During the Tianbao period (742-755), Zhang Xun ordered Qinghe (now northwest of Qinghe, Hebei). Zhang Xun's character is generosity and helping the poor. During his tenure, he not only made outstanding achievements, but also was deeply loved by the people because of his fairness, honesty and compassion for the people. Return to Chang 'an after the expiration of his term. At that time, Yang Guifei's brother Yang was in charge of state affairs, and the ruling and opposition parties were in power. Zhang Xun was advised to go to Yang to find a good way out for himself. However, Zhang Xun sternly refused. He said, "The party is a wonder of the country and it is impossible to be an official." Soon, he was transferred to Zhenyuan (now Bozhou West, Anhui Province). Zhenyuan is located in the Central Plains, and there are many powerful landlords who collude with the government and do evil. South China Gold, a local snake, is the most violent. The local people say, "South Jinkou is a bright hand". After Zhang Xun came to power, he executed Nanguojin according to law, and then pardoned his henchmen and treated them well. Since then, everyone has been very kind. Zhang Xun's simple administration has made the people live and work in peace and contentment.
At the beginning of Li Longji's accession to the throne, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty made great efforts to govern the country, and the country entered its heyday, which was called "Kaiyuan Shi Sheng" in history. However, in the Tianbao period, in the process of singing and dancing, he began to be ambitious, unwilling to ask about political affairs, entrusted politics to adulterers and adulterers such as Li and Yang, and blindly enjoyed himself, making politics increasingly corrupt. On the ninth day of November in the 14th year of Tianbao (755), Pinglu (governing Yingzhou, now Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province), Fanyang (governing Youzhou, now southwest of Beijing) and Hedong (governing Taiyuan, now Shanxi Province) made An Lushan send troops from Fanyang150,000, claiming to be 200,000, and went south against the Tang Dynasty to Luoyang and Chang 'an. There has been no war for many years, and many counties and counties have no soldiers available and are unprepared. When local officials heard that the rebels were coming, they either abandoned the city or opened the door to meet the enemy. An Jun went south, met with little resistance, and soon occupied most of the area north of the Yellow River. 1February 12, An Lushan led many people to cross the Yellow River from Lingchang (now east of hua county, Henan Province), successively captured Chenliu (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) and Xingyang (now northeast of Xingyang) (see the battle of Xingyang), and defeated Feng Changqing in Wuxao (namely Hulao Pass, now west of Xishui Town, Xingyang City, Henan Province) and occupied Luoyang.
After the Anshi Rebellion captured Luoyang, Zhang Tonghu was the satrap of Suiyang (now south of Shangqiu County, Henan Province), which made Yang Chaozong, who had a long history with Liu Chen (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), ride thousands of fine horses and develop eastward, so many county officials surrendered or fled. However, when they entered Shandong, they were resisted by Zuo Li, the prefect of Dongping (now Shandong), and Li Sui, the prefect of Jinan (now Shandong). Officials and people in other places also responded to the dispatch of troops and rose up to ask for thieves. When Zhang Tonghu moved eastward, Yang, the satrap of Qiao County (now Bo County, Anhui Province), surrendered to the enemy and forced Zhang Xun to move westward to meet them.
In February of the 15th year of Tianbao (756), Jia Ben (now Shan County, Shandong Province), a single father, led an official who turned a deaf ear to Yang. At that time, Qiu Yong (now Qixian County, Henan Province) made Linghu eager to surrender to the rebels in the same city, led the army to attack eastward, and defeated Huaiyang (now Huaiyang, Henan Province) to help the soldiers. Linghu Chao took 100 prisoners to Qiu Yong for execution. Just when Linghu Chao went out of the city on business, Huaiyang soldiers took the opportunity to untie the rope, kill the guards, and closed the city to Linghu Chao, so Linghu Chao had to leave his wife and children and escape. Then Huaiyang soldiers welcomed Jia Ben into the city, and Jia Ben entered Qiu Yong with two thousand troops.
