There have been many legendary people and things in Chinese history, in the brilliant historical starry sky, these people are those shining stars in the sky, when it comes to military generals, many people may think of a lot, such as Xiang Yu, such as Yue Fei, but in the Ming Dynasty there was also a cattle man, he led the army to be defeated by the enemy, sent to the execution ground to be beheaded, but he was able to take the knife from the executioner's hand and kill and escape, such a fierce general, in history, is actually unknown, can't help but make people marvel.
This person's name is Yang Zhan, a famous general at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the history books, the origin of this family has been untestable, in 1637 Yang Zhan obtained the martial arts, alone to Beijing to take the martial arts, because of the outstanding martial arts, was selected as the third place of the martial arts, it should be said that Yang Zhan this person has excellent ability, coupled with excellent courage, and later joined the army, by the military Department Shangshu Yang Sichang appreciated, all the way to the Chuanzhen Chinese army to join the army.
In 1644 (the seventeenth year of Ming Chongzhen), Zhang Xianzhong led the Great Western Army to besiege Chengdu, because there were only more than 3,000 soldiers defending the city, so he was defeated and captured, Zhang Xianzhong himself was an extremely cruel person, under his rule in Sichuan, almost everywhere was killed, Yang Zhan and the captured soldiers were taken to the execution ground to be beheaded for public display.
It just so happened that Yang Zhan was wearing a suit of armor at that time, very beautiful, when the executioner saw this armor, his eyes suddenly burst into Venus, Yang Zhan moved his mind, thinking that this was an opportunity, so he told the executioner that it was better to untie him first, let him take off the armor first, so as not to contaminate the armor with blood, the executioner felt that it made sense, so he went forward to untie Yang Zhan, and after the loosening, Yang Zhan kicked the executioner, grabbed the knife and hacked the guard and jumped into the water to escape.
Of course, at this time, the Ming Dynasty had already been torn apart, the Qing army had already broken through Beijing, after Yang Zhan escaped, he continued to recruit soldiers and horses to plan to fight Zhang Xianzhong to the death, in just two years, Yang Zhan would be with several large armies, Zhang Xianzhong was harassed by Yang Zhan's department and it was always difficult to get out, although Yang Zhan's soldiers and horses were less than Zhang Xianzhong's, and there were more failures than Zhang Xianzhong, but he could always die without being stiff. Also because of the bravery of the battle, the Southern Ming Hongguang Imperial Court crowned Yang Zhan as Huayang Hou and commanded the Qin and Shu soldiers and horses, but at this time, the Ming Dynasty had already fallen apart, and the Southern Ming Yongli Small Imperial Court simply did not have the ability to hold the soldiers and horses in the world at that time half a point, all parties were planning for their own interests, and the various armies were constantly fighting with each other.
Originally, Yang Zhan was also at peace, but his personality was relatively arrogant, among many generals, very unpleasant, one of Yang Zhan's subordinates was named Li Qiande, although this person was Yang Zhan's subordinate, but he always thought that Yang Zhan looked down on himself, so he planned to invite Yang Zhan to kill him, originally Yang Zhan had received news that Li Qiande was ready to attack, but still did not believe in insisting on going, and as a result, he was killed at the banquet, at the age of 45.