In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang was made a meritorious lord, with a total of six dukes and twenty-eight marquises, and later two additional uncles, a total of thirty-six people.
The six most honored dukes were: Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Chang Mao, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, and Deng Yu.
Among these six people, Li Wenzhong's identity is relatively special - he is the only son of Zhu Yuanzhang's second sister and the nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Speaking of this, some people may think that Li Wenzhong's reward is due to nepotism, but in fact, it is not.
Li Wenzhong fought in battles, known for his bravery and fierceness, and from the age of nineteen, he experienced battles and made many achievements.
Here are a few of Li Wenzhong's battle achievements.
In the 25th year of Zhengzheng, Zhang Shicheng's general Li Bosheng commanded 200,000 troops to attack Zhuji New City, determined to win.
This Li Bosheng was the founding general who launched the "Eighteen-Article Bian Dan Uprising" together with Zhang Shicheng, and he was extremely brave.
Li Wenzhong led his army to Chi Rescue and garrisoned more than ten miles outside xincheng.
At that time, Hu Deji, the defender of Xincheng, sent someone to persuade Li Wenzhong, saying that the enemy was strong, so it was better to avoid it a little and wait for the large army to come before making plans.
Li Wenzhong refused, saying, "Xi Xie Xuan used eight thousand soldiers to break through the army and build a million people, and the soldiers were not in the crowd." ”
The general who turned back said, "He who is proud of the multitude, I am few and sharp, and I am proud of my sharpness. His army was heavily mountainous, and this day was rich to Ru Cao. Mian Zhi. ”
When Li Bosheng's army appeared, Li Wenzhong gathered his generals and swore an oath to the heavens: "The affairs of the state are in this one move, and Wenzhong does not dare to love the three armies after death." Then he personally held the iron hammer and led dozens of iron riders to ride down the high horse and rush to the core.
In this battle, Li Wenzhong killed dozens of enemy generals, rode and rushed, and was invincible in all directions.
As a result, the three armies fought bravely, and the defenders in the new city also roared out, and Li Bo's army could not resist and collapsed in the wind.
Li Wenzhong waved his army for tens of miles to the north, beheaded tens of thousands of levels, the stream was exhausted, and he was awarded 600 generals, 3,000 soldiers, and the harvest of armor and armor and millet was not exhausted for several days, and Li Bosheng was only spared.
In addition, in the spring of the second year of Hongwu, the right deputy general Chang encountered a spring storm, and Li Wenzhong took his place and was ordered to join forces with the general Xu Da to attack Qingyang. The large army passed through Taiyuan and heard that Datong was besieged by Yuan soldiers, and the situation was urgent. Li Wenzhong said indignantly: "I am waiting for the order to come, and the affairs of the outside world are beneficial to the country, and they can be exclusive." Now Datong is in a hurry, and it is convenient to help. "When the opportunity was made, he made up his own mind, resolutely led the army out of Yanmen, Cimayi, defeated the Yuan soldiers, lifted the siege of Datong, and captured the general of the Yuan army alive.
In the third year of Hongwu,000 years, Li Wenzhong sent a bid to conquer the left deputy general, and parted ways with the general Xu Da (徐達), a general who had marched north, and sent 100,000 people out of wild fox ridge to Xinghe and demoted his defenders. Enter the army to check the brain of The Han Dynasty, and capture Zhang Zhuzhen. Then enter the Camel Mountain, and defeat Pingzhang Shabutin. After arriving in Kaiping, the forced landing of Pingzhang was waiting.
When he heard that the new emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Ai Youzhi Li Dala, was stationed in Yingchang, he immediately made a surprise attack. Although he was escaped by Ai Youzhi Li Dala, he captured hundreds of kings and kings of the Harem who were bought by Aiyu Zhili Dala's son, as well as the Song and Yuan Yuxi Jinbao fifteen, the jade book two, Zhen Gui, DaGui, Jade Belt, and Jade Axe.
