The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 140 Chapter 140
Seeing that Chen Gong regarded death as his home, Zhang Yan was not afraid at all, but had a little respect for Chen Gong.However, before killing him, he still wanted to figure out why Chen Gong rebelled against Cao Cao when he was doing well under Cao Cao.

Chen Gong, who was about to die, did not conceal the last question Zhang Yan raised, and told Zhang Yan all the ins and outs of the matter.

Chen Gong had a deep friendship with Cao Cao, so after Liu Dai, the former governor of Yanzhou, died in battle, he and Bao Xin, the governor of Jibei, welcomed Cao Cao as the successor of Yanzhou governor.

But with the development of things later, as well as the flaws in the personalities of Chen Gong and Cao Cao, as well as the two things Cao Cao did, Chen Gong thus took the route of anti-Cao.

There are two main reasons for this.First, because of the satirical remarks made by Chen Liu, the former Jiujiang prefect Bian Rang and others, Cao Cao made a big killing, and killed many celebrities who were considered noble scholars at that time.

Chen Gong has a strong personality and likes to make friends with famous people. Cao Cao killed so many people of the same kind. While Chen Gong was worried about his own head, he also felt that he was hurt by a rabbit and a fox, and planted the antecedents of resentment for his rebellion against Cao Cao.

Second, because of the death of his father, Cao Cao angered the people of Xuzhou and massacred countless innocent people.In Chen Gong's eyes, although Cao Cao was an officer who knew him well, he was a murderous demon king, so Chen Gong joined forces with Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao, and Lu Bu to oppose Cao Cao.

In Yanzhou under the rule of Cao Cao, only Puyang, Dong’e, Fan County, and Zhencheng guarded by Cao Cao’s cronies Xia Houdun, Xun Yu, and Cheng Yu did not betray Cao Cao. , It is very unpopular, and it really directly causes them to betray.

However, from Chen Gong's words, it's not hard for Zhang Yan to hear that Chen Gong still has a feeling of heroism towards Cao Cao, and he also knows that Lu Bu is a brave and foolhardy person, and he cannot be compared with Cao Cao, but At that time, he was full of anger and didn't want to be with Cao Cao anymore, so he embarked on the road of rebellion. He wanted to destroy Cao Cao and avenge those celebrities who were massacred by Cao Cao, as well as countless innocent people.

After listening to Chen Gong's words, Zhang Yan actually had a sincere respect for Chen Gong. Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind, should he kill Chen Gong?

Zhang Yan was silent for a moment, and then said: "Gongtai, although Lu Bu is brave enough to conquer the world, he is self-willed and not a wise master. I think you should know this better than me. You are also a resourceful person." , I have some ambitions in my chest, but I have nowhere to display them. You want to kill Cao Cao, and I also want to kill Cao Cao. Since our goals are the same, why don't you leave Lu Bu and return to my account, and advise me?"

Chen Gong frowned, and stared straight at Zhang Yan with a pair of deep eyes. Although the person in front of him was not as brave as Lu Bu, he was wiser than Lu Bu, and he had a very clear mind. He knew what he wanted and what he should do. How to move towards this goal.If he could meet Zhang Yan earlier, he might follow Zhang Yan willingly.

Seeing Chen Gong's thoughtful look, Zhang Yan asked, "Gongtai, what do you think?"

Chen Gong said slowly: "Cao Cao has been kind to me, but I have rebelled against Cao Cao, transferred to Lu Bu's tent, and openly made an enemy of Cao Cao, which is already disloyal. Just like a confidant and a brother, if I rebel against Lu Bu again and serve under the envoy's account, it will be unrighteous. I, Chen Gongtai, have already committed infidelity, and now the envoy will trap me in unrighteousness again? Even if I am willing to serve to the envoy Under your tent, I rebelled against Cao Cao first and then Lu Bu, so don't you worry that I will rebel against you in the future?"

Zhang Yan was stopped by Chen Gong's words, and he roughly understood Chen Gong's meaning from the words, sighed softly, and said to Chen Gong: "So, is Gongtai going to give me advice? ?”

Chen Gong nodded, and said to Zhang Yan: "If you can defeat Cao Cao with your military strategy, Shijun's ambition will definitely swallow Lv Bu in turn. As Lv Bu's military adviser, I will naturally advise Lv Bu. , when the time comes, the envoy and I will be enemies. The envoy doesn’t have to be lenient when dealing with an enemy like me, right? If you kill me, the brave and foolhardy Lu Bu will naturally not be able to make any big waves. It can be said to be once and for all.”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan naturally knew that Chen Gong was begging for death.He sighed heavily, and said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai, after you die, I will take good care of your family for you."

"Thank you!"

Zhang Yanchong waved his hand to Tai Shici, and Tai Shici took Chen Gong aside, drew his sword, stabbed Chen Gong's heart with one sword, and killed Chen Gong.While killing Chen Gong, the two drivers who were driving the carriage naturally could not escape death, and were beheaded by two soldiers with a sword.

Afterwards, according to Zhang Yan's instructions, Tai Shici led [-] cavalry to guard the carriage carrying Diao Chan, gold, silver and jewels, and headed towards Changyi.

Zhang Yan rushed back to Dingtao with [-] cavalry, together with Chen Gong's body.

By the time Zhang Yan and others rushed back to Dingtao, the rebellion in Dingtao had been quelled. Hao Meng was beheaded by Gao Shun, half of Hao Meng's subordinates were beheaded, and the rest were forced to surrender.

The rebellion was put down, and Lu Bu's physical strength gradually recovered. When Gao Shun brought Hao Meng's head to Lu Bu, Lu Bu, angrily, swung a halberd and chopped Hao Meng's head to pieces. Feeding Hao Meng's meat to the dogs shows how much Lu Bu hated Hao Meng.

