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    Chapter 8: Zhao Danqing When it comes to the Anshi incident, the ones that impress everyone most are none other than An Lushan and Shi Siming. This is the opposite side, and the positive side is Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. These four military gods collided and sent out dazzling sparks.  Or remember the tragedy of Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, but there are two people that many people ignore.  The Yan brothers, to be precise, Yan Zhenqing and Yan Gaoqing are cousins.  But without these two people advocating righteousness in Hebei, the Tang Dynasty would have been different.  The most tragic one was Yan Gaoqing. During the Anshi Rebellion, Yan Gaoqing and his son Yan Jiming were guarding Changshan, and Yan Zhenqing was guarding Pingyuan. The two planned to kill An Lushan's general Li Qincuo, and captured Gao Miao and He Qianqian alive. Seventeen counties in Hebei Province  responded one after another.  At that time, only six counties in Hebei, Fanyang, Lulong, Miyun, Yuyang, Ji and Ye, were still attached to Anlu Mountain.  Yan Gaoqing also sent Ma Sui to Fan Yang to recruit Jia Xun, saying: "Anlu Mountain was ungrateful and rebellious. Even though it won Luoyang, it was eventually destroyed. If Gongruo punishes the generals who disobey orders, he will use Fan Yang to return to the country and destroy his roots."  "This is an incredible achievement." Jia Xun thought it was right, but he missed the opportunity because of his hesitation.  This matter was reported to Anlushan by his general Niu Runke. Anlushan sent his crony Han Chaoyang to Fan Yang, called Jia Xun for a secret talk, and took the opportunity to strangle Jia Xun, and let his general Niu Tingjie command Fan Yang's army.  He also asked Shi Siming and Li Lijie to lead the Tibetan and Han infantry and cavalry to attack the two counties of Boling and Changshan.  This was Yan Gaoqing¡¯s best opportunity, but he missed it.  Hebei is the home base of Anlushan. Anlushan sent Shi Siming and was still worried, so he asked Cai Xide to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Changshan again from the side.  At that time, Yan Gaoqing was also negligent. He thought that most of Hebei was promoting righteousness and had countless soldiers. He did not take the two invading armies to heart. He was discussing something with his men.  He asked his sons Yan Quanming, Jia Shen and Zhai Wande to go to the capital to present Li Qincuo's head together with He Qianqian and Gao Miao.  Zhang Tongyou cried and said: "My brother Zhang Tongru is a rebel general. He begged to go to Beijing with Yan Quanming to save the lives of his family members." Yan Gaoqing agreed, but his brother was like this, and his brother was also a villain. After arriving in Taiyuan, Zhang Tongyou  Tongyou immediately attached himself to Wang Chengye and asked Wang Chengye to detain Yan Quanming and make another statement to take the credit.  When Shi Cai's army arrived, Yan Gaoqing was at a disadvantage in the battle, so he asked Wang Chengye for help. Wang Chengye had already mastered his skills. Instead, he hoped that the rebels would capture Changshan as soon as possible, so he supported his troops and refused to save him.  This is a small turning point. If Wang Chengye takes into account the great cause of the country and sends troops to rescue, it may be another situation.  First, An Lushan's army captured Yan Gaoqing's son and forced Yan Gaoqing to surrender. Yan Gaoqing not only refused to surrender, but instead cursed An Lushan. So Shi Siming killed Yan Jiming and began to attack Changshan.  Yan Gaoqing fought hard day and night, but finally ran out of arrows and food, allowing the rebels to capture Changshan.  The rebels let their soldiers kill more than 10,000 people.  In fact, due to the tyranny of Anlu Mountain, after the Anshi Rebellion, and the two plague gods invited by the Tang Dynasty, Tubo and Uighurs, "the Uighurs entered Tokyo and killed and looted wantonly. Thousands of people died, and the fire was not extinguished for ten days. Shuofang and Shence  The army also regarded Tokyo, Zheng, Ru, and Bian as the territory of thieves, and the plundering and plundering stopped in the third month. All the houses were wiped out, and the soldiers and people were all in clothes. ""The land of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has been trapped by thieves for a long time.  Save one, a hundred caos are deserted, there were no feet or rafters, there are less than a thousand households in the middle area, Jingyi is full of hazelnuts, and leopards and wolves howl.  "Some)" "reaches Zheng and Bian in the east, reaches Xu Fang, starts from Qinhuai in the north, passes through Xiangtu, is cut off from human habitation, and is desolate for thousands of miles (this area turned out to be one of the most densely populated areas in the world)" "Letter to Shaanxi  The condition was particularly severe in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. From Yiyang and Xiong'er to Wulao and Chenggao, within 500 miles, there were more than a thousand households living with no square rafters, no smoke, and miserable conditions. Beasts roamed and ghosts cried (this area has a radius of five hundred miles).  There are at least 300,000 households in a hundred miles, and only a thousand households are left. The ravages have reached this point." Changshan was captured, and Yan Gaoqing, Yuan Luqian and others were sent to Luoyang.  An Lushan made him angry and asked: "You were originally a small household minister in Fan Yang. I reported to the court and appointed you as a judge. A few years later, you were promoted to a prefect. How could you have failed you, and you actually failed me in some way?"  Raise an army against me?" He severely hit his rebellious heart.  Yan Gaoqing retaliated: "You were originally a Hunu who shepherded sheep. The emperor appointed you as the military governor of the Three Kingdoms. You are extremely favored. I have failed you in some way, but you rebelled. I have been a courtier of the Tang Dynasty for generations.  , The wealth, wealth, and official positions were all given by the Tang Dynasty. Even if you ask for help, how can you follow your rebellion? I want to kill you for the sake of my country. What's the point of rebelling? Why don't you kill me quickly?"  Angry, he tied Yan Gaoqing and Yuan Luqian to the pillars of the middle bridge and scraped them to death with a knife.  Both Yan and Yuan continued to curse until they died. More than thirty people in Yan Gaoqing's family were killed by An Lushan.  ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]????????????????????????]???????????????????????????????????????????????????????mbOUT Out????    After Yan Gaoqing was defeated, he led his troops to attack the prefectures and counties that did not surrender. They killed and prodded all the places they passed, including Yejun, Guangping, Julu, Zhaojun, Shanggu, Boling, Wen'an, Weijun, Xinjun, etc.  They all want to fall into the enemy's hands again.  Only Lu Quancheng, the governor of Raoyang, refused to surrender until Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's army arrived.  Yan Gaoqing was defeated miserably, and Yan Zhenqing in Shandong Plain (Ling County) still raised the banner.  First, Li E, a native of Qinghe, who was only 20 years old, said to Yan Zhenqing: "The Duke is the first to sing the great righteousness, and the counties in Hebei regard the Duke as the Great Wall. Today's Qinghe is to the west of the Duke. The country usually gathers Jianghuai and Henan money systems here to support the north.  The army is called the Northern Treasury of the world. Today, there are more than 3 million pieces of cloth, more than 800,000 pieces of silk, more than 300,000 pieces of money, and more than 300,000 dendrobium of grain (one dendrobium is ten dou, and a dou is a unit of capacity, and a stone is  It is a unit of weight, one dendrobium is slightly more than one stone of grain). In the past, the armored soldiers were stored in the Qinghe reservoir. Now there are more than 500,000 things and more than 70,000 households. I think its wealth is equivalent to three plain counties.  , the troops and horses are enough to reach the two Pingyuan counties. If you can lend me troops to control this area, with the two Pingyuan and Qinghe counties as the core, the remaining counties will be at my disposal. " Yan Zhenqing hesitated and said:  "The Pingyuan soldiers have just been gathered and have not yet been trained. They have insufficient self-protection and cannot care about neighboring counties." This is also true. The main reason is that Li E is too young, which makes Yan Zhenqing doubt his ability.  Li E said: "Qinghe asked my servant to borrow troops from the Duke. I borrowed the troops not because of lack of strength, but also because I wanted to see the great sage's clear and righteous ear. I haven't made up my mind yet about the Duke's intention. How can I dare to say the next step rashly?"  Plan." Yan Zhenqing was so surprised that he agreed.  