In 1367 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had almost swept away the southern masses, with the slogan of "expelling the Tartars and restoring China", sent a large army to carry out the Northern Expedition, targeting the capital of the Yuan Dynasty - Dadu, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun led 250,000 troops, the mighty Northern Expedition, all the way to the breaking of the bamboo.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month in 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had almost swept away the southern masses, took Ying Tianfu (Nanjing) as the capital and proclaimed himself emperor, establishing the Ming Dynasty, the era name Hongwu; in February, the Northern Expedition army swept through the Central Plains, and in less than January, it hit Tongzhou near dadu and attacked the capital city.
At this time, the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to to be Tuozhi Timuer, on July 28 (September 10, 1368), the Ming army approached Dadu, and he opened the Jiande Gate of Dadu in the middle of the night, took the prince, concubines and ministers all the way north, and fled to Shangdu (shangdu, the spiritual center of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty) (in the territory of the Zhenglan Banner of the Xilingol League in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region).
On the second day of the first month of August (September 14, 1368), the Ming army attacked the city from Qihua Gate in Dadu, and the Yuan Dynasty officially withdrew from the Central Plains and returned to the northern grasslands, and by June 13, 1369 (July 16, 1369), the Ming army approached Shangdu, and he ran to Yingchang (present-day Chifeng, Inner Mongolia). On June 17 (July 20, 1369), the Ming general Chang Yuchun captured Shangdu.
Tujue Timur once tried to organize a counterattack, but all of them failed, but this man was quite educated and had a high degree of Sinicization, and it is said that when he was in Shangdu, Zhu Yuanzhang once sent emissaries to persuade him to surrender, but he replied to the emissaries with a poem, which is very interesting:
"The emissaries of Jinling crossed the river, and the desert wind and smoke opened together.
Wang Qi sometimes rests on its own, and the Emperor's grace is not revealed.
I believe that the sea has returned to the Lord, and I also like that Jiangnan has a handsome talent.
Returning sincerely upset, Chunfeng first arrived at the Phoenix Terrace. - "Answer to the Lord"
What does this poem mean? Tuoba Tiemu'er expressed his recognition of Zhu Yuanzhang's victories and achievements, saying that I had lost my royal qi and I recognized that now the great rivers and mountains belonged to the "Ming Lord", and I was very convinced. Such an exit, although some self-deception, but it is also quite decent.
So how does Zhu Yuanzhang view this opponent? There is no historical record of how Zhu Yuanzhang reacted when he learned of this poem, but it can be seen from his evaluation of the death of Torthu Timur.
On May 27, 1370, Huizong died of dysentery in Yingchang at the age of 50. After his death, he was given the temple title Huizong (given by the Northern Yuan official), but Ming Taizu believed that he could voluntarily withdraw from the competition, and did not do anything to burn the jade, it was "Shun Tian Ying Ren" ("Knowing Shun Tian's destiny, retreating and retreating"), shang yu was called Shun Emperor.
This is a honorific title, and perhaps the Hongwu Emperor also has a little appreciation for the demeanor of his "predecessor".
Author: Yun Fan