When Cao Cao killed Lu Bu, he strangled him to death and then beheaded him, so that Lu Bu died in pain, and he was not dignified after his death.
Speaking of Lu Bu, it is one of the well-known figures in the Three Kingdoms period, and there is a saying that "Lu Bu is among people, and Red Rabbit is among horses", which is the highest praise for Lu Bu's bravery.
But it was such a fierce general, but he repeatedly committed treacherous things, and it was precisely because of this that he had enemies with Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others one after another, and was finally captured by Cao Cao in Xiapi.
And Cao Cao, who has always cherished talents, not only did not reuse Lu Bu, but after capturing him, he first "hanged" him, and then "beheaded".
"Hanging" means strangulation, and "beheading" is beheading, which means that Lu Bu is "dead" twice, so since Cao Cao has already strangled Lu Bu, why do you have to do this extra and then behead him to show the public?
In fact, to put it bluntly, Cao Cao's doing this stemmed from his hatred for Lu Bu, and he could count it in one fell swoop.
Lü Bu's first friendship with Cao Cao was when he was the pastor of Yanzhou.
In the first year of Xingping (194 AD), Cao Cao led a large army to attack Tao Qian, and after his expedition, Zhang Miao, who was originally close to Cao Cao, decided to rebel against Cao Cao under the persuasion of Chen Gong and others.
The reason why Zhang Miao rebelled had something to do with Lu Bu.
In that year, after Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, due to the siege of Li Dao and Guo Yan, he had to flee all the way, first defected to Yuan Shu and was rejected, and then defected to Yuan Shao and was almost killed, and finally was taken in by Zhang Miao when he passed by Chen Liu on the way to escape.
Zhang Miao not only took Lu Bu in, but also treated him warmly, and the two also held hands and swore to tie the knot.
But after Yuan Shao learned about this incident, he was extremely annoyed, so Zhang Miao was worried that one day Cao Cao would kill himself for Yuan Shao, and then Cao Cao killed the celebrity Bian Rang, which made Zhang Miao even more worried.
When Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian, Chen Gong, the chief strategist under the original Lu Bu's account, took this opportunity to lobby Zhang Miao, proposing to ask Lü Bu to serve as the pastor of Yanzhou, and use Lü Bu's bravery to take the opportunity to occupy Yanzhou, so that Zhang Miao could expand his power.
This proposal made Zhang Miao extremely tempted, and he also knew that Lu Bu did have a set of methods in terms of fighting, and the two had a good personal relationship, so Zhang Miao thought that this move was feasible and agreed to Chen Gong's suggestion.
From then on, Zhang Miao betrayed Cao Cao, and Lü Bu took office and became the pastor of Yanzhou.
For what Yanzhou Mu did, Cao Cao naturally would not sit idly by, in order to teach Zhang Miao a lesson, and also out of the importance of Lu Bu, Cao Cao led the main force to join the division and began to concentrate his forces to attack Yanzhou.
In this battle, Lu Bu was extremely tough, while Cao Cao was almost killed on the spot.
At that time, Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers were scattered, and Cao Cao himself was captured by Lu Bu's men, however, Lu Bu's men did not know Cao Cao, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to lie that it was Cao Cao who rode the yellow horse, so Lu Bu pursued the person who rode the yellow horse.
As a result, Cao Cao naturally took advantage of the chaos to escape, and in the process of escaping, Cao Cao accidentally fell off his horse and burned one of his hands.
"And the battle, the army was defeated. Bu rode Taizu and didn't know what it was, and asked: "Where is Cao Cao?" Taizu said: "The one who walks on the yellow horse is also." "Bu Qi is the one who chases the yellow horse because of the release of Taizu. The door was still on fire, and Taizu burst out of the fire. --- "Offering the Emperor Spring and Autumn"
At this time, Cao Cao and Lu Bu formed a bond, that is, from this time, Cao Cao hated Lu Bu, after that, Cao Cao and Lu Bu in the second year of Xingping, and several battles, during which it was also full of dangers, forcing Cao Cao to play a "empty city plan", before finally achieving victory.
In this case, Cao Cao must be full of hatred towards Lu Bu.
After all, it was Lu Bu who made him suffer a great loss, and it was Lu Bu who almost cost him his life, plus the hand that was injured because of Lu Bu, which made Cao Cao grit his teeth with hatred for Lu Bu anyway.
