As early as the Second Central Plains War, before the heroes challenged Dong, Chen Gong had already taken refuge with Cao Cao.
Although Chen Gong was not Cao Cao's mastermind, he was still a counselor that he relied heavily on, and was one of the five great military advisors of Cao Wei.
Surrounded by a pack of wolves, Cao Cao was able to defeat the strong with the weak, sweep across the Central Plains princes, unify Yanzhou, establish the Wei State, and expand the Wei State to this point. The five military advisors who made the greatest contribution to Wen Cheng were: Xun You, Cheng Yu, Fan Li, Cao GUI, Chen Gong.
As for Chen Qun and Bigan, they are not included in this list because they are in charge of government and do not participate in military affairs.
Although Mao Jie, Dong Zhao, Mao Sui, and Wei Wuji had outstanding abilities, they were not included in the five great military advisors due to their seniority and merit.
Among the five military advisors, the mastermind was naturally Xun You, the most senior was Cheng Yu, the one with the closest relationship was Cao GUI, and the most resourceful one was Fan Li.
Chen Gong was ranked last among the five great military advisors. His abilities and achievements were not as good as those of the first four, but he was still deeply trusted and reused by Cao Cao.
But Chen Gong, who was now regarded as a confidant by Cao Cao, wanted to betray Cao Wei and defect to the enemy country Qin. There was naturally a reason for this.
The biggest reason for Chen Gonghui's rebellion did not lie with him, but with Cao Cao.
Chen Gong was a man with a strong sense of justice. He would seek refuge with Cao Cao entirely because the princes of the Central Plains were fighting at that time. Each one of them had no regard for the life and death of the people. Only Cao Cao gathered the refugees and implemented new policies.
The land system divides the land among the people.
In such an environment at that time, Cao Cao would undoubtedly be under great pressure if he dared to implement the new land system.
Chen Gong saw that Cao Cao was so courageous and believed that Cao Cao was a hero of the world, so he gave up his promising future and abandoned his official position to join Cao Cao, a small prince in the Central Plains.
Facts have proved that Chen Gong's vision is indeed good. Cao Cao is indeed a hero of the world. Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and others, and even Li Zicheng, are not his opponents at all.
Chen Gong was also very satisfied with Cao Cao as his lord at first, but gradually he discovered that Cao Cao had many character flaws, such as: jealousy, suspicion, lust, easy expansion, etc.
Of course, these are just minor shortcomings and will not affect Chen Gong's loyalty. What really makes him dissatisfied is that Cao Cao acted too unscrupulously.
In order to develop and strengthen the Wei State, Cao Cao blatantly robbed tombs, used human flesh for food, resorted to militarism, divided officials and civilians, and got close to the demon sect, etc., all of which challenged Chen Gong's moral bottom line.
Chen Gong is a typical Confucian disciple with an upright temperament and can't tolerate sand in his eyes. However, Cao Cao's various behaviors, even if they have hard reasons, are intolerable to Chen Gong.
Chen Gong also responded to Cao Cao more than once, urging Cao Cao to worry about his reputation and stop doing those dirty things.
But in Cao Cao's view, Chen Gong just stood and talked without pain in his back.
Doesn't he want a good reputation?
Is he willing to eat human flesh?
Who is willing to do these bad things unless they have to?
Isn't there really no way around this?
Cao Cao is a monarch. From his perspective, survival is more important than anything else, so between survival and morality, he will choose the former without hesitation, abandoning morality and reputation.
Chen Gong is a minister. In his eyes, survival is important, but morality is even more important. If you can't have both, then you have to sacrifice your life for justice.
We can't say who is right or wrong between Cao Cao and Chen Gong. We can only say that they made different choices, which led them to embark on completely different paths. However, different paths do not complicate each other.
Chen Gong really couldn't tolerate Cao Cao's behavior. After repeated admonitions to no avail, he wanted to abandon his official position and leave, but he was approached by people from Heibingtai.
Jia Xu was still in charge of Heibingtai at that time, and he had already guessed that Chen Gong's upright personality would definitely not be able to tolerate Cao Cao's various behaviors. It would only be a matter of time before the monarch and his ministers became disloyal.
