Early Ming Dynasty History 33: Chen Youding died to protect Dayuan, and Yang Yingyang took the Eight Gui lightly

In 1368, the twenty-eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty, it was also the first year of the Ming Dynasty Hongwu. Zhu Yuanzhang sacrificed heaven and earth in the southern suburbs of Nanjing, that is, the emperor's throne, and set the name of the world as Daming and Jianyuan Hongwu.

On the issue of the name of the country, I personally prefer the I Ching statement, and I know that the Yuan Character of the Yuan Dynasty is taken from the I Ching DaZha Qianyuan, and the original text of the I Ching is "DaZha Qianyuan, the beginning of all materials, is the unification of heaven." Clouds and rain, products and logistics. The Ming Dynasty begins, the six are formed, and the six dragons are multiplied to conquer the heavens. The dry road changes, and each one is alive. ”

Since it starts with the Great Yuan, it is also reasonable to start with Daming as the end. At the same time, it was also conducive to Zhu Yuanzhang's political call to win over the old Yuan forces at this time, appease the old Yuan officials and aristocrats, and justifiably inherit the Yuan Dynasty from the name of the country.

At the same time, Li Ma was made empress and Zhu Biao was crown prince. He finally went from a cowherd to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and the hardships and hardships he had experienced over the years were finally rewarded, and because of his birth, he vowed to be a good emperor who benefited the people, and did not forget his original intention. At this moment, in addition to his feelings, what he was most concerned about in his heart was the Northern Expedition army that had just set out for more than a month.

In fact, I don't agree with this statement of the Northern Expedition in my heart, because in addition to Xu Da's 250,000 Northern Expeditionary Army, there are also Hu Tingrui's Jiangxi Front army going south to take Fujian, and Yang Jing's Huguang Front army attacking Guangxi. In fact, there are three large armies going out, called the Northern Expedition can only be said to be the main force and the most important road is Xu Da Chang Yu Chun this road, let's also call it the Northern Expedition. As a branch, I will first describe the battle situation of the two local troops, and the highlight of Xu Da's road will be delivered later.

Looking at the Fujian road first, Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic intention is to take Eight Fujian in the south and then through Fujian, and then take Guangdong by sea and land, and sending Hu Tingrui to go is also a consideration, first of all, Chen Han's troops in Jiangxi were formed and surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Hu Tingrui, who had been at the helm of Jiangxi before, had also led Chen Han's army to fight in Fujian, knew the situation in Fujian, and was a suitable candidate in terms of seniority and familiarity.

In addition, since Hu Tingrui sacrificed the Hongdu City, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to test and understand him, has always taken him with him around the attendants, observed his words and deeds for a long time, and judged that this person was sincerely surrendering to himself, so he could entrust him with heavy responsibilities.

The opponent of the Fujian side, Chen Youding, a native of Qingzhou, officially occupied Fujian in the 24th year of Zhizheng, unlike Fang Guozhen, Chen Youding did not bet on both sides, he was a die-hard fan of the Yuan Dynasty. When Chen Youding was young, the history books record that he was "brave in nature, liked rangers, rescued and righteous, and obeyed by the people, and fought for his will." ”

Alive and free is a Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai, a jianghu person, with a bold temperament. In the twenty-fifth year of Zheng, when Hu Shen was in Fujian, because he was betrayed by Zhu Liangzu, Chen Youding defeated Hu Shen and defeated Zhu Yuanzhang's troops, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not touch Chen Youding again until October of the twenty-seventh year of Zhizheng. Now that Jiangnan has been decided, Zhu Yuanzhang freed his hand and finally shot at Chen Youding for the second time.

On November 30, 2007, Hu Tingrui led an army to cross Shanguan and capture Guangming County. When Chen Youding learned of this, he ordered his colleagues Lai Zhengsun and Xie Yingfu to order Deng Yi to defend Fuzhou with an army of 20,000 troops, and to lead his elite troops to defend Yanping, and to fight each other's forces against Hu Tingrui's army.

Hu Tingrui saw that the two places of Yanping and Fuzhou were at each other's horns for the time being, so he first attacked Shaowu Jianyang and other places. After the surrender of Zhejiang Fang Guozhen, Tang He, Liao Yongzhong, and Wu Zhenbu of Zhejiang set out from Zhejiang to take Fuzhou by northeast wind from the Mingzhou Sea Road, intending to attack Fujian by land with Hu Tingrui.

In mid-to-late December, Mu Ying broke through the watershed and then captured Chong'an. At the end of the month, under the attack of both sides, Tang he and Zhoushi arrived at Wuhumen and defeated Yuan Pingzhangqu, and Yuan Ren took advantage of the night to agree to surrender the city the next day. The next day, Tang and the army entered the city, and Deng Yi vowed not to surrender, and died in battle.

