Come to think of it, some people don't know much about General Zuo's position. In the Han Dynasty, the titles of the left, right, front, and rear generals were not permanent, and the military power of the central government was mainly concentrated in the hands of the lieutenant generals and captains, and belonged to the generals and chariot generals. When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was alive, he set up the eighth captain of the West Garden, with Jian Shuo as the captain of the army, and even the general He Jin at that time had to obey his orders. Of course, letting the general obey the orders of the captain is a kind of putting the cart before the horse in the system, so after the ten permanent servants were removed, the post of the eighth captain was abolished. The rank of the front, rear, left and right generals is the same as that of the Wei generals, second only to the power of the generals and the chariot generals, and they have the duties of the guards of the capital city, which corresponds to ensuring the safety of the four gates of the capital. Whenever there was a war in the capital, the four generals would go to their respective gates to supervise the battle. Due to the unification of the two Han Dynasty, there were few wars in the capital, so he was replaced by the captain of the city gate.

When Cao Cao saw Lü Bu's reply, he also understood that Lü Bu would not take the bait easily, so he appointed Lü Bu as the general of Pingdong in the name of the imperial court and crowned the Marquis of Pingtao. It can be said that Cao Cao played a trick this time, after he appointed Lü Bu as the general of Pingdong, he could appoint his own people to serve as the pastor of Xuzhou, so that he could justifiably include Xuzhou into his own territory, and he could also play a role in eliminating Lü Bu. However, how could Lu Bu not know Cao Cao's thoughts, so he asked Chen Deng to tell Cao Cao directly, if you really believe me, then simply appoint me as the pastor of Xuzhou, and don't play any tricks on me. However, at this time, Cao Cao quit. In Cao Cao's opinion, if he really wanted to appoint Lu Bu as the pastor of Xuzhou, it would be very difficult to get rid of him in the future.

People say that Cao Cao is suspicious, but it is no wonder that people want to say this. Lu Bu's actions from beginning to end were for the trend of the times, not for personal selfishness, Cao Cao refused to trust Lu Bu, but it was really a big loss for him. However, was Cao Cao's desire to get rid of Lu Bu just because of his suspicion? The answer, of course, is no.

However, he said that Chen Deng told Cao Cao that Lu Bu was brave and unscrupulous, and he was lighter than going, so he should attack him as soon as possible. The reason why those who write history like this is entirely to confuse the public and to cover up the truth. What kind of person is Lu Bu, Cao Cao has fought with him so many times, and even the two may have worked together earlier, so how can it be unclear? Therefore, what Chen Deng said to Cao Cao, from the logical point of view of the development of things, is basically no different from fiction. Chen Deng is the son of Chen Qi, and Chen Qi is the Pei Xiang of Liu Bei, the Mu of Yuzhou, and there is no subordinate relationship between the two and Lü Bu, they are just envoys sent by Cao Cao to engage in diplomacy with Lü Bu. Later, Cao Cao appointed Chen Deng as the Taishou of Guangling, which was to install his own subordinates in Lü Bu's territory, and Lü Bu would of course be angry about this. Lu Bu said that he was betrayed by their father and son, thinking that the person who wrote history was hinting that this was a conspiracy against Lu Bu.

It is said that Cao Cao executed Han Yin and hung his head with great fanfare. This matter later reached Yuan Shu, who was very angry about this, so he sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Xiapi in seven ways. Lu Bu knew that he was being put on a role by Cao Cao, so he sent someone to arrest Chen Qi. In fact, since Chen Deng came back to Guangling to take office, Lu Bu detained Chen Jue, wanting to restrain Chen Deng. Under pressure, Chen Jue came up with an idea for Lu Bu and rebelled against Han Xian and Yang Feng, who were united with Yuan Shu at that time, so he defeated Yuan Shu's army.

According to the historical records, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses were almost killed and wounded at that time, which shows that although Lu Bu's soldiers were not many, their combat power was still quite strong. Some people say that if it weren't for Han Xian and Yang Feng, Lu Bu might not be able to win, right? This is really just a play on words by those who write history. When Cao Cao was about to attack Yang Feng, the two of them fled without even blocking it, how many men and horses could they have in their hands at this time? Yuan Shu has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Lu Bu only has 3,000 soldiers and horses, the disparity in strength is not double or two, the two are still willing to defect at this time, if they are not too stupid, or they think that Yuan Shu will not win at all. But he said that Yuan Shu would attack Lu Bu, not entirely because he was angry, but more importantly, Lu Bu was nominally in the same camp as Cao Cao at this time, if he didn't eliminate Lu Bu when his strength was not strong, I am afraid that he would be the one who would be eliminated in the future.

At this moment, although it is beneficial to Lu Bu in terms of the situation, it is equivalent to being isolated in terms of the situation. Of course, this is not his own reason, and he can only blame the declining world and people's hearts. However, if it weren't for the fact that Xuzhou had been wars before, resulting in depression and barren land, Lu Bu would not have been able to develop within two or three years.

Subsequently, Lu Bu began to encircle the surrounding forces that had no antagonistic relationship with him. At that time, there was a county seat on the border of Qingzhou called Ju (pronounced "lift") County, which was under the jurisdiction of Chengyang County, and the county order was named Xiao Jian. Since Yuan Tan invaded Qingzhou, Xiao Jian closed the city and defended himself, not interacting with any forces. So Lu Bu wrote a letter to Xiao Jian, hoping that he could join his camp. Xiao Jian agreed, and sent an envoy to visit Lu Bu with a gift, but was unexpectedly robbed by Zang Ba and others on the way. said that Zang Ba was originally a subordinate general under Tao Qian, and after Tao Qian's death, he fell into the grass. At this time, Zang Ba led the crowd to attack Juxian County and used it as a stronghold. After Lu Bu learned of this news, he planned to lead his army to attack Zang Ba. At this time, Gao Shun advised Lu Bu not to attack in person, otherwise if he could not break the other party, he would inevitably damage his prestige. Lu Bu did not listen, and led his troops to Ju County. Zang Ba and others held on to the city, and Lu Bu failed to break through, so he led the army to retreat.

According to the information, the results of Lu Bu's attack seemed to confirm what Gao Shun said before, but this was not the case. Juxian is about a few hundred kilometers away from Xiapi, and in order to achieve a quick victory, Lu Bu only brought cavalry to battle. However, Zang Ba and the others did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, and the cavalry was not conducive to attacking the city, so Lu Bu failed to break through, so he had to retreat again. In addition, according to the records of "Heroes", Zang Ba and others used medicine arrows when defending, that is, poisoned arrows, which was a major reason why Lu Bu did not attack. Lu Bu only had cavalry in his hands, and there were not many of them, and Zang Ba and the others did not dare to go out of the city to face the battle, if he wanted to spend it here all the time, it would be of no benefit.

We all know that the history books say that Gao Shun's trap camp is only more than 700 people, although the number is very small, but the combat power is quite strong, and it is said that every battle must be defeated. Some people may be wondering, why didn't Lu Bu bring the trapped camp with him, so that he could break Zang Ba? It has to be said that anyone with military knowledge can understand the reason. What if Lu Bu took the trapped camp with him, and Yuan Shu took the opportunity to attack Xiapi? What should I do if Han Xian and Yang Feng defect again? What should Liu Bei do if he takes the opportunity to fall into the well? The history books clearly show that when Yuan Shu attacked Lü Bu, Lü Bu only had 3,000 soldiers and 400 war horses in his hands. Just imagine, with so many remaining men, can you defend the huge city under the leadership of Chen Gong?

Thinking about it, many people should not be very clear about what the establishment of Lu Bu's army is. Lü Bu's army had only three formations, one was the cavalry team led by Lü Bu himself, the second was the elite camp led by Gao Shun, and the third was the regular soldiers led by Chen Gong. The specific division of tasks, the two formations under Lu Bu and Gao Shun, are the main forces responsible for attacking the fortifications; A formation under Chen Gong is mainly responsible for logistics and garrison work.

The history books also say that since Hao Meng rebelled, Lu Bu alienated Gao Shun, and allocated Gao Shun's military power to Wei Xu, who had relatives with him both inside and outside, and returned the military power to Gao Shun every time he went to war. In my opinion, this is still a play on words by the people who write history.

Gao Shun is innocent and dignified, does not drink alcohol, and is not subject to gifts. For this general who followed him from birth to death, Lu Bu naturally let him be in charge of the main force of the elite infantry because he knew and trusted him as a person and ability. Lu Bu is not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong, how could he easily seize Gao Shun's military power? Isn't Lu Bu afraid that Gao Shun will be dissatisfied with this and defect after gaining military power? Or maybe Lu Bu knew that Gao Shun would not betray him, so he boldly seized his military power. If Lu Bu knew that Gao Shun would not betray him, then it would be even more unlikely that he would treat Gao Shun like this. I think this account is still unreliable.

If you want to say what the real situation is, maybe Lu Bu was worried that such a situation would occur in the future in view of Hao Meng's previous experience, so he appointed Gao Shun, a trustworthy person, to be responsible for the important task of selecting talents. Therefore, Gao Shun was not there, and the trapped camp was temporarily handed over to Wei Xu to take over. At this time, Lu Bu had just occupied Xiapi not long ago, and he was in urgent need of all kinds of talents, and Gao Shun was very honest and honest, so it was perfect to appoint him to select talents. And Gao Shun's position as the governor at the beginning should be a position of governor to be precise, which may be a position responsible for selecting talents.

As for why he handed over the trapped camp to Wei Xu to take over, instead of letting other generals take over? I don't think it's necessarily just because Wei Xu and Lu Bu are related, most likely because Wei Xu himself is the general of the trapped camp, or Wei Xu is Gao Shun's deputy general, otherwise how can he take over the strong soldiers in the trapped camp, and how can he easily tie up Gao Shun when he finally defects? In other words, Chen Gong's deputy general should be Song Xian, so Song Xian was able to approach Chen Gong during the war.

In September, Yuan Shu led an army to invade the state of Chen, booby-trapping Liu Chong, the king of Chen, and Cao Cao led his army east to Shouchun. At this time, Yuan Shu was severely injured by Lü Bu and could not resist Cao Cao's offensive, so he led a large army to withdraw to Hefei County (now northwest of Hefei, Anhui), the seat of Huainan County, leaving the general Qiao Rui (pronounced "ruí") and other aftermaths. Qiao Rui and others were defeated, and Cao Cao killed them all. Previously, when Cao Cao led his army to pass through the Huai River and Rushui area, Xu Chu led the people to surrender.

In November, Cao Cao led the crowd to conquer Zhang Xiu and captured Huyang and Wuyin. In the same month, Han Xian and Yang Feng said goodbye to Lu Bu due to the lack of food in their teams, intending to defect to Jingzhou. Lu Bu did not agree, so the two wanted to secretly unite with Liu Bei and attack Lu Bu. Liu Bei pretended to agree, and then set up an ambush to capture Yang Feng and kill him. When Han Xian learned that Yang Feng had been killed, he fled to Bingzhou with more than a dozen of his subordinates, but was caught and killed by Zhang Xuan, the commander of Zhuqiu County, on the way.

Let's say that Han Xian and Yang Feng want to lead the army to Jingzhou, they can leave directly, and they don't need to ask Lu Bu for any instructions, so this matter doesn't seem very reliable. It is estimated that there was a conflict of interest between the two and Lu Bu, so they suddenly turned against each other.

In May 198, Cao Cao led his army to retreat from Nanyang and returned to Xudu. Soon, Lü Bu united with Yuan Shu and sent Zhonglang to lead an army to attack Pei County with Gao Shun and Beidi Taishou (Lu Xiang in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms"). Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun to lead an army to the rescue, but was defeated by Gao Shun. In September, Peixian City was broken, and Liu Bei was defeated.

According to "Heroes", the reason why Lü Bu sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack Xiaopei was because Lü Bu had sent people to Hanoi to buy war horses before, but the money to buy horses in the middle of the road was robbed by Liu Bei, so Lü Bu would send troops to attack Liu Bei. There is no similar record in the official history of this material, and it is only said that Lü Bu attacked Liu Bei because he reunited with Yuan Shu. In fact, since Yuan Shu became emperor, Lu Bu has nothing to do with Yuan Shu at all. Lu Bu is based in a state, his subordinates are fierce soldiers, and his strength is not weak, as long as he doesn't fight against Cao Cao, how can he still unite with Yuan Shu? What's more, at this time, Yuan Shu was already difficult to protect himself. Therefore, this is just a pretense made up by the people who wrote history.

In other words, in the past few years that Lu Bu has been in Xuzhou, it seems that there has never been a matter of thieves and gangsters, and I think it is Lu Bu's governance ability that has played a role. There is a record in "Heroes": "When I heard that the general came to the east, he was enthusiastic about the size and rebirth. "It seems that Lu Bu's reputation has always been very good, and he is very popular. Even Zang Ba, who was opposed to him before, has been safe and sound since then. However, Han Xian and Yang Feng often led the crowd to loot at the junction of Xu and Yang, and perhaps because of this incident, there was a conflict between Lu Bu and them. Let's ask, if Lu Bu, the state pastor, really doesn't do a good job, why don't Han Xian and Yang Feng dare to loot in the territory of Xuzhou? Therefore, most of the reason why the two defected was because they felt that the benefits were too little.

As for why Liu Bei robbed Lu Bu of the money he used to buy war horses? Seeing that Cao Cao withdrew from Nanyang in such a timely manner, it is difficult to say whether this matter has anything to do with him. Perhaps, he saw that Lu Bu's heels in Xuzhou were becoming more and more stable, and he felt that the time had to be removed, and if he wanted to continue to develop it, it would inevitably be more difficult to deal with in the future. Therefore, he instructed Liu Bei to make some stumbling blocks for Lu Bu, and when the two had a conflict, he would have a reason to go to Lu Bu.