In March of the fifteenth year of Zhengzheng (1355), Guo Zixing, who was both a benefactor and a troublemaker for Zhu Yuanzhang, died in the Marshal's Palace because he failed to slaughter his former enemy Sun Deya.
Zhu Yuanzhang was fortunate to meet Guo Zixing, if there was no Appreciation and promotion from Guo Zixing, he would marry his adopted daughter Ma Shi to him, so that he had the identity of the son-in-law of the Marshal of the Red Turban Army, and the fallen little monk Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to quickly gain a foothold in Haozhou City, and then find the opportunity to fly south alone, I am afraid it would not be easy. However, under Guo Zixing's pursuit of survival and development, Zhu Yuanzhang encountered trouble, the shackles were not small, Guo Zixing had been jealous of him, and even thought that he had done a great job and wanted to get rid of him, fortunately Zhu Yuanzhang had an innate composure in his bones, this composure made him appear quite kingly, and did not because Guo Zixing was narrow-minded, jealous of suppression, hastily exposed his own ambitions, and did not impulsively do ungrateful things to replace him.
Now that Guo Zixing is dead, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, who holds tens of thousands of male soldiers, should be able to show some domineering, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who pays more attention to calmness and is more righteous, did not do so, which is the key to Zhu Yuanzhang's later ability to take the world in the right way, he is not a reckless tyrant who holds a sword and a gun in his hand, and when he steps on the mountain, he will be known as the king of grass.
When the big thing unfolded, he was more concerned about the situation, and he knew better that the peak was not taken, but was created step by step by relying on the great talent and the fierce hand of the heroic talent.
After Guo Zixing's death, there were three people who were eligible to become the leaders of this Red Turban Army, one was Guo Zixing's eldest son Guo Tianxu, the second was Guo Zixing's brother-in-law Zhang Tianyou, and the third was Zhu Yuanzhang. If you fight for strength and talk about talent, this top chair should belong to Zhu Yuanzhang, but considering that he is surrounded by strong enemies outside the city, Guo Zhang and the two have inherited Guo Zixing's prestige to a certain extent, zhu Yuanzhang did not take a strong and hard grab, but chose to retreat as an advance, and discuss major matters together.
Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang's temporary forbearance and concession did not win the trust of Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou, who were as jealous of this outsider with imperial talent as Guo Zixing.
Just at this time, King Xiaoming of the Great Song Dynasty sent emissaries to Hezhou, intending to make this Red Turban Army submit to the "Dragon and Phoenix Regime". Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou knew that they were not Zhu Yuanzhang's opponents, so they were very willing to let King Xiaoming be their own backers. Although Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou had borrowed xiaoming wang to restrain and suppress their selfish intentions, considering that by submitting to xiaoming wang, they could get a "great righteousness" title, which was conducive to future development, and did not raise any objections.
However, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou did not relax their vigilance against Zhu Yuanzhang because of this, on the contrary, they wanted to put Zhu Yuanzhang in the air in one fell swoop by saying that they wanted to lose sincerity to the Longfeng regime.
Zhang Tianyou stood up and said that since he had decided to surrender his sincerity to the Longfeng regime, it was natural for someone to express his sincerity, and Yuanzhang was known for his prestige and should be a suitable candidate.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately understood the sinister intentions in it, and Zhang Tianyou wanted to move the tiger away from the mountain, take the opportunity to empty himself, and consolidate his power in Hezhou.
In response to Zhang Tianyou, Zhu Yuanzhang did not choose to go straight, and the Ming dynasty Deng Shilong recorded in the "Allusions to the State Dynasty" that Zhu Yuanzhang instructed his generals to warn Zhang Tianyou in a tepid manner: "If the public should examine itself, if it can lead the people to the royal Hu, then Zhu Xiang; otherwise, then the public will go." ”
This warning was actually that Zhu Yuanzhang was oppressing people with a strong force, and the situation around Hezhou at that time was extremely dangerous, not only "Japan and Yuan War", but also to deal with Sun Deya, who had just withdrawn from the city and was looking at the tiger, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhang Tianyou did not have the courage to deal with the dangerous situation alone, and his plan to move the tiger away from the mountain would certainly be self-defeating.