When Zhang Xun, who greeted the rebels in the west, arrived in Zhenyuan, he led his family to the emperor's ancestral temple to cry and sacrifice, and announced that he would rise up against the rebellion. Thousands of officials and people are willing to accompany them. Zhang Xun chose 1000 elite soldiers to meet Jabin in western Qiu Yong. After entering Qiu Yong, Jia Ben and Zhang Xun killed Linghu Chao's wife first, and then guarded the city together. After hearing the news, Wu Wang Zuo Li appointed Jia Ben as the suggestion. In order to avenge the death of his wife and children, Ling Huchao led an elite soldier to attack Qiu Yong on February 16, and Jia Ben attacked and died in a crushing defeat. Zhang Xun led the troops into battle to repel the rebels. Because of his bravery, he won the trust of the military and civilians and was regarded as the commander in chief. Zhang Xunsui also led Jia Benmin to continue guarding the city and defeated the rebels' repeated attacks within one month, with more than half of the casualties. After Zhang Xun reported the situation to Li Yong, Li Yong recognized the war committee east of Yanzhou to Zhang Xun. Since then, Zhang Xun claimed to be the pioneer of the prince of Wu and shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending Qiu Yong.
After the fall of Luoyang, the Tang court quickly mobilized and organized troops to fight against the Anjun army in the north and south of Luoyang. Hebei has Gao Qing, a magistrate of Changshan (now Zhengding, Hebei), Yan Zhenqing, a magistrate of Pingyuan (now Lingxian, Shandong), Zuo Li, a magistrate of Dongping, Li Sui, a magistrate of Jinan, and Lv Quancheng, a magistrate of Raoyang (ruling the southwest of Shenzhou, Hebei). They all used soldiers to win over An Lushan, blocking and containing Anjun, so that it could not move westward. At this time, Tang Jun gradually formed two major battlefields: one was the campaign to contain An Jun's westward advance; The second is to stop the Anjun from going south to Jianghuai. Jianghuai area is a land of wealth and wealth supply in Tang Dynasty. Once captured by the rebels, the consequences are unimaginable. Qiu Yong is the main road from Luoyang to Jianghuai area, which is of great strategic significance. Therefore, when the rebels failed to attack Qiu Yong for the first time, they were not satisfied with attacking Qiu Yong again, and a big war was inevitable.
On March 2, Linghu Chao and the insurgents Li Huaixian, Yang Chaozong and Xie Yuan led more than 40,000 people to compete for Qiu Yong (the battle of Qiu Yong). The soldiers and civilians in the city were greatly frightened and had no confidence in guarding the city. Zhang Xun thought calmly and made a bold decision after carefully analyzing the enemy's situation. He said to the generals, "Thieves and soldiers are elite, but they despise me. If you take it by surprise today, you will be shocked. If the thief is small, the city can be defended. " All the generals agreed. Zhang Xun immediately sent thousands of people into the city to defend, led thousands of people, divided the team. Suddenly, he opened the gate and rushed to the rebel camp. As soon as the rebels arrived and were still teetering, they retreated in horror. The next day, the rebels attacked the city again and placed hundreds of stones around the city. All the towers and female walls on the city were destroyed. Zhang Xun built a fence on the city to stop the rebel attack. The rebels had no choice but to storm and climb to the edge of the city one by one. Zhang Xunyi poured oil on a bundle of wormwood and burned it. The rebels were burned out of the city. Zhang Xun sometimes sees that the rebels are lax and suddenly sends his troops to attack; Sometimes in the dead of night, sneak attack the enemy camp. After more than 60 days of persistence and more than 300 battles, the rebels were finally repelled and pursued, killing more than 2,000 enemy soldiers and almost taking Linghu tide alive. In mid-May, Linghu Chao led the troops to besiege Qiu Yong again. Ling Huchao and Zhang Xun used to know each other. He went to the gate and tried to persuade Zhang Xun to surrender. Linghu Chao said, "The situation is tense, and soldiers can't go through the customs. It's a world event. The first step is to defend against danger with the soldiers, and loyalty and righteousness have nothing to stand for. How can I have money and money? " As a result, Zhang Xun flatly refused, and took this opportunity to humiliate Linghu Chao: "The father of the ancients died in Jun, and he didn't report it. I'm clearing my wife's grievances. I'm taking pictures for that little girl. I saw that your head was the avenue, and I laughed for a hundred years. What can I do? " Hearing this, Linghu Chao retreated with shame.
