At the beginning, Zhang Fei and the others were opposed to Gao Shun's method, they swept so many places, all the yellow turban thieves were vulnerable, there was no need to be so cautious. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Gao Shun explained: "You just met a few more people at that time, there are more than 100,000 people in this small county, how can we kill such a small number of people?" Even if it is more than 100,000 pigs, we can't kill them all in a short time, so they can't run, we can kill when we want, it depends entirely on our wishes, wouldn't it be troublesome? ”

Now that Gao Shun's attention has been decided, everyone no longer refutes, but regrets that they can't rush to kill, there are a lot of less combat exploits, and they are still worried about Zhang Bao's head, Gao Shun has promised that whoever gets Zhang Bao's head will be promoted two levels in a row, and he will be directly appointed as Sima of other departments, which is the highest-level military attache under the master.

Gao Shun saw everyone's expressions and comforted: "Everyone must be ready for battle, and we will send troops to fight the enemy's reinforcements at any time recently." ”

"Yes, my lord." As long as there is a tent, the people will be happy.

And Gao Shun hoped to use the method of besieging the city to send reinforcements, if Zhang Jiao sent reinforcements, he would gradually consume his strength, and if Zhang Jiao did not come to reinforce, he would completely annihilate the Yellow Turban Army in Quyang; If Zhang Bao is killed, it will be a big blow to the Yellow Turban Army, and it will be very beneficial to the next war; In any case, he Gao Shun will make a steady profit and not lose money, and exchange the minimum price for the maximum benefit.

Sure enough, Gao Shun didn't expect it, Zhang Jiao would not save his own brother; Before the embankment was repaired, Zhang Jiao's reinforcements had come, and when they were dozens of miles away, Gao Shun had already discovered that in order to cut off the hope of the Yellow Turban thieves in the city, Gao Shun decided to take the initiative to prevent Zhang Bao in the city from learning that there were reinforcements outside the city.

On April 22, Gao Shun ordered Li Qiang to continue building the embankment, while Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan stayed in the barracks.

Gao Shun led 5 tun cavalry, plus Yan Liang, Guan Yu and other four people's headquarters of the trilogy, a total of 33 tun cavalry, to meet Zhang Jiao's reinforcements.

Fifteen miles south of the city of Xiaquyang is a small tributary of Zhangshui, and now the water level is very shallow in this season, and people and horses can wade through the water; Gao Shun prepared to launch a surprise attack when the Yellow Turban Army was halfway across the river.

At this time, observing from the map, twenty miles behind the first team, there was a larger Yellow Turban Army, and Gao Shun estimated that the army that was about to cross the river in front of him was only the vanguard.

So, Gao Shun decided to deal with the more than 10,000 people in front of him first, and then deal with the large army of the Yellow Turban Army.

Gao Shun and more than 3,000 others hid behind a forest on the north side of the river, 3 miles away from the river; The Yellow Turbans were in a hurry, and did not send scouts at all, and after resting by the river, they began to cross the river.

Seeing that there were so many yellow turban thieves, they would be able to kill them all in a while, Zhang Fei and the others were very excited.

Wen Chou suggested: "Lord, the enemy is less than 20,000 people, when we cross the river more than 10,000, we will start attacking, the four of us have nearly 3,000 cavalry, we can easily solve it, the lord does not need to go to the battlefield, just watch from the back." ”

Zhang Fei first supported Wen Chou's suggestion, so that he could kill a few more people and gain more military exploits, and hurriedly said: "Gonghuan is right, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and the lord will not be able to go to the battlefield in the future, it is too dangerous, just watch me kill the enemy here." ”

Yan Liang said: "Lord, why don't we start a war after they all cross the river?" Otherwise, we have so many cavalry, and we won't be able to kill a few people per person. ”

Gao Shun felt that these Yellow Turban Army had to be equipped or not, had no formation, and had no strict discipline, so it was not difficult to win, so he said: "Okay, I can not participate in the war, but I remind everyone that you must not underestimate the enemy at any time, even if the enemy is very weak, the lion fights the rabbit, you still have to do your best, not to mention the dangerous battlefield, you must be cautious." ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll pay attention."

