The most insignificant person in the Three Kingdoms. Without him, both Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu would become jokes.

On the battlefield, it is insignificant to be strong and strong, and to block hundreds of people with one force. It is insignificant to predict the enemy's victory in advance and to arrange troops in formation. As for the power of words, penetrating into the enemy camp, and joining forces vertically and horizontally, it is not enough to be called first-class.

If you want to join the ranks of first-class counselors, you must possess one characteristic—super high strategic literacy.

Taking the Three Kingdoms as an example, the ones who can truly be considered as first-rate counselors are Xun Yu in Cao Cao’s camp and Zhuge Liang in Liu Bei’s camp.

In terms of strategy, Xun Yu planned and formulated a blueprint and military route for Cao Cao to unify the north. He revised Cao Cao's strategic policy many times and was praised by Cao Cao, including "deeply consolidating the roots to control the world", "Welcome the Emperor"; in terms of tactics, he protected the three cities of Yanzhou in the face of Lu Bu's rebellion, made a clever plan to intercept Yuan Shao in Guandu, escaped from Wan, Ye Erjian and marched lightly to cover up his surprise attack on Jingzhou, etc.; in terms of politics, Cao Cao made many achievements He recommended a large number of talents such as Zhong Yao, Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Xi, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia. Xun Yu made many achievements in planning, plotting, Kuangbi, and raising people, and was called "my son's house" by Cao Cao.

Zhuge Liang divided the world into three parts before leaving Longzhong. He proposed to enter Xichuan, unite Soochow, and Fu Yiyue. According to Cao Wei's strategic concept, he worked step by step and perfectly achieved the strategy with tactical victories. The goal is to finally help the impoverished Liu Bei gain three points of the world and dominate one side.

As for Sun Quan's first-rate counselor who can rival Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang, he is not Zhou Yu or Zhang Zhao. He is the most insignificant person in the entire Three Kingdoms. Without him, everything between Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu would be just a joke, let alone passed down through the ages.

He is - Lu Su.

This talented man who has lived in the shadow of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu all his life is known to everyone as just a good old man who plays the role of peacemaker.

Lu Su’s low profile in the novel is to highlight Yu Liang’s extraordinary achievements. But in fact, whether it is official history or romance, Lu Su's role is not ordinary.

Below Sun Quan, Lu Su was the only one who understood politics and knew that without contacting Liu Bei, he could not resist Cao Cao, so as to maintain the "independent kingdom" of Jiangdong and further aspire to dominate the Central Plains.

You must know that at that time, the Soochow government and the public had been leaning to the east of the Yangtze River for a long time. Taking advantage of the danger of the Yangtze River, they all felt that self-preservation should be a piece of cake even if they did not unify the world. However, Lu Su foresaw the crisis and acted quickly. He made a decision—strongly advocated lending Jingzhou to Liu Bei to conclude an alliance between Sun and Liu.

This coincides with Zhuge Liang's strategy of uniting with Wu, and is even better than Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang's strategy of uniting with Wu is an urgent matter, and he has the purpose of relying on Soochow to survive. There was no need for Soochow to rely on anyone at that time, not to mention the loss of Jingzhou in vain.

Lu Su was the most thorough in implementing the strategy of concluding and consolidating the Sun-Liu alliance that could save the Sun-Liu regime. Zhou Yu would not wait to see Zhuge Liang out of personal loyalty, and Zhuge Liang would use all his traps to gain more benefits. Lu Su was caught between these two geniuses, and he negotiated and reconciled, and finally won the Battle of Chibi.

Just imagine that without Lu Zijing, Cao Cao would have destroyed Liu Bei first and then took advantage of the situation to devour Wu in one fell swoop. Then there will be no place for Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang in history.

After Zhou Yu's death, Lu Su took over the baton of Soochow. Under his leadership, Soochow achieved a great degree of development. After Lu Su's death, Lu Meng and Lu Xun first killed Guan Yu and then destroyed themselves. The alliance between Sun and Liu, which had finally been stable, began to collapse, and Sun and Liu gradually went to the road of destruction. Although Zhuge Liang was still alive at that time, it was not enough to change the direction of history.

From this point of view, Lu Su's awesomeness is unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms.

The famous scholar Zhang Dake once had this objective evaluation of Lu Su:

"Lu Su was a famous general in Soochow. He was wise and courageous, comparable to Zhou Yu, and in terms of foresight and foresight. , far-sighted, perhaps slightly better than Zhou Yu; but in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and on the drama stage, Lu Su is like a kind elder, more loyal than wise, often teased by Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang's wits and scheming, It seems foolish. However, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and the drama stage are both artistic creations, not historical records. From an artistic point of view, they can be called a masterpiece, but from a historical point of view, they are an inversion and distortion of history. Lu Su, who was active in the vicissitudes of history, was unparalleled in his scheming. Chen Shou, the author of "Three Kingdoms", praised him as "a man of arbitrary power, outstanding in appearance, and truly a genius."

"Wu Shu" said that he was "good at talking, good at writing and speaking, thinking far and wide, and having extraordinary wisdom" ("Lu Su" Biography and Pei's Notes). "

This is the true record of historians.