A Brief History of the First Strategist of the Sixteen Kingdoms

As the saying goes, a chaotic world makes a hero. The more turbulent and chaotic the world, the more heroes can be revealed!

In the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, first the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, followed by the Wuhu Rebellion, the north entered the chaotic Sixteen Kingdoms period.

At this time, the northern world was in chaos, and the flocks were chasing deer. A large number of heroes and heroes appeared, and the warriors and strategists appeared.

One of them is very different. He can even be compared with Zhang Liang of Han! So who is this person?

He was the founding strategist of Later Zhao, Zhang Bin, who was later known as the "First Strategist of the Sixteen Kingdoms"!

Zhang Bin, like Zhuge Liang, has been eager to learn since childhood, reading the history of the classics, Zhuge Liang compares himself to Zhongle Yi, while Zhang Bin compares himself to Zhang Liang of Han. He often said to his brothers, "My wisdom is not inferior to Zhang Liang's, but now I have not met a figure like Han Gaozu." Friends thought so.

After the outbreak of the Yongjia Rebellion, the depressed Zhang Bin did not flee south, but waited for the situation and waited for the opportunity.

Unfortunately, there are too few people in this world who are as discerning as Liu Bei, and he did not wait for the famous lord Sangu Maolu to invite him, so Zhang Bin had to take the initiative to attack and look for a male lord who could assist.

After careful observation, Zhang Bin felt that Shi Le had great ambitions and was a person who could achieve great things together.

Therefore, Zhang Binmao proposed himself to "raise the sword to the military gate and shout to please see." As soon as Shi Le saw that someone had defected to him, he was very happy and left Zhang Bin behind. After a period of time together, Shi Le found that Zhang Bin was indeed a wizard and had found the treasure himself!

At that time, Shi Le's strength was not strong, and he had many opponents, the first of which was his brother in the same trench, Wang Mi! On the surface, Shi Le and Wang Mi called each other brothers, but in fact, secretly Shi Le was extremely jealous of Wang Mi!

Zhang Bin also thinks so, "Wang Mi is a master and will definitely become our opponent!" Therefore, Shi Le adopted Zhang Bin's plan, and he must first take it, first send a large number of soldiers and horses to support Wang Mi in the northern war, and win over, and after gaining Wang Mi's trust, he held a feast at the Hongmen Gate and killed him at the banquet.

In 312, Shi Le led an army to the south, and as a result, it encountered torrential rain in the Jianghuai region, and like Cao Cao's Battle of Chibi, the outbreak of the epidemic broke out in the army, and before the war began, the army suffered heavy losses and was in a dilemma.

Shi Le was in a hurry, so he summoned his subordinates to a meeting to discuss the next plan of action.

There was a lot of discussion among his subordinates, and some even advocated surrendering to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Shi Le was not satisfied with the suggestions of his subordinates.

At this moment, Zhang Bin, who had been pondering for a long time, spoke, and he first criticized the proposal of surrender, saying that others can vote, but Shi Le cannot vote! Shi Le was the main force that destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty and surrendered to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, can he have good fruit to eat? Surrender is looking for death!

Zhang Bin went on to say, "Yi has the solidity of the Three Tais, the west of Pingyang, the Four Sai Mountains and rivers, and there is a throat, and it is advisable to migrate to the north. Cut down the rebellion, Heshuo is established, and there is no one on the right of the general. ”

Finally, Zhang Bin also analyzed the internal situation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, believing that they would not launch a fierce pursuit, "From the north province, the army to Shouchun, the weight of the army, the army Xu Hui, he is afraid of advancing and retreating." ”

After listening to Zhang Bin's words, Shi Le shouted, Great! Sir is really Zhang Liang alive! There is the talent of the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chicks!

Therefore, Zhang Bin was appointed as the Right Changshi and Zhonglei General, and "The Right Marquis".

After Shi Le occupied the xiang state (present-day Xingtai), he was strongly challenged by Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou in the Jin Dynasty. The two sides engaged in a fierce dragon and tiger fight.

Zhang Bin once again offered good advice and successfully defeated Wang Jun's army. With the assistance of Zhang Bin, Shi Le marched east to the west, and finally defeated his greatest rival, the former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao, basically unifying the northern region and facing off the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south.

In 319, Shi Le ascended the throne and rewarded meritorious ministers. Zhang Bin, a strategist who "has no chance to make a mistake and has no exhaustive strategy", was appointed as a major law enforcer and was responsible for taking charge of the government.

However, Zhang Bin did not have arrogance and arrogance in running the government of the dynasty, and he was honest and conscientious for the officials.

Three years later, Zhang Bin overworked and fell ill and died. Shi Le was very sad and wept bitterly.

When sending Zhang Bin's funeral, Shi Le cried: "God, I have not yet achieved a great cause, why did I take away my sub-room so early!" ”

Shi Le lost Zhang Bin, just as the later Jian Jian lost Wang Meng. Before Zhang Bin died, he asked Shi Le to guard against his nephew Shi Hu! However, Shi Le hesitated! Reluctant to get started.

Eventually, after Shi Le's death, the brutal Shi Hu killed Shi Le's son and made himself emperor of Later Zhao.

It may be that Zhang Bin's talent is enough to compete with Zhang Liang! Later generations have wild history legends that Zhang Bin is a descendant of Zhang Liang, yes or no, which cannot be verified.

The two people are the same: both people are surnamed Zhang.

One for the establishment of the Great Han, one for the establishment of Hou Zhao! They are all the heroes of the times, the dragon and phoenix among the people!