Gao Shun, year of birth unknown, Eastern Han General Lü Bu under the account of the General Of the Middle Lang, followed Lü Bu on the Eastern Expedition to the West.
Gao Shun's subordinates claimed to be a thousand people, but in fact there were only more than seven hundred people.
Gao Shun was brave and good at war, managed the army well, and had strict military discipline, and repeatedly led his troops to attack the enemy positions, and his troops were known as "trapped camps.".
The "trapped camp" is invincible and invincible.
In the second year of Jian'an (196 AD), Lü Bubu launched a rebellion against Hao Meng and attacked Xia Pi Province.
Lü Bu did not know who had rebelled at that time, and in the panic, he and his wife hid in the toilet without covering their bodies, and then fled over the wall and found Gao Shun.
Gao Shun asked Lü Bu if he had any clues to who was plotting the rebellion, and Lü Bu said that he only heard a voice that sounded like a Hanoian.
Gao Shun immediately concluded that this person must be Hao Meng, and immediately led his army to Xia Pi Province, killed Hao Meng in an instant, and quelled the rebellion.
Gao Shun once advised Lü Bu to appoint a virtuous person, think more and make good decisions, distinguish between right and wrong, and reduce mistakes.
Lü Buming knew that Gao Shun had superior talent, but he never reused him.
After Hao Meng's rebellion, he began to deliberately alienate Gao Shun, and had ordered wei Xu, a minister who was related to him, to take over Gao Shun's subordinates.
It was not until the outbreak of war that the old troops and soldiers were returned to Gao Shun, and Gao Shun had no complaints about this.
Xiao Jian, a native of the East China Sea, served as the Minister of Lang, and according to shou Jucheng, had no contact with Lü Bu, who wrote a letter threatening him.
Xiao Jian had no choice but to send letters to the master booklet and offer Lü Bu five good horses and other tributes.
Not wanting to kill Cheng Jin halfway, Zang Ba ambushed Xiao Jian on the way and robbed this batch of tributes.
Lü Bu learned of the news and personally led an army to conquer Zang Ba.
Gao Shun strongly dissuaded: "The general slaughtered Dong Zhuo, Wei Zhenyidi, sat upright and looked forward to it, and naturally feared the near and far, and it was not advisable to go out of the army lightly, such as or not, the loss of fame was not small." ”
Lü Bu did not listen, Zang Ba feared Lü Bu, insisted on the city and did not fight, Lü Bu returned without success.
In the third year of Jian'an (198), Lü Bu felt that Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xiaopei, was a dangerous person, so he sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, the Taishou of the Northern Regions, to attack Xiao Pei, and Cao Cao sent Xiahou Huan to rescue Liu Bei.
Gao Shun defeated Xiahou Huan, and Liu Bei abandoned the city and fled to Cao Cao.
In September, Cao Cao led his troops to conquer Lü Bu, and Lü Bu was defeated in three battles and three battles, so he had to hold the city of Xia pi, and the combined forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei surrounded Xia Pi.
Chen Gong offered Lü Bu a plan, and he and Gao Shun held the city, and Lü Bu led his cavalry to cut off Cao Cao's grain routes.
Cao Cao sent someone to send a letter to Lü Bu saying that there was a stake in Lü Bu, and Lü Bu once planned to surrender, but Chen Gong strongly discouraged him.
Soon, Lü Bu listened to his wife's words and no longer listened to Chen Gong's advice, and after that, the generals in the army were suspicious of each other and suffered defeats one after another.
Three months later, Cao Cao besieged Xia Pi.
Lü Bu's generals Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Xu tied up Chen Gong and surrendered to Cao Cao, lü Bu's troops were separated from each other, and seeing that the general situation was gone, Lü Bu chose to surrender, and was later beheaded by Cao Cao.
In December, Xia Pi was attacked by Cao Cao, and Hou Cheng and other rebel generals captured Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and others and presented them to Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao originally wanted to die, and Guan Yu interceded with Cao Cao, but then chose to surrender.
After Cao Cao executed Lü Bu and Chen Gong, he asked Gao Shun, "Is Ru surrendered?" ”
Gao Shun did not say a word, vowing not to surrender, and Cao Cao killed him in a fit of rage.
The Book of Heroes records: "Shun is innocent and majestic, does not drink alcohol, is not fed... Every attack is unbreakable. ”
Such a good general, why did Cao Cao kill him and not further persuade him to surrender?
At that time, the counselor Guo Jia persuaded: "Shun, the general of the cloth, the military is strict, the mind is strategic, it is impossible to get it in one lifetime, and it can be given a non-idle office." Where will this person be taken public? It is not as good as the name of the whole. ”
The meaning of this passage is: Gao Shun is a rare general, it is impossible to reward idle positions, and the lord accepts this and raises him to a high position, and what position will the generals be placed in? It is better to fulfill his faithful name.
Cao Cao weighed it up and finally chose to kill Gao Shun.