In the fifth year of Hongwu, that is, in the first month of 1372 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang prepared to carry out a thorough purging of the remnants of the yuan forces wandering in the steppe, with the intention of solving the Mongol threat to the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty in one go, and completing the unfinished historical feats of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Let Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, and Feng Sheng each lead a troop, marching in three ways, qizheng at the same time, each with tens of thousands of troops, a total of hundreds of thousands of troops, to fight against the remnants of the yuan.
Among them, the Middle Route Army, led by Xu Da, said that it was going to attack the Yuan Dynasty's old nest and Lin, but in fact it was marching slowly, waiting for the left and right armies to involve the Yuan Dynasty's troops, and then marched at the speed of light, catching them off guard.
The Eastern Route Army, led by Li Wenzhong, attacked Helin from Huajuyongguan and Through Yingchang Province, and their task was to take the opportunity to attack from the East Bread when the Yuan army took the initiative to go south to confront Xu Dajun.
The Western Route Army, on the other hand, attacked the Gansu area from Feng Sheng to Jinlan, the main purpose of which was to attract the enemy troops to come to the rescue and reduce the strength that Xu Dajun and Li Wenzhong's army needed to face.
As a result, because Xu Da did not follow the established strategy, he led the Zhonglu Army to go deep alone, and was defeated by Wang Baobao, with heavy casualties and no choice but to flee south in a hurry. Li Wenzhong's Eastern Route Army, on the other hand, fought inextricably with the Yuan Army, and the victory and defeat were equal, and they could only temporarily retreat.
Only, the Western Route Army led by Feng Sheng won a complete victory, defeating the Yuan general Lost Rahan and the Northern Yuan Tai Wei Duo'er Onlyba. Feng Shengjun fought all the way to Yijinai Road, which is southeast of the Ejin Banner in present-day Inner Mongolia. However, at this time, Feng Sheng received the news of the disastrous defeat of Xu Dazhong's route army, so he did not dare to continue to advance, and burned the city on the grounds that the outer land could not be defended.
What is intriguing is that after this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang did not reward Feng Sheng, and his treatment was the same as that of Li Wenzhong and Xu Da, who was defeated! What's going on here? In this regard, the history books have already made an explanation.
"Shi Da's generals and soldiers are unfavorable, the left deputy general Wen Zhong's loss is comparable, and he wins alone to win the news, and those who say that they hide their camels and horses cannot be rewarded" Wang Shizhen's "Historical Materials of Yizhou"
That is to say, Feng Sheng was not rewarded by Zhu Yuanzhang because he embezzled the military and the people, which is the most official statement for a long time, but in fact, our descendants, whether ordinary history enthusiasts or relevant history experts, have expressed difficulty accepting this far-fetched explanation.
In this regard, the famous Oriental historian and Tian Qing of the Taisho and Showa periods, he was one of the second generation leaders of the Tokyo School of Literature in Japan, and was very proficient in Chinese history, especially the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Hetian Qing put forward his own views and ideas on this issue, and he believed that this matter was completely suspicious of Zhu Yuanzhang, because his favorite favorite generals Xu Da and Li Wenzhong had both lost military battles, and deliberately suppressed the two generals Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, so as not to make them proud of their achievements in the future and be difficult to control.
Of course, this view of the Japanese scholar Kiyoshi Wada is very subjective, and there is no sufficient historical data as evidence, so everyone can listen to it!