left and right to use imperial umbrellas to protect Lu Xun when he entered and exited the palace gate."

"Everything given to Lu Xun is a royal treasure. No one can compare with it at that time."

Zhao Kuangyin: Lu Xun was not only an outstanding minister of the country, but also a noble man with magnanimity.

Liu Bei ruled the world and was feared by Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

Lu Xun was in his prime, and his fame had not yet appeared, but he was able to defeat Liu Bei.

He not only lamented Lu Xun's ingenious strategy, but also praised Sun Quan's proper employment of people, which was why he was able to achieve great things.

Later, Lu Xun was extremely loyal, worried about the country and even died in the end. This was the behavior of a minister of the country.

Lu Xun is a very calm person and is good at careful thinking. Nothing he has planned fails to come true once.

According to his understanding, Lu Xun once said to Zhuge Ke, an important minister of the state of Wu.

When you see someone with a higher status than yourself, you must respect him; when you see someone with a lower status than yourself, you must support him.

Lu Xun criticized Zhuge Ke for his domineering attitude, which intruded on those above him and looked down upon those below him.

Zhuge Ke refused to listen to Lu Xun's advice and was eventually killed.

Also during Lu Xun's early years in office, Chunyu Shi, the governor of Kuaiji, reported to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan summoned Lu Xun to ask about the situation.

Lu Xun later arrived in the capital and praised Chunyu Shi as an official with good political performance in his words and deeds.

Sun Quan was puzzled by this, and Chunyu Shi told him what was wrong with Lu Xun, but Lu Xun strongly recommended this person, so he asked Lu Xun why.

Lu Xun believed that Chunyu Shi was thinking of the people, so he sued Sun Quan against him.

But if Lu Xun himself continues to slander Chunyu Shi to confuse Sun Quan, this bad trend must not be encouraged.

After hearing this, Sun Quan praised Lu Xun's words as the words of a wise man, and he was a magnanimous act that ordinary people could not do.

Even he admired this kind of magnanimity.

"In 229 AD, Lu Xun was appointed as the Supreme General and Right Protector, and was ordered to assist the prince who stayed in Wuchang."

"In charge of the government affairs of Jingzhou and Yuzhang counties, handling and supervising military and state affairs."

"While assisting the crown prince in Wuchang, Lu Xun severely criticized Jianchang Hou Sunli's hedonistic behavior of building a duck-fighting pen in front of the hall, and urged him to study the classics diligently."

"In the presence of General Sun Quan's confidant and Shesheng Colonel Sun Song, who was lax in discipline, he was punished and had his hair shaved off."

"Although Lu Xun is serving abroad, he is concerned about the current affairs of the court."

"Lu Xun stated the current affairs to Sun Quan and expressed that the punishment should be reduced and small mistakes should be treated leniently to calm the emotions of the officials."

"And promote and appoint virtuous people who have made no big mistakes to help Soochow accomplish its great cause."

"In December 232 AD, Lu Xun led his troops to attack Lujiang."

"But Wei General Man Chong believed that Lujiang City was not easy to capture, so he instead moved his entire army to Yang Yikou. After learning about it, Lu Xun withdrew his troops overnight."

"After that, Sun Quan planned to send troops to capture Yizhou and Zhuya, and sent people to consult Lu Xun."

"But Lu Xun wrote a letter to object on the grounds of reduced population loss, and suggested that Sun Quan hide his capabilities and bide his time and relax taxes."

"Relying on uniting the people and moral inspiration to pacify the world, Sun Quan did not listen to Lu Xun's advice and still conquered Yizhou and was defeated."

"In March 233 AD, Sun Quan sent tens of thousands of troops and prepared enough gifts to make Gongsun Yuan King of Yan."

"But in December of the same year, Gongsun Yuan beheaded Zhang Mi, Xu Yan and others, and captured more than 10,000 Dongwu soldiers. He was worshiped as Grand Sima by Emperor Wei Ming and granted the title of Duke Lelang."

"Sun Quan learned that Gongsun Yuan had betrayed the alliance and planned to go on a crusade. Lu Xun said that Gongsun Yuan's behavior was hateful but he would not mobilize an army to crusade."

