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In 204 AD, Sun Quan sent troops to attack Huang Zu. The Shanyue people in Danyang, Yuzhang and Luling took the opportunity to rebel.

Lü Meng followed the army to the battle, and together with Huang Gai, Han Dang and others, he led troops to guard the strategic points and served as the county magistrate of the most active area of ​​Shanyue. Later, according to Sun Quan's deployment, he suppressed the rebellion of the Shanyue people in the area by force, and was appointed Pingbei Duwei for his merits.

Four years later, Lü Meng followed Sun Quan again to attack Xiakou. Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, ordered the use of Mengchong warships to block the entrance of the Yangtze River, tied large brown ropes to boulders to fix the position of the warships, and set up more than 4 soldiers on the warships to cross-fire with bows and crossbows to block the river surface to prevent the soldiers of the Eastern Wu from passing.

After the death squad cut the brown rope, Lu Meng led the vanguard troops and personally killed the enemy generals. Sun Quan took advantage of the victory and advanced both by land and sea and surrounded Xiakou.

Huang Zu was eventually killed by the Wu cavalry. Sun Quan won a great victory in this battle, annihilated his old enemy Huang Zu in one fell swoop, and occupied the Jiangxia area. Lu Meng was also awarded the first merit in this battle and was promoted to General of the Central Army.

In 208 AD, Lu Meng, along with Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others, defeated Cao's army at Chibi, forcing Cao's army to return north. Later, he offered advice to Zhou Yu in the battle to capture Jiangling, urging Zhou Yu to send 300 people to block the mountain road with firewood, thus obtaining a large number of enemy horses and greatly reducing the prestige of Cao's army.

In 210 AD, Zhou Yu died of illness and Lu Su took over Zhou Yu's position. When Lu Su passed by Lu Meng's residence, Lu Su, a Confucian general, thought that Lu Meng was a warrior, so he looked down on him.

But when they were discussing strategy, Lu Su was so shocked by Lu Meng's analysis of the situation that he could not help but stand up from his seat, patted him on the back affectionately and praised him, "With your current talent and strategy, you are no longer the A'mon of Wu." From then on, the two became good friends and had a very close relationship.

In 213 AD, Cao Cao personally led an army of 10 to attack Sun Quan, and broke through the camp of Sun Quan's troops on Xijiang River at Ruxukou. Lu Meng followed Sun Quan and led 7 soldiers to resist.

During the battle, Lü Meng offered many ingenious strategies to Cao Cao, all of which yielded fruitful results. He also surprised Cao Cao in commanding the army. Cao Cao looked at the majestic formation of Sun Quan's troops and their tight defenses, so he sighed and said, "If I had a son, I would want him to be like Sun Zhongmou." So he did not dare to advance rashly. At this time, the flood season of the Yangtze River was approaching, so Sun Quan wrote a letter to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw his troops as soon as possible. Cao Cao also judged the situation and chose to withdraw his troops on his own initiative.

A year later, Sun Quan led his army up the Yangtze River to attack Wancheng. Lu Meng believed that it would take a lot of time to build engineering equipment and pile up earth to attack the city. By then, the enemy's city defense would have been consolidated and reinforcements would surely arrive.

So he suggested that Sun Quan should attack from all sides while the morale of the three armies was high, and then withdraw the troops while the floodwaters were still there. After adopting Lu Meng's suggestion, Sun Quan ordered Gan Ning to lead the elite soldiers to launch a fierce attack at dawn, and they broke through the city in just one meal. The victory of this battle also played an important role in Sun Quan's control of the Jianghuai region.

After Liu Bei occupied Jingzhou, he sent Guan Yu to guard it. Sun Quan repeatedly asked for his help, but was rejected every time.

In 215 AD, Sun Quan sent Lü Meng to lead 2 soldiers to capture the three counties of Shachang, Lingling and Guiyang. Shachang and Guiyang counties surrendered, but Lingling governor Hao Pu refused to surrender. Seeing the situation was critical, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to lead his army to fight for the three counties.

