Then there was no hope of eating, and the old and weak women and children in the city committed suicide one after another, and by October there were only about 400 people left in the city, and all of them were so hungry that they could not hold their weapons at all, but even so the morale of the soldiers remained undiminished.

Yin Ziqi knew that the time was right, so he led his troops to attack the city on the ninth day of the first month of October, and the remaining more than 400 people in Suiyang City were no longer able to resist, so the rebels occupied Suiyang City without any hindrance.

So far, Zhang Xun has fought more than 400 battles against the rebels in this battle, and the battle lasted from January to October, as long as ten months, and Zhang Xun and his subordinates also held Suiyang City for ten months.

After the rebels entered Suiyang City, 36 generals, including Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, and Nan Jiyun, were captured.

Zhang Xun knelt down to the west before being captured, and bowed: "The ministers are wise and brave, and they can't curb the strong and protect the lonely city." Although the minister is a ghost, he swears to be a thief to answer his grace. ”

When the soldiers of Suiyang City saw the captured Zhang Xun, they all stood up and cried, and Zhang Xun comforted: "Don't be afraid, life and death are fate." ”

When the rebels escorted Zhang Xun to Yin Ziqi, Yin Ziqi finally saw this fierce enemy who had been fighting with him for ten months up close, and he asked Zhang Xun: "I heard that every time you supervise the battle, your eye sockets are broken, blood flows, and your teeth are also crushed, why is this so?"

Zhang Xun replied: "I want to use righteousness to destroy the enemy, but I can't do it. ”

Yin Ziqi sneered, pried his mouth open with a knife, and found that there were only three or four teeth left, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Zhang Xun said: "You take refuge in traitors, pigs and dogs are not as good, you won't last long." ”

Yin Ziqi admired his integrity and wanted to release Zhang Xun, but someone persuaded him: "My lord's move is inappropriate, that Zhang Xun is a person who adheres to his integrity, how can he be used by us? ”

Yin Ziqi felt that he was reasonable, so he turned to recruit Nan Jiyun, who lowered his head and pondered after hearing this, and did not express his position immediately. Zhang Xun was worried that Nan Jiyun would be moved, and shouted: "Nan Ba (Nan Jiyun ranks eighth), a man should regard death as his home, and not give in to the unrighteous. ”

Nan Jiyun smiled: "I was going to pretend to surrender and do something after that, you know me, but since you say so, where do I dare not die?"

Others also preferred to die rather than surrender, and died heroically.

After Tang Suzong ascended the throne, his father Tang Xuanzong sent Zhang Hao to assist Tang Suzong. After serving as the envoy of Henan Jiedu, Zhang Hao learned that the rebels were besieging Suiyang City, Zhang Xun was in a hurry, and immediately sent troops to support, and ordered Haozhou to assassinate Shi Lu Qiu Xiao, telling him to immediately send troops to rescue.

Lu Qiuxiao was worried that the defeat would harm him, so he refused to send troops for a long time.

When the news of the rebels' capture of Suiyang City came, Zhang Hao was furious and immediately killed Lu Qiuxiao, and then Zhang Hao led his army to Suiyang City to fight the rebels, and finally defeated the rebels and recaptured Suiyang City.

Then, Zhang Hao reported the heroic deeds of Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan, Nan Jiyun and others to Tang Suzong, and asked Tang Suzong to give him a commendation. At that time, some officials in the imperial court strongly objected, thinking that Zhang Xun and others dared to eat people to satisfy their hunger, which was really inhumane. But then another group of ministers thought that if it were not for Zhang Xun and others, Suiyang City would have fallen long ago, and once Suiyang City fell, the Jianghuai area would inevitably fall into the hands of traitors, so it can be said that Zhang Xun and others' behavior of sticking to Suiyang City was equivalent to helping the Tang Dynasty consolidate half of the country, and thought that his merits were far greater than his faults.

Tang Suzong issued an edict posthumously gifted Zhang Xun as the governor of Yangzhou and Xu Yuan as the governor of Jingzhou and crowned his wife, and then ordered a temple to be built for them in Suiyang for everyone to pay tribute to the year, and praised them for 'loyal ministers and ministers, there is no death, and the martyrs are martyred, although they are alive'."

Speaking of this, Shangguan Che stopped as if he was extremely tired and sighed.

And Jiang Yuetang, who listened to the whole process, couldn't help but be full of emotion.

But this time it was very different from what she had heard before, in the past, she would directly express her anger when she felt angry, and she would express her sadness directly, but the battle of Suiyang City made her mood extremely heavy and complicated, so it was difficult to say, and she didn't even know how to evaluate it.

After a long while, Jiang Yuetang said sincerely: "This battle is really tragic, it makes people feel very uncomfortable, but I have to admit that Zhang Xun really tried his best to defend the city, and I think he has done it blameless." ”

Shangguan Che nodded, stroked her head and whispered, "So I won't let you transform into him this time, because I know that no one can do this to him." So I don't want to analyze this battle purely from the perspective of war, but from a broader perspective. ”

Then he asked Jiang Yuetang: "What do you think of this battle?"

Jiang Yuetang pondered for a long time and then replied: "Although Zhang Xun was defeated in this battle, he won even though he was defeated. ”

"Uh-huh," Shangguan Che nodded, and asked again, "What do you think of the fact that he killed his concubines to feed the soldiers?"

This was the part she felt was not good to evaluate, so she pondered for a while before replying solemnly: "From a moral point of view, this matter is definitely wrong, but in such a historical context, the situation is a little difficult to comment." ”

"What do you think of yourself? Tell me what you really think. Shangguan Che looked at her and said.

Jiang Yuetang pondered for a moment and said, "If it were me, I probably wouldn't do this." ”

"Reason. ”

"I don't want to kill people, although this reason is a bit in that situation, so if I defend Suiyang City, maybe I can't defend it. The more Jiang Yuetang spoke, the more solemn his expression became.

"What makes you feel so contradictory? Do you think that killing people is not moral or is it something else?" Shangguan Che asked again.

"Because the target of the killing is an unarmed woman, and it is his concubine, I can't do it if I change it, I'd rather die than do it. ”

But if they hadn't done that, some of the soldiers might have starved to death that day. Shangguan Che reminded.

He saw that the little fellow's kindness was coming, and he was happy and worried about her.

"So I think Zhang Xungong is greater than his fault, after all, he can do it to a degree that is not what ordinary people can do. ”

This answer made Shangguan Che feel quite satisfied, so Shangguan Che smiled and nodded.

Dear friends, the second watch is here. I still remember the first time I learned about the feelings of the defense of Suiyang City, when Nan Jiyun broke his finger, when Zhang Xun killed his concubine, Zhang Xun's performance after the fall of Suiyang City, and what he said to Nan Jiyun, all moved me to tears, and knowing history will make people feel as if they have lived for several lifetimes, and no longer take for granted what they have today. Since I was about 22 years old, I realized that there have been so many and such deep disasters for human beings, and I have never laughed proudly anymore, and I don't think I will ever smile proudly in this life.