After Lu Bu got Xuzhou, he called himself Xuzhou Mu, but his position was not recognized by the imperial court.

In "Heroes", it is recorded that after that, Lu Buqin, Wang Weicheng and Hao Meng's rebellion.

In the second year of Xingping (195), Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty returned to the east, passed through Hedong, and ordered Lu Bu to welcome him. But because 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.

Yuan still didn't give up on Xuzhou after the incident, so he colluded with Lu Bu's subordinate Hao Meng and others to prepare to act again.

One night in the first year of Jian'an (196), Lu Bu's general Hao Meng, a native of Hanoi, launched a rebellion, led the troops to attack Xiapi, the Xuzhou Zhizhi where Lu Bu was located, and hit the hall outside where Lu Bu lived. Lu Bu replied: "It's the voice of the Hanoi people." Gao Shun guessed that it was Hao Meng who rebelled, so he led his troops to Xiapi to quell the rebellion, and the bow and crossbow were fired to kill Hao Meng's army, defeating it, and Gao Shun returned to the camp at dawn.

At that time, Hao Meng's subordinate general Cao Xing was anyway, and Hao Meng fought against Hao Meng, 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 incident, 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 again: "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 well, and when Cao Xing's injury recovers, Lu Bu will let him lead the rest of Hao Meng's army.

Yuan Shu saw that there was no hope of seizing Xuzhou from Lu Bu, and he was even more afraid that Lu Bu would be his enemy, so he won him over instead, and asked for Lu Bu's daughter for his son, and Lu Bu agreed.

In the second year of Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu decided to be the emperor, so he 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 complete the marriage.

Chen Jue, the minister of Peiguo, was very worried when he learned the news, and he thought that Yuan Shu and Lu Bu had become in-laws, and Xuzhou and Yangzhou would be united, which would become a disaster for the country.

So Chen Qi went to persuade Lu Bu and said: "Cao Gong welcomes the Son of Heaven, assists the government, conquers all directions, and shocks the world, and the general 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, sent him to Xudu and handed it over to Cao Cao, and finally beheaded him in the Xuchang market.

Chen Qi wanted to send his son Chen Deng to see Cao Cao, indicating that Lu Bu was willing to cooperate with Cao Cao, but Lu Bu never agreed to let Chen Deng go, and it happened that the imperial court envoy arrived and granted Lu Bu the position of general Zuo, which made Lu Bu very happy, so he agreed to let Chen Deng go on the road, and asked him to bring a letter to thank the Son of Heaven.

When Chen Deng saw Cao Cao, he thought that Lü Bu was brave but had no strategy, and that he had made rash decisions about defecting or turning his back, and that he should be eliminated as soon as possible.

Cao Cao said: "Lu Bu is a person with wolf ambitions, I 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, Chen Qi's Yulu was increased to 2,000 stones, and Chen Deng was appointed as the Taishou of Guangling.

When they were about to break up, Cao Cao shook Chen Deng's hand and said, "The affairs of the east will be entrusted to you." Cao Cao then asked Chen Deng to secretly divide Lu Bu's team and gather people as his internal response.

At first, Lu Bu wanted to become the pastor 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 found nothing, but your father and son have a prominent position and power, 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 say, but more like raising an eagle, which can be used when he is hungry, and when he is full, he will fly away by himself.' That's what we talk about you. ”

Lu Bu felt that Chen Deng also tried his best, so he was not so angry.

Yuan Shu was annoyed that Lü Bu had killed Han Yin, and sent his generals Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and others to cooperate 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 did not have many soldiers and horses, and he was worried that he would not be able to resist, so he said to Chen Qi: "Now the troops of Yuan Shu are recruited because of you, what do you think?"

Chen Qi said: "Han Xian, Yang Feng, and Yuan Shu rushed to join forces, the plan was not set in advance, and they will definitely not cooperate well, just like chickens can't live in groups, they can't get together, let my son Chen Deng go to dismantle them, I can break them up." ”

Lu Bu adopted Chen Qi's strategy and wrote to Han Xian and Yang Feng, saying: "The two generals rescued the emperor with their own hands, and I killed Dong Zhuo with my own hands, and together I established a fame, 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 followed Lu Bu to attack Zhang Xun and others 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, so Yuan Shu's army was almost completely annihilated.

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 to ask for it in person. Gao Shun, the governor of Lü Bu, advised him not to go, saying: "The general's prestige spreads, and people near and far are afraid of you, and they can't get anything they want, but they go to ask for money in person?" If you can't get it, won't it damage your prestige and reputation? It's a pity that Lu Bu didn't listen, but he still went to Jucheng in person, Zang Ba and others didn't know Lu Bu's intentions, and insisted on Jucheng to refuse Lu Bu, but Lu Bu came back without getting anything.

Gao Shun is innocent, dignified, rarely speaks, commands the troops neatly, and is sure to win every battle. And Lu Bu was born to make decisions or change opinions casually, and to do things impermanently. 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 be allowed to happen again and again?"

Lu Bu understood Gao Shun's loyalty, but he just didn't take his advice.

ps: There are still Lu Bu and Yuan Shu chapters behind this volume, and there are not many left