Cao Cao's offering of knives is a widely circulated story of the Three Kingdoms among Chinese people. Dong Zhuo, the secretariat of Xiliang, took advantage of the chaos in the ruling and opposition parties to command 200,000 troops in Luoyang, abolish the young emperor, establish Xian Di, and call himself the Prime Minister. He deceives the Lord and plays politics, which is cruel and fierce; Ministers tried to get rid of him, but they could do nothing. As a captain, Cao Cao secretly intended to kill Dong Zhuo, and often went in and out of the Prime Minister's Office, gradually gaining Dong Zhuo's trust.
In order to get rid of Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun and Cao Cao decided to assassinate Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao used Wang Yun's seven-star knife to assassinate Dong Zhuo. It was discovered only because of the reflection of the mirror. Because Dong was powerful, and Lu Bu had arrived at this time, Cao Cao played it by ear and fooled him in the name of offering a sword. Later, he hurried out of Dong Xiangfu, thus saving his life.
Brief introduction of Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo
1, Cao Cao
Cao Cao, whose real name is Meng De, was born in Geely, Xiaozi Tong, Pei County (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province). China was an outstanding politician, strategist, writer and calligrapher in ancient times. He was a powerful minister in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the founder of Cao Wei regime. Cao Cao appointed talents, suppressed strongmen and strengthened centralization; Besides, he also knows the art of war, industrial calligraphy and poetry.
2. Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo was born in Lintao County (now Min County, Gansu Province). Warlords and powerful ministers in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Dong Zhuo grew up in Liangzhou and likes to make friends with Qiang people. In the sixth year of Zhong Ping, Dong Zhuo was called by general blades and a captain, Yuan Shaomi and Li Sizhi, and led the army to Beijing to punish ten constant attendants. Subsequently, Dong Zhuo deposed the young emperor Liu Bian, made Xian Di and Liu Xie acceded to the throne, arbitrarily ruled the state affairs, and made the world lofty.
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