Author: Qi Yunke
(Tian Dan)
Tian Dan was a famous general in the middle and late Warring States period. After the Five Kingdoms attacked, he assisted the new monarch, recruited troops, defended his family and defended the country, and made immortal contributions. But why was it that such a famous general who had made great contributions to the society was sold to the State of Zhao by the State of Qi?
First, the beginning of the chaotic world
Tian Dan, who was the same sect as king of Qi, was only in his generation, and his blood relationship with king Qi Min at that time was already very distant.
He is not qualified to stand in the court and directly contribute to the people's livelihood of the society, but can only be a market manager at the grassroots level, in other words, just mixed food. He was stronger than the later Liu Huang's uncle Liu Bei, who sold straw shoes when he was young, and although he failed to become an official, he was a small official. Although Liu Bei claimed to be a relative of the Han Dynasty, no one could say whether he was clear or not, and he did not dare to fully affirm it, after all, the last year of the Eastern Han Dynasty had passed more than three hundred years after the era of the Han Jing Emperor.
If time is still flowing, just rushing away, and people's lives are fleeting for decades, then Tian Shan is very likely to be covered up by the smoke and dust of history and not known to the world. Fortunately, he caught up with a chaotic world, an era in which the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, which was either fortunate for him, but for the vast number of qi subjects, it was a disaster.
In this chaotic world, the initiator was The Field of King Qi Min. It is said that this house is also a capable person, with the solid foundation left by the previous kings such as King Qi Wei and King Qi Xuan, after taking the throne, he did not exert much effort to govern, and he could also be a prince of Shoucheng and a prince of Taiping, eating, drinking and having fun. However, the field is not satisfied with the status quo, and is bent on opening up the territory and expanding the territory, covering the ancestors and building up the ancestors.
Therefore, under the "wise" leadership of the field, the State of Qi, with its wealth and great wealth, beat up the country today, and Ming'er bullied the princes, and took the sheep by the hand and grabbed some cities, land, children, jade and so on. There is might, there is oil and water, there is dignity, of course, there seems to be merit, but the burden of ordinary people is heavy, and they begin to complain.
The people who were dissatisfied with King Min were not only the Qi people, but also the people of other princely states, especially the Yan people. When the people of the Yan kingdom would not forget the rebellion of the sons, King Xuan of Qi, in the name of eliminating the rebellion in the Yan kingdom, sent Kuang Zhang to lead an army into the Yan kingdom to take advantage of the fire and looting, killing their prince Ping, stealing many treasures, and killing tens of thousands of people.
After King Yan Zhao ascended the throne, he worked hard to become stronger and bent on killing the State of Qi for revenge. With the assistance of a group of Nengchen, the State of Yan was able to revitalize and soon launched a five-nation alliance and attacked Qi.
The Five-Nation Alliance defeated the Qi army on the western bank of Jishui, and then killed all the way to Linzi City. It was too late for King Qi Min to flee for his life, and he didn't care about the lives of the people. At this time, Tian Dan was pushed onto the stage of history.
Second, strive to restore the country
The Yan army led by Le Yi was the main force of the Five-Nation Alliance, and soon occupied a large area of the territory of the State of Qi, and finally only the two cities of Ju and Jimo were still resisting. Ju, because King Min of Qi was there, and with the support of reinforcements from the State of Chu, he insisted on not being breached for a long time. However, chu later killed King Min of Qi and tried to make himself king of Qi, causing people in the city to be unstable.
Under the auspices of the local secretary of state, Jimo also insisted on defending the city with difficulty. Soon, the secretary general who presided over the city affairs was killed in battle, and the people in the city immediately lost their main backbone and suddenly became chaotic. At this time, some people recommended Tian Dan to take over, because when he first escaped, he asked his people to remove the end of the axle and wrap it in an iron cage, the car was not scattered, and they were not captured by the enemy in the chaos. Therefore, everyone agreed that Tian Shan had a brain and should be elected.
Although it is a bit of a duck on the shelf, Tian Dan did not disappoint everyone. He declared himself a general and began to take charge of the defense of the city, strengthening the city walls, training the militia, and keeping an eye on the enemy's movements.
Soon, King Zhao of Yan collapsed, and Le Yi was at odds with the newly established King Hui of Yan, and fled to the State of Zhao after being deposed as a general. The robber led the Yan army to attack Jimo, and he closed the door and did not fight.
In order to do a good job of ideological work for the people in the besieged city, Tian Dan ordered the subjects to sacrifice their ancestors when eating, and the birds in the air smelled the aroma of the food and fell around. He said to the man, "See? These birds of god have come to help us restore our country. He also made a soldier a priest, with great respect and confusion for his subjects.
In order to arouse the hatred of his subjects against the Yan army, he declared: "The People of Qi are most afraid of being cut off their noses in defeat. "The horse robbers outside the city heard about it, and they cooperated very well, and when they caught the Qi people, whether they were soldiers or civilians, they all cut off their noses."
Tian Dan also declared: "The people of the State of Qi are most afraid of the exhumation of the graves of their ancestors. "The robbers quickly cooperated, digging up the graves outside the city, collecting firewood and grass, and burning the corpses to destroy the traces."
In this way, the Jimo people were angry and angry, wiped away their tears, and decided to fight to the death.
So Tian Dan set up a fire bull array: he collected more than a thousand cattle in the city, dressed them in red clothes, painted colorful dragon texts on his body, tied short blades to the horns, and tied greased reed grass on his tail. At night, the city took the initiative to cut open dozens of city walls, ignited the oxtail, released it out of the city, and went straight to the Yan army camp, followed by five thousand strong men.
One by one, the fire dragons stabbed into the quiet Yan army camp, burned, burned, and stabbed to death countless sleeping soldiers, the general was killed on horseback, and the Yan army was defeated miserably, and since then it has been out of control.
Tian Dan led his army to recover all the Qi cities occupied by the Yan army, drove out the forces of the State of Chu, restored the entire territory of the State of Qi, and welcomed the crown prince of Qi Min back to Linzi City, officially taking the throne as King Xiang of Qi.
Tian Dan worked hard to restore the country, made immortal contributions to the country, and made great contributions to the Jiangshan Sheji, and was named An Pingjun.
Third, flee to the Zhao Kingdom
Tian Dan was extremely popular in the State of Qi, and it was inevitable that he would be jealous, and later he was ostracized, and the King of Qi Xiang did not speak for him, and he could not gain a foothold in the State of Qi, so he fled to the State of Zhao.
The arrival of Tian Dan was also welcomed by King Zhao Huiwen, just as he welcomed Le Yi to defect. It is said that in order to reward the State of Qi, King Zhao offered three large cities and some small cities on the border between the two countries, a total of more than fifty. This means that Tian Dan will be a member of my Zhao State after that, and Qi Guo can no longer have any thoughts about him. Look, these big and small cities are his worth, and we are not white generals who want you, we are exchanging them for cities. In other words, it is an equivalent transaction, to buy. Then, for the King of Qi, he sold his great general.
Facts have proved that king Zhao spent so much money to "buy" tiandan from king Qi, which was a bit worthless, because he let him go out on a campaign to attack the Yan state, and only then did he take three small border cities for the Zhao state.
(King Huiwen of Zhao)
Although the authenticity of King Zhao's statement that he paid "money" to buy Tian Dan from King Qi is questionable, it at least shows one problem: Tian Dan's ability to govern the army and manage the government is beyond doubt, and if it is really poached from the State of Qi, it will definitely be a great loss for King Qi and the State of Qi, and it will make the people of Qi regret it.
Later, Pingyuan Jun made a mistake and was temporarily deposed, and King Huiwen of Zhao took Xiangyin away and granted Tian Dan the title of Xiang State of Zhao and was given the title of Duping Jun. Tian Shan was obviously not very happy, and soon resigned from xiang.
What he couldn't forget in his heart should still be qi guo.
Soon after, it is said that under the persuasion of the queen, king Xiang of Qi found out in his conscience and sent someone to welcome Tian Dan back to China. After Tian Dan returned to the State of Qi, he ignored his previous suspicions and remained loyal to the country as always, leaving a good story in the annals of history.
【About the author】Qi Yunke, male, educator. In recent years, he has published more than 800,000 words in media at all levels. Signed author of The Reading Platform. He is a member of the Henan Provincial Writers Association and a standing director of the Henan Provincial Youth Writers Association.
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