When the group of ministers was helpless, Cao Cao volunteered, believing that it was enough to assassinate Dong Zhuo by himself. So at the banquet, he borrowed the sharpest Seven Treasures Sword from Wang Yun and boasted to everyone about haikou.
After the banquet, Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and finally had a countermeasure, so he rubbed his fists and prepared to carry out this great plan the next day.
Early the next day, Cao Cao hid the sword in his arms and went to meet Dong Zhuo. At that time, Lü Bu was by Dong Zhuo's side, and Cao Cao was not good at it, when Dong Zhuo asked what happened to Cao Cao? Cao Cao said that a new batch of good horses had arrived. Dong Zhuo then ordered Lü Bu to personally select and train a good horse to give to Cao Cao.
When Lü Bu left, Cao Cao secretly said that Dong Zhuo was already a dying man. However, when he was about to assassinate, Dong Zhuo saw Cao Cao's movements in the dressing mirror, and Cao Cao pretended to offer the knife, so he passed the pass in confusion and almost lost his life.
Later, Lü Bu suspected that Cao Cao had the intention of assassinating, and because he was aware of his intentions, he deliberately said that he was offering a sword. Dong Zhuo also had such a thought, and Li Ru also said that Cao Cao had no wife, children, and children in the city, and had no worries, and he must have come to assassinate him, and he must be arrested as soon as possible, otherwise he will soon escape.
But Cao Cao would not sit still, and as soon as the assassination failed, he immediately fled out of the city. However, the good times did not last long, and soon after leaving the city, he was captured by the county order guarding the pass.
In the process of talking with Shouguan County Ling, Xian Ling felt that Dong Zhuo was not thin to him, so why did he want to assassinate him? Cao Cao replied: I have always had the ambition of a great bird, Dong Zhuo is a man of brutality and cruelty, fish and flesh people, I kill him, this is to eliminate harm for the people.
Xian Ling was also impressed by Cao Cao's loyalty and righteousness, and wanted to go with him to fight Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao gladly accepted, so the two packed their bags overnight and went straight to their hometown.
This county order is the Chen Palace. The two went to defect to Cao Cao's former friend Lü Bohao. When the three of them talked and laughed, Bo Hao also thanked Chen Gong for saving his life on behalf of Cao Cao.
Bo Hao found that there was no good wine in the house, so he went out to buy wine. Cao Cao suspected that he was suspicious when he went out, so he secretly followed him. Suddenly hearing something like he wanted to tie it up and kill him, Cao Cao felt bad, so he indiscriminately killed all his family members. Only to find out that what was going to be killed was a tied pig.
Cao Cao and Chen Gong then rode their horses to prepare to escape, but halfway they met Bo Hao, who had returned from buying wine, and cut them down and rooted them, fearing that they would retaliate in the future.
Chen Gong felt that Cao Cao was too suspicious, but Cao Cao said:
Ning taught me to bear the people of the world, and Hugh taught the people of the world to bear me.
Chen Gong was very disappointed, and thought that Cao Cao was a loyal and courageous person, but he did not expect that he and Dong Zhuo were all the way, wolf ambition.
Chen Gong felt that leaving Cao Cao behind was also a scourge, so it was better to assassinate cao halfway and avoid the aftermath, could Cao Cao's life be saved?
Cao Cao was so suspicious that he laid the groundwork for his subsequent failures.
If you want to know how to decompose the matter after that, a little attention will know.
Reference: Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Mou Dong Thief Meng De Sacrifice Knife