Three Kingdoms King of the North

Facing the soldiers swarming up, Chen Gong did not resist, but was captured without a fight.He looked at Zhang Miao who was sitting in the middle, and said with a sneer, "Prefect Zhang, what Gong just said, please think again."

Afraid of being burned, Zhang Miao yelled at the soldiers: "Take him down, take him down quickly!"

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 500 Chen Gong Advises Zhang Miao

Seeing Chen Gong being escorted away by the soldiers, Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao's younger brother, stood up and said to Zhang Miao, "Brother, Gongtai is your friend, even if there is something wrong with his words, you shouldn't let him go." Put him in jail."

Seeing that Zhang Chao was the first to stand up to plead for Chen Gong, Wang Kai, the state official, felt that he should say a few words, so he hurriedly came out and said: "Prefect, Chen Gongtai must have his reasons to persuade you to send troops to attack Cao Mengde. You are as good as your life." It won’t be too late for someone to bring him back, ask him what happened, and then decide how to deal with it.”

There are quite a few officials in Chenliu who are acquainted with Chen Gong. Seeing that Zhang Chao and Wang Kai came out to intercede for Chen Gong, there was no reason to stand by and watch. Don't embarrass Chen Gong.

"Enough!" Seeing that his subordinates and even brothers were pleading for Chen Gong, Zhang Miao slapped several cases with his hands, and said sharply, "I don't care why Gongtai persuaded me to send troops to attack Meng De, Meng De is my benefactor. If he hadn't tried his best to save me, I would have died at the hands of Yuan Benchu. The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, not to mention Meng De's kindness in saving my life."

Hearing Zhang Miao mention Cao Mengde's life-saving grace, everyone in the hall shut their mouths.Everyone knew very well that when the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo, the leader Yuan Shao was sometimes too domineering, and Zhang Miao couldn't understand it, so he criticized him in public.

When Yuan Shao was narrow-minded, he found a reason to detain Zhang Miao and ordered Cao Mengde to kill Zhang Miao.Fortunately, Cao Mengde fought hard according to reason, so Yuan Shao took back his life and saved Zhang Miao's life.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhang Miao said: "The prefect, Meng De, and Benchu ​​have been friends since childhood, but after Yuan Benchu ​​became the leader, he became defiant. I just said a few words to him, but he actually wanted to kill me. If it wasn't for Meng De's efforts to save me, I'm afraid I would have lost my life. Now that Chen Gong persuades me to send troops to attack Meng De, how can I do such a heartless and unjust thing. Gongtai will be put in prison first, and I will write the book Tell Meng De about it and let him decide how to deal with it."

After all the officials in the hall dispersed, Zhang Chao stayed in the hall and did not leave. He had a good personal relationship with Chen Gong, and he knew that if his elder brother really wrote a book for Cao Mengde and sent Chen Gong back to Dongjun, then Chen Gong's life would be in danger. .Seeing that there were only himself and his elder brother in the hall, he said, "Brother, do you really want to send the public platform back to Dongjun?"

"Second Brother," Zhang Miao sighed, and said, "I know that you and Chen Gong have a good personal relationship, and he and I are also friends. But Cao Mengde has saved my life, if I really listen to Chen Gong's persuasion, Wouldn't the world laugh at him if he raised troops to conquer him?"

"Brother," Zhang Chao asked after Zhang Miao finished speaking, "Chen Gongtai is Cao Mengde's confidant. In order to save him, he even gave up his official position and ran away with him. Now he actually came here to persuade brother, Don't you want to know what happened when you were asked to attack Cao Mengde?"

After being reminded by Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao immediately realized that he didn't seem to wait for Chen Gong to say the reason for opposing Cao, so he ordered someone to take him down and sent him to prison.He felt that he was a little too reckless, so he told Zhang Chao: "Second brother, go to the prison to visit Gongtai and understand why he asked me to attack Mengde. Also, tell the jailer to take good care of Gongtai. , there must be no negligence in the slightest."

Zhang Chao remembered that Zhang Miao had said that he wanted to write a book for Cao Mengde, so he quickly asked, "Brother, are you going to write a book for Cao Mengde and tell them about it?"

"The letter to Meng De must be written." Zhang Miao said thoughtfully: "There must be Meng De's eyes and ears in Chenliu. The eyes and ears learned of this matter. Instead of being passive at that time, it is better to write to Meng Dexiu earlier to avoid embarrassment in the future."

Zhang Chao thought for a moment, then said to Zhang Miao: "Brother, I have an idea. You will write to Meng De as usual, but you will send a courier to delay on the way. It will take at least two or three days before the letter can be delivered to Dongjun. That way, we have enough time to figure out what happened."

"You're right." Zhang Miao nodded after listening to Zhang Chao's words, and said, "I'll send a letter to Meng De right now, and I'll send a courier to send it out tomorrow. After dark, bring Gongtai to see me." , I want to ask, what happened, why did he instigate me to fight against Mengde."

After dark, Zhang Chao brought Chen Gong to the back hall.

Zhang Miao had already grown impatient with the wait. Seeing Chen Gong appearing, he immediately went up to meet him and asked, "Gongtai, the jailer didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Chen Gong glanced at Zhang Miao, and replied indifferently, "Thank you, Prefect Zhang. With your care, the attitude of the jailers towards the palace is acceptable."

Zhang Miao sneered, asked Chen Gong to sit down, and then asked straight to the point: "Gongtai, I know that you once left because of Meng De. Logically speaking, your friendship should be good. But now why do you want to persuade me to send troops to attack Meng De?" Where is De?"

When Chen Gong saw that Zhang Chao picked him up from the prison, he guessed that Zhang Miao planned to meet him in private, and figured out why he persuaded him.Now that the other party has already asked about this matter, there is no need to hide it.So he asked straight to the point: "Does the eunuch Zhang know about the frontier?"

As soon as Bian Rang was mentioned, Zhang Miao's face turned livid.After a long while, he opened his mouth and said, "Bian Yuanli offended Meng De, and was arrested by Meng De in Chenliu. It is said that they are now being held in the prison in Dongjun. The county interceded for Yuanli, hoping that Meng De would be lenient and let him and his family go."

After listening to Zhang Miao's words, Chen Gong sneered a few times and said, "Prefect Zhang, your news is too closed. Bian Yuanli was beheaded by Cao Aman as early as a month ago. And his family members were also killed half a month ago. They were all killed. No, Yuan Li's wife, Luan Shi, is still alive, but she was taken into the house by Cao A and became his concubine..."

"Boom", before Chen Gong finished speaking, Zhang Miao overturned the case in front of him.He never dreamed that his friend Bian Rang had already been killed by Cao Mengde, and his wife Luan was still occupied by Mengde.After overturning the case, he stood up abruptly and said sharply: "Cao Mengde, you are really deceiving people too much, you are too deceitful, I, Zhang Miao, are incompatible with you. Second brother, gather troops immediately, I am going to seek justice from Cao Mengde .”

"Brother, don't be impulsive." Zhang Chao didn't expect his elder brother to have such a strong reaction when he heard that Bian Rang was killed by Cao Mengde. .”

Seeing that Zhang Miao had been successfully provoked by himself, a smile appeared on Chen Gong's face.He went on to ask: "Prefect Zhang, how dare you keep it from Cao A? And how can Cao A hide it from you?"

Zhang Miao sat down on the cushion, staring blankly ahead, his eyes unfocused.Chen Gong saw that Zhang Miao did not answer, so he took the initiative to say for him: "When Cao Abu was in danger, the eunuch rescued him, but now he not only does not want to repay the favor, but wants to trample the eunuch under his feet. Gong once heard people say, The reason why Cao Aman wanted to kill Yuanli was because he suspected that you were only Yuanli deliberately disrespecting him, and he was instigated by you. He planned to come to Chenliu to talk to you after the situation in Dongjun stabilized... "

Hearing what Chen Gong said, Zhang Miao recovered from his trance, looked at Chen Gong and asked in surprise, "Did Cao Mengde really say that?" Seeing that Chen Gong nodded in agreement, he said angrily, "Damn it!" , It's really disgusting."

