In ancient times, the ancients maintained a sense of reverence for the heavens, but sometimes "God" would also "make a joke".
The most irritating thing for a soldier on the march is when he encounters heavy rain, especially when transporting food or delivering letters, and it is difficult not to cause delays.
But military orders are like mountains, and military rations are more important, so every messenger and grain transport officer always silently prays in their hearts for a smooth journey.
So what if the soldiers did suffer heavy rain and were delayed? Do they just slip away or go back to confess?
The two soldiers survived
The Tang Dynasty was a very prosperous dynasty in the history of the mainland, and after the demise of such a great country, what was left behind would certainly not be wiped out.
The "whale fall effect" will form many powerful small countries after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, and these small countries will attack each other until the strongest one emerges to annex all the small countries and form a unified dynasty again.
We don't care about the laws of history for the time being, but the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms after the Tang Dynasty must have been a period of constant war.
During this time, there were frequent wars between the various small nations, so each city was garrisoned by a general.
This story takes place in Pucheng, one of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which was garrisoned by Zhang Zai, the general of the Min Kingdom.
Zhang Tsaijun is quite strategic, and he is also very good at appeasing soldiers in the army.
He lived in the army in peacetime and shared weal and woe with the soldiers, so he was admired by many soldiers.
Zhang Tsai Jun's method of managing the soldiers is also very peculiar, and he likes to make agreements with the soldiers in the barracks, such as three chapters of the law when marching and five chapters of the law when garrisoning. Because of this method, Zhang Tsaijun's taxi army was highly disciplined.
And Zhang Tsaijun is also very good at identifying talents, and he has two lieutenants under him, one of these two people is named Bian Hao and the other is named Wang Jianfeng.
Zhang Tsaijun once said to his wife: "If these two people have the opportunity to soar in the future, they will definitely have power and scheming, far beyond others." Therefore, Zhang Tsai transferred these two people to his side as confidants.
At this time, Zhang Tsaijun's army was stationed at Xiyan Mountain next to Pucheng, where he watched over Pucheng and at the same time took charge of the roads in and out of Pucheng.
Zhang Tsai is responsible for guarding the city, and he should also check what he should not do.
At noon that day, Zhang Tsaijun was eating in his tent, when suddenly the soldiers standing guard in front of him hurriedly ran over.
Zhang Tsaijun hurriedly asked him what was wrong, and the soldier panted and said, "There is a team of soldiers at the intersection!" ”
Zhang Tsaijun was shocked, wasn't it deliberately sent by neighboring countries to engage in friction and start a war?
He threw the chopsticks in his hand and ran towards the intersection. By the time Zhang Tsaijun arrived, the intersection was already in a tense situation.
The soldiers standing guard at the intersection saw that Zhang Tsaijun was coming, and hurriedly asked him to come forward to question the strange soldiers. Their words didn't work, so they forced themselves in.
Zhang Tsaijun stood on the hillside, looked down at the group of soldiers below, and asked, "What country are you from?" Why do you have to go here? Didn't you know this was a forbidden place? ”
I saw that there was also a person in the army below, this person's surname was Lu, and he was the general of this army.
He shouted to Zhang Zaijun on the hillside: "We are from the Southern Tang Dynasty, we are just passing by you, and we have no other ideas!" At that time, Nantang was quite honest, and Zhang Tsaijun saw that this group of men and horses seemed to have no malicious intent, so he asked the soldiers to move the barricades and let them pass.
After all the Southern Tang troops came in, General Lu did not rush to march forward, but sent a person to say that he would thank Zhang Tsaijun in person.
Zhang Tsai sensed the abnormality, this group of men and horses had been delayed at the pass for so long, and it was supposed that they should march to their destination immediately, why did they all stop just to say thank you?
Immediately, Zhang Zaijun called Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng beside him, and asked them to hurry to Jian'an City for help, and they must return within seven days, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law.
Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng didn't know what was going on, but they still obeyed Zhang Tsaijun's order and hurried towards Jian'an City.
After Zhang Tsaijun sent the two of them away, he went out to meet the person who thanked him. Fortunately, Zhang Tsai had already taken precautions, otherwise he would have been planted this time.
I saw that the person who came to thank him ran towards him like crazy as soon as he saw Zhang Zaijun, and Zhang Zaijun, who had been on guard, dodged a blow, and then drew a knife, which killed the assassin.
Zhang Tsai ordered the whole army not to come into contact with the enemy army as much as possible and pretend to be defeated.
At this time, General Lu saw that the assassins he sent had not made a movement for a long time, and he was also anxious. In the end, he finally stopped pretending, beat the war drums and began to attack Zhang Tsaijun's military camp.
At this time, Zhang Tsaijun's army had already received a secret order, and he had already retreated and fled while fighting.
Zhang Tsai knew that the vanguard sent by the enemy must be elite, and it was very likely that they would be followed by a large army. If one of them escaped and reported the news, they would not be able to stop it with their strength.
