Chen Peng's parents died early, and he was brought up by his uncle. 192 1, admitted to the public Chen county junior high school. Because of his active participation in the student movement, he was elected as the vice chairman of Chen County Student Union. 1924 was admitted to Huangpu Military Academy. 1925 joined China in the summer. During the Northern Expedition, after arriving in Chenzhou with the Ye Ting Independent Group, he was ordered to stay in Chenzhou to organize farmers' self-defense forces. /kloc-after the "Ma Ri incident" in 0/927, he led the peasant self-defense forces to sneak into Wuling mountain area to fight guerrilla warfare. At the end of the same year, he led a team to participate in the Nianguan riots led by Chen County Committee of the Communist Party of China and served as the deputy commander of the riot headquarters. After the victory of the riot, the county red guerrilla group headed by Chen was established. 1February, 928, the county red guerrillas were reorganized into the independent company of the First Division of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants, and served as the independent company commander.

Immediately, he led Zhu De's troops to conquer Chenzhou County. Later, he served as deputy head of the third regiment of the seventh division of the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. Zhu De praised him for his repeated exploits in Guiyang and Zixing. In late February, he was ordered to go to the Yao area in Cuiziping, Yuefeng, Chen County to form the Soviet regime and develop revolutionary armed forces. In April, he served as the head of the third regiment of the Seventh Division of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants, and went to Jinggang Mountain with Zhu De. In May, he was ordered to lead some farmers in Chen county back to Dakui, Chen county to carry out guerrilla warfare. Later, it was chased by the Kuomintang fan. After months of fighting, only three people were left, and finally they were trapped in the cave at the junction of Chen (county) and Iraq (chapter), unable to get away, and four people died at the same time. People in Chen County and Yizhang County call them "Four Strong Men of Lanyangdong".