Lu Su bowed humbly and bowed deeply to Lu Bu: "In front of Grand Sima, I dare not think of myself as a wise man."
Lu Bu said with a smile: "Zijing, don't belittle yourself. I have always heard about Zijing's abilities and have been sending people to conquer the land. However, Zijing has always been entrusted to take care of his grandmother and has been reluctant to come. Now Zijing has passed away. Now that the immortal has passed away, Zijing has nothing to worry about here anymore. Can you go and help me and bring peace to the world?"
Lu Su bowed again and said: "It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears!" He readily agreed to Lu Bu's invitation.
If Lu Su wanted to show off at this time, he would lose more than he gained. After all, Lu Bu now occupies three-quarters of the world, and his only opponent is Yuan Shao. Once Yuan Shao is defeated, Liu Zhang and Liu Bei in Yizhou can be defeated overnight, not to mention, Lu Bu now has a lot of counselors under his command, and they are full of capable people. Although Lu Su has great talents, he is also a man who has too many, not too many, and not too many. If Lu Su is casually arrogant and Lu Bu throws up his sleeves and leaves, Lu Su may never be able to stand out again in his life. day.
Lu Su was filled with gratitude, because under such circumstances, Lu Bu was still polite to the corporal and came to invite him personally, which gave Lu Su enough face and allowed Lu Su to have enough confidence to express his opinions in front of his colleagues later, and compared with Lu Bu For example, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, who had coveted Lu Su's talents before, were killed instantly. Both Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao had sent some unscrupulous envoys to invite Lu Su.
Lu Su asked Lu Bu to mount the horse and personally held the reins for Lu Bu.
Lu Bu quickly dissuaded him: "Zijing is a talented man. You should not belittle yourself like this and act like a groom."
Lu Su laughed loudly and said: "My lord, you have come to invite Lu Su in person, so that Lu Su can stand out in front of the world and show his face. Lu Su is grateful. But my lord came, but he was treated poorly by the villagers. Lu Su In this way, I atone for myself and the villagers, and also tell the villagers that I, Lu Su Lu Zijing, am willing to serve the lord as a dog and horse from now on, and follow my example. Please obey the lord's laws and military orders!"
Sure enough, Lu Su led Lu Bu's horse and walked around Linhuai. The villagers knew that even Lu Su was loyal to Lu Bu. Other powerful families who maintained a wait-and-see attitude bowed to the Central Army and accepted the plan formulated by Lu Bu. Series policy.
At this time, Lu Bu, led by Lu Su, together with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, and Liu Ye, paid homage to Lu Su's grandmother.
Since Yuan Shu stole Huainan, there has been no peace in Linhuai. Lu Su gave up the vulgar life of a rich man who bought land and built houses. Not only did he not take care of the family affairs, but instead gave away a lot of money and sold land to help the poor and make friends with wise men. After his grandmother passed away, most of the family's land and property had been consumed. Just when Lu Su was unable to bear the financial pressure, Lu Bu came. Asking him to serve as military counselor, Lu Su completely gave up his life as a rich man, distributed all the remaining land and property in his family among the poor, and followed Lu Bu with more than a hundred strong country soldiers.
Lu Bu and Lu Su chatted while walking, while Zhou Yu and Liu Ye echoed their voices gradually. Lu Bu learned many stories about Lu Su.
It turns out that Lu Su and Zhou Yu only knew each other's existence, but had never met. Four years ago, Zhou Yu was recommended as the magistrate of Juchao County. At that time, there was a disaster in the nest. Zhou Yu heard about Lu Su's name and brought hundreds of people to visit him and asked him to donate some food. At that time, Lu Su's family had two large round granaries, each containing 3,000 hu of rice. As soon as Zhou Yu said he wanted to borrow grain, Lu Su immediately pointed to one of the granaries and gave it to him without hesitation. After this incident, Zhou Yu was convinced that Lu Su was a unique person and took the initiative to make friends with him. The two established an unbreakable friendship like Gongsun Qiao and Jizha in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Linhuai was under the rule of Yuan Shu at that time. Yuan Shu heard about Lu Su's name and wanted to ask him to be the magistrate of Linhuai County. However, Lu Su found that Yuan Shu's subordinates were weak in their laws and were insufficient to achieve great things, so he led more than 200 people to move south to Juchao. He defected to Zhou Yu. When moving south, he put the old and weak in front, and the agile and strong young in the back. Yuan Shu learned that Lu Su had moved and quickly sent people to stop him. Lu Su lined up his strong men, stretched out their bows and arrows, and said to the pursuers: "You are all men, and you should understand the general situation. Now the world is in chaos. If you have merit, you will not get rewards, but if you have no merit, you will not be punished. Why? Are you going to persecute me?" After saying this, he ordered his men to place their shields on the ground, and fired with their bows from a distance, and the arrows pierced the shields. On the one hand, the pursuers felt that Lu Su's words were reasonable, but on the other hand, they estimated that they could not do anything to defeat him with their own strength, so they had to retreat.