Others thought that Li E was young and energetic and did not see how powerful the rebels were. Borrowing troops would only distract the troops and accomplish nothing.  When Yan Zhenqing heard that it made sense, he began to regret it.  After hearing this, Li E wrote a letter to Yan Zhenqing in the pavilion, saying: "Qinghe County broke away from the rebels, surrendered to the imperial court, and donated food, cloth, and weapons to help the army. Not only did you not accept it, you also had doubts. I will go back  Qinghe County cannot exist in isolation. It must be relied on. If it surrenders to the rebels, it will become a strong enemy to your west. Will you not regret it then? " Yan Zhenqing realized this, so he went to the pavilion to see Li E in person and divided his troops into six groups.  Thousands of dollars were sent all the way to the border, where they shook hands and said goodbye.  Then he asked: "The troops have already marched, can you tell me your next step?" Li E said: "I heard that the imperial court sent Cheng Qianli to send 100,000 elite soldiers out of Guokou to fight against the thieves. The thieves took advantage of the danger and refused to move forward. Today  When the troops are led to attack Wei County first, Yuan Zhitai, the prefect assigned to Lushan, is restored to his position as the former prefect Sima Chui, making him the commander-in-chief of the southwest. He also dedicates part of his troops to open the mouth of Naokou and let Cheng Qianli's army come out to jointly attack Jijun and Ye.  The counties north of the county as far as Youling were occupied by the rebels. Pingyuan and Qinghe counties led other alliance troops, with a combined force of 100,000, and marched south to Linmengjin to hold the fortress and control the rebels' escape route to the north.  The army of the official army for the Eastern Expedition is no less than 200,000, and the army of the Western Expedition in Henan loyal to the imperial court is not less than 100,000. You only need to go to the court to request the army of the Eastern Expedition to stick to it (referring to Brother Feng Gao¡¯s army in Tongguan, which can be seen in the world)  The heroes think the same), within a month, the rebels will inevitably break into civil strife. "Yan Zhenqing said: "Good." So according to Li E's strategy, the soldiers of the three counties fought in a bloody battle for a day, and the army of Wei County was greatly strengthened.  For a time, An Lushan was forced to advance and retreat. However, all this caused Li Longji to kill Gao Feng and others first, and then forced his brother Shu Han to exploit his shortcomings and avoid his strengths to go on an expedition. Tongguan fell and everything came to nothing.  ¡° ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ¡°Alang, you¡¯d better leave,¡± Yan Zhenqing¡¯s housekeeper said.  After Shi Siming pacified Hebei, he immediately set his sights on Yan Zhenqing. Eryan became a major problem in An Shi's eyes.  When Xindu was pacified, he immediately asked his general Yasunoha to lead the army to attack the plains.  At this time, the three counties of Pingyuan, Qinghe and Boping became isolated areas with food and grass and no external reinforcements.  Therefore, the old housekeeper advised Yan Zhenqing to run away, but instead of using the word "escape", he used the word "leave".  "I am ready to die for my country. At this time, the country needs my services more and more. Why should I run away?" The old housekeeper knelt down and cried: "Alang has three lonely cities. Even if Sun Wu is alive and Wu Qi comes back to life, he can't turn things around.  Although Alang's death is fine, because Alang resists the enemy, the rebels must vent their anger on the people of the three counties, which will cause hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the three counties to die because of Alang.  When the rebels rebelled, he sang his righteousness alone and supported the Hebei rebels for a year. He was in danger of death several times.  The world is depressed because of the rampant laughter. Why not try again to protect the people of the three counties from the disaster? "Shi Siming's wanton killings indeed caused many counties and counties to lose the courage to defend the city.  This sentence hit Yan Zhenqing's heart, and he began to cry on the ground.   So he was warned again and again to leave the plain and cross the river southward.  Yan Zhenqing left in front, and the three Pingyuan armies had no masters and surrendered to Shi Siming. So Shi Siming borrowed a knife to kill people, and used Pingyuan's surrender troops to attack Qinghe and Boping, and all three counties were lost.  