The famous poet Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty once served as a judge under the famous general Feng Changqing, and wrote the famous military masterpiece "Walking Horses and Rivers to Send Doctor Feng to the West":

You don't see the snow on the seaside, and the flat sand is reckless and yellow into the sky.

Luntai roared in September at night, and the gravel of a river was as big as a bucket, and the stones were all over the ground with the wind.

The Huns grass and yellow horses are fat, Jinshan sees smoke and dust flying in the west, and the Han generals go west.

The general's golden armor does not take off at night, and the army marches in the middle of the night, and the limelight is like a knife.

Horsehair with snow and sweat steam, five flowers and money are swirled into ice, and the grass and inkstones in the curtain are condensed.

When the captives heard this, they should be frightened, and they knew that the short soldiers did not dare to take it, and the chariot master Ximen offered a victory.

Feng Changqing (690 – January 24, 756), a native of Yishi (present-day Linyi County, Shanxi) in Puzhou, Tang Dynasty, was exiled to Anxi for his crimes, and his occupation was to guard the city gates. This person has a good habit, that is, he loves to read. Feng Changqing has followed his grandfather to sit on the city gate since he was a child, studying hard, and looking at the bustling crowd under the city tower, he is not lonely.

The peaceful life lasted until Feng Changqing was in his thirties. At this time, Feng Changqing's maternal grandfather had died, and Feng Changqing was in a state of wandering around, living in poverty. The opportunity was not long in coming. Gao Xianzhi, a famous general with the same great achievements, Feng Changqing's Bole and lifelong comrade-in-arms, was serving as a military envoy in Anxi at this time. Gao Xianzhi has a guard, which is full of handsome guys with dignified appearances, wearing bright costumes, which is very stylish, which makes the embarrassed Feng Changqing envious. Joining the guards has become Feng Changqing's goal at this time.

Feng Changqing is a resolute person, so he immediately wrote a letter of recommendation and asked to join the guard. Gao Xianzhi was not ambiguous, and immediately rejected Feng Changqing, the reason is very simple, it is too ugly! Feng Changqing's appearance is too prominent, and the first collision between the two famous generals of the Tang Dynasty ended unhappily. However, Feng Changqing, who has an experienced experience in the market, is he a person who gives up lightly? After finding Gao Xianzhi's theory to no avail, Feng Changqing resorted to a trick -- relying on Gao Xianzhi. In the "Old Tang Book", it is recorded that "Chang Qing has waited for Xianzhi to enter and exit, and does not leave its door in the morning and evening. Since then, Feng Changqing has been squatting at the door of Gao Xianzhi every day, fully bringing the cheeky spirit to the extreme. Every day, there is such a person sitting at the door and not leaving, so dazzling, Gao Xianzhi slowly couldn't stand it, and had no choice but to agree to Feng Changqing's request and officially add him to the guard. Since then, Feng Changqing has become a servant and began his military career.

Although Feng Changqing officially became a servant, the way he joined was not honorable, and of course he was not valued by Gao Xianzhi. Soon the opportunity to seal Changqing came again, and the Daxi tribe rebelled. This rebellion was quickly quelled by Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing was of course idle, and this time he did something unexpected - he wrote a good news in private. In this good news, Feng Changqing described in detail how the army marched, the situation between the enemy and us, and how to defeat the enemy. A heroic essay made Gao Xianzhi stunned, and he finally realized that this ugly-looking little man was by no means an ordinary person. This incident also became a turning point in the relationship between Gao Feng and the two. Since then, Gao Xianzhi has favored Feng Changqing, vigorously promoted, Feng Changqing also lived up to expectations, every time Gao Xianzhi sent troops to conscript, Feng Changqing sat in the rear and tried his best to plan. Feng Changqing was resolute in handling things, so that Gao Xianzhi no longer had any worries. Feng Changqing also began to rise steadily, from a servant to a servant, and gradually promoted to the imperial historian and the envoy of the festival.

In November of the 14th year of Tianbao (755), the Anshi Rebellion broke out. The Tang Dynasty was peaceful for a long time, and in the face of An Lushan's arrogant soldiers, a large area of the country quickly fell. At that time, Feng Changqing was in the middle of the court, and the anxious Tang Xuanzong asked Feng Changqing how to retreat from the enemy as if he saw a life-saving straw. Feng Changqing saw that the people's hearts were unstable, and he expressed his willingness to go to Tokyo, open the treasury, recruit courage, and quell the rebellion. Feng Changqing immediately set off to Luoyang to recruit troops to resist An Lushan's rebels. Within 10 days, 60,000 recruits were recruited. However, the recruits were all ordinary people in the market and had not received any training, so their combat effectiveness was very weak. The rebels are well-trained elite soldiers, and the history books say that "the elite soldiers of Lushan are beyond the reach of the world". As soon as the Tang army was in formation, it was crushed by the rebel iron cavalry, and the army was scattered. Feng Changqing packed up the rest of his troops and refused to fight in Kwai Yuan in the east of Luoyang City, but was defeated again. Feng Changqing collected his troops and fought with the rebels in the upper east gate of Luoyang, and was defeated again. On December 12, the rebels captured the eastern capital of Luoyang, An Lushan marched loudly, and the rebels entered the city from the four gates, burning, killing and looting. Feng Changqing led the remnants of the army to fight with the An army in Dutingyi, and was defeated again. retreated to Xuanyang Gate and was defeated again. In the end, Feng Changqing had no choice but to lead the defeated troops to tear down the west wall of the Forbidden Garden and retreat westward. In order to prevent the rebels from pursuing, on the way, he "cut down the big wooden plug road to the temple", and then crossed the valley water and ran west to Shaanxi County.

Here, Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi met again. Feng Changqing proposed to retreat to Tongguan, which was a wise move under the circumstances of the disparity in strength at that time. Gao Xianzhi listened to Feng Changqing's detailed report and knew that what he said was true, so he accepted his opinion and led the army to retreat to Tongguan. After retreating to Tongguan, the Tang army repaired the garrison and resisted according to the danger. At that time, the Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou soldiers conscripted by the Tang Dynasty had not yet arrived in Chang'an, and Guanzhong was shaken. Fortunately, An Lushan stayed in Luoyang to prepare to be the emperor, and did not attack with all his strength, plus Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing retreated to Tongguan in time, prepared to resist the defense, and curbed the offensive of the An army, and the panic of the soldiers and civilians in Guanzhong was able to calm down a little.

After Feng Changqing's defeat, he was stripped of his official position, but he still served in Gao Xianzhi's army, and the two began to work together again. The supervising army Bian Lingcheng and Gao Xianzhi have always been at odds, and taking this opportunity, Bian Lingcheng wrote to Xuanzong, detailing the defeat of the two. Tang Xuanzong sent Bian Lingcheng to kill Gao Xianzhi and seal Changqing.

Tongguanyi Nanxi Street, Feng Changqing handed over a deathbed sheet written to Tang Xuanzong Li Longji to Bian Lingcheng and calmly sentenced him. Before Gao Xianzhi was sentenced, he walked to Feng Changqing's torture place, looked at the corpse and said, "Feng Er, you have gone from poor to prominent, I promoted you to be my judge, and you made me the envoy of the festival, and I died here with you today, is this fate?" After speaking, he also calmly took the sentence.

Feng Changqing's seal before his death, that is, the famous "Feng Changqing's Death Expression", expressed his loyalty to the Tang Empire and his unwillingness to be defeated, and the whole article dripped blood, tear-jerking:

"The envoy Luo Fengxian to, Feng Xuankou, forgive the sin of ten thousand deaths, and accept the effect of a dynasty, but the minister went to Shaanzhou, followed Gao Xianzhi to camp, and was imprisoned with an axe. The minister was sincere and happy, and he paused. The minister has come from the fall of the city, and he has sent envoys three times before and after to serve the table, with a description of his heart, but he was not led right. The ministers came here, not to make a living, but to Chen Sheji's plan and break the tiger and wolf's strategy. I want to worship the first court, spit out my majesty, talk about the strength of the army against Hu, and discuss the other strategies of Chen to defend it. Reward the grace of death to repay the favor of a lifetime. Unexpectedly, Chang'an is getting far away, and there is no reason to see him; Hangu Guan Yao is too late to express his feelings! The minister read "Spring and Autumn" and saw that the wolf said that he had not been given a place to die, but the minister was now retained.

Yesterday, he engaged in battle with Kahu, and since the 7th of this month, the army has been fighting, and as for the 13th, it has not ended. The soldiers of the ministers are all rabble, and they have never been trained. Led the people of Zhounan City, when the Yuyang Raider cavalry division, he still killed the enemy and blocked the road, and the blood flowed all over the field. The minister wants to stand up and die, in front of the army, he is afraid of rebelling against Hu's prestige in order to frustrate the momentum of the king's division. It is to gallop to the sun, and return to heaven. In the first phase, His Majesty beheaded the ministers under the city to warn the generals; in the second phase, His Majesty asked the ministers to warn the troops with the posture of a traitor; and in the third phase, His Majesty knew that the ministers were not willing to die, and the ministers were exposed. The minister is now going to die to resist the table, and His Majesty may use the courtier's disobedience as a recourse after the minister's disobedience; Your Majesty may use the courtier's loyalty to the fullest extent and see with all his heart. After the death of the minister, I hope that His Majesty will not take this thief lightly, and if he does not forget the words of the minister, he will hope that the society will be restored, and the rebellion will be defeated, and the minister's wish will be fulfilled. Raise your head to the sky and drink the donkey, and seal it to the sun, that is, you are the minister of the corpse, and you are the ghost of the holy pilgrimage. If you know what you are going to do, you will be in front of the army. On the return wind array, lead the king's division and level the thieves. Life and death reward, not grateful, the minister Changqing has no eternal resignation of the sundae of sorrow. ”

It was later proved that Tang Xuanzong's act of killing the two generals was self-destruction of the Great Wall, and the worries expressed by Feng Changqing in the seal finally became a prophecy...