"Lu Xun suggested that Sun Quan should focus on strengthening the enemy Wei State and not give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. Sun Quan accepted Lu Xun's advice and retreated."

Qianlong: After Zhou Yu, Lu Xun was the most talented person in Soochow. His calm attitude during the war was really unsurpassable.

Lu Xun was a simple, diligent and thrifty man who lived a contented life.

He has a loyal and upright temperament, speaks without selfish motives, and is very serious and upright as an official in the government.

Since the Han Dynasty, civil and military officials have gradually separated.

However, there were still people such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Lu Xun, and Sima Yi who were strategizing and making achievements outside, and became important ministers at that time.

It is for this reason that Yan Zhenqing, who was the etiquette envoy of the Tang Dynasty at that time, reported to the Tang Emperor that he had awarded sixty-four famous generals in ancient times.

He also proposed that these sixty-four generals be allowed to enjoy the Wucheng King Temple and hang a corresponding number of musical instruments according to the specifications of the Western Zhou princes.

Among them, eight famous generals were selected from the Three Kingdoms era, including Cao Wei Zhang Liao, Dong Wu Guan Yu, Dong Wu Zhou Yu, Dong Wu Lu Xun, Cao Wei Deng Ai, Shu Han Zhang Fei, Dong Wu Lu Meng, and Dong Wu Lu Kang. Lu Xun ranked 64th in the Wucheng King Temple Place the left column.

Even in the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, following the advice of the Ministry of Rites, increased the number of famous generals worshiped in the Wuchengwang Temple to 72, and Lu Xun's portrait was ranked fourth among them.

All these behaviors show that Lu Xun's talent has been recognized by the world.

"In 234 AD, Sun Quan led his army to attack the state of Wei and entered the mouth of Chaohu to station."

"Prepare to assemble an army of one hundred thousand to attack the new city of Hefei, and at the same time send Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin to lead more than ten thousand soldiers from Jiangxia to attack Xiangyang."

"But in the seventh month of autumn, Emperor Ming of Wei Cao Rui took a ship to march eastward."

"At the same time, Wei general Manchong recruited strong men to burn Wu's siege equipment and shot Sun Quan's nephew Sun Tai."

"Sun Quan heard that the Wei army had arrived and that most of the officials in Soochow were sick, so he withdrew his troops and returned to Jianye."

"In 236 AD, Sun Quan went north to conquer Wei and sent Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin to attack Xiangyang."

"Lu Xun sent his confidant Han Bian to present the memorial to Sun Quan, but Han Bian was captured by the enemy in the Mianzhong area on his way back."

"Zhuge Jin was very frightened when he heard about it and wrote to Lu Xun, suggesting that he withdraw his troops immediately."

"Lu Xun did not reply after receiving the letter, but instead urged his soldiers to plant beans and have fun with his troops."

"Zhuge Jin came to ask Lu Xun personally, and Lu Xun persuaded Zhuge Jin on the grounds that retreat would shake the morale of the army."

"And he planned to let Zhuge Jin supervise the ships, while he himself led the army to attack Xiangyang City."

"The enemy rushed back to Xiangyang City because of fear of Lu Xun. Zhuge Jin immediately released the fleet and cooperated with Lu Xun to reorganize the team, bluffing to intimidate the enemy."

"Secretly sent generals Zhou Jun, Zhang Liang and others to attack Xinshi, Anlu and Shiyang counties in Jiangxia County, beheading and capturing more than a thousand Wei soldiers alive."

"Lu Xun protected, comforted and treated Wei's prisoners well after the war. People in neighboring areas were moved and admired him and came to join him."

"The two generals of Wei and Mei Yi, the leader of the ethnic minority, and others led their subordinates to come to Lu Xun, and Lu Xun gave them all his property to support them."

"Later, the prefect of Wei State Jiangxia took charge of the local army and became a serious problem on the border of Wu State. However, he had always been at odds with Wenxiu, the son of Wei State veteran Wenpin."

"When Lu Xun heard about this situation, he pretended to send a letter to the governor of Jiangxia to lure him to come and join the Wu State, and claimed that he would report the secret letter to the Wei State."

"Wu Jun placed the letter on the border between the two countries, and the prefect of Jiangxia was frightened."

