When Shen Chen and his clan went south and passed through Lujiang River, they were taken care of by Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, Lu Xun's ancestor.
In ancient times, clan migration was a very big event, especially for a prominent family like the Deng family, who brought up their families and mobilized troops and troops, which would inevitably attract the attention of the world.
Therefore, every time we passed by a place, the local county magistrate and the prefect of each county would inquire about the situation, and the clans would naturally hand over name cards, say hello, and inform them of the reason for the migration.
The Deng family in Nanyang was famous all over the world during the Eastern Han Dynasty. So when passing by the Lujiang River, Lu Kang gave him some grain and oil gifts.
In return, Shen Chen asked his uncle Deng Hong to reply to a thank you post, and told Lu Kang in the post that Yuan Shu would definitely covet Lujiang and hoped that he could deal with it carefully.
Lu Kang knew that Deng Hong had visited Yuan Shu's house when the Deng family passed through Shouchun. Therefore, he suspected that Deng Hong had noticed something in Yuan Shu's house, so he sent half of the clan back to Wu County as instructed.
Historically, the Lu family in Wuxian County were all attached to Lu Kang, including the Lu Xun brothers. Since their father and grandfather died early, they were brought up by Lu Kang since they were young. They have been following Lu Kang since he was the prime minister of Le'an.
As a result, Yuan Shu later sent Sun Ce to attack Lu Kang, but Lu Kang resisted desperately for two years. When the city was defeated, most of the hundreds of Lu family's descendants who followed Lu Kang died due to war and famine.
So to a certain extent, Lu Xun and Lu Ji's Lu family in Wu County and their Sun family had great hatred.
However, the Sun family occupied Jiangdong by force. If the Lu family wanted to develop and ensure the prosperity of the family, they had to rely on their enemies, which forced Lu Xun and Lu Ji to serve in Jiangdong.
But now Lu Kang sent half of the Lu family members back to Wu County, and the remaining Lu family children followed him in Lujiang. When the city was broken, only a few of the Lu family members died unexpectedly, and most of the clan members escaped and ran back to Wuxian County.
In this case, Mr. Lu must remember Shen Chen's kindness and Mr. Sun's hatred.
When the Sun family is strong, this kind of kindness and hatred will shrink.
Because the Lu family wants to survive and develop, since they are in the Sun family's territory, they can only endure it.
And he had to work hard for the Sun family in exchange for a higher political status in Jiangdong and the power to grow the family.
But once the Sun family weakens, this kind of kindness and hatred will immediately amplify.
The Lu family would immediately abandon Sun Quan and use the excuse that Shen Chen was kind to them and Sun Ce was hostile to them to change their family and become an official in the Liu Bei Group.
Even if the Liu Bei Group does weaken the family, it doesn't matter.
As long as we can continue to hold on to our thighs and continue the prosperity of the family, then for the aristocratic family, it is nothing more than the continuous accumulation of generations.
This Jiangdong belongs to their family after all.
Therefore, it is easy to understand why the Lu family took over the Liu Bei Group.
First, as the first aristocratic family to surrender, the Liu Bei Group should set an example and probably would not cut them too hard.
Second, if you take the lead in surrendering, you can successfully get a good position in the new dynasty.
Three, and the most important point.
Now Shen Chen is at the top of his game, and he is the second most powerful person in the south besides Liu Bei.
In the future, after the old people like Liu Guan and Zhang leave, Liu Bei's successors will definitely rely on him, and Shen Chen will also become the mainstay of the south.
As a native family in the south, when will it be better if we don't take advantage of it now?
Therefore, before Shen Chen prepared to conquer Wu, a small number of nobles from aristocratic families wrote to him, expressing their intention to surrender, hoping to take him into his arms in advance and find a good home.
Among them is the Lu family.
Although the letter was not written by Lu Xun himself, it would obviously be impossible if he did not have any intention in it.
Therefore, finding a good owner in advance is also a long-term investment for wealthy families like them.
