At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Gao Shun led the army forward without stopping, and kept fighting to support the war, so as to gain continuous motivation to advance.

If Yuan Shu saw it, he would definitely appreciate Gao Shun's fighting style.

And Guo Peng also admired Gao Shun's fighting style very much.

But let's stop here, don't go any further, otherwise, I should be distressed.

On August [-]th, Guo Peng led his army to Fan County of Rencheng State and stationed here, and then took Xu Si and Ying Shao who had fled after the defeat into the Fan County Army for protection.

The two were terrified, afraid that Guo Peng would punish them, but Guo Peng sighed, stepped forward to help the two who were bound by themselves, and untied them.

"Lu Bu's sudden attack is something that no one expected. You are like this, and I am like this. Even so, you still fought hard. Even though you failed to win, you did your duty. What else is there to blame? ?”

Guo Peng pardoned Xu Si and Ying Shao, Xu Si and Ying Shao wept bitterly, and then Guo Peng ordered to appease Bian Rang, the governor of Shanyang County who "died in battle", and praised him for his loyalty to the country and devotion to his duty, unfortunately he died. Sad and painful.

Stabilizing people's hearts, Guo Peng began to order a counterattack.

Chen Ji had already secured the grain roads, and the grain stations along the marching road in the county had sufficient stocks, and a large number of civilians were recruited in time to help transport grain, stabilizing the supply of grain, so Guo Peng led his army forward slowly,

At that time, Gaoshun's vanguard had rushed to fifteen miles southwest of Fan County. Guo Peng sent Le Jin to lead a cavalry of 1000 men to attack them and test the strength of Gaoshun's army.

As a result, Le Jin easily won and defeated the 2000-strong vanguard.

Le Jin came back with more than 600 heads, saying that these people are not strong, there is no way to fight, and they will collapse at the touch of a touch.

Guo Peng has a bottom line in his heart.

Chapter 286 .280 Five Don't use your interests to challenge my ability to make a living

All of Gao Shunzhi's fame is due to the trapping camp with only 700 people.

That army is Gao Shun's real trump card, and the other troops are probably cannon fodder.

How difficult it is to train an elite army, Guo himself has deep feelings.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the army was recruited temporarily, and there were very few standing regular troops.

Their military discipline is corrupt, their combat effectiveness is weak, and they have little cooperation. It is okay to encounter simple enemies, but it is hard to say when they encounter powerful enemies.

The military strategists of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not fail to see this.

However, limited to the problems of the imperial court's policies and the financial problems of the Eastern Han government, it is unrealistic to restore the large-scale standing army of the Western Han Dynasty.

So in the later period, generals' private soldiers became very common, whether it was before or after the troubled times, Zhu Jun's private soldiers, Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi Cong, Gao Shun's trapped camp, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, etc.

These troops are well-equipped, well-trained, and have strong combat capabilities.

On the battlefield, the main general will often use powerful generals to lead these truly elite troops as the absolute main force. When the time is right, he will put this army into the battlefield and win a decisive victory.

Trapping the camp is Gao Shun's trump card, and it can even be said to be Lu Bu's trump card. As long as this army is destroyed, other Lu Bu's troops cannot be regarded as a threat.

Where did Lu Bu get his confidence? Guo Peng didn't know, but Lu Bu did clear away a lot of troubles in his heart.

Foreign enemies have never been a worry for Guo Peng, because dealing with them is justifiable, but if the internal enemies are to be dealt with, they need to pay a certain price.

Now that Lu Bu helped him clean up a large number of internal troubles, Guo Peng really didn't know how to thank Lu Bu.

Let me send you back to the west as a thank you, to thank you for helping me get rid of these troubles!

don't thank me.

You don't even have to thank me.

Guo Peng led his troops forward, and on August [-], he led his army to encounter Gao Shun's army in the west of Fan County, with a number of more than [-].

Guo Peng's army was about the same number, and the two armies were evenly matched in strength, so they spread out their formations and prepared for a big battle.

Gao Shun was still very cautious. After the vanguard army was defeated and returned, he was very surprised when he learned that Guo Peng had led his army to Renchengguo.

He felt that Guo Peng came a little too fast and exceeded his budget, but since Guo Peng came, he would continue to fight and could not just retreat.

Gao Shun understands the principle of leading a mob. If you fight with the wind, you can win. If you suffer a little setback, you will probably fail. If you retreat, you will be bloody and defeated.

Except for a small number of core elites and some soldiers with combat experience, most of them are recruited on the spot. They have no will to fight. They stay in the army when they see that they can steal money. As long as they are defeated once, You can say goodbye here.

Gao Shun was very aware of the situation between himself and Lv Bu. This kind of war cannot be defeated. Once the battle is defeated and the army collapses, Guo Peng can immediately counterattack, and everything he won before will be in vain.

Except for the plundered cities, those who surrendered can surrender now, and naturally they can surrender back. They are nothing but grass, falling on both sides.

Only by winning can the results be consolidated, and once you fail, everything before will be in vain.

Gao Shun arranged his troops carefully, letting experienced soldiers lead inexperienced soldiers to form an army formation, strictly preventing Guo Peng from finding any weaknesses.

But how could Guo Peng not find a weakness?

Guo Peng could see his greatest weakness from the composition of their soldiers who were not uniformly dressed and armed.

Guo Jia naturally saw it too.

"Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using them for a while, my brother has been training soldiers for a thousand days and spent countless money and food. Now is the time to test whether the soldiers are worthy of my brother's kind treatment."

Guo Jia and Guo Peng climbed up to observe Gao Shun's military appearance. After seeing it, Guo Jia said so to Guo Peng with some confidence.

Guo Peng nodded, expressing that he also agrees with Guo Jia's opinion.

"Yeah, I've been raising soldiers for so long, isn't it just for today?"

Why is the military appearance of the army led by Gao Shun so messy?

There were regular soldiers with helmets, men with clothed heads, and men with no headgear and disheveled hair.

There are normal soldiers in military uniforms, civilians in ordinary cloth clothes, and refugees with shirtless arms and legs. What's more, there are only a fig leaf on their bodies, and their shoes are tattered straw sandals.

The weapons in their hands are also varied.

There are excellent iron weapons, standard weapons, wooden sticks, bamboo spears, and even agricultural tools. At first glance, it looks like a large exhibition of cold weapons in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

There are not many soldiers with shields, and they are basically at the front, and there are no shields in the army behind.

There are also cavalry, but the number is not large, it is estimated that there are hundreds of people, less than a thousand.

Guo Peng also saw crossbowmen, but there were very few of them.

It is estimated that most of the equipment was obtained from the powerful manor they plundered.

The treasuries of these counties have not been innovated like the counties and counties directly controlled by Guo Peng. There may not be many weapons and equipment, and there may be many shoddy ones.

In the past, when Guo Peng sorted out the treasuries of various counties and counties, he also found many treasuries that were not managed by anyone at all. The things inside were rotten and no one managed them. However, there were many sophisticated weapons and even armors in the manors of powerful locals. Everything you need.

Gao Shun gathered so many troops in a short period of time, and probably lacked all the equipment. He put together a ragged army like a beggar, and wanted to pretend to be an army to fight?

How can you embarrass the elite soldiers that I, Guo, have worked so hard to train?

Unified battle armor, unified standard weapons, flying military flags, and a well-organized lineup.

If this professional army, which is fed with money and food, can't even defeat a motley army like a beggar like you, what's the point of my training?

Over there, Gao Shun also saw the difference in the military appearances of the two armies. At first glance, his military appearance was messy and he looked very uncomfortable, while Guo Peng's military appearance was neat and tidy, with flags flying, showing an elite posture.

Gao Shun felt that the situation might not be good, and he might have provoked Guo Peng's main force.

But even so, so what?

In the battle between the two armies, the ones at the forefront are all cannon fodder, and the ones who can really decide the outcome are the well-trained elite with bright armor around the general.

Gao Shun looked at the camp around him.

Although there are only 700 people, Gao Shun believes that these 700 people can create miracles.

They have undergone the most rigorous training, with excellent equipment and the best armor. No matter how difficult Lu Bu's situation is, this army will never be short of food and clothing.

As long as this army is still there, Lu Bu's Bingzhou Group can make a comeback no matter where it goes.

"Song Xian, I order you to lead the camp and wait for my order!"

"Yes!"

Song Xian took Gao Shun's general order and came to the army formation of the trapped camp, ready to attack.

This forbidden army will become Gao Shun's trump card and his decisive force in defeating Guo Peng.

Gao Shun has no doubts.

Then, the big fight started.

The sound of war drums sounded in Guo Peng's army formation, and Gao Shun immediately ordered the beating of the war drums, and the frontline army formation began to attack.

