During the Three Kingdoms period in ancient times, local forces formed between localities and fought against each other. Not only that, but there were also some princes who dominated the side. These princes attacked each other in order to gain land. And these princes had a group of strategists to advise them.
Liu Bei's adviser Zhuge Liang was the foundation of Liu Bei's ability to establish the Shu state. It is no exaggeration to say that if there was no Zhuge Liang to help Liu Bei, there would be no future Shu kingdom, not only that, if there was no Zhuge Liang, if the name Liu Bei appeared again, I am afraid that it would be on the tombstone of the lonely grave in the wilderness.
Let's talk about the State of Wu and the State of Wei at the same time and their advisers. During that period, the most famous strategist of the State of Wu was Zhou Yu, and the most famous adviser of the State of Wei was Sima Yi. The former and Sun Bofu made meritorious contributions together and founded the State of Wu. The latter served as the elder of the Three Dynasties and assisted three generations of Emperor Wei. It can be seen how important the two of them are to their masters.
Anyone who has read the Three Kingdoms knows that Cao Cao originally had a very clever strategist named Guo Jia, and he was also Cao Cao's confidant. But there was one person who was even smarter than Guo Jia, and Guo Jia was very jealous of him. This person and Zhuge Liang are even better than Zhuge Liang if they are more intelligent and strategic. Not only that, in terms of platooning and fighting, he was more annoying than Sima Yi than Sima Yi. This person was Chen Gong, who ran with Cao Cao in the rendition.
The life of Chen Gong
Chen Gong this person, his date of birth is unknown, he is now a native of Shandong, his word is Gongtai.
According to historical records, Chen Gongtai was a man with a strong and upright personality, a clear distinction between good and evil, and a complete intellect and courage, and he made friends in his youth.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he and Cao Cao met because Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, was forced to run, passed by him, and then was captured by him, and then heard Cao Cao talk about the reason for killing Dong Zhuo, he was touched by Cao Cao's justice, so he left with Cao Cao. This is not the case in real history, the real history is that Cao Cao was an official in Dong County at that time, and Chen Gongtai became Cao Cao's subordinate because of the official position.
Later, Chen Gongtai gave Cao Cao many suggestions. These suggestions were undoubtedly to the point and very effective, and Cao Cao later listed him as his confidant. However, because of certain things, Chen Gong and Cao Cao turned against each other, Chen Gong ran away, and finally Cao Cao arrested Chen Gong back, Chen Gong was fierce in temperament and unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao, so he committed suicide.
The reason why Chen Gong and Cao Cao turned against each other
When Chen Gong broke with Cao Cao at that time, Cao Cao did not threaten Tianzi, and second, he did not apologize to others, not only that, but also because he summoned people to beat Dong Zhuo and became famous in the world, so why did Chen Gong break with Cao Cao. The reason was because Cao Cao killed several people who spoke ill of him.
At that time, there was a Taishou, he saw that Cao Cao was a little overwhelmed, so he scolded Cao Cao in front of many people, and as a result, Cao Cao knew that Cao Cao just wanted to kill the chicken and scare the monkey, telling the people of the world that he Cao Someone was not a good bully, so he killed the Taishou family. As a result, Chen Gong was not happy, as he had said before, he had a strong temperament and a righteous heart, and he thought that although this Taishou had said bad things about Cao Cao, he would not die. As a result, Chen Gong looked down on Cao Cao, and when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Chen Gong introduced Lü Bu's army into Yanzhou, leaving Cao Cao's territory with three small counties, and Cao Cao was extremely angry.
Later, after Chen Gong was captured by Cao Cao, Dayi was awe-inspiring and bent on death, which was not at all the same as Lü Bu's single-minded desire to live. In fact, it was not that Chen Gong was loyal to Lü Bu, or because he had a strong temperament and was unwilling to surrender to the people he despised.
Evaluation of Chen Gong
Chen Gong was a smart and stupid person, he was smart enough to mess up Cao Cao's position, stupid to death.
It is said that Chen Gong was clever because after he defected to Lü Bu, he asked Lü Bu to get the grain and grass of Cao Cao's army, and there is also this clip in the TV series New Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao heard Xun Yu say that Lü Bu got his grain and grass and directly put the rice on the table, Xun Yu said that Chen Gong let it, Cao Cao said that this was not surprising, and took the rice back. It can be seen that Cao Cao admired Chen Gong in his heart.
Chen Gong was said to be stupid because of his character. Chen Gong was too personal, because he could not see Cao Cao's cold killing of Li Wei, he betrayed Cao Cao, and also led Cao Cao's enemies in, not only that, when Chen Gong was captured by Cao Cao, it was because he looked down on Cao Cao and preferred to die. It's all because of his upright personality. In his opinion, everything Cao Cao did was not justice, it was all the practice of a despicable villain, so why should he turn to him? You should follow your own will and choose a lord who you think is right.
History is like the sea, Chen Palace he is like the sand particles that appear on the beach, it is difficult to get out of the beach, and then photographed by the sea, there is no trace, he is a tragic role, but his tragedy is respected, when he said that he would rather die than yield this, Cao Cao also showed a smile of respect for him, and said, This is the Chen Gongtai he knows.