Xie Yingfu broke through to Yanping. Tang He seized 639 horses, 105 sea boats, 199,500 stones of grain and grass, 1,405,500 gold and 6,300 catties of pepper in the Fuzhou City Office. After all, these six thousand three hundred pounds of pepper are comparable to gold, by the way, the main function of pepper at that time is not to eat, but to be used as a spice, I do not understand this which fragrance, maybe the European body odor with pepper is more fragrant. It is estimated that the soup and seeing these peppers both eyes are golden.

After Fuzhou finished playing, Yanping became an isolated city, and it was difficult to set off any storms anymore. On the 21st day of the first month of the first month of Hongwu's reign, Hu Tingrui conquered Jianning and entered Yanping, and Tang He and other armies also set out from Fuzhou to attack Yanping, and the two armies successfully met under Yanping City to jointly besiege Chen Youding in the city.

Trapped in the beast, Tang He sent emissaries into the city to appease Chen Youding, Chen Youding did not say a word, beheaded the emissary, put the messenger's blood into the wine tank, drank the blood wine with his generals, and vowed to defend Yanping City to the death. Therefore, this is also a fierce man and a fierce person, although nine deaths must also try to protect the big yuan.

Tang He saw that Chen Youding had even killed the emissaries who had been persuaded to surrender, so he would certainly not surrender, so he crossed the water and began to attack from the west gate, chen Youding did not panic, and summoned the generals to say: "When the other soldiers come, their courage and courage are difficult to fight with, it is better to stay trapped and move, and there will be victory." ”

Therefore, he and his generals patrolled the city day and night, at this time many people could not survive and asked for battle, Chen Youring did not know how to feel that his subordinate Xiao Yuan sentenced, Liu Shouren prepared to defect to the city, directly killed the two. However, it is no wonder that Chen Youding is suspicious, Fuzhou should be lost inside and outside.

After ten days of defense, the generals were loyal, but the soldiers below were not so strong in the desperate situation, and every night soldiers fled the city at night to surrender to the Ming army. It was already a matter of time before the city fell, and it happened that at this time the Ordnance Bureau in Yanping City caught fire, and the gunpowder in the Ordnance Bureau exploded, and the explosions came and went. The Ming army outside the city heard an explosion inside the city and thought that Chen Youding was infighting, so they attacked the city with all their might, and the defenders did not know what was going on inside the city, so they could not hold it at all.

Chen Youding saw that the general situation had gone, and said to the general below: "The great things have gone, and I have no way to repay the country, but if I have a dead ear, it is advisable for the public to encourage themselves." After saying that, he went back to the inner hall and drank medicine and committed suicide. Say it's late, it's fast. Chen Youding was as cold as Zhang Shicheng, and after the Ming army entered the city, he found Chen Youding and found that Chen Youding was not cold, so he rescued Chen Youding and escorted him to Yingtian with his son who had come to ask for death.

When it came to Yingtian, Zhu Yuanzhang confronted Chen Youding and said, "Yuan is dead, for whom is he guarding?" Kill me General Hu, and not the messenger inside, now He Yiye. Chen Youding calmly replied, "It's over, don't talk about it, Andega I'm dead!" At this time, Chen Youding's heart was already like ashes, but once he died, Zhu Yuanzhang also planned to behead Chen Youding and his son and abandon the city together with his son, and from then on Fujian was pacified.

After the eight Min were taken, Zhu Yuanzhang, in accordance with the established strategy, ordered Liao Yongzhong to be the general of southern Fujian and Zhu Liangzu to be his deputy, and took the sea route to attack Guangdong, and told the two people that "the master of the king, ShunTian should be a man, so the riots will be lifted upside down to comfort the people's hopes." In the past, Wuchang Jingxiang was pacified, and all the counties were looking forward to the wind and money attached, and often encountered several counties in the south of Nan'an Lingnan in Chunkegan Prefecture, and they also returned one after another, and there was no other division to be disciplined, and the people's hearts were satisfied, so now the two guangdong lands, far in the south, divided from each other, the people were trapped for a long time, and the people were in chaos and security were today, and they heard that the eight Fujians were not guarded, and the lake and Xiang had been flat in the center of the center, and there was no one who did not have the will to surrender, if they sent people to declare Weide, in order to attract the people, there was no return to meet the surrender, but they could not work hard, be careful not to kill and plunder, and be depressed, such as they refused to raise troops, strangled their dangers, and did not have their support. And Guangdong's key land is only in Guangzhou, Guangzhou is under, then follow Haizhou County, can be passed on, Hainan Haibei to the second recruitment, the remaining soldiers still with Pingzhang Yang Jing and other joint troops to take Guangxi, with the division strategy to lead the use of Dao Su Jing Nanfu in this move. ”

Mainly to instruct the two men to attack the city as the lower, the attack on the heart as the upper, the attack on Guangdong is mainly to capture Guangzhou, after Guangzhou is taken, the Haibin Prefecture and County can be determined, leaving the army to defend the town and then sending troops to cooperate with Yang Jing to attack Guangxi. This strategy was basically not wrong under the general trend at that time, and Liao Yongzhong and Zhu Liangzu basically implemented it in accordance with this strategy.

The Yuan Dynasty guarded Guangdong by He Zhen, the left minister of Guangdong Province, who was a Dongguan man who had worked as a minor official in Tamsui. In the fourteenth year of Zhengzheng, when the smoke was everywhere, He Zhen took the opportunity to start a family, pacified Guangdong, and also repelled the attack of Xiong Tianrui, the general of Chen Han, and tried to ensure that Guangdong was not lost, and was given the title of Guangdong Province, Zuo Cheng, and held Guangdong for the Yuan Ting.

Liao Yongzhong set out on the second day of February in the first year of Hongwu's reign, first using a letter to summon He Zhen, He Zhen judged the situation, and then heard that Xu Da's army had already settled the Central Plains in the north, so there was no resistance, personally went to Chaozhou to welcome Liao Yongzhong into Guangdong, and in April, all the counties in Guangdong were pacified, zhu Yuanzhang, in recognition of He Zhen's merits in welcoming Shun, sealed He Zhen as the governor of Jiangxi Province, and Guangdong was pacified.

Let's look at the Guangxi road again, Yang Jing went out at the same time as the other two large armies, brushing Jingxiang Tanyue and other guards to advance into Guangxi, and Guangxi's opponents were mainly the Yuan army and some remnants of Chen Youyi. In the first month of the first year of Hongwu, Yang Jing divided his troops and attacked Yongzhou and Baoqing at the same time, and easily took Baoqing. Chen Youyu's remnant Zhou Wengui attacked, and a fierce battle between the two sides actually allowed Zhou Wengui to capture Baoqing.

Yang Jing had to reorganize his troops and horses until February to make a comeback to attack Baoqing again, and Yu Zhuyan destroyed Zhou Wengui and recaptured Baoqing. After taking Baoqing, Yang Jing's focus was all shifted to Yongzhou, Yongzhou as the gateway to Guangxi, Guangxi's Yuan army naturally would not sit idly by, Yang Jing was very calm and re-Yongzhou to help, successively defeating the reinforcements in the direction of Jeonju and the Yongzhou defender Deng Zusheng attacked.

Jeonju's rescue of Yongzhou failed, but he exposed himself nakedly to Yang Jing's troops, and in early March Yang Jing sent Zhou Dexing to attack Jeonju, and Jeonju defender Aslan fled, and the cities around Jeonju, Ningyuan, and Blue Mountain all fell without a fight. However, Yongzhou did vow not to surrender, and Yang Jing had no choice but to build a high fortress to prepare for a long siege. It was besieged for more than a month, and in April, Yongzhou City ran out of food, and the defender Deng Zusheng ran out of food and committed suicide by taking poison. The suffragists still led the people to defend the battle, but the hundred households Xia Sheng went out of the city and surrendered, telling Yang Jing the truth inside the city, Yang Jing learned that Deng Zusheng was dead, the city was exhausted of ammunition, but launched a whole army to attack the city, the battle lasted for a day and finally conquered Yongzhou, and then The yang and other places were handed over.

When the gateway to Guangxi opened, Yang Jing set his next target on the Jingjiang River, which is now Guilin. Yang Jing divided his forces into The North And West Passes of the Tunjing River, cut off the internal and external exchanges between the Jingjiang River, and waited for Liao Yongzhong to enter Guangxi from Guangdong to join his own division and then attack the Jingjiang River together.

Liao Yongzhong's side, together with Zhu Liangzu, did not delay, and in April he pacified Guangdong and sent troops to attack Guangxi in May. In early May, the tenth army entered Wuzhou, which is today's Cangwu, and Wuzhou did not even have the courage to resist and surrendered the city. Liao Yongzhong advanced very smoothly to Jingjiang to meet Yang Jing.

Zhu Liangzutun attacked the East Gate under elephant trunk mountain at the East Gate, while Liao Yongzhong led his troops to attack the upper reaches of the West River. The Ming army besieged Jingjiang for twenty days and could not go down, so Yang Jing had a plan and quietly sent someone to collude with Zhang Rong, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army, to plot against him. Zhang Rong promised to open the city gate and let the Ming army enter the city, and on the night of May 23, the Ming army entered the city by night. The Yuan army defender Erjina heard that the army had entered the city, fled in a hurry, and was captured by the pursuing soldiers. Other Jingjiang Wenwu were unable to commit suicide. At the end of May, Liao Yongzhong took Nanning, Zuojiang Taiping Road, Right Jiangtianzhou Road and other local officials all the way to Xiangzhou, where Aslan surrendered and Guangxi was all pacified. At this point, the entire south except for Sichuan and Yunnan, the rest has been incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang basically completed the unification of the south, only to recover Yanyun can establish the Han nationality's immortal deeds.