As the core figure in establishing the character of Cao Cao as a traitor, he was Lu Bu’s best counselor among the people. He fought hard against Cao Cao’s counselors and never failed. He welcomed Cao but rebelled against Cao, and rebelled against Lu Bu but died together with Lu Bu. The many complex and contradictory auras of this celebrity Chen Gong are not passed down alone.

Chen Gong not only rebelled against Cao Cao, but also against Lu Bu, and eventually died together with Lu Bu in Baimen Tower

"Capture and release Cao" has always been a classic in the Three Kingdoms drama. Cao Cao The famous saying "I would rather let the world fail me than let the world fail me" also comes from this. However, there are many theories about Cao Cao's killing of Lu Boxe. Chen Gong appears only in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Wei Shu said: Taizu Yizhuo would eventually be defeated, so he refused to worship and fled back to his hometown. Congshu rode past his old friend Chenggao Lu Boshe. Boshe was not around, so his son and his guests robbed Taizu, took the horses and other things, and Taizu killed several people with his sword.

Shiyu said: Taizu passed Boshe. When Boshe went out, his five sons were all there, preparing guests and officiating. Taizu thought he had betrayed Zhuo's fate, and suspected that he had his own agenda. He killed eight people with his sword and left at night.

Sun Sheng's Miscellaneous Notes said: Taizu heard the sound of his food utensils and thought he was trying to kill himself, so he killed him at night. Then he said sadly: "I would rather betray others than others betray me!" Then he did it.

Cao Cao's real contact with Chen Gong was after Liu Dai, the original governor of Yanzhou, died in battle with the Yellow Turban Army. As the leader of the gentry in Yanzhou, Chen Gong had to find a new successor. Cao Cao's outstanding performance in the battle against Dong obviously attracted Chen Gong. For this reason, Chen Gong gave Cao Cao a lifelong gift - Yanzhou and Qingzhou soldiers.

However, before Cao Cao could warm up to this gift, Chen Gong actually wanted to come back. When Cao Cao was eager to kill Hongyan to avenge his father, he teamed up with Zhang Miao to welcome Lu Bu, causing Cao Cao to encounter the first biggest crisis in his career. If Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, and Xiahou Dun hadn't fought tooth and nail to defend the last three cities, Cao Cao would have become a wandering army like Liu Bei with no territory or soldiers.

Even worse than Liu Bei, because during this period, Liu Bei was about to get his first base in Xuzhou. Cao Cao also bought Liu Bei's face for this, and accepted Liu Bei's advice to make peace. In fact, there was a fire in the backyard, and he hurried back to put out the fire.

Cao Cao relied on his excellent military capabilities and the outstanding performance of his think tank. Although he was defeated by Chen Gong several times, he finally drove Lu Bu and Chen Gong out of Yanzhou.

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Chen Gong has been generous and righteous since he followed Lu Bu, and spared no effort to advise Lu Bu, until he and Lu Bu died in Baimen Tower. But in fact, Chen Gong participated in a rebellion by Hao Meng and Yuan Shu against Lu Bu. If Gao Shun hadn't been reliable and Cao Xing betrayed him, Lu Bu might have become the ghost under the sword inexplicably.

The rebellion Lu Bu encountered was very dangerous. Hao Meng had already directly attacked Lu Bu's mansion. Lu Bu didn't even bother to put on clothes and fled with his wife from the toilet to Gaoshun camp.

"Bu didn't know who the rebel was, so he held the woman in his arms, the head of the department uncovered his clothes, the prime minister lined up from the top of the gate, went to Gao Shunying, the governor, and walked straight in through the door." - "The Later Han Dynasty" Book"

Hao Meng's subordinate Cao Xing admired Lu Bu very much and opposed Hao Meng's rebellion. He fought with Hao Meng and cut off Hao Meng's arm. Gao Shun took the opportunity to behead Hao Meng, thus quelling the rebellion. Lu Bu asked Cao Xing the reason and accomplices in Hao Meng's rebellion. Cao Xing said that Yuan Shu had bewitched him and Chen Gong was the accomplice. Chen Gong was also present at that time. Chen Gong blushed and everyone else noticed it. Lu Bu regarded Chen Gong as his general and did not blame Chen Gong. But since then, the relationship between Chen Gong and Lu Bu has dropped to a freezing point, so Chen Gong suggested that Lu Bu ride outside and Gao Shun Chen Gong defend the city, but Lu Bu's wife stopped him. In the end, Chen Gong, Lu Bu, and Gao Shun were all killed in Baimen Tower.

In order to make the palace and Gao Shun defend the city, they cut off the food road. Bu's wife said to Bu, "Gong and Shun are not on good terms. Once the general comes out, Gong and Shun will not agree to defend the city. If there is any failure, how can the general stand on his own? And the Cao family treats the government like a child. You still want to give up and return to me. Now the general Hougongtai is no more than the Cao family, but he wants to surrender the whole city and donate his wife to go far away. If something happens, I will not be able to become the general's wife again!" Bu Naizhi! ——"Zi Zhi Tong Jian"

Chen Gong is not loyal to Cao Cao, nor is he loyal to Lu Bu. Chen Gong is only loyal to himself and Yanzhou

To some extent, Chen Gong is very Like Xun Yu, they were not just counselors, but also idealistic and powerful leaders of the gentry. Xun Yu was the well-deserved leader of the Yingchuan gentry, while Chen Gong was the leader of the Yanzhou gentry.

Therefore, Chen Gongneng relied on his sharp tongue to hand over Yanzhou to Cao Cao, who was still just the governor of Dongjun. < /p>

Cao Cao conquered the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army from Yanzhou and recruited 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers, which became Cao Cao's strongest foundation. If Cao Cao was just a small player in the past, after taking Yanzhou and recruiting Qingzhou soldiers, Cao Cao already had a decisive position among the heroes in the north. It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao asked his family to vote, because Cao Cao already had the confidence and strength to gain a foothold in Yanzhou.