Sure enough, Zhang Tianyou confessed under this intimidation and turned to xiaoming wang's place to lose cheng.
After Zhang Tianyou returned from Haozhou, everything was as Zhu Yuanzhang had expected, Guo Zhang and his men successfully suppressed him with the help of King Xiaoming, Guo Tianxu was appointed by the Longfeng regime as the marshal of the capital, Zhang Tianyou was made the right deputy marshal, and Zhu Yuanzhang was only appointed as the left deputy marshal after the two of them.
On merit and ability, such an appointment is of course unfair, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not explode in the face of injustice, and he chose to focus on the overall situation and take progress as the peak.
Judging from Zhu Yuanzhang's subsequent deeds, his enterprising as the peak is really not simple, it can be said that there is both the courage and boldness of Haojie to climb the peak, and the viciousness of the adulterous male without a trace and a thousand calculations, in short, what he wants is that while he climbs the peak at home, others must fall to the deep cliff.
Just when Zhu Yuanzhang had such a plot, Tiansuke Xiongcai, in April and May of the fifteenth year, he successively harvested two more fierce generals, one was Deng Yu, the other was Chang Yuchun, especially this Chang Yuchun, it was simply when Zhu Yuanzhang was in need of a forward, and God handed over a sharp sharp knife.
At the end of May of the fifteenth year, when the plan to advance was unfolding, Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the third chair of hezhou city and said to the first and second chairs that he was small and had many soldiers, and at present the Yuan army had a siege trend, and if it insisted on sticking to it, it would not only cause a serious grain shortage, but also easily fall into the danger of an isolated city. In this case, our army should act as an enterprising force, cross the Yangtze River in the east, break through the predicament, and carry out great causes.
The three chairs must desperately fight the world, and the first and second chairs will sit and reap the profits, and the state strategy will soon reach a consensus.
Coincidentally, just as Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to cross the river with his army, the emissaries of Li Baotou (Guo Sheng), the leader of the Chaohu Water Army, came. This Chaohu Water Army is a rebel army composed of several powerful brothers around Chaohu Lake, gathering local armed forces, tunbo Chaohu Lake, and connecting water villages, with Li Putou as the big leader and Zhao Pusheng as the second leader.
Li Pickpocket sent emissaries to Hezhou this time in order to move rescue troops to Zhu Yuanzhang, after the Chaohu Water Army formed a hatred with Zuo Junbi's Red Turban Army and suffered many defeats.
After Zhu Yuanzhang discovered the fact that Li Pickpocket was suffering from a weak situation, he immediately went to Chaohu Lake to pour Soup for Li Pickpocket's soul, and Zhu Yuanzhang advised Li Pickpocket that instead of sticking to his beating, it was better to cross the river with his companions and go to the future together.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was sincere, li pickpocketed his head and felt that the rainy season in May was heaven to help me, so he boldly agreed on the spot, so that more than a thousand boats of Chaozhou became Zhu Yuanzhang's funds to cross the river overnight.
Everything is ready, no east wind.
On the first day of June, Zhu Yuanzhang led a large army of land and water to cross the river by wind and reach the quarry. Chang Yuchun, as the vanguard, took the lead in jumping ship to land on the shore, and fought hard to kill the Yuan army, and the various armies saw that Chang Yuchun was brave and invincible, not willing to fall behind, but also drummed up bravely, and the Yuan soldiers fled in shock under the rush of this former servant and successor, and the fortress along the river was abandoned.
However, after the quarrying, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately encountered a difficult problem. Previously, the Red Turban Army in Hezhou City had been besieged by the Yuan army for a long time, and there was a shortage of food and food, and now that they saw the grain of livestock in the quarry, the army's heart was immediately scattered, and many soldiers had only one idea, and quickly transported the livestock grain back to Hezhou for a few days.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that if the grain was returned at this time, the army would have no fighting spirit, and the Yuan army would also take advantage of the situation to strengthen the defense of the river, which was tantamount to losing the opportunity to seek Jiangnan from then on.
