In the second year of Xingping (195), Cao Cao recovered all the cities in Yanzhou and defeated Lü Bu in Ju (jù), and Lü Bu fled to Liu Bei.

After Lu Bu saw Liu Bei, he respected him very much and said to Liu Bei, "Your Excellency and I are both from the northern border. At that time, I saw the Kwantung Army raise troops and wanted to kill Dong Zhuo. But I killed Dong Zhuodong, but none of the Kwantung generals accepted me, and they all wanted to kill me. ”

and asked Liu Bei to sit on the bed in the tent, and ordered his wife and concubine to salute Liu Bei, drink wine and drink, and call Liu Bei a virtuous brother.

Liu Bei's subordinates did not look at Lu Bu.

Liu Bei saw that Lu Bu's language was impermanent, and he looked indifferent on the surface, but he was unhappy in his heart.

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In the second year of Xingping (195), Yuan Shu led an army to attack Xuzhou, and held on to Xuyi (xūyí) and Huaiyin with Liu Bei. After a month, the two sides won and lost each other.

Yuan Shu wrote a letter to Lü Bu and shot arrows into the castle tower, inducing him to attack Xiapi (pī), promising to give him 200,000 hu rice when the matter was completed.

So, seeing that Lu Bu forgot his righteousness, the land and water went east, and when the army arrived forty miles west of Xiapi, Liu Bei's Zhonglang sent Sima Zhangzhi to meet Lu Bu by Xu Tan, a Danyang person, and revealed to Lu Bu that Zhang Fei and Cao Bao were fighting, and there was chaos in Xipi City, and the Danyang soldiers were waiting for Lu Bu's arrival in Xibaimen City, so Lu Bu marched in a big way and arrived at the city in the morning.

After dawn, the Danyang soldiers opened the city gate, and Lu Bu sat on the city gate, commanding the army to break Zhang Fei and capture Liu Bei's wife, concubines, children and the families of his subordinates.

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At this time, Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shu and fled to Haixi, hungry and exhausted, and asked Lü Bu to surrender.

Lu Bu was annoyed that the rice that Yuan Shu promised to give was not enough, so he no longer helped Yuan Shu, but prepared a carriage and horse to welcome Liu Bei, let Liu Bei serve as the assassin of Yuzhou, and sent him to garrison Xiaopei.

Lu Bu called himself Xuzhou Mu.

In July of the same year, due to the fierce competition of Li Yu (què) and Guo Yan (sì), Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned from Chang'an to the east, passed through Hedong, and issued an edict ordering Lü Bu to welcome him. Since Lü Bu's army did not have enough food to serve the king, Lü Bu sent a messenger to apologize. The imperial court appointed Lü Bu as the general of Pingdong and made him the Marquis of Pingtao.

In the first year of Jian'an (196), Yuan Shu sent the general Ji Ling to lead a total of more than 30,000 horses to conquer Liu Bei, and Liu Bei asked Lü Bu for help. The general said to Lu Bu, "General, you have always wanted to get rid of Liu Bei, but now you can use Yuan Shu's hand to get rid of him." ”

Lu Bu said, "That's not the case, if Yuan Shu occupies Xiaopei, he will unite the troops around Mount Tai in the north, and we will be surrounded by Yuan Shu, I can't help but save Liu Bei." ”

So he led 1,000 infantry and 200 cavalry, and hurried to Xiaopei.

When Ji Ling and the others heard that Lu Bu had come to the rescue of Liu Bei, they had no choice but to withdraw their troops and did not dare to act rashly.

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Lu Bu set up a camp one mile southwest of Xiaopei, and sent guards to invite Ji Ling and other generals to come to his camp to drink, and Ji Ling and others also invited Lu Bu to drink together.

Lu Bu said to Ji Ling and the others, "Xuande, is my Lu Bu's virtuous brother. Now that he is surrounded by all of you, I have come to save him. I, Lu Bu, don't like to watch others fight each other, I only like to resolve disputes for others. ”

Lu Bu ordered the gate to erect a halberd in the camp gate, and said, "Look at the small branch on my halberd, if it is fired, you should immediately stop the attack and leave here, if you miss, then you will stay and fight Liu Bei to the death." ”

He drew his bow and fired an arrow at the halberd, which hit the small branch.

