With Wang Baobao's escape, the first Northern Expedition launched by Zhu Yuanzhang ended.

In the second year after the end of the Northern Expedition, that is, the fourth year of Hongwu (1371 AD), Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just stopped for a few days, launched another campaign.

Southern Expedition.

The main goal of this southern expedition was to occupy Sichuan and establish the Xixia regime in Shu.

At this time, Xu Da, who had completely freed up his hands in the north, led his army back to Yingtian. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had sufficient troops, began to turn his attention to the south.

And he has set his sights on this guy who has been gaining momentum recently.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not use Xu Da, who was too tired from traveling, but chose to let him rest at home.

He handed over the task of this southern expedition to two other people.

They are Tang He and Fu Youde respectively.

In order to complete the task well, Zhu Yuanzhang also assigned two assistants to them, namely Liao Yongzhong and Mu Ying.

After the personnel were confirmed, Zhu Yuanzhang gave each of them a troop of troops.

Just like the last Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang had already determined the specific military route for the two of them before he appeared.

They only need to carry out the mission according to the route set by Boss Zhu.

He first asked Tang He to lead a group of troops to attack Sichuan by water, and then asked Fu Youde to send cavalry out of Longxi to attack Sichuan by land.

After the mission in Sichuan is completed, we can then recover Yunnan along the way.

The two men set off with their troops under Zhu Yuanzhang's order.

Target: Sichuan.

Since we are talking about Sichuan, it is necessary to get to know someone first.

This person's name is: Ming Yuzhen.

Name: Ming Yuzhen;

Nationality: Chinese (British Empire);

Nationality: Han;

Birthplace: Sui County, Suizhou, Huguang (now Sui County, Hubei Province);

Date of birth: October 2, 1329;

Date of death: March 17, 1366;

Origin: Leader of the Peasant Rebel Army;

Highest position: Emperor;

Capital: Chongqing;

Year name: Datong;

Main achievements: indirectly establishing the Daxia regime (indirectly, not directly).

The reason why I describe its main achievements as indirect is because his regime was not brought down by his disease, but because he was lucky and happened to be lucky enough to come across this place.

Just when we went out, we took two yuan with us. When we were worried about whether to buy bread or steamed buns with the two yuan, we saw a lottery shop and bought a piece of waste paper that was not suitable for eating or drinking. Finally, God gives you a chance to have great luck and win five million.

Ming Yuzhen feels like she has won the jackpot.

This is mainly thanks to his former boss: Xu Shouhui.

That is, the Emperor of Tianwan Kingdom who was hammered to death by Chen Youliang in the storm in Caishi.

At that time, Ming Yuzhen was Xu Shouhui's subordinate. In order to solve the food crisis, Xu Shouhui, as the boss, sent Ming Yuzhen into Sichuan with only one purpose.

That is: collecting food.

Ming Yuzhen did not disappoint Xu Shouhui. After receiving a group of soldiers and horses from the boss, he quickly entered Sichuan and conquered some grain.

The more important point is that Ming Yuzhen may have used too much force when fighting the enemy, so he was lucky enough to defeat the defenders in Sichuan and drove them to Yunnan.

Seeing that all the enemies had fled, Ming Yuzhen, who was a major grain collector, decided not to go home for the time being, but to occupy this precious land in Sichuan, and like her boss, be the king of the mountain for a few days.

He also took the opportunity to find a few good-looking women in Sichuan, a place where beauties gather, and became his wife.

He is survived by his son Mingsheng.

It was at this time that a piece of unfortunate news came from Caishi.

His immediate boss, his real boss, Emperor Xu Shouhui of the Tianwan Kingdom, was hammered to death by Chen Youliang while quarrying.

When she heard the news, Ming Yuzhen's lungs almost exploded with anger.

Chen Youliang, I’m going to give you a hard time.

Xu Shouhui is the emperor of our Tianwan Kingdom.

You are such a bastard that you dare to kill your own emperor.

You are too lawless.

Many people say that you, who is gentle on the surface but extremely evil at heart, are a gentle scum, a scumbag who deliberately pretends to be naive and confuses everyone. I didn't believe it before.

Now I believe it.

This rumor is indeed true.

You are indeed an animal!

No.

He even dares to kill his own master.

You are worse than an animal.

Men can be beasts, but they cannot be worse than beasts.

Today I finally get to know you.

Since you have killed our master, you and I will be separated from each other from now on.

You don't know me, and I haven't met you either.

From now on, the two of us will not cross the river. You will walk on your broad road, and I will walk on my single-plank bridge.

From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other.

In order to part ways with you, this bastard, I decided to found a country in Shu.

In the 20th year of Zhizheng (1360), Ming Yuzhen severed all diplomatic relations with Chen Youliang, and ordered his general Mo Renshou to station at Qutang Pass (Three Gorges) to cut off all contact with the outside world.

He claimed to be the King of Longshu and appointed Liu Zhen as his adviser.

Country name: Daxia.

Capital: Chongqing.

Since then, Ming Yuzhen has become completely independent.

After taking Sichuan, Ming Yuzhen was not idle. It can be said that Ming Yuzhen has done one thing all her life, and that is to work, to work for his son. The type of work is to do coolies, to fight against the remaining enemy troops in Sichuan Cleaned up and began to gradually control Sichuan.

When the work was almost done, Ming Yuzhen's life was almost over.

On February 6, the twenty-sixth year of Zhizheng (March 17, 1366), Ming Yuzhen died of illness in Sichuan at the age of 38.

Although Ming Yuzhen is not a good emperor, he is definitely a competent father. Everything in his life revolves around his son and conquers the world for his son. In the end, he did not forget to make arrangements for his son even after his death. later things.

On the day of Ming Yuzhen's death, a will was issued and his son Ming Sheng, who was only ten years old, succeeded to the throne.

He also established a will and ordered all his ministers to stick to the Chongqing and Sichuan areas and strictly prohibit entry into the Central Plains.

It must be said that Ming Yuzhen was indeed a short-sighted emperor, and his vision was limited to Sichuan.

Even after he died, he never thought of letting his men step outside Sichuan.

But he is definitely a good father.

A dedicated father.

If a father can think of everything for his son, his life will not be in vain.

Not long after Ming Yuzhen's death, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yuandadu. Faced with this unexpected incident, Ming Sheng, the emperor of Daxia, did an extremely stupid thing.

He asked his staff to write a letter of congratulations.

Congratulations to Zhu Yuanzhang for successfully conquering Dadu and ascending the throne as emperor.

Without this congratulatory letter, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was busy with the Northern Expedition, might not have thought of him.

Mingsheng's little life may continue to live peacefully.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang saw this letter, it was equivalent to giving Zhu Yuanzhang a signal.

He successfully attracted Zhu Yuanzhang's attention to Sichuan.

Just at this time, the Northern Expedition army had returned to Nanjing, and all conditions were ready.

It's time to deal with them.
To be continued...