Tie Xuan's personality is like his surname, like a hard piece of steel, with strong will, perseverance and full of fighting spirit. When studying business, Tie Xuan was elected to the Ministry of Ritual because of his outstanding achievements. During his tenure, Tie Xuan handled cases quickly and accurately, and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, and given the word Shi Ding. After Zhu Jun succeeded to the throne, Tie Xuan was promoted to participate in politics.
For the Ming Dynasty, Tie Xuan's loyalty can be seen from the sun and the moon. 1399, Wen Jian's uncle, Prince Judy, rebelled, and Wen Jian sent general Li Jinglong to crusade against traitors and thieves. As a result, Li Jinglong was defeated by Judy. A series of chain reactions caused by Li Jinglong's defeat were the failure of many Ming defenders. At that time, Tie Xuan was responsible for the transportation expenses. After hearing the news of Li Jinglong's defeat, he quickly rushed to Jinan, which was besieged by Judy's army. Both of them commanded Sheng Yongqiang to resist Judy's attack, and Judy couldn't take it.
In order to win Jinan as soon as possible, Judy ordered people to shoot the surrender book into the city. Jinan has been surrounded, and it will be broken sooner or later. It would be great if the city commander could give in to him. After reading this letter, Tie Xuan followed Judy's example and wrote "On the Duke of Zhou as the King", aiming at persuading Judy to assist his nephew like the Duke of Zhou. Of course, Judy was very angry when she saw it. He rebelled, but there was no turning back, so he ordered to continue attacking Jinan, but he could not attack it anyway.
So the two sides were deadlocked for three months. Three months later, Judy decided to use an insidious method, that is, dig the Yellow River levee and flood the city. Tie Xuan was greatly despised for analyzing Judy's plot. If Jinan city is flooded, few people in the whole city will survive. For the safety of the people, Tie Xuan planned to cheat and trap Judy.
Why does Judy value Jinan so much? Because as long as Jinan city is broken, it can cut off the north and south and occupy the whole Central Plains. Tie Xuan secretly arranged a Golden Gate Pass on the city gate, and deliberately made the soldiers in the city cry and pretended to be afraid of death. Later, Tie Xuan replaced the garrison commander in the city with an old man, and removed all the defensive tools, showing the appearance of complete surrender. Finally, he sent the elders of Jinan City to Judy to surrender. Tie Xuan told all the elders that he hoped Judy could retreat ten miles and go to town alone, and then the whole city would meet the prince in the city.
Judy beamed when she heard that Jinan was close at hand. He immediately agreed to this condition, took only a few guards and ran to Jinan at the gates. When he arrived at the gate, he heard someone calling Chitose, and then he felt something rushing down overhead. By instinct, Judy drove the horse back. As a result, the iron gate fell down and only the horse's head was cut off. Judy knew this trick, and he quickly changed his horse, so he narrowly escaped death.
This experience humiliated Judy and almost killed him, so as soon as he came back, he called an army to attack Jinan. Tie Xuan stood on the top of the city and cursed Judy for being an anti-thief. Judy was furious and ordered the soldiers to bomb the city with cannons. Seeing that the gate was about to be breached, Tie Xuan made another plan in despair. He even took out the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang and hung it high in Chengtou. He also wrote Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit tablet on the spot and put it in several cribs. No matter how rebellious Judy is, he can't open fire on his father. Even if Jinan is forcibly captured, its reputation will stink!
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait came out, Judy quickly ordered the shelling to stop. Then Tie Xuan recruited a group of able-bodied men, and after several attacks, he defeated Yao, one of the counselors of the Yan army, who was later the prime minister in black. In desperation, he proposed not to rush to attack Jinan first, and then to find a way back to Peiping. Judy has no other better way, so she can't stay here all the time. Judy retreated, and Tie Xuan chased them. People who survived the war regarded Tie Xuan as a city god and built an iron temple to commemorate him.
After Judy ascended the throne, Tie Xuan was arrested. Judy hated the man who almost killed herself in the past, so she ordered Tiexuan to be put to death.