Cao Cao sent a letter to Lu Bu, stating his good fortune and misfortune. Lu Bu wanted to surrender, but Chen Gong and others strongly opposed it because they were guilty of Cao Cao. They said to Lu Bu, "Cao Gong has come a long way, and his situation cannot last. If the general is stationed outside the city with infantry and cavalry, I will lead the rest of the troops to close the city gate. If Cao Cao attacks the general, I will lead the troops to attack Cao Jun from behind; If Cao Cao just attacked the city, the general would save him from the outside. In less than a month, Cao Jun ran out of food and launched an attack to defeat Cao Cao. " Lu Bu agreed with him.
Lu Bu's wife said, "In the past, Cao Shi treated Chen Gongtai like a baby, but Chen Gong left Cao Cao and took refuge with us. Now the general gives the bus stop no more benefits than Cao Shi, but he intends to leave the whole city and his wife and children behind? Once something goes wrong, can I still be the general's wife? " So Lu Bu gave up, but secretly sent someone to Yuan Shu for help, personally led more than 1,000 cavalry out of the city, and retreated back to the city after the defeat, but did not dare to leave the city. Yuan Shu can't help. Although Lu Bu is brave and strong, he is narrow-minded and suspicious. Without Chen Gong's guidance, the generals were suspicious of each other, so they lost every battle.
Cao Cao besieged the city for three months and decided to besiege it with water. Lu Bu's troops were separated from each other. His subordinates Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Xu Wei rebelled and bound Chen Gong to surrender. When Lu Bu saw the enemy attack at the White Gate Tower, the tide was gone, so he ordered Cao Cao to surrender his head in December (1February 7, 1998). Lu Bu was tied by Cao Cao and asked to be untied. Cao Cao said with a smile, "The tiger must be bound." Lu Bu added, "Cao Gong has me, I will lead the cavalry, and Cao Gong will lead the infantry, so we can unify the whole country.
Cao Cao was very moved, but Liu Bei said, "Gong Ming, did you see how Lu Bu served Ding Jianyang and Master Dong!" Before he died, Lu Bu said, "Liu Bei, the eldest son, cannot be trusted!" In the end, Lu Bu was strangled and beheaded. His men Chen Gong and Seibel refused to surrender and were put to death, while Zhang Liao led the troops to surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao ordered the heads of Lu Bu, Chen Gong and Seibel to be sent to Xudu to show their kindness and then buried.