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Lu Meng was from Fupi, Runan, during the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when there was war.
When he was young, Lu Meng crossed the Yangtze River to the south and took refuge with his brother-in-law Deng Dang.

Deng Dang was a general under the bandit-eliminating general Sun Ce, and led his troops to attack the Shanyue people many times.

When Lü Meng was fifteen or sixteen years old, he secretly followed Deng Dang to attack the enemy.

Deng Dang was shocked when he saw this, and even after scolding him he still couldn't stop him.

Deng Dang came back and reported to Lü Meng's mother, who was furious and wanted to punish Lü Meng.

Lu Meng said that if you don't venture into the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger cub.
A life of poverty and humbleness is hard to endure for long. If you fight and make meritorious contributions, you can achieve wealth and honor.

The mother felt very sad when she heard this and let him go.

"An official under Deng Dang took advantage of Lü Meng's youth and often ridiculed him. One day, this official saw Lü Meng and mocked and insulted him again."

"Lü Meng was furious, drew his sword and killed the man, then fled and hid in the home of his fellow villager Zheng Chang."

"Later, Lü Meng turned himself in through the captain Yuan Xiong, who pleaded with Sun Ce for Lü Meng's sake."

"So Sun Ce summoned Lü Meng and thought highly of him, and asked him to stay by his side as an attendant."

"A few years later, Deng Dang passed away, and Zhang Zhao recommended Lü Meng to succeed Deng Dang as Sima of the Separate Department."

"In the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce was attacked and died."

"After Sun Quan took charge of the great affairs, he planned to merge the small and ineffective units in the army."

"When Lu Meng learned about this, he secretly bought cloth on credit and made uniform red clothes and leg wraps for his soldiers."

"On the day of the military review, Lü Meng's troops were lined up neatly and their movements were skillful. Sun Quan was very pleased and increased Lü Meng's troops instead."

"Lü Meng led his troops to attack Danyang County with the main army. He made great achievements wherever he went and was promoted to Pingbei Duwei, and concurrently served as Guangde County Magistrate."

"In the 13th year of Jian'an, Lü Meng led his troops to follow Sun Quan to attack Huang Zu. Huang Zu sent his commander-in-chief Chen Ju with his navy to meet the enemy."

"Lü Meng was ordered to command the vanguard troops and personally killed Chen Jiu. The soldiers pursued the victory and attacked the city."

"When Huang Zu heard that Chen Jue was killed, he abandoned the city and fled, but was caught up and killed by Feng Ze, a general under Sun Quan."

"Sun Quan awarded merit and believed that the victory was due to Lü Meng's killing of Chen Jiu first."

"So he appointed Lü Meng as the General of the Central Army and gave him ten million in cash."

"In October of the same year, Lü Meng, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others fought against Cao Cao at Chibi, defeated Cao Cao at Wulin, and then advanced to besiege Cao Ren who was stationed in Nanjun."

"Soon after, General Xi Su of Yizhou led his troops to surrender. Zhou Yu submitted a memorial to Sun Quan suggesting that Xi Su's troops be transferred to Lu Meng."

"Lü Meng thought that Xi Su was courageous and had come from afar to join him, so morally speaking, he should not be deprived of his army."

"Sun Quan thought Lü Meng was right and returned the army to Xi Su."

"Zhou Yu sent Gan Ning to attack Yiling. Cao Ren divided his troops to besiege Gan Ning. Seeing the situation was critical, Gan Ning asked Zhou Yu for help."

"The generals thought that there were too few soldiers to rescue Gan Ning, so Lü Meng suggested to Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu that they leave Ling Tong to guard the city while he, Zhou Yu and others go to rescue Gan Ning."

"Lü Meng also suggested that Zhou Yu send another 300 men to block the dangerous road, so that the horses of the enemies could be captured if they escaped."

"Zhou Yu followed Lü Meng's advice and led the reinforcements to Yiling, defeating the enemy."

"The enemy army was defeated and fled. When they encountered a blocked road, they had no choice but to abandon their horses and flee. Zhou Yu led his troops in pursuit and captured more than 300 horses."

"At this point, the morale of the Sun Wu army was greatly boosted. They crossed the Yangtze River to the north, set up camp, and launched a massive attack on Jiangling."

"Cao Ren was forced to retreat, Zhou Yu captured Nanjun and pacified Jingzhou."

"After the war, Lu Meng was promoted to Lieutenant General for his merits and was appointed Magistrate of Xunyang County."

"In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu died, and Lu Su succeeded him as the Grand Commander, responsible for leading the troops."

"Lu Su is going to Lukou and will pass by Lu Meng's camp on the way."

