Lü Bu fell out with Yuan Shu in the second year of Jian'an and obeyed the imperial court, but only a year later, Lü Bu joined forces with Yuan Shu again and rebelled against the imperial court.

At that time, Cao Cao ordered Liu Bei to be the pastor of Yuzhou, stationed in Peicheng, and contained Lü Bu. After Lü Bu betrayed the imperial court, he immediately sent Gao Shun to attack Liu Bei, who first repelled Xiahoudun, who was sent by Cao Cao to support, and then captured Liu Bei's Peicheng.

At this time, Cao Cao's third crusade against Zhang Xiu failed, in this case, Cao Cao was determined to get rid of Lü Bu first to recover Xuzhou, so he joined Liu Bei and others, and personally led a large army to crusade against Lü Bu in Xuzhou, which is also since Tao Qian's death, Cao Cao once again stepped into the land of Xuzhou, and the people of Xuzhou were still in pain.

After learning that Cao Cao had marched into Xuzhou, Chen Deng immediately set out from Guangling and personally led the elite soldiers as Cao Cao's pioneers.

In October of the third year of Jian'an (198), Cao Cao captured Pengcheng, an important town in Xuzhou, captured the Marquis of Pengcheng alive, and also carried out a large-scale massacre of the defenders and civilians in the city.

Cao's army continued to advance and came to Xiapi. Lü Bu personally led the cavalry to meet the battle, but was defeated by Cao Cao, and even Lü Bu's general Cheng Lian was captured alive. Cao's army took advantage of the victory to pursue and approached the city.

Cao Bing went to Xiapi City and joined forces with Chen Deng to surround Lu Bu in Xiapi City. Cao Cao sent a letter to Lü Bu, stating to him the blessings and misfortunes, hoping that Lü Bu would surrender. Lü Bu originally wanted to surrender, but Chen Gong did not agree, and tried his best to dissuade Lü Bu from fighting to the death, and said to Lü Bu: "Duke Cao came from afar, and the situation cannot last, 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 Jun ran out of food, and he could be defeated by launching an attack. ”

Lu Bu very much agreed with Chen Gong's opinion.

But 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 later Lu Bu personally led more than 1,000 cavalry out of the city, but unfortunately the troops were too small, and he retreated into the city after being defeated, and Lu Bu did not dare to go out in the city.

In this case, Yuan Shu could not be rescued. And Cao Cao had no good way to face the sturdy Xiapi City, so he and Lu Bu had a stalemate in Xiapi.

Due to the continuous fighting, Cao Cao's soldiers were tired, so Cao Cao wanted to withdraw his troops.

At this time, Xun You and Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao: "Lu Bu is brave and unplanned, and now he has lost three battles, and his sharpness has declined." The army is centered on the general, and when the leader is tired, the army will not have the will to fight. That Chen Gong has a plan but needs to think for a long time, and now while Lu Bu's strength has not yet recovered, and Chen Gong's plan has not yet been determined, we will march into the army and attack quickly, and Lu Bu can be taken. ”

So Cao Cao dug a deep ditch around the city at the suggestion of Xun You and Guo Jia, and blocked the Yishui and Swimming Water to flood the city, and after more than a month (one said three months), there were more and more dissatisfaction in the city.

At that time, Lü Bu's general Hou Cheng asked the doorman to graze his famous horse, but the doorman defected on horseback. Hou Cheng chased the doorman and chased the horse back, and the generals made do with gifts to congratulate Hou Cheng. Hou portioned a part of the wine and meat, wrapped it in it and went to see Lu Bu and said: "Relying on the general's divine might, the lost horse will be recovered, and the generals will come to congratulate me, I don't dare to taste it, so I will give it to you first." ”

As a result, Lu Bu was angry and said: "I forbid drinking, and you are plotting together, do you want to use drinking to beat my idea?" Hou Cheng's kindness was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and he hated and feared Lu Bu, so he simply captured Chen Gong and Gao Shun with Song Xian, Wei Xu and other generals, and led his subordinates to surrender to Cao Cao.

