Today I recommend a comic strip: "Blood Battle Suiyang", which records the deeds of a hero in the Anshi Rebellion.
The painter is Zhao Sandao, Zhao is good at traditional classical subjects, the flavor is meticulous, the costume pattern is very fine, and the creative attitude is very rigorous.
"Blood Battle Suiyang" is the story of Zhang Patrol defending the city.
This urban offensive and defensive battle that took place in Suiyang (睢: 音同 although today's Shangqiu, Henan) was enough to become a military textbook for later generations, and in every sense, whether it was strategy, tactics or the soul of war, it is worth remembering by today's people.
In the fourteenth year of the Tang Dynasty Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang fled to Sichuan, and the lives of the Yellow River Basin were destroyed.
Although Zhang Tour, a native of Nanyang, is a scholar, he has a slight wisdom and opportunity in his heart and a feeling of serving the country. Led the rebel army to retake Yongqiu.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Battle of Yongqiu</h1>
The rebels ordered Fox Chao to repeatedly attack Yongqiu with superior troops, but was repeatedly repelled by Zhang Tour.
Zhang Saw that the arrows had been exhausted and had a plan.
In the middle of the night, the rebels saw the black-clad death squads climbing down the ropes in the city, and hurriedly gathered the archers to fire ten thousand arrows.
It turned out that these black-clad soldiers were made of straw men, and the enemy could not see clearly at night, so they sent hundreds of thousands of arrows to Zhang Patrol.
Zhuge Liang's straw boat borrowing arrows is a figment, while Zhang Tour's "straw man borrowing arrows" is recorded in historical books.
The middle city was exhausted, and the patrol was more than a thousand people, and it was black-clad, and under the night of the city, the tide soldiers were shooting at it, and The long-time knew its people; hundreds of thousands of arrows were obtained. —— "Zizhi Tongjian"
After a few days, the Fox Tide Army saw that there were black warriors in the city again, and the sentry was already strange: "Hey, trying to deceive our arrows again, are we stupid?" ”
But this time the soldier in black is a real person! These five hundred people entered the flock like tigers and slashed and killed, and the leader made the fox tide desperately try to escape.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Suiyang to hold out</h1>
Suiyang was the throat of Jianghuai at that time, and if Suiyang City could not be saved, Jiangnan's finances and taxes would be exposed to the claws of the rebels.
Suiyang Taishou Xuyuan knew that Zhang Tour was talented, so he asked him to assist in the defense of the city.
Zhang Tour had a very big picture view, he knew that the importance of Suiyang was far superior to Yongqiu, and he immediately decided to abandon Yongqiu and go to guard Suiyang.
On the way, Zhang Zhu encountered the leader of the rebel army, Nan Jiyun.
After the two saw each other and talked intently, Nan Jiyun took the initiative to ask to join Zhang Patrol's team. It turned out that Nan Jiyun was originally a boatman, ranking eighth, so it was also called Nanba.
Nan Jiyun and Zhang Patrol divided Lei Wanchun's troops into two attacks, annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, and temporarily lifted the siege of Suiyang.
Taishou Xuyuan welcomed Zhang Patrol into the city, and he suggested that Zhang Patrol be responsible for defending the city and taking charge of logistical support himself.
Zhang Patrol believed that the enemy would return soon, and he must take precautions in advance. He worked tirelessly on the front line to instruct the soldiers to dig trenches and repair the city walls.
Sure enough, soon the rebel Yin Ziqi led an army of 130,000 to attack Suiyang.
Zhang patrolled the drums on the city, and Under the city, Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun were brave, and the momentum of the first battle was like a rainbow, annihilating thousands of enemies.
Yin Ziqi took advantage of his troops and ordered a fierce attack, ready to swallow Suiyang in one breath. Zhang Patrol and the generals were in high spirits and waited in a strict position, shooting down the enemy troops who climbed to the head of the city again and again.
Zhang Patrol knew that the enemy was outnumbered, so it was better to preemptively attack and capture the thief first.
