Chapter 131, Gao Shun
On the other hand, Zhang Liao was also outnumbered and retreated, and he retreated to the pass with Lu Bu. "General, the tiger prison can't be guarded, we have to find a way to escape."
"Now that there are coalition forces on both sides, we are already surrounded, how can we rush out?" Lu Bu said unwillingly.
Zhang Liao also stopped talking, and he himself knew how dangerous the current situation was. "Leave this matter to your subordinates." A general said firmly.
Lu Bu and Zhang Liao looked at the person who spoke, this person had sword eyebrows and short beards, and now in such a situation, his face was still expressionless and very calm.
"Gao Shun, you mean you have a way?" Lu Bu immediately asked eagerly.
Gao Shun nodded, and said lightly: "General, the method of the subordinates is very simple, while the city gate is not controlled by the coalition forces now, we will immediately open the city gate and lead the elite soldiers to rush out in one go." ”
"It's easy to say, this small city gate can't rush out of too many people at once, and now the outside of the city is full of coalition soldiers, and as soon as the door opens, they all rush in." Lu Bu refused.
"So I don't need too many people, I have 700 elite soldiers under my command, all of whom are elites who are one to ten. The coalition forces thought that the victory was in their hands, and they were lax in their hearts, and they would not have thought that we would take the initiative to open the city gate and break through the siege, just by surprise and out of the encirclement! Gao Shun persuaded.
Zhang Liao said: "General, what his subordinate Gao Duwei said makes sense, instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to give it a go." ”
The situation is critical, and there is no room for much thought. Lu Bu immediately agreed: "Then let's do a big job!" ”
Zhang Hao had clearly seen that all the defenders on the city had retreated, and now the city was full of allied soldiers, I am afraid that it would not be long before the city gate would be opened, and then it would be time to give the defenders the final blow.
Then after he enters the tiger prison, is it better to kill Lu Bu or not.
If he killed Lu Bu, then Dong Zhuo might not have died, but he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he was also in a corner of peace, and it seemed that he couldn't cause any big trouble.
If he didn't kill Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo would die, but if Lu Bu, a hungry wolf, didn't die, there would be many more incidents in the future. However, he is in Liaodong, and it has no impact.
When Zhang Hao was still making a short decision, the city gate opened. Before he could give the order, a small group of cavalry rushed out of it, and it looked like there were more than seven hundred people.
This was something he didn't expect, Lu Bu actually dared to lead so few people to break through? Now all the infantry soldiers are ascending the city, and he is waiting outside the city with his cavalry. There were no people at the gates, and it looked very empty.
I have to say that they won the bet. The gates of the city were not yet full of allied soldiers. Gao Shun shouted: "General, while the cavalry of the coalition army has not yet reacted, we will directly attack their cavalry formation, and we will definitely be able to kill them by surprise!" ”
"Good!" Lu Bu took the lead and became the arrow of these people, and directly killed Zhang Hao's cavalry formation.
Seeing this, Zhang Hao began to admire Lu Bu's decisiveness in his heart. "Please also ask the two generals, Yun Chang and Yide, to stop Lu Bu and not let him escape."
He still decided to kill Lu Bu, since it didn't have any effect, it was better to kill him and add some more fame to himself.
Although Guan Yu is a little ashamed to bully more and less, Lu Bu is too powerful, and it is still too dangerous to be alone. However, if Zhang Fei goes up, he will still rush up in the end, and it makes no difference sooner or later.
Zhang Fei went up to challenge again as before: "The third surnamed slave, I let you escape before, but I didn't expect you to come to death again, let your grandfather Zhang send you on the road!" ”
Lu Bu saw Zhang Fei blocking him again, and the anger in his heart burned again.
Of course, Zhang Liao knew what Lu Bu would do next, so he hurriedly persuaded: "The general is injured now, and we are rushing out in one go, so we can't entangle with them here." ”
When it comes to life and death, Lu Bu will not choose the wrong one. He didn't care about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who were coming on, but directly led his troops to attack the cavalry behind them.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, the coalition cavalry was immediately dispersed. Gao Shun really didn't lie, the seven hundred elites under his command were indeed brave, and they were unstoppable by ordinary soldiers.
Although Gao Shun himself said that these soldiers who spent a lot of time training were more suitable for attacking fortifications, as cavalry, they were also rare.
After killing through the cavalry that went into battle, Lu Bu and the others rushed unstoppably towards the main cavalry force that was still standing.
Zhang Hao secretly said that it was not good, so he might not be chiseled through the riding formation by them in one go, and then escaped. "Kill, can't let them run!"
However, Zhang Hao's order was still a little late, and the two sides had already made contact. At this moment, what caught his eyes was that his own people were on their backs, and Lu Bu led the army to kill directly from the corner of the cavalry formation.
Seeing them gone, Zhang Hao was naturally unwilling. He immediately ordered: "Give me chase!" ”
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Surrounded on both sides, and because the Lord had broken through with his own troops, the defenders of the city had no more resistance and surrendered.
"Mengde's big victory, it's only been less than a month since the start of the war, and our middle lane coalition army has opened the gate of Gyeonggi, and from now on, we can go directly to Luoyang City!" Bao Xin said excitedly.
