Li Wenzhong: The god of war who fell from the sky, after his death, why did Zhu Yuanzhang kill the entire family of Taiyi (III)
Skillfully plan to pacify Yunnan
In the 22nd year of Zhizheng, Miao Bing launched a rebellion, killing Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinate Hu Dahai in Jinhua and Geng Zaicheng in Chuzhou. Zhu Wenzhong immediately drove these Miao troops away, pacified the people, and sought to take the prefecture. Soon after, Zhu Wenzhong was awarded the post of Zuo Cheng (左丞) in eastern Zhejiang Province.
Not long after, Zhang Shicheng's men gathered their forces to attack Zhuquan, and the defender Xie Zaixing was short of troops, so he had to hurry to request support, although Zhu Wenzhong sent Hu Deji, but he was still a drop in the bucket.
Xie Zaixing again urgently requested more troops, but at this time Zhu Wenzhong had no surplus corps to send. Thinking that Shao Rong was just in the midst of a rebellion against the rebel army in Chuzhou, he used his name to publicize that the army had rushed to support.
Zhang Shicheng received this news from the army, and everyone was terrified, the army was confused, and many soldiers fled overnight. The next day, Hu Deji and Xie Zaixing led their troops to open the city gate and defeated Zhang Shicheng's men in one fell swoop. Thanks to Zhu Wenzhong's clever plan, he was able to keep Zhu Quan.
Unexpectedly, Xie Zaixing joined Zhang Shicheng's camp and raised an army in Dongyang. Zhu Wenzhong was furious and led a thousand cavalry with Hu Shen to go on a crusade, and finally defeated Xie Zaixing.
Taking advantage of the geographical advantage, another city was built fifty miles away from Zhuquan, which was just at an angle with Zhuquan. With this move, Zhang Shicheng's 160,000 troops had to retreat empty-handed.
After thinking about a plan, Zhang Shicheng turned to attack the new city. When Zhu Wenzhong learned of this, he immediately reacted and led Zhu Liangzu to garrison a military camp near the new city. Hu Deji proposed that we should wait for the arrival of the large army and attack again, while Zhu Wenzhong believed that the battle was mostly about strategy, and the next morning, he declared war on the enemy.
Zhu Wenzhong gathered the generals and said loudly: "If I win or lose in this move, I will definitely bear the brunt of it and will not be reckless." A high-spirited speech greatly boosted the morale of the army. Just finished the plan to divide the troops into three roads, the reinforcements from Chuzhou also arrived at this time, it is really heavenly help Zhu Wenzhongye!
Under Zhu Wenzhong's order, he rushed towards the enemy army with a spear in his hand, and even though he was heavily surrounded by the enemy army, he still did not change his color, and he bravely killed the enemy and took his head.
In the end, tens of thousands of people were killed, hundreds of people were taken prisoner, and weapons, grain and grass were captured. Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard the victory, recalled Zhu Wenzhong, held a feast of celebration, and gave him a pile of belongings.
In the 26th year of Zhengzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang raised an army against Zhang Shicheng, and Zhu Wenzhong was ordered to attack Hangzhou to contain the enemy army. Zhu Wenzhong adopted the method of surrender, continuously attacked Yuhang and Hangzhou, and after entering Hangzhou, the people in the city were not affected, and they looked orderly.
Because of his great merits, Zhu Yuanzhang was rewarded and sealed on the spot, allowing him to restore his surname of Li.