The generals around Lu Bu either defected or were arrested, and he also felt that the general trend had gone, so he and some of his only subordinates climbed the White Gate Tower, and saw that Cao Cao's soldiers were stepping up their attacks, and Lu Bu asked the people around him to cut off their heads to Cao Cao, but the people around him couldn't bear it, so they went downstairs with Lu Bu to surrender to Cao's army.

After Lu Bu saw Cao Cao, he said directly: "From now on, the world has been calm. ”

Cao Cao didn't understand it, so he asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Lu Bu then said, "The people you are worried about do not exceed my Lu Bu's, and I have now been obedient." Let me command the cavalry, you command the infantry, and the pacification of the world will be easy. He turned around again and said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, you are a guest on the seat, and I am a captive who surrendered." I'm tied up too tightly with a rope, can't I say a word for me? ”

Cao Cao was very happy after hearing this, so he smiled and said, "You can't tie up the tiger without tightness. "Ordered Lu Bu's rope to be loosened.

But Liu Bei said: "No. Didn't you see the results of Lu Bu's service to Ding Jianyang and Dong Taishi? ”

Uncle Huang didn't actually finish his words, but Cao Cao was such a smart person, he shook his head, glanced at Liu Bei, and everything was silent.

In history, Lu Bu was the first person to be killed after surrendering to Cao Cao.

Compared with Zhang Xiu, who later killed Cao Cao's son (eldest son), Aijiang, nephew, and Aima, who is to blame? Is Cao Cao to blame? Is Liu Bei to blame?

In history, Ding Yuan was kind to Lu Bu and was killed by Lu Bu; Dong Zhuo regarded Lu Bu as his own son, and was also killed by Lu Bu; Liu Bei rescued Lu Bu when he was in danger and welcomed Lu Bu to his own territory, but in the end, Lu Bu took the opportunity to take away the territory. And now only Uncle Huang is still alive, who do you blame?

Lu Bu looked at Liu Bei and left his last words angrily: "You are the most untrustworthy villain. (In the Later Han Dynasty, 'You guy with big ears is the most unbelievable!' ）

However, in the history of the Three Kingdoms, is there a person who is more faithless and capricious than Lu Bu?

After dealing with Lu Bu, Cao Cao said to Chen Gong again: "Gongtai thought he was resourceful in his life, what do you think now?" ”

Chen Gong pointed at Lu Bu and said, "This person didn't adopt my opinion, so he got to this point." If you listen to me, the outcome is hard to predict. ”

Cao Cao said, "If you die, what will happen to your old mother? ”

Chen Gong said: "My old mother depends on you and not on me. I have heard that people who rule the world with filial piety will not kill other people's parents. ”

Cao Cao said again: "What about your wife and children? ”

Chen Gong said: "I have heard that those who have achieved the deeds of the overlord and the Son of Heaven continue to refuse other people's incense offerings. ”

Although Cao Cao tried every means to persuade Chen Gong to be punished, and even walked out of the door and never looked back, Cao Cao shed tears for him, and later Cao Cao took Chen Gong's mother to the end of his life, and married Chen Gong's daughter to someone's family.

Lü Bu, Chen Gong, and Gao Shunquan were executed, and their heads were sent to the Xudu Bazaar for public display.

After Cao Cao eliminated Lü Bu, Lü Bu's original subordinate Zhang Liao also took refuge in Cao Cao, and also caught Bi Chen, who had previously deviated from Cao Cao.

When Bi Chen was captured alive, everyone was worried about him, and surprisingly, Cao Cao did not blame Bi Chen at all, and said: "Isn't anyone who honors his parents also a person who is loyal to the king?" This is exactly the kind of person I need. So Cao Cao named him the prime minister of Lu.

The Lu Bu Group was destroyed.