"So he personally sent his wife and children back to Luoyang, but the Jiangxia governor's subordinates never got close to him anymore, and he was later dismissed from office."

Zhu Di: Lu Xun failed in all four Northern Expeditions. Unfortunately, Soochow still could not destroy Cao Wei.

In the history of Soochow, many attacks were actually launched against Cao Wei.

For Lu Xun's four northern expeditions to Cao Wei, he achieved three wins and one draw, which was extremely brilliant and fruitful.

The ability to move freely in enemy territory shows one after another's extraordinary military ability.

However, Lu Xun and Soochow did not take the opportunity to eliminate Cao Wei.

The reason is actually very helpless. This is because Soochow does not have the strength to destroy Cao Wei.

On the one hand, this is because there is a big gap between the strength of Soochow Wu and Cao Wei.

As long as Cao Wei did not make serious mistakes, Soochow would have no chance to take advantage of it.

Although in terms of control scope, the territories of Shu Han and Soochow are not much smaller than Cao Wei.

However, in terms of population and military strength, the sum of Shuhan and Soochow was far inferior to Cao Wei.

Although Soochow's military strength was stronger than that of Shu Han, it was still less than half of Cao Wei's.

More importantly, the Yellow River Basin controlled by Cao Wei at that time was relatively advanced and prosperous.

Most of Soochow's territories were sparsely populated and remote places during the Three Kingdoms period.

Therefore, in the context of a huge gap in overall strength.

If Soochow wants to destroy Cao Wei, there must be major civil strife in Cao Wei.

On the other hand, although Lu Xun's record in the Northern Expedition was very good, with three wins and one draw, it can be said that there was no defeat.

But in terms of scale, except for the Battle of Shiting during the First Northern Expedition.

The remaining Northern Expeditions were basically small-scale attacks.

This is destined to cause very limited damage to Cao Wei.

In other words, Lu Xun achieved tactical victory by relying on his personal ability, but it was difficult to defeat Cao Wei strategically.

Moreover, even the first Northern Expedition only resulted in the deaths of about 10,000 Cao Wei soldiers.

Compared with Cao Wei's overall military strength, this cannot be said to be a serious loss of vitality.

Furthermore, for Lu Xun’s Northern Expedition to Cao Wei.

It was more for self-protection than to eliminate Cao Wei.

This is the same as Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, which is a manifestation of the offensive and defensive concept.

If Lu Xun had not made several Northern Expeditions, then Cao Wei would have concentrated its forces to attack Soochow.

In a context where the enemy is strong and we are weak, passive defense is also a huge drain.

Therefore, Lu Xun's northern expedition to Cao Wei could make Cao Wei tired of dealing with it, making it difficult to concentrate manpower and material resources to attack him.

Generally speaking, during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun both made several northern expeditions to Cao Wei and achieved good results.

However, because of Cao Wei's strong national power, these losses were not traumatic, and ultimately did not reverse the strength gap between the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu.

"In 237 AD, Zhonglang General Zhou Zhi requested to recruit soldiers in Poyang, and Sun Quan asked Lu Xun about the matter."

"Lu Xun considered that the people in the county were prone to causing disturbances and found it difficult to stay in peace, so he could not go to recruit. He was afraid that this would cause them to become bandits."

"But Zhou Zhi insisted on recruiting. As expected, Wu Jun, a county citizen, and others rebelled, killed Zhou Zhi, and captured several county towns."

"The habitual bandits in Yuzhang and Luling responded to Wu Yun's rebellion for the bandits."

"After Lu Xun heard about it, he immediately went to conquer it and defeated it. Wu Yun and others surrendered one after another."

"Lu Xun selected more than 8,000 elite soldiers from among them, and the three counties were pacified."

"Lu Yi, who served as the editor of Zhongshu during the Jiahe period, abused his power. Lu Xun and Taichang Pan Jun were worried about this, and Lu Yi was later executed by Sun Quan."

"Afterwards, Xie Yuan and others presented a report stating the current matters that should be done, intending to change some political measures to benefit the country."

"Sun Quan handed the matter over to Lu Xun for review, and Lu Xun suggested measures to protect the interests of the people."

