Those Things in the Ming Dynasty Part 1 The Great Emperor Hongwu _ Chapter 6 The Beginning of Hegemony
Hezhou is too small.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt this urgently. It was impossible to have big development in this small county, and his eyes turned to Jiqing (Nanjing).
Superstition is a common problem among people in the feudal era. If you want to dominate the world, you must occupy the land of kingship. Nanjing is such a place. Purple Mountain stretches across the north and south, just like a giant dragon lurking, while Stone Mountain is steep along the river, like a tiger entrenched. This is
The origin of the dragon, pan, and tiger in Nanjing. In addition, there is the Yangtze River in front of Nanjing. The emperor, like us, had to check Feng Shui before buying a house. Nanjing has mountains on its back and water on its side. Feng Shui is really good. Before the Ming Dynasty, there were already six dynasties
The capital was established here. In the Yuan Dynasty, this place was called Jiqing Road. Not only was the terrain dangerous, but it was also very wealthy.
The nearby area is not only an important grain-producing area, but also serves as a commercial center. Most importantly, it has the advantage of a canal. In that era when it took several months to walk from Beijing to Nanjing, waterways were really important.
Feng Guosheng (Feng Sheng) was not only brave in battle, but also extremely far-sighted. He suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang that he should immediately cross the Yangtze River and occupy Jiqing.
Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply moved by this suggestion, and he was determined to launch an attack.
But what about the ship? Zhu Yuanzhang's group of troops were either cavalry or infantry, but they lacked the navy. He was extremely anxious, and the arrival of a man gave him a solution.
This man's name is Yu Tonghai. According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty", he is the leader of the navy. In fact, this man is a bandit who robs along the river. What he often does is similar to the "Water Margin" "When I get to the center of the river, I ask if you want to eat flat knife noodles."
Still eating wontons?
But when it comes to Zhu Yuanzhang, he is an important figure. It doesn't matter if he kills some people or grabs some money, as long as he is useful.
So he summoned thousands of warships to quarry stones first, and then broke the peace, and finally reached the final destination - Jiqing.
These so-called thousands of warships were actually just small fishing boats. Zhu Yuanzhang's major military flaw, the navy, also became the main factor that restricted his later military combat methods.
The festival is just around the corner!
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was the left deputy marshal of the rebel army, while Guo Tianxu was the capital marshal, and Guo Zixing's brother-in-law Zhang Tianyou was the right deputy marshal. This position was awarded by Liu Futong. Zhu Yuanzhang had the lowest status, but it was obvious that these two people had no relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang at all.
The capital of the competition and the actual commander of the army was Zhu Yuanzhang. At this time, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were already having a headache. There were rebels everywhere and they had no time to pay attention to the little Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang seized this opportunity and launched an attack on Jiqing.
General attack.
Because the ships were too poor and the city defense of Jiqing was too underestimated, Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Jiqing twice in August and September of the fifteenth year of Zhizheng (1355), but was defeated by the Yuan army both times. However, the failure was not a big deal to Zhu Yuanzhang.
It must be a bad thing, because in these two battles, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou were both killed, and Zhu Yuanzhang naturally became the marshal of the capital.
In the second year (1356), Zhu Yuanzhang personally led his troops to attack Jiqing in three groups. It took him ten days to defeat Jiqing and renamed Jiqing Yingtian.
The poor Zhu Yuanzhang finally got rid of Fengyang, got rid of Haozhou, got rid of Chuzhou, and came to the wealthy Nanjing, but the real career has just begun, keep working hard!
Neighbors not to be trifled with
Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Yingtian, which was a good thing for him. But from the perspective of historical trends, his situation was not optimistic. Since ancient times, he had occupied the north and had the right time and place. China's terrain tilted from north to south, and troops from the south attacked the north.
There is little precedent for achieving victory.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of Yingtian at this time.
Let’s introduce Zhu Yuanzhang’s neighbors. Those who lived in Zhenjiang to the east were the troops of the Yuan Dynasty, while those who lived in Pingjiang (today’s Suzhou, Jiangsu) in the southeast were Zhang Shicheng, those in the northeast were Zhang Mingjian’s rebel army, and those in the south were Yuan general Basilbu.
Flower (the name is very distinctive), and to the west is Xu Shouhui.
On the surface, Zhu Yuanzhang's neighbors are all better than him and have a big family business. Zhu Yuanzhang is surrounded by them, just like a migrant worker who goes to work in other places and relies on others. Although these neighbors do not like Zhu Yuanzhang, they are just like him.
It was because he was too weak and no one took him seriously. He was beaten here and there by himself and had no time to pay attention to him.
More importantly, Zhu Yuanzhang's neighbor to the north was Liu Futong, who was a member of the brother unit, and helped Zhu Yuanzhang block the attack of the Yuan Dynasty army. The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty paid great attention to Zhu Yuanzhang, but they could not fight him. So this situation occurred.
Those who want to fight don’t want to fight, and those who want to fight cannot.
Zhu Yuanzhang made full use of this characteristic. For him, although the Yuan Dynasty was the target of his bitter revenge, he had to take care of his two neighbors before it was time. For him, these two neighbors
He is the truly terrifying opponent.
Next we will introduce his two neighbors, their names are Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang.