"Died in Xia Pi, the Red Rabbit Horse was stolen, the Fang Tian Painting Halberd was stolen, and the poor First Warlord of the Three Kingdoms." In the eyes of later generations, Cao Cao broke Lü Bu, and the power of the two was like water and fire. The famous incident of Cao Cao's execution of Lü Bu also aroused everyone's suspicion and reflection. Some people say that Liu Bei's suggestion was adopted at that time, but in fact, it is not, what is the intricate vein?
Cao Cao was suspicious
"I'd rather bear the people of the world, and don't teach the people of the world to bear me" This is the famous saying of a generation of heroes Cao Cao. The last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty were an era of heroes, and among the heroes we know, Cao Cao can be regarded as a very typical one. Regarding Cao Cao's life and deeds, everyone must already be familiar with it. As a generation of tyrants at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's influence on future generations was unparalleled in the era at that time.
Cao Cao's fate was ill-fated, and he was not easy to learn when he was a child, and people at that time thought that his life was just a common man. But as everyone knows, Cao Cao became an outstanding politician and military figure in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even occupied a place in the field of literature. In the chaotic years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao marched south to the north, flattened the Yellow Turban Army uprising, bowed to the dynasty, eliminated the separatist forces of all sides, and made great contributions to the unification of the dynasty, which was known as the "hero of the chaotic world" at that time. However, Cao Cao's personality is suspicious, fierce and cruel, of course, the formation of personality is not innate, but closely related to his growth environment and experience, in the study of Cao Cao in later generations, because of his high political sensitivity and fierce means, he has brought him a lot of negative evaluations.
According to the records of later history books, Lü Bu was hanged and beheaded by Cao Cao, and his personality was also one of the subjective factors in Lü Bu's cruel beheading. We do not know how tragic Lü Bu's execution by Cao Cao was, and whether it reached an outrageous point, because under cao Wei's rule at that time, historians did not dare to record it truthfully.
Lübbo is brave
"The great husband was born between heaven and earth, and how can he live under the people for a long time?" When you see this famous quote, you can naturally think of who the hero described is, right? That's right, Lü Bu. "Red rabbit in horses, Lü Bu among people" is a high evaluation of Lü Bu by posterity. Lü Bu was also one of the heroes of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he was known as the "Flying General", the origin of the name is not spontaneous, but because Lü Bu is good at riding and shooting, and the weapon he is good at using is a spear, and his weapon is also fictionalized by later generations as Fang Tian Painting Blade.
Lü Bu participated in the four sides of the war all his life, and his combat ability can be said to be unmatched, as the "first fierce general", Lü Bu fought many victorious battles before being captured by Cao Cao. Moreover, the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei fought to the death with the fierce general Lü Bu, and the bloody battle on the battlefield failed to bring him down. It can be seen that its combat capability is superb.
Lü Bu had a point that was criticized by the world, that is, he was unfaithful to his king. In the era at that time, local separatist forces fought everywhere and competed for power, which could be described as the chaos of the last years. At that time, the heroes and heroes began to selectively choose their masters for their own future and glory and wealth, such as believing that their masters were incompetent and powerful, they could betray him and go to find a new master to defect, at that time, it was rumored that "good birds choose trees to live, good will choose the lord and do things", all for their own consideration. Therefore, Lü Bu betrayed his master many times for his own future, followed Liu Bei but betrayed Liu Bei, followed Cao Cao but betrayed Cao Cao, he trampled his faith under his feet, and finally transformed into a "demon" who did not talk about loyalty at all and killed people without blinking. Do not spare anyone who is unfavorable to him, including his own master. The incident of Lü Bu killing his master Dong Zhuo as we know it began. Disloyalty was absolutely intolerable, even shameful, in those days, and it laid the foundation for him to be hanged and beheaded after being captured by Cao Cao because he did not gain Cao Cao's trust.
Cao Cao broke Lü Bu
In the third year of The Han Dynasty Emperor Jian'an, Cao Cao and Lü Bu carried out the Battle of Xia pi, the process of the battle was difficult and tortuous, Lü Bu personally led the army to fight, all were defeated by Cao Cao, step by step forced to retreat to the city, guarding the last line of defense city. Because Cao Cao was a very military strategist with courage and strategy, and Lü Bu could only solve the problem by force, in the end Lü Bu had to surrender to Cao Cao, and Lü Bu's group was completely destroyed by Cao Cao, and all the power was lost, and Lü Bu was captured by Cao Cao and brought back to Cao Camp. The Yuan Dynasty writer Zhang Silian once composed a Yuan song "Binding the Tiger" for the Battle of Xia Pi, which mainly described Lü Bu's embarrassing situation after his defeat.
In Cao's camp, Lü Bu repeatedly tested Cao Cao, trying to recruit him in exchange for a glimmer of life for himself. He believed that his riding and shooting skills were good, and Cao Cao's infantry was well trained, and if they could cooperate, they would certainly be able to unify the world. But Cao Cao was a man with a very heavy heart, and he understood that Lü Bu's real intention was to live his life, but Lü Bu's martial arts were strong, and he also had a high reputation at that time, and because he killed Dong Zhuo at that time, he was well known, and Cao Cao also moved his mind to subdue him as a subordinate. However, the suspicion of nature and Liu Bei's persuasion made him immediately dispel this idea. He understood that Lü Bu would not truly submit to him and be loyal to him, and that leaving Lü Bu by his side would definitely make him think about tea and dinner, and he was always worried about his own life, so Cao Cao decided to behead Lü Bu to the death to clear his heart.
It was very easy to execute Lü Bu, but Cao Cao did not want Lü Bu to die a painful death, but tried his best to insult him, not only bringing him physical pain, but also wanting him to taste psychological humiliation. Psychological insults are often more intolerable for a generation of heroes than physical ones. At that time, Liu Bei was serving as Cao Cao's subordinate, and Liu Bei knew well that Lü Bu was a hero of a generation, but he could not leave his life. Cao Cao pretended to ask Liu Bei's opinion in front of Lü Bu, in fact, he also deliberately increased the psychological pressure on Lü Bu, and he already had a definite idea of Lü Bu's ending. The reason why Cao Cao killed Lü Bu was very simple, because Lü Bu was a man who betrayed his lord for glory and did not believe in his words, and in the era at that time, loyalty and sincerity were the first, and people like Lü Bu would not be accepted by the heroic masters at that time.
The end of a generation of tyrants
In the records of later history, the only passage about Lü Bu's killing is "Hang Lü Bu and behead him". In fact, we can infer Lü Bu's fate from Cao Cao's personality. Cao Cao was a man who cherished talents, but in the presence of a man who had no loyalty and could use all kinds of cunning means to achieve his own goals against his master, he chose not to leave a living mouth. It was also a survival option in the cruel years of the time.
We have read many history books, and most of those who were captured by Cao Cao died very tragically, and this kind of behavior can also be worthy of Cao Cao's name of "adulterous male". Because of the limitations of the turbulent years at that time, the historical records of the historians were not true and credible, and the real events of Lü Bu's death could only be briefly recorded. At the same time, all that remains for our descendants is speculation and regret.