"Lu Su looked down on Lü Meng in his heart. Someone advised Lu Su that Lü Meng was now famous and he should not treat him with the same attitude as before."

"Lu Su then got off the boat and went to meet Lu Meng. When they were half drunk, Lu Meng asked Lu Su what strategy he would use to deal with Guan Yu who was guarding Jingzhou."

"Lu Su said that he could only improvise and deal with it temporarily;"

Li Bai: Lu Meng suggested five strategies to Lu Su, who agreed deeply with them and was impressed by Lu Meng's talents. The two became good friends.

At that time, Lü Meng's camps were close to those of Cheng Dang, Song Ding, and Xu Gu. After the death of the three generals, their children were young and weak.

Sun Quan decided to merge all their troops under the command of Lu Meng.

Lu Meng firmly declined, believing that Xu Gu and others had worked hard for the country and even though their children were young, their military power should not be abolished.

Lü Meng repeatedly submitted his petition, and Sun Quan finally agreed.
Lu Meng also selected teachers for their children to provide guidance and education.

Cao Cao sent Xie Qi, a native of Lujiang County, to serve as the director of agriculture in Qichun County. He set up military farms in Wan County and invaded the border of Sun Wu many times.

Lu Meng sent people to lure Xie Qi to surrender, but Xie Qi refused.

Lu Meng took the opportunity to launch an attack, and Xie Qi was forced to retreat. His subordinates Sun Zicai, Song Hao and others, all brought their elderly and children with them to surrender to Lu Meng.

Later, Lu Meng led his troops to follow Sun Quan in resisting Cao Cao at Ruxu. He offered many suggestions and advice, and advised Sun Quan to build barriers on both sides of the Ruxu River. However, the generals opposed this, saying that they could go ashore to attack the enemy and then leave by boat, so there would be no need for barriers.

Lu Meng believed that there was no such thing as winning every battle, and if one was pursued by enemy infantry or cavalry during retreat, it would be easy to not have time to board the ship.

Sun Quan then adopted his suggestion and carefully considered all measures to defend against Cao's army. Cao Cao was unable to conquer it and had to retreat.

Previously, Cao Cao sent Zhu Guang, the prefect of Lujiang County, to be stationed in Wan County to vigorously cultivate rice fields.

Zhu Guang also sent spies deep into Poyang County of Wu State to recruit rebels and let them act as internal supporters.

Lu Meng suggested to Sun Quan that the land in the Wan County area was fertile. If there was a good harvest, Cao Cao would send more people. It would be better to get rid of this scourge as soon as possible.

In the 19th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan decided to attack Wan County personally. He summoned all the generals and asked for strategies.

Lu Meng recommended Gan Ning as the vanguard and suggested that Gan Ning lead his troops to attack the city first, while he would lead elite troops to follow up.

On the morning of the battle, Lü Meng personally beat the drum to launch an attack. The soldiers climbed up the city wall enthusiastically and the city was breached by breakfast time.

Cao Cao's general Zhang Liao led his troops to the rescue, but as soon as he arrived at Jiashi, he heard that Wancheng had fallen, so he had to lead his troops to retreat.

Sun Quan commended Lü Meng for his contributions and promoted him to be the governor of Lujiang Prefecture.

The captured soldiers and horses were distributed to Lü Meng, who was also rewarded with 600 civilians and 30 subordinate officials. Lü Meng then returned to his base in Xunyang.

Soon a rebellion broke out in Luling County. No matter how many generals were sent to suppress it, it could not be quelled. Sun Quan therefore ordered Lü Meng to lead the expedition.

After Lu Meng arrived, he quickly killed the rebel leader and put down the rebellion.

Liu Bei led his army into Sichuan to capture Yizhou, leaving Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou.

In the 20th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to lead an army of 20,000 to attack the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang in Jingzhou.

Lu Meng first issued a letter to Changsha and Guiyang counties, and the two counties surrendered.

Only Lingling County Governor Hao Pu held the city firmly. Liu Bei led a large army from Yizhou to Gong'an and sent Guan Yu to fight for the three counties.

Sun Quan led his army to station in Lukou, and sent Lu Su to lead 10,000 people to station in Yiyang to resist Guan Yu. He also sent a message by horse to urgently summon Lu Meng, asking him to give up attacking Lingling County and return to support Lu Su.

"After Lü Meng received Sun Quan's order, he did not make it public. He summoned his generals that night to deploy the mission."

"They asked for an attack on the city the next morning. Deng Xuanzhi from Nanyang County was a good friend of Hao Pu. Lu Meng wanted him to lure Hao Pu into surrender, so he pretended to express his feelings to Deng Xuanzhi."

"Now Liu Bei is besieged by Cao Cao's army in Hanzhong, and Guan Yu is blocked by Sun Quan's army in Nanjun. Without any help, there is no point for Hao Pu to continue to defend the city. If the Wu army breaks through the city, it will only be a waste of the lives of the soldiers and their families."

"Deng Xuanzhi immediately went to see Hao Pu and told him all of Lü Meng's intentions. Hao Pu was frightened and followed his advice to surrender."

"Deng Xuanzhi left the city to report to Lü Meng that Hao Pu would be arriving soon."

"Lü Meng had already sent four generals to each select a hundred elite soldiers. When Hao Pu left the city, they would take the opportunity to enter the city and control the four gates."

"Soon Hao Pu left the city, and Lü Meng came forward, took his hand, and went down the boat with him."

"After the conversation, Lü Meng showed Sun Quan's letter to Hao Pu and clapped his hands and laughed."

"After reading the letter, Hao Pu realized that Liu Bei had already arrived at Gong'an, and Guan Yu was in Yiyang. He felt ashamed and regretful."

"Lü Meng left Sun Jiao behind and entrusted him with the military affairs at the rear, and he led his troops to Yiyang that same day."

"At this time, Liu Bei requested an alliance and reconciliation, and Sun Quan also released Hao Pu and others."

"Wu and Shu divided Jingzhou with the Xiang River as the boundary, and Sun Quan returned Lingling County to Liu Bei."

"Sun Quan recognized his merits and granted Lü Meng the two counties of Xunyang and Yangxin as fiefdoms."

"The army retreated, and Sun Quan attacked Hefei again;"

"When they were withdrawing, they were attacked by Zhang Liao and his men. Lu Meng and Ling Tong fought desperately to defend Sun Quan."

"Later, Cao Cao launched another large-scale attack on Ruxu, and Sun Quan appointed Lu Meng as the commander-in-chief;"

"Relying on the previously built barriers, we also placed 10,000 powerful crossbows on top to resist Cao Cao's army."

"The vanguard of Cao's army arrived, and before the camp was built, Lü Meng attacked and defeated it, so Cao Cao had no choice but to retreat."

"After the war, Lu Meng was promoted to the position of Left Guard and General Huwei because of his merits."

"In the 22nd year of Jian'an, Lu Su died, and Lu Meng took over the post of Grand Commander and guarded Lukou."

"Lu Su's army of more than 10,000 men was replaced by Lu Meng;"

"Lü Meng also served as the governor of Hanchang County and was granted four counties: Xiajuan, Liuyang, Hanchang, and Zhouling."

"Lü Meng's territory borders on Guan Yu's territory. He knows that Guan Yu is a brave hero who wants to annex Jingzhou. He is also in a favorable position upstream. This situation is difficult to maintain for a long time."

"At the beginning, Lu Su believed that if Cao Cao was not dead, he should have joined forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao, and should not lose peace because of Jingzhou."

"At this time, Lu Meng secretly proposed to Sun Quan that Sun Jiao be sent to guard Nanjun, Pan Zhang be stationed in Baidi, Jiang Qin lead 10,000 troops to attack along the Yangtze River, and then he himself would lead the troops to attack Xiangyang;"

"If we capture Xiangyang, we won't have to worry about Cao Cao, nor will we have to rely on Guan Yu."

"Sun Quan agreed with his plan and raised the question of whether to send troops to capture Xuzhou."

"Lü Meng believed that Cao Cao was far away in Hebei, had just defeated Yuan Shao's forces, and was busy stabilizing Youzhou and Jizhou, so he had no time to march eastward."

"Cao Cao's garrison in Xuzhou is not worth mentioning. If we send troops, we can easily capture Xuzhou;"

"But Xuzhou is a plain, suitable for cavalry attack;"

"Even if we capture Xuzhou, it will certainly be taken away by Cao Cao. Even if we send 70,000 to 80,000 troops to defend it, we will still be worried;"

"It would be better to attack Guan Yu and completely occupy the Yangtze River, which would strengthen Sun Wu's power."

Du Fu: Sun Quan thought that Lu Meng's analysis made sense. Lu Meng went to Lukou to take up his post. On the surface, he was very diligent in establishing friendly relations with Guan Yu; in fact, he wanted to seize Jingzhou.

In the autumn of the 24th year of Jian'an, Guan Yu left the Nanjun prefect Mi Fang to garrison Jiangling, and the general Fu Shiren to garrison Gong'an, and he personally led the army to attack Fancheng, where he was in a stalemate with the Wei general Cao Ren.

In October of the same year, Lu Meng suggested to Sun Quan that Guan Yu left more troops to guard Jiangling when attacking Fancheng because he was worried about an attack from the rear.
Since I am often sick, I might as well return to Jianye with my troops under the pretext of healing.

