In mid-September, Huang Zhong left Zhonglang General Yin Li and 5,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry to continue to monitor Chen County to prevent them from breaking through; He personally led 11,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry to attack other county towns.

The people of Chen were naturally extremely angry that Yuan Shao poisoned Chen Wang and Xiangguo, occupied Chen State, and ended their happy and stable life, and the Yanzhou army came, they warmly welcomed them, and with their support, Xinping County, Ningping County and Xiang County were easily occupied; Huang Zhong also took advantage of the situation to occupy the three counties of Yilu County, Xinyang County, and Song State, which were very close and had no defense, threatening the rear of Gao Gan.

In the era of cold weapons, except for the state and county towns or important county seats, there would not be many garrisons in all counties; Huang Zhong's army came too fast, and Yuan Shao didn't have time to garrison troops in each county, so he adopted a strategy of resistance, and only in a big city like Chen Guo did a large number of officers and soldiers be stationed; That's why Huang Zhong easily occupied so many county seats.

Gao Gan's army was stationed in Qian County and Chengfu County, and was now in danger of being surrounded by Huang Zhong and Gongsun Kang, so he decided to retreat and go to Ruyin County, where he joined Yuan Tan, Chun Yuqiong and others, and held on to the Ru River.

As soon as Gao Gan evacuated, he was discovered by Gongsun Kang's scouts; Gongsun Kang immediately sent his army across the Whirlpool River, easily occupied Qian County and Chengfu County, and transferred all his troops to the south of Whirlpool; With Huang Zhong as the horn, he doesn't have to worry about Gao Gan's counterattack or conspiracy.

Now Gongsun Kang is eagerly looking forward to the military exploits, and seeing that the opportunity is rare, he decided to attack the camp while the senior cadres were camping.

Gao Gan did not leave a large army to defend in Qian County, but left a large number of scouts, as soon as Gongsun Kang's army was dispatched, Gao Gan soon knew that there were pursuers behind, and for the sake of prudence, he made arrangements in advance when camping.

At night, Gongsun Kang really attacked the camp, fell into the trap set by Gao Gan, and was surrounded by the Yuzhou army; Gongsun Kang's officers and men immediately fell into confusion, and he desperately broke out of the siege, but the troops suffered heavy losses.

This great victory made Gao Gan very proud, and he was even more confident in his own use of troops.

The scouts sent by Huang Zhong discovered the battle between the two sides and made a detailed report to Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong couldn't help but sigh, it wasn't that Gao Gan was too powerful, but that Gongsun Kang was too careless to underestimate the enemy, and it really shouldn't have been such a big defeat when the victory was already decided.

After some contemplation, Huang Zhong decided to sneak attack Gao Gan.

Sima Ju and the others asked puzzledly: "General, the Huaiyin army has been newly defeated, the morale of the Runan army is booming, and it has been prepared for a long time, if you go to steal the camp at this moment, you will definitely be defeated, why not learn a lesson?" ”

Huang Zhong smiled: "Haha, don't stick to the art of war, the art of war is dead, and people are alive; Gao Gan's new victory, he will be relieved to march in a hurry, get out of danger as soon as possible, and go to steal the camp at this moment, he will be unprepared, and he will definitely win. ”

Everyone asked, "General, do you still want to act together with Gongsun Taishou?" "Everyone didn't have much confidence in the sneak attack on the enemy camp, after all, there were many people and great strength, and they really hoped that Gongsun Kang would send troops to participate.

"Haha, Gongsun Taishou is newly defeated, and he will definitely not send troops to participate." However, for the sake of face, Huang Zhong still sent someone to inform Gongsun Kang, hoping to jointly attack the camp.

Sure enough, as Huang Zhong expected, Gongsun Kang refused Huang Zhong's invitation.

Huang Zhong insisted on his opinion, even if everyone was puzzled, he had to accept the military order; Everyone believes that with Huang Zhong's strong martial arts and only the cavalry, even if they are surrounded, they can break through.

After Huang Zhong joined the Gao Shun forces, Gao Shun asked a famous doctor and spent a lot of money to cure his son's illness, and he had to do it as a high-ranking official, but he made little meritorious service.

Huang Zhong first sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the itinerary of the high-ranking cadres.

The war between the scouts was inevitable, there were victories and defeats for each other, and the senior cadres were reported, and it was estimated that Gongsun Kangding would not give up, so he ordered the officers and soldiers to speed up and get rid of the pursuers as soon as possible; When he camped at night, he was a little careless, estimating that Gongsun Kangding would not attack the camp again in such a short time, so he did not arrange a trap; Besides, the officers and men did not get a good rest after two days of rapid marching and one night of fighting, and if they could not sleep well, their nervous mood would certainly cause confusion in the troops, and they would even lose their combat effectiveness due to exhaustion.

Gao Gan did not sleep well one night, woke up several times, and found that there was no enemy attacking the camp, and only fell asleep when it was almost dawn.

After Huang Zhong learned of Gao Gan's camp, he did not rush to attack, but set up camp first, let the cavalry eat, drink, rest, and recuperate, so that the cavalry and war horses could maintain sufficient physical strength; The infantry was responsible for preparing the cavalry for the expedition.

