There are many famous generals in Chinese history, some of whom are known for killing countless people. For example, Bai Qi of the Qin Dynasty was a murderous general who buried hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers alive. It's unimaginable. In fact, in addition to Bai Qi, there are also some murderous and addictive generals in history.
There was a general who was greeted by the people when he entered the city, and he was very respectful. But he waved and smiled and asked his soldiers to slaughter the city. What's going on here?
Born in Grass
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, born into poverty, was a beggar emperor. The people who followed him to fight in the world were also from humble origins, most of them were poor people. Only one general was different, this person was born as a bandit, but he was extremely powerful, and he was named the Duke of The Prince by Zhu Yuanzhang at a young age, and this person was Chang Yuchun.
Chang Yuchun is also a child of a poor family, but he is not willing to be bullied by the landlord bullies all his life, and wants to become a superior person by his own efforts. Therefore, he has been practicing martial arts assiduously since he was a child, and ma Shan's kung fu is very good, and he has also practiced the ability to shoot archery on horseback.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people did not have a good life, and often encountered spring in order not to be hungry, and joined the bandits with a fierce heart. His all-in-one ability was able to play a role, and he lived a life of food and clothing by robbing his family. It's just that such a day is not the life of the nobility he expects before the people. So he began to look for a new way out.
At this time, there were uprisings in various places that were dissatisfied with the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty, and Chang Yuchun also actively participated in them, and it was at this stage that he met Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang's righteousness and pattern made Chang Yuchun believe that he was absolutely extraordinary, so Chang Yuchun made up his mind to follow Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was wary of Chang Yuchun, because he knew that Chang Yuchun was from a bandit background and was worried that Chang Yuchun would rebel. However, Chang Yuchun was a person who dared to reveal his heart, and he was also very loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, and under such circumstances, Zhu Yuanzhang officially included Chang Yuchun under his command.
Meritorious service awards
Chang Yuchun was heroic and heroic, and after following Zhu Yuanzhang, he experienced military achievements, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy. Gradually, Chang Yuchun grew into Zhu Yuanzhang's right and left arm, and was deeply valued by Zhu Yuanzhang. Chang Yuchun grew up quickly in one battle after another, and Zhu Yuanzhang also gave him guidance at key moments, reminding him to be brave and strategic.
Zhu Yuanzhang used the fact that Guan Yu was killed by Lü Meng to remind Chang Yuchun that Chang Yuchun was very obedient, and then he no longer relied only on martial courage, but on strategy, because he was good at leading troops to fight, and he was brave and fearless, and Chang Yuchun could win almost every battle. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang made Chang Yuchun a marshal.
With the support of Zhu Yuanzhang, Chang Yu chun became more and more courageous in the war, and even Chen Youyu was not an opponent of Chang Yuchun, and Chang Yuchun's one-handed fire attack strategy defeated Chen Youyu and became a well-known victory in Chang Yuchun's life. After Chang Yuchun's defeat of Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang had no opponent anymore. Zhu Yuanzhang was happy to be appointed duke of Eguo.
Chang Yuchun, who received the title of Duke of Eguo, was only 36 years old, and also became the second founding general of the Ming Dynasty after Xu Da.
The means are murderous
In the years of fighting, Chang Yuchun became extremely ferocious and murderous. Even in sleep, he would instinctively shout and kill.
Once he dreamed of a vicious battle and shouted to kill! The guards were unknown, so they went into the tent to see. He saw Chang Yuchun with his eyes closed, shouting to kill to the west, and kill people when he saw them. The guards did not know so they conveyed the order.
As a result, the army marched directly westward, slaughtering all the people in the villages they encountered. Where the army passed, it was like purgatory, full of corpses and rivers of blood. It is precisely because of Chang Yuchun's cruelty that the people do not have a good evaluation of him, saying that he is a brutal general.
Chang Yuchun seemed to have a great desire for violence, and he once said that as long as he gave him 100,000 soldiers and horses, he would be invincible in the world. So he is also known as Chang 100,000. He had no mercy for the enemy, not even the people. Compared with the Qin Dynasty's Bai Qi, it is also not easy to let go.
In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang was only one step away from unifying the world. The remnants of the Yuan Dynasty were no longer able to fight back and could only struggle. Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to sweep the tail. Chang Yuchun fought a beautiful battle, and the history called the Great Victory of Ta'er Bay.
After the victory of the battle, Chang Yuchun led the team into the city. The people greeted them with welcome titles in their hands to celebrate the triumphant return of the general. Such a grand event was originally a happy thing, but when He saw Haruhi, he smiled and issued an order to slaughter the city under his subordinates.
So the soldiers drew their swords and headed for the people. The city was full of people, and no one was spared. The city is bloodied and miserable. So, why did Chang Yuchun treat the people like this? It turned out that some of the slogans held by the people were written to welcome the victory of the Yuan army, which made Chang Yuchun feel insulted.
At this time, the spring breeze is often triumphant, and the toes are high, of course, no one can be allowed to be so unreasonable. The slogans prepared by the poor people were two-sided, and they only hoped that no matter who won, they would survive. Unexpectedly, such a trick actually became the cause of their killing.
Often encountered the addiction of spring killing, not only the people complained, but even Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was several times. Because of Zhu Yuanzhang's orders, Chang Yuchun only slightly relented in his actions. It's just a pity that he has done too much evil, and he can't do it if he wants to.
It is said that Chang Yuchun died suddenly and violently when he was forty years old, and no one knew the cause of his death, so there was a rumor in the anecdotes that Chang Yuchun had committed many unrighteous deeds and killed too many people, which was retribution. His death gave a breath of evil to the people whose families he had violently killed.
Chang Yuchun died too early, but this did not affect his great contribution to the Ming Dynasty. After his death, he was given the title of King of Kaiping, with the title of Zhongwu (忠武) and worthy of the Taimiao Temple. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang still attaches great importance to Chang Yuchun and feels sorry for his death.
brief summary:
As the old saying goes, many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves, and there is a saying that forgives others and spares others. It means not to do things too desperately, otherwise it will hurt itself. Although Chang Yuchun was brave and resourceful, he was too cruel and unpopular, and eventually died violently at the age of forty, although he received the highest courtesy of the emperor after his death, but he could not be named in history.
From the experience of Chang Yuchun, we should understand that we must not go to extremes in doing things, we must have an open-minded mind, we must do fair things, only in this way can we gain the approval of the masses regardless of life or death, so that we can leave a good reputation.
Chang Yuchun is a fierce general, but not a benevolent warrior. Therefore, it was doomed that he would not be able to leave his name in the history of famous players in history.