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Lü Bu and Yuan Shu tore their faces and then after chen Deng's father and son persuaded cao to hook up, completely angered Yuan Shu.
In May of the second year of Emperor Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu sent his generals Zhang Xun and QiaoRui to cooperate with Han Xian and Yang Feng's troops, and led tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry to attack Lü Bu in seven routes.
Han Xian and Yang Feng were originally the remnants of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the latter two basically defected to Li Dai. After the rebellion of Li Dai and Guo Feng, both helped to assist Emperor Xian of Han in returning to Luoyang. After arriving in Luoyang, Han Xian and the others were at odds with Dong Cheng, and Dong Cheng's secretary summoned Cao Cao to be king of Qin. Later, Cao Cao defeated Yang Feng and Han Xian, and the two had no choice but to surrender to Yuan Shu.
According to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, "There were three thousand soldiers and four hundred horses, and they were afraid of their invincibility." "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has no relevant records. So I suspect that the "three thousand" here is not a real number.
In short, Lü Bu's soldiers and horses were indeed not many, and he was worried that he would not be able to resist, so he called Chen Jue to discuss countermeasures. Chen Jue said: "Han Xian, Yang Feng, and Yuan Shu are just troops that have been hastily assembled. It is impossible to be monolithic, and soon they will be separated. ”
Bu used the strategy to send people to say Siamese and Bong, so that they could fight together with themselves to attack the magic army, and all the military funds were owned, and Siam and Bong were allowed. So Siam and Bong obeyed, and Xun was destroyed.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms Lü Bu (Zhang Mi) Zang Hong Biography"
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms quotes the Spring and Autumn of Kyushu as saying: "Cloth and Siam, FengShu said: "The second general pulled the big horse to the east, had the yuan merit to the country, and when the book was a bamboo warrior, it was immortal for all generations." Now that Yuan Shu has created a rebellion, when he is jointly condemned, why should he and the thieves still cut down the cloth together? Bu had the merit of killing Dong Zhuo, and he and the second general were meritorious men, but because of the joint destruction of the art and the merit of the world, they must not be lost at this time." Siamese, Bong de Shu, that is, the return of the counting from the cloth. Bu marched, went to the Xun and other battalions for a hundred steps, Siamese and Feng soldiers simultaneously dispatched, beheaded ten generals, and killed and injured countless people who fell into the water. "
Lü Bu wrote to Han Xian and Yang Feng, saying: "The two escorted the emperor to have merit, and I personally killed Dong Zhuo, which is a matter of great righteousness to protect the imperial court and leave a name for Qingshi. Now that Yuan Shu has rebelled and betrayed the imperial court, we should fight him together. You shouldn't join forces with him to beat me up. I suggest that we all join hands to defeat Yuan Shu, eliminate harm to the country, and build merit for the world, and this opportunity must not be lost. The most crucial thing was that after Lü Bu promised to defeat Yuan Shu's army, the general gave them all the money and grain. Han Xian and Yang Feng were very happy, and naturally rebelled, attacking Zhang Xun and others in Xia Pi and capturing Qiao Rui alive.
After that, Lü Buyangfeng and Han Xian marched together towards Yuan Shu's old lair, Shouchun, and after Chung left, they were greatly rewarded.
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At this time, Lü Bu had Zang Ba's tie-up again.
Zang Ba was a man of Tao Qian, who made meritorious contributions when he followed Tao Qian and was worshipped as a knight lieutenant. Later, after Zang Bataoqian died, he joined forces with Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others and tuned in the Kaiyang area.
When Lü Bu was in Xuzhou, Xiao Jian, the minister of state of the Lang evil state, did not communicate with Lü Bu, and Lü Bu threatened with a letter, and Xiao Jian sent someone to pay tribute to Lü Bu. In the second year of Jian'an (197), Zang Ba went to Ju County to attack Xiao Jian, the minister of the Lang evil state, and captured Ju County, where he received Xiao Jian's weight. Zang Ba had promised to give Lü Bu a part, but if he did not send it, Lü Bu personally went to ask for it.
Lü Bu's subordinate General Gao Shun dissuaded Lü Bu, saying: "The general's prestige spreads, and they are afraid of you from near and far, and they can't get anything, but instead they personally go to ask for goods?" If you don't get it, won't you lose your prestige? Lü Bu did not listen. After Lü Bu arrived in Ju County, Zang Ba, unaware of Lü Bu's intentions, held the city and defended against Lü Bu, and Lü Bu returned empty-handed, and soon reconciled with Lü Bu. Later, Cao Cao gong Lü Bu and Zang Ba also helped Lü Bu. Here's a name that people who read "Three Kingdoms" have heard many times, but still don't know much about it: Gao Shun.
03
The "Army of Merger States" we mentioned earlier is actually Lü Bu and Zhang Yang. The "Hezhou Army" under Lü Bu's rule had many generals in addition to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun.
Regarding Zhang Liao, many people are particularly familiar with it, and I will not say more here that he surrendered to Cao Cao after Lü Bu's defeat.
Song Xian, a native of Taiyuan County. He followed Lü Bu from Hezhou to Xuzhou, and when Cao Cao besieged Xia Pi, he and Wei Xu arrested Gao Shun and Chen Gong and went out of the city to surrender. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The cloth will kill Song Xian, Wei Xu, and others in charge of the Chen Palace, lift the city down, and kill the poultry cloth and the palace.) ）
Wei Xu was a general under Lü Bu, and he was also related to him by marriage (Wei Xu had relatives outside and inside, and The generals of Xi Daishun were particularly important to him. While Lü Bu was besieged by Cao Cao at Xia Pi, Wei Xu surrendered to Cao Cao with Song Xian and Hou Cheng. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Continued to bind Chen Gong and demote them.) ）
When Hou Cheng, a native of Taiyuan Commandery, and Cao Cao besieged Xia Pi, Hou Cheng and others, knowing that the general situation was gone, arrested Gao Shun and Chen Gong and went out of the city to surrender. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Continued to bind Chen Gong and demote them.) ）
Hao Meng, a native of Hanoi Commandery and a general of Lü Bu's army, was later bribed by Yuan Shu to rebel and attack Lü Bu's old lair, Xia Pi (at midnight in June of the first year of Jian'an, Bu rebelled against Hao Meng in Hanoi and sent troops into Pi Province under Bu's rule), only to be killed by Lü Bu's generals Gao Shun and Cao Sex.
Cao Sex, originally Hao Meng's general, when Hao Meng rebelled against Lü Bu, he killed Hao Meng with Gao Shun to be appreciated by Lü Bu, and Lü Bu gave the rest of Hao Meng to Cao Meng's command. (Cloth said: "Qing Jian Er also!) "Cultivate and see it. Healing, appeasing the old camp, leading the multitude. ）
Cheng Lian, Lü Bu's general, was captured by the other side when Cao Cao led an army to attack Xia Pi.
Xue Lan and Li Feng (Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and Emperor Wu: Bu General Xue Lan, Li Feng Tun Juye, Taizu Attack, Bu Shulan, Lan Defeat, Bu Pao, Sui Chop Lan, etc.).
Xu Feng and Wang Kai (Hero's Note: Dispatch Xu Feng and Wang Kai to Hurry).
04
The history books do not record Gao Shun's place of origin, according to common sense, he, like the above generals, is most likely a native of Hezhou, and then he and Lü Bu have been traveling from Hezhou to Jingshi in various parts of the Central Plains.
The hero remembers that "shunning people do not drink alcohol and are not fed." The more than 700 soldiers he commanded were called a thousand men, and they were called 'trapped camps'. After the cloth is loose, the generals who take shun are not hateful".
More than 700 people directly under Gao Shun, known as a thousand people, called the "trap camp", the armor and weapons are all well-trained, strictly guarding military discipline and armament, and quite brave in battle, Gao Shun leads the troops to attack the enemy camp every time, and very quickly attacks the enemy camp, invincible.
According to Li Shuo's "Three Hundred Years of the Civil War": "Trapped" is not to completely annihilate or finally defeat the enemy army, but only to open a gap in the enemy's queue. Once the enemy's queue is rushed away and the army position is divided, the direct consequence is that the command system is interrupted, and the commander-in-chief's instructions cannot be conveyed to the front-line soldiers through the officers step by step, which will cause great psychological pressure to the divided soldiers and affect their combat effectiveness. In addition, the infantry status of the traditional era was low (compared with the chariot soldiers and cavalry), and the combat enthusiasm was generally poor. Once the supervision of the superior officers is lost, it is easy to collapse and scatter. After successfully "trapping the enemy", the enemy's position is defeated, and only then will there be a situation of pursuing and killing the enemy and making a big gain. [1]
There are many battles that can be explained that Gaoshun has strong combat effectiveness.
One is the Hao Meng rebellion. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that at midnight in June of the first year of Jian'an, Bu rebelled against Hao Meng in Hanoi, and sent troops into Pi Mansion under Bu's rule. Bu did not know who the rebel was, led the woman straight, the head of the section was dressed, and the phase would come out of the wall from the top of the wall, and the capital would supervise Gao Shun's camp, and the straight line would enter the door. Shun asked, "Is the general hiding something?" "Bu Yan " Hanoi Children's Voice". By the way: "This Hao Meng also". Shun immediately entered the house with strict troops, bowed and crossbowed and shot at the Meng crowd; the Meng crowd walked around, and Tianming returned to the old camp. Meng will Cao Sex anti-Meng, and fight, Meng stabbed the wound sex, sex axe Meng one arm. Shunju Meng head, bed public opinion, send the cloth.
