Why did Liu Bei betray Cao Cao, but instead left a good reputation?

Because Liu Bei carried the banner of righteousness, he was supported by a large part of the people, so after betraying Cao Cao, he still gained a good reputation.

Because in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei is the righteous side, and Cao Cao is the villain.

Because Liu Bei is a very loyal person, and at the same time, he is also a remnant of the Han Dynasty.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were two high-profile figures. However, although Liu Bei was once appreciated and trusted by Cao Cao, he eventually lost Cao Cao's trust. So, why is that?

First of all, we need to understand the historical background of the time. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars were frequent, and the world was in chaos. With his resourcefulness and military prowess, Cao Cao gradually became a powerful faction at that time.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, was a wanderer from a foreign land, and although there were many heroes and loyal people who supported him, he was obviously at a disadvantage when it came to confronting a strong enemy like Cao Cao.

In fact, the battle of trust between Cao Cao and Liu Bei began in 198 AD, when the two joined forces to attack the Yellow Turban rebels. Because Liu Bei did not fully follow Cao Cao's command, his army was unable to move according to plan, and was eventually raided by the enemy and suffered heavy losses. Cao Cao was very angry, believing that Liu Bei's indiscipline brought great danger to the entire coalition army, so he began to have doubts about Liu Bei.

In addition, Liu Bei showed an independent attitude in many things. For example, during Cao Cao's Northern Expedition, Liu Bei did not go to meet his troops as Cao Cao requested, but stayed on his own turf. This performance made Cao Cao feel that Liu Bei was suspicious and could not really trust him.

More crucially, Liu Bei turned to Sun Quan of Eastern Wu for help in 208 AD. This request for assistance made Cao Cao feel very angry and humiliated. He believed that Liu Bei was preparing to betray him, so he began to closely monitor Liu Bei's every move.

Eventually, Cao Cao decided that he could no longer trust Liu Bei and began to treat Liu Bei as an enemy.

To sum up, Liu Bei's loss of Cao Cao's trust was mainly due to his independent attitude, undiscipline, and collusion with Eastern Wu. These manifestations aroused Cao Cao's suspicions and resentment, which eventually led to a rupture in their relationship, and became an important factor in the later situation in the Three Kingdoms.

One day, Liu Bei was watering vegetables, Cao Cao sent someone to invite Liu Bei, Liu Bei went to Cao Cao said, just now saw the plum on the branches in the garden green, remembered a past thing (that is, "look at the plum to quench thirst"), today to see this plum, must not be appreciated, coincided with the cooking wine is ripe, so invite you to the small pavilion for a while, Liu Bei listened to the heart of the heart. During the drinking, Cao Cao asked Liu Bei: "Envoy, who is the hero of the world?"

Liu Bei pretended to have no ambitions, and said a few people, all of which were denied by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao wanted to inquire about Liu Bei's psychological activities at this time to see if he wanted to dominate the world, so he said: "A man who is a hero has great ambitions, has good plans, has the opportunity to contain the universe, and has the ambition to swallow the world." Liu Bei asked

Who can be a hero? Cao Cao said straightforwardly: "When today's heroes are, there are only you and me!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he was taken aback, and the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground unconsciously. It happened to rain suddenly, and the thunder was loud, Liu Bei had an idea, calmly lowered his body and picked up the chopsticks, saying that he dropped the chopsticks because he was afraid of thunder. Cao Cao said reassuringly at this time, is the eldest husband also afraid of thunder?

Liu Bei said, even a saint will lose his temper against the thunderous gale, can I not be afraid?

After such a cover-up, Liu Bei made Cao Cao think that he was a mediocre man with no ambitions and was as timid as a mouse, and Cao Cao no longer doubted Liu Bei.

If you want to ask who holds the most grudges in the Three Kingdoms?

It is estimated that most people think that Cao Cao must not be offended! But I think Liu Bei should be the first place in the Three Kingdoms Hatred Heavenly Group, Scorpio Seat!

At that time, all the princes tacitly acquiesced that Liu Bei was a bullying Tie Hanhan, and Cao Cao could never be offended! But the fact is that Cao Cao is ruthless, Liu Bei is ruthless, in contrast, Liu Bei is really unoffended, this person not only holds grudges, but also is very good at revenge!

The world says that Liu Bei has a good temper, you see that when he has no strength to fight with others, people point to his head and poke it out, and when he is humiliated to the point that a person will roll up his sleeves and do it, he also smiles, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but once he has the strength and opportunity, he will be a pawn who pokes his head, and he is an inexplicable pawn

Compared with Cao Cao's ruthlessness, Liu Bei's cold technique behind him is tsk

Because at that time, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes and discredited himself. It was Liu Bei who stood up to crusade against him, so he gained a good reputation.

Because Liu Bei was not a betrayal, he planned to start his own business from the beginning, but his foundation was weak at the beginning, so he found a backer first.

Many people think that Cao Cao is coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and they think that Liu Bei is the royal family of the Han Dynasty, so many people have a high evaluation of Liu Bei and think that he is ambitious.