The person who came was Chen Wu, who took Lu Bu away and handed over a condemned prisoner with a similar figure to Lu Bu to the executioner. The condemned prisoner was executed in place of Lü Bu and buried outside the city, with the inscription "Tomb of the Marquis of Wen of the Great Han" on the tombstone.

Lu Bu was taken to the room arranged by Cao Cao in advance, and Lu Bu asked: "You and I met in Pingshui, why did you come to the rescue?" ”

Chen Wu told Lu Bu the reason, it turned out that Han Xuan had expected that Lu Bu would be defeated and captured, and a generation of fierce generals would be regretted by others in this way. Han Xuan wanted to take it for his own use, but how could Cao Cao let him get his wish, so Han Xuan retreated and asked Cao Cao for a general under Lu Bu.

Han Xuan wrote a letter for Chen Wu to hand over to Cao Cao, and it turned out that the letter said: Cao Gong is like a god with soldiers, and no one in the world can go out of Cao Gong's right. The only one that Cao Gong is afraid of is Chen Gong'er. Lu Bu can have today's momentum, and he also relies on Chen Gong's strategy.

Liu Bei is a person, the city government is very deep, and Cao Gong must not be guarded against. He will make a statement to provoke Cao Gong to kill Lu Bu, Lu Bu is brave, and Cao Gong can take it for his own use. If Cao Gong is worried about Lu Bu's repetition, he can try to watch Sun Ce's matter. Han Xuan captured Sun Ce but did not kill him, and now he is willing to be used by Xuan. If you want to cause Lu Bu to be deceased, only Liu Bei, Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others, Cao Gong can make someone fake Lu Bu's death to calm public grievances.

What Xuan said hoped that Cao Gong would think about it carefully. Xuan this time was just to ask Lu Bu for the next general, this person was named Gao Shun. Its bravery is not as good as Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, and I hope that Cao Gong will not doubt it. In order to repay Cao Gong, Xuan was willing to exchange Sun Ce for Gao Shun, Sun Ce's courage was similar to Lu Bu, and Xuan forbears the pain of cutting his love with Cao Gong.

Hope that Cao Gong agreed, and when Yangzhou was pacified, Xuan Bi would send an envoy to pay tribute to appease Cao Gong's heart.

Cao Cao was very entangled after reading the letter, and when the city of Xiapi was broken, everything was as Han Xuan said. Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others really captured Lu Bu to surrender, and Liu Bei also made a statement to provoke him to kill Lu Bu. Cao Cao's expression was very solemn, could it be that Han Xuan really had the ability to predict the future? That's horrible!

Fortunately, Cao Cao and Han Xuan made this deal, and he did not kill Lu Bu and Gao Shun. And the reason why Han Xuan did not ask Cao Cao for Zhang Liao was because Han Xuan took a fancy to Gao Shun's diehard, a figure who was easily ignored in history, and his use of troops was no worse than Zhang Liao. Historically, he also chose to follow Lü Bu and die, while Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao.

On the upper floor of the White Gate, the samurai embraced Zhang Liao up. Cao Cao pointed at Zhang Liao and said, "This person is so familiar." ”

Zhang Liao turned his head: "We have met in Puyang City, how can we forget it?" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "You also remember!" ”

Zhang Liao sighed: "It's just a pity! ”

Cao Cao asked, "What's the pity?" ”

Zhang Liao sighed: "It's a pity that the fire was not big that day, and it didn't burn you, a national thief!" ”

Cao Cao said angrily: "The defeated general dares to insult me!" ”

Cao Cao drew his sword in his hand and came to kill Zhang Liao in person. Zhang Liaoquan was not afraid of color, and stepped forward. One person behind Cao Cao grabbed his arm, and one knelt in front of Cao Cao and said, "Cao Gong, don't do it!" ”

Cao Cao raised his sword to kill Zhang Liao, Liu Bei grabbed his arm, and Guan Yu knelt in front of Cao Cao. Liu Bei said: "Such a pure-hearted person should be retained. ”

Guan Yu also pleaded and said: "Guan knows that Wenyuan is a loyal and righteous person, and he is willing to save his life." ”

Cao Cao threw his sword and smiled: "I also know Wenyuan's loyalty, so the ear of the play." ”

Cao Cao then personally untied Zhang Liao, untied his clothes for Zhang Liao to wear, and let Zhang Liao sit down. Zhang Liao was deeply moved and surrendered to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao worshiped Zhang Liao as a lieutenant general, gave him the title of Marquis of Guannei, and asked Zhang Liao to recruit An Zangba. Zang Ba heard that Lü Bu was dead and Zhang Liao had surrendered, so he also led his army to surrender. Cao Cao rewarded Zang Ba generously, and Zang Ba recruited An Sun Guan, Sun Kang and others to surrender, only Chang Feng refused to submit, and Cao Cao named Zang Ba as Langya Xiang. Sun Guan and others also held official positions, and Cao Cao ordered them to guard the coastal ground of Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

After Gao Shun was imprisoned by Cao Cao, Chen Wu took Lu Bu to meet Gao Shun. Lu Bu was very grateful to Han Xuan, if it weren't for Han Xuan's secret letter to Cao Cao to intercede for himself, he would have died on Liu Bei's words.