It was just that he didn't know which one on the battlefield was Yin Ziqi, so he had a plan in mind, and let the archers sharpen the end of the artemisia grass and act as an arrow to attack the enemy.
Unsurprisingly, the enemy soldier handed the artemisia arrow to a general in a black horse and red robes.
"Understand, that's the leader of the thief army, NanBa, now it's up to you!" Zhang Patrol patted Nan Jiyun's shoulder.
Nan Jiyun took a bow in response, aimed his eyes at the man, and then gently stretched his ape arm, and the arrow drove away like a meteor to catch the moon!
That arrow was hitting Yin Ziqi's left eye, but it was too far away to be fatal. (When I first read this story, I always wondered why Nan Jiyun didn't use poisoned arrows?) ）
Yin Ziqi went back to recuperate, waited until qiu gao ma fat, and made a comeback to take revenge.
This time the rebel offensive was more fierce, or repeatedly frustrated, Yin Ziqi besieged Suiyang with a large army, and fought a long war of attrition.
The soldier lamented that the Suiyang defenders were difficult to fly, and Zhang Patrol encouraged them after hearing this: "On the other hand, the rebels are also difficult to move, and it is difficult to touch Jianghuai." ”
In October, as the grain ran out and it became increasingly difficult to defend the city, there was a famine in the city, whether it was grass root bark, or sparrow rats and other small animals were caught and eaten, Zhang Tour and Xu Yuan ate no different from the soldiers.
As the war worsened, although the enemy was repelled countless times, the other side's supplies were continuous, and the other side was sitting in a lonely city. Zhang Tour and Xu Yuan discussed going to the surrounding Tang army forces to move and rescue troops.
Nan Jiyun volunteered to break through with 30 cavalrymen, and legend has it that he could use seventy-two marksmen and open bows left and right. He rushed through the enemy's fence first, the spear was like a dragon, and the enemy was afraid of it like a tiger.
The enemy army came like a tide, and Nan Jiyun sometimes swung his spear, and sometimes he pulled up his bow and shot continuously, and no one could stop it. After the breakout, the retinue was counted, and only 2 horses were lost.
Nan Jiyun saw that Linhuai Jiedu had made Helan Jinming, and sincerely asked for help.
After Reading the distress letter, Helan Jinming did not speak, but just looked at Nan Jiyun with a straight-hitting look.
Nan Jiyun repeatedly urged Helan Taishou to send troops, but Helan Jinming said, "Maybe at this moment, Suiyang has already entered the hands of the enemy, so why should he go to death?" I know you're hungry and tired, so why don't you eat a good meal and take a break?"
Nan Jiyun said with tears, "Suiyang City is in a precarious situation, everyone is still hungry, how can I eat it alone?" ”
Helan Jinming had no intention of rescuing him and set up a luxurious banquet, he admired Nan Jiyun very much and deliberately co-opted.
Nan Jiyun understood his intention, took a few steps backwards, pulled out his sword and cut off his fingers, shouting: "You only ask for self-protection, I can't ask for help today, I can only leave my finger as a voucher, and then go back to report!" ”
Nan Jiyun strode away, and everyone present was touched by him, and Helan Jinming had to let him go back.
On the way back, Nan Jiyun borrowed 3,000 troops from Ningling and took advantage of the night to break through the enemy's encirclement, while also paying attention to snatching military food.
Zhang Patrol found Nan Jiyun's troops and arranged to receive them.
Nan Jiyun drove some cattle into the city, but the 3,000 soldiers had already suffered more than half of the casualties.
Those cattle were also quickly eaten, Zhang Tour they knew that foreign aid was hopeless, the other Tang forces were playing their own calculations, now they could only rely on themselves, retreating was equivalent to sending Jianghuai to the enemy, they were unwilling to give up Suiyang, and decided to die.
Later, the war horses were also eaten.
Hunger, the disease took many lives, and in the winter, there were only a few hundred people in the city, so hungry that they did not have the strength to fight.
