Chapter 153: The Victorious General
Chapter 153: The Victorious General
It is said that Gao Shun's troops, who have been attacking the southern city of Chang'an for a long time, feel that the defense force of the southern city is getting stronger and stronger, and faintly guess that it is Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's troops who have encountered problems and liberated the defenders in the east. At the moment, it will no longer continue to siege the city, shrink the troops, and prepare for defensive operations.
Sure enough, not long after, he received a letter from Li Dao and ordered Gao Shun's troops to move east quickly and attack Huangfu Song's troops on three sides. Gao Shun's troops were well trained, quickly dismantled the large camp, and marched eastward, expecting to quickly advance north to reach the intended battlefield after bypassing the southern city.
Gao Shun placed both archers and spearmen on the north and rear flanks of the troops to prevent a sudden pursuit by the cavalry in the city. He knew that the troops in the city were not strong, so in order to speed up the march, the front and rear troops were very long, and the front army was about to leave the outskirts outside the southern city.
At this moment, Zhao Yun's 10,000 cavalry arrived, and the sound of hooves thundered the sky and the earth, like a talisman of death. Gao Shun was in danger, and ordered the spearmen on the north side to go south along the gap, and the archers on the rear side quickly moved forward, forming a V-shaped pocket, as long as Zhao Yun's cavalry dared to rush up, it was guaranteed not to be pleased. Unexpectedly, the direction of Zhao Yun's white dragon horse changed slightly, and he continued to move forward at an accelerated speed, leading more than 10,000 cavalry to rush into the weakly defended Gaoshun front army in an instant.
Zilong's hundred birds and phoenix spears were everywhere, and the little white dragon flew and wandered in the fire hell, with flying corpses and blood everywhere, quickly chiseling through the entire front army of Gao Shun's fallen camp. The front army was in chaos, Gao Shun blew the horn, the front army quickly fled to the woods on both sides, dodging the snow swords of the Qinglong Horse Army, and the archers and spearmen of the rear army rushed forward at great speed to attack the rear of Zhao Yun's horse team, but how fast was Zhao Yun's horse team? It has long been cut through the enemy line and submerged beyond the horizon.
Gao Shun's rear army saw Zhao Yun's cavalry go away, just stopped the pursuit, and was about to organize the troops, suddenly only heard a bowstring sound like a thunderbolt behind him, and when he looked back, he saw dark clouds covering the sky and the sun, as if it was a hail falling from the sky, quickly covering the sky, Gao Shun's eyes were sharp, and he shouted: "Avoid the rain of arrows!"
The soldiers will wake up like a dream, and they will run away with their heads in their hands. The spearmen raised their guns and arrows, and the archers raised their bows and arrows, but the poor had no shield in their hands, and in an instant they were pierced by the rain of arrows and crucified to the ground. The lucky escape who did not die was secretly rejoicing, only to hear another thunderbolt of bowstrings, and the second round of arrow rain rushed like the sickle of death.
Gao Shun waved his knife away and shouted at the same time: "Spearmen and archers enter the forest!" Sword and shield soldiers attack!" The horn soldiers around him hurriedly blew the horn, issued orders, and blew into the heart, and one was accidentally dropped from the sky by a long arrow, piercing the heart.
Gao Shun snatched the horn, blew it himself, and gave the order. The archers and spearmen rushed into the woods next to them, and the sword and shield soldiers raised their protective shields and quickly rushed towards Liu Xian's archers. Seeing that the trapped camp could still make changes according to Gao Shun's orders, Liu Xian secretly admired it in his heart, and with an order, the front team of 10,000 archers changed to the rear team and quickly retreated.
Seeing the corpses of spearmen and archers all over the ground, the sword and shield soldiers hated the archers who had just sneaked up on them, and chased after them with all their might. Suddenly, the sound of hooves behind him rose again, and Zhao Yun led the cavalry to kill back, riding faster than when he fled, and quickly approached the sword and shield soldiers in the trapped camp who were chasing Liu Xian's archers.
