In the history of China's feudal dynasty, the life of a founding emperor can be described as "open and hanging". He was born very poor, asked for food everywhere, and also entered the temple as a monk, but eventually won the victory in the peasant uprising and established his own dynasty, he was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang.
Ding Pulang was one of Zhu Yuanzhang's generals. According to legend, Ding Pulang fought unusually bravely, and was wounded in more than ten places in the battle, and his head was broken and his body was still bravely killing the enemy. In order to commemorate this fierce general, Zhu Yuanzhang not only made him a general of the Pillar State, but even built his ancestral temple in the local area.
First, the fierce general debuted
Ding Pulang was originally a Hubei native, just a peasant, but the situation created heroes, the situation at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was changeable, and peasants everywhere rose up against the tyranny of the rulers. It is precisely this political environment that has allowed many people who were originally just ordinary people to achieve great things.
In the many peasant uprisings at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was such an army, they wrapped their heads in red scarves, believed in Maitreya Buddha, and were called "Red Turban Army". The leader of the "Red Turban Army" was named Chen Shouhui, who was originally just a small businessman who sold native cloth. At that time, the White Lotus Sect in the north mobilized tens of thousands of migrant workers, setting off a huge White Lotus Sect uprising.
Xu Shouhui, who had long been dissatisfied with the tyranny of the rulers at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, keenly seized the opportunity and united several people to launch an uprising in Heaven Village, and the vast rebel army was unstoppable, and Xu Shouhui, who had conquered many places, established his own political power, and the national name was "Heaven End".
During this period, a black-faced peasant came to Xu Shouhui, he was Ding Pulang, and he was quickly reused by Xu Shouhui. Ding Pulang was ordered to lead the rebel army to attack Hanyang and Xingguo, and Ding Pulang's army was naturally brave and fierce, and soon took Hanyang and Xingguo, so it was more highly used by Xu Shouhui.
Xu Shouhui was proclaimed empress, and his power continued to grow and develop. At this time, Xu Shouhui had the "four great Kongs", namely Zou Pusheng, Zhao Pusheng, Fu Youde, and Ding Pulang, the protagonist of this article. At this time, the Kingdom of Heaven was complete, with millions of troops, occupying half of the Yuan Dynasty.
2. Finally meet the Lord
Although Xu Shouhui was powerful, he did not achieve the final victory, and the Heavenly Perfection Kingdom did not exist for long. During this period, an important historical figure appeared, that is, Chen Youyu. Readers who have watched related TV series know that Chen Youyu was once a fierce enemy of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Chen Youyu first joined the Red Turban Army, and later Xu Shouhui's subordinate Ni Wenjun plotted to kill Xu Shouhui and came to defect to Chen Youyu. Chen Youyu took the opportunity to kill Ni Wenjun and take his power for himself. Chen Youyu's strength continued to grow, and his ambitions also burned.
Chen Youyu was suspicious of his own nature, and Zhu Yuanzhang used a divisive strategy to alienate him and Zhao Pusheng, causing Chen Youyu to hold a grudge against Zhao Pusheng and design to get rid of Zhao Pusheng. Not only that, when Xu Shouhui wanted to move the capital to Longxing, Chen Youyu also strongly opposed it.
However, Xu Shouhui still decided to move the capital, and when Xu Shouhui and his party arrived in Jiangzhou, they were captured by Chen Youyi's soldiers who were ambushed outside the city, killed Xu Shouhui's cronies, and imprisoned Xu Shouhui. At this time, the actual power of the Heavenly Perfection Kingdom had already reached the hands of Chen Youyi, and later he sent someone to secretly kill Xu Shouhui, established Southern Chen himself, and became emperor.
At first, Ding Pulang also changed from Xu Shouhui's general to Chen Youyi's general, leading an army to guard Xiaogushan. However, after Ding Pulang and Fu Youde designed to kill Zhao Pusheng, the disheartened duo went elsewhere to find the Ming Lord.
After Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Jiujiang, when he came to Xiaogushan, Ding Pulang saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and had the spirit of a king, so he sighed: "This is the Ming Lord I should vote for!" Then Ding Pulang and Fu Youde surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang and were highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang.
3. Heroic battle and death of Poyang Lake
In Zhu Yuanzhang's campaign to dominate the world and establish the Ming Dynasty, the most important and tragic battle was the Battle of Poyang Lake, and the opponent of Zhu Yuanzhang's army at that time was Chen Youyu. After the victory of this war, Zhu Yuanzhang unified Jiangnan and then the whole country. In this battle, although Ding Pulang was killed on the battlefield, he showed unparalleled courage.
In the previous battle, Chen Youyi was defeated and retreated, and after losing several cities in a row, he gathered 600,000 troops and fought zhu Yuanzhang to the death in Nanchang. The Battle of Poyang Lake, which involved nearly a million troops, is known as the largest water station in ancient China.
Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Liao Yongzhong, and Ding Pulang led the forward to engage Chen Youyi's vanguard at Kanglang Mountain. Although Chen Youyi's army was large and the warships were tall and large, Ding Pulang was not afraid to drive the small boats, and eventually defeated the enemy's vanguard.
However, Chen Youyu had too much advantage in the number of troops and ships, and soon Zhu Yuanzhang's army gradually fell into a disadvantage. But Chen Youyu made a very wrong decision, he ordered that the big boats be all connected together, move forward like mountains, and overthrow Zhu Yuanzhang's small fishing boat.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw Chen Youyu's fleet like a sea of mountains, and he was indeed frightened. Zhu Yuanzhang's small fishing boats could not break through Chen Youyu's fleet and were forced to retreat step by step. Chen Youyi's army gathered all its strength to attack the weak points of Zhu Yuanzhang's defense line, and it seemed that it would not be able to defend, and the soldiers were also frightened and did not dare to advance.
At this time, the fierce general Dümpuleng stood up. Ding Pulang's old lord Xu Shouhui was killed by Chen Youyu, and his iron brother Zhao Pusheng was also framed by Chen Youyu with treacherous tactics, so Ding Pulang and Chen Youyu formed a bloody vendetta. When he surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, he thought that one day he would be able to seek revenge on Chen Youyu.
Although Ding Pulang has courage and strategy, he has a fierceness that others cannot match. Ding Pulang hung the banner of "only seeking revenge on Chen Youyi" on his ship and rushed towards Chen Youyi's army. Ding Pulang directly led his army to attack the place where Chen Youyi's army was the most, but because Chen Youyi's ships were all connected, it provided him with an excellent platform.
Soon, Ding Pulang was overwhelmed by Chen Youyi's army. Ding Pulang was injured more than ten times, still constantly slashing and slashing with his sword, and even his head was cut off by the enemy, and his body was still upright, making the appearance of slashing and killing the enemy with a knife.
Although Ding Pulang was killed in a fierce battle, his momentum and fierceness not only disrupted the offensive rhythm of Chen Youyi's army and thwarted their vigor, but also greatly improved the morale of Zhu Yuanzhang's army and won valuable time for Zhu Yuanzhang to reorganize the defensive line.
In the end, the fierce Battle of Poyang Lake ended with Zhu Yuanzhang's victory. Although Zhu Yuanzhang won the victory, in this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang lost 35 love generals, the first of which was Ding Pulang. In honor of these generals, Zhu Yuanzhang gave them knighthoods and built a temple of meritorious service to sacrifice, and also ordered that those who had made great achievements in battle could inherit the titles of their descendants.
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Looking at Dümplang's life, he was more than just a general. He thought about the life of the world, unveiled the pole uprising, and opposed the rule of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty; he turned against Chen Youyi for his brothers and old lords, and his loyalty and righteousness could be learned from heaven and earth; the battle of Poyang Lake he regarded death as a homecoming, all of which reflected his loyalty and bravery. Such a general deserves to be sacrificed to a temple, and it is also worthy of being admired and remembered by future generations.