At the beginning, Lü Bu wanted to seek the position of Xuzhou Assassin through Chen Deng, Chen Deng came back, Lü Bu saw that his wish could not be realized, he was furious, pulled out his halberd to cut off a corner of the table, and said, "Your father persuaded me to cooperate with Cao Gong, so I rejected Yuan Shu's marriage offer; 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 for me in front of Gong Cao?! ”

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. Say, "Then you won't let me be full?" ”

Chen Deng said, "I see that Cao Gong has his arrangements for you, so you can do it." ”

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Yuan Shu heard that Lu Bu had rejected the marriage and killed his envoy, so he sent his generals Zhang Xun and Qiao Rui (

uí) and others with Han Siam (xiā

Yang Feng joined forces 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 that Yuan Shu's troops are recruited, it is because of you, do you think what to do?" ”

Chen Qi 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. Han Xian and Yang Feng are powerful people, and if you write a letter to them and promise benefits, you can easily divide them. ”

Lu Bu adopted Chen Qi'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. ”

Lu Bu also promised that after defeating Yuan Shu's army, the general would give them all the money and grain.

Han Xian and Yang Feng were very happy, so they attacked Zhang Xun and others together in Xiapi (pī), captured Qiao Rui alive, and the rest of the Yuan soldiers and horses scattered and fled, many were killed and wounded, fell into the water and drowned, and almost the entire army was annihilated.

Lü Bu led his army to pursue Yuan Shu to Jianghuai, and returned with a smile on the shore. However, the money and food promised to Han Xian and Yang Feng were not fulfilled at all.

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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 they could send it, Lu Bu went in person.

Gao Shun persuaded him not to go, saying, "The general personally killed Dong Zhuo, the mighty Rong Di, famous, far and near are afraid of you, what do you want, but go to ask for money in person?" If you don't get it, won't it damage your prestige? ”

Lü Bu didn't listen, and led his troops to Jucheng, Zang Ba was afraid that Lü Bu would plunder and abuse by force, and held Jucheng, but Lü Bu could not conquer it, and led the army back to Pi, and then Zang Ba reconciled with Lü 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 and refuses to think carefully, 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 ultimately did not take his advice.

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Liu Bei was in Xiaopei, recruited the old department, and regathered 10,000 people, Lu Bu was disgusted with him, and personally sent troops to attack Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was defeated and went to Xu Capital to attach himself 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 third year of Jian'an (198), Lü Bu rebelled against the imperial court again and allied with Yuan Shu, and sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack Peicheng and defeat Liu Bei.

Cao Cao sent Xiahou (dū

In September, Gao Shun and others broke through Peicheng and captured Liu Bei's wife and children, and Liu Bei was defeated and surrendered to Cao Cao.

- Pity our Liu Bei, the wife and children who have been saved up by the new wave have been taken captive again.

Cao Cao then personally led his troops to attack Lü Bu, and the army arrived at the foot of Xiapi City.

Cao Cao sent a letter to Lü Bu, stating to him the blessings and misfortunes.

Lü Bu wanted to surrender, but Chen Gong and the others strongly opposed it because they were guilty of Cao Cao, and said to Lü Bu, "Duke Cao came from afar, and the situation cannot last. 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.

However, Lu Bu's wife said to him, "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 ask Yuan Shu for help, and personally led more than 1,000 cavalry out of the city, and after defeat, he retreated into the city, holding the city and not daring to go out. Yuan Shu also did not come to the rescue.

Although Lu Bu was brave and strong, he was scheming and narrow-minded and suspicious, and he didn't need Chen Gong's advice, and the generals were suspicious, so they were defeated in many battles.

Cao Cao besieged for three months, besieged the city, Lu Bu's army was centrifuged, his subordinates Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei continued to rebel, bound Chen Gong to surrender, Lu Bu saw that Cao's 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 (February 7, 199).

Lu Bu was tied up in front of Cao Cao and said to Cao Cao, "I am kind enough to my subordinate generals, it was they who betrayed me together temporarily." ”

Cao Cao said, "How can you be called kind when you carry your wife behind your back and fornicate with the wives of several of your subordinates?" ”

Lu Bu was silent.

- There is such a thing.

Lu Bu asked Cao Cao to loosen the tie, saying that he was strangled too tightly.

Cao Cao smiled and said, "The tiger has to be tied tightly. ”

Lu Bu said again: "Cao Gong gets me, I will lead the cavalry, and Cao Gong will lead the infantry, and the world can 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!" ”

Cao Cao listened to Liu Bei's words, and only then did he kill Lu Bu.

Before he died, Lu Bu shouted, "Liu Bei, a big-eared thief, can't believe it the most!" ”

In the end, Lu Bu was hanged, that is, the bow was put around the neck of the prisoner, the bowstring was facing forward, and the executioner began to rotate the bow in the back, and the bow became tighter and tighter, and the prisoner's qi became less and less, and finally he finally lost his breath, and then cut off his head and hung it on the top of the stake.

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.