He endured hardships to survive and guarded Suiyang. In the last two months, as many as 30,000 old, weak, women and children were eaten by the Suiyang defenders.
Yin Ziqi also knew that there was a shortage of food in the city. He slaughtered sheep and cattle every day and cooked cakes and buns under the city tower. The aroma filled the air and floated to the city tower.
As long as you surrender, you will be entertained with wine and meat immediately.
As long as you surrender, gold and silver treasures will be given to you immediately.
As long as you surrender, you will immediately be rich and well-dressed, promoted and rich, and prosperous!
If you don't surrender, you will definitely die!
But no matter how Yin Ziqi tried to coerce and lure him, none of Suiyang's soldiers escaped from the battlefield and betrayed the Tang Dynasty!
By the beginning of October, more than a thousand of the defenders of Suiyang were killed one after another, and in the end only 400 people were left. To be precise, there were 400 dying ghosts left.
On October 9, when the Yan army attacked the city of Suiyang like a tide, the soldiers who defended the city fell ill and could no longer raise their swords and guns.
Zhang Xun straightened his clothes, bowed in the direction of Chang'an, and shouted loudly: "I am exhausted and cannot conquer the whole city. I have nothing to repay Your Majesty in life, and I will die as a ghost to kill thieves!"
Suiyang fell, and the Yan army captured Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others. Yin Ziqi stared at Zhang Xun with his one eye for a long time, staring at the only opponent he feared in his life.
Yin Zi asked curiously: "I heard that every time you fight, your canthus is cracked and your teeth are broken. Why?"
Zhang Xun looked up to the sky and laughed wildly: "I want to swallow the traitor, but I am unable to do so."
Yin Ziqi used a knife to pry open Zhang Xun's mouth, and saw that only three or four of his teeth were left. Yin Ziqi was in awe, and deliberately spared Zhang Xun's life and surrendered him.
However, the generals of the Yan army firmly opposed it, saying: "This person values integrity more than his life, and there is no way he can be used by me. Moreover, this person has won the hearts of the army. If he is retained, it will cause trouble in the future."
Yin Ziqi remained silent for a long time, then closed one eye, waved his hand, and ordered Zhang Xun, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and other thirty-six people to exit the camp and behead them.
In Suiyang in October, the autumn wind was gradually rising, the mist was slightly cool, and the execution ground was filled with chills.
The executioner raised the guillotine high, the blade was bright and dazzling. Zhang Xun's color was not chaotic, he was calm and calm, just like usual.
Zhang Xun raised his head and looked at the sky. The sky was like a wash, with clouds flying across it. Zhang Xun turned his head and looked at Nan Jiyun, who had been by his side.
Nan Jiyun looks just like he did when he first met, with piercing eyes, a beard as long as a halberd, and a dusty face, but he does not conceal his chivalry at all.
Zhang Xun praised Nan Jiyun and said: "Nan Ba, a man with dead ears must not be unjust!"
Nan Jiyun gave a free and easy smile and replied: "If you want to do something, you will do what you want. I have said that, how dare you not die?"
Zhang Xun looked around at the generals. The generals looked at Zhang Xun with smiles on their lips.
Zhang Xunhao suddenly became angry and shouted loudly: "Suiyang is a sworn sworn brother and pledges his life to the country. There will be no regrets in this life! Eighteen years later, we will be brothers again!"
Thirty-six guillotines were chopped down in unison, and in the blood mist, all the brothers joined hands and laughed, going to hell together!
Zhang Xun was forty-nine years old.
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Previously, Li Mi learned the true situation in Suiyang from Bai Fu's mouth, and urgently ordered Zhang Hao, the Minister of Letters, to concurrently serve as the Henan Jiedushi, interviewer and other envoys to succeed Helan in the Ming Dynasty.
In August, Xu Shuji, the prefect of Lingchang, was surrounded by thieves and no reinforcements arrived, so he led his troops to Pengcheng.
Zhang Hao learned that Suiyang was in danger, so Beidao rushed forward to help Suiyang. At the same time, he urgently mobilized eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Huainan, Beihai and other war zones as well as Qiaojun County Chief Lu Qiuxiao and ordered them to send troops to support.
Qiaojun is the closest to Suiyang and has sufficient troops and supplies. However, Lu Qiuxiao has always been arrogant and ignored Zhang Hao's military orders. By the time Zhang Hao led his troops to Qiaojun, Suiyang had fallen for three days. At this time, the city of Suiyang had been bombed.