Huang Zhong waited until midnight to assemble his army, and then marched slowly in the bright moonlight to the high-ranking military camp thirty miles away.

Sima Huanglong, the infantry division, stayed in the barracks, guarding the supplies and baggage, and chasing the cavalry early tomorrow morning; Sima and Sima of the cavalry accompanied him.

After the moon set, there was a dark period of an hour, when the large army had been shortened to less than ten miles from the barracks of Gao Gan, and Huang Zhong ordered the cavalry to rest and eat, and inspect the equipment; The scout team has been busy with the work, killing the high-ranking scouts and guarding the army.

Immediately the sky was dawning, Huang Zhong looked back at Gongsun Kang's direction, and said with a smile: "Gongsun Taishou did not send reinforcements, all the achievements of this battle belong to us, let's go!" ”

Huang Zhong was in front of him, and everyone had a lot more confidence.

When he was less than five miles away from the camp of Gao Gan, Huang Zhong ordered the army to charge.

The galloping sound of more than 10,000 war horses had awakened Gao Gan and all the officers and soldiers in Yuzhou, and he immediately ordered people to prepare for defense.

But at such a short distance, the cavalry arrived in an instant; The senior cadres had not yet assembled their troops, and the Yanzhou cavalry had already arrived outside the camp.

Huang Zhong did not immediately attack, but ordered the cavalry to surround Gao Gan's camp and first shoot wildly into the camp, which was mixed with a large number of rockets.

In the September season, the weather was dry and dry, and the tents, baggage trucks, fences, and wild grass in the camp were ignited by rockets, and the fire spread rapidly in the camp.

In the panic, no one cared about fighting the fire, and before long, a raging fire broke out in the Gaogan camp.

There was great chaos in the camp of the senior cadres, and the soldiers had no desire to fight, and some people began to flee out of the camp to the south, leading more officers and men to flee

Sima Ju was eager to make meritorious contributions and applied to Huang Zhong as a pioneer to enter the enemy camp and completely destroy the Yuzhou army.

The victory was locked, Huang Zhong was in a good mood, at this time he was no longer suitable to charge into battle in person, and he had to leave others a chance to make meritorious contributions, so he agreed to Sima Ju's application, and at the same time ordered the cavalry under the jurisdiction of Sima of the First Cavalry Army to rush into the enemy camp and kill the enemy in units, intensifying the fear of the Yuzhou army, creating chaos, and destroying their only will to resist.

Huang Zhong himself led a large army to monitor outside the camp.

The commander suggested that Huang Zhong send troops to intercept in the south, but Huang Zhong vetoed, he felt that by expelling the infantry from the camp, the cavalry could achieve greater results in the field battle, and avoid the Yuzhou army desperately breaking through and causing damage to his own cavalry.

Gao Gan saw that the general situation was gone, so he had to flee south under the protection of the guards.

An hour later, Sima Ju returned to report on the situation in the enemy camp; Huang Zhong ordered him to lead the cavalry who had just participated in the battle to clean up the battlefield, and after the infantry behind caught up, he would protect the grain and grass and protect the infantry from chasing the large army; He personally led 8,000 cavalry to slowly pursue the deserting army of Gao Gan.

The Yuzhou army was dominated by infantry, and cavalry accounted for a minority.

How did the infantry escape the pursuit of the cavalry?

Gao Gan regretted in his heart, nearly 40,000 troops were defeated and collapsed, and now the establishment has been chaotic, the soldiers cannot find generals, will not find soldiers, and flee to the south in a swarm.

Huang Zhong did not kill, while chasing, let the officers and soldiers shout "surrender and do not kill", which further broke the confidence of the Yuzhou army to resist, and wherever the cavalry went, the officers and soldiers of Yuzhou knelt on the ground and surrendered to the Yanzhou army.

This is also the good style that Gao Shunjun has always had, so that they can surrender with peace of mind, as long as they surrender, not only will they not be killed, but they will even live a good life.

And they only cared about fleeing for their lives, and their armor became a burden, and they were all discarded, so how could they be the opponents of the cavalry now? Surrender became their only option.

Gao Gan couldn't take care of the army at this time, and fled in a hurry with less than a hundred cavalry guards.

Huang Zhong led his troops to chase them all the way to Xiyang City, and by this time, the officials and others in the city had fled and were easily occupied.

only cared about receiving the prisoners, and when the senior cadres had fled, it was too late, and they couldn't catch up, and Huang Zhong and the others regretted it.

After this battle, Gao Gan's army of 40,000 disappeared, and Huang Zhong captured more than 25,000 prisoners.

Gongsun Kangde scout reported that Huang Zhong won a great victory, and the senior cadres were completely annihilated, and he regretted it in his heart, and he thought in his heart that the victory of the veteran Huang Zhong was based on his defeat, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he had to occupy Sishan County under his nose and comfort him.

When Yuan Shao learned that Gao Gan had fled alone, and tens of thousands of troops were defeated and captured, he was so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted.