Cao Cao and Liu Bei have a wonderful heroic story. Halfway through the wine, the two men looked at the changing wind and clouds in the sky, as wonderful as the dragons in myths and legends. Cao Cao sighed and said, "The dragon is like a hero in the world. Tell me, your majesty, who can be called a hero in the world today? "
Liu Bei asked, "Is Yuan Shu a hero because he owns Huainan and has plenty of soldiers and food?"
Cao Cao shook his head.
Liu Bei asked again, "Are Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Sun Ce, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Lu and Han Sui in Jiangdong heroes?"
Cao Cao kept shaking his head.
Liu Bei asked again, "Yuan Shu's cousin Yuan Shao lives in Hebei and has many talented people. Should he be regarded as a hero? "
Cao Cao said, "Yuan Shao looks fierce, but he is actually very timid. Although he has many clever advisers, he lacks the decisive ability that a leader should have. People like him are always unwilling to pay for doing great things. Seeing profit and forgetting righteousness is not a real hero. "
So, who can be called a contemporary hero? Cao Cao pointed to Liu Bei with his finger, then pointed to himself, and said something inexplicable and surprising, saying, "The only heroes in the world today are the monarch and Cao Er!" He said, "The only heroes in the world today are you, Liu Shijun and Cao Cao."