Jia Xu specially sent someone to keep an eye on Chen Gong. It was not until he received the news that Chen Gong and Cao Cao had a big quarrel for the third time that he personally wrote a letter of estrangement and sent someone to secretly send it to Chen Gong.
The content of Jia Xu's estrangement letter is also very simple. It is nothing more than Chen Ming that Cao Cao is not a master of the Ming Dynasty. He is too despicable in the world and will not end well sooner or later. Da Qin is the most promising force to unify the world. I hope Chen Gong can do it for him. Great righteousness gave Da Qin a helping hand and ended the troubled times as soon as possible.
Under Jia Xu's alienation and temptation, Chen Gong, who was originally planning to resign and live in seclusion, finally decided to contribute to the unification of the world after a fierce ideological struggle and became the successor of Hongchang and Yuhuatian. The third Yellow Agent No. 1.
Since the Wei State was ready to fall out with Da Qin, the counter-espionage operations against Da Qin have never stopped. Although many peripheral intelligence personnel have been arrested, they have never touched the core. This is because one of the five major military advisors Because of Chen Gong's internal response.
Chen Gong is the leader of Da Qin's secret agents in Wei State, and he is also the only spy who has penetrated into the upper echelons of Cao Wei. His own safety is above all else, so he rarely takes the initiative to contact the people at Heibingtai. The few times he has not stayed Cao Wei School Office did not find any clues on him.
Now that the war between Qin and Wei has officially started, Chen Gong naturally no longer needs to hide, and he will help the Qin army at the critical moment, allowing the Qin army to gain more advantages in the early stages of the war, and Qin will naturally be able to crush Wei. trend.
Chen Gong originally planned to be exposed again when the Qin army attacked Xuchang, but there were more than just him and Cao GUI in the Yingchuan War Zone, and Xuchang was closely watched by Cao GUI. It was difficult for him to find an opportunity, so he settled for the next best thing. , chose Yangzhai.
As the former administrative center of Yingchuan, Yangzhai was also the last fortified city in the west of Yingchuan after the fall of the northwest and western defense lines.
If Yangdi is occupied by the Qin army, then the Wei army will no longer need to defend the Erban Pass and can only abandon all the cities and retreat to Xuchang. However, the Qin army will be able to occupy the Erban Pass without giving up a single soldier.
Once Epan Pass is obtained, the Qin army will no longer have to take a long way to transport grain from Guangcheng Pass. Instead, they can transport grain from Dagon Pass, which is not only closer, but also safer.
For the Qin army, there are many benefits to seizing Yangdi City. Chen Gong was thinking of this, so he took the initiative to come to Yangdi to assist Zhang Guifang and seize Yangdi City while Zhang Guifang was leading the army. Control.
Zhang Guifang would go out to fight in the city, which was also within Chen Gong's plan. He had already calculated the arrival date of the Qin army, so he urged Zhang Feng and Tai Luan to march quickly, and they happened to collide with Huang Zhong.
Chen Gong was sure that Zhang Guifang would not abandon the 4,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, and proposed a plan to let Zhang Feng and Tai Luan consume Huang Zhong first. If Zhang Guifang led the army into battle and waited for work, he would definitely win a complete victory.
The result was as expected by Chen Gong. Zhang Guifang had no doubts and decisively decided to lead the army into battle.
There were 15,000 defenders in Yangzhai City. Zhang Guifang took away 12,000, leaving only 3,000 defenders. This was a great opportunity for Chen Gong to seize the city.
Chen Gong first used the excuse that Zhang Guifang was leading the army to go out, and summoned all the major guards in the city, ostensibly to discuss how to set up defenses, but as soon as they arrived, they were all under control.
Chen Gong saw this directly and showed his cards to the ten military princes and three captains present: "Everyone, there is a huge disparity in strength between Qin and Wei. The Wei State will never escape this disaster. In order to prevent the Central Plains from being devastated, Chen Gong has decided to surrender to Da Qin, I wonder who agrees with it and who opposes it?"
The three captains and ten military princes were all dumbfounded. They never expected that Chen Gong, a military advisor, would rebel.
