Talking about the South Lake in fact, I have only been in contact with it for a year Last year, I came to Shangqiu to study when I was not free to come to play a little bit with my classmates This is a real paradise for those who have to work too much, right? The South Lake tour area is filled with the fragrance of birds and flowers, and there are a lot of South Lake As the name suggests, there is no shortage of water ah calm lake occasionally swallows swept over the lake's wide endless
In the endless lake I vaguely saw something ah wow, it turned out to be a small island ah asked its name: Xuanbird Island into the root of the original name is from the allusion: "Xuanbird born Shang" and got the island, although small, is a small island, the island is a small island. "
Nanhu not only has a beautiful view, but also has many amusement parks and facilities, roller coasters, ice skating rinks, shooting, calligraphy, and so on and so forth, and the most attractive thing to me is the horse racing track. --It's the first time I've seen so many horses. Horses are rare these days, even though there's a lot of traffic, but they're rare. It's different here. There are a lot of horses, and they're all strong and tall, just like those on TV. What's even better is that if you pay a few dollars, you can be the star of the show, and you can ride the horses in the wide-open racecourse, which is a great place to see the horses. As my courage is limited, when the hero is exempt from watching those brave people riding the horse that majestic Only two words: envy Every place has a twisted history Speaking of the South Lake, we have to mention the history of the South Lake as well as Suoyang
When visitors in the South Lake sightseeing may be very few people know that underneath their feet is the city underneath the city in the Ming Dynasty, underneath the superposition of the ancient city: the Yuan Dynasty Guide City, the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and so on. The Yuan Dynasty Guide City, the Song Dynasty Nanjing City, the Tang Dynasty Suoyang City, the Han Dynasty Liang Capital, the Spring and Autumn Capital of the Song Dynasty, all of these ancient cities are sleeping underneath our feet
It was in the Tang Dynasty's Suoyang City that the only battle in Shangqiu's history to be included in the book "Five Thousand Years Up and Down," which took place more than 1,300 years ago, was fought, and therefore, there was also Zhang Patrol, and there was also the battle of Suoyang City. Therefore, there was also the appearance of Zhang Patrol and a touching story about Zhang Patrol:
In the 14th year of Emperor Xuanzong Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and An Lushan, the section chief of the three towns of Pinglu, Fanyang, and Hedong, rose up in Fanyang and led the troops of the three towns to attack the Tang Dynasty in a vast southward movement. The Tang dynasty is peaceful for a long time, the army has not seen what it is like to fight, while the rebels are the northern part of the town, the battlefield of the brave division, all the way like a cracker, a lot of states and counties of the governor, county magistrates surrendered to the wind, less than 1 month, the rebel army from the area of Beijing to Luoyang.
The ancient city of Suoyang, located in the junction of Henan, Lu Anhui, is a major town for transportation between north and south of China, and has always been a place of contention for soldiers. If this city fell into An Lushan's hands, the rebels would be able to enter the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop and gain all the affluent land, so that the Great Tang Empire would lose its economic pillars and ultimately come to an end.
This is the historical background of Zhang's defense of Suyang.
Zhang Pat, a native of Dengzhou in Nanyang, was not promoted because of his outstanding talent and political achievements, but because of his disdain for camping and his unwillingness to attach himself to the rich and powerful. Without the Anshi Rebellion, he would have been a county magistrate forever.
Before the rebels entered the Tongguan Pass, An Lushan sent the Tang Dynasty's relegated general, Linghu Chao, to attack Yongqiu (present-day Qi County, Henan Province). There was a county of Zhenyuan near Yongqiu, and the county magistrate, Zhang Pu, who was unwilling to surrender, recruited more than 1,000 strong soldiers and occupied Yongqiu. Linghu Chao brought 40,000 rebels to attack. Zhang and his men defended Yongqiu for more than 60 days, repelling more than 300 rebel attacks and killing and wounding a large number of rebels, so that Linghu Chao had to retreat.
Late one night, there were thousands of soldiers dressed in black, climbing down the wall along the rope. This incident was discovered by Linghu Chao's soldiers, who quickly reported to the main general. Linghu Chao concluded that Zhang patrol sent soldiers to sneak attack, so he ordered the soldiers to shoot arrows at the city, until the sky white, the rebels and then take a closer look, only to see clearly hanging on the walls of the city are all the grass people.
