Judging from the development of successive dynasties, the impact of internal friction on the rise and fall of dynasties far exceeds the invasion of foreign enemies. There is a saying that the fortress is first breached from the inside. But the scale and duration of internal friction are often proportional to the destructive force of internal friction. For example, during the Han Dynasty, there was the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, which was a major internal turmoil, but it lasted only eight months before it was extinguished. At the same time, because of the short time, the scale has not been completely expanded, and it has been eliminated. Destructive power is naturally not the same. So let's analyze the Battle of Jingnan, why did this civil war, although it lasted for several years, did not cause much damage?
The Battle of Jingnan was a turmoil of little duration and small scope
If we look at the duration of the Battle of Jingnan, it lasted for more than four years, and the war and turmoil that lasted within a country for four years had a very great impact on a country. From the perspective of scope, from the north to the south, from Beijing to Nanjing, almost affected most of China, which shows the wide range of influence. In fact, judging from the historical records, Zhu Di fought this battle very hard and was also very tangled. Three of the four years of the Battle of Jingnan were spent in Shandong, Hebei Province, and the two sides were caught in a tug-of-war.
In the first stage, after Zhu Di took control of Beiping, he began to attack southwards, successively annexing a large number of cities and pools in Hebei. With superb military command ability, Zhu Di led the only tens of thousands of elites under his command to continuously defeat the main forces of Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong, and once occupied the absolute upper hand. Just when Zhu Dizhi was satisfied, he encountered an iron plate, so Zhu Di had to be dragged into the second stage.
Iron Hyun
This iron plate is two people, one is called Sheng Yong and the other is called Tie Xuan. Zhu Di's military talent was enough to compete with Xu Da and others, Xu Da often encountered Chun Lanyu and others who died one after another, and the first generation of famous generals of the Ming Dynasty withered away. New celebrities are beginning to emerge, and it is clear that it is not just Zhu Di who is showing his prominence.
Sheng Yong's fighting ideology is very similar to Zhu Di's, his style is brave and fierce, he is good at using strange soldiers, and he is unexpectedly attacked and unprepared. Very few troops can be used to the extreme. Zhu Di was very troubled by Sheng Yong's playing style, and he was also glad that there were not many soldiers and horses under Sheng Yong's command, and when Zhu Di defeated Li Jinglong and Geng Bingwen's main force, Sheng Yong's genius was crushed by absolute strength.
The same talented general also has Tie Hyun. Unlike Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan is a defensive master, and Jinan City is impregnable under Tie Xuan's defense. And Tie Xuan's way of playing restrained Zhu Di's use of troops to a certain extent. Because Zhu Di was a master of sports warfare and was good at using cavalry, he could be dragged by Tie Xuan to Jinan City and play urban offensive battles.
The sudden rise of Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan saved face for Emperor Jianwen and dragged Zhu Di into the quagmire of tug-of-war. Zhu Di had to make a desperate bet, risking a sneak attack on Nanjing, and finally won the victory under the wrong decisions of Zhu Yunjiao and Li Jinglong. It can be seen that in the past four years, Zhu Di spent most of his time wandering in Hebei, Shandong, so the Battle of Jingnan could hardly be regarded as a nationwide turmoil.
Zhu Di's emergency handling methods were decisive and fierce
Zhu Di, who became emperor, showed his fierce and decisive side, and this kind of determination went to two extremes, one was that for his own subordinates, Zhu Di rewarded him to the greatest extent, and every general who followed Zhu Di to fight the world was richly rewarded. Zhu Di's generosity convinced everyone.
Zhu Di
For the enemy, Zhu Di showed a cold-blooded and cruel side, a large number of Jianwen Emperor's loyal subjects were slaughtered, the means were extremely cruel, but also extremely bloody, so that the people implicated, tens of thousands, after the bloody revenge, Emperor Jianwen's dead party was purged, and even those who sympathized with Emperor Jianwen did not dare to have any sympathetic thoughts.
For the allies, mainly those of the clan kings, Zhu Di adopted a very gentle method of cutting the clan, on the one hand, through coercion, he withdrew the power of the clan king, and then settled the border clan king in the interior. Then, he gave the king of the clan enough dignity and glory and wealth, as long as the king of the clan did not seize power, not only himself, but also his own children and grandchildren would have inexhaustible glory and wealth. Zhu Di's fierceness has made those who oppose him dare not say much, and Zhu Di's generosity has made a large number of people begin to recognize Zhu Di, so Zhu Di has stabilized the situation in a very short period of time. It also makes any possible turmoil disappear into invisibility.
It can be seen that the destructive power of the Battle of Jingnan was not as great as imagined, and Zhu Yuanzhang's national strength accumulated for thirty years did not weaken it greatly because of this. Zhu Di, as the initiator of the Battle of Jingnan, although he directly led to the riot, also through his own special means, after the success of the riot, he quickly stabilized the situation, did not cause nationwide turmoil, and also avoided the national dispute caused by the rebellion.
Judging from the Battle of Jingnan itself, Zhu Di was a traitor, but Zhu Di further promoted the development of the Ming Dynasty through his own efforts, and was also a rebellious person with achievements.