In the first year of Hongwu, xu Da, a general of the Ming Dynasty, led the Northern Expedition. In the same year, Bao Bao, the Prince of northern Yuan, was ordered by Emperor Shun to go north to Juyongguan and regain Dadu.
The wonderful fate of the two began.
Wang Baobao, who was full of confidence in recovering most of the capital, would never have imagined that Xu Da, a ming dynasty general, would become the nightmare of his life.
Xu Da and Wang Baobao's first encounter was in Dadu, when Xu Da and Chang Yuchun effortlessly captured Dadu and recovered the Yanyun region that had been in exile for hundreds of years. Wang Baobao was forced to move north with Emperor Yuanshun, who moved the capital to Shangdu, and Wang Baobao fled to his own military base, Taiyuan.
The first encounter ended with Xu Da's victory without a fight.
Soon, Emperor Yuanshun was overwhelmed with desolation and sent Wang Baobao to recover Dadu as soon as possible.
And Wang Baobao had just ended the partisanship, which was also the three fires of the new official's appointment, eager to establish meritorious achievements to be recognized by the imperial court, and coincided with the opponent Xu Da's vanguard Tang He who conquered Zezhou without authorization, and the lone army went deep.
What a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Wang Baobao did not hesitate and sneaked up on Tang He at Handian with all his troops.
In this battle, the Ming army can be said to have suffered heavy losses.
Immediately afterward, Wang Baobao made a plan that he thought was seamless, using Tang and the army as bait, and if Xu Da did not rescue, he would take the opportunity to capture Dadu; if Xu Da led the troops to rescue, then he would wait for work and severely damage the Ming army.
At this time, Wang Baobao was extremely proud, and he had not yet defeated Xu Da, and I was afraid that he had already thought of returning to Dadu in the coming day and fenghou Baixiang's speech.
But he met Xu Da, who is Xu Da? Wang Baobao's nemesis!
Xu Da calmly analyzed the current situation, naturally knowing that no matter whether he advances or retreats, Wang Baobao will be the biggest profiteer, so if this is the case, then it doesn't matter how big it is, don't you Wang Baobao like Dadu? Then you go to occupy it, not to mention whether you have the ability to enter Dadu, but I am afraid that you have spent a lot of effort to occupy Dadu, and look back to find that your old base camp Taiyuan is gone, and we will see if you should laugh or cry when the time comes.
So Xu Da resolutely abandoned Dadu and led the Ming army to Taiyuan, which was now an empty city.
Good fellow, Wang Baobao heard that Xu Da didn't care about Dadu at all, went straight to Taiyuan, was so angry that he almost didn't come up with a breath, he was really shocked and scared, even Tang He didn't care about it, and returned to Taiyuan with a hundred thousand troops overnight.
Fortunately, he was one step faster than Xu Da, and Taiyuan was still there.
Of course, Xu Da did not really want Wang Baobao's Taiyuan, and this trick was called Wei Wei to save Zhao. With this toss, Wang Baobao suddenly changed from the original active party to the passive party, staying in Taiyuan and not willing, and wanting to leave but taking Xu Da outside.
However, Xu Da leisurely arrived in Taiyuan without saying anything, but also leisurely set up a tent at the gate of Taiyuan City, which was quite a long-term battle!
Is that all there is to it?
Wang Baobao just wanted to say that he would fight you to the death, and those who became big things still had to have some courage. He was preparing to lead his troops out of the city to fight to the death, and it just so happened that Chang Yuchun brought the main force of the other half of the Ming army to find Xu Da to join, and the two of them took the army to live in front of Taiyuan City.
At this point, it seems that they do not have the advantage in terms of troop strength, not to mention that the tiredness of running and working for several days makes the state of the Northern Yuan generals really poor, can they attack at this time? I'm afraid that I will be killed by the well-prepared Ming army.
Then wait a little longer, let the soldiers recover their vitality, the Ming army is on its own turf, the grain and grass will certainly not be sufficient, in the long run, see who can consume whom!
However, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were not prepared to spend time with Wang Baobao, so on a dark and windy night in the month, Xu and Chang led troops to sneak into Wang Baobao's camp.