However, Lü Meng managed to capture Lingling before the reinforcements arrived. Just as the battle between Sun and Liu was about to begin, Cao Cao sent troops to attack Hanzhong. Liu Bei was in a tight spot in the rear and was forced to make peace with Sun Quan, and the two sides used the Xiang River as the boundary.

After Sun Quan was defeated in Feihe, Cao Cao launched another attack on Wu. Sun Quan stationed at Ruxukou, wanting to control the confluence of the Ruxu River and the Yangtze River. At the same time, he appointed Lu Meng as the commander-in-chief and ordered him to lead his troops to garrison Ruxukou. He used the docks and crossbows seen before to resist Cao's army. Under Lu Meng's perseverance, Cao Cao attacked Ruxukou for a year without success.

In order to preserve his power, Sun Quan sent an envoy to surrender to Cao Cao, and then led his army to retreat. Lu Meng was also promoted to General Huwei for his merits.

In 219 AD, Guan Yu led his army north to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng of Wei State.

Sun Quan took the opportunity to appoint Lü Meng as the vanguard and led the army to attack Guan Yu in the west. Lü Meng hid the elite soldiers in disguised merchant ships, and ordered the soldiers to wear white clothes and disguise themselves as merchants. They traveled day and night to Jiangling for a surprise attack. Everything was done very secretly. The Shu soldiers stationed on the river defense were deceived by the disguised Wu army, caught off guard, and all were captured.

Jiangling City also fell into chaos due to its weak defense. Lu Meng first asked Yu Jin to write a letter, then thought of Fu Shiren who was stationed in Gong'an, and then asked Fu Shiren who surrendered to instigate Mi Fang, the governor of Jiangling, to rebel.

Guan Yu, who was totally unaware of Lu Meng's attack, knew nothing about it. After Lu Meng captured Jiangling, he took good care of Guan Yu's family members and warmly received the messengers sent back by Guan Yu, letting Guan Yu's soldiers know that not only were their families safe, but they were also receiving more preferential treatment than usual, which eventually made Guan Yu's army lose their fighting spirit. Guan Yu and his son were eventually killed by Sun Quan's generals. Since then, Jingzhou has been pacified.

After the Battle of Jiangling, Lü Meng was appointed as the governor of Nanjun by Sun Quan for his meritorious service and was granted the title of Marquis of Chanling. Han Dang, Zhu Ran and others were given the other counties. After the edict was issued, Lü Meng fell ill and eventually died in Sun Quan's inner palace at the age of 42.

According to Lü Meng's instructions before his death, all the gold, silver, treasures and various rewards he received were returned to the court, and he also left a will that the funeral should be simple and not extravagant. After Lü Meng's death, his son Lü Ba inherited the title.

Allusions such as "When a scholar has been away for three days, he is looked at with new eyes" and "Amon from Wu" all come from Lu Meng.

——"The Records of the Three Kingdoms speaks highly of Lü Meng."

——"To be honest, Lu Meng is more worthy of learning than Guan Yu in every aspect."

[The ceiling of Three Kingdoms combat power - Lü Bu. Lü Bu in Three Kingdoms history]

He is known as the ceiling of the Three Kingdoms' combat power, the strongest single-player king, and the only person who is qualified to be beaten up in various Three Kingdoms-themed film and television dramas. He is actually known as Lu Bu among men and Red Hare among horses, but is branded with the notoriety of being brave but not wise, and treacherous.

So how strong was Lü Bu in history? Was he really the best general in the Three Kingdoms? Although Lü Bu's image has changed a lot nowadays, the Lü Bu used the painted halberd in history, and his love story with Diao Chan is also fictional, because there was no such person as Diao Chan in history.

The world-famous battle between three heroes and Lu Bu did not happen. If Lu Bu had really faced Liu, Guan and Zhang, he would have been killed with this configuration. However, he defeated Yuan Shu by shooting the halberd at the gate, which caused Cao Cao to suffer several disadvantages. The fact that he could move freely on the Red Hare among the 1 Black Mountain troops was enough to show Lu Bu's bravery.

In this video, let us understand Lu Bu's legendary life in chronological order.

