In ancient warfare, because of the shortage of military food, there were often cases of cannibalism. As everyone knows, Huang Chao is a well-known man-eating demon king. According to historical records, in order to raise military food, Huang Chao ordered people to make hundreds of giant mortars, and pushed thousands of people into the "pillars" every day, crushed them, and ate them with bones. And the person introduced to you by the editor today also treats concubines and 30,000 women and children as military food. But unlike Huang Chao, he defended the city and fought until the last drop of blood was shed. Who is this person? He was Zhang Tour, a famous minister in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Zhu was a native of Hedong, Puzhou, and a scholar of the late Reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Since childhood, he has been well-read and proficient in the art of warfare. At a young age, he has lofty ambitions and only interacts with people with lofty ambitions. Later, he served as the governor of Qinghe County as a prince and made great achievements. After his term of office expired, Zhang was recalled to Chang'an. At that time, it was the prime minister Yang Guozhong who was in power, and some people advised Zhang to defect to Yang Guozhong. Only to see Zhang Patrol waving his hand and saying, "Such a person is in power, which is a strange thing for the country!" It seems that The Beijing official can't be!" So he was transferred to Zhenyuan County and then served as a county order.
And Zhang Patrol did not read it wrong, Tianbao fourteen years, the Anshi Rebellion broke out. A few months later, An Lushan captured the eastern capital Luoyang and established himself as emperor with the national name "Great Yan". Because the Tang Dynasty has been in peace for a long time, many counties and counties have not experienced war, so where the Anshi rebels passed, they looked all the way down. However, Zhang Tour, who had a strong personality, did not want to be a surrender faction, and he first led people to guard Yongqiu to kill the rebels of Ling Huchao, and then moved to Ningling, Suiyang and other places.
In 757, after An Lushan's death, his son An Qingxu sent his subordinate Yin Ziqi to join yang Chaozong with the elite tribes of Luo, Turkic, and Xi, and joined forces to attack Suiyang with more than 100,000 troops. Why does An Qingxu attach so much importance to Suiyang? It turned out that At that time, Henan and Hebei had been incorporated into his territory, and Suiyang was the gateway to the only remaining Jianghuai stronghold in the Tang Dynasty, which was related to the taxation of the Tang Dynasty. Once Suiyang was lost, the Tang Dynasty would be cut off from its economic lifeline, and it would be difficult to organize an effective counteroffensive thereafter.
It was precisely because Zhang Tour realized this that he relied on the 7,000 defenders in the city to negotiate with more than 100,000 troops outside the city for ten months. During these ten months, Zhang Patrol led people to repulse hundreds of enemy attacks and annihilated tens of thousands of enemy people. But because the grain and grass were cut off, the city began to run out of food. Seeing that the guards were dying one after another due to hunger, Zhang Patrol killed his concubines and cooked them to reward the soldiers. With Zhang Patrol taking the lead, Xu Yuan also killed his servants and distributed them to the soldiers. Since then, the 30,000 old, young, old, young, women and children in the city have been eaten one after another. By the time the city was destroyed, there were only about 400 people left in the city. Zhang And the defenders did not surrender until the end, and died of exhaustion. For such a general, what do you think of him?