Zhang Tour stood at the head of the city, he knew that Suiyang could not be saved, and seeing that the enemy would encroach on Jianghuai and destroy the lives of the people, Zhang Tour's heart was dripping blood.
On that day, Suiyang City was actually breached by Yin Ziqi, no one surrendered, and the good men who defended the city fought until the last moment.
Zhang Tour, Xu Yuan, and other core generals were captured.
Yin Ziqi persuaded them to surrender, and Zhang Patrol scolded them and vowed not to surrender.
Yin Ziqi took a knife and pried open his mouth, only a few teeth were left inside, and he spewed out a mouthful of blood, frightening Yin Ziqi to retreat one after another.
Yin Ziqi saw that Nan Jiyun was familiar with his face, and asked if he was a warrior who had shot himself, and he also had the heart to recruit.
Zhang Patrol saw that Nan Jiyun was silent and loudly reminded him that there was no need for a person with integrity even if he surrendered fraudulently.
Nan Jiyun also woke up, and he straightened his chest: "I was looking for an opportunity to take revenge, but now your words remind me, and I will not surrender!" ”
Thirty-six generals, including Zhang Tour, Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun, were brutally killed by the rebels. Xu Yuan was escorted to Luoyang and was unable to save his life on the road.
Three days after the fall of Suiyang, a Tang army recaptured the city, and Soon Yin Ziqi was killed.
The Area around Jianghuai was able to avoid war, and Hu Qi's inability to step into Jiangnan was bought by The Blood Stain suiyang of heroes such as Zhang Tour.
(End)
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > written at the end</h1>
This story I read when I was a child, I only remember the city guards painted by Master Zhao Sandao, all wearing thick plate armor and thick waists. In the story, Zhang Zhu's never retreating integrity, Helan Jinming's ruthlessness, and Nanba's heroic courage all left a deep impression on me.
At that time, I hated Helan Jinming, who obviously sat on a large army but did not send a single soldier.
Reading this story now, I can understand that Helan Jinming is just an example of sitting and watching Zhang Tour's failure, and the Surrounding Tang Army troops generally have this idea. The Tang army actually had the strength to resist the rebellion, and they also knew that Suiyang was of great significance, and they were only jealous of Zhang Tour's prestige and merits, and they hoped that Zhang Tour would die in Suiyang.
Therefore, the city could not be destroyed for three days, and Suiyang was retaken by the Tang army.
The blood-stained Suiyang is actually just a victim of the delicate political situation.
Politics is ruthless, while patriots have feelings.
Zhang Tour and other generals fought against the 180,000-strong army with 6,800 troops for two years, accumulating 120,000 enemy annihilations, and then ran out of food and aid, did not retreat from the battle, and fought to the death, and fought the last point.
Behind them is the rise and fall of the family and the country, and the safety of the people, so they know that they cannot do it.
They are worthy of their will, they are real heroes.
Tang Suzong did not forget the merits of Zhang Tour, and Zhang Tour's portrait was hung on the Ling Yan Pavilion.
The people did not forget him, built a temple for him, and were revered as the Emperor of Mintian.
Last summer, I traveled through Shangqiu, Henan, and made a special trip to visit the Zhang Ancestral Hall.
It was the height of summer, and the ancestral hall was empty
The depth of the entire Zhang Tour Temple is very large, but it is cold and clear, there is not a single tourist, and the scenic spot is also neglected.
Stroll through the ancient city of Suiyang, the street scene is dirty and messy.
The ruined ancient city of Shangqiu (formerly the seat of Suiyang)
The story of Suiyang, like the city, has passed away with the wind, buried in the dust of history, fading out of the world's sight.
I hope that in the future, everyone will talk about Zhongyi, in addition to Guan Yu, Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang,
They could also think of Zhang Tour, nan Jiyun, and Suiyang they had guarded.
There's a past to sing and cry about.
I am Edo Kow, if you like this article, please do not hesitate to like and forward, thank you.