After Lü Meng killed Guan Yu, Lü Meng also died suddenly, which seemed to be a coincidence, but in fact there was a causal relationship.
Guan Yu occupied Jingzhou, and Wu Guo begged for it many times, but never returned. All of Wu's monarchs and subjects were very resentful of Guan Yu.
During Lü Meng's tenure as governor of Eastern Wu, Cao Cao marched south to fight Guan Yu, and Fancheng was occupied by Cao's army.
In order to lure Guan Yu out of Jingzhou, Lü Meng pretended to be ill, as if he could no longer command the battle, and of course would not attack Jingzhou.
Guan Yu, who was deceived by Lü Meng, led his son Guan Ping to attack Fancheng.
Lü Meng sneaked into Jingzhou, causing Guan Yu to be attacked both front and back, and could only hide in Maicheng to the west.
Maicheng was besieged for too long, and Guan Yu led a small number of cavalry to break through.
On his way to the west, Guan Yu was captured alive by Lü Mengbu.
When Guan Yu's father and son were escorted to Linfeng, Lü Meng ordered Guan Yu's father and son to be killed. Lü Meng killed Guan Yu and completely disrupted Sun Quan's plans.
Sun Quan's true thoughts
Sun Quan did not want the Eastern Wu general to kill Guan Yu, and there were two considerations.
On the one hand, Sun Quan knew Liu Guanzhang's relationship and feelings, and if Guan Yu was killed, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei would definitely come to avenge him at all costs.
Once Liu Bei and Zhang Fei came to attack Eastern Wu, the losses of Eastern Wu would certainly be very huge.
On the other hand, Guan Yu was alive and could become an important force in Shu Han's resistance to Cao Cao.
Eastern Wu and Shu Han, Eastern Wu and Cao Wei all concluded a covenant respectively, although Eastern Wu was the weakest of the three regimes, but when Cao Cao attacked Shu Han, Shu Han's strength was stronger, and the time to persist in resisting Cao Would be longer, and the time for Eastern Wu to be attacked would be delayed by one point.
Shu Han and Cao Wei fought a war, both sides would be damaged, and Eastern Wu still had the possibility of taking the opportunity to develop and grow, and even unify the world.
Sun Quan had another real idea, that is, to let Guan Yu die at the hands of Cao Cao's general.
When Cao Cao's generals killed Guan Yu, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei would naturally concentrate their forces on attacking Cao Wei and avenging Guan Yu.s hatred.
Based on these ideas, Sun Quan ordered Lü Meng to lure Guan Yu outside Jingzhou and then sneak into Jingzhou.
Although Sun Quan was full of hatred for Guan Yu, he repeatedly told Lü Meng not to kill Guan Yu.
Sun Quan demanded that Lü Meng lure Guan Yu away, or force him to fight or fight with Cao Jun;
When Lü Meng took advantage of the victory to pursue Guan Yu, Sun Quan sent Lu Xun to pass on the order not to kill Guan Yu. The subtext is to chase Guan Yu to the Cao Army's position and let the Cao Army's general kill Guan Yu.
In the final analysis, Sun Quan's goal was to capture Jingzhou by Eastern Wu and let Cao Wei and Shu Han continue to fight.
Sun Quan's remedial strategy
When Lü Meng had already killed Guan Yu, Sun Quan had to work hard to remedy the disadvantage he had already caused.
Sun Quan gave Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao.
On the surface, Sun Quan was seducing Cao Cao, but in fact, Sun Quan not only wanted to curry favor with Cao Cao and ease relations with Cao Cao, but also wanted to lead the hatred of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to Cao Cao.
Sun Quan secretly sent people to contact Shu Han, hoping that the Wu-Shu alliance would continue to be maintained and develop in a more consolidated direction.
Liu Bei and Zhang Fei vowed to take revenge on Yu Zhi, of course, to kill the enemy who killed Guan Yu.
Therefore, in order to alleviate the hatred of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, Sun Quan decided to kill Lü Meng.
Sun Quan could not send Lü Meng to Liu Bei to kill, because it was a matter of Eastern Wu's sovereignty and dignity.
However, for Eastern Wu, Lü Meng was a meritorious man and could not be killed openly.
If Lü Meng was killed openly, the officials and generals of Eastern Wu must have been very cold, and Sun Quan would have completely lost the hearts of the people, so how could he rule?
Sun Quan could only use a secret trick to kill Lü Meng.
Sun Quan used the opportunity of the celebration banquet to put poison in Lü Meng's wine in an attempt to create an accident of Lü Meng's violent death after drinking.
Lü Meng was particularly sensitive, and after drinking the first glass of wine, he felt that something was wrong, knowing that he had encountered Sun Quan's poisonous hand.
Shout it out directly, and the consequences are unpredictable.