In addition to having a bad relationship with Cao Cao, there are also many contradictions between Lu Bu and Liu Bei.
In the second year of Xingping (195 AD), Lu Bu met Liu Bei for the first time, and at the beginning of the meeting, Lu Bu's performance can be said to be impeccable.
According to historical records, after Lu Bu saw Liu Bei at that time, he first set a little close, and then sighed that he had no talent, and then greatly complimented Liu Bei, and finally, he called Liu Bei "virtuous brother" and entertained Liu Bei with the highest etiquette.
"Prepare to sit on the woman's bed in the tent, and make the woman bow, drink wine and eat and drink, and be a brother. --- "Heroes"
After this set, if you were an ordinary person, you would inevitably be moved to the point that you couldn't do it, but Liu Bei was quite unimpressed with Lu Bu's "enthusiasm", but because of the situation, he didn't show it on his face.
"Bei sees that the language of cloth is impermanent, and it is not said on the outside. --- "Heroes"
The reason why Liu Bei felt abnormal was because Lu Bu was too "enthusiastic", after all, the two were just meeting for the first time at that time, but Lu Bu said such "heart-to-heart" words, how could this not make Liu Bei feel uncomfortable?
But in any case, Liu Bei and Lu Bu's "honeymoon period" can be regarded as starting from this time, but this "honeymoon period" ended at the beginning.
The cause of the incident was that in the first year of Jian'an, that is, the second year when Lu Bu met Liu Bei, when Liu Bei was fighting for Yuan Shu, the two sides were inseparable, during this period, Yuan Shu secretly wrote a letter to Lu Bu, in which he asked Lu Bu to lead his troops to attack Xiapi with a high return of "200,000 Hu rice".
And this Xiapi was Liu Bei's territory at that time, Lu Bu knew this, but he still couldn't resist the temptation and agreed to Yuan Shu.
In the end, Xiapi was attacked by Lu Bu, and Liu Bei's wife, concubines, children, and the families of his generals were also captured by Lu Bu, and at the same time, Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shu on the front line, and on the way back to the army, he encountered the breakup of the troops, which was really difficult.
It can be said that the situation at that time was one of the darkest periods of Liu Bei's life, and as a last resort, after Liu Bei fled to Haixi, he could only choose to surrender to Lu Bu, which gave the family and his subordinates a chance to breathe.
After experiencing such a thing, Liu Bei also hated Lu Bu to the core, if it wasn't for Lu Bu's sneak attack on Xiapi, then at least Liu Bei would not be so miserable even if he was Yuan Shu, let alone surrender to Lu Bu.
Therefore, Lu Bu was finally killed by Cao Cao, and it was also due to Liu Bei's "credit".
So, how did Lu Bu fall into the hands of Cao Cao?
This also starts after Liu Bei surrendered to Lu Bu, at that time, after Lu Bu occupied Xiapi, Yuan Shu threw an "olive branch" to him, expressing his willingness to marry Lu Bu, in fact, Yuan Shu's original intention was to use Lu Bu's bravery to use it for his own use.
Originally, Lu Bu had the intention to agree to Yuan Shu, but Pei Xiang Chen Qi was worried that after Lu Bu and Yuan Shu formed an alliance, it would endanger the country, so he lobbied Lu Bu and finally succeeded in stopping Lu Bu on the grounds that "an alliance with the careerist Yuan Shu will bear the name of injustice".
Not only that, Lu Bu had always held a grudge against Yuan Shu's rejection in his early years, so he beheaded the envoy sent by Yuan Shu to form an alliance.
Such a move made Yuan Shu very annoyed with Lü Bu and began to gather troops to attack Lü Bu, but due to the hasty assembly, he was finally defeated by Lü Bu.
At the same time, Chen Deng, Chen Qi's son, approached Cao Cao and persuaded Cao Cao to get rid of Lü Bu, and in the end, Cao Cao and Chen Deng reached an agreement that Chen Deng would be the internal response to divide Lü Bu's troops.
After Lu Bu defeated Yuan Shu, he sent troops to attack Liu Bei in Xiaopei, and this battle made Liu Bei, whose career had just improved, be beaten back to his original form again and had to defect to Cao Cao.