"In 239 AD, Pan Jun, Taichang of Wu State, died of illness."

"Sun Quan appointed Zhennan General Lu Dai to replace Pan Jun. Lu Xun and he jointly took charge of the Jingzhou document. The two worked harmoniously and were praised by the parties involved."

"In 244 AD, Lu Xun succeeded Gu Yong as prime minister, and his state pastoral, military governor, and leadership of Wuchang were still retained. Later, Sun Quan issued an edict to encourage Lu Xun."

"During Lu Xun's tenure as prime minister, Quan Cong reported that Prince Lu Xun and King Lu had two official positions at the same time, and most officials inside and outside the court sent their children to serve as courtiers."

"Lu Xun believes that these children cannot be appointed as officials without permission. If they are allowed to do so, they will inevitably form gangs with each other."

"Quan Cong's son Quan Ji attached himself to King Lu and made a rash friendship with him, so Lu Xun sent a letter to Quan Cong and warned him to prevent disaster."

"But Quan Cong not only refused to accept Lu Xun's advice, but instead developed a rift with Lu Xun."

"Afterwards, the position of the Crown Prince Sun He was unstable. Lu Xun repeatedly wrote letters to advise Sun Quan to protect the identity of the legitimate heir to the Crown Prince's throne."

"He even requested to go to the capital to personally advise Sun Quan to correct his gains and losses, but Sun Quan did not listen to Lu Xun's opinions."

"And Gu Tan, Gu Cheng, Yao Xin and others who were close to the prince were exiled to other places, and the prince's Taifu Wucan, who was convicted of many correspondence with Lu Xun, was imprisoned and died."

"Sun Quan sent palace envoys many times to blame Lu Xun. Lu Xun finally died of grief, anger and hatred in 245 AD."

"Lu Xun was sixty-three years old at the time, and his family had no money left when he died."

"Lu Xun's eldest son, Lu Yan, died in his early years. His second son, Lu Kang, inherited his title and served as Jianwu Colonel."

Luo Guanzhong: Lu Xun was smart all his life, but he was confused for a while. He was supposed to remain neutral but got involved in the dispute between the two houses.

Although the Jiangdong gentry integrated into the Sun Wu regime, the gap between the two had not been eliminated, and there were strong political and military differences.

Politically, the Confucian family represented by Lu Xun came from a Confucian family and always advocated virtuous government, advocating light corvees and small taxes, suspended sentences and light punishments.

However, Sun Quan sneered at this and never accepted Lu Xun's suggestion of levying corvee and paying little tax.

Militaryly, as one of the emperors who divided the world into three parts, Sun Quan was not satisfied with separatist rule, but hoped to dominate the world.

It's a pity that Lu Xunzhi is not here, he just wants to keep this three-acre land in Jiangdong.

Sun Quan was very dissatisfied with this and criticized Lu Xun for not having great ambitions.

The political and military conflicts between Lu Xun and Sun Quan turned Lu Xun's dissatisfaction with the current emperor into expectations for the next emperor.

So Lu Xun tried his best to train the prince and pinned his wishes on the next generation of emperor.

However, as the prince suddenly died of illness, Sun Quan became wary of the scholar-bureaucrats headed by Lu Xun, fearing that the imperial power would be lost.

Therefore, Sun Quan was hesitant about establishing an heir and wanted to support Sun Ba, King of Lu, which resulted in a struggle between the two palaces.

Intense internal fighting within the court made Sun Quan increasingly dissatisfied with Lu Xun, and eventually a generation of famous generals died in palace fighting.

The direct cause of Lu Xun's death was Sun Quan's mediocrity in his later years and his disagreement with Sun Quan on the matter of establishing a heir, but the fundamental reason was still the class contradiction that existed from the beginning of the Sun Wu regime.

Although when the foundation was not stable, Sun Quan and Lu Xun took the overall situation into consideration and lived in harmony on the surface.

However, the explosive barrel still exploded during the storage period, directly leading to Lu Xun's death.

Lu Xun's death also marked the emergence of conflicts between the Jiangdong clan and the Sun regime, and Sun Wu's hegemony also turned from prosperity to decline.

(End of this chapter)