Seeing that Zhang Miao was disgusted with Cao Mengde, Chen Gong said while the iron was hot: "It is better to attack first, and then you will suffer. If the eunuch does not make a decisive decision, once Cao Aman is prepared, it will not be so easy to deal with him. Once Cao Aman's strength surpasses that of the prefect, and I'm afraid the prefect will end up in the same fate as Bian Yuanli."

Hearing this, Zhang Miao couldn't help but gasped, and was shocked into a cold sweat.He thought that after Bian Rang was arrested by someone sent by Cao Cao, he had sent someone to plead for mercy, but he didn't know that the other party not only ignored him, but committed suicide without even saying hello to Bian Rang and his whole family. He also occupied Bian Rang's wife, Luan Shi.If Cao Mengde doesn't like him in the future, he is likely to follow in the same footsteps.

Thinking of this, Zhang Miao couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up, walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, thinking about how to deal with Cao Mengde.After an unknown amount of time, he stopped, looked at Chen Gong, and asked respectfully: "Gongtai, tell me, what should I do?"

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 501 Zhang Miao Undecided

"Mr. Zhang has tens of thousands of powerful soldiers under his command. The armor is complete and there is sufficient food and grass." Seeing that Zhang Miao already has some things, Chen Gong also changed his name: "If you can raise an army, you will be able to do so within a month." Occupy East County."

"Occupy Dongjun within one month?" Zhang Miao seemed dubious about Chen Gong's statement: "Dongjun has more than a dozen counties, what if the prefect led his troops to besiege the city, and they cut off my food supply from behind? manage?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured." Chen Gong seemed to have guessed what Zhang Miao was worried about, and quickly comforted him, saying, "Before Gong left Dongjun County, he once lobbied the county magistrates in the county. There are quite a few of them. People, have long been dissatisfied with Cao Aman, if they see the government lord sending troops, they will definitely respond. Even those county magistrates who are unwilling to rebel against Cao Aman will mostly sit on the sidelines and not participate in the confrontation between you two."

"Brother!" Zhang Chao waited for Chen Gong to finish speaking, and then hurriedly said to Zhang Miao: "Cao Mengde has become a lonely family now, if you don't take this opportunity to kill him, if you look for such an opportunity in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult." Easy."

Zhang Miao was indeed filled with righteous indignation when he heard Chen Gong say that Cao Mengde killed Bian Rang and occupied Bian's wife Luan.But after a period of thinking, he has become much calmer.Although Cao Mengde's soldiers are not as many as his own, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, and Xu Chu are in Wu, Cheng Yu, and Man Chong are in Wen, which is enough to make up for his lack of troops.Even if, as Chen Gong said, he persuaded the county magistrates under Dongjun not to come out and hold him back when he confronted Cao Mengde, it would still not be easy to defeat Cao Mengde.

Seeing Zhang Miao's hesitant expression, Chen Gong was secretly worried, and quickly said to him, "Fujun, this is a golden opportunity, I wonder why you are still hesitating?"

"Gongtai," Zhang Miao said hesitantly, "Although I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under my command, I don't have any good generals. If I send troops to attack Cao Mengde, I'm afraid the chances of winning are not high." He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to introduce something, and quickly raised his hand to interrupt the other party, "Even if the county magistrates in Dongjun didn't help me when I confronted Mengde, have you ever thought about it, if Cao Mengde asked other princes for help, I would What should I do?"

Hearing what Zhang Miao was worried about, Chen Gong smiled lightly, and asked, "Master, who do you think Cao Aman will ask for help?"

