At this time, the war situation in Chengtou suddenly turned around. A tall and powerful general Song Jun pushed his way through the crowd and squeezed into Chengtou. He took a ju, split it left and right, and fought his way out of the Northern Han army. Seeing this horrible aura, soldiers in the Northern Han Dynasty only dared to poke with spears. In order to avoid these spears, the soldier stepped on the air and fell off the wall.
Faced with this unexpected scene, both sides felt that he was going to die. Who knows that he shook his head at the gate, righted his helmet, pulled out iron whip, and stepped on a ladder and killed Chengtou like nothing happened. Team leader Zhao Guangyi saw this scene clearly and wanted to know the name of this brave general. So he found his relatives and found a strange name: Huyan Zan.
One, despair, climbing the wall four times.
At first glance, the name "Huyan Zan" doesn't look like a typical China name. Huyan is a compound surname, which comes from Xianbei people in the north. From this perspective, Huyan Zan's ancestors were descendants of Xianbei, so he also inherited the blood and bravery of the people beyond the Great Wall.
Huyan Zan's father, Hu Yancong, was the commander-in-chief of the capital "ma bu" or horse stance just look in the latter Zhou Dynasty, and he was also a brave military commander. Perhaps because of his family, Huyan Zan learned a skill at an early age, so that he became a small cavalry at a young age. His skills were appreciated by Zhao Kuangyin, who is also a soldier. So he was called into the palace to accept the sacred metaphor, and was promoted to be the leader of Dongban, the commander-in-chief of Xiao Xiong's army, that is, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Song Dynasty imperial cavalry. Later, as a striker, he crusaded against Xichuan with Wang Quanbin. In this campaign, he was injured many times, and he was also elected as the deputy commander because of the meritorious military service.
Zhao Kuangyin is both civil and military, ambitious, and it is very likely that Mao will recover sixteen states in the Northern Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, contrary to expectations, an unsolved case of "the sound of an axe and the shadow of a candle" killed Song Taizu. After Song Taizu, his younger brother ascended the throne. Although he is a younger brother, he is not as brave and good at fighting as Mao, and his generals are even worse than his eldest brother. Want to recover Yanyun, talk easy? Just a Taiyuan city, Zhao Guangyi had to use personal expedition.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Taiyuan was designated as the national capital for many times, so it was awarded the title of "Dragon City". It goes without saying that the city is high and the pool is deep. Song Jun has been fighting in Taiyuan for a long time, but he still can't open the situation. Anxious moment, only Huyan Zan stepped forward. As a cavalry general, even if you dismount and fight, you are not inferior. He charged ahead and rushed to the city to fight. In the melee, he fell off the wall four times, climbed up the wall four times, and finally led Song Jun to break the defense line of the later Han Dynasty. This selfless performance, Zhao Guangyi is to see in the eye in mind. After the siege, Song Ting immediately gave Jin Bo to Huyan Zan as a reward for his bravery.
Second, warriors are weaker than the country.
After conquering Taiyuan, Huyan Zan and Cui Han guarded Dingzhou together. Cui Han admired him very much, so he was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief of Ma Jun. In the second year of Duangong (AD 989), Song Taizong asked him to retire from the line of fire because he had worked hard for many years. So he appointed Huyan Zan as the secretariat of Baozhou. Perhaps some readers have come into contact with Huyan Zan in Yang Jiajiang's story and think that he is a general with both civil and military skills. But the truth is: he is an iron man who can only fight. When Huyan Zan was appointed as the secretariat of Baozhou, he exposed the shortcoming of lack of commander-in-chief ability. Song Taizong had to settle for second best and put him in charge of the secretariat of Liao State. Is Huyan Zan Cheng Xiang unfamiliar with civil affairs and unable to manage the people well?
After all this, the court had to transfer him back to Wu Jie as a military officer. He himself has written many times asking to go to the frontier. Song Taizong is not an inhuman emperor. Looking through the documents he submitted, Zhao Guangyi remembered the scene of summoning him again a few years ago: at that time, he was no longer at the front, but he still submitted homemade maps and military strategies to his superiors from time to time. After hearing this, Emperor Taizong summoned him to show his martial arts in front of the holy driving.
Looking back, Song Taizong was still surprised. However, after the previous two appointments, he knew very well that Huyan Zan, despite his high martial arts, could not command the army. Let him take the lead, if you really want to command hordes, it will be of great use for the time being.
Third, serve the country wholeheartedly, not seeking wealth.
So, in order to appease the veteran, Song Taizong appointed him as Fuzhou secretariat and ambassador to Kangzhou forever. In this way, the court hoped that the southwest frontier could satisfy his ambition of serving the country. Time unconsciously came to the second year of Xianping (AD 999). At this time, it was Song Zhenzong's reign, and Zhao Heng, who had just acceded to the throne, decided to take a trip to Daming House. It is still far from Taiyuan and Sixteen States.
Perhaps in order to satisfy the loyal veteran's dream of guarding the border, Song Zhenzong transferred him back to his side and appointed him as an inspector inside and outside the palace. During the journey, Shin Zong wanted to supplement the army and let Huyan Zan enjoy the glory exclusively. However, Huyan Zan chose to refuse in the noisy narration. He deeply felt that he was old and weak, and said, "I can't spend half of my monthly salary, and I can't do anything to serve my country, so I dare not ask for a promotion."
Shinchan listened and praised him for keeping his position. The following year, the emperor appointed him as the guardian of the Queen Mother Garden in Yuan De. Not long after the task was completed, he seemed satisfied, but also seemed to have regrets. The brave general bid farewell to his beloved army forever.
Even from today's perspective, Huyan Zan still has a lot to commend. He is straightforward, honest, frugal and brave. He doesn't covet wealth like other officials, but he doesn't want to be promoted. He just wants to serve his country on the battlefield. He is not ignorant of the world, but too straightforward: not only is he tattooed with "Kill the thief with your heart"; Even his wife, son and servant. And behind the ears of his children are the words "go out for the country and forget your home, get cold feet and forget to die". In addition, in order to train their children to be strong, Huyan Zan poured water on them in the dead of winter. In addition, he is dressed in strange clothes and exaggerated in weapons, and his evaluation in history books is unreasonable.
Looking back on Huyan Zan's story now, people can't help feeling that he is frank and simple. Unfortunately, after Song Taizu, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty did not have lofty aspirations. This valiant soldier, who worked so hard in Taiyuan Chengtou that year, never had a chance to display his fists again. But we can be thankful that his dedication to the country is praised by future generations; He is straightforward and simple, does not worship powerful people, and is respected. For Huyan Zan, this may be the best memory for future generations.
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