* Guan Yu, great general of Shu, floods the city of Fancheng in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng of Eastern Wu captures his home base.

* Lü Meng, general of Sun Quan, planned Guan Yu's capture ( b. 178 )

Sun Quan then sent Lü Meng and Ling Tong to lead 20, 000 men to attack southern Jing Province and they succeeded in capturing Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling commanderies.

Guan Yu was captured by Sun Quan's general Lü Meng ; once captured, Sun Quan executed Guan Yu, Jing Province came under Sun's control, and the Sun-Liu alliance ended.

Sun Quan sends Lü Meng to lead his troops to seize Jing Province while Guan is away, as part of his secret agreement with Cao Cao.

In Chapter 77, after Sun Quan's general Lü Meng captured Jing Province and killed Guan Yu, Sun threw a banquet to celebrate the victory in honour of Lü Meng, who planned the attack.

During the feast, Guan Yu's spirit possessed Lü Meng and seized Sun Quan.

As the others rushed forward to save Sun Quan, the possessed Lü Meng swore vengeance before collapsing onto the floor and dying moments later.

In 219, Sun Quan's general Lü Meng invaded and annexed Liu Bei's territory in Jing Province.

Lü Meng ( 178 – 220 ) was a military general serving under the warlord Sun Quan during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history.

Lü Meng was born in Fupo, Runan Commandery ( southeast of present-day Funan County, Anhui ) in 178.

His family migrated south of the Yangtze River when Lü Meng was young, and he lived with his brother-in-law Deng Dang ( 鄧當 ), who served under Sun Ce.

When Lü Meng was 15 or 16, he would often follow Deng Dang in his expeditions against the Shanyue secretly against Deng's wishes.

When Deng Dang told Lü Meng's mother about this, she was furious, but Lü Meng said: " It is difficult to survive in poverty ; if we can prove ourselves through hard work, then wealth would come eventually.

At the time, an official despised Lü Meng for his age, and often insulted him with words like: " What can he do?

" Eventually, Lü Meng could not control his anger and he killed the official.

Lü Meng then turned himself in to Yuan Xiong ( 袁雄 ), who pleaded with Sun Ce to spare his life.

Sun Ce granted Lü Meng an audience with him, and he was very impressed with Lü, so he acquitted Lü of his crimes and appointed him as a general.

A few years later, Deng Dang died, and Zhang Zhao recommended Lü Meng to take his place.

He also repeatedly promoted his official Lü Fan even though, while he was young, Lü Fan had informed to Sun Ce about his improper spending habits, understanding that Lü did so only out of loyalty to Sun Ce.

That year, he also recognized how his head secretary Lü Yi ( 呂壹 ) had been falsely accusing his officials, and had Lü executed ; he then further confirmed his trust in the high level officials by personally writing an emotional letter to Zhuge Jin, Bu Zhi, Zhu Ran, and Lü Dai, blaming himself for the recent problems with his administration while urging them to speak out honestly whenever they saw faults in him.

Replacing Lü Buwei, Li Si was also now the new chancellor.

Trade also became important, and some merchants had considerable power in politics, the most prominent of which was Lü Buwei, who rose to become Chancellor of Qin and was a key supporter of the eventual Qin Shihuang.

* Lü was also a very productive poet.

He is called Master Pure-Yang ( 純陽子 Chunyang Zi ), and is also called Lü the Progenitor ( 呂祖 lü zŭ ) by some Daoist, especially those of the Quanzhen School.

According to one story, Lü's teacher Zhongli Quan became an immortal and was about to fly to heaven, while saying to Lü that if he kept practicing the Tao he would also be able to fly to heaven himself very soon.

He is also called " Master of the Cloud-Chamber " ( 雲房先生 Yún Fáng Xiān Shēng ) in accounts describing his encounter with Lü Dongbin before achieving immortality.

In the next chapter, after Lü Bu was defeated and captured by Cao Cao, Zhang Liao was also bound and brought before the victor.

During this period of time, Lü Zhi started an illicit affair with Shen Yiji ( 審食其 ), one of Liu Bang's followers who was also held captive together with her.

Lü Zhi also ordered Han Xin's family and relatives to be put to death as well.

Lü Zhi also played a role in the death of another of Gaozu's sons, Liu You, the Prince of Zhao.