At this point, Geshuhan stuck to Tongguan, making the rebels unable to move forward; Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi defeated Shi Siming in Hebei successively, cutting off the communication line between the rebel front and john young's lair. The insurgents marched eastward and southward, and were blocked by Zhang Xun and Gui Lu in Qiu Yong and Nanyang (now Dengzhou, Henan) (see the Battle of Nanyang). An Lushan can't move forward, the rear is threatened, and the morale is shaken. He plans to abandon Luoyang and withdraw to john young. The war situation improved in the Tang army, but at this time, Tang Xuanzong overestimated the improvement of the war situation, forcing Geshuhan to send troops to fight in June. As a result, Tang Jun was defeated in the middle section of the West Garden of Lingbao (see the battle of Lingbao), and the Tongguan defense line completely collapsed, and the counter-insurgency situation immediately turned around. A few days after the fall of Tongguan, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled to Shu with his royal family. Chang 'an was occupied by the army. Li Guangbi is besieging Yu Boling (now Dingzhou, Hebei Province) in Shi Siming, and preparing to send troops north to take Fan Yang. Suddenly, I heard that Tongguan had fallen, so I had to clear the way and retreat to the south, and Guo Ziyi retreated into Jingxing (now southwest of Huolu, Hebei). In July, Hengli was in Lingwu (now southwest of Lingwu, Ningxia), that is, the throne was Tang Suzong, the yuan was changed to virtue, and Xuanzong was honored as the Emperor of Heaven.
At this time, Linghu Chao besieged Zhang Xun in Qiu Yong for more than 40 days and cut off contact with the imperial court. When Ling Huchao heard that Chang 'an fell and Xuanzong fled to the west of Shu, he wrote to Zhang Xun to persuade him to surrender again. Among them, six garrison generals also believed that there was a disparity in strength, and Xuanzong's life and death were uncertain, and they all advised Zhang Xun to surrender. Zhang Xun pretended to promise on the surface. The next day, Zhang Xun hung the portrait of Xuanzong in his class and led the soldiers to worship. Everyone was crying at that time. Then Zhang Liu will be in front of the hall, he will be responsible for justice, and he will defend the city more firmly.
At that time, food was scarce, and hundreds of ships of salt rice sent by the rebels were about to be transported to the front. When Zhang Xun learned this news, he made a diversion and led the army out of the south of the city overnight. Linghu Chao heard the news and led the troops to battle. Zhang Xun, however, sent warriors to the river, took the salt rice from the rebels, burned the rest, and then returned to the city safely.
As the rebels kept attacking the city, all the arrows in the city were used up. Zhang Xun ordered the foot soldiers to tie up more than 1000 grass men, put on black clothes and go down to the city at night. When the rebels found it, they thought it was a sneak attack and quickly shot an arrow. When the rebels found out that it was a scarecrow, Tang Jun had been shot by hundreds of thousands of arrows. A few days later, Zhang Xun selected 500 warriors and quietly laid them down in the night. The rebel side thought it was still a right person this time, and smiled unprepared. Five hundred brave soldiers took the opportunity to attack the Linghu imperial army camp, and the rebels were caught off guard. Suddenly there was chaos. They burned the base and ran away. Tang Jun pursuit 10, return. Linghu Chao was attacked one after another, and his brain was ashamed and angry, and he continued to send more troops to attack the city.
Zhang Xun asked Lang General Lei Wanchun to talk to Linghu Chao in the city, and the rebels took the opportunity to shoot Lei Wanchun with a crossbow. Although Lei Wanchun was shot six times in the face, he still stood still. Linghu Chao suspected that it was Woodenhead, so he sent troops for reconnaissance. He was very surprised when he learned that it was really Lei Wanchun. He said to Zhang Xun from a distance, "Only when you see General Lei can you be satisfied with your military orders, but it's like heaven!" Zhang Xun replied that the governor said, "If you don't know human feelings, how can you know heaven!"
Qiu Yong was besieged for a long time, and all the firewood was used up. Zhang Xun deceived Ling Huchao and said, "If you want to lead the people away, please withdraw your troops and let me escape." Linghu Chao didn't know what the plan was, so he led the troops back to the defense. Zhang Xun then led all the soldiers and civilians out of the city for 30 miles, tore down the house to get firewood, and then returned to the city. Hu Ling was furious and led an army to besiege the city, accusing Zhang Xun of breaking his word. Zhang Xun said to Linghu Chao, "You must take this city and thirty horses will be returned to you. I'll run away with the horse. Please use the city as an excuse. " Ling Huchao sent thirty horses as expected. When Zhang Xun got the horse, he gave it to all his junior soldiers and said to them, "If a thief comes, everyone should take one." The next day, Linghu Chao asked Zhang Xun why he didn't go out of the city to surrender. Zhang Xun said, "I wanted to go, but the soldiers wouldn't obey. What can I do? " Linghu Chao knew that he had been on the lookout again and was ready to attack the city in array. Before the array was ready, 30 young soldiers on patrol suddenly came out. Soon, the patrol led the troops into battle again, captured 14 rebels alive, cut down more than 100 checkpoints, and confiscated equipment, horses and livestock. The rebels fled at night, withdrew their troops into danger and stayed behind, afraid to come out and fight again.
