Recently, I have been reading "Bai Yang Pin Three Kingdoms", which has once again deepened my understanding of the Three Kingdoms, and I deeply feel that I have been poisoned too deeply by the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" before.
This article is based on the Three Kingdoms of Zhengshi and gives you a good talk about the relationship between Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Lü Bu.
Why did Cao Cao chase after Lü Bu and get rid of Lü Bu
Cao Cao is really a figure with a halo on his head, and he can choose the best path in many major historical choices.
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Luo Guanzhong tried his best to smear Cao Cao, after Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he fled with Chen Gong to Lü Bohao's home, and when Cao Cao mistakenly thought that Lü Bohao's family wanted to kill him, he killed all of Lü Bohao's family, and it turned out that it was manslaughter, so he had to flee, walked to the road to see Lü Bohao who had returned from buying wine, Cao Cao simply killed Lü Bohao, and even said a sentence "I would rather bear people than people bear me", and finally derived as "Ning taught me to bear the world's people, not to let the people of the world bear me." ”
In the real history of Cao Cao, on the issue of employing people, there is no doubt about the use of people, suspicious people do not use, even if they are stabbed in the back many times, in the end, they can not count the previous suspicions.
When Cao Cao served as the assassin of Yanzhou, he recommended Wei Zong to serve as "filial piety", and when Chen Gong and Lü Bu launched the Yanzhou rebellion, the entire Yanzhou people betrayed Cao Cao, and at that time Cao Cao also told others that even if the people of Yanzhou betrayed me, Wei Zhong would not fail me, and as a result, Wei Zong finally chose to flee, and Cao Cao was very angry when he heard about it, saying that Wei Zong would never spare him unless he fled to the end of the world.
Later, Cao Caosheng captured Wei Zong, but said that for the sake of his talents, he did not kill him, but continued to make him the county magistrate of Hanoi.
In Cao Cao's life of being betrayed, Chen Gong was actually the one who hurt Cao Cao the most, when Cao Cao was attacking Xuzhou and appointing Chen Gong to look after him, as a result, Chen Gong secretly welcomed Lü Bu to launch the Yanzhou Rebellion, almost leaving Cao Cao cornered.
Therefore, in fact, Chen Gong's character was not good, and later Chen Gong gave Lü Bu advice, and Lü Bu's wife said to Lü Bu: "Cao Cao treats Chen Gong like a baby in his father's arms, you treat Chen Gong, not as good as Cao Cao, but actually handed over the whole city to him, entrusting his wife and sending his son to go far away, in case of change, how can I be your wife again?" ”
After Lü Bu listened, he felt that it was quite reasonable, it can be seen that Chen Gong's character is not very good, even after being defeated by Cao Cao, he still kidnapped Cao Cao with morality, in fact, he was a very faceless person.
Cao Cao chased after Lü Bu, in fact, because the impact of the Yanzhou rebellion on Cao Cao was too great, and Lü Bu's act of stabbing a knife in the back really made Cao Cao angry.
Before the Yanzhou Incident, Cao Cao's main expansion target was Xuzhou, and after the Yanzhou Incident, it greatly affected Cao Cao's development process, targeting Lü Bu as the main target.
After several years of fighting, Lü Bu was finally defeated! After Lü Bu surrendered, he said to Cao Cao: "From today onwards, the world has been pacified!" Cao Cao said, "What are you basing on?"
Lü Bu said, "What your excellency is troubled by is only lü Bu alone, and now I am convinced." If you order me to lead the cavalry and you lead the infantry, who in the world can be the enemy?"
In fact, Lü Bu regarded himself too highly, the former Lü Bu and Cao Cao had a feud with Cao Cao, and the latter Lü Bu was not a good general, but only a warlord, and after submission, he would rebel, and Cao Cao naturally refused to keep him.
Why didn't Liu Bei intercede for Lü Bu, and even make up a knife?
Cao Cao was a very shrewd man, and he knew that Lü Bu could not actually stay, but Cao Cao still gave Liu Bei the power to decide Lü Bu's life and death.
At that time, Lü Bu said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, you are a guest, I am a prisoner of the order. The rope is too tight, why don't you say a word to rescue?"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "According to the tiger, I have to tighten it." Ordering someone to untie Lü Bu, Liu Bei stopped him and said, "No, you didn't see the end of Lü Bu's service to Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo?"
Cao Cao therefore pretended to listen to Liu Bei's advice and wanted to kill Lü Bu, and Lü Bu said to Liu Bei: "Things with big ears (Liu Bei's eyes can see the ears) cannot be trusted the most."
When some people interpret this piece, they say that Liu Bei did not let Cao Cao get Lü Bu, because he was afraid of the infinite power after the combination of the two, in fact, it was nonsense, Lü Bu's kind of person is simply the goods of pit people, as Liu Bei said, Liu Bei pit Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, in fact, Lü Bu also pit Cao Cao and Liu Bei.
Such a person, if Cao Cao kept him, would be in trouble for the future, not only Liu Bei, but also Cao Cao, how could he not know.
Liu Bei suggested that Cao Cao kill Lü Bu, in fact, I think it was on two levels.
The first level is that Liu Bei and Lü Bu also have a feud with each other, Liu Bei really did not win a battle, completely like a dog that lost his family, it was difficult to boil Tao Qian to death in Xuzhou, he made a piece of land, and before he could develop, he was taken away by Lü Bu.
Yes, you guessed correctly, Lü Bu after finishing Dong Zhuo, in Yanzhou to build a Cao Cao, after being defeated by Cao Cao, fled to Xuzhou to defect to Liu Bei, soon joined forces with Yuan Shu to get Liu Bei, to say that Lü Bu is brave, I did not see it, to say that Lü Bu's ability to engage people, is definitely the first in the Three Kingdoms.
After Lü Bu robbed Liu Bei's Xuzhou, the situation changed, Lü Bu was in Xuzhou, Liu Bei lived in Xiao Pei, the two got along not long, Lü Bu and Yuan Shu drove away Liu Bei, it can be said that Lü Bu gave Liu Bei's pants a pit, and now he has the opportunity to retaliate against Lü Bu, will he let him go? The exiled Liu Bei met Cao Cao, who had come to attack Lü Bu, and Liu Bei also took advantage of the situation to attach himself to Cao Cao.
This is the second level, at that time Liu Bei was an exiled warlord attached to Cao Cao, although Lü Bu said that Liu Bei was a guest, in fact, the situation was not too good, to Cao Cao such a plan with no technical content, in fact, to show loyalty.
Why is it said that Liu Bei is the dragon and phoenix among people? That is, Liu Bei had attached himself to many people before and after, but they were all in the form of joining, independent of the system, not becoming a general of the people, Cao Cao was naturally very wary of Liu Bei.
At that time, some people persuaded Cao Cao to get rid of Liu Bei, and if he did not get rid of liu bei at this time, he would be in trouble.
Guo Jia told Cao Cao that Liu Bei was indeed a scourge, but people came to us at the end of the road, and if we killed him now, the people of the world would think that we could not accommodate the talents, which would be detrimental to us.
So later there was a play of Cao Cao testing Liu Bei with Qingmei boiling wine, it can be said that Liu Bei was also walking on thin ice in Cao Cao's camp, and in the matter of killing Lü Bu, Liu Bei must do what Cao Cao wanted, otherwise how to continue to mix in Cao Cao's camp.