And since Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao, then as Cao Cao, it is necessary to stand up for Liu Bei, plus he has no good impression of Lu Bu, so in the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao ordered to personally lead the army to Xiapi to attack Lu Bu.
After arriving in Xiapi, Cao Cao first wrote a letter to persuade Lu Bu to surrender, and Lu Bu also had the intention of surrendering, but because Chen Gong and others were afraid that after Lu Bu surrendered, Cao Cao would liquidate them, so he tried his best to dissuade Lu Bu, and in the end, Lu Bu's plan to surrender was stranded.
Since he did not surrender, then start fighting, this time Cao Cao was determined to get rid of Lu Bu, but what about Lu Bu's side? However, because of Lu Bu's own narrow-mindedness, he and his generals were suspicious of each other, and under Cao Cao's siege for several months, the army was divided up and down.
In the end, in the rebellion of the generals, the general situation was defeated by Lü Bu, and he surrendered to Cao Cao at the White Gate Tower.
After surrendering, Lu Bu originally thought that Cao Cao would let him go, after all, he was a well-known fierce general at that time, but under the advice of Liu Bei and others, Cao Cao still "hanged" him first and then "beheaded".
Lu Bu's death is fate, after all, he has been vicious to Cao Cao and Lu Bu, and at the same time, it has also caused a large number of casualties among Cao Cao's soldiers, even if Cao Cao has the intention to let him go, the soldiers in the army will not agree, not to mention, there was also a "assist" Liu Bei at that time, therefore, no matter what, Lu Bu must die.
And the reason why Cao Cao "hanged" him first and then "beheaded" is that there is a lot of knowledge in this.
First of all, "hanging" is a respect for Lu Bu, you know, not to mention what Lu Bu is like, in terms of force value alone, he was indeed a rare fierce general at that time, there is no doubt about this.
In addition, his killing of Dong Zhuo also seemed to be a righteous act of "eliminating harm for the country" at the time, so Lu Bu still has something to be respected.
Therefore, although Cao Cao did want to kill Lu Bu, he would "hang" him out of respect for him, after all, "hanging" could leave a whole corpse for Lu Bu.
And leaving the whole corpse has always been a point that the ancients valued more, especially for people like Lu Bu.
Like Lu Bu's subordinates, such as Chen Gong, Gao Shun and others, they were all directly beheaded by Cao Cao, and Lu Bu was "hanged", which was also the reason why Cao Cao wanted to reflect that Lu Bu was different from them.
Of course, "hanging" is also killing, but compared with beheading, it will look better after death, and there is no difference in essence.
In addition, "hanging" is also an extremely painful death, it is different from being hanged and stretching the neck, but by two people at the same time, with a rope or something like that, strangle the tortured person alive.
In such a process, the tortured person is absolutely painful, and the fundamental reason for this is that Cao Cao hates Lu Bu.
As mentioned above, Lu Bu almost took Cao Cao's life and caused great losses to Cao Cao, so it was Cao Cao's greatest wish at that time.
Moreover, because of Lu Bu's capriciousness, Cao Cao was also extremely disgusted with him, coupled with Liu Bei's constant "persuasion", therefore, this hatred would be infinitely magnified.
Therefore, by strangulation, Lu Bu can die in extreme pain, and Cao Cao can vent his dissatisfaction.
And beheading after strangulation has two effects.
First, whether to let Lu Bu lose his dignity after death, this is still Cao Cao's hatred in his heart, he hated this person who almost made him homeless and injured.
Second, it can "set an example".
After Lu Bu's head was cut off, he first showed it in the army, and then Cao Cao took it to Emperor Han Xian to ask for credit.
Doing so, firstly, it will allow the soldiers in the army who have a grudge against Lu Bu to vent their emotions, and secondly, it can also tell the world that this is the fate of perfidious and capricious people.
And the most important thing is that Emperor Han Xian and people from all walks of life can see that a fierce general like Lu Bu was beheaded by Cao Cao, which is enough to show that Cao Cao was the most powerful person at that time.
After all, there were not no people who could surpass Lu Bu's bravery at that time, but very few.
Therefore, Cao Cao killed Lu Bu and "hanged" to strangle him to respect his talents, and at the same time made Lu Bu die a little more painfully, and the "owl" beheaded was out of the needs of the situation, but it was a pity that Lu Bu was such a fierce general, but because of his own capriciousness, he ended up like this.