At that time, the army had no belief goal or program purpose. The purpose of joining the army is to make a living. These 20,000 people are actually stuck together by food adhesives. If there is no food one day, these soldiers with food will immediately disperse. There is no grain storage base in Wagang, and all of them are eaten now. If this situation encounters a large-scale blockade and encirclement by government forces, the soldiers who defeat the enemy without fighting will immediately fall into chaos.
Zhai Rang was also annoyed with this problem, but he didn't have a better solution, so he had to take it one step at a time and eat a catty 12.
Shi Biao has an idea. In order to completely change this short-sighted situation, Shi Biao proposed to Zhai Rang to attack the nearby Xingyang County and rob the granary of the Sui Dynasty. Accumulate food and grass, rest the army, and wait for opportunities to plot the world.
Xingyang County, in the south of Wagangzhai, is a big city with many business trips and convenient transportation. Li Yuan used to be the satrap here, and the current satrap is also the Prince Yang Qing of Wang Xi, which shows the importance of this place.
Zhai Rang listened to Shi Biao's advice, led the army to first lay the Jindiguan in the north of Xingyang, and then won several nearby counties with the help of the victorious army. Finally, the sword refers to Xingyang County.
Wang is here to enjoy Central Plains cuisine and beautiful women. How can he command the charge? The * * * army in Xingyang County was badly beaten by Wagangjun.
In order to deal with Wagangjun, Yang Guang threw a trump card and transferred Zhang Xutuo to Xingyang County. Zhang Xutuo used to work in Qixian County (now Linzi, Shandong Province) and was the ambassador of twelve counties in Henan Province. Qixian County is not close to Xingyang. Planting a radish from Shandong to Henan shows the importance of Zhang Xutuo on the one hand, and Yang Guang's cards are running out on the other hand.
Zhang Xutuo is a tough card. If the Sui Dynasty at that time is compared to a deck of playing cards, Yang Guang is the king, the queen is Xiao Wang, and both Zhang Xutuo and Li Yuan belong to a pair ... Zhang Xutuo, like the shape of A, is a sharp knife that no peasant army can match.
Zhai Rang and Zhang Xutuo are old rivals. According to Zhang Xutuo Biography, Zhang Xutuo led troops to repel Zhai Rang, a thief from East County. He fought more than 30 wars before and after, and every time he ran away.
What's it like to fall 30 times with a person, but not once without being fallen by the other person? Is it repeated defeats or repeated defeats? Anyway, Zhai was scared by Zhang. In front of Zhang Xutuo, Zhai Rang turned into Zhai Rangqin, and stood aside automatically at the sight of Zhang Xutuo. Don't blame Zhai Rang for his incompetence. It's really Zhang Xutuo, a super soap, which makes many peasant army leaders become overlapping names: Wang Hiding, Guo Escaping, Pei Escaping, and worst of all, Zuo Xiaoyou is tied to the left-tens of thousands of troops are surrounded by Zhang Xutuo on the mountain, so he has to be tied up and surrender.
When Zhai Rang heard that Zhang Xutuo had come to Xingyang, he was conditioned. He was so scared that he had to retreat and make way.
Shi Biao comforted him that there was nothing to be afraid of in Zhang Xutuo. He was brave and resourceful, and the army won many times. He is proud and fierce, and I guarantee that he will be caught in a battle.
Shi Biao really dares to brag (maybe he encouraged Zhai Rang with big talk). Zhang Xutuo is not a lout warrior, but a courageous and resourceful man. His combat experience can make a fascinating film with modern techniques. However, this is understandable. Ancient people seemed to like to play when they were fighting. Whether you can beat it or not, blow it up first. When the two armies confront each other, the two men who fight one-on-one in front of the battle will ask: The newcomer signed up and didn't kill the unknown ghost with his sword! Some people are cut down as soon as they open their mouths. But this time, Shi Biao really made a name for himself: Zhang Xutuo really became a ghost under his sword!
Under Shi Biao's persuasion and persistence, Zhai Rang had to crustily skin of head and go out to fight. Shi Biao made full preparations before the war. He ambushed 1000 soldiers in the forest of Dahai Temple more than ten miles northeast of Xingyang, waiting for an opportunity to attack Zhang Xutuo.
Zhang Xutuo always looked down on Zhai Rang, and he pressed more than 20,000 troops into a phalanx. Before long, Zhai Rang was fed up. According to Shi Biao's pre-war deployment, he retreated in the direction of Dahai Temple. This situation is too normal for Zhang Xutuo. He had seen Zhai Rang escape too many times, and even when he escaped, his back was rather clumsy and bent. Of course, he didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he led the soldiers in hot pursuit.
After crossing the sea temple, the road is getting narrower and narrower, and there are more and more trees. This dangerous terrain didn't arouse Zhang Xutuo's vigilance, because he regarded the stockade master as a cadre too seriously. He wouldn't have thought that there was another man named Shi Mi lurking in the front. It was the ordinary black boy who knocked out his A and turned it into an empty V with the knife edge down.
When Zhang Xutuo's troops came after him without formation, Shi Biao, who was hiding in the Woods, commanded the ambush to rush out suddenly and cut off his team's cover to kill. At the same time, Zhai Rang invaded and returned to fight, and Xu Shizhen's serial number surrounded Zhang Xutuo from different directions. Zhang Xutuo didn't expect so many Wagang troops to appear at once, so he quickly organized resistance with the right attitude. He stabbed the left and right with a knife, and soon broke through the encirclement. However, when he found that there were still many people surrounded inside, he immediately jumped on the horse and turned to kill him on the battlefield to carry out rescue.
In this way, he went in and out of the crowd with extraordinary courage and rescued many soldiers, but he was determined not to leave the battlefield and eventually died of exhaustion.
Zhang Xutuo is a good leader who is people-oriented. He trades his life for the lives of soldiers without any regrets. It is rare in the history of China for thousands of years (except in modern times) that a superior leader gave his life to save the lives of a subordinate soldier. With this deed, Zhang Xutuo can be elected as one of the top ten heroes who moved to Sui in 6 16. After his death, his soldiers wailed day and night for several days.
Some people died, but he is still alive. This poem is also applicable to describe Zhang Xutuo in feudal society. Zhang Xutuo's death was equivalent to an earthquake in the military and political circles of the Sui Dynasty. Many people feel the same way: such a long-term unbeaten famous soldier was killed by the rebels. Why should we fight?
Mental fear and giving up are incurable terminal diseases. The spirit is there, and the dream is there. The popular slogan now is: as long as the spirit does not decline, the solution is always more difficult than it is. That's the reason. However, in front of the Wagang Army in hua county, what can't slip away? For Zhang Xutuo, this is his Waterloo. One slip will make him hate for life.
To be sure, if Zhang Xutuo hadn't died, there would have been no chance for Yuzhou Wagang Army to develop to the extent of later mobile Altman, and with Zhang Xutuo's key attack, there would probably be many unpredictable results. If so, many unknown changes will take place in the history of the Sui Dynasty. However, history has no ifs, only results.
Many people who read the history of Sui and Tang Dynasties later felt sorry for Zhang Xutuo's death, because he died unexpectedly. Because of his extreme underestimation, the famous victory of Xingyang in the history of Wagang Army was created. Objectively speaking, Shimi won the battle by luck.
Xingyang became famous in World War I and spread through the ages. Just because two talented people fought a life-and-death battle here, the originally unknown Sea Temple became a tourist attraction. In this respect, Zhang Xutuo died a fair death.