Lü Bu, courtesy name Fengxian, was born in Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan Commandery, Bingzhou. He was appointed to work in Bingzhou because of his proficiency in archery and horseback riding and his bravery and martial spirit. In 189 AD, Ding Yuan, then governor of Bingzhou, was stationed in Henei and took a liking to Lü Bu, who was good at horseback combat. He therefore recruited Lü Bu as his chief clerk and became very close to him.

After Emperor Ling of Han died, Ding Yuan was summoned by He Jin and led his army to Luoyang to plot to kill the eunuchs. But before he could do anything, He Jin was killed by the eunuchs.

After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he took control of the government and wanted to get rid of Ding Yuan, so he instigated Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan and took over Ding Yuan's team. Lu Bu was also appointed as the Cavalry Commander for his meritorious service.

In order to win over Lü Bu, Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu formed a father-son relationship. Because Lü Bu was a brave man and good at riding and shooting, he was called the Flying General.

In 190 AD, when the Guandong coalition forces rose up to fight against Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu did participate in the battle, but the plot of "Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu" did not happen.

At that time, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang were still making a living under Gongsun Zan and were not qualified to participate in this joint operation. Cao Cao was also able to participate in this battle by relying on the name of another force.

In the battle against the coalition forces, Lu Bu was defeated by Sun Jian's troops because of his disagreement with his generals. Dong Zhuo had to kidnap Emperor Xian of Han and move the capital to Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo knew that he was a cruel person and was afraid of being plotted against, so he often asked Lu Bu to be his bodyguard. However, Dong Zhuo was also very suspicious and once threw a hand halberd at Lu Bu because of some minor things that did not go his way.

Lu Bu was also worried about having an affair with Dong Zhuo's maid, and was afraid that the affair would be exposed. This maid was the prototype of Diao Chan.

Since Lü Bu hated Dong Zhuo, he wanted to find a confidant to confide his inner dissatisfaction. At this time, Wang Yun, who had treated Lü Bu with great courtesy because he was a warrior from Bingzhou, became Lü Bu's first choice.

Wang Yun was also worried about how to get rid of Dong Zhuo. Seeing Lü Bu coming to him, Wang Yun wanted to use Lü Bu as an insider. After Wang Yun's persuasion, Lü Bu, who was a little hesitant, finally agreed.

Wang Yun successfully assassinated Dong Zhuo. Afterwards, Lu Bu was appointed General Fenwu and promoted to Marquis Wen, and jointly managed the government with Wang Yun.

But after Dong Zhuo's death, his subordinates Li Jue and Guo Si wanted to disband their troops and retire to the mountains and forests, but unexpectedly they met Jia Xu on the way.

Under Jia Xu's plan, Li Jue and Guo Si gathered their old troops and attacked the capital. Although Lu Bu held out for eight days, the defenders in the city rebelled, so he had to lead more than a hundred cavalrymen to fight out of Wuguan with Dong Zhuo's head. During this period, Lu Bu once challenged Guo Si in the north of the city and stabbed Guo Si with a spear.

After escaping, Lü Bu first sought refuge with Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu rejected him because he was dissatisfied with Lü Bu's arrogance due to his own merits. Later, Lü Bu switched to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao and Lu Bu fought against Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army in Changshan. Facing the Black Mountain Army's more than 1 elite soldiers and several thousand cavalry, Lu Bu often rode a fine horse called Red Hare that could leap over city walls and fly across trenches, and charged Zhang Yan's army with his close generals Cheng Lian, Wei Yue and dozens of others. Sometimes he would go three or four times a day, and each time he would chop down the enemy and leave them in disarray before returning.

In 194 AD, Cao Cao went east to attack Tao Qian. Chen Gong, who was stationed in Dongjun, took the opportunity to persuade Zhang Miao to welcome Lu Bu together, occupied Puyang, and became the new master of Yanzhou.

The counties under Yanzhou responded together. When Cao Cao learned that the backyard was on fire, he hurriedly led his army to attack Lu Bu. Tian Shi of Huyang responded to Cao Cao in the city, allowing Cao's army to take the opportunity to enter the city, and set fire to the east gate to encourage the soldiers to fight Lu Bu to the death.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu's cavalry instantly dispersed the Qingzhou soldiers, causing chaos in Cao's army. Lu Bu's fierce generals captured Cao Cao and asked him where Cao Cao was. Cao Cao said that the man riding the yellow horse was himself, so he escaped by chance. After that, the two sides fought many times, which lasted for more than 100 days. There was a problem of food shortage, so Lu Bu moved his troops to Shanyang for stationing.