Soon, more than 7,000 soldiers and cavalry of the rebels entered the White Sands whirlpool, and Zhang Xun led a night attack to defeat the rebels. When Zhang Xunjun arrived in Ling Tao (now ten miles southeast of surabaya county, Henan Province), he met more than 400 reinforcements from the rebel army, all of whom were captured. Zhang Xun separated the captured rebels and killed the soldiers of Gui Zhou (now southeast of Huairou, Hebei Province), Tan Zhou (now Beijing) and Hu Ren. The coerced soldiers in Xingyang and Liu Chen were dismissed, and they returned to their respective businesses. Within ten days, more than ten thousand families left the rebels and joined Zhang Xun.
In the same month, Linghu Chao led Qu Boyu to attack Qiu Yong again. Fox Tide first sent four messengers to the city to surrender, but they were all killed by Zhang Xun, and then escorted his entourage to the place where the king of Wu lived. At this point, Zhang Xun led thousands of people, stuck to the isolated city in April, and resisted the attack of tens of thousands of rebels, winning every battle. At that time, Li Jutun, the king of Henan, guarded Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) and pretended to be a pioneer. In the battle of Qiu Yong, Zhang Xun was outnumbered, stuck to the isolated city, inspired the soldiers with loyalty, and won Qiu Yong's defense with great wisdom to stop the rebels from going south.
After that, Zhang Xun defeated the rebels many times. In August, An Lushan Li, a native of Henan, led an army of 20,000 to attack and set up camp 30 miles east of the city. Zhang Xun led 3000 soldiers to attack, smashed the rebels and killed most of them. Li took over the army and fled overnight. On the fourth day of October, Linghu Chao and Wang Fude led more than ten thousand cavalry to attack Qiu Yong. Zhang Xun led the troops to attack and defeated the rebels again, killing and injuring thousands of people. The rebels fled after defeat. In December, Ling Huchao led more than 10,000 soldiers to camp in northern Qiu Yong. Zhang Xun led the troops to attack and defeated the rebels, who fled.
Linghu Chao and Li led tens of thousands of troops to attack (now Qixian County, Henan Province). Not only did they not occupy it for several months, but they were defeated one after another, so they dared not lay siege to Qiu Yong easily. In desperation, the rebels had to set up qi zhou in northern Qiu Yong in1February to build a city and cut off food aid from Qiu Yong to force a patrol. He sent troops to capture Lujun (now Yanzhou, Shandong Province), Dongping (now northwest of Dongping, Shandong Province) and Yin Ji (now southwest of Dingtao, Shandong Province), all of which were captured by rebels. Li Ju, the king of Guo, Henan Province, led his troops eastward to the Huaihe River. Yang Chaozong, a rebel army, led twenty thousand troops to attack Ningling (now southeast of Ningling, Henan) to cut off Zhang Xun's back road. In this case, Qiu Yong was unable to defend, so Zhang Xunsui voluntarily gave up Qiu Yong, led 300 horses and 3,000 soldiers to Ningling, and joined forces with Suiyang prefect Xu Yuan and city father Yao Mao. On the same day, after Yang Chaozong led the troops to the northwest of Ningling, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan sent Lei Wanchun and Nan Jiyun to lead the troops (see the battle of Ningling). After a fierce battle day and night, Yang Chaozong was defeated, with more than 20 rebels killed and more than 10,000 heads beheaded. The dead body was filled with bian water and flowed down. Yang Chaozong collected the remains and fled overnight. Tang Suzong appointed Zhang Xun as Yuzhou's deputy envoy to command Jianghuai operations. Zhang Xun thought that his subordinates had made meritorious service, and sent messengers to see Guo Wang Li Jue, asking for an empty letter of appointment and reward items, while Guo Wang Li Jue only gave a captain Chong and a captain Guo Yi 30 letters of appointment, but did not give any reward items. Zhang Xun wrote a letter accusing Li Jue: "Clan society is still in danger, and it is lonely outside the mausoleum. Can the canal be generous? " Li Ju didn't reply.
At this time, the counter-insurgency war gradually deteriorated. In the first month of the second year of Zhide (757), An Lushan was killed by his son An Qingxu, and An Qingxu proclaimed himself emperor according to Luoyang. Shi Siming, the rebel army, recaptured counties in Hebei, then entered the isolated city of Taiyuan (referring to the battle of Taiyuan), in an attempt to seize Hedong, and then went straight to Shuofang, Hexi and Longyou. An Qingxu also took Yin as our time in Henan and led the troops to attack Suiyang, so as to develop in the direction of Jianghuai and seize the rich land. In this way, the focus of the struggle between the two sides has shifted to Taiyuan and Suiyang, two strategic places. If one of the two places is conquered, the consequences will be unimaginable. On the 25th day of the first month, Yin Yingui, Tanerzhou, Tongluo, Turkic and other soldiers joined Yang Chaozong, and a total of130,000 troops attacked Suiyang (see the battle of Suiyang). Xu Yuan, the prefect of Suiyang, heard the news and reported it to Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun led more than 3,000 people from Ningling to Suiyang and joined forces with Xu Yuan, totaling 6,800. With the support of the whole city, he fought fiercely with the rebels. The rebels tried their best to attack the city. Zhang Xun personally bid, encouraged soldiers, and fought the rebels day and night. Sometimes they beat back more than 20 attacks a day and fought for 16 days and nights, capturing more than 60 rebel generals alive and killing more than 20,000 foot soldiers, which doubled the morale of the defenders. Xu Yuan-sword, Zhang Xun, both wisdom and courage, so he said to him: "Avoid cowardice, don't train soldiers, gather wisdom and courage;" Please keep it for the public, and please fight for it. "Since then, the two have made a division of labor, and Xu Yuan is responsible for logistics support such as adjusting rations and repairing combat equipment; Zhang Xun is fully responsible for military command. From then on, the two worked closely together and took care of each other, forming a life-and-death relationship. At that time, Xu Yuan led Li Tao to rescue Dongping and surrendered to the rebels, and colluded with general Tian Xiurong. When Xu Yuan found out, he told Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun called Tian Xiurong into the city and beheaded him. Under the stubborn resistance of the defenders, the rebels attacked the city many times and had to retreat at night. Zhang Xun led the soldiers to defeat Yin continuously, and got many horses, horses, cows and sheep, all of which were given to the soldiers, but he didn't want any. Zhang Xun was named Cheng in the Imperial Examination, as the Imperial Examination and as the official department doctor.
Zhang Xun wants to attack Liu Chen. After learning the news, Yin led the army to besiege Suiyang again in mid-March. Zhang Xun encouraged the soldiers to say, "I owe my country. I'm dying." However, it pains my ears to think that you sacrificed your lives and wiped the grass, but you got nothing in return. "Upon hearing this, the soldiers were emotional and bravely challenged. So Zhang Xun killed the cattle and gave a banquet, rewarded the soldiers and led the whole army to battle. When the rebels saw the serenade of the loyalists, they didn't care. Zhang Xun led the soldiers straight to the rebel camp with a flag in his hand. The rebels were unprepared and routed. Tang Jun beheaded more than 30 enemy generals, killed more than 3,000 foot soldiers and pursued dozens of miles. The next day, the rebels arrived at the city gate again, and Zhang Xun led the troops to fight and repelled the rebels' attacks many times. At the most intense time, they fought dozens of times a day and night, repeatedly defeating the edge of the rebels, but the rebels were still besieged.
In May, Yin added more siege troops, and the siege became more violent. In order to make the enemy exhausted, Zhang Xun often beat drums and lined up in the city at night, making it look like an attack, which made the rebels afraid to rest all night and put them on alert. After dawn, Zhang Xun stopped to rest the troops. The rebels had a bird's-eye view of the city, and when they saw that there was no movement in the city, they rested. Zhang Xun took advantage of the enemy's slack, took Shang Jiyun, a dozen brave generals, each with fifty cavalry, and made a sudden attack, taking Yin's barracks straight. The rebels were in chaos, beheading more than 50 enemy soldiers and killing 5000 infantry.
One of the rebels, the chief of the conference semifinals, dressed in armor, led Hu Bing on a thousand-horse patrol. Zhang Xun secretly buried dozens of warriors in the moat and equipped them with hooks, knives, crossbows and other weapons. He made an appointment: "I am excited when I hear the drums." The conference semifinals relied on their own troops and were unprepared. When the conference semifinals walked under the wall, drums suddenly sounded in the city, and dozens of warriors suddenly fought out and captured them all. The rebels behind don't know what happened to the conference semifinals in front of them, and they want to save lives, but they are all shot back with strong crossbows and can't move forward. After a while, the warriors hiding in the moat climbed back to the female wall along the city wall. The rebels were shocked to learn the reason. From then on, they stayed where they were. Zhang Xun wanted to catch the thief and the king, and decided to shoot Yin, but the soldiers didn't know him. Zhang Xunsui cut wormwood into arrows and fired at the rebels. The rebels who were shot were very happy, thinking that the arrows in the city had been used up, and immediately reported to Yin. Zhang Xun therefore recognized Yin and asked Nan Jiyun to shoot Yin. Nan Jiyun hit Yin's left eye with an arrow, and the rebels immediately made a mess. Tang Jun tried to fight back and almost took Yin alive. Withdraw from the army with yin injury, and then solve the siege of Suiyang.