Later, Zhou Yu crossed the Yangtze River eastward and defected to Sun Ce. Lu Su went with him and met Sun Ce. Sun Ce admired Lu Su, but Sun Ce was limited by Lu Bu's order and did not dare to accept Lu Su, so he found a reason to send him away. .
When Lu Su returned to Juchao, Liu Ye wrote to Lu Su at that time. The letter said: "Now there are many heroes in the world, and my son is very talented, especially today. I am eager to welcome my mother, and I have nothing to do to stay in Juchao. I am close to Zheng Zheng. Treasure, now in Chaohu Lake, there are more than ten thousand people, the land is fertile, and there are many people in Lujiang River relying on it. How about I am a mere disciple? Looking at the situation, we can gather a lot, and we must not lose the time, so we must move quickly."
Lu Su didn¡¯t understand what Liu Ye meant at that time, because he could see that Zheng Bao was not a person who could become a great person. Liu Ye must have also been able to see why Liu Ye wanted to go by himself. When he was confused, Liu Ye The messenger told Lu Su that the letter must be delivered through Zheng Bao's territory, Chaohu, and he must write in this way. But what Liu Ye really meant was to join forces with Lu Su to kill Zheng Bao, and then lead his troops to defect to Lu Bu. .
Lu Su was tempted at the time, but his grandmother was seriously ill and had no choice but to give up. Without Lu Su's support, Liu Ye had to make a small plan alone to get rid of Zheng Bao. Liu Ye got Zheng Bao's men and wanted to When he wanted to go north to join Lu Bu, he was blocked by Liu Xun, the governor of Lujiang, so he had to temporarily rely on Liu Xun's command.
Later, Lu Bu's army came over and Linhuai was occupied by the Central Army. Only then did Lu Su feel relieved and return to Linhuai with his family.
Then Lu Bu came, and Lu Su made up his mind to follow Lu Bu and conquer the world.
Lu Su can no longer repeat the story in history, because his lord Sun Quan in that life has been executed by Lu Bu. Lu Su returned to Lu Bu's tent, and a few days later, he proposed strategies to Lu Bu. The Han Dynasty was in decline and could not be helped. He hoped that Lu Bu would make a decision early. Lu Bu once again confirmed that the people in the Sun Wu regime were all ignorant. From the Han Dynasty, Lu Bu can draw them into the Conglong Sect to pave the way for his future domination of the world.
Some counselors under Lu Bu had some opinions on Lu Bu's high regard for Lu Su. After all, Lu Su was only in his early twenties and was unknown. Lu Bu didn't explain much. After all, he couldn't say how powerful Lu Su was in history. We can only try our best to give Lu Su a chance to perform and let Lu Su's talents shine through.
Historically, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan said to Lu Su: "Today the Han Dynasty is in danger, with clouds in all directions, and I am left alone to inherit the legacy of my father and brother. I think of Huan Wen's contribution. Since you have patronized me, how can you help me?" Lu Su Su replied: "In the past, Emperor Gao wanted to serve the Righteous Emperor but failed to do so. Xiang Yu did harm to him. Today's Cao Cao is just like Xiang Yu in the past. How can a general become Huan Wen? Su stole the information and the Han Dynasty cannot be revived. Cao Cao It cannot be eliminated. For the general's plan, he can only stand in the east of the Yangtze River to watch the provocations in the world. The scale is so large. There is no doubt about it. Who is it? The north is full of many things. Because of its many things, Huang Zu was annihilated, Liu Biao was attacked, and the Yangtze River was reached. It is the duty of a high emperor to seize and hold it, and then establish it as an emperor to benefit the world." Sun Quan also said: "We are doing our best now, hoping to assist the Han Dynasty. This statement is beyond the reach of the Han Dynasty."
Just as some of Lu Bu's advisers dislike Lu Su now, Zhang Zhao, one of Sun Quan's advisers at the time, thought that Lu Su was not modest enough. He was criticized and slandered many times, saying that he was young and rough and could not be reused. However, Sun Quan, who knew people well and was good at utilizing them, regarded Lu Su in a different light and thought highly of him. He gave Lu Su generous gifts. The Lu family's wealth reached the level of the old days.