The news of the war at the front could not be accurately transmitted back to the rear, but Wang Hua knew that Yan Zhenqing was alone and in a very dangerous situation.  He imitated Yan's body and wrote a couplet on the paper: "Civil and military both swept across Yan and Zhao to build extraordinary achievements." A person is just like his character, upright, mighty and upright. His character is just like his character. It cannot be said how bad Wang Hua's heart is, but he still cannot be as strong as Yan Zhenqing.  Therefore, no matter how similar his font is to Yan's style, it is not as impressive and majestic as Yan Zhenqing himself.  Therefore, later Ouyang Xiu, Zhu Wenchang and Su Dongpo highly praised the Yan style. Ouyang Xiu said: "The points are like falling stones, the paintings are like summer clouds, the hooks are like bending gold, and the swords are like crossbows. They have images vertically and horizontally, and they have ambitions low and high. Since the time of Xi and Xian  , There is no one like Gong. " "Guan Jian is a man of integrity. Without this integrity, it is impossible to write the samadhi of Yan Ti.  This couplet is the best portrayal of Yan Zhenqing¡¯s life.  After finishing writing, he immediately ordered people to search for Yan Zhenqing secretly and make sure to protect his life.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But Eryan  The tragedy cannot be compared with the two people on the other side.  There are no two scholars in the country, no two loyal ministers, no two loyal ministers.  Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan were also said to be fiercely loyal and loyal in ancient Chinese history. Only a few people such as Shi Kefa could compare with them.  Zhang Xun, as a Jinshi, was transferred to the Qinghe County Magistrate, and his political examination was the highest. However, he did not want to attach himself to the powerful and did not meet Yang Guozhong, so he was transferred to Zhenyuan County and became a small county magistrate again.  After taking office, he immediately killed the powerful Hua Nanjin in the local fish and meat village. From then on, everyone was kind and no one dared to break the law.  In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, Anshi's army rose, and his general Zhang Nengmei captured Song Cao and other states. Yang Wanshi, the governor of Qiaojun, was frightened by the strength of the rebels and wanted to surrender the whole city. He forced Zhang Xun to become the chief historian to welcome the rebels.  After Zhang Xun received the order, he and his generals wept at the ancestral temple and swore to fight against the rebels.  At that time, Jia Bi, the captain of Shan's father's county, also raised troops to resist the rebellion. After defeating Zhang Tongmei, he marched to Yongqiu and joined Zhang Xun. He had 2,000 soldiers (really very few. At the peak of the Anshi Rebellion, Anshi added the rebels)  The army is approaching a million-strong army).  But at this time, Linghu Chao, the magistrate of Yongqiu County and a notorious figure in history, disagreed and wanted to surrender.  So he led his army to defeat the Juyang army that went north to fight against the rebels, and tied the captured soldiers in the courtyard to be killed.  It happened that he left the city for some reason, and the bound soldiers untied the ropes, killed the guards, closed the city to reject the Linghu tide, and at the same time recruited Jia Ben and Zhang to patrol the city.  After the two entered the city, they killed Linghu Chao's wife and took over the city to defend themselves.  At that time, King Wu Li Zhi was the prefect of Lingchang and was ordered to fight against the rebels. After learning that Jia Ben and Zhang had patrolled Zhanyongqiu, he appointed Jia Ben as the censor.  Soon after, Linghu Chao led the rebels to attack Yongqiu, and Jia Ben led his troops out of the city to resist and died in the battle.  So all the armies were handed over to Zhang Xun.  Zhang Xun reported the battle situation to Li Zhi, and Li Zhi ordered Zhang Xun to take over the army and people of Yongqiu.  After Linghu Chao failed to attack Yongqiu, he led the rebel general Li Tingwang to order 40,000 troops to attack the city, which shocked people for a while.  However, Zhang Xun was calm and composed, letting some of his troops stay behind to defend the city, while the rest divided into several groups and attacked the rebels personally.  