So the only thing Zhang Zaijun has to do now is to stall for time and wait for Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng to find Jian'an's rescuers.
And the two of them, who rode straight to Jian'an City before the battle, had just left not far when they heard the sound of war drums coming from Xiyan Mountain.
They soon understood the significance of Zhang Tsaijun asking them to move the rescuers, so the two did not dare to stop along the way. Only when the horses were tired did they stop and rest for a while.
But there are unforeseen circumstances, and at this critical moment, God is more and more angry. Halfway through the road, they happened to experience heavy rain.
Both horses were slippery on the muddy road, and neither of them dared to run too fast for fear of breaking the horses. The two of them hurried slowly, and by the time they returned with reinforcements, they were still a day late.
On Zhang Tsaijun's side, no one came for seven days, whether it was his own reinforcements or the reinforcements on the opposite side.
Zhang Tsaijun expected that this vanguard force would not last long, but they had no reinforcements for seven days, indicating that the people behind them had either not come or had already left, so Zhang Tsaijun ordered the whole army to counterattack the Southern Tang army.
Under the leadership of Zhang Tsaijun, the Southern Tang army was quickly defeated, and General Lu on the opposite side was also captured alive.
But they still didn't wait for Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng to return.
It wasn't until the eighth day that the two of them appeared in front of Zhang Zaijun. Zhang Tsai was reluctant to kill them, but these two people took the initiative to come over and be punished. Zhang Tsai had no choice but to lock them up.
According to the original agreement, if Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng were too late, they would have to be dealt with by military law.
Bian Ho and Wang Jianfeng were waiting in the prison for Zhang Zaijun to come and ask for their lives.
Somehow, this matter reached the ears of Zhang Tsaijun's wife, Mrs. Lian, who remembered that her husband had praised the two.
Not long after, Zhang Tsaijun's wife, Mrs. Lian, came to persuade Zhang Tsaijun, didn't you say that these two people will have achievements in the future? Why are you killing them now?
Zhang Tsaijun said that now is the opportunity for the two of them to succeed.
With Zhang Tsaijun's acquiescence, Mrs. Lian secretly released Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng at night, and then gave them some entanglement.
The two knelt on the ground to thank Mrs. Lian, and swore to heaven: "If you don't repay this kindness, heaven and earth will not tolerate it." ”
Before leaving, Mrs. Lian took off her bracelet and hairpin and gave them them to look at it.
Da En didn't say thank you, Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng took their things and walked into the night. After that, the two defected to the Southern Tang Li clan.
A family saves the city
Decades later, Zhang Tsai had already been buried in the ground, and Mrs. Lian took her family to live in Jian'an, the capital of Fujian. But Zhang Zaijun has guarded the land of Fujian for 30 years, and now it is about to be broken up by themselves.
After Zhang Tsaijun's death, there was a problem in the internal affairs of Fujian, the brothers were on the wall, and the father and son were killing each other, which made the Fujian country stormy.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, without Zhang Zaijun's protection, the Southern Tang army easily broke through the Xiyanshan position and came all the way to Jian'an, the capital of Fujian.
At this time, the army of Fujian was very small because of the civil war for many years, and this amount of troops to stop the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty was a drop in the bucket.
Under the offensive of the Southern Tang army, the city of Jian'an was quickly breached. The Southern Tang army that attacked the city received an order to kill people who resisted, but they actually wanted to slaughter the city.
At this time, it was none other than Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng who led the army to slaughter the city.
The two of them had already heard that Mrs. Lian, who had saved them back then, lived in this city, so they delayed letting the soldiers do it, and searched for Mrs. Lian all over the city.
When they found Mrs. Lian, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank them.
They gave a white flag to Mrs. Lian and asked her to hang it at the door to keep the family safe.
But Mrs. Lian did not take the white flag, but said to Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng: "My old lady remembers your great kindness today." But if you do so, I will be an unrighteous person, and for the sake of righteousness, please kill me first. ”
Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng were shocked, and hurriedly asked Mrs. Lian why she said this.
Mrs. Lian said, "As far as I can see, there are at most thirty or fifty people in this city who have rebelled against you, but the fifty or sixty thousand people in the whole city are all innocent people, and you must kill them all. If you spare the whole city today, even if you repay my kindness, if you can't, then kill me first!" ”
Bian Hao and Wang Jianfeng were moved by the righteousness of Mrs. Lian, and immediately reported the matter to the general from beginning to end, and vouched for their lives.
The commander of the Southern Tang Dynasty saw that everyone was sincere, so he gave up the slaughter of the city.
The news of Mrs. Lian spread throughout the city and throughout the country. Whether it is in the court or on the street, they are talking about the great deeds of Mrs. Lian.
This matter has been passed down to later generations, and there are people in all dynasties and generations who miss this old lady. In 1990, the Jian'ou County People's Government cast a bronze statue in front of the tomb of Mrs. Lian's wife, which was used to commend Mrs. Lian's family and the great feat of saving the city.