. If Zhang Zongchang, a Chinese warlord, was defeated in battle, he had promised he would only come back in a coffin. When his troops were defeated in a campaign, he kept his word and was carried through the streets in a coffin, puffing on a cigar.

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If Zhang Zongchang, a Chinese warlord, was defeated in battle, he had promised he would only come back in a coffin. When his troops were defeated in a campaign, he kept his word and was carried through the streets in a coffin, puffing on a cigar.