In 195 AD, Lu Bu led more than 1000 people to attack Cao Cao again. At that time, all of Cao Cao's soldiers went out to cut wheat, and there were less than 1000 people in the camp. It was difficult for Cao Cao to defend the camp with only 1000 people, so he ordered all the women to go up the low wall of the city wall, holding flags in their hands, and ordered all the soldiers in the camp, who were less than people, to come to the side of the camp and put on a fearless look.

Seeing this, Lu Bu suspected that Cao Cao had set an ambush, so he led his troops to retreat more than 10 miles and stationed them there, thus once again missing the opportunity to capture and kill Cao Cao.

The next day, Lü Bu came to challenge him again. Cao Cao ambushed half of his soldiers behind the dike, and the other half of his soldiers were exposed outside the dike. After the two armies fought, Cao Cao's ambushers climbed the dike, and the infantry and cavalry charged together, defeating Lü Bu's army. After Lü Bu retreated, Cao Cao recaptured all the cities in Yanzhou. Lü Bu, who had nowhere to go, had to surrender to Liu Bei.

In 196 AD, Yuan Shu led his army to attack Xuzhou and fought with Liu Bei in Xuyi and Huaiyin, with both sides winning and losing alternately.

At this time, Yuan Shu wrote a letter to Lu Bu, promising to send 20 hu of rice to attack Liu Bei's base camp in Xiapi. Under the huge temptation, Lu Bu went east along the waterway. When he was 40 miles away from Xiapi City, Liu Bei's subordinate Xu Dan revealed to Lu Bu the information that Zhang Fei and Cao Bao were not in harmony and there was chaos in Xiapi City. He opened the city gate and let Lu Bu's army into the city, instantly defeating Zhang Fei's remaining army and capturing Liu Bei's relatives and children and the families of his subordinates.

At this time, Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shu and had to ask Lu Bu for surrender. Lu Bu was angry because Yuan Shu did not keep his promise, so he welcomed Liu Bei into the city and ordered him to garrison Xiaopei. Later, the story of shooting the halberd at the gate occurred.

In 197 AD, Yuan Shu wanted to unite with Lü Bu and use him for his own purposes, so he proposed marriage to Lü Bu, wanting his son to marry Lü Bu's daughter. Lü Bu happily agreed.

But at this time Yuan Shu sent an envoy to formally convey to Lu Bu his wish to ascend the throne and become emperor, and at the same time requested to bring Lu Bu's daughter to marry his son.

Chen Gui was worried that after Yuan Shu and Lu Bu became relatives, their increased power would endanger the country, so he lobbied Lu Bu not to be accused of being an unjust person. After Chen Gui's instigation, Lu Bu remembered Yuan Shu's fickleness in the past, so he gave up the marriage with Yuan Shu.

After this incident, Chen Gui sent his son Chen Deng to persuade Cao Cao, hoping that Cao Cao would get rid of Lu Bu as soon as possible, and expressed his willingness to be an insider.

In 198 AD, after defeating Liu Bei, Lü Bu rebelled against the imperial court again and allied with Yuan Shu, so Cao Cao personally led his army to attack Lü Bu. Lü Bu was short-sighted, narrow-minded and suspicious, and refused to adopt Chen Gong's advice. So after several defeats, he retreated to the city and held out. After a three-month siege, Cao Cao breached the city's dikes and caused disunity among Lü Bu's army.

In 199 AD, Lü Bu's generals Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Wei Xu rebelled one after another, tied up Lü Bu and surrendered to Cao Cao.

When Lu Bu saw Cao's army launching an attack from the White Gate Tower, he knew that the game was hopeless, so he had to go down the city and surrender. Finally, at the instigation of Liu Bei, Lu Bu was strangled to death and then beheaded.

Chen Gong and Gao Shun, two of Lü Bu's men, were also executed. Thus, Lü Bu's group became a thing of the past.