The Ming dynasty Deng Shilong recorded in the "Huangming Benji" that In order to unite the hearts of the army, Zhu Yuanzhang resolutely followed the practice of Xiang Yu breaking the kettle and sinking the boat, "because he broke the cable of the group of boats with a blade and pushed it into the rapids, and the boats were swept east, and the armies were afraid of it." ”
After this step was completed, in order to turn panic into courage, Zhu Yuanzhang then declared to the army: "Before there was a state of Peace, children and jade, everything, if you break this state, take it from it, and then let you return." ”
This fire was ignited, and the army really boiled up and killed taiping city.
After taiping city was breached, Zhu Yuanzhang columnized for a few days, and then he gathered the reins, and he ordered Li Shanchang to post a pre-written prohibition contract, not to plunder, and violators of the order were engaged in military law.
With this move, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that the army would be unstable, and secretly forced the rich households of the Taiping landlords to donate gold and silver to immediately reward the soldiers, and the generals won the lottery, and all of them returned to the camp happily.
Crossing the river from Hezhou to conquer Taiping, the Chaohu Water Army was indispensable, but at the time of this achievement, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes showed a hint of viciousness - on the Avenue of Enterprising, others could only use sharp weapons for him, and once the purpose was achieved, the sharp weapons would not only be sheathed, but also belonged to him.
To this end, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately set up a celebration banquet on the boat, and li pickpocket, the leader of the Chaohu Water Army, was quickly drunk under Zhu Yuanzhang's compliments, at which time Zhu Yuanzhang made a look, and the crowd immediately gathered around to tie Li Pickpocket to death, and then threw him into the river.
The Chaohu water army lost its main general, the dragons were leaderless, and the ship was controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang, and finally had to surrender.
After swallowing the Chaohu water army by unloading and killing donkeys, Zhu Yuanzhang hid his fangs that had loomed, changed taiping road to Taiping Province, and at the same time set up the Taiping Xingguo Wing Marshal's Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang made himself the "Grand Marshal of the Taiping Xingguo Wing", Li Shanchang was the capital of the Shuaifu, Pan Tingjian was the professor of the Shuaifu, Wang Guangyang was the Commander of the Shuaifu Lingshi, and Tao An was the counselor of the shogunate.
On Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial path, his self-appointment as the "Grand Marshal of the Taiping Xingguo Wing" is an iconic node, which means that although he did not forcibly seize the position of commander left by Guo Zixing, he was actually above Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou.
But for Zhu Yuanzhang, all this is just the beginning -
After capturing Taiping, Zhu Yuanzhang expanded his power, and then attacked Lishui and Liyang in succession, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jiqing. Zhu Yuanzhang's strong advance aroused the vigilance of the Yuan army, and then two Yuan armies quickly pounced on Zhu Yuanzhang, one of which led the water army of The Hague of the YuanZhong to block the quarry in order to cut off Zhu Yuanzhang's return route; the other route led by the "Volunteer Marshal" Chen Wei (ye), totaling tens of thousands of people, attacked Taiping.
As long as the soldiers did not bend, the way back could not be ignored for the time being, so Zhu Yuanzhang aimed the spearhead at the menacing Chen Xianxian. The "Huangming Benji" records that Zhu Yuanzhang at this time was not in a hurry to go to war, but "pressed the soldiers in the city, watched the other side of the bravery, and spied on the other side." ”
After calm observation, Zhu Yuanzhang found that Chen Daixian had no strange plot, so he ordered Xu Da, Deng Yu, Tang, and the mouth of the soldier Gu Shu to turn to the north of the city, at the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a strange army to go around his back and attack him unprepared.
Chen Xiaxian was attacked on his stomach and back, and soon the army was defeated, and Chen Xian himself was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang joined the army, he had experienced three years of wandering and begging, and it was precisely these three years of purgatory that made Zhu Yuanzhang emerge from a simple little monk into a fierce old man who was well versed in the sinister hearts of the people.
When Guo Zixing was still alive, Zhu Yuanzhang showed a mostly light-seeing side in order to "be righteous", but now it is very different, and he understands that some things must be non-toxic and not husband-free.
After the capture of Chen Wei, Zhu Yuanzhang fully interpreted this.