"Yuan Gonglu has occupied Huainan now, and he has enough troops and provisions. In addition, a fierce general Lu Bu has joined him, so his strength should not be underestimated." Zhang Miao said with great concern, "If Cao Mengde asks him for help, we may face the enemy."

"Yuan Shu has just acquired the land of Huainan, and it will take time to consolidate it. And Lu Buxin has not long since returned, so I'm afraid he won't try his best to serve him." Chen Gong said confidently: "Gong believes that Cao Aman will never ask Yuan Shu for help. As for Yuan Benchu, he is shrinking now. In Bohai County, there is constant panic, and it is even more impossible to send troops to rescue Cao Aman."

"What about the Marquis of Anyang?" Zhang Miao's impulsive energy has passed at this moment. He does not want to be an enemy of Cao Cao from the bottom of his heart, so he tries to find a reason to prevaricate Chen Gong: "If Meng De asks him for help, what do you think? Will he stand by and watch? You know, when Dongjun was short of food, he personally escorted the food to Dongjun."

Chen Gong is a smart man, he could see Zhang Miao's hesitation from the tone of his speech.Then he smiled wryly, and said to him: "Your Majesty, if you are worried about Marquis Anyang, the palace is willing to go to Yecheng to visit Marquis Anyang for your envoy, and ask him to join you in sending troops to fight against Cao Aman."

"Isn't that appropriate." Hearing Chen Gong's proposal to form an alliance with Han Zhan, Zhang Miao became more timid, and said with great concern: "Gongtai should know that Han Fu, the father of the Marquis of Anyang, died in Chenliu. At that time, the Marquis of Anyang was still a state-related order under Yuan Benchu's command. After hearing the bad news, he immediately rebelled against Yuan and regained his family's foundation in Jizhou. I think he must have been worried about the death of Lord Han. Now I send someone If you go to form an alliance with him, you will definitely be rejected by him."

"One moment and another moment," Chen Gong resisted the disappointment in his heart, and said to Zhang Miao: "As far as the palace knows, the Marquis of Anyang is a magnanimous person. As long as you are willing to form an alliance with him, he will not care about some past grievances. of."

"It's not right," Zhang Miao waved his hands desperately, and said firmly, "This matter is of great importance, and it needs to be discussed in the long term." Having said that, he turned to look at his younger brother Zhang Chao, "It's getting late, You send the public platform to rest."

"Where are you going to send it?" Seeing that his elder brother was a bit capricious, Zhang Chao was also filled with disappointment. He asked casually, "Should I send him back to the prison?"

"Gongtai is my honored guest, how can I let him live in a prison." Zhang Miao pretended to think for a while, and said to Zhang Chao: "Let him rest in your mansion tonight."

Chen Gong knew that he had failed in persuading Zhang Miao, and it didn't matter to him where he lived tonight.Seeing that Zhang Chao was about to go out, he cupped his fists and saluted Zhang Miao, and then walked out.

When the two came outside, Zhang Chao apologized and said to Chen Gong: "Gongtai, I really didn't expect my brother to be so indecisive. I will come to persuade him tomorrow, maybe he will change his mind."

"No need." Chen Gong knew that Zhang Miao couldn't make up his mind to turn against Cao Cao, so he rejected Zhang Chao's kindness: "Brother Ling doesn't seem to plan to turn against Cao A, even if you try to persuade him, you can't let him go." He changed his mind. In the future, when Cao A conceals his army and goes south, it will be too late to regret it."

Knowing that Cao Mengde might send troops to Chen Liu, Zhang Chao was a little confused, and quickly asked Chen Gong: "Gongtai, if Cao Mengde really sends troops, how should we deal with it?"

"Unless we act first, we can only sit and wait for death." Chen Gong couldn't help sighing when he said this, and said, "It's a pity to miss this great opportunity for nothing, what a pity!"

"Come here!" Zhang Chao called a follower and told him, "I'm going to see my elder brother, you take Mr. Gongtai back to my mansion to rest first."