In the history of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, the escape of prisoners from prison is not uncommon. But their escape was successful because their long stay in prison provided them with plenty of time to escape. If they are convicted of beheadings, how many people will be able to escape from prison? And the player introduced to you by xiaobian today is one of the few masters who was sentenced to a decision and successfully escaped from prison. Who is this person? He was Yang Zhan, an important general at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Yang Zhan, Zi Yuliang, a native of Jiading, Sichuan. He was more than seven feet long and heroic, and ranked third in the martial arts in the ten years of Chongzhen. After that, he joined Yang Sichang's army, under the command of Zeng Ying, and achieved the Garrison of Guangyuan with military merit, and later Yang Zhan recruited rebels at Baizhangguan and was awarded the rank of General of the Chuanzhen Army. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army attacked Chengdu, and Yang Zhan and Cao Xun led 3,000 elite troops to defend Chengdu, killing more than 20 enemies.
Because Zhang Xianzhong had more men and horses, Chengdu was eventually captured, and Yang Zhan was also captured. Zhang Xianzhong admired Yang Zhan's talent and wanted to recruit him, but Yang Zhan preferred to die. Zhang Xianzhong was furious and ordered Yang Zhan to be beheaded at the South Gate. The two soldiers in charge of escorting Yang Zhan liked the armor on Yang Zhan's body, so they said to him, "Hanzi, send me your armor!" When Yang Zhan saw that the opportunity had come, he said quietly, "My life is gone, what is the use of wanting A?" When I die, nature will be yours. But hopefully you two will transport my body into the river. ”
As the saying goes: "Eat people's mouths short, take people's hands softly." The two soldiers heard that Yang Zhan had agreed to give them the armor, so they escorted him to the water's edge according to Yang Zhan's request. At the riverside, two small soldiers loosened Yang Zhan's ties and prepared to unload their armor. Just at this moment, Yang Zhan, who was a martial artist, suddenly grabbed the knife in their hands, slashed the two people with the knife in his hand, and then jumped into the river, not knowing where to swim. By the time Zhang Xianzhong received the news, Yang Zhan had joined the defeated Ming army.
Those fleeing Ming troops heard of Yang Zhan's name, so they embraced him as their leader and jointly fought against the Great Western Army. Yang Zhan rebelled against Zhang Xianzhong at Qian and led an army to attack Jiading Province. In the first year of Hongguang, Yang Zhan, with the cooperation of Fan Yixuan, Ma Yingtian, Yu Chaozong and others, attacked and captured Xuzhou, and defeated Zhang Xianzhong's general Feng Shuangli. In the first year of Longwu, Yang Zhan defeated Zhang Xianzhong's general Liang Yi at Naxi. In the second year of Longwu, Yang Zhan defeated Zhang Xianzhong's general Liu Wenxiu and recaptured Jiazhou, Qiongzhou, Meizhou, and Yazhou.
As Yang Zhan's power grew stronger, Zhang Xianzhong became more and more afraid of Yang Zhan. Coupled with the Qing army's sweep of Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong had the idea of running away with a roll. In the second year of Longwu, Zhang Xianzhong led an army of 100,000 people, loaded with more than 200 boats of gold and silver jewelry, and planned to go down the Qingshen River and enter Chu from Sichuan. Yang Zhan learned of the news and led people to fight Zhang Xianzhong at Jiangkou and beheaded Zhang Xianzhong's younger brother. In order to prevent the treasure from falling into Yang Zhan's hands, Zhang Xianzhong secretly ordered people to sink the treasure into the river, which is today's "Jiangkou Sinking Silver". Later, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and led his army back to Chengdu.
In the second year of the Yong Calendar, Yang Zhan was given the title of Guangyuan Bo (廣元伯), and was promoted to governor of Tongzhi Commandery (同知總兵), the governor of Qin and Shu (蜀兵), and the addition of Prince Shaofu (少傅). In the third year of the Yong Calendar, Yang Zhan, at the suggestion of Li Qiande, accepted Yuan Tao and Wu Dading, who were stationed in Chongqing. Because Yang Zhan was arrogant and unwilling to delegate power, it caused dissatisfaction among Yuan and Wu. Later, under the pretext of a birthday banquet, Li Qiande conspired with Yuan Tao to kill Yang Zhan. Poor Yang Zhan's generation of famous generals, but they were victimized by adulterers.