The poor Yuan Army was unprepared and gave his life in his sleep. And the lord general Wang Baobao was lucky, did not sleep that night, heard the shouting outside the barracks, he knew that he was secretly calculated, so he immediately made a decision and fled with his cronies.
Of course, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were not ready to make him feel better, and Chang Yuchun personally led the troops to pursue and chase them to Xinzhou before they stopped.
In this second confrontation, Xu Da was afraid that Wang Bao had retained a lot of psychological shadows. After this, Wang Baobao fell silent for a long time.
The third confrontation will talk about Xu Da's northern expedition, this time the main battlefield is in Gansu, when Xu Da's general Zhang Wen went deep alone and captured Lanzhou and other places, Wang Baobao was keenly aware that the opportunity had arrived, and he had been dormant for so long, and it was time for him to attack.
Is this scene familiar?
Previously, Wang Baobao was riding on Tang and the lone army to go deep, in a vain attempt to take dadu. This time, Wang Baobao repeated the same trick, using Lanzhou as bait to hide the main force in Dingxi, where the terrain was dangerous.
It was this trick again, Xu Da was afraid of crying and laughing at this time, how Wang Baobao always liked to do things that made people in a dilemma. This time there is no curve to save the country, then face it, there will always be a war between himself and Wang Baobao, it is better to take this opportunity to fight to the death in Dingxi.
Xu Da knew that only the most stupid generals would directly go to war, although the odds of winning the 400,000 main forces in his hands against Wang Baobao's 100,000 main forces were still quite high, but when the time came, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and the truly intelligent generals would use the smallest cost to obtain the greatest benefits.
So Xu Da led 100,000 troops to Dingxi overnight, but when he arrived in Dingxi, there was no indication of combat, but he built a camp and a village, which had a long-term posture.
In this way, Wang Baobao once again changed from the active side to the passive side, and it was not okay to fight out, he had already lost 100,000 soldiers before, this time the other side's troops were obviously much more than his own, and even if he could get away with it, I was afraid that no one would be convinced of it anymore.
This was not enough, Xu Da divided the soldiers into three squads, constantly sent soldiers to the front of Wang Baobao's military camp to set fires and attacks, and when they did not sneak attack, they sent soldiers to beat gongs and drums in front of the Yuan army's tent, and even began to sing, and the Yuan army could be described as miserable. Wang Baobao couldn't bear it, and through the guidance of the locals, he found a small road that could cut the flanks of the Ming army, and sent a thousand elite soldiers to sneak into the Ming army.
I don't know whether Wang Baobao has a very high self-esteem or just wants to find some trouble for the Ming army, a great opportunity to break the enemy, Wang Baobao should at least bring tens of thousands of main forces, directly attack the ming army's main general camp, just send a thousand soldiers, what can you do?
Sure enough, at first the Ming army became a mess, and then Xu Da heard the movement in the military camp, and quickly made a correct judgment on the situation, so he personally took the sword to supervise the battle, and it was not long before the Yuan army collapsed.
The move that could have hit people seven inches became a small fight that did not hurt or itch.
Although Wang Baobao did not succeed, he thought that the Ming Army could always restrain a little bit, he had not slept a good night's sleep for a long time, but the Ming Army still beat the gong and drums and sang in his voice every day.
Until one night, there was finally no movement.
Those soldiers who do not understand military strategy do not know this, and Wang Baobao does not know this? Or do you think that the Ming Army has moved the heart of compassion and deliberately rested for a day, so that they have a chance to catch their breath?
That night, Xu Da led 100,000 troops to rush into the enemy camp, and it was another dark and windy night, and the 100,000 yuan army was completely destroyed, and Wang Baobao did not even have time to take his cronies this time, and fled with his wife and children.
To say that last time Xu Da only made Wang Baobao's heart palpitate, this time it really scared him to half a life.
In short, after three hand-to-hand combats, Wang Baobao was afraid that he was also convinced of the fact that Xu Da was the nemesis sent by heaven for him.
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Text source: Moon Ran Rihua
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