Although he thought that Chen Xian was treacherous and treacherous, he still deliberately let him have a way to live. This puzzled Chen Xianxian, who recorded in the Huangming Benji that Chen Xian had tentatively asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "Why did you give birth to me?" (Why give me a way to live?) Zhu Yuanzhang replied to him unpredictably: "Fang today, the Central Plains are boiling, Haojie is rising, and the number of self-proclaimed cultivators is unknown, and Ru is heroic, don't you know the reason for the birth of Ru?" ”
Hearing this, Chen Daixian thought that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to annex his army, so he expressed his willingness to submit "by treachery" and immediately wrote a letter to attract the generals scattered around him.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Chen's submission was a conspiracy, but did not pierce him, but only symbolically put him under house arrest in Taiping.
In July, Zhu Yuanzhang led an army with Zhang Tianyou to attack Jiqing, and took advantage of the situation to test whether chen's ancestors scattered nearby had the intention of surrendering, and the result was not as Zhu Yuanzhang expected, and the operation was not successful.
But failure is sometimes a conspiracy stone.
A month later, Zhu Yuanzhang once again led an army to attack Jiqing, this time taking Chen Xiaxian, who had previously been under house arrest.
Zhu Yuanzhang's move made Chen Xixian secretly happy, and he took the opportunity to conspire with his subordinates who pretended to surrender, and went out with Zhu Yuanzhang on the expedition, which could not be attacked, and he must claim to attack the city without going to war.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang had already seen through Chen Xixian's conspiracy and calculations, but his next move made the generals stunned, and the Mingren Yu Benji recorded in the "Chronicle Record", at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Xixian "married Kunji, slaughtered the black cow white horse to worship the heavens and the earth, and swore an oath of blood." ”
After becoming brothers and making a vow to make a rendezvous to attack Jiqing, Zhu Yuanzhang looked even more demented, and he actually let Chen Dai go first.
The heart and abdomen will remind Zhu Yuanzhang that this is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain.
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, and did not point out his elaborate conspiracy in the conspiracy.
Under Zhu Yuanzhang's conspiracy and calculation, in September, a mysterious thing happened. Just this month, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou followed the previous agreement and led their troops to attack Jiqing from Liyang, Jurong, Guantang, and Fangshan in the southeast. Chen Xixian looked very worthy of his brother who had just married, and he "kept" the oath he had made with Zhu Yuanzhang, posing as a joint attack at Banqiao.
Clinker, just as Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou were leading an army to fight with the Jiqing defenders on the Qinhuai River, Chen Xixian suddenly counterattacked, and the joint Jiqing defender Fushou launched a fierce attack on Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou. ”
A good one died in battle, and this phrase called Zhu Yuanzhang abandoning the covenant and not fighting, borrowing a knife to kill people to cover up, a trace.
After the defeat of Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou, he led his army to pursue to Liyang, ma was backward, and the local "rebel army" (armed by local landlords) did not know the truth, heard that he surrendered to the Red Turban Army, and actually set up an ambush to kill him.
Borrowing your plot and shi your own plot, you will also die after the end, this is the end of Chen Xi's conspiracy and trickery with Zhu Yuanzhang.
Some historians have commented that Zhu Yuanzhang can really be described as a traitor and thief with great courage at this moment, and in order not to fall into notoriety, he dared to purge Guo Zhang, two opponents who were not imminent, at the cost of losing tens of thousands of troops and failing to attack the city.
It can only be said that at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang has already revealed the fangs of the emperor.
After the death of Guo Zhang and Zhang, Zhu Yuanzhang only had one small hidden danger left, that is, Guo Zixing's younger son Guo Tianjue was still there. However, Zhu Yuanzhang still failed to let him go, and in the eighteenth year, when everyone completely forgot Guo Zixing, he found a small excuse and killed Guo Tianjue with "resentment" and "conspiracy".
There was also Guo Zixing's little daughter, lonely and bitter, helpless, Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill her, and later accepted her as a third concubine.
From joining the army at the age of twenty or five to appearing as an emperor at the age of twenty-eight or nine, Zhu Yuanzhang first wore a mask of benevolence, and then exposed his poisonous fangs, which became spring and autumn for several years.