From Zhuge Liang's poems, it can be clearly seen that Zhuge Liang's evaluation of Lu Bu is not very high, but he uses a tiger and gentian for Lu Bu's bravery, which can be said to be appreciated. According to the above records, Chen Deng later visited Cao Cao and told him about Lu Bu's shortcomings of bravery, resourcelessness and capriciousness, hoping that Cao Cao would get rid of him as soon as possible. Cao Cao said: "Lu Bu is a person with wolf ambitions, and he really can't let him stay in the world for a long time, of course you are the most familiar with the inside story." Immediately raised Chen Qi's annual salary to 2,000 stones, and appointed Chen Deng as the Taishou of Guangling.

When parting, Cao Cao took Chen Deng's hand and said, "The affairs of the east will be entrusted to you." "Order Chen Deng to privately divide Lu Bu's team and make an internal response for himself. At the beginning, Lu Bu wanted to seek the position of assassin of Xuzhou through Chen Deng, but when Chen Deng came back, Lu Bu saw that his wish could not be realized, so he was furious, pulled out his halberd and chopped the table, and said: "Your father persuaded me to cooperate with Cao Gong, so I rejected Yuan Shu's marriage contract; And now I have gained nothing, but your father and son have a prominent position, and I have been betrayed by you! Tell me, what did you say to me in front of Cao Gong? Chen Deng's face did not change, and he replied calmly: "When I saw Cao Gong, I said: 'Treat you like a tiger, you should treat the general, you should let him eat enough, if he is not full, he will eat people.'" Cao Gong said: "It's not like you said, it's more like raising an eagle for Lu Bu, you can use it when you're hungry, and when you're full, you'll fly away by yourself." That's what we talk about you. Lu Bu's anger calmed down.

Yuan Shu heard that Lü Bu had rejected the marriage and killed his envoy, so he sent his generals Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others to join forces with Han Xian and Yang Feng, and led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to attack Lü Bu in seven ways. At that time, Lu Bu only had 3,000 troops and 400 horses, and he was worried that he would not be able to resist, so he said to Chen Qi: "Now the troops who have recruited Yuan Shu are caused by you, what do you think should be done?" Chen Jue said: "Han Xian, Yang Feng and Yuan Shu are just hastily assembled troops. There was no definite strategy in the first place, and it was impossible to maintain each other. My son, Chen Deng, calculated that they were like chickens in a queue, and that they could not perch together, and that they would soon be separated. Lu Bu adopted Chen Jue's strategy and wrote to Han Xian and Yang Feng, saying: "The two generals have the merit of saving the driver, and I will kill Dong Zhuo with my own hands and establish a reputation together, which will leave a name in history." Now that Yuan Shu has rebelled, he should be crusaded against together. Why have you come here against me with the thieves? can take advantage of the current time to join forces to defeat Yuan Shu, eliminate harm for the country, and establish meritorious deeds for the world, this opportunity cannot be lost. He also promised that after defeating Yuan Shu's army, the general would give them all the money and food. Han Xian and Yang Feng were very happy, so they attacked Zhang Xun and others together in Xiapi, captured Qiao Rui alive, and the rest of the men and horses scattered and fled, many people were killed and wounded, fell into the water and drowned, and almost the whole army was wiped out. Lü Bu led the army to pursue Yuan Shu to Jianghuai, and returned with a smile on the north of the shore.

At that time, Taishan Zangba and others conquered Jucheng and promised to give Lu Bu money and money to make friends with Lu Bu, but before he could send it, Lu Bu went to ask for it in person. Gao Shun, the governor of Lü Bu, persuaded him not to go, saying: "The general personally killed Dong Zhuo, the mighty Zhen Rong Di, the reputation is far and wide, and everyone near and far is afraid of you, what can't you get, but go and ask for goods in person?" If you don't get it, won't it damage your prestige? Lu Bu didn't listen. had arrived in Jucheng, Zang Ba and others did not know Lu Bulai's intentions, and insisted on Jucheng to reject Lu Bu, but Lu Bu could not conquer it, and led the army to go down, and then Zang Ba reconciled with Lu Bu.

Gao Shun is innocent, dignified, rarely speaks, commands the troops neatly, and is sure to win every battle. Lu Bu was born to make decisions or change opinions casually, and he was fickle in doing things. Gao Shun often routinely persuaded: "The general does things without careful consideration, often makes mistakes, and always makes mistakes in speaking and doing things." Can mistakes happen again and again? Lu Bu understood Gao Shun's loyalty, but he didn't accept it after all. Liu Bei was in Xiaopei, recruited the old department, and regathered 10,000 people, Lu Bu hated him and personally sent troops to attack Liu Bei, Liu Bei was defeated, and went to Xu Capital to attach to Cao Cao. Cao Cao treated Liu Bei well, named him the pastor of Yuzhou, and gave him military rations and troops, and asked him to go to Peicheng to collect the old department.

In the winter of 198 AD (the third year of Jian'an), Lü Bu rebelled again against the imperial court and attached himself to Yuan Shu, and sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack in Pei County and defeat Liu Bei. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to rescue Liu Bei, but was also defeated by Gao Shun. Cao Cao then personally led his troops to attack Lü Bu, and the troops went to the city of Xiapi. Cao Cao sent a letter to Lü Bu, stating to him the blessings and misfortunes. Lü Bu wanted to surrender, but Chen Gong and others strongly opposed it because they were guilty of Cao Cao, and said to Lü Bu: "Duke Cao has come from afar, and the situation cannot be chijiu, if the general uses infantry and cavalry to garrison outside the city, I will lead the rest of the men and horses to close the city gate and guard it." If Cao Cao attacks the general, I will lead the troops to attack Cao's army from behind; If Cao Cao was just attacking the city, the general would come to the rescue from outside. In less than a month, Cao's army ran out of food, and Cao Cao could be defeated by launching an attack. Lu Bu agreed with him. Lu Bu's wife said: "In the past, the Cao family treated Chen Gongtai like a baby, and Chen Gong still left Cao Cao to join us. Now the general's benefits to Gongtai have not surpassed Cao's, but he plans to leave the whole city and his wife and children alone? If something happens, will I still be the general's wife? So Lu Bu gave up, but secretly sent someone to Yuan Shu for help, and personally led more than 1,000 cavalry out of the city, and after defeat, he retreated into the city, defending the city and not daring to go out. Yuan Shu couldn't come to the rescue. Although Lu Bu is brave and fierce, he is scheming and narrow-minded and suspicious, and he does not need Chen Gong's advice, and the generals are suspicious, so they lose many battles. Cao Cao besieged for three months, besieged the city, Lu Bu's army was centrifuged, his subordinates Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei continued to rebel, bound Chen Gong to surrender, Lu Bu saw that the enemy army was in a hurry to attack in Baimenlou, and the general trend had gone, so he ordered the left and right to hand over his head to Cao Cao, and the left and right could not bear it, so it was convenient to surrender in December. Lu Bu was tied up in front of Cao Cao and asked to be loosened, Cao Cao laughed and said, "The tiger has to be tightened." Lu Bu also said: "Cao Gong got me, I led the cavalry, and Cao Gong led the infantry, and the world could be unified." Cao Cao was quite moved, but Liu Bei said on the side: "Duke Ming, have you seen how Lu Bu served Ding Jianyang and Dong Taishi!" Before he died, Lu Bu said: "Liu Bei, the big-eared child, can't believe it the most!" In the end, Lu Bu was hanged and then beheaded. His subordinates Chen Gong and Gao Shun also refused to surrender and were executed, while Zhang Liao led his troops to surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao ordered the heads of Lü Bu, Chen Gong, and Gao Shun to be sent to Xu Du Zhanggong and then buried.

This book is derived from reading books