Zi Zhi Tong Jian

Chapter 52
Yin Ziqi, the general of the rebel army, then led his army to attack Suiyang.Zhang Xun said to the soldiers: "I have received the grace of the country, and I want to swear to defend this city so that I can serve the country. But when I think that everyone sacrificed their lives for the country and stained the wilderness with blood, and the rewards are difficult to repay the meritorious deeds established, I will feel very sad It hurts me!" The soldiers were very excited when they heard this, and rushed forward to ask for a fight.Zhang Xun immediately slaughtered cattle and held a banquet to reward the soldiers, and then led the whole army to fight.Seeing how few officers and soldiers there were, the bandits laughed at them.At this time, I saw Zhang Xun holding the battle flag in his hand, leading his troops to charge straight to the bandit army, rushing left and right, and the bandit army was routed. They took the opportunity to defeat the bandit army.A total of more than 30 bandit generals and more than 3000 soldiers were killed, and they chased the bandit army for dozens of miles.The next day, the remnants of the rebel army gathered the remnants of the remnants and marched against the city of Suiyang again. Zhang Xun led his troops to fight day and night, fighting with them for dozens of rounds. launch an attack.

[Original text]

Yin Ziqi's soldiers surrounded Suiyang more and more urgently, Zhang Xun was in the city at night, beating the drums and strictly guarding the team, if he was about to attack; the bandits heard about it, and Dadan was on guard.Since it is clear, Xun is a dead end.The thief looked at the city from a flying tower, but saw nothing, so he disarmed and rested.Xun and General Nan Jiyun, Lang Jiang Lei Wanchun and more than ten generals each opened the door with fifty cavalry and rushed straight to the bandit camp. Under Ziqi's command, there was a great chaos in the camp. Yu people.Xun wants to shoot Ziqi but doesn't know it, so he uses Artemisia as the arrow, and the middle one likes it.Let Jiyun shoot it, lose his left eye, and almost catch it.Ziqi took the army and returned it.

There were only 600 Suiyang soldiers killed or injured. Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan divided the city and guarded it, patrolling the northeast and far southwest. They ate tea paper with the soldiers and never went to the city again.Thieves attacking the city, the patrols say they are rebellious, and they often abandon the bandits and come down. There are more than [-] people before and after the patrol to the death.

At that time, Xu Shuji was in Qiaojun, Shangheng was in Pengcheng, and Helan Jinming was in Linhuai, all of them were unable to rescue them.The city was frowning day by day, and the patrol ordered Nan Jiyun to surround the thirty cavalry criminals and rush out to Linhuai.When Jiyun went out of the city, tens of thousands of thieves covered them. Jiyun charged straight at them, galloping left and right, and the thieves were invincible.When I arrived at Linhuai, I saw Jinming, and Jinming said: "Today Suiyang does not know whether it will survive or not, so what's the use of going to the army!" Jiyun said: "If Suiyang falls, Jiyun please die to thank the doctor. And once Suiyang is pulled out, As far as Linhuai is concerned, it's like fur and fur that depend on each other, and you can't save it!" Jin Mingai Jiyun was brave and strong, didn't listen to his words, but forced him to stay, with food and pleasure, sitting in Yanjiyun.Jiyun was generous, weeping and saying: "When Jiyun came, people in Suiyang would not eat for more than a month! Although Jiyun wanted to eat alone, he would not swallow. The meaning of sharing disasters and saving troubles is not what loyal ministers and righteous people do!" Because he dropped a finger to show Jinming, he said: "Since Ji Yun can't reach the general's intention, please leave a finger to show your faith and return." Often weep.

【Translation】

Yin Ziqi, the general of the rebel army, continued to send troops to reinforce Suiyang, and surrounded Suiyang tightly.At night, Zhang Xun asked people to make loud noises in the city to organize the team, pretending to attack.After the thief army heard the movement, they also kept on guard all night.After dawn, Zhang Xun ordered the officers and soldiers to stop clamoring.The thieves sent people to go up to the city tower to look around the city, but they saw nothing, so they disarmed and began to rest.In an instant, Zhang Xun, generals Nan Jiyun, Lang Jiang Lei Wanchun and more than a dozen generals each led fifty cavalry to open the gate of the city and rushed out. The camp of the bandit army suddenly became chaotic, and the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to kill more than 50 enemy generals and more than 5000 soldiers.Zhang Xun wanted to shoot Yin Ziqi, but he didn't know him, so he asked someone to cut wormwood and use it as an arrow. The thieves who were shot were very surprised, thinking that Zhang Xun and his arrows must have been shot, and then went forward To report Yin Ziqi, Zhang Xun was able to recognize Yin Ziqi.So he asked Nan Jiyun to shoot Yin Ziqi, but he shot Yin Ziqi's left eye with an arrow and almost captured him. Yin Ziqi had to withdraw in embarrassment.

