As the men of Yan knew that King Min was in Ju, they attacked the city in strength. Nao Chi
assassinated the king and defended Ju stubbornly, holding out against the besiegers for veral years. Yan's troops then marched east to lay siege to Jimo. Its governor going out to give battle was defeated and killed.
The defenders at once cho Tian Dan to lead them, saying,"In the battle of Anping, Tian Dan's kinsmenescaped becau of the iron guards fitted to their axles. He understands warfare."They made him their commander to defend Jimo.mpe
taggedSoon after this, King Zhao of Yan died. His successor King Hui had an aversion to Yue Yi, and when Tian Dan knew this he sowed further disnsion between them by declaring,"Qi's king is dead and only two of its cities remain to be taken. But Yue Yi dares not return for fear of punishment. Under the pretext of subjugating Qi, he is hoping to combine his forces with tho of Qi and make himlf king here. He is delaying his attack so that the men of Qi may come over to his side. The one thing we fear is that another general might be appointed, for then Jimo must be destroyed.
The king of Yan believed this and made Qi Jie take over Yue Yi's command, and Yue Yi w
ent back to Zhao, to the great indignation of the soldiers of Yan.
Then Tian Dan ordered the citizens of Jimo to sacrifice to their ancestors in the courtyard before each meal, sothat birds flocked down to the city to find food, to the astonishment of the besiegers.
"I have been granted a divine revelation,"announced Tian Dan. Then he told the citizens,"A man with supernatural powers will be our teacher."
"Can I be that teacher?"cried a soldier, and was running off when Tian Dan stood up and led him to a at facing east, treating him as a teacher.delicious
"I was fooling, sir,"said the soldier."I have no special powers."
better man歌词"Hush!"whispered Tian Dan. He treated the man as a teacher with divine powers, and attributed all the orders he gave to his divine teacher. He also declared,establishing
"My one fear is lest the soldiers of Yan cut off their captives' nos and place the men in the front ranks against us. For then Jimo is doomed."
游学机构The men of Yan, hearing this, acted upon it. And when the defenders saw this mutilation of all who had surrendered, they were so angry that they resisted manfully, determined not to be captured.
To add fuel to the fire Tian Dan also said,"Heaven help us if the invaders dig up the graves outside the city and defile our ancestors!"
When the men of Yan dug up the graves and burned all the corps, the defenders watching from the city wall wept with redoubled rage, longing to go out and fight.
Now that he knew that his men were ready for battle, Tian Dan himlf t to work with them to repair the defens, enrolling his wife and concubine in the ranks and sharing all his food and wine with the soldiers.
He ordered the men in armor to keep out of sight while the old, the weak and the women mounted the city walls and an envoy was nt out to treat for surrender. At this a great cheer went up in the enemy ranks. Tian Dan collected a thousand yi of gold from the peo
ple and made some wealthy citizens prent this sum to the enemy general, saying,"The city is about to surrender. We entreat you to spare our wives, concubines and kinsmen, and let us live in peace!"The Yan general very gladly agreed to this. And the invaders further relaxed their vigilance.
Then Tian Dan asmbled more than one thousand bulls, swathed them in red silk, painted them different colors so that they looked like dragons, tied daggers to their horns and tied straw soaked in oil to their tails.
soldiersAt night the straw was t alight and the bulls were let out through dozens of breaches in the city wall.
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