The number of troops in Yongbing City was very small, and the rebels were negligent, caught off guard, and fled in defeat.  The next day, the rebels built more than a hundred wooden buildings as high as the city and attacked the city from all sides.  Zhang Xun ordered his people to build a fence on the top of the city to strengthen the defense, and then poured bales of straw and poured ointment into them and threw them at the rebel wooden building to prevent the rebels from getting close.  Taking advantage of the rebels' advance and retreat, they attacked again, causing the rebels' strategy of wooden building to fail.  After that, the enemy attacked and we defended, and the stalemate lasted for more than sixty days. Hundreds of battles were fought, and Linghu Chao was finally defeated and retreated.  After Linghuchao rested, he launched another counterattack, but he also had a headache. He didn't expect this little county magistrate to be so fierce, so he persuaded him at the foot of the city: "The world is over. I stand guarding the dangerous city. Who do you want to do for me?"  Zhang Xun replied calmly: "I have pledged myself to be loyal and righteous throughout my life. With today's actions, where is my loyalty?" Ling Huchao walked away in shame.  At that time, Zhang Xun was stationed in the isolated city and there was no news from the court.  Linghu Chao once again besieged Yongqiu for more than forty days. He heard that Li Longji had escaped from Chang'an and wrote a letter to persuade Zhang Xun to surrender.  It wasn't his talent that frightened Zhang Xun.  Hearing that even the emperor had fled, Zhang Xun had six generals under his command. They all paid homage to the emperor and made special entrance to the palace. They persuaded Zhang that since the army was outnumbered and the emperor's survival was unknown, it was better to surrender.  These six generals were the main generals under Zhang Xun. Zhang Xun was afraid that things would change, so Yang promised to set up a portrait of the emperor in the court the next day and lead the soldiers to worship. Everyone cried, so Zhang Xun took advantage of the soldiers to encourage him.  , led six generals to the front, charged him with great righteousness, and beheaded him in public.  As a result, the morale of the military became stronger.  After guarding the city for many days, all the enemies in the city were patrolled, and more than a thousand men wearing black clothes fell into the city at night  Linghu Chao thought that Zhang Xun was going to attack the camp and ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows. It took a long time to realize that it was a straw man.  So he got one hundred thousand arrows.  Later, the grass-roots fell under the city, causing Huchao's army to laugh without any help.  So he sent five hundred dead soldiers to the city and suddenly attacked Linghu Chao's camp.  Linghu Chao's army was in chaos, burned the camp and fled.  Zhang Xun led his army in pursuit for more than ten miles before returning.  This was because they had too few troops. Otherwise, this battle might wipe out all Linghu Chao's army in one go.  Linghu Chao was ashamed and resentful, so he increased his troops and surrounded Yongqiu tightly.  He came up with another vicious plan, pretending to have a conversation with Zhang Xun, and secretly deployed a crossbow machine under the city. Zhang Xun didn't know it, so he answered Lei Wanchun, the general of the army. The rebels took the opportunity to shoot Lei Wanchun with the crossbow machine.  Lei Wanchun was shot in six places in the face, but he remained motionless.  Linghu Chao suspected that he was a wooden man and sent troops to conduct reconnaissance. He was very surprised when he learned that it was indeed Lei Wanchun. He said to Zhang Xun from afar with emotion: "I have to meet General Lei before I know that the military orders are strict, but what's the way of heaven?"  Zhang Xun replied: "You have lost all human relations, what qualifications do you have to talk about the way of heaven?" Soon after, Zhang Xun personally led his troops to fight, captured fourteen rebel generals, and killed more than a hundred people.  Under Zhang Xun's coercion, Linghu Chao had no choice but to flee at night and withdraw his troops into Chenliu, not daring to fight Zhang Xun again.  After a period of time, the rebels stationed more than 7,000 cavalrymen in Baishadou. Zhang Xun led his troops to attack at night and defeated the rebels.  Returning to Taoling, he met more than 400 rebels and captured them all.  