On July 6, Yin once again concentrated tens of thousands of troops to besiege Suiyang. Prior to this, Xu Yuan's 60,000-stone grain accumulated in Suiyang could be used by the military and civilians for one year, but Li Jue, the king of Guo, insisted on giving half to Puyang (now Henan) and Yin Ji County, and refused to argue. As a result, Yin Ji surrendered to the rebels shortly after receiving the food. At this time, Suiyang City was short of food, and the food of foot soldiers was reduced to one (10 is 1 liter), so we had to mix tea, paper and bark. For the sake of food, this seriously affected their combat effectiveness and made them too thin to open the crossbow. But under the guidance of Zhang Xun, the defenders still fought tenaciously. Because there was no rescue outside, the soldiers were hungry and sick, and the number of defenders was reduced to 1600.
The rebels surrounded Suiyang heavily, and Zhang Xun prepared weapons to defend the city against the rebels. The rebels made a ladder as high as half a rainbow, with 200 elite soldiers on it, and pushed it to the gate, hoping to jump into the city. Zhang Xun dug three holes in the wall in advance. When the ladder was about to arrive, he stretched out a big wood from one hole, put an iron hook on his head, hooked the ladder so that it could not retreat, and another wood came out of the other hole to hold the ladder so that it could not move forward. In another hole, a big piece of wood was planted and an iron cage was put on its head. The cage was full of fire and the ladder was on fire. As a result, the ladder was burned in the middle, and all the rebels on the ladder were burned to death. The rebels also hooked the watchtower on the city with a hook car. Wherever the hook car went, the watchtower collapsed. Zhang Xun put an iron chain on a big log, and the lock was fitted with a big ring to trap the hook of the rebels. Then he took it to the city with a pickup truck, cut off the hook of the car, and then let it go. The rebels also made wooden donkeys to attack the city, and Zhang Xun melted molten iron to water the donkeys, which was immediately destroyed. The rebels finally piled firewood in the northwest corner of the city to make a walkway, hoping to climb the city. Zhang Xun didn't fight the rebels during the day. At night, he sent someone to secretly throw Song Ming's dried Artemisia and other flammable materials on the piled steps, but the rebels didn't notice. Ten days later, Zhang Xun led the army out of the city to fight and set fire to the wind. The rebels were unable to put out the fire, which was put out more than 20 days later. Zhang Xun always improvises when directing operations, and the rebels are at a loss. All of them were frightened by Zhiyong and dared not attack again, so they dug three trenches outside the city and erected fences to surround Suiyang. Zhang Xun also dug trenches in the city to fight the enemy.
In August, after the death and injury of Suiyang defenders, the number of foot soldiers has dropped sharply to 600. Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan divided the whole city into two parts, and personally led the troops to stick to it, with Zhang Xun guarding the northeast and Xu Yuan guarding the southwest. The two men share weal and woe with the foot soldiers and guard them day and night. For the rebels who besieged the city, Zhang Xun was also righteously righteous. As a result, more than 200 rebels defected. At that time, the rebel Li Huaizhong was patrolling at the gates. Zhang Xun asked him, "What can I do for you?" Li Huaizhong replied: "The second stage." Zhang Xun asked again, "What about your ancestors, fathers and officials?" Li Huaizhong replied, "Of course." Zhang Xun asked again, "You are an official and eat the millet of the son of heaven. Why turn off your bow with a thief? " Li Huaizhong replied, "Otherwise, I used to be a general, fighting to the death, but I actually killed a thief. This is simply heaven. " Zhang Xun asked again, "Since ancient times, disobedience has ended in extinction. As long as the world is peaceful, your parents, wives and concubines will jointly punish you. How can you stand this? " Upon hearing this, Li Huaizhong hid his face and wept, and then led dozens of people to patrol.