Gao Shun said: "Not only pay attention to the enemy in front of you, but also pay attention to the invisible enemy, always send scouts to observe the surroundings, and analyze the enemy's situation, purpose or motive at any time, so that you can be invincible on the battlefield, which is the way to general, for example, the enemy on the opposite side only plays the role of luring the enemy, and there are more Yellow Turban thieves behind, so you can defeat the enemy as soon as possible, and you need the cavalry to maintain your physical strength and deal with the main force of the Yellow Turban." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Although the four of them agreed verbally, they still had some doubts in their hearts about Gao Shun's words.

In order to train the four of them, Gao Shun said: "Then the four of you will discuss how to attack, and I will not interfere with you." ”

"Yes, my lord."

After a little discussion, the four of them reached an agreement, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the right, Yan Liang and Wen Chou on the left, and the Siqu cavalry attacked at the same time.

Half an hour later, Yan Liang and Guan Yu felt that the enemy had come over for more than half and decided to attack.

Yan Liang and Guan Yu took the lead, followed by Wen Chou and Zhang Fei.

The majesty of nearly 3,000 horses galloping was very spectacular, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the earth, the ground shook, and the loud noise was heard several miles away; It was all black armor, and it looked like a black press, like a dark cloud pressing over, and the Yellow Turban soldiers were out of breath.

In the face of the Youzhou strong army, the Yellow Turban Army who had just put down their hoes was immediately frightened, some people stood still, and some people turned around and ran back.

At a distance of 3 miles, the war horse galloped in less than two minutes.

Before the enemy could reach them, a dense barrage of arrows inflicted heavy losses on the Yellow Turbans and exacerbated their fears.

Blood flowed into the river, and the water soon turned red.

The Yellow Turbans were crowded together and happened to be the target of the cavalry.

Guan Yu and Yan Liang did not stop, and led the cavalry to directly cross the river to surround them, which was contrary to Gao Shun's strategy of attacking half-crossing.

Wen Chou and Zhang Fei began to kill frantically in the north of Hebei, their spears and broadswords flew, and the flesh and blood of the Yellow Turban Army were flying.

There are not many horsemen in the Yellow Turban Army, and even fewer wear armor, Zhang Fei captured Deng Mao alive last time, and was rewarded with a jar of wine, this time he went straight to an officer wearing armor and riding a war horse, and the Yellow Turban Army in his way became a substitute for the dead.

Seeing such a fierce general, the Yellow Turban Army was frightened and immediately separated to both sides, and the Yellow Turban would appear in front of Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei shouted: "Thief, take your life!" ”

Zhen's opponent was dizzy, and Zhang Fei took advantage of the horse's momentum to take advantage of the snake spear to sweep and knock him off the horse. Turning the horse's head, the snake spear quickly pressed against the opponent's throat, signaled to the cavalry behind him, and immediately 2 cavalrymen dismounted and tied up the prisoner.

Zhang Fei ordered the commander of the cavalry and said, "You lead the Bensh cavalry and bring it back, and you must protect him for me." ”

"Yes, General!"

The Yellow Turban Army around all looked at Zhang Fei with frightened eyes, and no one dared to come forward to rescue him.

Gao Shun saw that the Yellow Turban Army had lost the courage to resist and that the commander was captured, so he asked the soldiers to shout: "Surrender or kill!" ”

"Surrender or kill!"

The shouts of hundreds of people in unison could be heard throughout the battlefield, and Yan Liang and Guan Yu stopped the killing of their men; At this time, the Yellow Turbans seemed to have received amnesty, and they all collapsed to the ground.

Gao Shun ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up immediately for the next battle.

More than 10,000 Yellow Turban troops, with the exception of a few who fled upstream and downstream of the river at the beginning of the battle, were either killed or captured; Of course, most of them were killed, and many people were trampled to death by crowding each other, and less than 3,000 people were finally captured and in good health; For the seriously injured, Gao Shun ordered them to end their lives directly, so as to prevent them from enduring more suffering, and in this era of lack of medical treatment, it was impossible to recover them.