On the way to unify the world, Zhu Yuanzhang once captured a famous general of the Yuan Dynasty alive.
With Lao Zhu's temperament, if this general does not surrender, he will basically die. But when Zhu Yuanzhang unexpectedly learned that this was a descendant of the famous Mongolian general Mu Huali, Zhu Yuanzhang unconditionally released him.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang, who is known as the "Lord of Yama", unconditionally let go of the enemy general? Is the charm of a dead man so great?
The First Famous General
In fact, from our perspective today, Zhu Yuanzhang should hate the orthodox Yuan Dynasty very much, because his family was killed by them.
A whole family, ruined because the government is not giving it and the officials are corrupt.
Of course, not only Zhu Yuanzhang and his family, but also many countless families have encountered this kind of ending.
However, hatred is hatred, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who gradually began to understand history, also has many people he admires.
It was because of the worship of a Mongolian general that his descendants were redeemed, and it seems that it is sometimes useful to be famous.
The Mongolian general that Zhu Yuanzhang admires is Mu Huali mentioned at the beginning.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he selected 37 capable people from ancient and modern times to enjoy the imperial temple, including Mu Huali.
There are so many famous generals and virtuous ministers in ancient and modern times, Zhu Yuanzhang can choose Mu Huali in, and it is not difficult to see his love for him.
How powerful is Mu Huali that Zhu Yuanzhang admires so much? In fact, the answer is very simple, it is two words, loyalty.
is a loyal and powerful person, this can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite kind of person at that time.
When Mu Huali grew up, he was sent by his father to Temujin and made him a personal slave, which is actually similar to the current secretary.
In this way, Mu Huali officially began his legendary life, and his resume is also simple, usually dismount to protect Temujin, and go to the horse to settle the world when he fights.
While helping Temujin unify the Mongol tribes, Muhuali and another man named Borshu made a lot of military achievements.
Temujin himself said that Muhuali and Borshu were his right-hand men.
After settling the internal affairs of Mongolia, Mu Huali began to follow Temujin in his crusade against the Jin Kingdom.
It's a pity that Mu Huali finally failed to see the Mongols destroy Jin, and he died of illness on the way home, ending his 40-year military career.
40 years of military career, it can be said that he has worked hard, his loyalty, and his brilliant military exploits have all deeply influenced generation after generation, and Zhu Yuanzhang is a die-hard fan of his.
Because Mu Huali did a good job, he was given an oath, which probably means that his descendants can always pass it on, and to put it bluntly, the descendants of all generations can have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime.
However, there is one thing to say, under the influence of Mu Huali, his descendants have also performed very well, and several of them have also served as prime ministers of the Yuan Dynasty, and their family has become a very important family in the Yuan Dynasty.
Like Mu Huali's fourth-generation grandson An Tong, and An Tong's grandson Bai Zhu, both of them are the right prime ministers of the Yuan Dynasty.
Similar to these two situations, it is today's protagonist Nahachu, who served as the prime minister of Zuo.
As for the fact that Nahachu is the grandson of Mu Huali, there are still different theories, and the history books only say that Nahachu is the grandson of Mu Huali, that is, the grandson of the distant generation.
Then this Naha, does he have the ancestral loyalty of the Mu Huali family?
After Chungmu
The evaluation of Naha in the history books is: "Brave and good at fighting, and excellent with soldiers." ”
In fact, this is to give him face, the real situation is that Nahachu is indeed quite loyal, but as for "Wu", compared with his ancestor Mu Huali, it is really several generations behind.
At that time, there was a Taizu named Li Chenggui in Goryeo, and he fought with Naha.
At that time, Naha was leading the Yuan army to recover the land, and I thought that this foreigner was quite easy to deal with, but unexpectedly, Naha was directly beaten up.
Naha was very unconvinced when he saw this, but he really couldn't beat him, so he thought about making peace with the other party to recover the land.
If you say that it is still possible to fight and negotiate peace, after all, you have confidence, but you still want to negotiate peace with others without fighting, which is a bit of a fool to take people for it.
Li Chenggui was also very angry when he saw this, so he directly ordered to kill the people who came to the peace talks.
At that time, Naha brought more than a dozen people to the peace talks, and almost wiped out the whole army.
Under the protection of everyone, Naha almost sacrificed his life for the country in advance.
He couldn't fight, and the peace talks didn't allow him, so Naha had to return with the army, and he didn't forget to comment on Li Chenggui before leaving: "This brother is really a war talent!" ”
This Nahachu is actually a talent, and he sets off the other party like a god of war.
Most of the time, Goryeo is a vassal state of our country, and if you can't even beat them, then you have no chance of winning internally.
After Zhu Yuanzhang pacified the major forces in the south, he began to send troops north to destroy Dayuan, among which when attacking Taiping Dao, Zhu Yuanzhang and they finally met Nahachu, the unlucky bastard.
Nahachu is a local 10,000 households, and he is also a defender, and the reason why he can achieve today's achievements is entirely due to his ancestors.
But his ancestors only taught him how to enjoy life and serve the emperor, but they did not teach him how to better defend against enemies.
On the other hand, on Zhu Yuanzhang's side, there are elite soldiers and strong generals, so it is even easier to deal with a person who does not know how to lead troops to fight.
In this way, after capturing Taiping Dao, it was no surprise that Naha was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang and them.
According to the previous practice, Zhu Yuanzhang would generally persuade him to surrender, because in his opinion, if these generals could be used, he could temporarily take them in.
After all, in troubled times, talents are even more scarce, and it is already good to have something to use.
Unexpectedly, Naha, the general of the defeated army, was quite backbone, and he always shook his head in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang's persuasion.
Later, by chance, Zhu Yuanzhang learned that Nahachu was actually the descendant of his idol Mu Huali, and immediately Lao Zhu became awe-inspiring and had a new view of Nahachu.
Finally, after careful consideration, Zhu Yuanzhang let Naha go back to the Yuan Dynasty.
In fact, even if Naha is not Mu Huali's descendant, Zhu Yuanzhang will most likely not kill him, why?
First of all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, no matter what, this Naha is also a local talent, and he can continue to govern his own territory after surrendering.
Secondly, Nahachu was determined not to surrender, which shows that he was very loyal to his country.
Although it is said that "a general is hard to find", a very loyal general is even more difficult to find.
Zhu Yuanzhang hated people who betrayed him very much in his life, so he cherished such loyal people even more.
The beginning is the end
If Nahachu surrendered directly, then Zhu Yuanzhang would have doubts about his loyalty even if he used him in the future. If this is the case, it is estimated that Nahachu should not live long in the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, Nahachu returned to the Yuan Dynasty with his loyalty.
What everyone didn't expect was that after Naha went back, he was directly reused, and became a captain, Prime Minister Zuo or something.
This is very confusing, generally speaking, the generals of the defeated army are not popular at all, especially those like Nahachu who have been in the enemy camp for a while, and after returning they are suspected of having no way to run.
But not only was Nahachu not suspected, but he was given various important positions, which is really puzzling.
In fact, the most intuitive and clear way to say that there was a shortage of people in the Yuan Dynasty at that time, and if you think about it carefully, this is indeed the case.
Because the ruling form of the Yuan Dynasty was different from other dynasties, and they continued to fight internally in the following years, so by the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court was really unavailable.
Therefore, if a relatively mediocre person like Naha comes out, only one can use one, otherwise many positions will be vacant.
In this way, Naha began to soar in the Yuan Dynasty, and was later named the Kaiyuan King, so it is not difficult to see the importance that the Yuan Dynasty attached to him.
After that, Nahachu returned to his hometown of Liaodong, because Mu Huali was sealed to this piece back then.
There is a golden mountain in the local area, which has become the base camp of Nahachu, and then there is a natural barrier around the Liao River, this place is simply wonderful.
It was also by relying on the favorable terrain that Nahachu gradually became stronger.
Zhu Yuanzhang's side also knows very well that if he does not defeat Nahachu, it will be difficult for the Northeast to be unified.
After everything was ready, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Feng Sheng and Lan Yu to lead an army of 250,000 to clean up Naha.
Even though they occupy favorable terrain and are stronger than before, Naha is still no match for the "trend of the times" Ming army.
Lao Zhu is also quite good at playing psychological warfare, and while fighting in the front, he wrote a letter of persuasion to Naha in the rear.
Zhu Yuanzhang wrote several letters, but they were all rejected by Naha.
The more Naha refused, the happier Zhu Yuanzhang became, because this could prove that he was not looking at the wrong person, and at the same time, he did not live up to the bloodline of his idol.
Since it was not possible to write a letter, Zhu Yuanzhang went to ask another Yuan Dynasty general to persuade him to surrender.
There is one thing to say, using their people to persuade them to surrender, this method is very useful.
Under the persuasion of the general, Nahachu still insisted on his own heart.
But just because he can hold on doesn't mean that others can resist the temptation, so Naha's generals and soldiers began to surrender.
As many people began to surrender, Naha's military morale was naturally unstable.
After the most important generals around him surrendered, Nahachu was forced to return to the Ming Dynasty again.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy after learning that Naha surrendered, and then in Nanjing, he personally made Naha the Marquis of Haixi, and there was also an iron coupon to avoid death.
But it's a pity that Nahachu died of illness a year after returning to the Ming Dynasty. It was a shame that he left before he could serve the new dynasty and the emperor.
After Naha's death, his son was executed in various cases in the Ming Dynasty, and since then it is difficult to find out about Mu Huali's descendants. Maybe they can't be famous, they can live better.