At that time, Tang Jun general Xu was in Qiaoxian County, Shang Heng was in Pengcheng, and Helan was in Linhuai. Seeing that the city became more and more difficult to defend, Zhang Xun sent Nan Jiyun to break through and asked Xu Jishu for help. However, Xu Jishu refused to send troops and only sent thousands of pieces of cloth. Nan Jiyun was furious when he saw this. He immediately cursed Xu and wanted to fight it to the death. Xu indefensible, dare not answer. Subsequently, Zhang Xun sent Nan Jiyun to lead 30 cavalry to break through and ask for help from Helan Jin Ming stationed in Linhuai. After Nan Jiyun left the city, tens of thousands of rebels came to stop him. Nan Jiyun led the cavalry straight into the enemy line, shooting from left to right, invincible, only lost two cavalry.
When Nan Jiyun arrived in Linhuai, he met Helan Jin Ming and explained his purpose. However, Helan Jin Ming said, "I don't know whether Suiyang is alive or dead today. What's the point of joining the army!" Nan Jiyun said, "If Suiyang falls, Ji Yun will die to thank the doctor. Besides, pulling out Suiyang is as close as fur, and it can't be saved! " But Helan Jin Ming still refused. Helan Jinming did not send reinforcements. First, he was jealous of the reputations of Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan. Second, they were at odds with Fang Fang, the prime minister of the dynasty, and took Xu as the all-knowing military envoy for Helan's entry into the Ming Dynasty. Both of them controlled Helan's entry into the Ming Dynasty as ancient counselors. Xu thinks he is an elite under his command, and his position is no worse than Helan's, so he is not controlled by him. Helan was afraid of coming to help, and did not dare to divide his troops. Seeing that Nanji Cloud was brave and good at fighting, Helan Jinming not only refused to send troops, but also wanted to keep Nanji Cloud for his own use, so he set up a sumptuous banquet to entertain Nanji Cloud, accompanied by singing and dancing. Seeing this, Nan Jiyun burst into tears and said while crying: "Our state capital was forced to fight hard, and it was besieged for half a year, and there was no way out. At the beginning of the siege, there were tens of thousands of people in the city. Today, women of all ages ate all the food. Zhang Zhongcheng killed his concubine and soldiers. Now there are only a few thousand people in the city, who are divided into bait thieves. However, Suiyang was pulled out, that is, it is close to Huaihai, and fur is dependent on each other. It needs help. Ji Yun then braved the thief's blade, bowed down and asked for a teacher, saying that the doctor was deeply in danger, and reciprocated with words. Why did he get a banquet and live in peace, but he didn't want to save his shirt? What husbands, loyal ministers and benevolent people have done should be so! Ji Yun can't do what the Lord wants. Please bite a finger and leave it with the doctor as a letter and report it to our state. " At the end of the speech, Nan Jiyun bit off one of his fingers. At that time, everyone was surprised and burst into tears. Later, Nan Jiyun drew an arrow and shot it at the floating wall of the Buddhist temple, vowing, "If I break the thief, I will destroy Helan. This is why I am determined! "
Nanji Cloud left angrily and went to Zhenyuan first. Zhenyuan asked Li Ben to give Nanji Cloud one hundred horses. When I arrived in Ningling, I collected more than 3,000 people from the city guard Lian Tan. On August 15, Nan Jiyun returned to Suiyang. Because of the outbreak of Nan Jiyun, the rebels were on guard day and night. After a big battle outside the city, Nan Jiyun fought his way out, and only one thousand people entered the city. The soldiers in the city mourned for several days when they heard that reinforcements had not arrived.
Knowing that there was no food in the city, Yin stepped up his siege. In 10, Suiyang ran out of food and had to eat bark. After the bark was eaten up, horses were forcibly slaughtered and rats and birds were dug up. But this still can't meet the daily needs. In this case, it finally developed into a tragic situation of cannibalism. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Zhang Xun brought his concubine to the public and said to them, "A gentleman is guarding the city for his country, and he has been short of food for years, and he is devoted and loyal. Unfortunately, this woman can't cut her own skin to spit on soldiers. " Pet-name ruby so love my concubine to kill it, then reward soldiers to cook it. When the soldiers saw it, they all cried. Zhang Xun forced everyone to eat. Soon, Xu Yuan also killed the slave boy to satisfy his hunger. Then tie up all the women in the city and use them to satisfy their hunger. By the day it broke the city, it had eaten 20,000 to 30,000 people. The people also knew that the city was going to die, so no one rebelled. In the end, they only brought more than 400 people.
