In 755, in October of the fourteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan launched a rebellion. In less than a year, the Tang army was defeated, so that in 756, Tang Xuanzong fled from Chang'an. Guo Ziyi retreated to Taiyuan, Li Guangbi garrisoned Wuling, and the abandoned Counties of Hebei were occupied by rebels.
When An Lushan occupied Luoyang, Yongqiu County ordered Fox Chao to surrender to the rebels. Before An Lushan entered Tongguan, he sent the former Yongqiu County Commandery Ling Fox Chao to attack Yongqiu. The county of Zhenyuan County near Yongqiu made Zhang Tour unwilling to give in and recruited more than a thousand brave men to defend Yongqiu. Zhang Patrol and his generals held out for more than sixty days in the face of the 40,000 rebels who made Fox Tide, the soldiers wore armor to eat and sleep, and the wounded also insisted on fighting, repelling more than three hundred attacks of the rebels, and the rebel casualties exceeded half, so that Fox Tide had to be forced to retreat.
The rebels attacked the city many times, and the arrows of the defenders ran out, which made Zhang Tour very anxious!
Late one night, the rebels found hundreds of soldiers dressed in black at the head of the city, climbing down the rope. When Ling Fox Tide learned the news, he thought that he was going to be attacked by the other side, and ordered all archers to shoot arrows at the city wall. When the soldiers on the city wall did not see retreat, the rebels kept firing arrows until it was dark, and the rebels could clearly see that the walls were hanging straw men.
Zhang's soldiers took back the straw men and counted them, and there were hundreds of thousands of arrows, so that the soldiers in the city could resist the rebels for a long time.
After a few days, the "straw man" appeared on the city wall again, and the rebels saw it and laughed, thinking that the defenders were going to cheat the arrows again, so they ignored it. Who knew that this time it was five hundred warriors sent by Zhang Patrol, so that the fox tide's camp was raided by five hundred warriors without preparation. Unable to organize effective resistance, tens of thousands of rebels lost their command and fled in all directions, fleeing for more than a dozen miles before stopping.
After that, Ling Fox Chao organized tens of thousands of people to attack Zhang Tour's soldiers who were no more than a thousand, and Zhang Patrol seized the opportunity to attack, always returning victoriously, making Fox Tide even hit the plan and grit his teeth with hatred.
In 757, the second year of Emperor Suzong's reign, Zhang Patrol rescued Suiyang.
On July 6, the rebels attacked Suiyang, suiyang city was besieged for many days, Linhuai guards will be afraid of thieves, mercenaries will not help, the rebels learned that the siege is more urgent. The defenders of Suiyang City first ate a box of rice a day, and then the tea paper was eaten, and then they killed the war horses, the war horses killed all, the birds and rats were eaten, the birds and rats were eaten, Zhang Tour killed his own concubines, and the other generals also killed their own servants for the soldiers to eat; then killed the women in the city, and then the old and weak in the city. At that time, the people in the city knew that they would die, and no one betrayed them, and in the end only about four hundred people were left. On October 9, the defenders were unable to fight any longer due to illness and hunger, and the rebels captured the city, and Zhang Zhuanyun and Lei Wanchun and thirty-six others were killed.
Zhang Patrol went to his death, and his righteousness was awe-inspiring, and he had no fear.