In the middle of the night of June in the first year of Jian'an (196), Lü Bu's general Hao Meng, a native of Hanoi, launched a rebellion at the instigation of Yuan Shu and led his troops to attack Lü Bu's subordinate pi, and the city was strongly defended and could not be attacked. Lü Bu led his family to flee to The Gao Shun camp, and Lü Bu calmed down and told Gao Shun that the rebels were the Hanoi people. Gao Incidentally guessed that it was Hao Meng who rebelled, so he led his troops to Xia Pi to quell the rebellion, and the crossbows fired to kill Hao Meng's part, and returned to the camp at dawn.
Hero's Note: In the spring of the third year of Jian'an, the cloth made people want to buy horses in Hanoi and prepare money for the soldiers. Bu Yu was sent to attack Gao Shun and Zhang Liao of the Northern Lands. In September, he broke through the city and prepared to go alone and get his wife's rest.
In the third year of Jian'an, Bu Suifu rebelled from Yuan Shu and sent Shun to attack Liu Bei Yu Pei and break it. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Huan to the rescue. Defeated by Shun.
The second is the great defeat of Liu Bei. In the third year of Jian'an (198), Lü Bu once again attached himself to Yuan Shu. Lü Bu sent people with gold to buy horses in Hanoi County, but was plundered by Liu Bei's army. Lü Bu then sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack Liu Bei. Liu Bei retreated in defeat and asked Cao Cao for help. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to rescue Liu Bei, but was also defeated by Gao Shun and others, and Xiahou Huan lost an eye. After Xiahou Huan's defeat and retreat, Gao Shun and others continued to attack Liu Bei. In September of the same year, Gao Shun and others attacked Peicheng, defeated Liu Bei's army, and captured Liu Bei's wife and children, and Liu Bei was defeated and surrendered to Cao Cao.
To put it more, Liu Bei attacked the team sent by Lü Bu to buy horses, at the behest of Cao Cao. Xuzhou was short of horses, and the cutting off of the road to buy horses was fatal to the cavalry led by Lü Bu.
Lü Bu's hezhou troops, which were good at riding and shooting, were a cavalry force, and as mentioned earlier, Lü Bu had served as a "cavalry governor" in Dong Zhuo's army. When Lü Bu finally failed and was captured, he also said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong (Cao Cao) is not suffering more than (Lü) Bu, and now that he has been served, the world is not worried." Ming Gong will step, Ling Bu will ride, then the world is not enough to determine also. In the last moments of his life, Lü Bu still boasted of his ability to command cavalry battles. The Biography of Lü Bu of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms says: "(Lü) Bu had a good horse and a red rabbit, and often approached him close to Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, and other trapped fronts. Not only in this battle, the "trap front" almost ran through the entire course of Lü Bu's cavalry combat. It is conceivable that Lü Bu is like this, zhang liao and Zhang Yang are also like this, and the military group of Hezhou should be known for using cavalry to charge into the battlefield. Because of this strength of this military clique, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at odds with each other at Guandu, Cao Cao's main adviser Xun Yu also believed that "without taking Lü Bu first, Hebei did not yi Tuye" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi Xun Yu Biography). Once Lü Bu was destroyed for Cao Cao, the decisive battle between Cao and Yuan began. [2] This also leads to Gao Shun's important role in Lü Bu's camp.
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The history books record that Gao Shun was innocent, dignified, rarely spoke, did not accept gifts from others, and commanded the troops to be neat, which shows that Gao Shun's "trapped camp" discipline is strict, which is also an important reason for their victory.
Lü Bu was born to make decisions or change his opinions at will, and things were fickle. Gao Shun often routinely persuaded: "When a general does things, he refuses to think carefully, he often makes mistakes, and there are always mistakes in his words and deeds." Can mistakes happen again and again? Lü Bu understood Gao Shun's loyalty and did not adopt it. Therefore, Gao Shun also maintained a high degree of loyalty to Lü Bu, so even if Lü Bu did not take his advice, he did not doubt his loyalty. This is precious compared to Song Xian, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, and Hao Meng.
"Heroes": Bu Zhi zhi is loyal, but he can't use it. After the cloth was reversed from Hao Meng, it was more smooth. Yi Wei continued to have relatives from the outside and inside, and the generals of Xi Daishun continued to follow. And when the battle was attacked, therefore The general Shun continued to lead the troops, and Shun did not have any hatred in the end.
As Mr. Fang Shiming said, Lü Bu was brave and unscrupulous, lacked combat deployment, and lacked the ability to command his subordinates, and was internally suspicious of each other and disunity with each other; and the so-called "but trusting generals" were also conditional, and the increasing alienation of the general Gao Shun and the seizure of Gao Shun's people and his cronies Wei Xu were a remarkable example (the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi Lü Bu, and Pei Song's notes on heroes). [2] Despite this, Gao Shun did not have two hearts until he followed Lü Bu on the road to extinction.
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