What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
The most cattle martial artist in the history of the Ming Dynasty, when he was beheaded, he took the knife and hacked the executioner to death, and fled in a frenzied revenge! According to historical records, in 1646, when the Qing army entered Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong led his troops to break through to western Sichuan with the thousand ships of gold and silver treasures seized over the years, but on the way to the transfer, they were defeated by the Ming army in Sichuan at Pengshan, Zhang Xianzhong's thousand ships of gold and silver sank to the bottom of the river, and Zhang Xianzhong only led a few pro-army troops to break through successfully. And this defeat of Zhang Xianzhong was Yang Zhan, a fierce general at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Yang Zhan, Zi Yuliang, a native of Jiading, Sichuan. Ming Chongzhen served as a guerrilla general and a staff general in the twelfth year. He is more than seven feet long, full of literature and martial arts, especially good at riding and shooting, Yang Zhan's ability to wear Yang in a hundred steps is almost inferior to Lü Bu, who shot at the gate in those years. Yang Zhan was appointed a general and returned to Sichuan, but sichuan was already in turmoil, and on the ninth day of August in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), a peasant army led by Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu and killed all the remaining feudal kings and Ming officials in Chengdu.
After Yang Zhan escaped from Chengdu, he rebelled against Zhang Xianzhong at Qianwei and, in cooperation with the Southern Ming generals Ma Yingtui and Yu Chaozong, captured Xuzhou, and then recaptured the prefectures of Jia, Mei, Qiong, and Ya, and Wei zhennan. As a result, Yang Zhan was promoted by the Southern Ming regime to the rank of Commander-in-Chief and Marquis of Jinjiang. Zhang Xianzhong was furious when he learned of Yang Zhan's deeds and sent the governor Liu Jinzhong to suppress southern Sichuan, but was defeated by Yang Zhan's surprise army and returned. Since then, Yang Zhan has divided one side and become a problem for Zhang Xianzhong's confidants.
At the end of 1643, Zhang Xianzhong, who had a family foundation, decided to enter Sichuan to establish a meritorious career, and in 1644 he hit Chengdu. At that time, It was Cao Xun and Yang Zhan who were guarding Chengdu, although under the leadership of Yang Zhan and Cao Xun, the Ming army bravely resisted. However, due to the morale of the rebel army, Chengdu was finally captured, and Yang Zhan and others became prisoners.
Yang Zhan was the commander of the Ming Dynasty side, and his life would be saved if he was defeated and captured. However, just when Yang Zhan was escorted to the execution site, a dramatic scene occurred when he was about to be executed. Taking advantage of the executioner's inattention, Yang Zhan quickly grabbed the knife and cut the rope to kill the two executioners around him, and then quickly fled. The other party had not yet fully reacted, and Yang Zhan had already escaped without a trace.
Yang Zhan saved his life, but he did not forget the shame brought to him by Zhang Xianzhong, he began to recruit his own forces in Jiading, used to oppose Zhang Xianzhong, from time to time to fight Zhang Xianzhong's troops settled in Liushui, and finally fled in a big defeat, Zhang Xianzhong's forces collapsed in an instant, it can be said that Yang showed great strength.