Vol 2 Chapter 2686: Huang Zhongxi defeated Zhang Guifang, Chen Gongzhi won the title

Chapter 2686 Huang Zhong was defeated by Zhang Guifang, and Chen Gongzhi captured Yangzhai City

Chapter 2686 Huang Zhong was defeated by Zhang Guifang, and Chen Gongzhi captured Yangzhai City

Early in 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 also a counselor he relied on very much. He 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. Among the civil servants, the greatest contributions were made by the five military advisors. They are: 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.

 Mao Jie, Dong Zhao, Mao Sui, Wei Wuji and others, although outstanding in ability, were not included in the list of the five great military advisors due to their seniority and merit.

Among the five great military advisors, Xun You was naturally the mastermind, Cheng Yu was the oldest, Cao GUI was the closest, and Fan Li was the most resourceful.

 Chen Gong was ranked at the bottom among the five military strategists. 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 join the enemy Qin. This naturally had a reason.

 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 in the Central Plains were fighting at that time. Each one of them did not care about the life and death of the people. Only Cao Cao gathered the refugees and implemented a new land system to allocate land to 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 thought 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 could just stand and talk 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?

 There is 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.

Cao Cao and Chen Gong cannot say who is right or wrong. We can only say that they made different choices, which led them to embark on completely different paths, and they do not work together.

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 with Chen Gong's upright personality, he would definitely not be able to tolerate Cao Cao's various behaviors.

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 fight for the third time that he personally wrote a letter of divorce and sent someone to send it to Chen Gong secretly.

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 spies in the Wei Kingdom, 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 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.

Yangdi, as the former seat of Yingchuan, was also the last strong city in the west of Yingchuan after the fall of the northwest and western defense lines.

If Yangzhai 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 can occupy the Erban Pass without giving up a single soldier.

Once the 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 Dagong 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 four thousand 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, he would definitely win a complete victory while waiting for work.

 The result was as Chen Gong expected. Zhang Guifang had no doubts and decisively decided to lead the army into battle.

There were a total of 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 led the army to go out, and summoned all the major guards in the city. On the surface, they discussed how to deploy 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 lieutenants and ten military princes were all dumbfounded. They never expected that Chen Gong, a military advisor, would rebel.

One of the captains was Zhang Guifang’s confidant, and he directly objected: "General Zhang is fighting a **** 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.”

  “Master Xiaowei.”

The captain on the other side who was friends with him, as well as several of the captain's subordinates, couldn't help but screamed in shock when they saw his tragic death. They 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 depots and material warehouses in the city. After all, these materials were the most valuable things in Yangzhai City.

Chen Gong held a telescope and looked at the battlefield five miles away. He couldn't help but murmured 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 called the best among immortals in the Fengshen World.

After Huang Zhong merged with the yellow-robed monster, although his base martial arts reached 106 and his skills were further strengthened, Zhang Guifang, who is known as the number one immortal in the world of gods, is not simple either.

Zhang Guifang has the magic weapon mortar and pestle spear in her hand, and a **** horse under her crotch. Her base weapon is 105 points, which is only 1 point worse than Huang Zhong.

One of the effects of the skill 'Soul Seizing', which evolved from the "Calling 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.

Of course, if this is the case, Zhang Guifang cannot be Huang Zhong's opponent, but he also has a peak general-level warrior, Qiu Yin (Qiu Yin).

 Qiu Yin is a monster in the Romance of the Gods. He was worshiped as the chief military officer of Qinglong Pass. He was originally a Taoist from Qu Eel, cultivated the human body, and was good at the left Taoist arts. He used this to capture and kill Huang Tianxiang.

 The skills evolved from Qiu Yin's left-field technique in the novel are no less effective than Zhang Guifang's "Soul Seizing".

Although Huang Zhong's basic strength is as high as 106 points, he does not have any physical protection. Facing Zhang Guifang with 105 points and Qiu Yin with 104 points, it is naturally difficult for these two suppressive generals to win in a short time.

Huang Zhong first fought with Zhang Guifang for twenty rounds. After gaining the upper hand, Qiu Yin came to help.

Huang Zhong fought with one against two for twenty rounds, but it was still difficult to gain the upper hand. Considering the overall battle situation and the casualties being higher than expected, he decided to retreat temporarily.

With the strength of the Qin army, ten thousand against the sixteen thousand Wei army, it is not difficult to win in a field battle, but this time Huang Zhong was too entrusted.

Huang Zhong marched urgently from Juntai to Yangdi. 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.

 So, next, when facing Zhang Guifang's 12,000 reinforcements, the Qin army's combat effectiveness further declined.

If Huang Zhong can kill Zhang Guifang, then the Qin army can naturally win this battle. However, between Zhang Guifang's strength and Huang Zhong's, there is no way to tell the winner without hundreds of rounds.

Huang Zhong also took this into consideration, and also realized that the Qin army was severely exhausted, and the number of casualties had reached nearly 3,000, but he still failed to defeat the Wei army in the field. If he continued to fight, he would probably lose both sides. , so they ordered a retreat.

Zhang Guifang was secretly relieved when she saw that Huang Zhong finally retreated. After all, more people died in the Wei army than in the Qin army, with a loss of five thousand men and horses. Even Tai Luan was shot dead by Huang Zhong's son Huang Xu.

Now Huang Xu has reached the realm of the God of Archery. Among all the troops, even a divine general cannot survive a sneak attack with archery skills. This is why Tai Luan died under Huang Xu's arrow.

Zhang Guifang had limited troops. If he continued to fight, he would only suffer more casualties. He would not have enough troops to defend Yangdi, 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 is 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 **** 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 arrogant, thinking that Huang Zhong would win this battle and did not need to risk exposure to contact him, so such variables occurred.

However, Chen Gong did not 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 did not open for a long time. 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 captured by our captain, who has also decided to submit to Da Qin, haha.”

The last of the three captains left behind escorted Chen Gong to the city gate and shouted arrogantly at Zhang Guifang outside the city.

When Zhang Guifang heard this, her face 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. I will have high-ranking officials, rich salaries, and beautiful women all at once. General Zhang, if you want to die, you can die yourself. Don't block it." Brother, make a fortune."

Hearing Zhang Hu's words, a cold light suddenly flashed in Zhang Guifang's eyes, and she shouted coldly: "Zhang Hu, release the military advisor quickly, 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 when she heard 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 following him. 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 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 sends his troops to attack the city, the old troops in the city may turn back and attack. Therefore, it is definitely impossible to defend, and deceiving them away is the best option.

“Military advisor, the last general’s performance just now was not bad.” Zhang Hu said with a flattering look.

“It’s okay. I’ll ask Emperor Qin for credit later.”

 “Thank you so much, military advisor, thank you so much, military advisor.”

 (End of this chapter)