Cao Cao captured Chen Gong and teased him before execution: "Once you die, what will your wife do?" Chen Gong thought of his beautiful wife and said a word, and Cao Cao secretly cursed in his heart after hearing this: Thief, I have won the plan!
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Cao Cao was originally a member of the Han family, and after Dong Zhuo's reign, he went to assassinate Dong Zhuo for the sake of the Han family, but after the assassination failed, he could only flee everywhere.
In the process of fleeing, Cao Cao was discovered by officials in Zhongmu County and arrested and imprisoned by the county magistrate, but the county commander Chen Gong at that time admired Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo and had a night talk with Cao Cao one night.
In this night talk, Cao Cao made his position clear, wanting to support the Han court, oppose Dong Zhuo's atrocities, and overthrow Dong Zhuo's rule in order to restore the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. After hearing this, Chen Gong admired Cao Cao even more, and said that such a heroic figure could not die like this now, so he resigned the county order and fled with Cao Cao.
However, on the way to escape, Chen Gong gradually saw Cao Cao's nature, he acted cruelly, and did not stop at anything to achieve his ends. Once Cao Cao killed the chasing soldiers, Chen Gong complained about his violence. Later, Cao Cao mistakenly killed his old friend's whole family, and said, "Rather I lose others, not others!" This sentence.
When Chen Gong heard this, he thought that Cao Cao was not the Ming Lord, so he left Cao Cao and joined Lü Bu, who was becoming increasingly powerful at that time. Lü Bu has a straightforward personality, and he has a good relationship with Chen Gong.
Although Lü Bu was invincible in force, he was stretched thin in other aspects, and the arrival of Chen Gong just made up for Lü Bu's lack of strategy, and with the assistance of Chen Gong, Lü Bu's power increased greatly.
After getting along with Lü Bu for a while, Chen Gong found that Lü Bu was stubborn and proud and did not listen to advice. But he was now connected with Lü Bu, and Lü Bu was also very good to him as a counselor, and Chen Gong did not want to leave Lü Bu and continue to serve Lü Bu.
In 198, Cao Cao sent a large army to besiege Xiaping City, which Lü Bu was defending, but Lü Bu could only use force and was not good at defense, and was soon defeated and captured. Chen Gong was also captured by Cao Cao. Cao Cao has always hated Chen Gong's departure, and this time he wants to torture him out of anger.
Cao Cao ordered the two to stay alive if they were willing to be loyal to him. Lü Bu cowardly begged for mercy and promised to surrender. Chen Gong's attitude was resolute and he preferred to die unyielding. Cao Cao ordered the execution of the two, teased Chen Gong before the execution, and asked him if he was concerned. Chen Gong replied steadily, Cao Cao will protect his wife and children.
Cao Cao knew the plan, but could only pretend to agree. The two were killed that night. Cao Cao sighed for the kindness of letting go of Chen Gong in the first place, and also regretted that he had accidentally killed his friend that year before losing Chen Gong, a confidant.
Chen Gong made a clear intention to die, vowing not to submit to Cao Cao. He chose to defend justice, even if he was doomed to martyrdom. Chen Gong's righteousness and upright spirit have also become a model for future generations to learn.