At the top of the city, Zhang's soldiers were happily pulling up straw men. The straw men were densely packed with arrows, hundreds of thousands of them. Zhang's "straw man borrowing arrows" is no less ingenious than Zhuge Liang's "straw boat borrowing arrows".
A few days later, the "straw man" appeared on the city wall again. The rebels did not fire a single arrow. For days, the rebels were so used to this that they were no longer on guard. Late one night, 500 warriors went down to the city, taking advantage of the enemy's defenselessness, launched a fierce attack. The enemy army was in chaos and fled in all directions. Zhang Pu opened the city gates wide and led more than 1,000 soldiers to chase down the rebels and returned home with a great victory.
Linghu Chao was so furious at being tricked that he went back and increased his force to attack the city. Zhang Patrol sent his general Lei Wanchun to command the defense of the city from the top. When the rebels saw the appearance of a general on the city, they let loose their arrows. Lei Wanchun was unprepared and was hit by six arrows in the face. He still stood steadily in order to stabilize the army.
Later, Linghu Chao learned from spies that the "wooden man" who stood still after being hit by arrows was Lei Wanchun, and he could not help but be astonished, realizing the bravery of Zhang Xuan's men and the strict military discipline. Although there are tens of thousands of rebels, Zhang's soldiers are only 1,000 people, but when Zhang patrol should strike, always win the battle.
A year later, Xu Yuan, the governor of Suiyang, sent an urgent letter to Zhang, saying that the rebel general Yin Ziqi was coming to attack Suiyang with an army of 130,000 men. When Zhang received the urgent letter, he hurriedly led his troops to Suoyang.
Xu Yuan, the governor of Suoyang, was in a higher position than Zhang Patrol, but he knew that Zhang Patrol was good at using troops and was both wise and brave, so he asked Zhang Patrol to command the defense of the city. The combined strength of Zhang Pat and Xu Yuan was only more than 6,000 people, and there was a big difference in strength between the two sides. Zhang was ordered to defend the city with his troops and fought with the rebels for 16 days, capturing more than 60 enemy generals and wiping out more than 20,000 enemies, and Yin Ziqi had to retreat.
After two months, Yin Ziqi got reinforcements and surrounded Suiyang city tightly again. Although Zhang Pan won several battles in succession, the rebels came and went, and the situation became more and more urgent.
One night in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Zhang told his soldiers to beat the war drums and ordered them to form up. When the rebels outside the city heard the drums in the city, they hurriedly set up their positions and prepared to engage. By the time dawn came, the Tang army was not yet seen leaving the city. Yin Ziqi sent people to climb the high place to look out, only to see the city quiet, no movement at all, then ordered the soldiers to unload the armor to rest. Many rebel generals were so nervous that they fell asleep as soon as they fell on the ground.
At this time, Zhang patrol and Lei Wanchun, Nan Jiyun and a dozen other generals, each with 50 cavalry, open the city gate to kill out. The rebels were unprepared, the formation was in chaos, by Zhang patrol's generals killed more than 5000 people. Zhang's generals also snatched back the wheat that the rebels had just beaten.
Zhang Patrol wanted to shoot Yin Ziqi when he came out of the battlefield to command. However, Yin Ziqi was a cunning fellow and usually went into battle, always accompanied by a few generals. They wore the same color robes and rode the same horses, so the Tang army could not identify which one was the main general. Zhang Patrol came up with a solution. Once, when the two armies were facing each other, Zhang Patrol told his soldiers to shoot an arrow sharpened with wild artemisia into the enemy line. The rebel soldiers picked up the arrow, thinking that the arrows in the city had been used up, and happily took the arrow to report to Yin Ziqi.
Yin Ziqi just received the artemis arrow in the hand, the city on the head of the Zhang patrol in the eyes, and immediately instructed the side of the Nan Jiyun aimed at Yin Ziqi shot arrows. Nan Jiyun was originally a good archer, he shot an arrow, impartial, hit Yin Ziqi's left eye. Yin Ziqi covered his face, screamed and fell off his horse. Zhang patrol ordered to charge out of the city and won another big battle.
