Map of the situation in 757
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In the first month of the second year of Emperor Suzong of Tang (757 AD), An Lushan, who had only been emperor for one year, was assassinated by his son An Qingxu.
The new official took office with three fires, and An Qingxu, who had just taken the throne, also wanted to burn a few fires to establish his prestige.
As a result, An Qingxu set his sights on Suiyang, whose military strength was weak.
In this way, An Qingxu sent Yin Ziqi to lead an army of 130,000 to attack Suiyang.
Suiyang Taishou Xu Yuanyi looked bad and immediately asked Zhang For help.
But he had only three thousand soldiers and three hundred horses under his command, and the strength of the two sides was very different.
Zhang Patrol
But Zhang Patrol did not flinch and immediately led his army to rescue Suiyang.
In the face of dozens of times the enemy army, Zhang Patrol knew that it was not okay to fight hard, so he adopted the strategy of capturing the thief first.
Zhang Patrol intended to shoot Yin Ziqi in front of the battle, but the distance between the two armies was too far, and it was difficult to hit the target with one arrow.
Just then a man stepped forward and said loudly, "Let me come." ”
Zhang Was overjoyed and immediately gave him a bow and arrow.
The man immediately took the bow and shot it, and an arrow hit Yin Ziqi's left eye.
This sharpshooter was none other than Nan Jiyun, the general under Zhang Patrol.
02
Nan Jiyun was born in 712 AD, and was known as "Nan Ba" because he was the eighth oldest in his family.
Nan Ji Yun
Nan Jiyun is an authentic farmer, but not an ordinary farmer.
In addition to work, he likes to read, but also likes to practice martial arts, it is said that he can seventy-two marksmanship, riding a horse archery is not a problem, not only can open the bow left and right, but also can do a hundred steps through the Yang, the arrow is not false.
After the outbreak of the "Anshi Rebellion", this peasant's martial arts finally had a place to play, so at the beginning of the rebellion, Nan Jiyun joined the army and became Zhang Tour's subordinate.
After one battle after another, Nan Jiyun gradually grew into Zhang Tour's right and left arm.
In 757 CE, Zhang Received a request for help from Suiyang Taishou Xuyuan and led an army with Nan Jiyun to Suiyang.
So there was the opening scene.
03
Seeing that they could not break through Suiyang City, the rebels adopted the method of encircling but not fighting, hoping to trap Zhang Zhu.
Soon the wheat outside the city was ripe, and the rebels who surrounded Suiyang were happily harvesting wheat outside the city.
Looking at the rebels who cut the wheat, Zhang Guanji was in his heart.
He had the soldiers beat the drums, ready to attack.
Hearing the drums, the rebels outside the city stopped harvesting and prepared for battle.
However, Zhang Patrol did not organize an attack, but ordered the soldiers to stop drumming and rest.
The rebels outside the city laughed—I said you don't dare to fight, just to scare people!
Such a "joke", Zhang Tour opened it twice.
The rebels outside the city ignored them and cut the wheat with peace of mind.
Zhang Patrol wanted this, he waved at Nan Jiyun, who had been prepared for it earlier, opened the city gate and led his army to rush out.
The rebels who cut the wheat were all stunned and overwhelmed.
But Nan Jiyun's target was not them, and he didn't even look at them.
He led his army straight to Yin Ziqi's camp.
At this time, the rebel commander Yin Ziqi did not expect Zhang Patrol to make this move, when he learned that it was Nan Jiyun who led the raid, he was even more excited, and immediately jumped on horseback and fled.
The commander fled, the rebel camp, suddenly chaotic into a pot of porridge, Nan Jiyun led the "death squad", such as entering no man's land, see one kill one, see two cut a pair.
With a burst of ghosts crying wolf howls, the rebel camp, soon the blood flowed into a river, and the corpses piled up like mountains.
04
Although Yin Ziqi was defeated, An Qingxu's army of more than 100,000 people still surrounded Suiyang City.
The situation in Suiyang was difficult day by day, and each soldier had only one spoonful of rice rations a day.
If it is not enough, it will eat the rats and sparrows in the city, and the skins on the armor and bows of the soldiers
If it is not enough, eat the bark and paper.
In the end, Zhang Tour had to kill his concubine and cook it for the soldiers to eat.
But Zhang Tour's concubine was only one, and when he finished eating, he was gone, and there was no way, he had to ask Li Ju for help from Henan Jiedushi.
Some people will ask, why didn't you ask Li Ju for help in the first place?
It turned out that Zhang Zhu had already formed a bond with Li Ju.
Previously, Zhang Tour had broken the rebel general Yang Dynasty's clan department.
After the victory, Zhang Patrol asked for merit for the soldiers and sent someone to ask Li Ju for a reward, but This Li Ju did not pull out a dime, not even a grain of rice.
Zhang Zhu was not calm, and wrote a letter to rebuke Li Ju: The generals were so desperate and achieved such a great victory, and the result was nothing, which was really chilling and stingy, who would be willing to fight for the imperial court in the future?
But this Li Ju had a huge thick skin and ignored him at all.
Since then, the two have formed a bond.
Just when Zhang Patrol decided to pull down his old face and ask Li Ju, things took a turn for the better.
Helan Jinming, the Imperial Grand Master, succeeded Li Ju as the envoy of Henan Jiedu and garrisoned Linhuai, while another Imperial Master Xu Shuji also garrisoned Pengcheng.
Zhang Zhu immediately ordered Nan Jiyun to ask Xu Shuji for help, and the latter felt funny--if Lao Tzu had been willing to help Er wait to relieve the siege of Suiyang, he would have gone a long time ago, and he still needed to wait for Er to ask for help!
But it does not mean that it is not said, nor can it be said, after all, they are all fighting for a boss.
Therefore, Xu Shuji promised to give them some cloth to use to make clothes.
Nan Jiyun couldn't bear it, and immediately said: "Otherwise, let's duel, if I lose, get out of the egg immediately, never entangle, if you lose, please send troops to reinforce Suiyang." ”
Xu Shuji turned his face aside: "Who doesn't know that you are powerful, I am not going to be fooled by your boy!" ”
Seeing that Xu Shuji was soft and hard and did not eat, Nan Jiyun could only return to Suiyang. 05
After returning to Suiyang, Nan Jiyun could only use silence to explain to Zhang Tour.
Without him opening his mouth, as soon as he looked at his expression, Zhang Zhun understood everything.
It's all right, there is no way out of heaven, Xu Shuji is not a thing, isn't there hen's Helan Jinming, you hurry to Linhuai, tell helan Jinming about our situation, he won't see death and not save!
In this way, Nan Jiyun had to risk his life once again and go out of the city to move the rescue troops.
In Suiyang City, there were only dozens of elite cavalry that could still be "active", and Zhang Tour had not been willing to use them, and at this time almost all of them were given to Nan Jiyun.
Nan Jiyun led dozens of cavalry, fought bloodily, and finally killed a bloody road and rushed to Linhuai, where Helan Jinming was located.
Who knew that Helan Jinming was more fucked than Xu Shuji--Zhang Tour, what good do you think, if Lao Tzu sent troops to help you relieve the siege of Suiyang, wouldn't your credit surpass Lao Tzu?' Isn't the future immeasurable? What a shame you are to me!
Of course, these words could not be said explicitly, he could only say this to Nan Jiyun: Suiyang will be lost sooner or later, what is the use of sending troops, maybe it has been lost now...
Nan Jiyun said that he must not have lost it, and now send troops to save it, it is still too late, if it is lost, I will apologize for my sins with death!
Helan Jinming began to find excuses, such as time is short, the troops are not easy to assemble, and most importantly, if Xu Shuji takes the opportunity to attack me from behind, what to do?
This excuse is really brain-opening, and Nan Jiyun doesn't understand: Aren't we all our own people, how can our own people attack our own people?
He did not care about the question of "asking for advice", and quickly went to Helan to see that the two places of Suiyang and Linhuai were very close, and their lips and teeth were dependent on each other, and if Suiyang was lost, Linhuai could not be saved, so please think twice.
Seeing that Nan Jiyun was so stubborn, Helan Jinming played the trick of dragging words.
He set up a banquet to entertain Nan Jiyun, planning to eat and talk while talking, but Nan Jiyun was difficult to swallow, and said with tears: When I came, the Suiyang people had already begun to change their children and eat, now how can I eat?
After saying that, he pulled out his sabre and cut off his middle finger: I can't complete General Zhang's task today, so I will cut myself off and point it at him to apologize.
Then he angrily stepped onto his horse and beat it away.
Not far from the city gate, he "encountered" a stupa and angrily shot at the stupa and swore: When Lao Tzu returns from destroying the rebels, he will kill the Helan dog thief!
But his wish will never be fulfilled,
In October 757, Suiyang Fell, and Zhang Zhu and Nan Jiyun were captured.
Yin Ziqi persuaded Nan Jiyun to surrender.
Zhang Patrol said loudly to Nan Jiyun, "Nan Ba, once the boy dies, he can't bring down the unrighteous!" ”
Nan Jiyun smiled and said, "What kind of person am I, doesn't the leader understand me, since the leader said it, how dare I not die!" ”
Subsequently, Nan Jiyun, along with Zhang Tour, Yao Menyan, Lei Wanchun and thirty-six others, was killed by Yin Ziqi.
Nan Jiyun's loyalty and bravery were respected by all generations, and Emperor Taizong of Song made him the Second Dragon God King of Qinzhou Huiyin Mountain Zhaoyou Jiaze, the Jiaqing Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and once again crowned him as the Second Dragon King of Qinzhou Huiyin Mountain Zhaoyou Suifeng Jiaze Erlong.
To this day, the Erlong Dawang Temple, located in Huiyin Mountain, Qinzhou District, Tianshui, Gansu, is still full of incense, and a grand Erlong Dawang Temple Festival is held every year to commemorate this loyal and courageous man of the Tang Dynasty. References: Old Book of Tang, New Book of Tang