Gao Shun -- The famous general of the Three Kingdoms that has been missed in history, a real loyal minister, a strategist who has thought deeply and made plans.
Gao Shun is a person who pays great attention to personal cultivation. He was very authoritative and strict in his administration of the army. Gao Shun did not drink alcohol, which was rare for a martial artist at that time. He also doesn't accept gifts from others. Hou Cheng, who was also a general of Lü Bu's army, once lost his war horse and later recovered it. The generals brought gifts to congratulate him, and Hou Cheng entertained the generals with his own wine. Before the feast, Hou Cheng first sent some wine and meat to Lü Bu. Lü Bu was furious because Lü Bu had issued a ban on alcohol in the army. Hou Cheng was very frightened, and quickly went back to pour out the wine, and returned all the gifts sent by the generals. The Book of Plains says: "The wine is derogatory, so there is no stain." Avoid suspicion, so there is no mistake. Gao Shun did this.
Gao Shun was also qualified to be a famous general, his subordinates were only more than seven hundred people, and his armor and combat gear were all neatly repaired. Whenever there was a war, it was almost invincible and invincible, and people gave his troops a title -- trapped camp. Gao Shun followed Lü Bu, and under Lü Bu's aura of divine courage, Gao Shun's brilliance dimmed a lot; under Lü Bu's strategic vision, Gao Shun's talent was discounted.
Gao Shun was also a loyal subject. He followed Lü Bu with all his heart, although he knew that Lü Bu would not achieve great things. Gao Shun often advised Lü Bu: "Any monarch who destroys his family and destroys the country is not that he does not have loyal and capable subjects under his command, but because the monarch cannot employ people." Every time the general said or acted, he refused to think deeply about it, and afterwards he blamed it on the 'mistake', and the general's mistake was too much. Gao Shun's words are not only applicable to the management of the military and the country, but also of great practical significance to the employment of modern enterprises. Lü Bu also knew that Gao Shun was a loyal vassal, but he still did not reuse Gao Shun. After Lü Bu and Hao Meng rebelled, they became even more distant from Gao Shun. Wei Xu and Lü Bu were related, and Lü Bu handed over all of Gao Shun's subordinates to Wei Xu to lead, which was actually to seize Gao Shun's military power. However, when there was a war, Lü Bu could not leave Gao Shun, and asked him to command his original troops to fight, and on weekdays, these troops were under the command of Wei Xu. Even so, Gao Shun followed Lü Bu to righteousness for Lü Bu, and never complained. According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Gao Shun was captured by Cao Cao, Cao Cao asked him, "What did Ru say?" Gao Shun was silent. Cao Cao then killed Gao Shun. This description is very glorious, and Gao Shun's personality has also been sublimated in his "silence". He did not say the words of "loyal subjects do not serve the two lords" like Zhang Ren; he did not react violently and take the initiative to be generous and righteous like Chen Gong; he did not conform to the concept of life of that era like Zhang Liao--good birds choose trees to live.
If Gao Shunken surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao might not have reused him. If Gao Shun submitted to Cao Cao, he would also be likely to become a famous general like Zhang Liao. He chose to remain silent, fulfilled his loyalty to Lü Bu, the master, fulfilled the righteousness that had followed Lü Bu for many years, and also achieved his own innocence.