The Qingzhou soldiers served Cao Cao for 28 years. After the death of his father and his son, almost only Cao Cao could control it. After Cao Cao's death, the Qingzhou soldiers thought that the world was about to be in chaos, and "everyone beat the drum and left without permission", so they actually went on their own. Solved. In order to avoid military rebellion in Qingzhou, Jia Kui not only did not stop him, but also gave him travel expenses on the grounds that "there was a big funeral and the heir had not yet been established." After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he did not pursue any charges. It can be seen that Cao Cao's first pot of gold is full of gold content.

So why did Chen Gong, who had such great achievements, rebel against Cao Cao? And why are you rebelling against Lu Bu?

Chen Gong's rebellion against Cao Cao is mostly thought to have been caused by Cao Cao's killing of famous people in Yanzhou and his resignation. But this was just a trigger. When Chen Gong was young, he was a confidant of famous celebrities all over the world. He also won territory and soldiers for the impoverished Cao Cao, turning Cao Cao from a small prefect of Dongjun to Yanzhou among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. Pastoral. It can be said to be a qualitative leap, which cannot be compared with the gentry group headed by Xun Yu of Yingchuan who had defected to Cao Cao early.

But in terms of status, Chen Gong did not become Cao Cao's mastermind, and the Yanzhou Group did not become Cao Cao's direct descendant. Cao Cao even killed Chen Gong's good friend Bian Rang without giving any face. This made Chen Gong's psychological gap very big, and Cao Cao even did something outrageous. He avenged his father in Xuzhou and even avenged the people of Xuzhou.

All of this made Chen Gong feel that it was a mistake to place his hopes on Cao Cao, and he must remedy this mistake himself. Zhang Miao was originally a close friend of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao easily killed Bian Rang (talking about Cao Cao's background as a eunuch), which also made Zhang Miao feel sad. At that time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao formed an alliance against the alliance of Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, and Tao Qian. However, Yuan Shao wanted to kill Zhang Miao in his early years because Zhang Miao criticized him face to face. Therefore, Zhang Miao was wary and dissatisfied with Cao Cao.

Zhang Miao was immediately moved by Chen Gong's bold words that he wanted to make the decision himself. We Yanzhou people can no longer rely on Cao Cao and must drive Cao Cao away. Yanzhou should be the world of Yanzhou people. Chen Gong analyzed for Zhang Miao that when the world is falling apart, Yanzhou is a fertile land thousands of miles away, and it is also in the land of four wars. Instead of relying on others and being controlled by others, it is better to stand on its own. Lu Bu is a famous warrior with high fighting ability. If you welcome Lu Bu to the army and govern Yanzhou together, observe the situation of the world, and wait for the opportunity, you can do great things.

In the original text, Chen Gong's way of welcoming Lü Bu is "Quan Ying Zhi", which means that he has the right to welcome Lu Bu, but in fact it is just a ploy to drive away tigers and devour wolves. Chen Gong's greeting to Lu Bu was not out of sincerity, but to use Lu Bu's military strength and combat effectiveness to counter Cao Cao.

Now that the heroes have risen together, the world is falling apart. You, with thousands of people from thousands of miles away, are fighting in the four battles, holding your sword and looking at the sky, you are enough to be proud of others, but you can resist others, don't be contemptuous! Jinzhou's army is marching eastward, but the place is empty. Lu Bu is a strong man who is good at fighting and is unparalleled. Ruo Quan welcomes him and goes to herd Yanzhou to observe the situation in the world and wait for the current situation to change. This is also a moment of vertical and horizontal movement. ——"Three Kingdoms"

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Cao Cao and his group of advisers and generals were obviously not something Lu Bu could contend with for a long time. Chen Gong relied on preemptive strikes and local connections to defeat Cao Cao several times. Moreover, Chen Gong's desire for Yanzhou was fully exposed, and he was repeatedly plotted by Cao Cao. Chen Gong had little intention of completely defeating Cao Cao, but his desire to completely occupy Yanzhou was exposed early.

If Chen Gong wanted to defeat Cao Cao at all costs, it should not be limited to regaining the city, but to kill Cao Cao and destroy Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao was always afraid of being intercepted and ambushed on his way back to his army, but no, Chen Gongzai was obsessed with regaining the entire territory of Yanzhou.

However, in ancient siege battles, who could be successful? It is difficult to regain the city in a short period of time, and it cannot be transferred by human will. Chen Gong failed in the end, so he reluctantly ran to Xuzhou with Lu Bu as a last resort to continue his fight against Cao Cao.

Gao Shun has always been at odds with Chen Gong. Although there is no historical record of the reason, it is obvious that Chen Gong wanted to take advantage of Lu Bu. Gao Shun was Lu Bu's true number one loyalist, and naturally he was very hostile to a dangerous person like Chen Gong. In particular, Gao Shun personally experienced Hao Meng's rebellion and saw Lu Bu's embarrassed appearance. If it weren't for Cao Xing's loyalty and Lu Bu's disregard for dignity in escaping from the toilet, Lu Bu might have died in the hands of his own people.

Chen Gong obviously had his own ambitions, or in other words, his own ideals, which were shattered by Cao Cao. Chen Gong no longer pins his hopes on others. Chen Gong uses Lu Bu, and Lu Bu also needs the support of the noble group, and more importantly, counselors and territory. Therefore, these two heroes who started a rebellion came together. They were more brilliant than brilliant but also... Burned together, it became a resume in Cao Cao's military career