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After Zhu Yuanzhang passed the throne to Zhu Yunwen, Emperor Jianwen took a series of reform measures. It not only strengthened the power of the central government, but also improved the administrative efficiency of the imperial court. However, in consolidating the command of the central army, the measures he adopted to cut the domain directly caused Zhu Di's dissatisfaction. The Yan king Zhu Di feared that he would lose his actual power, so he launched a rebellion in the name of "Qing Junfang". This four-year war changed the direction of the Ming Dynasty.
Originally, Zhu Di had very few soldiers and horses at the beginning, and compared with the hundreds of thousands of troops controlled by the imperial court, his soldiers and horses were insufficient for the defense of the fiefdom. But the geographical location of his fiefdom provided him with a certain advantage, Zhu Di was ordered to defend Beiping at the age of 17, and in the border area, he led his army to fight the Mongol army many times, in fact, the army guarding the border area had become the army he actually controlled. There were more than 15,600 troops in this part, and after he launched the "Battle of Jingnan", these soldiers and horses undoubtedly became the support for his rebellion.
An army that regularly fights wars is naturally stronger in terms of combat effectiveness than an army that has not fought for many years. Zhu Di's 100,000 troops seemed to be insufficient in numbers, but the 130,000 troops sent by Emperor Jianwen and the 500,000 troops led by Li Jinglong were all defeated by Zhu Di's army. After several defeats in battle, Emperor Jianwen's side was no longer as calm as it had been at the beginning.
However, compared with Zhu Di's soldiers and horses, Emperor Jianwen still had 600,000 troops to mobilize and use, and there was still a great deal of certainty in destroying Zhu Di. It seems that heaven wants Zhu Di to win the war, and Li Jinglong originally led an army of 500,000 to attack Zhu Di, but was defeated by the other side's 100,000 troops. With the remaining command of the 600,000 troops, Emperor Jianwen gave Li Jinglong the right to let such a defeated general lead the 600,000 troops again, which was undoubtedly a wrong decision made by Emperor Jianwen.
Facts show that this decision caused Emperor Jianwen to eventually lose the initiative in the war. Leading these 600,000 troops, Li Jinglong moved north from Dezhou, and Zhu Di also quickly gathered all his troops and went south to fight, and the two sides launched a decisive battle at the place of Baihegou. Originally, Li Jinglong's side had already let the general Ping An lead tens of thousands of soldiers to ambush Zhu Di's army on the way to come, and as soon as Zhu Di's army came, the two sides fell into a fierce battle. Zhu Di used a strategy to lure the enemy, and Ping An led his army to pursue, but as a result, he was constantly defeated and retreated by the Yan army, and Zhu Di took advantage of the situation to pursue, but he could not further occupy much advantage. After the mediation of the two sides, the situation on Zhu Di's side became more and more unfavorable, and he was already in a situation where the Ming army occupied an overwhelming advantage.
Just when Zhu Di's army was trying to fight to the death, somehow a strong wind blew up, and the Ming soldiers were blown away. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Di ordered the Yan army to fight with all his might, and Li Jinglong saw that the situation was not good, and chose to slip away. The commanders all ran away, and the remaining soldiers had no command figures, and for a time they fell into chaos and fled separately. The Yan army took the opportunity to pursue and destroyed most of the Ming army's forces. After this battle, the Yan army changed from the inferior side to the dominant side, so that in the end, Zhu Di's army fought under the city of Nanjing. Originally, in this battle, the Ming army occupied a great advantage, and Emperor Jianwen wanted to destroy Zhu Di, and there was not much difficulty. However, because of the mistake in employing people, the Yan army reversed the situation. It can be seen from this that even if one side takes the initiative, it does not mean that this side will definitely win. Like the Ming army, which had an absolute advantage in the number of troops, it was finally defeated by the 100,000 Yan army.
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