One of the captains, who was Zhang Guifang's confidant, objected directly: "General Zhang is fighting a bloody battle with the Qin army outside. How can we turn behind his back..."
Before he could finish his words, he was shot by dozens of sharp arrows and died tragically on the spot.
"Brother Zhang."
"Lord Captain."
The captain on the other side who was friends with him, and several of the captain's subordinates did not scream when they saw his tragic death, but glared at Chen Gong with dignity, and then they were all killed on the spot.
After solving these thorns, Chen Gong easily controlled the military power in the city. After all, not everyone wanted to fight to the death for Cao Wei.
By joining Chen Gong and joining Da Qin, they would first not have to bear the responsibility, and secondly, they would no longer have to fight against Da Qin, and the benefits they would gain would be even greater.
After Chen Gong took control of Yangzhai, he immediately reported the victory to the Qin army through the Black Ice Platform, and at the same time ordered the protection of the grain depot and material warehouse in the city. After all, these materials are the most valuable existence in Yangzhai City.
Chen Gong held a telescope and looked at the battlefield five miles away. He couldn't help but murmur to himself: "Next, all we have to do is wait for Huang Zhong to defeat Zhang Guifang and then take over Yangzhai City."
Chen Gong did not contact Huang Zhong in advance, because in his opinion, it should be easy for Huang Zhong's 10,000 Qin troops to defeat Zhang Guifang's 12,000 Wei troops, and Zhang Feng and Tai Luan's 4,000 Wei troops. There is no need to risk contact.
Chen Gong was right to think so for safety reasons, but he underestimated Zhang Guifang's ability.
Zhang Guifang's record in Fengshen Yanyi is still very impressive. She defeated Huang Feihu, defeated Huang Tianxiang, and captured several Zhou camp generals alive. She was besieged by eighteen Zhou generals, but she fought from early morning to noon, and finally committed suicide because she was desperate. The comprehensive strength can be regarded as the best among immortals in the world of Fengshen.
After Huang Zhong merged with the yellow-robed monster, his base martial arts reached 106 and his skills were further strengthened. However, if he wanted to defeat Zhang Guifang, the number one immortal in the world of Conferred Gods, it was obviously difficult to determine the winner in a short time.
Zhang Guifang's basic martial arts is also 106 points. She has a magical mortar and pestle spear in her hand, and a bloody horse under her crotch. Her equipment and skills are no worse than Huang Zhong's.
One of the effects of the skill 'Soul Seizing', which evolved from the "Calling the Name and Falling Horse Technique" in the novel, is that it can seal the opponent's mount blessing, and the suppression of the opponent is also surprisingly strong.
Huang Zhong and Zhang Guifang fought for thirty rounds without a clear winner. Considering the overall battle situation and the fact that the casualties were higher than expected, they decided to retreat temporarily.
With the strength of the Qin army, ten thousand against the sixteen thousand Wei army, it would not be difficult to win in a field battle, but this time Huang Zhong was too entrusted.
Huang Zhong marched urgently from Juntai to Yangzhai. He only rested for an hour. Before the soldiers could fully recover, he directly went to war with Zhang Feng and Tailuan. Although he killed Zhang Feng and almost defeated four thousand Wei troops, he also advanced further. It consumed the Qin army's physical strength.
Therefore, next, when facing Zhang Guifang's 10,000 taels of reinforcements, the Qin army's combat effectiveness further declined.
If Huang Zhong could kill Zhang Guifang, then the Qin army would naturally be able to win this battle, but Zhang Guifang's strength was not much worse than Huang Zhong's, and there was no way to tell the winner without a hundred or two hundred rounds.
Huang Zhong really took this into consideration, and also realized that the Qin army was severely exhausted and the number of casualties had reached nearly 3,000. However, he still failed to defeat the Wei army in the field. If he fought again, he would probably lose both sides. , so they ordered a retreat.
Seeing that Huang Zhong finally retreated, Zhang Guifang was secretly relieved. After all, more people died in the Wei army than in the Qin army. They lost a total of 5,000 men and horses. Even Tai Luan was shot dead by Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu.
Nowadays, Huang Xu has reached the realm of the God of Archery. Among the thousands of troops, if he attacks with archery, even a divine general will not be able to protect him. Tai Luan died under Huang Xu's arrow because of this.
