Guo Ying was the younger brother of Guo Xing, the Marquis of Gongchang, and the older brother of Princess Guo Ningfei, Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite concubine, who defected to Zhu Yuanzhang with Guo Xing at the age of eighteen, and was regarded as a close associate by Zhu Yuanzhang, who made him a bodyguard on duty and called him "Guo Si". Guo Ying was seven years younger than Zhu Yuanzhang.
Legend has it that Guo Ying's father, Guo Shanfu, was good at meeting Zhu Yuanzhang, and the first time he met Zhu Yuanzhang, he calculated that Zhu Yuanzhang would be extremely valuable in the future, so he let his sons Guo Xing and Guo Ying defect to Zhu Yuanzhang, and married his daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he was awarded guo Shanfu several times until he was made the Duke of Yingguo.
In November of the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang was enfeoffed as a meritorious warrior, and Guo Ying's brother Guo Xing was made the Marquis of Gongchang, eating 1,500 stones. At this time, Guo Xing was not knighted.
In November of the fourth year of Hongwu (1371 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Guo Ying to the command of the capital wei capital of Henan, and before Guo Ying set out, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Concubine Ning to practice for him, and gave him twenty poppies of platinum and twenty horses, at this time Guo Ying was thirty-six years old.
During his stay in Henan, Guo Ying appeased the exiled population, affirmed discipline, and stabilized the lives of the people. "Exile in Zhen Suiji, affirm restraint, and great rule within the territory" (Ming Shi Liechuan Guo Ying).
In September of the ninth year of Hongwu (1376 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang transferred Guo Ying to Beiping and made him the commander of the capital of Beiping.
In this year, the sixteen-year-old Zhu Di, the king of Yan, married Xu Da's eldest daughter, and soon after becoming a relative, Zhu Di went to the Fengyang military camp for training to prepare for the northern peace of the domain.
In August of the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the increase in the number of meritorious servants, and the food of Lan Yu, Wang Bi, Guo Ying and others was increased to 2,000 stones, the same as hu Weiyong, the right minister of Zhongshu Province.
In November of the twelfth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang made Guo Ying the commander of the capital of Zhejiang.
In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Di took the domain of Beiping. In this year, Guo Ying was summoned back to the Beijing Division and promoted to the position of former military governor.
In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Guo Ying followed Fu Youde, Marquis of Yingchuan, Lanyu of Yongchang, and Marquis Muying of Xiping on an expedition to Yunnan.
Guo Ying was ordered to attack the Chishui River with Chen Huan and Hu Hai, and at that time, after several days of heavy rain, the river swelled. Guo Ying ordered trees to be cut down to make rafts, crossed the river overnight, and arrived at the Yuan army camp at dawn the next day, crushing them in one fell swoop, and then Guo Ying followed Qujing, LuLiang, Yuezhou and other places.
In the sixteenth year of Hongwu, Guo Ying followed Fu Youde to pacify Menghua, Deng Chuan, Jijinsha and other places.
In the seventeenth year of Hongwu (1384 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded the meritorious servants who pacified Yunnan, made Fu Youde the Duke of Yingguo, increased the food of Marquis Lanyu of Yongchang and others to 2,500 stones, and made Guo Ying and four others marquises, and Guo Ying was given the title of Marquis of Wuding. At this time, Guo Ying was forty-nine years old.
Guo Ying's brother Guo Xing died in this year, and Zhu Yuanzhang quit the dynasty for three days, posthumously made Guo Xing the Duke of Shaanxi, and was later demoted for his involvement in the Hu Weiyong case.
In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang made Guo Ying a general of Jinghai and made his town guard Liaodong.
In the twentieth year of Hongwu, Guo Ying followed the general Feng Sheng, fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, and the Marquis of Yongchang on the Northern Expedition, and the Ming army successfully recruited Naha and returned victoriously, and Guo Ying's position at this time was the right general.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Lan Yu as the grand general of zhengyu, Tang Shengzong as the left deputy general, Guo Ying as the right deputy general on the expedition to mobei, the Ming army won a great victory in the fishing sea, and Zhu Yuanzhang made lanyu the Duke of Liangguo.
Twenty-one years after Hongwu returned to the Beijing Division, Zhu Yuanzhang put him in charge of the Forbidden Army.
In the thirtieth year of Hongwu, Guo Ying, as the deputy general of the Zhenxi general Geng Bingwen, was impeached by Yushi after returning to Beijing, and finally received Forgiveness from Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, raised an army to jing, and the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao successively sent Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong to command the troops to cut down Yan, and Guo Ying followed him on the expedition.
In the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Di and Li Jinglong launched a fierce battle on the Baigou River. During the engagement, Zhu Di took advantage of the emptiness in front of Guo Ying's front and commanded the cavalry to attack, but Guo Ying buried a large number of firearms in advance, and the Yan army suffered heavy losses.
Subsequently, Guo Ying planted mines on the only way for the Yan army to retreat, and Zhu Di once again suffered serious losses when he led the army to retreat, but he personally went behind the palace, but he got lost, and this battle was extremely dangerous and dangerous for Zhu Di.
Zhu Di eventually won a difficult victory, Li Jinglong collapsed thousands of miles, and the 600,000 troops of the imperial court were defeated.
In the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di led an army into the Beijing Division, Guo Ying resigned and returned home, and in the first year of Yongle, Guo Ying died, and Zhu Di posthumously named Guo Ying the Duke of Yingguo.
The Ming army has several northern expeditions, generally called the strength of the northern guardhouses nearby, and zhu Di's troops in the Battle of Jingnan also come from this, Guo Ying has been stationed in the north for many years, and has followed the northern expedition several times, it is likely that he is very familiar with Zhu Di's people, they were comrades-in-arms who fought side by side, but they had to fight each other, which is a very painful thing, especially when serious losses occur between the two sides.
Perhaps it was under this torment that Guo Ying, who had experienced hundreds of battles, failed to turn the tide in the process of Li Jinglong's rapid rout, and Yongle died in the first year.
Guo Ying had twelve sons and nine daughters, three of whom died prematurely.
Guo Ying's considerable influence in the northern Ming army and his in-law relationship with the royal family may be an important reason for Guo Ying's good death.
Guo Ying's sister Guo Ningfei was the biological mother of Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Prince of Lu, and Zhu Tan's concubine was the daughter of Tang He, the Duke of Xinguo.
Guo Ying's eldest son, Guo Zhen, married Princess Yongjia, the twelfth daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Princess Yongjia's biological mother was Guo Zixing's biological daughter and Empress Ma's righteous sister Guo Huifei. Princess Guo Huifei had three sons, two daughters, namely Zhu Chun the Prince of Shu, Zhu Gui the DaiWang, Zhu Shu the Prince of Gu, Princess Yongjia, and Princess Ruyang. Together, Zhu Xi and Li Jinglong opened the Jinchuan Gate for Zhu Di, enabling Zhu Di to smoothly enter the Beijing Division. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, she was made Princess Yongjia and Princess Ruyang the Eldest Princess.
The concubine of Zhu Zhi, one of the Nine Great Kings of the Northern Anders and the King of Liao, was Guo Ying's third daughter.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he treated Guo Ying's descendants well. Guo Ying's granddaughter married Zhu Di's eldest son, later Emperor Akihito, and was favored by Zhu Gaozi and was given the title of Noble Concubine, i.e. Gongsu Guifei. Guo Ying's fifth daughter married Zhu Dong, the King of Yin, and became the concubine of King Ying. Guo Ying's grandson Guo Ying inherited the title during the reign of Emperor Akihito and became the second Marquis of Wuding.