In 196, Yuan Shu sent the general Ji Ling to attack Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xiaopei. Lu Bu was worried that Yuan Shu would not be good for him after taking Xiaopei, so he inserted a pole in the middle and forced Ji Ling to withdraw his troops by "shooting halberds at the gate".
Yuan Shu saw that Lu Bu was getting in the way, and measured his strength, which was not enough to fight Liu Bei and Lu Bu at the same time, so he withdrew to Shouchun in a gloomy manner and began to plan the great cause of becoming the emperor.
After Yuan Shu withdrew his troops, Lü Bu returned to Xuzhou's administrative office. Liu Bei governed Xiaopei well and won the hearts of the people, which made Lu Bu a little jealous. Coupled with Liu Bei's secret recruitment of troops and horses to strengthen his strength, this made Lu Bu's suspicions even stronger. This Xuzhou territory was originally snatched from Liu Bei, and Lu Bu has always been unsteady in his heart.
At the beginning, Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao and had nowhere to go, Liu Bei kindly took him in and provided him with grain and grass. Lu Bu should have been grateful to Liu Bei, but unfortunately Lu Bu only valued interests and had no gratitude at all. Last time, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were at war and attacked Xiapi.
This time, Lu Bu became suspicious of Liu Bei again and planned to drive Liu Bei out of Xuzhou. Lü Bu attacked Xiaopei, but Liu Bei couldn't resist it and asked Cao Cao for help. Cao Cao sent Xiahoudun to support Liu Bei, but Lü Bu was too fierce, and Liu Bei and Xiahoudun joined forces and did not stop Lü Bu. After the defeat, Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao saw Liu Bei coming to vote, praised him as the pastor of Yuzhou, and left him in Xudu. Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou earlier under the banner of "killing Tao Qian to avenge his father". Now, although Tao Qian is dead, Xuzhou is a battleground for soldiers, and Cao Cao naturally will not let Lu Bu occupy Xuzhou all the time.
Before attacking Xuzhou, Cao Cao decided to dispose of Zhang Xiu, who was stationed in Wancheng, to avoid a sneak attack by Zhang Xiu in the back when he attacked Xuzhou. After all, he was sneak attacked by Lu Bu before, and he still has lingering palpitations, and this time he had to prevent Zhang Xiu from sneaking up again.
In 197, Cao Cao led his army to attack Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's advice and surrendered before he could fight. Cao Cao was very satisfied with Zhang Xiu's approach. He felt that he hadn't used his strength yet, so Zhang Xiu fell down directly, and he was inevitably proud in his heart.
In order to commend him, Cao Cao set up a banquet in Wancheng to entertain Zhang Xiu, and he was happy during the banquet. At the end of the banquet, Dian Wei sent Cao Cao back to rest, and on a whim, Cao Cao saw that Uncle Zhang Xiu's widow Zou was beautiful, so he lived happily with her all night.
The next day, Zhang Xiu found out about it and felt humiliated. At the same time, Zhang Xiu's tent had a fierce general named Hu Che'er, and Cao Cao gave him many rewards. Zhang Xiu felt that Cao Cao was bribing the people around him, and maybe one day he would be killed by Cao Cao's instructive Hu Che'er.
Zhang Xiu's heart was full of humiliation and fear, he told Jia Xu his thoughts, and made it clear that he wanted to rebel against Cao Cao and let Jia Xu advise him on his behalf. Jia Xu's strategy has always been a hundred shots, and this time is no exception. At night, Zhang Xiu took advantage of Cao Cao's sound sleep and suddenly led the army to kill.
Cao Cao's chief bodyguard, Dian Wei, saw the rebels rushing in, told Cao Cao to escape through the back door, and then desperately blocked them himself. But the enemy came prepared, and it was a surprise attack, and even if Dian Wei had 9 lives, he couldn't stop this violent impact.
After Cao Cao fled, Dian Wei died on the way to block the sword for Cao Cao. For Cao Cao, who fled, the rebels pursued them and shot to death the war horse (famous shadow) that Cao Cao was riding. Seeing that Cao Cao was about to be murdered, Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang arrived on horseback at the critical time. Cao Ang gave up the horse to Cao Cao and said, "Father, please get on the horse, and the child will arrive later!"
Cao Cao mounted on Cao Ang's horse and escaped. Unfortunately, Cao Ang was caught up by the rebels and had no time to get out, and died in the chaos. After arriving at a safe place, Cao Cao had the casualties counted. It didn't take long for the names of Cao Ang, Dian Wei, and Cao Anmin (Cao Cao's nephew) to appear on the death list.
Faced with the death of his beloved son and beloved general, Cao Cao wept bitterly, recovered the ink, and regretted that he should not have drunk so much in the first place...... Cao Cao thought to himself: It's not my fault, it's all the fault of alcohol, it's just that the alcohol is too charming!
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