That is, this time the blockade was successful and returned, Zhu Yuanzhang Longyan Dayue, granted Li Wenzhong the founding of the country auxiliary transport Tuicheng Xuanli Wuchen, special into ronglu doctor, right pillar state, the left governor of the capital governor's palace, feng cao guogong, tongzhi military state affairs, food Lu three thousand stones, to give the world coupon.
From these several major wars, it is not difficult to see that in addition to being brave and daring to fight, Li Wenzhong was also particularly decisive and strategic, and after careful consideration, everything must be done in words and deeds.
Li Wenzhong's words and deeds have also been respected by the people of the time.
However, Li Wenzhong did not expect that his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang had once pit him very badly, and even lost his trust in others, and was criticized by the people of the world.
It is said that in the twenty-third year of Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Shao Rong to attack Huzhou, Hu Dahai to attack Shaoxing, and often encountered spring to attack Hangzhou, but the three foreign countries could not be attacked for a long time. Instead, Zhang Shicheng's forces would capture Lü Zhen and kill Liu Futong, the Song Longfeng chancellor, and Liao Yong'an, the Privy Councillor of The Tongzhi of Zhu Yuanzhang, alive, and Zhang Shicheng's army would attack Changzhou, Jiangyin, Jiande, Changxing, and Zhuquan. Chen Youyu was not idle, and his troops attacked Rao Prefecture with Zhang Dingbian; Chen Youyu himself laid siege to Hongdu City.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, the situation can be described as burning eyebrows and busy hands.
However, the roof leaked again in the overnight rain, and the boat broke and encountered the wind.
At this extremely critical moment, Zhu Quanshou's privy council judge Xie Zaixing suddenly rebelled, killed Luan Feng of Zhizhou, and joined the army Li Menggeng, Marshal Chen Yuangang and other Ben Shaoxing, surrendering to Zhang Shicheng.
Why did Xie Zaixing defect to Zhang Shicheng?
The "Records of Ming Taizu" says two reasons: First, his two hearts and minds will be zuo guan and thousands of households, and often send people to Zhang Shicheng's territory of Hangzhou to do business. Zhu Yuanzhang was not happy, and killed the two men, summoned Xie Zaixing to respond to the heavens, and sent Li Menggeng, who joined the army, to take over the soldiers and horses in charge of Zhuquan. Later, Xie Zaixing explained the problem clearly and returned to Zhuquan, but Li Menggeng still occupied Zhuquan's military power and did not leave. Second, Zhu Yuanzhang, without Xie Zaixing's consent, assigned Xie Zaixing's eldest daughter to his nephew Zhu Wenzheng, and the second daughter to Xu Da as his wife.
After Xie Zaixing defected to Zhang Shicheng, he repeatedly led Zhang Shicheng's army to fight with Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Among them, in the 25th year of Zhizheng, Li Bosheng led an army of 200,000 people to attack Zhuji New City, and Xie Zaixing also participated. At the end of the great war, Li Bosheng was spared, while Xie Zaixing did not know the end—or had already died in the rebellion.
After Xie Zaixing's defeat, his brothers Xie San and Xie Wu were still in Yuhang.
In November 1366, Li Wenzhong besieged the city.
Xie Wu and his five brothers and nephews stubbornly resisted, and Li Wenzhong persuaded them to surrender, saying: "The Er brothers returned to the Zhang clan with Li Menggeng's small gap, and Fei Ermou also." Er, my vassal, if he descends, he will not die. ”
Xie Wu said in the city, "Save my life, and then he will surrender." ”
Li Wenzhong pointed to Inspector Tianfa: "I am the chief military officer, and I must not kill you!"
Xie Wu then surrendered the city.
Zhu Yuanzhang learned of this and ordered Zhu Wenzhong to send Xie Wu and the others to Ying Tian.
Zhu Wenzhong was afraid that Xie Wu and the others would be killed, and Shangquan said: "I am afraid that I will lose faith in others, and there will be no one who is willing to surrender." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen at all, and only said one sentence: "Xie Zaixing is my own family, and after betraying me, I surrendered to Shi Cheng, and my feelings are unforgivable!" Xie Wu and others were put to death.
In his lifetime, Li Wenzhong only said that he was untrustworthy this time, but he was pit by his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang.