Chapter 478 Defeated Maicheng (18)
Sun Quan killed Guan Yu, almost occupied Guan Yu's original territory, praised the three armies, and held a celebration banquet for the generals.
Lu Meng was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to this victory. Sun Quan arranged Lu Meng to the top and said to the generals:
"I have not been able to obtain Jingzhou for a long time, but now I can obtain it with my fingers. This is all Ziming's achievements."
Because of his capture and killing Guan Yu, Lu Meng's position in the Jiangdong Army was no different.
Although Lu Meng was not arrogant because of his merits and was still humble, the eyes of others who looked at him had changed, such as "eye, envy, jealousy...", etc., were all in a wide range of complex gazes.
After Sun Quan used Lu Meng's strategy to kill Guan Yu and his son, he learned about Lu Meng's cruel methods and became vigilant.
However, Lu Meng made outstanding achievements, and Sun Quan could not let go of the grind and killed the donkey, so he naturally could not treat the meritorious officials with utmost care.
Sun Quan himself was also a source of intelligence, so he decided to check Lu Meng's mistakes and take Lu Meng's handle in his hands, so he could control Lu Meng at any time, so as not to be too powerful to shock the master.
Soon, Jia Hua, the confidant in charge of information, sent the thick case file to Sun Quan's desk.
When Sun Quan discovered that Lu Meng and his confidant Bo Zuo Xian colluded, the anger in his heart was imaginable.
It is obviously not a good idea to directly create a crime and kill your own master.
Sun Quan was also a good conspirator, so he immediately sent Zuo Xian, who was tragic and went to Jingnan to let him take charge of Lingling County temporarily.
The chief of General Sun Quan's mansion was a magistrate who was in charge of the ruler. This was an incredible emphasis.
Zuo Xian has always been favored by Sun Quan, and no one doubts Sun Quan's intention.
But before Zuo Xian arrived in Lingling City, he was killed by local bandits on the way, and did not attract the attention of others.
Sun Quan's former mastermind was quietly extinguished in the long river of history.
Since he dared to reach his hands beside him, even though Lu Meng was a great hero who had to return to Jingzhou this time, Sun Quan was not ruthless.
He called Jia Hua over and made a careful plan to take Lu Meng's life with chronic poisonous wine.
Before taking action against Lu Meng, Sun Quan intended to put Lu Meng on the fire and praised Lu Meng's achievements. At the celebration meeting, Sun Quan said to a group of civil and military officials:
"In the past, Zhou Langxiong passed away and defeated Cao Cao at the Red Cliff. Unfortunately, he died young. Lu Zijing replaced him. When Zijing first met Gu, he made a general plan for the emperor. This is a quick opportunity. Cao Cao went east and everyone advised Gu to surrender. Zijing only advised Gu to summon Gongjin and attack him. These are two quick opportunities. Only by encouraging me to borrow Jingzhou and Liu Bei, this is one of his shortcomings. Now Ziming designed a plan to establish Jingzhou, which was defeated by Zijing, and Zhou Lang had many Zhou Lang!"
A celebration banquet was held in the evening, and the wine was half over. In order to show his favor to Lu Meng, Sun Quan personally drank wine and gave it to Lu Meng.
Lu Meng was able to capture and kill Guan Yu, who was famous in China, and his reputation in Jiangdong reached its peak. There were many civil servants and generals who toasted him. Lu Meng was already very drunk.
Lu Meng staggered and took the wine glass handed over by Sun Quan and raised his glass to drink, but because of the inability to drink, he suddenly fell to the ground. A glass of wine was broken by mistake and spilled on the ground.
Although Sun Quan looked bad, he could not blame Lu Meng, so he asked his subordinates to send Lu Meng back.
That night, something very strange happened. Lu Meng suddenly fell seriously ill and was really dying!
Everyone suspected that Lu Meng was also called sick. Didn’t he use this plan before he took Jingzhou?
This time, Lu Meng lost his composure at the celebration banquet. He was afraid that Sun Quan would be unhappy and temporarily claimed that he would not be sick. It is reasonable.
Therefore, no one arouses the suspicion of others.
The next day, Sun Quan gathered in the community to discuss the matter. Lu Meng's personal bodyguard sent Lu Meng's handwritten letter, saying that he could not afford to be ill.