Zhang Guifang had limited troops. If he continued to fight, he would only suffer more casualties. He would not have enough troops to defend Yangzhai, so he did not even dare to pursue Huang Zhong after he defeated him.
However, although Zhang Guifang suffered heavy losses in this battle, it was true that he defeated the Qin army. It was a rare victory since the war between Qin and Wei. It greatly improved the morale of the Wei army. Generally speaking, it was a gain and a loss.
But Zhang Guifang never imagined that while he was fighting bloody battles on the front line, his nest had been taken over by an insider, and this insider was actually military advisor Chen Gong.
Upstairs in Yangzhai City, Chen Gong saw that Huang Zhong had chosen to withdraw his troops because he was distressed about the casualties. As a result, Zhang Guifang returned victorious, and felt some regret in his heart for not contacting Huang Zhong in advance before the war.
It was also his fault that he was too conceited, thinking that Huang Zhong would win this battle and there was no need to risk exposure by contacting him, which was why such variables occurred.
However, Chen Gong didn't panic at all. He immediately came up with a plan and asked his men to tie him up, preparing to trick Zhang Guifang away.
Zhang Guifang led the army back after cleaning the battlefield. However, when the army arrived at the city, they realized something was wrong. The city gate was closed and refused to open. It was obvious that something had happened.
"Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly..."
"General Zhang, this city has been owned by me, Zhang Hu, and Military Advisor Chen Gong has also been conquered by my captain, and my captain has also decided to submit to the Qin Dynasty, haha."
The last of the three remaining captains appeared at the top of the city with Chen Gong in tow, and shouted arrogantly at Zhang Guifang outside the city.
When Zhang Guifang heard this, her expression suddenly changed and she yelled at Zhang Hu: "Zhang Hu, you are crazy, how dare you betray the lord."
"I no longer want to work for Cao Cao. I have worked hard for so many years and gained nothing. It would be great to join the Qin Dynasty. All the rich and beautiful women are now available. General Zhang, if you want to die, you can die yourself. Don't You are blocking your brother from getting rich."
Hearing Zhang Hu's words, a cold light suddenly flashed in Zhang Guifang's eyes, and she shouted coldly: "Zhang Hu, let go of the military advisor. I will give you a chance to survive. Otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind."
"I bother......"
Just when Zhang Hu was about to curse, Chen Gong, who was pretending to be a hostage, couldn't stand it anymore and shouted first: "General Zhang, don't blame me, you are leaving soon. Zhang Hu has already contacted the Qin army, and Huang Zhong will return soon." , I’m afraid it will be too late for you to leave by then.”
"What?"
Zhang Guifang couldn't help but exclaimed after hearing this. After all, if Huang Zhong really returned, there would be no need to fight him. All he had to do was to entangle him and prevent him from retreating. His army would be defeated by the Qin army that followed closely. Swallowed everything.
When Zhang Hu heard Chen Gong's words, he immediately understood. He immediately covered Chen Gong's mouth and cursed: "Shut up, if you dare to say one more word, I will throw you off the city immediately."
Chen Gong and Zhang Hu's chorus had completely frightened Zhang Guifang, and he began to consider whether to attack the city or retreat. However, his 10,000-strong army had no siege equipment at all, and the Qin army would not only come back in half an hour, so the only option at the moment was to retreat. Only in this way can we protect the army.
"Military advisor, I'm sorry."
Zhang Guifang glanced at Chen Gong with an apologetic look, then gritted her teeth and ordered: "Withdraw the troops."
Seeing Zhang Guifang leading the army to retreat, Chen Gong and Zhang Hu both breathed a sigh of relief. They finally deceived this evil star. After all, this was the master who defeated Huang Zhong.
Zhang Guifang's prestige among the Yangdi garrison is not low. If he really attacks the city, the old troops in the city may fight back, so he will definitely not be able to hold on and deceiving him away is the best option.
"Military advisor, the general's performance just now was not bad." Zhang Hu said with a flattering look on his face.
"It's okay. I'll ask Emperor Qin for credit later."
"Thank you, strategist. Thank you, strategist."
