Nan Jiyun borrowed soldiers.
Xu Yuan, the prefect of Suiyang, held a higher position than Zhang Xun, but he knew that Zhang Xun was good at fighting and had both wisdom and courage, so he let Zhang Xun take charge of guarding the city. One hundred and thirty thousand people besieged the city in the shade, but the sum of Zhang Xun was only more than six thousand people, a far cry from it. Zhang Xun led a fierce battle with the rebels 16 days, captured more than 60 enemy generals alive, annihilated more than 20,000 enemy troops, and forced Yin to retreat.
After two months, Yin's reinforcements surrounded Suiyang City and tried every means to attack. Although Zhang Xun has won several battles in succession, the rebels have gone and come again, and the situation is becoming more and more urgent.
One night, Zhang Xun told the soldiers to beat drums and ordered the whole team. When the rebels outside the city heard the drums in the city, they quickly lined up and prepared for the battle. Wait until dawn, haven't seen Tang Jun out of town. Yin sent someone to visit the villa. Seeing that the city was quiet and there was no movement at all, he ordered the soldiers to take off their armor and have a rest. Many rebel soldiers were nervous all night and fell asleep as soon as they fell to the ground.
Just then, Zhang Xun, Lei Wanchun, Nan Jiyun and more than ten other generals, each with 50 riders, opened the gate and killed them, and divided their forces to kill them. The rebels were unguarded and in chaos. Tang Jun killed more than 5,000 people.
Zhang Xun wanted to shoot Yin when he was in command. However, Yin is a sly guy. He usually fights with several generals. They wear the same color and ride the same horse, so that Tang Jun can't tell which is the Lord. Zhang Xun came up with an idea. Once the two armies met, Zhang Xun asked the soldiers to shoot an arrow cut from Artemisia scoparia into the enemy line. Rebel soldiers picked up arrows, thinking that the arrows in the city had been used up, and happily reported to Yin with arrows.
As soon as Yin received the Artemisia arrow, the patrol on the head of the city saw it, and immediately ordered Nanji Cloud around him to aim at Yin archery. Nan Jiyun is a good archer. He shot an arrow and hit Yin's left eye impartially. Yin covered her face, let out a cry and fell off her horse. Zhang Xun ordered out of the city to kill, and won a big victory.
Yin failed to take it, but he was blind in one eye, so he refused to give up. He went back to rest for a period of time and surrounded Suiyang with tens of thousands of troops like iron drums. The soldiers outside the city gathered more and more, and the soldiers in the city played less and less. In the end, there were only 1600 people left in Suiyang City, and there was no food. Tang Junbing only gets one meter (gě, one tenth of a liter) to eat bark, tea, paper and fire every day. In the end, there was not even a grain of rice. The soldiers couldn't bear it, and they were hungry one by one.
The situation is getting more and more critical. Zhang Xun had no choice but to send Nan Jiyun and 30 cavalry to Linhuai (northwest of Xuyi, Jiangsu) to borrow soldiers.
Helan Jin Ming, a general stationed in Linhuai, was afraid of the rebels and unwilling to send troops to save Suiyang. Seeing that Nan Jiyun was a brave general, he wanted to keep Nan Jiyun as his subordinate, and specially held a banquet for Nan Jiyun, inviting all the generals to accompany him.
Nan Jiyun was so anxious that he couldn't even drink. He said excitedly with tears: "Suiyang soldiers and civilians have not entered a grain of rice for more than a month. How can I bear to eat here? " How can you swallow it even if you eat it? There are many soldiers under the general. Seeing Suiyang city fall, he refused to divide his forces to help. Is it what loyal ministers and righteous men should do? "He said, and bit off a finger, his mouth dripping with blood. He said angrily, "Ji Yun can't complete the mission entrusted to me by the Lord. I have to leave this finger to testify before I can have an explanation when I go back. "
The officials attending the banquet were shocked and covered their faces with sleeves. Some people couldn't help crying.
Knowing that Helan Jin Ming refused to send troops, Nan Jiyun had to leave Linhuai and borrowed 3,000 soldiers from other places to return to Suiyang. When they arrived at the edge of Suiyang City, they were discovered by the rebels and surrounded again. Nan Jiyun went on the rampage with his troops and launched a bloody battle at the gate.
When Zhang Xun heard the fighting outside the city and knew that General Nan was back, he opened the gate and repelled the enemy. He took Nan Jiyun and a group of soldiers into the city, leaving only one thousand people. After Nan Jiyun reported the situation of borrowing troops to Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, the soldiers in the city heard that there was no hope of borrowing troops and began to cry.
After repeated discussions, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan thought that Suiyang was the barrier between Jianghuai. In order to defend Jianghuai and prevent the rebels from going south, they are determined to defend Suiyang. When the food in the city is bad, they cook bark to eat; After barking, kill the horse; All the horses were killed, so we had to catch sparrows and mice to feed the soldiers.
The soldiers and people in the city were excited by Zhang Xun's spirit of death. They clearly know that there is no hope to keep it, and no one defected.
Finally, there were only 400 people left in the city, and Yin led the rebels to climb the city head with a ladder. The defenders above the city are so hungry that they have no strength to make bows and arrows.
In 757 10, Suiyang city finally fell. Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Lei Wanchun, Nan Jiyun and other 36 generals were all captured.
The rebels tied them up one by one and forced them to surrender. They put the knife rest around Zhang Xun's neck, and Zhang Xun sneered at the rebel side. Then it was Nan Jiyun's turn, and Nan Jiyun was silent.
Zhang Xun turned to Nanjiyun and shouted, "Nanba (Nanjiyun ranked eighth)!
People die when they die, but they can't give in to traitors! "
Nan Jiyun smiled and said, "Don't worry, Zhang Gong. I wonder what to do with them. How can I be afraid of death? "
The rebels knew that they would not give in and finally killed them.
Our Henan envoy Zhang Gao got the news that Suiyang was in a critical situation. He quickly sent his troops to Suiyang and beat back the rebels in Yin. Suiyang city has been occupied for three days. Seven days later, Guo Ziyi led Tang Jun to recover Luoyang.
Because of Zhang Xun's persistence, the Jianghuai area south of Suiyang was not destroyed by the rebels.
Brief introduction of Nanjiyun
Nan Jiyun (765438+D757,02), a native of Dunqiu, Weizhou (now Qingfeng, Henan), was a famous soldier in the Tang Xuanzong and Su Zong periods. Born in a peasant family, he was called "Nanba" because he ranked eighth, and he was brave. In the "Anshi Rebellion", he assisted Zhang Xun in guarding Suiyang (now Shangqiu, Henan Province) and repeatedly made outstanding achievements. After the fall of Suiyang, Yunning in Antarctica would rather die than surrender, and he died.