In 531, at Xingtai, Gao led a dozen cavalry to charge, defeating 5,000 Xianbei cavalry, and Erzhu Yusheng fled in a daze. More than a dozen people can defeat more than 5,000 xianbei cavalry, or fight head-on, and the high combat effectiveness can be seen from this, which is a generation of famous generals.
Gao, Han Chinese, character Ao Cao, a native of Jingxian County, Hebei, a famous general of the Northern Dynasty, is good at using a long mallet to sprint, and is known as Xiang Yu's rebirth. The "History of the North" records: "Ang Ma is unique in the world, and there are all a hundred left and right, and the people are compared to the Xiang Book." "Being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiang Yu, Gao is naturally very powerful, he makes the enemy army feel frightened, and he is the right-hand man of The Eastern Wei Dynasty.
In 528, Gao and his brother Gao Qian recruited soldiers in their hometown, followed Ge Rong's rebellion, and accepted the canonization. Gao was good at using cavalry, repeatedly setting up ambushes to defeat Northern Wei soldiers, and made great achievements. Later, Gao Qian took the initiative to submit to the Northern Wei court, and his old friend Emperor Xiaozhuang Yuanziyou was very happy, so he granted Gao Qian and Gao Brother official positions.
In order to weaken the power of Emperor Xiaozhuang, Erzhu Rong imprisoned him in Jinyang Prison on the grounds of Gao's repeated defections. In 530, Erzhu Rong marched into Luoyang and took control of the military and political power of northern Wei, and Gao was also taken to Luoyang and imprisoned in a cowshed as a disgrace. Soon, Erzhu Rong was executed by Emperor Xiaozhuang and Gao was released.
Erzhu Rong was killed, and the generals of the Erzhu family rose up and attacked Luoyang. Emperor Xiaozhuang did not have many soldiers and horses under his command, so he asked Gao Qian and Gao Brothers to return to their hometown to recruit soldiers, and then came to "Qin Wang". Gao drew his sword and danced on the spot, expressing his willingness to serve the emperor and die on the battlefield.
In early 531, the Erzhu family attacked Luoyang, and Emperor Xiaozhuang was killed. Gao Qian and Gao Raised An Army in Xingtai to attack the Erzhu family. Before Gao Gao could go on the expedition, Erzhu Yusheng preemptively led 5,000 Xianbei cavalry to sneak up on Xingtai to capture Gao Qian and Gao Gao alive, and a wonderful battle was staged.
5,000 Xianbei cavalry killed, Gao gao was not prepared at all, but he was not afraid at all. Gao did not put on armor, he lightly armed, leading more than a dozen cavalry to take the initiative to meet the battle. Gao Qian was not at ease, so he sent 500 soldiers down the city to reinforce Gao, in case of accidents, but did not catch up with Gao.
It is reasonable to say that more than a dozen people beat five thousand people, the balance of strength is very different, there is no suspense in victory or defeat, and this is not necessarily the case. Gao claimed that Xiang Yu was reborn, brave and strong, and his generals were all worth a hundred. Even if there were only a dozen people, Gao Gao also took the initiative to attack, holding a long mallet and directly killing erzhu Yusheng's Chinese army.
More than a dozen people dared to take the initiative to attack, and before Erzhu Yusheng could react, Gao Gao killed him. Erzhu Yusheng was afraid of an ambush, so he ran away, and the xianbei cavalry under his command also fled. The History of the North records: "Lead 5,000 people to hide in Ryūosaka. Ang will ride more than ten horses, and ride without armor. Qiancheng was defended, and five hundred people pursued and rescued, but before he could reach it, Ang had already surrendered his troops, and Yusheng was defeated and left. ”
In the Xingtai encounter, Gao won more with less, and only a dozen cavalry were able to defeat 5,000 soldiers and horses, even if Xiang Yu was reborn, it would be difficult to do so. Of course, Xiang Yu was not bad, even if there were still more than a dozen cavalry left around, Xiang Yu could still kill more than 800 people of the Han army and break through smoothly, but he was just unwilling to cross the river.
In 533, Emperor Xiaowu executed Gao Qian and sent Shi Pan Shaoye of Xuzhou to capture Gao and escort him back to Beijing. Gao did not want to be captured, so he set up an ambush in the middle of the road, beheaded Pan Shaoye, and then led more than a dozen cavalry to Jinyang to surrender to Gao Huan. Then, Gao led his troops to attack Luoyang, and Emperor Xiaowu did not dare to meet the battle, so he fled to Guanzhong and defected to Yuwen Tai.
Emperor Xiaowu defected to Yuwen Tai, and Gao Huan sent an army of 200,000 to the East, with Gao as the vanguard, and killed Guanzhong. Gao was invincible all the way, defeating Yuwen Tai at Shangluo, and thousands of Western Wei soldiers were killed. Gao continued to advance his troops, arrived at the outskirts of Lantian Pass, prepared to break through the pass, and then directly captured Chang'an and captured Yuwen Tai alive.
Gao was brave and invincible, and no general of the Western Wei Could Stop him, and Guanzhong was in danger. Unfortunately, Dou Tai's light enemy ventured forward, and was ambushed by Yuwen Tai, killing more than 50,000 people, and Gao Huan had to order the withdrawal of troops. Soon, Gao Huan once again sent troops to attack Yuwentai, and Gao led his troops to attack the Hongnong granary, cutting off Yuwentai's grain and grass transportation line, and famine occurred in Guanzhong.
Gao attacked Hongnong, lacked grain in Guanzhong, and there was a continuous famine, and Yuwen Tai could not support it. At this time, Gao Huan made a mistake again, he refused the counselor's proposal to carry out a protracted war, but instead took the enemy lightly, and as a result, Yuwen Tai ambushed yuwentai in the sand garden, losing tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and Gao Huan himself fled back on a camel.
In 538, Gao Huan again sent troops, with Gao Gao as the forward, to kill Guanzhong. When Gao arrived in Heyang, he encountered Yuwen Tai's main force, and the two sides immediately engaged in a major battle. Gao despised Yuwen Tai and thought he was vulnerable, so he lightly packed up and challenged. Yuwen Tai was very annoyed, so he concentrated his forces to attack Gao, in order to fight more and fight less.
After a fight, Gao Could not resist and broke out. Coming to Heyang City, Gao asked the defender Gao Yongle to open the door and avoid the pursuing soldiers. Gao Yongle had a bad relationship with Gao and did not open the door to greet him. Gao took a step back and asked Gao Yongle to put a rope down so that he could climb up, but Gao Yongle still refused.
Gao Yongle refused to open the city gate twice, and Gao was very angry, so he pulled out his saber and slashed the city gate, chiseling through several holes. Before the city gate could be split, Yuwen Tai's pursuers arrived, and Gao had no way to retreat, so he hid under the moat bridge, only to be captured alive. Gao knew that he would inevitably die, and said to the pursuing soldiers: "Come, with Er Kaiguo." Meaning, my head can be worth a duke, you take it.
Gao Yongle, Gao Huan's nephew, is also a famous general. When the news of Gao's death came, Gao Huan was very angry, so he scolded Gao Yongle with two hundred military sticks. Soon, Gao Yongle served as the assassin of Jeju and lived a very moist life. In 560, Gao was posthumously honored as the King of Yongchang and was given the title of Taimiao (太寺) and given the courtesy name "Zhongwu".
Bibliography: History of the North