In an unprecedented move, in 184 BC, Lü Zhi also granted her younger sister Lü Xu ( 呂須 ) the title of Marquise of Lingguang, in a separate fief from that of the latter's husband Fan Kuai.

Before the battle, the generals suggested that they replenish their weapons before clashing with the enemy, but Lü Meng held a different opinion: he felt that by the time the equipments were replenished, the enemy would surely have reinforced and prepared their defenses ; also, he warned that in a few days the river would return to low tide, which would make the retreat back to their ships difficult.

Besides being matchless on the battlefield, especially in man-on-man duels, Lü Bu was also notorious for having betrayed and slain two separate lords who were both his adoptive fathers.

Dong Zhuo also acknowledged Lü Bu as his foster son.

Lü Bu also imprisoned Yuan Shu's envoy and sent the captive to Cao Cao as a token of friendship.

One day back in his hometown, a respectable man known as Lü Wen ( also called Lü Gong ), who had recently moved to Pei County, was visited by the most influential men in town.

Sun Ce complied, but first convinced Cao Cao to form a coalition against Yuan Shu, of which Liu Bei and Lü Bu were members.

Originally, he was going to have Lü Meng share command with Sun Jiao, but Lü convinced him not to, saying, " If my lord feels that ( Sun Jiao ) is the right man, choose him.

Lured by the presents and Li Su's words, Lü Bu was easily convinced to betray his master.

) He listened carefully to his mother Lady Wu's encouraging words, and greatly trusted Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong with regard to civilian affairs and Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, and Lü Fan with regard to military matters.

Instead of directly moving against Zhou Chang and Liu Ruyi, though, Lü Zhi circumvented Zhou by first summoning him to Chang ' an, and then summoning Liu Ruyi.

As Sun Ce implemented strict discipline among his troops, he won the instant support of the local people and gathered many talented men, such as Chen Wu, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Qin Song, and Lü Fan.

Lü Wencheng, Li Jinhui, Zhou Xuan, Qui Hechou, Yin Zizhong and He Dasha were among the most popular performers and composers during this period.

Liu Bei seized the opportunity to kill Che Zhou, the Governor of Xu Province who was appointed by the imperial court after Lü Bu's defeat.

However Zhou Chang ( 周昌 ), the chancellor in Liu Ruyi's principality, whom Lü Zhi respected because of his stern opposition to Emperor Gaozu's proposal to make Liu Ruyi crown prince, temporarily protected Liu Ruyi from harm by responding to Lü Zhi's order that " The Prince of Zhao is ill and unfit for travelling over long distances.

" Lü Zhi then ordered Zhou Chang to come to the capital, had him detained, and then summoned Liu Ruyi again.

He presented a plan to leave Ling Tong behind to defend against the main forces of Cao Ren while the forces of Lü Meng, Zhou Yu, and Cheng Pu went to rescue Gan Ning, predicting accurately that Ling Tong will surely hold out until the three return.

When Lu Su took over Zhou Yu's position, he went to visit Lü Meng.

Zhou Yu was assigned the Grand Commander, Lü Meng the navy commander, and Ling Tong the vanguard commander for the campaign.

Instead of directly moving against Zhou and Liu Ruyi, though, Lü circumvented Zhou by first summoning him to the capital, and then summoning Liu Ruyi.

The officials, including Chen Ping and Zhou Bo ( 周勃 ), who would later overthrow the Lü clan after the deaths of both Emperor Hui and Empress Dowager Lü, claimed that Emperor Hui had no sons — but that Empress Zhang, at Empress Dowager Lü's instigation, stole eight boys from other people, put their mothers to death, and made the children her own.

Lü Fan served as Sun Ce's chief strategist historically, while in popular culture, that role is often fulfilled by Sun Ce's close friend, Zhou Yu.

However, Zhou Yu was absent for many of Sun Ce's campaigns, whereas Lü Fan was present at each one.

Lü Fan participated in the battle, serving as a subordinate to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu and Lü Fan protested against such a plan, but after Zhou Yu's death in 210, Sun Quan agreed to Lu Su's plan instead, even allowing additional concessions to Liu Bei.

Lü sent general Zhou Zao to punish Zhao Tuo.

The officials of the imperial government, led by Chen Ping and Zhou Bo ( 周勃 ), however, formed a conspiracy against the Lü clan, and they were successful in surprising the Lü clan and slaughtering it.