Gao Shun saw Lu Bu and asked excitedly, "General, Cao Cao didn't harm the general!?" ”

Lu Bu patted Gao Shun on the shoulder, he got the news that Zhang Liao had surrendered to Cao Cao, and Gao Shun would rather die than surrender. Lu Bu realized that Gao Shun was truly loyal to him, and Lu Bu raised his head to keep his tears from falling: "Gao Shun, good brother." You have followed me for half your life, but I have never reused you, and I have not listened to your words. It's hard for you to show your ambitions with me, now Han Zixin has a good eye, Gao Shun, you better go to him. ”

Gao Shun hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Why did the general rush away, Gao Shun was willing to follow the general, how could he serve others?" ”

Chen Wu admired Gao Shun's loyalty, and bowed to him: "General Gao Shun, my eldest brother Han Xuan is only a general." Please don't let the general live up to my eldest brother's kindness, I will bid farewell to Cao Cao, and ask the general to return to Wu County with me. ”

Lu Bu helped Chen Wu to persuade Gao Shun with some painstaking efforts, and Gao Shun finally agreed to take refuge in Han Xuan. Gao Shun bowed to Xie Lubu: "The general voted for Cao Cao, and Gao Shun voted for Han Xuan." In the future, if the two families are enemies, Gao Shun will never meet the general on the battlefield. ”

Lu Bu smiled: "Go ahead!" ”

Gao Shun and Chen Wu walked out of the cell, and Lu Bu thanked Chen Wu: "Please tell General Han that the life-saving grace will not be forgotten!" ”

Chen Wu arched his hand towards Lu Bu: "Wen Hou take care!" ”

Chen Wu led Gao Shun to join Huang Zhong and others, and Huang Zhong also introduced Sun Ce to Cao Cao. Cao Cao secretly took Lu Bu and Sun Ce to Xudu, and Lu Bu's wife and daughter also returned to Xudu. Cao Cao rewarded the three armies and pulled out the village class. Passing through Xuzhou, the people burned incense to cover the road and asked Cao Cao to keep Liu Bei as the pastor of Xuzhou.

Cao Cao remembered Han Xuan's reminder, and his suspicion of Liu Bei was a little more: "Liu has made great achievements, and he will be knighted by the king, and it is not too late to come back." ”

The people of Xuzhou thanked him, and Cao Cao let the general coach lead Xuzhou. Cao Cao's army returned to Xuchang, rewarded the expedition personnel, and left Liu Bei to live in the courtyard near the left side of his mansion.

Cao Cao saw Lu Bu's family, all of whom were as beautiful as flowers and had the heart to take over. But in order to appease Lu Bu, Cao Cao had to endure the lust in his heart.

Cao Cao remembered the Qin Yilu wife Du Shi that Guan Yu had repeatedly mentioned to him, and suddenly became interested.

Cao Cao summoned Du Shi and was shocked, Du Shi did not use powder, and his smile had his own fairy spirit. Cao Cao swallowed his saliva and looked at Du Shi and said, "I won't kill Qin Yilu, just for Mrs. Ear!" ”

Du Shi knelt down and said: "Xie Sikong does not kill the grace, the concubine is abandoned by Yilu and does not want to remarry." Seek perfection. ”

Cao Cao saw Du Shi's pitiful appearance, and his heart suddenly rose, so he forgot his agreement with Guan Yu and married Du himself. Guan Yu learned that his first love Du Shi was married by Cao Cao, and he was indignant. Cao Cao was so powerful that he couldn't kill him for a while, and Guan Yu drank all day in Xudu to relieve his boredom.

Guan Yu remembered that when he was in Hedong Xieliang, he and Du Shi were still called Du Meiniang at that time. Guan Yu and Du Meiniang are childhood sweethearts, and the people in the same village think that Guan Yu and Du Meiniang will become husband and wife when they grow up.

As she grew older, Du Meiniang became more and more beautiful, and Tao Jie, a powerful man in the county, forcibly occupied Du Meiniang. Guan Yu was furious, and took advantage of the night to sneak into Tao Jie's house with a knife and kill Tao Jie.

Guan Yu wanted to take Du Meiniang away, but Du Meiniang was afraid that Guan Yu would be arrested by the government, so she would be guilty of the same crime as Guan Yu. Guan Yu had no choice but to flee alone, falling into the grass and hiding from the government's wanted for many years. Later, when he came to Zhuo County, Guan Yu got acquainted with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.

A heroic and strong man came to Guan Yu's table with a jar of wine, this person was Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Why is the second brother drinking here alone?" ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei told about the bitterness in their hearts, and Zhang Fei said to Guan Yu in his ear: "Today, the eldest brother is recognized as the emperor's uncle and the general of the left. The Son of Heaven has long wanted to get rid of the national thief Cao Cao, but he only hates that there is no foreign aid. Today, Cao Thief wants to invite Tianzi Tian to hunt, and the eldest brother ordered me to prepare to go to Xu Tian, this is a good opportunity for the second brother to take revenge! ”

(End of chapter)