In 755 AD, An Lushan rebelled against our troops in three towns and led150,000 soldiers to replace the Tang Dynasty. When the war broke out, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled to Shu, and countless Li people became victims of this war.
An Lushan has been planning for many years, and the soldiers are stronger than Ma Zhuang. At that time, Tang Jun couldn't help it and was losing ground. But in some areas, Tang Jun is still stubbornly resisting, including our hero Zhang Xun today.
Rebels captured Song, Cao and other states, and Yang, the satrap of Qiao County, surrendered, forcing Zhang Xun, then the magistrate of Zhenyuan County, to have a long history. Zhang Xun sternly refused and pulled up a team to resist the rebels.
History:
"The tide does not return, and the patrol is to kill the wife and go to the gravel city."
Yongqing county ordered Linghu Chao to surrender to the rebels. The single father county ordered Jia Ben and Zhang Xun to fight in the Qiu Yong Round, with a total strength of only 2,000. In order to prevent soldiers from surrendering again and to boost morale, Zhang Xun killed Ling Huchao's wife in Chengtou and dismembered her body.
Seeing this, Linghu Chao became enemies with Zhang Xun, immediately led tens of thousands of troops to attack Qiu Yong, and a battle for Qiu Yong began. Zhang Xun suited himself to defend the city, used bows and arrows to meet the enemy, poured oil on the grass, used crossbows at a distance, and used fire at a distance. While the enemy was slack, Zhang Xun led the troops to attack the city.
The battle lasted more than 60 days, and under the reasonable command of Zhang Xun, Qiu Yongcheng did not move. After a long time, there was not enough food in Qiu Yong City, just as Linghu Chao's rations had just arrived. Zhang Xun sent troops to rob food again, which not only robbed a lot of food, but also set fire to the rest of the food, making Linghu Chao flustered.
This time, the grain was available, but the arrow was shot out. In the battle of guarding the city, the role of bows and arrows is self-evident, commanding, and can kill a lot of the enemy's effective forces. Without an arrow, Zhang Xun can only lead the troops to withdraw.
Zhang Xun made more than 1000 scarecrows, wrapped them in black cloth and hung them outside the city with ropes at night. Because Zhang Xun used to sneak attack, Ling Huchao was also cautious about it. When he saw a shadow shaking over the city, he thought that Zhang Xun wanted to attack again at night. To be on the safe side, Ling Huchao ordered the arrow to be released.
The Scarecrow borrowed an arrow and staged it again here. Linghu Chao's soldiers shot many arrows, only to find that it was not a man at all, but a scarecrow. Linghu's nose was crooked, and Zhang Xun was shot by hundreds of thousands of arrows.
The second time, Zhang Xun did it again. Linghu Chao saw many shadows hanging down from Qiu Yongcheng again. Of course, Linghu Chao won't be fooled again. When we saw this, Zhang Xun sent 500 soldiers instead of scarecrows. Due to the unguarded Linghu tide, the rebel camp was in chaos and retreated for more than ten miles.
Zhang Xun can always win by surprise because of his flexible use of troops. However, due to too many enemy troops, it is still difficult to hold Qiu Yongcheng. Four months later, Zhang Xun led the troops to Suiyang.
Falling into death, Suiyang became a human purgatory.
The war continues. Zhang Xun didn't know what Tang Ting was like at this time. Tang Xuanzong escaped, so is there anyone in the court to make a decision? Are these the things that Zhang Xun is most concerned about? In his mind, there is only one purpose, that is, to defeat the immediate enemy and restore the dignity of the Tang Dynasty.
In 756 AD, Hengli ascended the throne for Tang Suzong in Lingwu. In the process of resisting the enemy, Zhang Xun finally got the news from the imperial court, and Zhang Xun was also promoted as a guest doctor and deputy Henan province.
Zhang Xun was confident, but things didn't get better then. The rebels are still extremely strong, with only 3,000 troops in Suiyang. Soon, An Lushan was killed by his son An Qingxu, and An Qingxu sent his general Yin to attack Suiyang with more than/kloc-0,000 troops.
Xu Yuan, the prefect of Suiyang, was in charge of the trench, and Zhang Xun was in charge of the military deployment. Even though there were hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, under the command of Zhang Xun, they were defeated many times until a big problem appeared.
Suiyang originally had 60,000 tons of grain, which could be sustained by instinct for one year, but Li Ju transferred half of the grain to Puyang and Yin Ji. Although Xu Yuan argued, there was nothing he could do. After all, Li Jue's rank was higher than Xu Yuan's, but Yin Ji soon defected. Those grains are also meat buns that beat dogs and never come back.
Soon, the grain in Suiyang City ran out, and the soldiers began to eat horses. When the horse is done, it only eats bark and boiled paper. Time goes by little by little, and the situation in the city has not changed at all. The soldiers began to fall one by one, leaving only 1000 people.
Even if Zhang Xun led the troops to repel the rebels again, it was only a matter of time before the city was broken. One day, Zhang Xun took out a big bag of meat from home, and there was blood oozing from it. Unknown so, a soldier, didn't know where the meat came from. It turned out that Zhang Xun killed concubines to serve as rations in order to feed the soldiers.
History:
"I toured my beloved concubine and said,' Your gentlemen have been short of food for years, but their loyalty has declined a lot. I hate not cutting meat to show sympathy for others. "I'd rather cherish a concubine and watch the people starve." It was a killing meal, and everyone sitting there cried. "
The soldiers looked around and then at the bloody meat in the bag. Hunger made them forget everything, and soon the bag of meat was eaten up. Xu Yuan also killed his servants and gave them to the soldiers, but there were more than 1000 soldiers. How can these people eat enough?
Soldiers who have tasted human flesh are out of control, and there are still 30 thousand women, children, old and young in the city, perhaps according to needs or time. In short, these people became food for soldiers. In the middle of the night, several soldiers sat around the campfire, surrounded by bones. They undoubtedly held human arms or palms in their hands and ate there.
The fire stretched the figure like a ghost. This doesn't happen in horror movies, but in reality. The soldiers in Zhang Xun almost ate up the people in the city. On the day of breaking the city, there were only 400 people left.
Failing to ask for help, serving the country with death.
After the failure of asking for help, the soldiers in the city couldn't hold on any longer. After all, Suiyang City was breached, and Zhang Xun and other people were all captured. The rebel Yin said to Zhang Xun:
"I heard that when you bid, you shouted loudly, your eyes were cracked and your teeth were broken. As for this? "
Yin immediately ordered Zhang Xun's mouth to be opened, only three or four teeth were left in his mouth, which was shocking. Later, Zhang Xun and others were killed by the rebels and died generously.
In the Anshi Rebellion, Zhang Xun defended Suiyang City and played an important role. He won valuable time for Tang Ting. Because of his desperate resistance, he also saved the Jianghuai area. After all, Jianghuai is the lifeblood of the empire. All the grain and grass need to be replenished here, and Suiyang is the barrier of Jianghuai. Three days after Zhang Xun's death, the imperial court sent reinforcements to recapture Suiyang again. Zhang Xun's loyalty and courage will continue to be passed down, but at the same time, the tragic and terrible war is equally chilling.
However, from now on, is it really meaningful to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army by eating ordinary people?