Cao Cao also had a smile on his face, this was indeed a big victory, and it was also the first victory and the first achievement. Compared to the middle lane, the north and south roads are facing off against the defenders at the moment.
"Now it is indeed possible to kill Luoyang City, but it is still too difficult to capture Luoyang, and we still need to think about it in the long run. By the way, what about Mingde, why didn't you see him enter the gate? ”
"He is now leading half of the cavalry to chase Lu Bu, it seems that he still wants to do his best" Speaking of Zhang Hao now, Bao Xin no longer has the coldness and contempt at the beginning, and there is a trace of admiration between his words.
"yes, then let him do as he pleases. He has cavalry under his command, and it is only fitting that he will be chased on the plains, so we will stay and wait for him first, and let the soldiers repair it. ”
When the resistance in the Tiger Prison Pass stopped, the chase on Zhang Hao's side continued, and it was almost twenty miles away.
With the passage of time and distance, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and the situation became favorable to Zhang Hao.
Lu Bu and the others were naturally anxious, if they continued like this, they would definitely be caught up. And with the coalition forces in such close pursuit, it is impossible to even stop and resist, as long as they stop, they will be crushed all at once.
Although these 700 elites are said to be 10, they are not directly used as 7,000 people.
"It won't go on like this." Gao Shun shouted at Lu Bu, "If you are caught up, it will be in vain." General, you and the war horse under Wen Yuan's crotch are rare good horses, run fast, you go directly, your subordinates left to resist and delay time for you. ”
"Gao Shun, what are you talking about, you want to go together!" Lu Bu shouted anxiously.
Gao Shun did not answer, but directly ordered: "The whole army will turn around, meet the coalition army, and cover the general!" ”
After speaking, he led the way to the left, and the soldiers behind him who got along with him day and night, sharing weal and woe, followed Gao Shun's back without hesitation.
"Gao Shun!"
"General, let's go quickly, don't let down Captain Gaodu's hard work." Zhang Liao persuaded.
Although Lu Bu betrayed Ding Yuan, he was still very good to his subordinates. At this moment, seeing Gao Shun taking the initiative to block the coalition forces for himself, he also shed tears.
He immediately accelerated and fled with Zhang Liao, and without the others following, the speed of the two of them was much faster than just now.
Zhang Hao could only watch Lu Bu escape, and the cavalry under his command could not catch up with the speed of the Red Rabbit Horse. His own Xiaobai can catch up, but if he catches up with himself, it's not death. However, this Lu Bu's subordinates also had some courage, and they dared to stop themselves with this kind of person staying.
"Defeat the enemy army and capture this enemy general alive!" Zhang Hao ordered.
Just now, Gao Shunneng led 700 people to gouge through Zhang Hao's army, mainly due to Zhang Hao's light enemy.
Now both sides are in a state of charge, and Zhang Hao's cavalry is more numerous. No matter how elite Gao Shun's subordinates are, they are not real cavalrymen after all.
They may be okay to charge on horseback, but when it comes to cavalry's skill - horse archery, it is certainly no match for real cavalry.
When Gao Shun turned around and rushed to less than thirty paces away from Zhang Hao, the cavalry under Zhang Hao's command began to shoot arrows. Basically, after the cavalry in the front row shot two waves of arrows, nearly a third of the people were shot off their horses in an instant, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.
Then the allied cavalry threw down their cavalry bows and drew their swords, and exchanged hands with Gao Shun's subordinates. After the first round, although the number of people was several times worse, Gao Shun still achieved a near-1-to-1 battle loss ratio, but this was not good news for him.
Gao Shun also saw that Zhang Hao had given up his plan to pursue Lu Bu, and while he was relieved, he also held a belief that he would die, he didn't want to be a prisoner.
However, this could not be as he wished, and in the second round of the confrontation, Zhang Hao directly ordered to attack Gao Shun and his war horses.
As a result, after hundreds of war horses skipped nearly 5,000 cavalry, few survived. Those who were killed and fell to the ground on their horses survived by luck, and those who were bad were trampled to death.
Gao Shun had Zhang Hao's special explanation, so after his horse was killed, all the cavalry bypassed him, and he was only slightly injured.
The final battle ended quickly, and Gao Shun, who was tied up with all kinds of flowers, was brought to Zhang Hao.
Although he was captured, Gao Shun held his head high, did not look at Zhang Hao, and refused to bend his knees to him. In history, Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao, and there were not many generals under his command who were so arrogant, which made Zhang Hao's interest greatly increased.
"What's your name?" Zhang Hao asked.
"Kill me." After saying this, Gao Shun was silent.
Zhang Hao nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable, aiding the abuse is indeed damned." But I've always had a principle. If you fight on the battlefield, you will die. If you are captured by me, you will basically be given a chance to atone for your sins, do you want this opportunity? ”
Gao Shun still didn't say anything, Zhang Hao pointed to the captured soldiers and continued, "These are all your subordinates? The training is quite elite, but unfortunately the cavalry is still a little difficult for them. ”
"Is your name Gao Shun?" Zhang Hao said the last question.