Zhang Xun separated these rebels and killed all the Guitanzhou soldiers and Hu people. Chen Liuxiang of Xingyang dismissed the soldiers and let them go back to their own business.  This approach is similar to Wang Hua's, but Wang Hua is even more ruthless. He even sends his soldiers as slaves.  Because of the successive victories, more than 10,000 civilians deserted the rebels and came to join them, and their momentum gained momentum.  Due to the long-term defense of the city, Yong soldiers did not have much food reserves. At this time, Zhang Xun learned that Linghu Chao was transporting rice from Juyang Canal to Yongqiu City in hundreds of ships, so he sent troops to fight at night.  This time, countless rebels were killed again, and Zhang Xun received thousands of dendrobium salt and rice.  Linghu Chao became angry from shame. In October, Linghu Chao and Wang Fude attacked Yongqiu with an army of more than 10,000 people. Zhang Xun attacked Yongqiu and defeated them, beheading more than a thousand people.  In December, Linghu Chao came again and was defeated by Zhang Xun.  Linghu Chao and Li Tingwang attacked Yongqiu but failed for several months, so they set up Qizhou and built Qizhou City in the north of Yongqiu City in an attempt to cut off Yongqiu's food aid.  At the same time, he often sent tens of thousands of troops to attack Yongqiu. Zhang Xun only had more than a thousand troops, but he was able to repel the rebels every time.  At this time, Wang Hua had already entered Chang'an, but the generals from various places were dissatisfied with him, so he proclaimed himself king and continued to call Li Longji his reign. The same was true for Li Ju, the king of Guo, the governor of Henan.  He appointed Zhang Xun as the pioneer envoy.  This month, Lujun, Dongping, and Jiyin all fell into the hands of the rebels.  Rebel general Yang Chaozong led 20,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Ningling and cut off Zhang Xun's retreat.  This worsened the situation, so Zhang Xun withdrew from Yongqiu and headed east to defend Ningling. Only then did he meet Xu Yuan, the prefect of Juyang.  At that time, he only had 300 horses and 3,000 soldiers. However, when Yang Chaozong led his army to the northwest of Ningling, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, and their generals Lei Wanchun and Nan Jiyun fought decisively with Yang Chaozong all day and night.  He defeated the rebels dozens of times, killed more than 10,000 enemies, beheaded more than 20 generals, and filled Bianshui with dead bodies.  Although Wang Hua was very troubled by the lack of cooperation from the Tang Dynasty soldiers, he could use Li Longji's name to order Zhang Xun to be the military envoy of Henan and temporarily act as the agent for Henan's military and political affairs.  However, the imperial edict was confiscated by Li Ju, and he only gave Captain Zhe Chong and Captain Guo Yi more than thirty positions, without even any rewards.  Zhang Xun wrote to ask questions, but Li Ju didn't reply.  The location of Juyang is very important as it is the strategic point of Juyang Canal.  At this time, Wang Hua concentrated on running Longyou Lingwu in Guanzhong and started a war with Tubo. The rebels had no choice but to turn their attention to Jianghuai.  But to conquer Jianghuai, Juyang must be conquered.  So An Lushan asked his son An Qingxu to send his generals to join Luo, Tujue, Xi and Khitan elites with Yang Chaozong's troops, totaling more than 100,000 people, to attack Juyang.  At this time, Juyang welcomed a guest.  Having already harmed Hebei, Henan, and Shandong, Wang Hua didn't want An Lushan to harm Jianghuai again, so he sent someone to contact Zhang Xun and provide him with a large number of weapons.  But he was rejected by Zhang Xun, who said: "Go back and report to your master, you are also a rebel. I will not accept the food you have come." Then he began to fight hard with the rebels.  Fortunately and unfortunately, Zhang Xun met Xu Yuan. He knew that his military ability was not as good as Zhang Xun's, so he recommended Zhang Xun as the commander and took care of the army's food and supplies.  After Zhang Xun took office, he immediately killed the surrendered general Tian Xiurong, and then took advantage of the rebel vanguard to come from afar to attack the rebels.  After returning with a great victory, Zhang Xun captured a large number of chariots, horses, cattle and sheep. Zhang Xun gave all these trophies to the soldiers without taking any of them himself.  At this time, when the wheat was ripe, the main rebel army arrived and harvested the wheat to supply the army.  