From the beginning of the peasant revolt at the end of Qin to the "Ten Days of Yangzhou, Three Massacres of Jiading" in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, every inhumane killing was the embodiment of the turmoil of the times, of which the early Ming general Chang Yuchun was particularly brutal, it is said that when he returned from a victory, all the people went out of the city to greet him, but he waved his hand and smiled and said to the guards: Tu Cheng! The reason why he ordered the slaughter of the city was also very unexpected, and to this day's evaluation of Chang Yuchun is inseparable from his brutal slaughter of the city.
Often encountered in the cause of spring tyranny
Chang Yuchun was born in a poor peasant family, due to the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty government, resulting in the life of the low-level peasants is very miserable, which also makes Chang Yuchun's childhood devastated, not only physical pain, in the spirit of Chang Yuchun has also been greatly stimulated, Chang Yuchun's father because of the inconvenience of his legs and feet, often scolded by the landlord, in the process of farming, Chang Yuchun's father was beaten to death by the landlord's servants because of low efficiency, which also left a great psychological shadow for Chang Yuchun.
Chang Yuchun, who lost his father since childhood, was often bullied in the village, after these things, Chang Yuchun's personality became more and more tyrannical, and finally in a dispute, Chang Yuchun broke out, he lost his hand and beat the people of the same village to death, and was forced to helplessly meet The spring can only fall into the grass, that is, the personality of Chang Yuchun in this period is completely fixed, the thieves and robbers in the chaotic world are fierce and hot-hearted, and the young Chang Yuchun is mixed with them all day long, and it is inevitable that they will be affected.
With the passage of time, Chang Yuchun, with his own talent and brute force, successfully became the leader of the bandits, but it was precisely because of this incident that Chang Yuchun's personality changed again, with the growth of the bandit team, Chang Yuchun's gang soon attracted the attention of the local officials and troops of the Yuan Dynasty, but Chang Yuchun was very familiar with the terrain, and the officers and soldiers also took them out of their way, until the people of the same village betrayed Chang Yuchun and led the officers and soldiers to find Chang Yuchun's hiding place in the lofty mountains.
After a big war, Chang Yuchun's gang was killed and injured countless times, and he was also seriously injured, Chang Yuchun relied on his amazing brute force to break through the siege and returned to his broken home at the foot of the mountain, at this time there was only an elderly old mother in the family, and the mother immediately hid Chang Yuchun in the vegetable cellar, so Chang Yuchun escaped a disaster, but the good times were not long, and soon Chang Yuchun's mother was reported by the villagers to cover up the robbers, and was immediately arrested and tortured to death.
This succession of blows made Chang Yuchun not want to die, which also made Chang Yuchun hate the informant very much, and since then Chang Yuchun has especially hated this kind of two-sided and three-knife villain who likes to betray people, and Chang Yuchun, who is well injured, knows that it is no longer realistic to be a robber again, and in order to eat mixed food, Chang Yuchun can only join the recent rebel army, which is also the turning point of Chang Yuchun's life.
Start a military career and fight back against life
However, the process of Chang Yuchun joining the rebel army was not very smooth, at first Zhu Yuanzhang did not see Chang Yuchun, who was born from Kou, and thought that there was a problem with Chang Yuchun's character, but after knowing Chang Yuchun's past, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that he was forced to be helpless, so he accepted him, that is, this recognition, let Chang Yuchun be loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, starting from a small soldier, Chang Yuchun, at first, was just to eat a mixed meal, but after successive battles, Chang Yuchun's advantages were slowly reflected.
In the early years of the robber career, Chang Yuchun's survival rate on the battlefield increased greatly, and he was the last person to live in every vicious battle, which also made his rank rise very quickly, and soon became a centurion, and his fierce fighting style coupled with cruel means made Chang Yuchun's enemies see that his troops were terrified, which also led to his troops being invincible, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the early stage of the uprising, was also very happy to see this talent, and then promoted Chang Yuchun to the vanguard general.
With the passage of time, Zhu Yuanzhang's ranks grew stronger and stronger, chang Yuchun's military power gradually expanded, until he became the most important general under Zhu Yuanzhang, at this time Chang Yuchun can be described as a monstrous power, which also makes his character defect infinitely magnified, after having great power, Chang Yuchun became more tyrannical, often killing prisoners and slaughtering villages, which also made his notoriety far and wide, as long as it is the troops who fight with him, they will generally surrender directly, or collapse into an army.
The reason why the spring slaughter city is often encountered
Until once, Chang Yuchun attacked the military town of the Yuan Dynasty, the gap in strength was very large, the siege of the city for several months did not progress, at this time the people in the city are also panicked, in order to ensure their own lives, many ordinary people have made two banners at home, one is to welcome General Chang into the city, the other is the Yuan army is mighty, so that no matter who wins, the people have a way to live, but the wisdom is mistaken by the clever, chang Yuchun can not attack for a long time, chose to lure the enemy.
The Yuan army guards were faint and incompetent, and they were very happy to see Chang Yuchun retreat, and immediately sent troops to pursue and kill the result of the ambush and the whole army was destroyed, and Chang Yuchun captured the city in this way, so the people of the whole city went out of the city with the flag to greet Chang Yuchun, which also made Chang Yuchun very happy, but what people did not expect was that the soldiers found the banner with the mighty strength of the Yuan army in the homes of the people, and immediately reported it to Chang Yuchun, Who had been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and immediately knew what was going on.
A scene of bad memories emerged in Chang Yuchun's mind, remembering the experience of being betrayed in the early years, so that Chang Yuchun was particularly dissatisfied with these people who deceived him, coupled with the countless deaths and injuries of the siege of the city for several months, all this anger was ignited by this banner, and then Chang Yuchun ordered the slaughter of the city, so the city immediately wailed all over the place, countless deaths and injuries overnight, and the face and rivers were stained red, but this did not satisfy Chang Yuchun, and after the slaughter of the city, Chang Yuchun ordered the soldiers to burn down the entire city.
I don't know if it was too much killing and was punished, shortly after this slaughter, Chang Yuchun died of armor removal on a march, only forty years old, according to rumors that when Chang Yuchun died, the angry-eyed soldiers could not help him close their eyes for a long time, in the feudal superstitious ancient society, people who are not blind to death are taboo, with the fact that chang Yuchun died violently, it also made Chang Yuchun's troops restrain, and there was no large-scale slaughter of the city.
epilogue
Judging from Chang Yuchun's short life, his merits are comparable, which is also the reason why historians have mixed praise for him, he did make indelible contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, but his tyrannical personality also made his reputation in history very bad, from which we can also see that being a person first cultivates the mind, so as to get the recognition of others
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