After running out of food, the Tang army officers and soldiers proposed to abandon the city and retreat to the Jianghuai area.
Zhang Xun, the deputy envoy of Henan Jiedu, Xu Yuan, the governor of Suiyang County, and the soldiers discussed repeatedly, and finally came to the conclusion - stick to it.
All the generals agreed that Suiyang was a barrier to the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. Once it was abandoned, the rebels would surely seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and march straight in. If the Jianghuai River was abandoned, the rebels would be able to take the opportunity to go south, not only escaping from the siege of the main force of the Tang army, but also plundering the important financial and taxation town in Jiangnan, Jiangnan.
The entire area will be devastated. By then, the Tang army will lose financial and tax supplies, and the time to fight the rebellion will be extended indefinitely.
Moreover, Suiyang's soldiers were weak from hunger and could not walk. Without the defense of the city wall, the soldiers were like unarmed common people. Even if they retreated, they might not be able to break through and escape.
In addition, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan still had a glimmer of hope against Shangheng of Pengcheng County, Xu Shuji of Qiao County, and Helan Jinming of Linhuai County who held large armies.
Even during the Warring States Period, feudal princes who were hostile to each other would come to the rescue in times of crisis. What's more, if Suiyang was captured and Suiyang was captured, nearby Pengcheng County, Qiao County, and Linhuai County would also face disaster.
They are dependent on each other. These three armies cannot ignore death and will definitely send troops. It is better to continue to hold on and wait for reinforcements.
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After eating the tea leaves and paper, kill the war horse.
Killing the war horses means that there is no possibility of breaking out. If there are no reinforcements, you will just sit back and wait for death.
After the horses finished eating, the soldiers climbed up the trees to catch sparrows and dug for mice under the walls. The sparrows and mice were quickly eaten, and there was nothing left to eat in the city.
Zhang Xun killed his concubine and let the soldiers eat her body. Xu Yuan also killed his slaves and let the soldiers eat all the food.
Next, the soldiers began to hunt down the women in the city and killed them all for cooking. After the women finished eating, they ate the old people and children.
Suiyang City seems to have become a hell.
At the same time, the Yan army never stopped attacking the city.
Whenever the Yan army's offensive recedes, fires will be lit in Suiyang city. The surviving soldiers gather in the fires, including hundreds of thousands of troops, and kill 300 enemy generals and 120,000 enemies! Outnumbered and outnumbered.
, defeating more with less, and the outstanding achievements will shine through the ages!
The puppet Yan rebels behaved cruelly, like locusts crossing the border, looting all the people's property, enslaving strong men, raping women, killing the old, weak, sick and young directly, and picking them on knives for fun. The prosperous
The Central Plains has become an uninhabited wilderness called the Jackal.
Suiyang is located in the middle of the Bianhe River section of the Grand Canal. It is the gateway to Jianghuai, and Jianghuai is the important financial center of the empire. Once Suiyang is lost and the canal is blocked, the Yan army will march straight in and sweep across Jianghuai, with disastrous consequences.
At that time, the Suzong court, which was far away in the barren land of Lingwu, was only supported by taxes from the Yangtze and Huaihe river basins. From preparation to counterattack, King Qin's army relied entirely on the financial support of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. Once the money and food supplies from the Jianghuai River were lost, not only would there be no
With the strength to regain the two capitals, even Suzong's court itself would be in danger of collapse.
If Zhang Xun had abandoned Suiyang early and fled to the southeast in defeat, or if he had been left alone in the city with no help, exhausted his supplies, and had died with his determination in mind, the entire war situation would have been different, and the imperial court would have had a long way to go to regain the two capitals.
Suiyang held on for two years, containing hundreds of thousands of rebel troops, protecting half of the wealth in the southeastern part of the Tang Dynasty, and protecting tens of millions of people south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River from falling into hell.
From this perspective, the empire of Li and Tang Dynasty was preserved, thanks to the bloody battle in Suiyang, and the soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country.
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Looking at the devastated Suiyang City Tower and the withered bones strewn across the city walls, all the reinforcements from the Tang Army wept. Zhang Hao tearfully wrote in his memorial to the court: "In every battle, the soldiers may retreat and patrol on the battlefield.
Therefore, it is said to the soldiers: "I will not leave here, you will fight for me." No soldier dares not to fight back, fight to the death, and defeat the enemy. He also treats others with sincerity, has no doubts, and responds to the enemy with endless surprises. His orders are clear.
, the letter of rewards and punishments, sharing the joys and sorrows with others, the cold and heat, so