Naturally, Wei Yan did not think that deeply. It would be the best thing to obtain Wu Commandery peacefully. The army successfully entered the city and took control of the Wu Commandery.
After asking Mr. Lu to help replenish dry food, he set off again, heading straight for Jianye.
But what Wei Yan didn't know was that while he and Pang De were still on their way to Jianye, Guan Yu's army was about to arrive at Sun Quan's lair.
On September 3, the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, the fleet first arrived in Wuhu, then arrived in Danyang.
Afterwards, after the subsequent grain and grass shipments arrived and supplies were replenished, the fleet set off again, heading to Liyang.
Liyang was He County of Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province in later generations. It was located to the west of the Yangtze River and across the river from Ma'anshan City. There was a famous river in the north of the county, which was called Wujiang River in the Han Dynasty.
The fleet arrived at Liyang to wait for the army.
On September 10, the army led by Ma Chao arrived in Liyang.
At this time, Guan Yu had sent Gan Ning as the vanguard and led 10,000 naval troops across Shicheng to Longzangpu.
Longzangpu is the Qinhuai River, and Gan Ning blocked the south bank of the Qinhuai River.
When Sun Quan learned that the enemy had arrived at the Qinhuai River, he was shocked and hurriedly convened the ministers at the residence of Wuhou in Jianye to discuss matters.
In the residence of Marquis Wu, more than ten advisers to Sun Quan, including Zhang Zhao, Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong, Kan Ze, Sun Shao, Yan Zhen, Lu Xun, Shiyi, and Lu Ji, were sitting among them.
The hall was lit by candlelight, and due to poor lighting, everyone's faces were intertwined with light and dark, showing everyone's complicated and sad thoughts.
"Cao Pi mistaken me!"
Sun Quan slapped the table. He was extremely sad and angry, with a painful expression on his face.
This battle was originally intended to use Soochow as the main defensive force to hold back Liu Bei's group. At this time, Cao Wei's group attacked, and the two sides attacked to repel the invading enemy.
Unexpectedly, Cao Chun was defeated at Dongxingdi. Even he himself was beheaded by Zhao Yun. After that, there was no news about the so-called main force of Cao's army.
The letters sent to Zhang Liao in Hefei also went through the water without any reply.
Now all fools know that they have been tricked by Cao Pi.
Although he didn't know what Cao Pi was thinking, Sun Quan understood that the current situation had reached a critical moment.
Zhang Zhao frowned and said: "Marquis Wu, the Western Army is approaching, but the soldiers do not raise their swords, how can we defeat them?"
Sun Quan held his forehead, feeling extremely anxious. He slapped the table angrily and said, "I still want more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to defend Jianye. I can't just sit there and die."
"Does Marquis Wu want to defend Jianye?"
Lu Xun asked.
"What can that do?"
Sun Quan laughed miserably and said: "At least Jianye has a high wall and thick walls, so it can withstand it. How can we hold on to the rest of the city? Is it possible that I want to flee north to Wei?"
Lu Xun shook his head and said: "Jianye City has high walls and thick walls that are difficult to withstand. Wu Hou thought about it, the Jianye City Wall is more than enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops. What will happen if there are only more than 10,000 soldiers to go immediately?"
"Forehead"
Sun Quan was stunned for a moment.
Zhang Zhao said in a deep voice: "There are enemies on all sides."
"good."
Lu Xun nodded: "When the Red Eyebrow Army attacked Chang'an, Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan was forced to flee alone because of the large city of Chang'an and few soldiers. The Kwantung Allied Forces attacked Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo also avoided Chang'an because of the large city of Luoyang. The city was large, so It also requires a corresponding amount of troops to defend it. If there are few troops, it is not as good as a small city."
This is the disadvantage of a high city with thick walls.
Why in history, when many countries perished, once the enemy attacked the capital, the monarchs often chose to surrender, while few resisted.
It's because the country's capital city is so big that when it's about to be destroyed, there are very few troops that can defend it, and the morale of the troops in the city is also very low, so it's better to simply surrender and get a better outcome.
For example, in the Han Dynasty, Chang'an, the capital of the west, and Luoyang, the capital of the east, were both metropolises with a city height of five to six feet and covering an area of tens to hundreds of square kilometers. There were also Chengdu of the Shu Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms and Jianye of Soochow, which also had very tall cities.
With just over 10,000 troops, there is no way to defend them.
Therefore, historically Liu Xuan, Dong Zhuo, Liu Chan, and Sun Hao were not willing to defend in big cities like Luoyang, Chang'an, Chengdu Jianye.
The same is true with the current situation.
It has been ten years since Sun Quan moved the Jiangdong administrative office from Jingkou to Jianye.
As the seat of Jiangdong's government, Jianye's newly renovated city wall is very tall and can accommodate more than 50,000 people for defense.
But now there are only more than 10,000 demoralized soldiers and horses in Jiangdong. After climbing the city wall, let’s not talk about the morale problem. Just talk about the huge city wall with wind leakage from all sides. One soldier has to defend eight enemies who are attacking the city. Even if the clone technique can no longer
Even when two soldiers came out, they were exhausted and couldn't defend themselves at all.
So Jianye is already in a dilemma.
Sun Quan lamented: "Have we reached the end of our rope? Cao Pi refused to save him, and Liu Bei pressed forward step by step. The foundation of three generations of Jiangdong was destroyed in one fell swoop."
Zhuge Jin said softly: "Marquis Wu, it's better to go back."
"Wu Hou."
Lu Xun knew what Zhuge Jin wanted to say.
But he also knew that Sun Quan would not agree easily. If Zhuge Jin spoke out, Sun Quan might be furious and kill him, so he immediately interrupted.
As expected, Sun Quan glanced at Zhuge Jin with a sinister look, and then said to Lu Xun: "Bo Yan, what do you have to say?"
Lu Xun said: "The only way now is to make dangerous moves."
"you say."
Sun Quan stared at him intently.
Lu Xun said: "If we choose to defend the city now, there are two problems that need to be solved. One is that the city has few soldiers and it is difficult to cover everything. The other is that the morale of the soldiers is low and they may have no fighting spirit."
"Um."
Sun Quan nodded.
He was not a fool and naturally knew that Lu Xun was right.
Lu Xun continued: "It is still too difficult for us to solve these two problems at once, so we must do it step by step. We must first boost morale, and then find ways to raise troops and horses to resist Liu Bei's army."
Sun Quan hurriedly asked: "Then how can we boost morale?"
"The low morale is due to the defeats in the Battle of Jingzhou and the Battle of Ruxukou. The soldiers felt that Jiangdong must be unable to be defended, and they did not want to die in vain again, so they had to win a victory to show them that they still have hope."
Lu Xun said in a deep voice: "Now there is a dangerous and dangerous way, which is to go out of the city for a decisive battle."
"A decisive battle outside the city?"
Everyone's eyes widened.
Zhang Zhao even said: "Bo Yan, are you hysterical? Now the enemy has so many troops. If we go out of the city for a decisive battle, wouldn't it be a dead end?"
Even Sun Quan could hardly think about it and looked at Lu Xun with angry eyes.
He felt that Lu Xun was driving him to death.
However, Lu Xun shook his head and said: "No, this is a way to risk death and survive. Only in this way can Wu Hou have a chance of survival."
Hearing this, Sun Quan couldn't help but almost sneered and said: "Then please tell me the reason in detail."
Lu Xun said: "Originally, if Guan Yu had fought steadily, it would have been almost impossible for us to win. But he wanted to pick up the army first, and then sent the Gan and Ning naval forces to blockade Longzangpu. The front army arrived before the main force from the rear arrived. This is not true.
a good thing."
"What's the explanation?"
Sun Quan asked.
Lu Xun said: "Wu Hou still remembers that when Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, he first sent Yan Liang to the front army to attack Baima. As a result, Cao Cao blocked Yan Liang and lost tens of thousands of his troops, which caused the morale of Yuan's army to drop and the morale of Cao's army to rise. That is
This is the truth.”
"What you mean is that we should attack Gan Ning. If we can defeat Gan Ning, we can boost our morale, and then retreat to defend?"
Zhang Zhao also came to his senses.
Lu Xun nodded and said: "Exactly, and after defeating Gan Ning, Guan Yu did not dare to act rashly. He must have been fully prepared before attacking Jianye. At this time, Wu Hou could immediately recruit soldiers from the counties and deploy troops and horses to defend, so
Jiangdong still has a chance of survival."
Let's go out of the city for a decisive battle and defeat the front army first?
Everyone was thinking.
Even Sun Quan gradually calmed down and began to consider whether this proposal was correct.
Because they found that what Lu Xun said seemed to make sense.
When the army is defeated, the most important thing is to win a battle and boost morale so that we can make a difference.
During the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu did not rely on meteorites. Instead, he first told the Green Forest Army that their main force had captured Wancheng and that the army was about to rush north to aid Kunyang to cheer up the soldiers.
Wancheng had indeed been defeated at that time, but the main force of the Green Forest Army was still resting and the news had not reached Kunyang, so Liu Xiu was completely lying about the military situation to forcibly boost morale.
However, this method works in the short term, and if long-term reinforcements fail to arrive, morale will inevitably plummet.
So there must be a big victory.
Liu Xiu personally led more than a thousand men on foot and cavalry to fight thousands of men sent by Wang Yi, and personally killed dozens of enemies, winning the first battle and greatly boosting morale.
Later, he led 3,000 men to fight with more than 10,000 horses led by Wang Yi himself, beheaded Wang Xun, and defeated Wang Mang's army.
The same is true for Cao Cao.
On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang as the vanguard to capture Baima.
Cao Cao personally led his troops northward and blocked Yan Liang on his white horse. Guan Yu's army rushed into the enemy's formation. With one man, one horse and one sword, under the protection of countless soldiers, he beheaded the enemy general Yan Liang and returned with his head, winning the first battle.
After that, he returned to Guandu and confronted Yuan Shao. He also led five thousand cavalry to surprise Wuchao, burned Yuan Shao's food and grass, and finally defeated Yuan Shao and annexed the entire north.
So what Lu Xun said is right. If you want to win, you must first boost your morale.
What better way to boost morale than a victory?
the most important is.
Guan Yu seemed to be overconfident and sent the vanguard Gan Ning with only 10,000 men to blockade the Qinhuai River.
However, Sun Quan still had more than 10,000 troops and horses, and there were also some ships that had not participated in the battle, so he actually had a certain advantage over Gan Ning in terms of military strength.
Therefore, it does not seem impossible to stop Gan Ning.
Thinking of this, everyone felt that what Lu Xun said seemed to make sense, so they all gave their suggestions.
"Wu Hou, Boyan is right. If you want to defend Jianye, you must boost your morale. Only by defeating Gan Ning can your morale be boosted."
"Yes, it just so happens that Gan Ning only has 10,000 people. He will definitely not expect that we dare to go out of the city to fight. If we attack at night, we will definitely be able to defeat him and boost our morale."
"Yes, Marquis Wu, this is indeed a way to risk death and survive. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: A victorious soldier wins first and then goes to war, and a defeated soldier fights first and then goes to win. We are newly defeated and need the courage to fight.
"
Everyone gave advice one after another.
Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, as Bo Yan said, I will appoint Boyan as the governor of this battle, and I will hand over all the troops and horses from Jiangdong to you. You will then lead all the troops out of the city and fight Gan Ning to the death!"
Lu Xun cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "Xun, you will definitely live up to the trust entrusted by the Marquis of Wu!"