The most urgent thing at the moment was not to continue drinking, but also to make Sun Quan fearful, so Lü Meng had a plan and began to pretend to be a ghost.
Lü Meng took the wine glass handed by Sun Quan and smelled a medicinal smell again. But he pretended to drink it in his mouth.
Suddenly, he threw the wine glass to the ground, and grabbed Sun Quan's collar and scolded Sun Quan loudly:
"Blue-eyed child, purple-haired rats, do you still know me?"
The generals were taken aback and did not know what had happened.
Lü Meng continued to pretend to be a god, and loudly rebuked Sun Quan: You killed me with a treacherous plan, I can't eat your flesh when I am alive, and when I die, I will possess the body of a thief with the soul of Lü Meng! I am Hanshouting Hou Guan Yunchang!
Lü Meng attempted to use Guan Yu's soul to subdue Sun Quan and save his life.
However, the poison that was drunk came into play. Lü Meng fell to the ground, bleeding profusely. Because the amount of medicine he drank was small, Lu Meng did not die.
Sun Quan quickly sent someone to place Lü Meng in the inner temple, and sent a doctor to treat Lü Meng.
Sun Quan knew that Lü Meng drank very little poison and must be placed within the controllable range to prevent other changes, such as Lü Meng's escape, such as Lü Meng's chaotic speech, and so on.
In order to win the hearts and minds of the army, Sun Quan rewarded Lü Meng with great fanfare, knowing that Lü Meng did not dare to ask for these rewards, Sun Quan still pretended to reward Lü Meng heavily.
Sun Quan appointed Lü Meng as the Taishou of Nan Commandery (南郡太守), the Marquis of Suiling (孱陵侯), and gave him 100 million yuan in money and 500 catties of gold.
Lu Meng only wants to save his life now, what reward does he want!
Lü Meng did not accept the monetary reward, but accepted the Nanjun Taishou, hoping to leave Sun Quan's side after taking office and save his life.
However, Sun Quan delayed allowing Lü Meng to take up his post in Nan County, but only left him in the Inner Temple and put him under his own eyes.
Sun Quan ordered the best doctors in the country to be recruited, and a reward was offered to cure Lü Meng's illness and reward 1,000 taels of gold.
On the one hand, Sun Quan could not let the doctor really cure Lü Meng, and on the other hand, he wanted the soldiers to see Sun Quan's sincerity towards Lü Meng.
Whenever the doctor gave Lu Meng acupuncture, Sun Quan was sad next to him, and sometimes he shed tears.
In order to keep an eye on Lü Meng's situation at any time, Sun Quan ordered people to cut through the walls so that he could secretly watch.
In order to let the soldiers of Eastern Wu truly feel Sun Quan's feelings of caring for the heroes, Sun Quan always exaggerated his emotions.
When Lü Meng could eat food, Sun Quan laughed at his subordinates; Lü Meng could not eat and drink, and Sun Quan sighed long and short, not eating or sleeping.
Lü Meng's condition improved, and Sun Quan ordered pardons for the criminals and called on the ministers to come and celebrate.
Seeing that Lü Meng's condition was gradually getting worse, Sun Quan personally went to the bedside to visit and observe, and ordered someone to invite a Taoist priest to pray.
In fact, Sun Quan knew in his heart that Lü Meng would soon die, because the poison he drank was working, and the doctor's treatment was also completely symptomatic.
Sun Quan asked Lü Meng, "If the general can't serve me, who can guard Jiangling?" ”
Lü Meng replied, "Zhu Ran's boldness and talent are sufficient for his duties. ”
Lü Meng was still pandering to Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan could cure his disease and save his life, so he recommended Zhu Ran, who sun Quan was very optimistic about.
In order to leave a way for his descendants to live, Lü Meng's last will and testament: all gold, silver and treasures and material rewards, all returned to the national treasury, and demanded frugality in funerals.
Lü Meng finally died after drinking the celebratory wine for a short time, dying in Sun Quan's inner temple, under Sun Quan's meticulous care, and in the years of prosperity and strength.
Lumont died at the age of 42.
After Lü Meng's death, Sun Quan cried for 2 days, and the Eastern Wu generals were deeply infected and sad.
Sun Quan asked Lü Meng's son Lü Ba to inherit Lü Meng's title, and rewarded 300 families to guard Lü Meng's tomb, giving his family 50 hectares of land and not receiving land.
Sun Quan finally perfectly remedied the undesirable consequences of Lü Meng's killing of Guan Yu, and achieved three eagles with one stone: he used Guan Yu's head to tie cao cao; rewarded Lü Meng's soldiers who had encircled himself in Eastern Wu; and poisoned Lü Meng to express the sincerity of the alliance to Liu Bei of the Shu Han Dynasty.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the most difficult thing to predict was the human heart.