Zhang Shuye is a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty. When the Jin army invaded the Northern Song Dynasty, they quickly led their two sons to go to Beijing to serve the king. He resisted bloodily until the Jin army captured the capital. Later, he was captured by the Jin army along with the Song Qinzong. When he was escorted north, he passed by the Bian River and died in his country.
Zhang Shuye was born in a family of officials, and his ancestors were officials in the court. As time goes by, by the time of Zhang Shuye’s father’s generation, he has moved and has lost much fame.
Zhang Shuye was born in 1065 AD in a small mountain village in Tongban Mountain District, Taxia, Yongfeng County, Xinzhou. When Zhang Shuye was young, he liked military affairs and played with his friends and also loved to lead troops to fight. When he grew up, he resolutely joined the military camp and joined the army as a member of Lanzhou as the official.
Lanzhou is located on the border, and there are often Qiang people attacks, especially when Yellow River freezes in winter, which is the best time for Qiang people to attack.
After Zhang Shuye arrived in Lanzhou, he found that every time the Qiang people came to invade, they would gather in a place called Dadu. After discovering this place, Zhang Shuye immediately made an advice to build a city fortress here to break the opportunity of the Qiang people's attack. This suggestion was adopted, and the situation of the Qiang people's invasion of the Northern Song Dynasty border was indeed alleviated. The Northern Song Dynasty saved a lot of power to guard the border, and Zhang Shuye also relied on this achievement to Xiangcheng , Chenliu magistrate, and Shu, Hai and Tai magistrates.
Song Huizong During the Daguan period, Zhang Shuye was awarded the same Jinshi and was promoted to the right official. In the third year of Grand View, Zhang Shuye and his younger brother Zhang Kegong impeached Cai Jing, which eventually led to Cai Jing being dismissed. Although a pest was removed for the court, Zhang Shuye and Zhang Kegong offended Cai Jing because of this. In order to retaliate against them, Cai Jing plundered the two of them everywhere, causing Zhang Shuye to be demoted to the Xi'an Grassland Supervisor.
A few years later, Zhang Shuye was re-activated and was recalled to the capital as a secretary and a junior supervisor. Later, he was promoted to the Central Secretariat and the Central Secretariat. Because of the reform of the government affairs of Menxia Province Kong Huang, he was promoted and promoted to the Minister of Rites. Perhaps because of the rapid promotion, Zhang Shuye was afraid of Cai Jing. Because there were previous cases of being impeached and dismissed by the two brothers of Zhang Shuye, Cai Jing was afraid that Zhang Shuye would attack him again, so he took the lead. Under Cai Jing's operation, Zhang Shuye was demoted to Haizhou as the governor.
In " Water Margin ", Zhang Shuye outstanding military capabilities and subdued the crowd of Liangshanbo with his own ability, causing Song Jiang and others to lead troops to surrender. In real history, Zhang Shuye is also a powerful general.
In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the country's power declined, but the Jin Dynasty on the northern grasslands quickly became stronger. In the late period of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, the Jin army finally launched a large-scale attack on the Song Dynasty. Faced with the strength of the Jin Dynasty, Song Huizong had no choice but to escape. At the suggestion of the minister, he finally abdicated to the crown prince, Zhao Huan, and fled south with his confidants.
After Song Qinzong ascended the throne, the situation became increasingly serious. At that time, Zhang Shuye knew that the Jin army would be besieged Bianjing sooner or later, so he suggested taking the initiative. The generals from all directions joined forces and led the cavalry to capture the Jin soldiers with a roundabout way, cut off the Jin soldiers' return route and then collaborated to defeat the enemy.
It’s a pity that this suggestion was not valued by the rulers, and Zhang Shuye was transferred by the court to Dengzhou as the governor and also served as the chief supervisor of the southern capital. Not long after he arrived at the position, he received an order from Emperor Qinzong of Song. Uncle Zhang took his soldiers and two sons to Bianjing to rescue Song Qinzong.
Passing through Weishi place, he encountered the invading Jin soldiers. So Zhang Shuye led his army to fight and advance, killing the enemy all the way, and finally entered the capital to join Song Qinzong. Song Qinzong personally met him and expressed his gratitude for it. Subsequently, Song Qinzong successively awarded Zhang Shuye the title of bachelor of Yankang Palace and the the the the the the the of the the janitor palace, and entrusted with the important task of commanding the overall military situation.
Zhang Shuye effectively commanded and won local war victory. But the balance of victory had long turned to the Jin Kingdom. Zhang Shuye kept leading the troops to fight bloody battles, but was eventually captured by the Jin army.
The city of Bianjing was broken, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and Zhang Shuye was captured by the Jin Kingdom. At first, the Jin Kingdom treated him very well and wanted to use his reputation to establish the pseudo-Chu regime. After being sternly rejected by Zhang Shuye, Zhang Shuye and the two emperors were escorted north together.
Zhang Shuye wanted to die on a hunger strike on his way north, but he still failed. When he arrived at Baigou, the border river between the Song and Jin countries, he shouted to the sky and died with a stern voice. He was 63 years old.
