枞公 / Cong Gong

枞公 / Cong Gong enters the wiki through Hanji 162-1 as one of the figures 刘邦 leaves in 荥阳 after escaping from the 荥阳相持. The host notes that his personal name is not supplied in the source and infers that he was likely close to 周苛 and part of Liu Bang’s older fighting circle.

Cong Gong’s episode role is the execution of 魏豹 with Zhou Ke. The source treats the killing as a defensive morale decision: removing a previously defecting king reduces the risk of internal surrender politics and helps bind the garrison to a no-retreat posture against 项羽.

Hanji 162-2 completes the garrison branch by reporting that Cong Gong is killed after Xiang Yu retakes the Xingyang/成皋 line. The episode develops 周苛’s refusal speech more fully, while Cong Gong remains mainly the paired loyalist killed in the same collapse.

Connections

• Hanji 162-2, 项羽, 成皋, and 周苛 - central-front fall and execution branch.
• 周苛, 魏豹, and 韩王信 - garrison personnel left behind after Liu Bang’s escape.
• 刘邦, 纪信, and 荥阳相持 - leader, sacrificial decoy, and siege context.
• 荥阳 and 项羽 - city and enemy pressure that make trust inside the garrison decisive.

Open Questions

• The source explicitly treats Cong Gong’s exact personal name and fuller biography as uncertain.