Lu Bu's bravery was known to everyone, so why would Cao Cao ask others for their opinions on whether to kill or retain him? At this time, he asked the three people in charge of accounting, mainly to see their reactions.
Cao Cao's achievements and strength today are inseparable from the strong support of the Henan nobles. Of course, he also treated the Henan nobles favorably. Xun You and Guo Jia were both from Yingchuan, Henan.
In the past, he raised troops in Chenliu, Yanzhou. At that time, in addition to the Henan nobles, a large number of Yanzhou nobles participated in the initial investment. However, Cao Cao only treated the Henan nobles favorably, which made the people of Yanzhou jealous.
Later, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao introduced Lu Bu to Yanzhou. The main reason was that the Yanzhou nobles wanted revenge. Their efforts were not fully rewarded, so why should they support Cao Cao? Although Lu Bu was incompetent, they were willing to reuse Yanzhou people.
The world of adults is not about fighting and killing. They talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but their hearts are all about business. Why would celebrities scold Cao Cao? Why did Yanzhou prefectures and counties turn against each other in a short period of time? All reasons cannot escape the word profit.
Xun You, Guo Jia just asked Cheng Yu to express his attitude first because Cheng Yu is from Yanzhou. He is not a simple counselor like the former, but an all-rounder who can command troops and lead troops in battle. Cheng Yu is now the governor of Yanzhou, and his
The attitude represents Yanzhou’s attitude.
In Cao Cao's heart, even if Lu Bu was invincible, he would not dare to use him. He did not dare to keep such a hidden danger around him. If the Yanzhou nobles colluded with this person to rebel during the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, he would die without a burial place.
In Xiapi City, Lu Bu was very angry because of Chen Gong's actions. The man suddenly made a very strange move.
Lü Bu used Gao Shun's inability to defend the city and demoted him first from Zhonglang General to School Lieutenant, and then from School Lieutenant to Army Sima, turning him from a general guarding the city into an inner city patrol officer, and gradually faded away from being a senior general.
vision.
Zhang Liao was surprised to become the general who defended the city. He secretly went to comfort Gao Shun, but the man was not dissatisfied at all. Zhang Liao was more than impressed.
Not long after Lü Bu's ban on alcohol was promulgated, Hou Cheng, the general of the tent, recovered his lost horse. His friends and generals brought gifts to celebrate. Hou Cheng presented home-brewed wine and cooked meat to Lü Bu to share his joy.
When Lu Bu was feeling depressed, he saw Hou Cheng smiling and bringing him food and wine. He felt that this man was contemptuous of his military orders, so he wanted to kill him.
After the generals begged him, Hou Cheng finally received a beating with a stick, which left his skin and flesh to pieces.
Hou Cheng became resentful because of this. While he was recovering from his injuries, he conspired with his friends Song Xian and Wei Xu to surrender to Cao Cao.
Early surrender required a meeting gift, so they turned their attention to Chen Gong, who was the biggest opponent of the surrender faction in the city.
In December of the third year of Jian'an, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei Xu and others bound Chen Gong and led their troops to surrender.
Lu Bu was shocked when he heard the news. He and Zhang Liao boarded the Baimen Tower and saw that Cao Cao's army was fighting bravely to attack first. He felt that the situation was over, so he said to his surroundings: "Xiapi cannot be defended. I would like to present my head to Cao Cao. It is not in vain."
Let’s get acquainted.”
"General..." Everyone under his command shed tears and couldn't bear to kill Lu Bu.
"My lord has wanted to surrender for a long time, why should he seek death?" Zhang Liao advised from the side.
Lü Bu then ordered people to tie him up, and sent people to welcome Cao Cao into the city. Upon seeing this, Zhang Liao also tied himself up with his lord in the Baimen Tower.
Cao Cao was supervising the battle outside the city. He had just accepted the begging of Hou Cheng and other generals to surrender. Suddenly he heard that Lu Bu had also sent people to surrender. His expression changed and he said: "It's a big deal. Go quickly and invite Liu Bei. Let's go to Xiapi and meet him."
Our old friend."
Everyone around him didn't know Cao Cao's intention, but Guo Jia smiled leisurely.
At this time, Liu Bei was ordered to attack the west gate. After receiving Cao Cao's invitation, he and Guan Yu came to the south gate, and then entered the city with Cao Cao and climbed to the White Gate Tower.
When Lu Bu saw Cao Cao, he hurriedly said: "Ming Gong's patient is no more than Bu Bu. Bu has never met Ming Gong in his life. Now he is willing to worship under Ming Gong's tent, lead his horse and kick the pedal, and fight for Ming Gong in the world."
Cao Cao did not speak, but looked at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's heart tightened as he was being stared at, thinking that Cao Cao had some plot?
At this time, Chen Gong happened to be escorted to Baimen Tower. In the past, Cao Cao almost failed in Yanzhou because of him, so when he won, he naturally had to show off in front of everyone.
Hearing Lü Bu's sonorous words just now, Chen Gong raised his head and laughed and said, "Lü Bu is a common man. He was defeated and captured. He is destined to die. Why should he imitate the bereaved dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy?"
"Gongtai has such a sharp tongue, why can't he see the majesty of Yanzhou in the past? Hahaha..." Cao Cao laughed.
"Hmph..." Chen Gong was originally pushed to Lu Bu's side, but the man suddenly struggled and took a few steps away.
Cao Cao ignored Chen Gong and instead said to Liu Bei: "Xuande has been bullied by this guy many times. In your opinion, should I kill him or keep him?"
"This..." Although Liu Bei hated Lu Bu, he didn't have any murderous intention. He just felt it was a pity to return to Cao Cao like this.
"Cao Mengde, you still don't forget to play tricks at this time. You really deserve to be called a traitor in vain." Chen Gong snorted coldly.
When Chen Gong said this, how could Liu Bei dare to speak out?
Cao Cao frowned and said coldly: "Chen Gong, you have despised me several times, do you think I really dare not kill you?"
Chen Gong turned his head away from him and said disdainfully: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. If you die, you will die. Why should you say more?"
"You..." Cao Cao was so stunned that he could not refute.
Although Lu Bu was slow, he was not stupid. He thought about it carefully and realized that Cao Cao had no intention of letting him go, so he laughed dumbly and said: "In the chat and laughter of the emperor's hegemony, life is a drunken life. Gongtai is right. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. There is death."
That’s all.”
At this time, Chen Gong's eyes changed when he looked at Lu Bu, and he excitedly echoed: "While chatting and laughing about the emperor's hegemony, he couldn't bear the intoxication of life. This is the Lu Fengxian I know."
Cao Cao was confused when he heard this. Did he say such famous words? Why didn't I, Cao Mengde, know about it?
"Cao Cao, do you have any wine?" Chen Gong shouted.
"Yes...huh? Get them wine..." Cao Cao was startled that Chen Gongtai was scolding me. Why should I agree? This is called open-mindedness.
Lu Bu and Chen Gong drank the guillotine and laughed wildly. Seeing that they wanted to die, Cao Cao stopped trying to persuade them and hanged them on the Baimen Tower.
"Why didn't Xuande say anything just now?" Cao Cao asked again.
"Bei is still thinking about it, Mr. Gongtai will..." Liu Bei started to say but stopped.
Cao Cao shook his head and asked the bound Zhang Liao: "Who are you? Why don't you follow your master?"
"Is Zhang Liao a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Kill him if you want." Zhang Liao glared angrily.
Guan Yu, who was beside Liu Bei, hurriedly begged for mercy and said: "My lord, please wait. Zhang Wenyuan is outstanding in martial arts and has both loyalty and righteousness. It is a pity to kill him..."
"I also know that Wen Yuan is loyal and righteous, so I just said something to make fun of you." Cao Cao said with a smile and walked over to untie Zhang Liao himself.
Zhang Liao was not determined to die, so he thanked Guan Yu and returned to Cao Cao's tent.
"Just now I heard Lu Bu and Chen Gong say: The emperor is talking and laughing about his hegemony, and he can't bear to be drunk in life. This sentence is quite artistic. I wonder who made it?" Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao.
"It is said that he is a farmer from Xiaopei." Zhang Liao answered truthfully.
"Farmer? How can a farmer have such pride? Does Wen Yuan know this person's name?" Cao Cao asked with a smile.
Zhang Liao thought for a while and said: "It seems that Lan Ziyu is called something. This is a rumor among the military. Liao doesn't know everything about it..."
"Lan Ziyu, I have never heard of this name. Xuande has been in Xiaopei for a long time, have you heard of this person?" Cao Cao asked again.
Chapter completed!