At this time, Gao Shun also panicked, and the sound of the horn changed, and he ordered the sword and shield soldiers to pursue and not turn back, and at the same time ordered the archers and spearmen who had just fled into the mountains and forests to come out to deal with Zhao Yun's cavalry. The order is good, but where can the soldiers carry it out immediately? Waiting for the spearmen and archers to drill out of the mountains and forests to prepare for battle, Zhao Yun's cavalry had already entered from the tail of the sword and shield soldiers, and the head was killed, and the sword and shield soldiers scattered and fled, wailing, and the battlefield had already become the hell of Shura.
Gao Shun was also tenacious enough, quickly blew the horn, and ordered the remaining troops to hide in the woods and defend on the spot. Twenty thousand troops of Liu Min and Liu Yong suddenly poured out of the woods in the south, and the Gaoshun soldiers who hid in the mountains and forests on the south side suffered this time, and they were beheaded one after another, and their bodies were thrown out of the forest.
Gao Shun was full of anger, forced himself to calm down, blew the horn one last time, and ordered all the troops to enter the northern mountains and forests to assemble for defense. The half-dead soldiers in the camp had just rushed into the jungle on the north side, and suddenly they only heard the golden drums on the north side, and Huang Gai and Gan Ning led thousands of troops defending the city to press into the forest from the north side.
Gao Shun's trapped camp has so far fallen into the calculation of the three major military divisions, and they are all about to be annihilated. Gao Shun was discouraged, looking at the trap camp that he had practiced day and night, and was so in ashes, he suddenly skimmed the long knife, pulled out the waist knife, and was about to swing it around his neck.
The pro-soldiers next to him were startled, and several people hugged Gao Shun and dissuaded him one after another. Gao Shun sighed and said: "My life's work has been ruined in one fell swoop, what's the point of living?" You have escaped for your lives, and even if you surrender to the enemy, I have no complaints. It's just that I don't even know who the other party's strange soldier is, so I can't even look at it! As he spoke, he raised his sword again, but the soldiers still clung to it.
Gao Shun had no choice but to lead a few personal soldiers and flee to the depths of the woods. I only heard the tsunami from the surrounding mountains, and it was the sound of Gao Shun's surrender. There was a clear shout in the middle: "General Gao listened!" We are the troops under the command of Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty, and they are the orthodoxy of the imperial court. General Gao, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, followed Lu Bu and followed Dong Thief by mistake, and it was not too late to turn back. Surrender quickly, not only the general will be exonerated, but the rest will be pardoned. ”
Gao Shun looked out from the gap in the forest, and saw the corpses everywhere, mixed with many brothers who had surrendered in the camp, all of them with steel knives and necks. Gao Shun couldn't bear it in his heart, and muttered a few words of Emperor Shaodi of Han in his heart, and suddenly stood up, walked out of the forest and said: "Don't hurt your life more, Gao Shun is here!"
Zhao Yun in white robe and silver armor, took the lead, came to Gao Shun's side, and the hundred birds flashed like a phantom of the phoenix spear, and the tip of the spear had already pressed against Gao Shun's throat and said, "Tie up!"
Gao Shun saw that Zhao Yun's gun was extremely fast, and couldn't help but say: "This general, what a handsome kung fu." The general of the defeated army is unspeakably brave, please don't hurt the lives of my soldiers. As he spoke, he stretched out his hands and let Zhao Yun's men bind him.
