At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars broke out everywhere in troubled times, and heroes competed in the Central Plains. Lu Bu shocked the princes with his red rabbit horse and Fang Tian's painted halberd, and was famous as a "flying general" in troubled times. The legend of fighting three heroes alone at Hulao Pass and shooting a halberd at Yuanmen made him one of the most dazzling generals in the late Han Dynasty. However, his capricious and willful character eventually pushed him to his end.
This book focuses on the final chapter of Lu Bu's life, unfolding a tragic picture with the siege of Xia Pi as the core. Cao Cao's army pressed down on the border, and the iron wall surrounded and locked up the isolated city. The torrent of water flowing into Xiapi not only submerged the city, but also destroyed the morale and hope of the army: food and grass were cut off, diseases spread, confidants secretly harbored disloyalties, and loyal troops were bloody. Chen Gongliang's plans are repeatedly rejected, Gao Shun's camp is stained with blood, Zhang Liao's path to breaking out of the siege and seeking help is bleak, and Diao Chan's deep love becomes the heaviest obstacle to the hero's fate.
On the White Gate Tower, the ultimate showdown between machination and loyalty: Lu Bu puts aside his pride and begs for mercy, Cao Cao hesitates, Liu Bei whispers into a deadly trap; Chen Gong declares his will with death, Gao Shun dies in silence, Zhang Liao assesses the situation and surrenders to find a new path. The sword fell, the legend of "Flying General" came to an end, and the chess game in troubled times continued.
This book depicts the inner struggles of the characters with delicate writing and explores the relationship between loyalty and betrayal, bravery and strategy, personal destiny and the current of the times. Lu Bu's tragedy is not only an inevitable character, but also a microcosm of the troubled times. It tells the cruelty and impermanence of the late Han Dynasty in the smoke of war, and fully shows the tragedy of the hero's end.