The generals were shocked and praised, "General, you are really as powerful as a god!" ”

The next day, Lü Bu had a feast with the generals, and then returned to their respective troops.

This is the story of the famous "Yuanmen Shooting Halberd", which was rotten by local operas.

This is just a performance of Lu Bu's martial arts and archery.

In June of the first year of Jian'an (196), in the middle of the night, Hao Meng, a native of Hanoi, was instigated by Yuan Shu to launch a rebellion, and led his troops to attack Lü Buzhi's Xiapi, the city was well defended and could not be attacked, Lü Bu did not know who was rebelling, and led his family to flee to Gao Shun's camp, Gao Shun asked, "Does the general know who is coming to attack you?" ”

Lu Bu replied, "I don't know, I only heard the voice of a Hanoi person." ”

Gao Shun guessed that it was Hao Meng who rebelled, so he led his troops to Xiapi to quell the rebellion, fired the bow and crossbow to kill Hao Meng's army, and returned to the camp at dawn ("Shufu Yuan Turtle" records that Lu Bu and Gao Shun went to quell the rebellion together).

Hao Meng's subordinate general Cao Xing fought against Hao Meng anyway, Hao Meng stabbed Cao Xing, Cao Xing cut off Hao Meng's arm, Gao Shun took advantage of the situation to cut off Hao Meng's head, and carried the injured Cao Xing to see Lu Bu with the bed.

Lü Bu asked Cao Xing about the origin of this matter, and Cao Xing replied, "Hao Meng was instigated by Yuan Shu to rebel. ”

Lu Bu asked again, "Who are the accomplices?" ”

Cao Xuan replied that Chen Gong was an accomplice, and at that time, Chen Gong was sitting next to Lu Bu and narrating, his face was red, and everyone else noticed it.

Lu Bu did not pursue it because Chen Gong was a general.

Cao Xing said, "When Hao Meng rebelled, he asked me if it was feasible? I said that General Lu was brave and could not be opposed, but I didn't expect Hao Meng to be confused. ”

Lu Bu said to Cao Xing, "You are really an athlete. ”

Let him recuperate from his injuries, and when Cao Xing's injuries recover, let him lead the rest of Hao Meng's army.

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After Yuan Shu came up with the idea of becoming emperor, he wanted to unite with Lu Bu and make him use it for himself, so he proposed to Lu Bu that his son marry Lu Bu's daughter, and Lu Bu agreed.

Yuan Shu sent Han Yin as an envoy to officially convey to Lü Bu that he would change the name of the year and ascend the throne as emperor, and at the same time asked to take Lü Bu's daughter and his son to consummate the marriage.

Pei Xiang Chen Qi was worried that Yuan Shu and Lu Bu would become in-laws, and Xuzhou and Yangzhou would be united and would endanger the country, so he went to lobby Lu Bu and said to Lu Bu, "Cao Gong welcomes the Son of Heaven, assists the government, conquers all directions, and shocks the world, and you should cooperate with him to achieve peace in the world." If you and Yuan Shu become in-laws, you will be charged with being an unrighteous person, and then the situation will be unfavorable to you. ”

Lu Bu also resented Yuan Shu for not accepting him at the beginning, although his daughter had already left with Han Yin at this time, he still chased her back, refused this family business, and put the messenger Han Yin in shackles and shackles, and sent him to the Xudu Market to be beheaded for public display.

Chen Qi wanted to send his son Chen Deng to Xudu to explain that Lü Bu was willing to cooperate with Cao Cao, but Lü Bu disagreed.

It happened that Cao Cao's envoy arrived at this time, passed on the will of Emperor Xian of Han, and appointed Lü Bu as the general of Zuo.

Lu Bu was overjoyed, so he asked Chen Deng to set off, and ordered him to bring a letter to thank Emperor Han Xian.

Chen Deng paid a visit to Cao Cao and told him about Lu Bu's shortcomings of being brave and capricious, and hoped that Cao Cao would get rid of him as soon as possible. Cao Cao said, "Lu Bu is a man 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." ”

instructed Chen Deng to secretly divide Lu Bu's team and make internal responses for himself.