When Guan Yu learned about this, he would certainly mobilize the defensive forces in the rear to the Xiangyang front line. If he sent a large army to attack at this time, he would surely be able to capture Nanjun and capture Guan Yu.

Lu Meng announced to the public that he was seriously ill, so Sun Quan deliberately summoned him back to Jianye.

When Guan Yu heard about it, he believed it to be true. He gradually withdrew his rear defense troops and moved them to Fancheng.

Cao Cao sent Yu Jin to rescue Fancheng, but Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to block him and captured Yu Jin and his followers. Suddenly, he had tens of thousands more troops. Guan Yu used the excuse of lack of food supplies to arbitrarily seize the rice stored in Sun Wu's border warehouse at Xiangguan.

When Sun Quan heard about it, he immediately deployed to attack Jingzhou and sent Lü Meng as the vanguard.

Lü Meng led his army to Xunyang, hid his elite soldiers in cargo ships, had them dress in white and row across the Yangtze River, and disguised themselves as merchants as they traveled day and night to Jingzhou.

When they arrived at the sentry post set up by Guan Yu on the river bank, they arrested and tied up all the sentries, so Guan Yu was unaware of the situation in the rear.

Lu Meng led his army to Gong'an and sent Yu Fan to persuade Fu Shiren to surrender. Fu Shiren was unwilling to meet him, so Yu Fan wrote him a letter, explaining the pros and cons. Fu Shiren surrendered after receiving the letter.

Lü Meng followed Yu Fan's advice and took Fu Shiren with him to Nanjun;

Mi Fang was defending Jiangling City. Lu Meng asked Fu Shiren to meet with Mi Fang, and Mi Fang surrendered.

Lu Meng led his troops into Jiangling City, captured the families of Guan Yu's soldiers, and comforted them.

Lu Meng also issued an order to forbid his soldiers from disturbing the people;

One of Lu Meng's soldiers, who was from the same hometown, took a bamboo hat from an ordinary person's home to cover his armor.

Although the armor was public property, Lu Meng executed him in accordance with military orders.

As a result, the army was so frightened that no one picked up lost items on the road.

Lu Meng also sent people to visit and provide relief to the elderly, provide medicine, and deliver food;

All the treasures in Guan Yu's warehouse were sealed, waiting for Sun Quan to come and deal with them.

When Guan Yu learned that Nanjun was attacked, he had to withdraw his troops from Fancheng. On his way back, he sent people to contact Lu Meng several times.
Lu Meng always treated his envoys well and sent them to various places in the city to greet the families of the soldiers.

After Guan Yu's envoys returned, they asked each other privately and learned that their families were safe and well treated. As a result, Guan Yu's soldiers lost their fighting spirit.

Just then, Sun Quan arrived with a large army. Guan Yu knew that he was outnumbered and had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to flee to Maicheng.

When Guan Yu reached Zhangxiang in the west, his soldiers fled and surrendered to Sun Wu;

Sun Quan also sent Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang to cut off Guan Yu's path.

In December of the same year, Pan Zhang's general Ma Zhong captured and killed Guan Yu and his son, and Jingzhou was pacified.

After Lü Meng captured Jingzhou and killed Guan Yu, Sun Quan rewarded him according to his merits by appointing him as the governor of Nanjun, naming him Marquis of Chanling, and giving him 100 million coins and 500 kilograms of gold.

Lu Meng resolutely refused the reward of gold and copper coins, but Sun Quan refused.

Before the document conferring the title was issued, Lu Meng happened to fall ill.

Sun Quan was in Gong'an at the time. He welcomed Lu Meng to live in his palace and tried every means to treat Lu Meng. He also issued a notice offering a reward of a thousand gold coins to anyone who could cure Lu Meng's illness.

Lu Meng's condition was sometimes better and sometimes worse. Sun Quan personally guarded him by his side, and was so worried that he could not sleep at night.

Lu Meng got better for a while, and Sun Quan issued a special pardon order, and all the ministers came to celebrate.

Later, his condition worsened again. Sun Quan personally visited him at his bedside and asked a Taoist priest to pray to the gods to prolong Lu Meng's life.

Lu Meng died in the inner hall of Sun Quan's Gong'an Palace at the age of 42. Sun Quan was deeply saddened.

Before his death, Lu Meng put all the gold, treasures and other rewards he had received into a warehouse for safekeeping, and ordered the person in charge to hand them over to the treasury after his death. He also requested that his funeral be kept simple.

When Sun Quan learned about this, he was even more sad and moved.

After Lü Meng died, his son Lü inherited the title; Sun Quan also rewarded 300 households to guard Lü Meng's tomb. (End of this chapter)