Yin Ziqi was blinded in one eye when he failed to attack the city. He went back to nurse his wound for a while, and then led tens of thousands of troops to encircle Suiyang City like an iron barrel. The soldiers outside the city gathered more and more, and the soldiers in the city fought less and less, and later, there were only more than 1,600 people left in Suiyang City. At this time, there was a man named Li Zhi who was jealous of Zhang Xun's talent, and he transferred the military food of Suoyang City to the field at the critical moment. The city was deprived of food, and the generals and soldiers had to take tree bark, tea leaves and paper to fill up their hunger every day. When Yin Zhiqi learned this news, he decided to trap the soldiers and officers in the city, and Suiyang City became a lonely city without help. Zhang Pan had to send his subordinate Nan Jiyun to lead 30 cavalrymen to kill out of Suiyang City and borrow troops from Linhuai.
Helan Jinming, the general in Linhuai, was afraid of the rebels and did not want to send troops to save Suiyang. He saw Nan Jiyun is a brave general, want to keep Nan Jiyun as his subordinates, specially held a banquet for Nan Jiyun, accompanied by all the generals.
Nan Jiyun could not drink the wine, he said angrily: "Suiyang soldiers and civilians have not eaten a grain of rice for more than a month, how can I eat here?" Said, he bit off one of his fingers, biting his mouth dripping with blood. Nan Jiyun said, "Jiyun can not fulfill the mission entrusted to me by the Lord General, I have to leave this finger to testify, go back or have an explanation." The generals attending the banquet looked shocked, all cover their faces with their sleeves, some can not help but cry.
Waiting for a month, Nan Jiyun saw that Helan Jinming refused to send troops, so he had to leave Linhuai and borrowed 3,000 soldiers from elsewhere to return to Suoyang. When they arrived at the edge of Suoyang city, they were discovered by the rebels and surrounded them again. Nan Jiyun led the men and horses, rushed across the city, and started a bloody battle under the city.
Zhang patrol heard the sound of killing outside the city, know Nan Jiyun back, open the city gate, kill the enemy, Nan Jiyun and a group of soldiers received into the city. After Nan Jiyun reported the situation of borrowed troops to Zhang, Xu Yuan, the city generals heard the borrowed troops have no hope, they all cried out.
Zhang Yun and Xu Yuan discussed that Suiyang is the barrier of Jianghuai. In order to defend Jianghuai and prevent the rebels from coming south, they resolved to defend Suiyang to the death. In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, when the food in the city was completely cut off, they boiled the bark of trees to eat; when the bark of trees was finished, they killed the warhorses; when the warhorses were all killed, they had to catch sparrows and rats to feed the warriors. ......
The generals and the people in the city were touched by the spirit of Zhang Patrol's death-defying battle, and they knew that it was hopeless to defend Suiyang, and not one of them rebelled.
On the ninth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar in 757 A.D., the city of Suiyang finally fell due to the lack of military food inside and the lack of rescue outside. Zhang patrol, Xu Yuan, Lei Wanchun, Nan Jiyun and other 36 generals were all captured. Yin Ziqi persuaded Zhang and other generals to surrender, but they were cursed by the crowd, so Yin Ziqi cut their tongues with a knife and killed them outside the south gate of the city.
When Zhang Hao, the minister of Henan Province, got the news of Suoyang's critical situation, he quickly dispatched his troops and rushed to Suoyang with a hasty march to repel Yin Ziqi's rebel army, while the city of Suoyang had already fallen for 3 days.
At the critical moment that decided history, the generals of Suoyang City slowed down the main force of the rebels and delayed the pace of their attack. It was only then that the Jianghuai area south of Suoyang was not devastated by the rebels, and precious time was gained for the pacification of the rebellion. Han Yu, a great literary figure of the Central Tang Dynasty, admired Zhang Xun and wrote in his essay, "Who is responsible for defending one city and defending the whole world, and who is responsible for keeping the world from perishing?
When the war was over, people were unable to find the bodies of Zhang Pan and others, and had to "invite their souls to be buried", so they built the "Twin Temples" in honor of Zhang Pan and Xu Yuan
In the current Zhang Pan Shrine, there is a large mound, which is clearly the "Clothes Crown Mound" of Zhang Pan. "Zhang Patrol's resourcefulness, bravery, loyalty, and fearlessness were on full display in that battle, making him a national hero, a patriotic hero, and leaving behind a legacy of patriotism. "He also left behind the title of "Marquis of Loyalty"!
The South Lake carries not only beautiful scenery, but also many touching historical stories waiting for your visit!