Zhang Yan came back and told Lu Bu that Chen Gong was killed by Hao Meng's subordinates in order to protect Diao Chan, but Diao Chan was nowhere to be found.

Worried about Diao Chan's consolation, Lu Bu sent someone to search Hao Meng's barracks and found the letters between Hao Meng and Yuan Shu. Only then did he know that Yuan Shu was greedy for Diao Chan's beauty and asked Hao Meng to send Diao Chan to Shouchun and seal Hao Meng For the governor of Yuzhou.

Therefore, Lu Bu concluded that Diao Chan must have been sent to Yuan Shu.He immediately mobilized his troops and wanted to chase Diao Chan back, but was stopped by Zhang Yan, who told Lu Bu that he had sent Tai Shici to chase after him, and there should be news soon that Lu Bu should wait quietly in Dingtao Good news.

At noon, Tai Shici finally came back. Lu Bu anxiously asked about the situation. Tai Shici, with a dejected face, told Lu Bu about Diao Chan's brutal mutilation and throwing her into the river, and handed her clothes and jewelry to Diao Chan. testify.

After hearing this, Lu Bu was heartbroken, crying bitterly without tears, and filled his chest with anger, "Wow", he spat out blood, and threatened to kill Yuan Shu and avenge Diao Chan.

Seeing Lü Bu like this, Zhang Yan hurriedly asked Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to help Lv Bu go back to his room to rest, and then called a doctor to treat Lv Bu.

At the same time, news came from the scouts outside the city that Xiahou Dun, who was shot by Lu Bu yesterday, died because of his injuries.

After hearing the news, Zhang Yan was a little excited, but after a brief moment of excitement, he immediately regained his composure. He was thinking, what will Cao Cao do next?Will they turn grief into strength and drive the army to attack the city, or will they temporarily retreat back to Puyang because of Xiahou Dun's death?

Zhang Yan had no way of knowing, so he had to send out scouts to pay close attention to Cao Jun's movements.

Now, in Dingtao City, because of Hao Meng's rebellion, Chen Gong's death, and Diao Chan's dismemberment, Lu Bu, the first hero, couldn't accept it for a while, and his mood fell to the bottom.

Lu Bu asked Gao Shun to be in charge of the grand burial of the Chen Palace. At the same time, he asked Zhang Liao to find a carpenter to carve out a wooden figure according to Diao Chan's appearance before he was alive, and planned to build a grave for Diao Chan as well.

When the news of Xiahou Dun's death reached Lu Bu's ears, Lu Bu regained some comfort in his heart.

In his opinion, the immediate priority is to get rid of Cao Cao as soon as possible, so he also sent scouts to investigate the situation in Cao's camp.

Today's Cao Jun's camp is as quiet as death. Looking around, the entire camp is dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, and the morale is low, and Cao Jun is standing still.

In the evening, the scouts sent by Lu Bu and Zhang Yan returned almost at the same time, and reported the news to Lu Bu and Zhang Yan respectively.

Cao Cao was hit because of Xiahou Dun's death, and he had no intention of fighting. He planned to set up camp tomorrow and retreat back to Puyang for the time being.

After Lu Bu got the news, he immediately left the room to find Zhang Yan.

At this moment, Zhang Yan was sitting in the front hall of the prefect's mansion. He had just finished listening to the scout's report when he saw Lu Bu walking towards here swaggeringly.

As soon as he entered the hall, Lu Bu immediately said, "Zhang Andong, Cao Cao will set up camp tomorrow, and I am going to attack the camp tonight. Would you like to go with me?"

Zhang Yandao: "Cao Cao is a cunning man. Although Xiahou Dun died, but with Cao Cao's strength, he would not choose to retreat. I think this is a bit strange..."

"What's wrong? Wasn't I shocked by Chen Gong's death?" Lu Bu retorted.

Zhang Yandao: "Since Cao Cao decided to withdraw his troops, he would definitely do so in secret. How could he have issued the order in advance? Isn't he worried that the rest of the soldiers would object? What's more, the scouts we sent out were only superficial information. Did Cao Cao deliberately release the news that we should attack the camp at night? I think this matter needs a long-term plan..."

Because of the death of Chen Gong and Diao Chan, Lu Bu had nowhere to vent his anger. He just heard the news that Cao Cao was about to withdraw his troops, and planned to attack the camp at night, venting all his inner anger on Cao Cao.At this moment, how can he care so much.

"If you have a long-term plan, I won't stop you. However, I want to attack Cao Jun's camp at night, and I hope you don't come to stop me. Once I succeed in sneak attack and kill Cao Cao, don't blame me for not inviting you to go with me!" Lu Bu road.

"Brother Fengxian, this matter is no small matter. Didn't you attack Cao Jun's camp at night last time and was surrounded? This time you should pay more attention and wait and see what happens in the city. If Cao Cao really pulls out his camp tomorrow It’s not too late for us to send troops to pursue it!”

"One moment and another moment, how can they be the same? I have made up my mind, since Zhang Andong is not willing to send troops to sneak attack, please sit in Dingtao, and let's see how I make achievements!"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Bu turned around and left. Immediately gathered his troops and horses, led Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, and the remaining 3000 horse infantry, ready to launch a fierce attack on Cao Cao.

Gao Shun and Zhang Liao also advised Lu Bu not to act emotionally, and waited until tomorrow to talk about it, but Lu Bu refused to listen, thinking that Gao Shun and Zhang Liao had made a mistake, and instead kept Gao Shun and Zhang Liao in the city, and simply did not bring the elite into the camp. He took only more than 2000 horse infantry including Song Xian and Hou Cheng, and killed them out from the north gate in a mighty manner.

(End of this chapter)