Zhao Yun listened to Gao Shun's earnestness, thinking that this was a soldier like a son, remembering that the lord has always cherished talents, he couldn't help asking: "Since you pity your subordinate soldiers, why don't you be considerate of the people of the world?" Since he once followed Ding Yuan, why did he tolerate Lu Bu killing his father-in-law? followed Dong Zhuo to make a rebellion, and how many people in the Central Plains were harmed? ”
Gao Shun said: "I, Gao Shun, have a clear conscience, all my subordinates are professional soldiers, and I will never allow them to disturb the people." After that, he looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Isn't it also the bloodline of the Han family?" I think Emperor Xian is smart and wise, better than Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty! I can't imagine that such a god-like figure as Your Excellency would be loyal to the mediocre Emperor Han Shaodi! Can you tell me the general's name? ”
Zhao Yun laughed and said, "General Gao, my name is not worth worrying about, but my lord is General Chen Long, do you know his name?" My Lord's only criterion is to be good to the people. Dong Zhuo is brutal, and he is naturally my lord's enemy. ”
After that, he said with a steel gun: "You and I are both military generals, why bother to play tricks here?" I'll give you a chance today, come and loosen the ties!"
Suddenly, Gao Shun's bondage was exhausted and his freedom was restored. Gao Shun thought about the deeds of Chen Long that he had heard of, and he was stunned. Zhao Yun ordered someone to lead a war horse and said to Gao Shun: "My lord cherishes talents, I will bet with you on a win or defeat today." ”
"You and I are one-on-one, if I am lucky enough to win, General Gao surrenders to my lord; What if the general is victorious and the general and your men are allowed to leave? As soon as these words came out, the generals were in an uproar, Zhao Yun's army had already taken all the advantages, why did he give Gao Shun this chance to turn the tables?
Only Guo Jia, Zhou Budo, and Xu Shu are the three masterminds, all of whom are sitting firmly in the carved saddle, knowing that Zhao Yun is recruiting generals for the lord, and he is absolutely sure that he will win the battle. Gao Shun couldn't refuse Zhao Yun's proposal, turned over and got on the horse, Zhao Yun pointed a little bit of the gun, and a long knife flew straight towards Gao Shun underground, Gao Shun grabbed the handle of the knife and placed a portal.
Among the eight strong generals under Lu Bu, Gao Shun's martial arts are only below Zhang Liao, and the quality of leading troops is as famous as Zhang Liao, and even surpasses. At this time, Gao Shun's steel knife swung and naturally revealed the temperament of a master, and Zhao Yun shouted: "Okay!" The white dragon horse sped up on the spot, and in an instant it arrived in front of Gao Shun's eyes.
The Hundred Birds Chaofeng Spear is full of internal force, and the faint white gas surrounds and evaporates, quite like a little white dragon flying and entwining, but the scale is much smaller than Chen Long's Gentian Bright Silver Spear. Zhao Yun shook the tip of the spear slightly, and a ball of white gas shot out like an arrow, flying towards the door of Gao Shun, it was the method of throwing out the attack with the internal force that Chen Longshen had realized, and Zhao Yun had already used it freely.
Gao Shun had never seen such exercises, he was caught off guard, feeling that the white qi was like substance, and he was in a hurry, bowing his head and bending down to avoid the white qi, and the steel knife had already lost the door. Zhao Yun took the opportunity to use a round of Hundred Birds towards the Phoenix Quick Gun, the tip of the gun vibrated the air, making a short and whining sound, for a while Gao Shun's eyes were shining with the tip of the gun, and his ears were filled with birdsong, and he was shocked: "Hundred Birds Towards the Phoenix Gun!" Are you Zhang Xiu, the gun king of the Northland? ”
Gao Shun came up and was disturbed by the white light, he had already lost the opportunity, and naturally resisted very hard, Zhao Yun smiled and said nothing, just urging the fast gun, which was dazzling, but in five or six rounds, one shot stabbed Gao Shun's helmet. Gao Shun discarded the knife and dismounted: "The general is quick to shoot, I'm afraid it's stronger than Zhang Xiu." He was not an opponent and had to be left to the general. ”
Zhou Budo, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, laughed and said: "Zhang Xiu is not worthy of lifting shoes for him." This is the most handsome and coolest corps commander in our army, the generalissimo Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, who has peerless martial arts, far-reaching wisdom, unparalleled handsomeness, and loyalty and righteousness, is known as a jade-faced general who is brave and unparalleled in the world!"