In this case, some people began to talk about abandoning the city to break through, but Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan insisted: "If you abandon Suiyang, Jiang and Huai, the thief will take advantage of the victory and drive, without Jiang and Huai." I am hungry, so I can't go. The ancient warring States governors were still helping each other, and the situation was dense and handsome! It is better to stick to it. "So stick to aid.
1October 9 (namely 165438+7571October 24), the rebels attacked the city again, and the defenders were unable to fight. Suiyang city was finally breached by the rebels. When the city was broken, Zhang Xun bowed to the west and said, "I have exhausted my wisdom and courage, and I can't restrain bandits and protect the isolated city." Although I am a ghost, I swear to be a thief to thank me. The city fell, Zhang Xun and Zhang Xun were captured. The men cried when they saw Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun comforted everyone and said, "Don't be afraid. Death is life. "Everyone can't look up. When Yin met Zhang Xun, he asked, "I heard that Qi Huangong was supervising the army. I cried so hard that my teeth were broken. What's wrong? " Zhang Xun replied, "I want to swallow thieves and bend my ears." Yin was furious and cut Zhang Xun's mouth open with a knife. There are only three or four teeth left inside. Zhang Xun swore angrily, "I died for your father. I am a thief, but I am a dog. I have been safe for a long time! Seeing Zhang Xun's integrity, Yin wanted to let him go. "。 At this time, someone said, "Those who keep righteousness will be used by me? And win everyone's heart, don't stay. "So I want to use force to force Zhang Xun to surrender, but Zhang Xun is honest and would rather die than surrender. So the rebels advised Nan Jiyun to surrender, but Nan Jiyun made no statement. Zhang Xun thought Nan Jiyun was wavering and shouted, "Nanba! People are dead, don't wronged yourself! "Nan Jiyun said with a smile," Those who want to succeed and know me dare not die! "He refused to surrender. On the same day, 36 generals including Zhang Xun and Nan Jiyun, Yao Mao and Lei Wanchun were killed. Xu Yuan was sent to Luoyang and killed on the way. That year, Zhang Xun was forty-nine years old.
In the battle of Suiyang, Zhang Xun responded to the enemy's strain and made a surprise attack. In the face of strong enemies, he held on for as long as October, fought more than 400 battles, beheaded 300 generals, and annihilated 6.5438+0.2 million rebels. Coupled with the previous battle of Qiu Yong, which lasted 2 1 month, it saved the Jianghuai area, the financial and tax supply base of the Tang Dynasty, and bought time for Tang Jun to organize a counterattack.
Prior to this, Zhang Gao, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and our ambassador to Henan, learned that Suiyang was in danger and worked hard day and night, and ordered four Chinese envoys, namely Li Xiyan in eastern Zhejiang, Li Bu in western Zhejiang, Gao Shi in Huainan, Deng Jingshan in Qingzhou and Qiu Xiao, the satrap of Qiaoxian County, to send troops to rescue. A man named Xiao is the closest, but he doesn't listen to the troops. When Zhang Gao arrived in Suiyang, the city was broken for 3 days. In a rage, Zhang Gao called Qiu Xiaozhi and killed him under the staff. 10 days later, Tang Jun organized a strategic counterattack to recover Chang 'an in one fell swoop (see the battle of recovering Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty). The history book says: "If you are outnumbered, you will die if you are hungry and can't save food." Who is too arrogant? "
After the death of Zhang Xun, the emperor ordered Zhang Xun to be the secretariat of Yangzhou and Jingzhou. Nan Jiyun opened the government with three divisions and granted the governor of Yangzhou; And spoil his descendants, Zhang's Xunzi Zhang Yafu worships the general; At the same time, it also exempted Suiyang and Qiu Yong from the three-year tax. Tang Suzong also named him Deng Guogong, known as Zhang Zhongcheng in history. During Zhenyuan period (785-805), Zhang Xun's wife was Mrs. Shen Guofu, and she was given 100 silks. During the middle age (847-859), the portraits of Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and Nan Jiyun were placed in Lingyange. Zhang Xun's deeds are praised by later generations. In memory of Zhang Xun, later generations built temples for him in Suiyang, Qixian and Nanyang. He, Zhang Heng and Zhang Zhongjing are known as the "Three Masters of Nanyang". Today, residents in Jianghuai, Taiwan Province and Southeast Asia still regard Zhang Xun as "Yue Fei in Tang Dynasty" and "Wang Yezhang". At the same time, the Zhang Xun Research Association was established to publish various research works for publicity and dissemination.