Lu Su also tried his best to assist Sun Quan. Whenever there was a major event, he would advise and plan. He was thoughtful and far-sighted and had extraordinary wisdom.
Lu Su tried his best to persuade Sun Quan and Liu Bei to unite. To deal with Cao Cao together, it was precisely because of Lu Su's efforts that the Sun-Liu alliance was concluded and the Battle of Chibi was won. Otherwise, according to Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan would have no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao.
The war ended and Lu Su returned first. Sun Quan gathered his generals to greet him with great fanfare. Lu Su went into the palace to pay homage to Sun Quan. Sun Quan stood up to show respect to him and said to him: "Zijing, holding a saddle alone and dismounting from the horse to greet him, is this enough to show your status as a minister?" Lu Su took a few steps forward, shook his head and said, "Not yet. "Everyone was shocked when they heard this. After Lu Su took his seat, he slowly raised his whip and said: "May the supreme might spread to the whole world. Take the nine states together, conquer the emperor's cause, and mount a chariot with soft wheels to conquer Su, and then it will be prominent." After hearing this, Sun Quan clapped his hands and laughed. After that, he relied more and more on Lu Su and called him his Deng Yu.
After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei sent someone to visit Sun Quan and asked to borrow Jingzhou. Lu Fan and other generals advised Sun Quan to detain Liu Bei. Zhou Yu also sent a letter to express this idea when he was in another place. However, Lu Su considered the overall situation and persuaded Sun Quan to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei and unite with Sun and Liu to fight against Cao. Lu Su said: "You may be extremely powerful, but Cao Cao's power is too great. We have just occupied Jingzhou, and our kindness and faith have not yet spread among the people. It would be a good idea to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei and let him appease the people. Because of this As a result, Cao Cao has one more enemy, and we have one more friend." Sun Quan agreed with Lu Su's proposal. Cao Cao was writing a letter when he heard the news that Sun Quan had borrowed Jingzhou to send to Liu Bei. He was so shocked that he put pen to paper.
The single -knife meeting in history is really praised by Lu Su, who is far -sighted, instead of Guan Yu.
At that time, Lu Su had replaced Zhou Yu, who had died of illness, and was in charge of the frontline military power in Soochow. He also commanded troops on the border with Guan Yu. The territories were intertwined and there were many frictions. Lu Su took the overall situation into consideration and always appeased both sides with a friendly attitude.
Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, and Sun Quan asked Liu Bei to return Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang counties in Jingzhou. Liu Bei refused. Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to lead the army to advance, and the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang surrendered. Only Hao Pu, the prefect of Lingling, refused to surrender. Liu Bei learned that he personally led 50,000 troops from Chengdu back to the police station to take charge, and sent Guan Yu to lead 30,000 troops to fight for the three counties. Sun Quan also entered Lukou from Moling.He sent Lu Su to lead 10,000 people to garrison Yiyang and confront Guan Yu.
For the sake of the overall situation, Lu Su invited Guan Yu to meet and proposed to arrange his troops and horses a hundred steps away. Only the generals went to the meeting with their own swords. After Lu Su made his decision, his generals were afraid of something unexpected happening and advised Lu Su not to take the risk lightly. Lu Su had no fear. He said: "Today, we should speak clearly. Liu Bei has failed the country, and the right and wrong have not yet been determined. What can Guan Yu do?" He went to the meeting resolutely.
At the meeting, Lu Su criticized Guan Yu several times: "The country originally lent land to the Qing family, but the Qing family's army was defeated and came far away, so there was no use for it. Now that Yizhou has been obtained, there is no intention to return it, but I only want the three counties." , and disobeying orders.¡±
Before Lu Su could finish his words, a general from Jingzhou said: "A man from the land only has virtue in his ears, how can he always have it!" Lu Su immediately shouted and scolded him with stern words. Guan Yu also stood up with his sword at this time and said to the man: "This is a national matter, how can anyone know it?" Use your eyes to signal the person to leave.
The one-on-one meeting has no results, the two sides are in a stalemate, and the war is about to break out. When Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, Liu Bei was afraid of losing Yizhou, so he sent people to make peace with Sun Quan. The two sides agreed to divide Jingzhou equally using the Xiang River as the boundary. The three counties of Jiangxia, Changsha and Guiyang belong to Sun Quan, and the three counties of Nanjun, Wuling and Lingling belong to Liu Bei. Sun and Liu stopped fighting. The alliance continued to maintain, leaving no opportunity for Cao Wei to take advantage of.
When Lu Su was alive, the Sun-Liu alliance continued to maintain, leaving Cao Wei no opportunity to take advantage of it. This was Lu Su's foresight.
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