The soldiers guarding Suiyang had already been killed and injured, and there were only 600 people left. Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan then divided the city into two parts and personally led the troops to stand firm. Zhang Xun guarded the northeast and Xu Yuan guarded the southwest. Paper, day and night to fight with the bandit army, no longer go to the city.For the bandits who came to attack, Zhang Xun would explain to them the reason of rebellion, so there were often people who abandoned the bandits, came to surrender, and fought to the death for Zhang Xun. There were more than 200 such people.

At that time, Xu Shuji was in Qiaojun, Shangheng was in Pengcheng, and He Lanjinming was in Linhuai. They all supported themselves and did not rescue Suiyang.The situation in the city became increasingly difficult, so Zhang Xun ordered Nan Jiyun to lead [-] cavalry to break out of the city and go to Linhuai to ask for rescue.After Nan Jiyun led the army out of the city, tens of thousands of rebels came to stop them. Nan Jiyun led the cavalry straight to the enemy's formation, shooting from left to right and clashed.Nan Jiyun and his party arrived in Linhuai, and after seeing He Lan Jinming, they heard him say: "Nowadays the survival of Suiyang City is uncertain, what's the use of sending reinforcements!" Nan Jiyun said: "If Suiyang City is captured , I, Nan Jiyun, would rather die to apologize to you. What's more, once Suiyang is captured by the bandit army, the next enemy will be Linhuai. These two cities are like furs attached to each other. How can they refuse to save them? !" He Lan Jinming admired Nan Jiyun's bravery and strength, but he couldn't follow his advice, and wanted to forcibly keep him for his own use, and arranged a banquet of wine and music to entertain Nan Jiyun.Nan Jiyun cried impassionedly and said: "When I broke out, the soldiers in Suiyang City had no food for more than a month! Although I wanted to eat here alone, I couldn't swallow it. General, you sit Strong soldiers, but they have the heart to watch Suiyang City fall, without any intention of rescue, is this the action of a loyal minister and righteous man!" Nan Jiyun bit off one of his fingers and gave it to He Lan Jinming Look, and said: "Since I, Nan Jiyun, cannot complete the order given to me by the general, please leave this finger as a credit card so that I can repay the general." Everyone at the banquet was moved to tears.

[Original text]

Renzi and Yin Ziqi recruited tens of thousands of troops again and attacked Suiyang.First, Xu Yuanyu accumulated grain in the city to 600 shi, and King Guo gave half of it to Puyang and Jiyin counties. Even eat up.The generals and men gathered rice every day, mixed with tea paper and tree bark as food, and the thieves transported the food, and the army was defeated and reconquered.Suiyang's generals died without benefit, and the army could not be rescued. The number of soldiers was exhausted to [-]. They were all hungry and sick, so they were besieged by bandits.

The thief is a cloud ladder, which is like a half-rainbow. Two hundred elite soldiers are placed on it, and they are pushed to Lincheng, hoping to make them enter.Xunyu dug three holes in the city, and waited for the ladder to come. From one hole, a big log was put out, and an iron hook was placed at the end, so that the hook could not retreat; Wood, put an iron cage at the end of the wood, burn it with fire, the ladder will break in the middle, and all the soldiers on the ladder will be burned to death.The thieves used hooks and carts to hook the city to the sheds and pavilions. Wherever the hooks reached, they would collapse.To patrol with big logs, put a chain at the end, put a big scorpion at the end of the lock, expand the hook head, pull it into the city with a leather cart, cut off the hook head, and let the cart go.The thief also built a wooden donkey to attack the city, poured molten gold juice on it, and sold it to Shuo.The thieves also used soil pockets to accumulate firewood in the northwest corner of the city as a road, trying to climb the city.Patrols do not compete with each other for profit. Every night, they sneak into the middle with pine mushrooms and dried wormwood. After more than ten days, the thief does not realize it. In the next day, the fire will be extinguished.What Xun did should be done immediately. The thieves subdued their wisdom and dared not attack again, so they built triple trenches outside the city and erected wooden fences to guard the patrols. Xun also made trenches inside to repel them.

【Translation】

On the sixth day of the seventh month, the rebel general Yin Ziqi recruited tens of thousands of troops and went to attack Suiyang.Earlier, Xu Yuan had accumulated as much as 600 shi of grain in the city of Suiyang, and Guo King Li Ju asked him to share half of it to supply Puyang and Jiyin counties, but Xu Yuan firmly opposed it, but his opinion was not accepted by Li Ju. Accepted, Li Ju allocated the grain to the two counties according to his own plan.As soon as Jiyin County got the food, it immediately surrendered the city to the rebels, and the food in Suiyang City had been eaten up so far.The soldiers were only provided with one hectare of rice per day, with tea paper and bark mixed in as food, but the bandit army had convenient food transportation and sufficient troops, and soldiers could be replenished in time after casualties.Although the soldiers defending the city of Suiyang suffered heavy casualties, they could not be rescued. Due to the lack of food supplies for a long time, the soldiers were depleted to only [-] soldiers, and all of them lost their combat effectiveness due to the double devastation of hunger and disease. , So Suiyang City was besieged by bandits, and Zhang Xun refurbished the battle equipment for defending the city to resist the enemy.

The rebel army made a ladder, which was as tall as half a rainbow, and deployed two hundred elite soldiers on it, and pushed it to the bottom of the city, trying to let the rebel soldiers jump into the city.Zhang Xun asked people to cut three holes in the city wall in advance, and when the ladder was about to approach, he protruded a large log from one of the holes, and placed an iron hook in front of the log, and hooked the ladder to prevent it from retreating. , and then protruded a log from another hole, stuck the ladder so that it could not move forward; finally protruded a large log from the remaining hole, put an iron cage in front of the log, and placed it in the cage. Fire was set to burn the ladder, and the ladder was burned in the middle, and all the soldiers on the ladder were burned to death.The thieves used hook cars to hook the attics on the top of the city. Wherever the hook cars went, the attics all collapsed.Zhang Xun then asked people to install a chain on the end of the big log, and a large ring was installed on the lock. The officers and soldiers used this large ring to cover the head of the rebel's hook truck, and then dragged the hook truck into the city with a leather cart, cut off the The hook head on the car, and then let the car go.The rebel army made wooden donkeys and came to attack the city. Zhang Xun ordered people to pour molten iron on the wooden donkeys, and the wooden donkeys were destroyed one after another.Finally, the rebel army piled up soil bags and firewood in the northwest corner of the city to form steps, trying to use this to ascend the city.Zhang Xun did not lead his army to confront the rebels, but whenever night fell, people secretly threw pine and hay into the piling up steps. After more than ten days, the rebels didn't even notice.Seeing that the time was right, Zhang Xun went out to fight, and sent people to set fire to the steps along the wind. The bandit army saw the raging fire but could not rescue it. The fire burned for more than 20 days before it was extinguished.Zhang Xun's actions depended on his improvisation, changing strategies as soon as there was a change.His superb resourcefulness convinced the thieves so much that they dared not send troops to besiege again.He had to dig three trenches outside the city and set up wooden fences to encircle the city. Zhang Xun also sent people to dig several trenches inside the city to defend against the enemy.

[Original text]

Ji Yun inspected the Ming Dynasty and had no intention of leaving the teacher, so he went.As far as Ningling, together with the city envoy Lian Tan, 3000 people rode on foot. In the leap month and Wushen night, they risked the siege, fought and marched.The generals and officials in the city wept bitterly when they knew that there was no help, and the thieves knew that there was no help, so the siege was urgent.

Yin Ziqi besieged Suiyang for a long time, and the city was full of food. He proposed to abandon the city and go east. Zhang Xun and Xu Yuanmou thought: "Suiyang, the protection of the river and Huai River, if you abandon it, the thieves will take advantage of the victory and drive away. There is no river and Huaihe. Also. Besides, we are all hungry and weak, so we will not be able to go anywhere. In the ancient times, the princes of the Warring States still rescued each other, and they are so close and handsome! It’s better to wait for it.” When the tea paper is exhausted, the horses are eaten; when the horses are exhausted, Luo The sparrows dig the rats; the sparrows and rats are exhausted again, patrolling the concubines, killing the eaters, and the slaves in the distance; then the women in the city eat them; when they are exhausted, the men are old and weak.People know that they must die, there are no traitors, and there are only 400 people left.

Gui Chou, the bandits went to the city, and the soldiers were sick and unable to fight.Patrol to the west and worship again, saying: "I have exhausted my strength, and I can't use the whole city. I can't repay your majesty by life, and death should be a ghost to kill thieves!"Yin Ziqi asked Xun: "I heard that every time you fight, your canthus is cracked and your teeth are broken, why?" .Zi Qiyi did what he did, and wanted to live it.His apprentice said: "Those who keep the festival will not be used by me in the end. If you have the heart of a scholar, if you keep it, it will be a trouble for you in the future." Then Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun and other 36 people were beheaded.Patrol and die, the color is not chaotic, and the vibe is as usual.Born to Xu Yuanyu Luoyang.

【Translation】

Nan Jiyun understood that He Lan Jinming would not send troops to rescue in the end, so he had no choice but to leave from Linhuai.Arrived in Ningling, led 3000 infantry and cavalry together with Lian Tan, the envoy of Ningling City. After a fierce battle, the enemy camp was destroyed, and the casualties of his own soldiers were also very heavy. In the end, only 1000 people were left to enter the city.The soldiers and officials in the city cried loudly when they learned that there was no hope of rescue.After the rebel army learned that they had no reinforcements, the siege became more urgent.The bandit general Yin Ziqi led troops to besiege Suiyang for a long time. The food in the city had already been eaten up. Some people suggested that Suiyang City should be abandoned and the army should be withdrawn to the east. Zhang Xun discussed with Xu Yuan: "Suiyang is the barrier of the Jianghuai area. Abandon Suiyang City, then the bandit army will definitely drive southward and attack the Jiang and Huai areas. Besides, our soldiers are already hungry and weak, and even if they retreat, they will not be able to escape. What's more, there are many garrison generals of the imperial court not far from us! It's better to stick to the city and wait for rescue." After the tea paper was eaten, they killed the horses to satisfy their hunger; after the horses were killed, they cast nets to catch birds After the birds and mice were all eaten, Zhang Xun killed his concubine and let the soldiers share the food. Then Xu Yuan also killed his slaves; All the women were hunted out, killed and eaten, and then all the old, weak, sick and disabled men were killed to satisfy their hunger.Everyone in the city knew that they must die, so no one wanted to rebel. In the end, there were only 400 people left in the city.

On the ninth day of October, when the rebel army ascended the tower, the soldiers were starving and sickly, unable to fight at all.Zhang Xun had no choice but to bow to the west twice and said: "I have tried my best, but I still can't defend Suiyang City. Since I can't repay Your Majesty's kindness when I am alive, let me be a ghost without a home to kill heroically after death." Enemy!" Immediately the city was captured by the bandit army, and both Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan were captured alive.Yin Ziqi asked Zhang Xun, "I heard that, general, you open the corners of your eyes and gnash your teeth every time you fight. May I ask why?" Zhang Xun said, "I am determined to devour you rebellious bandits. But he hated himself for not being able to do what he wanted." Yin Ziqi then used a knife to pry open Zhang Xun's mouth and checked, only three or four teeth remained.Yin Ziqi admired Zhang Xun's loyalty and couldn't bear to kill him.But his subordinates said: "A loyal and chaste person like Zhang Xun will not be able to be used by us in the end. Besides, he has won the hearts of the army. If he is kept, he will definitely become a future trouble." So Yin Ziqi sent Zhang Xun to Nan Ji Yun, Lei Wanchun and other 36 people were all beheaded.Before Zhang Xun died, he was still calm and calm, and he died generously without changing his face.Yin Ziqi sent someone to escort Xu Yuan to Luoyang.

[Original text]

When Xun Chu guarded Suiyang, there were only 12 dead, and tens of thousands of people lived in the city. When Xun first saw and asked his name, he knew everyone thereafter.There were more than [-] battles before and after, and [-] soldiers were killed.The patrolling soldiers did not follow the ancient law to teach war, so I ordered the generals to teach it according to their own ideas.People may ask why, and Xun said: "Today we are fighting with the Hulu, and the clouds merge and the birds disperse, and the metamorphosis is not constant. Between a few steps, there are similarities and differences. When the opportunity is urgent, it lies in the breath. When you move to ask the general, what is the matter?" If they don't match each other, they don't know the changes of soldiers. Therefore, I make soldiers understand the will of the generals, and the generals understand the sentiments of the soldiers, and throw them towards them, just like the fingers of the hand. Soldiers and generals learn from each other, and people fight for themselves. !” Self-promoting troops, equipment and armored battles are all taken from the enemy, and they are not self-cultivating.In every battle, the soldiers may retreat and disperse, patrolling the battle station, saying: "I will not leave here, you will fight back for me."He also treats people with sincerity, without any doubts and concealment; he responds to the enemy with endless surprises; orders are clear, rewards and punishments are trustworthy, and he shares joys and sorrows with everyone, so he fights to the death.

Zhang Hao heard that the siege of Suiyang was in a hurry, and the road was advancing urgently. He called on the festivals of East Zhejiang, West Zhejiang, Huainan, and Beihai, as well as Lu Qiuxiao, the prefect of Qiao County, to rescue them together.Xiao Su is so proud that she is not ordered by the pickaxe.Compared with the pickaxe, Suiyang City has been trapped for three days.The pickaxe calls dawn, and the stick kills it.

(End of this chapter)