Gao Shun's formations at the front are basically regular troops, and the equipment is not bad. As long as they can defeat Guo Peng's former army formation, they can basically secure victory.

Gao Shun saw Guo Pengbu's large number of cavalry on both sides of the formation, and knew that the cavalry in his hand was definitely not the opponent of Guo Peng's cavalry, so the only option was to use infantry to defeat Guo Peng's infantry.

Guo Peng saw that Gao Shun's army had already attacked, so he also ordered his own army to attack.

The battle drums were beating and the drums were rumbling. The first-line army array received the order to attack, and under the command of the generals, they attacked across the board.

Guo Peng's army was highly organized, stepping forward and attacking step by step, the footsteps could gather together, shouting while advancing, the huge momentum could directly bring an imposing impact to Gao Shun's army.

The battle between the two armies has already started in the air.

But at this time, Gao Shun's army formation was far from being as organized as Guo Peng's army formation. The footsteps were broken and could not gather together, and the shouts could not be unified, which exposed serious coordination problems.

The so-called interlacing is like a mountain, which is true of any industry. The difference between professional and non-professional is a world of difference.

So there is a saying, don't use your interests to challenge my ability to make a living.

Chapter 287 .280 Six Resolute Gao Shun (revision)

Guo Peng didn't know how much effort he had put into making his tools of war stronger.

In addition to meticulously training the army, he did not hesitate to mobilize a large amount of manpower and material resources to build ordnance and build a huge number of ordnance to assist in the war. This is something other warlords cannot do.

I don't know if Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu can do it, anyway, Lu Bu definitely can't do it.

He has no time, no resources, no energy.

When the army formation reached a certain position, Guo Peng ordered the drums to stop beating, and the advancing army formations stopped advancing uniformly and set up defenses on the spot.

Gao Shun saw that Guo Peng's army formation was not far away from his own army formation and stopped. He felt that this was not the range of an ordinary bow and crossbow. Guo Peng wanted to use it for long-range strikes.

Judging from this posture, it is probably a long-range strike weapon such as a crossbow.

There are many types of crossbows, which are relatively high-end long-range strike weapons, and there are not many in Lu Bu's army.

This time the soldiers attacked in two ways, and the limited crossbows were basically taken away by Lu Bu. There were only a few on his side, and they could not form a large-scale attack, so they simply didn't use it.

It seems that Guo Peng has a lot of strong crossbows there.

The range of the strong crossbow exceeds that of ordinary bows and arrows. I lack a large shield on my side. It may be difficult to defend, and I cannot retreat. I can only speed up the forward speed and strive to enter the bow and crossbow shooting link as soon as possible.

So Gao Shun sent orders to speed up the drumming speed, ordering the frontline army to speed up the advance speed, and start shooting and hand-to-hand combat as soon as possible to offset the opponent's advantage in the crossbow.

As soon as the order was over, Gao Shun's eyes widened, as if he saw some incredible scene.

For him, it should be quite incredible.

A large number of arrows soared into the air from behind Guo Peng's army formation, crossed a short and straight arc, and accurately covered Gao Shun's army formation.

The general quantity is okay, and they can barely bear it. After a while with those big shields, they can enter the fighting range, and the advantage of the strong crossbow in range is meaningless.

But this is too much.

There was a storm in Gao Shun's heart.

Guo Peng...how many powerful crossbows does he have?

At the beginning, there were not many. Guo Peng searched the treasury of Qingzhou and got more than 800 pieces. After a little understanding, Guo Peng collected craftsmen and began to make various kinds of strong crossbows. And kicking crossbows and so on.

After occupying Yanzhou, Guo Peng searched for more than 800 usable crossbows from several counties in Yanzhou and the Yellow Turban Army. In addition to the ones he built himself over the years, he could make up nearly [-] crossbows.

This time, in addition to ordinary bows and arrows, Guo Peng also brought three thousand high-strength waist crossbows to the army. A group of soldiers who are proficient in using waist crossbows can launch them at any time, which is far superior to ordinary bows. Long-distance intensive shooting of the crossbow.

The soldiers in Gao Shun's army rushed forward when they heard a sound of piercing through the air. When they looked up a little, they saw countless black things approaching quickly.

In the next instant, arrow rain covered the area.

A mass of blackness fell from the sky, covering the ground, and the people standing on the ground fell down as if they had collapsed, and blood spattered everywhere.