The Sui Dynasty Guanglu Dafu, Duke Su Guomai Iron Staff

The wheat iron stick was born in Jiangkou and lived during the Chen Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. When he was young, he was brave, had arm strength, walked like the wind, ran galloping horses, and could "travel five hundred miles a day". He was cheerful, had wedding banquets, liked friends, and valued Xinyi. During the Chen Taijian period, the iron stick had become a thief, was captured by the governor of Guangzhou, and was punished as a slave of the government, and held the imperial umbrella for the emperor. The wildness of the iron stick had not changed. Whenever the emperor stopped the court, he walked more than a hundred miles to Nanxuzhou, and took the city to transfer the house at night and held the stick to grab property. The next morning, he still held the umbrella for the emperor. After more than ten robberies, the owner of the lost property in Nanxuzhou had known the wheat iron stick and jointly sued the state. After investigation and confirmation, the governor went to the court.

The court asked for punishment. The emperor and the ministers saw that the iron rod was always around every day, and did not believe that such a thing was happening. Later, more and more people complained. The Minister Cai Zheng came up with an idea. When the court was over one day, he suddenly paid 100 taels of silver to recruit people to Nanxuzhou to submit emergency documents, which stipulated that they must submit the emperor with a reply at dawn the next day. Many people calculated the mileage and time, even if they crossed the horse, they could not complete the task, so no one responded. The iron rod was not a plan, and he was willing to go there, so he did not need the Yima to come back on time. At this time, the emperor believed that the person who robbed Nanxuzhou was Mao Tiema. Because the emperor cherished his bravery and special skills, he only punished him in general.

After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, Mai Tiebang transferred to the army of General Yang Su, who lived in Qingliu County and made many military achievements. At that time, Jiangdong rebelled, Yang Su sent the iron stick to wear straw bundles and crossed the river to spy on the enemy's situation at night. He found out all the rewards. Yang Su sent the iron stick to cross the river to fight and was captured by the enemy. The enemy general Li Ling tied the iron stick and sent thirty soldiers to escort him to the highest wisdom place. He walked to the pavilion and escorted the soldiers to eat and drink. Seeing that the iron stick was hungry, he loosened his tie and let him eat. The iron stick suddenly seized the soldiers' swords, killed all the enemy soldiers, and all

Yang Su was very surprised when he cut off their noses and put them in bags, and then returned to the army. However, Yang forgot about the wheat iron rod when he was discussing merit. The iron rod did not compete for me in person or complain behind his back, but silently followed Yang Suma in front of and behind, and lived in the same inn with Yang Su every night. Yang Su saw the iron rod walking with him many times, and then remembered the ability and military achievements of the iron rod traveling 500 miles a day. After returning to the court, he specially reported to the Emperor Ming to give him rewards and award him the three responsibilities. However, the iron rod did not read the words and was soon repatriated to his hometown.

In the 16th year of Kaihuang (596), Chengyang Duke Li Wei loved the Iron Staff Cavalry and summoned him back to Beijing to serve as the General of the Cheqi Cavalry, and still followed Yang Su to fight against the Turks in the north. After Emperor Yang succeeded to the throne, King Liang of Bingzhou rebelled. Yang Su led the Iron Staff to attack. He won the battle first, and was awarded the title of Zhuguo and appointed the governor of Laizhou. Because Iron Staff was not aware of Ding and was not good at governing, he was transferred to the Grand Guard of Runan. Iron Staff received lessons and began to learn the laws of governing the country and maintaining national security. In the territory, the thieves were sealed and were named the General of the Right Tun Guard. Iron Staff was deeply moved by the emperor's grace and was often determined to do his best to serve. During the great cause, Emperor Yang conquered Liao and Iron Staff was asked to be the vanguard. When he went to the expedition, he said to his friend Wu Jingxian:
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