During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in February 558, the second year after the Northern Zhou Ming Emperor Yuwen Yu ascended the throne, Sima Shi of Northern Qi secretly sent his chinese soldiers to join the army of Pei Zao, found an excuse, disguised himself into The Pass, and asked the Northern Zhou court to surrender.
Not long after, the Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yu sent the pillar state DaXi Wu and the general Yang Zhong to lead 5,000 cavalry to meet Sima Wei's surrender, in order to show sincerity. In order not to alarm the Northern Zhou army, they chose a small road and quietly penetrated five hundred miles into the territory of Northern Qi.
During this period, Da Xiwu and Yang Zhong sent people three times to inform Sima Ofe, but neither received a reply.
Da Xiwu and Yang Zhong decided to continue their advance, and they led their cavalry to a place only thirty miles away from the Tiger Prison, and Da Xiwu suspected that the situation in the city had changed and prepared to withdraw and return.
The great general Yang Zhong objected: "Only by advancing and dying, there can be a retreat to survive (there is death, there is no retreat)!" Then he led more than a thousand cavalry to the Tiger Prison City overnight.
Tiger Prison City is built on all sides of the cliffs, which is very dangerous. Yang Zhong led his army to the tiger prison city, and the night was quiet, only to hear the sound of the night patrols in the city beating the poles reverberating in the night sky.
Da Xiwu also came to the city, and he ordered the hundreds of cavalry around him to go west, while Yang Zhong and the other cavalry remained still, and when the city gate opened, they swarmed in, and sent people to hurriedly inform Da Xiwu.
At this time, Fu Jingyuan, the governor of Northern Qi's city defense, led 2,000 soldiers to occupy the eastern city of Tiger Prison, held aloft the beacon, and strictly guarded.
After Da Xiwu entered the city, he became timid when he saw this situation again, did not want to defend the city, and only planned to plunder more property, returned to the dynasty with Sima Que and his family, and ordered Yang Zhong to lead three thousand cavalry behind the palace to carry out cover.
After Da Xiwu and Yang Zhong retreated from Tiger Prison City, the Northern Qi army also chased after them with murderous spirits. When the Northern Zhou cavalry reached the shore of Luoshui, Northern Qi's pursuers were increasing, constantly clamoring and shouting, eager to cross, and it seemed that they intended to annihilate all their opponents.
At this critical moment, everyone was panicked, but Yang Zhong was calm and self-assured. After commanding the cavalry to cross the Luoshui River, he issued a very strange order: all the cavalry should dismount their horses, unsaddle and lie on the shore to rest.
The cavalry was puzzled, did not know what medicine was sold in the gourd of General Yang, and they were all a little uncertain.
Yang Zhong said loudly, "You don't have to worry, now you have a good rest, wait until you have a good meal, you can eat a full meal." Just do as I say, don't believe it, the enemy will never dare to cross the river to fight! ”
The soldiers saw that the general was so calm and confident, and they also settled down and lay down leisurely to rest.
The Qi army saw that the Northern Zhou generals on the south bank were not in a hurry to unsaddle their horses, sit or lie on the shore, and some of them chatted easily, suspecting that there was deception, and sure enough, they did not dare to cross the river, but just shouted for a while and withdrew.
After Yang Zhong found that the Qi army had retreated, he commanded the cavalry to retreat slowly and calmly.
After witnessing the process of Yang Zhong's retreat, Zhu Guo Da Xiwu said with great emotion: "I Da Xiwu still consider myself to be a brave and healthy soldier in the world, and now I am happy and sincere to admire General Yang Who has both wisdom and courage." ”
The Northern Zhou Dynasty and the public also unanimously said that the great general Yang Zhong's great wisdom and courage in the process of the tiger prison landing, calm and calm, is really admirable.
In the face of the pursuit of the strong enemy, he ordered his soldiers to "unsaddle and lie down" in order to take advantage of his leisure time to show strength to the enemy and play a deterrent role in deterring the enemy, causing the Qi army to dare not cross the river for battle in doubt. Yang Zhong's calm and self-assured demeanor as a god-like general was beyond Da Xiwu's reach.
It can be seen from this that in the battlefield where the enemy and us are fighting each other and the swords and swords are shadowed, the calm of the commander is quite important. Without composure and self-control, it is difficult to make a correct judgment on the enemy's situation, and it is neither possible to be a pioneer nor to plan a good strategy for victory. As a result, either the six gods and the upper and lower levels are masterless, rushing to collapse, and being defeated by the strong enemy, or by virtue of the courage of a flesh and blood, blindly facing the battle and falling into the enemy's trap.