Sun Quan was about to visit Lu Meng's condition in person, but suddenly he reported that Zhang Zhao came from Jianye.
Before Sun Quan went to war, Zhang Zhao stayed in Jianye. This time, something big must have happened.
Sun Quan quickly summoned Zhang Zhao to inquire about the details.
This time, Zhang Zhao rushed over, and was originally wiping his butt for his son Zhang Cheng.
He personally allocated enough food and grass to Zhang Cheng, asking him to rectify his army and horses and prepare for another battle.
Zhang Zhao was about to come to Sun Quan and talk about his son, which was a bit difficult to say.
When he heard that Lu Meng killed Guan Yu, he was overjoyed and came to offer advice first and plead for his son.
After hearing Sun Quan's inquiry, Zhang Zhao quickly replied:
"Now the lord has killed Guan Yu and his son, and the disaster in Jiangdong is not far away! When this man became a feud with Liu Bei in Taoyuan, he vowed to live and die together. Now Liu Bei already has soldiers from both rivers and strong strength. Even Cao Cao was defeated in Hanzhong, and he also had Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng's plan, Zhang, Huang, Ma, and Zhao's courage. If Liu Beibei knew that Guan Yu and his son were harmed by the lord, he would not give up and set up troops to conquer the country and strive to avenge him, he would be afraid that Jiangdong would not be able to face the enemy."
Sun Quan was always worried about this problem. When he heard Zhang Zhao say so, he felt a little regretful. However, he was the one who tacitly agreed to Lu Meng's actions to kill Guan Yu, so naturally he had no regrets to take. He had to ask Zhang Zhao for advice:
"Is it a fool who is the one who is alone and misunderstood! What are the good strategies for Zibu?"
Zhang Zhao had another conspiracy and comforted the man and said:
"Don't worry, lord. I have a plan to prevent the soldiers of Xichuan from invading me, Jiangdong and Dongwu, and to gain the peace of Jingzhou as rock."
Sun Quan asked what was the plan?
Zhang Zhao cleared his throat and said slowly:
"Now Cao Cao has a million people and is looking at China. Liu Bei is eager to take revenge and must make an appointment with Cao. If two places come together, Jiangdong will be in danger. It is better to send someone to the head of Guan Guan Yu and forward it to Cao Cao. The Ming sect Liu Bei knew that it was Cao's envoy, so he would turn to hate Cao Cao. The soldiers of Xichuan did not go to Wu but to Wei. The lord then observed the victory and defeat and took things from the middle. This is the best strategy."
After Sun Quan received a secret letter from Cao Cao asking for Guan Yu, he decided to kill Guan Yu. He was not sure how to reply, but after hearing Zhang Zhao's words, he immediately made up his mind and quickly wrote a reply letter, sending an envoy to Guan Yu's head in a wooden box and sending him to Cao Cao at night.
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Cao Cao sent a secret envoy that day. After the envoy left less than a cup of tea, he suddenly realized:
"This letter may be Guan Yu's death talisman."
I wanted to send someone to recall the secret envoy, but remembering that Guan Yu could die at Sun Quan, it was a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, so I let the secret envoy send away the secret envoy.
Cao Cao knew that he had no result in asking Guan Yu, so he didn't wait long and returned to Luoyang from Mopi.
I rested in Luoyang for several days and heard that Sun Quan sent an envoy to Guan Yu's head.
The stone in Cao Cao's heart suddenly fell to the ground, and there was an indescribable ease. He did not rush to receive the envoys, but gathered officials to discuss matters first and said happily to everyone:
"Yunchang is dead, I sleep at night and I am standing on the mat."
The person in the hall stood up and said:
"Lord, this is Sun Quan's plan to transfer the disaster."
When Cao Cao saw that Sima Yi, the chief clerk who had been active recently, asked why.
Sima Yi replied calmly:
"When Liu, Guan and Zhang joined forces in Taoyuan, they vowed to live and die together. Now Jiangdong has killed Guan Yu's life and is afraid that Liu Bei will take revenge, so he sacrificed his head to the king, causing Liu Bei to vent his anger on the king and attacked Wei instead of attacking Wu, but he took advantage of the situation and tried to do it."
Chapter completed!