After Zhang Xun saw it on the city, he gathered his troops and beat drums to make a show of leaving the city.  The rebels immediately stopped cutting wheat and waited for battle.  ?The patrol then stopped beating the drums and allowed the army to rest.  Repeatedly, the rebels relaxed their vigilance.  Zhang Xun asked Nan Jiyun to lead his army to open the city gate, rush straight to Yin Ziqi's camp, kill the general and raise the flag.  At the same time, the rebels had more than a thousand fine cavalry, approaching the city and recruiting Zhang Xun to surrender.  While Zhang Xun was talking to the rebel generals on the city, he secretly ordered dozens of people armed with hooks, mo knives, crossbows, and long bows to hang down from the bottom of the city and sneak into the waterless city moat. Taking advantage of the large number of rebels outside the city, Zhang Xun  When they were not on guard, the warriors fought bravely. The rebels were caught off guard and lost many men again.  In July, the rebels besieged the city again. At this time, there was no food in the city. The soldiers could only get a spoonful of rice every day. They were so hungry that they could only eat bark and paper. Some were so hungry that they had no choice but to eat mud to relieve their hunger.  Zhang Xun sent his troops to kill Nan Jiyun from the east gate of the city and call for reinforcements.  However, Helan Jinming, who respected his troops, was the minister who took away Yan Zhenqing's military power. Xu Shuji and Shang Heng, who were stationed in Pengcheng, both waited and refused to send troops.  Only Li Ben, who was stationed at Zhenyuan, assisted with a hundred horses, and General Ningling assisted with 3,000 troops.  However, these soldiers fought their way out of the siege through Nanjiyun, and only a thousand or so of them were left in Juyang City.  The rebels learned that there was no food in the city, and some soldiers were so hungry that they could not even draw their weak bows, so they stepped up their attack on the city.  At this time, the soldiers guarding the city also persuaded Zhang and Xu to discuss breaking out. Zhang Xun discussed with Xu Yuan and believed that Juyang was a barrier to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. If it fell, the rebels would go south and ravage the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, so they decided to hold on.  At this time, the rebels used a ladder to attack the city. Zhang Xun ordered his soldiers to topple the ladder with hooks and poles, and immediately threw fire from the top of the city to burn the ladder.  I had no choice but to use force, as I was too hungry to have the strength to overturn it by force.  Seeing that the ladders were ineffective, the rebels used hook carts and wooden horses to attack the city. However, when they approached the city wall, they were smashed to pieces by stones dropped from the city wall.  The rebels then surrounded the city, dug trenches, and built fences outside the trenches, creating a long-term siege.  This is also the last resort adopted out of necessity.  This trick really works.  The attack in the city was ineffective and there was no food. Many soldiers starved to death.  Seeing the low morale, Zhang Xun tied up his concubine and put her in the courtyard.  Nan Jiyun said in surprise: "Commander, what are you going to do?" This concubine is usually knowledgeable and courteous, and has a delicate appearance. During these days, she sewed uniforms for the soldiers and took care of the wounded, and was very popular with the soldiers.  Zhang Xun said: "Instead of starving to death, it is better to let everyone eat." "Commander, it is absolutely impossible." Nan Jiyun burst into tears. After hearing this, all the soldiers burst into tears.  (This is what actually happened when some people attacked Zhang Xun later. I don¡¯t know what these people were thinking. I shook my head.) At this moment, there were many strange noises coming from outside the city. Lei Wanchun strode in and shouted  : "Keep a person under the knife, keep a person under the knife." Because he was hit by six arrows in the face, his face was particularly ugly and ferocious, but at this time, his face was full of excitement. He picked up Zhang Xun and hugged him.  When they reached the top of the city, they saw countless troops coming from the south, holding a pipe in their hands and spitting out flames. The rebels fell down one after another like straw.  []
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