Those Things in the Ming Dynasty Part 1 The Great Emperor Hongwu _ Chapter 8 The Terrible Chen Youliang
After Chen Youliang killed Ni Wenjun, he became the most important minister of Tianwan Kingdom with his so-called support. His abilities were also fully demonstrated. He knows people well and has strong organizational skills. What is even more rare is that,
He is a man who is very capable of leading troops.
Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, asked Han Xin how many soldiers he could lead, and Han Xin told him that he only had one hundred thousand soldiers. This incident fully demonstrated that more soldiers are not always better. The key lies in whose hands they are and how to use them. Chen Youliang's ability is far greater than that of Han Xin.
It cannot be tolerated by 100,000 soldiers.
Compared with him, Xu Shouhui is far behind. This man is indeed a good person, but he is nothing but a good person. Chen Youliang gets angry every day when he sees Xu Shouhui sitting on the throne. Why is this waste sitting on it? I
Do you still want to ask him for instructions? When this idea appears more and more frequently, the plan in your mind will turn into action.
It is easy to get rid of Xu Shouhui, but before that he must deal with his Mingjiao brothers, the first one is Zhao Pusheng.
Therefore, Zhao Pusheng was killed soon after on the pretext of having evil intentions. Ding Pulang and Fu Youde were not idiots. Seeing that the situation was not right, they ran away and went to Zhu Yuanzhang to continue their errands.
At this time, Xu Shouhui truly became the commander-in-chief and was a pawn in Chen Youliang's hands. Therefore, this strange description appears in almost all history books: In the 20th year of Zhizheng (1360), Xu Shouhui attacked Zhu Yuanzhang under the hostage of Chen Youliang.
Attacking is still being held hostage. After becoming an emperor and reaching this point, it would be better to die.
Xu Shouhui didn't want to die. He handed over power to Chen Youliang, but he just wanted to live.
Chen Youliang is the kind of person who "will not allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed", and he will never let Xu Shouhui go.
This day finally came. On June 16 of the 20th year of Zhizheng (accurately enough), Chen Youliang led an army of 100,000 people down the river to conquer Zhu Yuanzhang's quarry. He invited Xu Shouhui to worship at Wutong Temple in Caishi City.
Xu Shouhui has always been very enthusiastic about these activities, so he was invited to the temple.
When he arrived at the temple, Chen Youliang was standing in front of the window with two guards standing beside him. It was raining heavily outside.
Chen Youliang ignored him, and Xu Shouhui felt a little embarrassed. He walked up to Chen Youliang and said in an almost flattering tone: "We are about to conquer Yingtian, and this is all due to you."
Chen Youliang did not look back, but said lightly:
"It's a pity that you can't see that day."
Xu Shouhui was confused. He had never thought about this day coming, but when it came, it was still so cruel.
Neither of them spoke.
Deathly silence.
Xu Shouhui shed tears and sweat. The fear in his heart was like a big hand dragging him into the bottomless abyss.
"I will give you the throne and I will be the Pingzhang. Do you think this is okay?"
Chen Youliang finally turned around, looked at Xu Shouhui with disbelief, and said the last words Xu Shouhui heard in his life:
"How do you survive in this troubled world?"
The guards stepped forward and smashed Xu Shouhui's head with a hammer prepared in advance.
The last thing Xu Shouhui saw when he fell was Chen Youliang's cold eyes.
The guards washed away the bloodstains of the former boss and decorated the main hall, because the coronation ceremony of the new emperor was about to be held here.
On June 16, the 20th year of Zhizheng, Chen Youliang ascended the throne as emperor in Wutong Temple in a storm, and named the country Han.
This is the law of survival in troubled times, Xu Shouhui, you don’t understand.
Although Chen Youliang is an out-and-out immoral person, he is a person who dares to take responsibility. The title of his Han Dynasty is "Dayi".
It's really cruel. The man who killed the king and seized the throne actually dared to take his reign name as Dayi. This incident tells us that Chen Youliang is a person who does not abide by the rules of the game. In his eyes, all benevolence, justice and morality are bullshit. You guys
Isn’t it disdainful to kill a king? Taoist gentlemen, let me show it to you. My reign name is Dayi!
It is true that such a person is difficult to deal with. To deal with such a person, a gentleman's approach will not work and abiding by the rules will not work.
Who can stand up to such a terrible man?
Only Zhu Yuanzhang.
After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yingtian, both Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng felt the potential of this opponent. They were both very powerful people, and they knew very well who posed the greatest threat to them. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was still very weak, they must not underestimate him.
However, Chen Youliang did not control the political power of Tianwan Kingdom at that time, so the first person to conflict with Zhu Yuanzhang was Zhang Shicheng. The two sides never stopped since Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yingtianhou in the 16th year of Zhizheng, and fought hundreds of battles, large and small. Zhu Yuanzhang
It was a headache for Zhang Shicheng. He only occupied some territory, so why did he always have to deal with it? The original troops were not enough, but it rained all night. In June of the same year, one of Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates surrendered to Zhang Shicheng. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang made
made an important decision.
He wanted to negotiate with Zhang Shicheng and wrote a letter to Zhang Shicheng. The general content was: I am a poor farmer and you are a private salt dealer. We are all miserable people. Why do you have to beat me? Our two families can live in peace and go there from time to time.
Wouldn't it be nice to drop by?
Zhu Yuanzhang did this because he had already started a war with Xu Shouhui, and fighting on two fronts was very unfavorable to him. However, Zhang Shicheng was not an easy person. He saw Zhu Yuanzhang's plan. He wrote back to Zhu Yuanzhang, to the effect of: Get out of here wherever you come from.
Where are you going? I have made an appointment with Xu Shouhui and I must kill you.
If you can't reach an agreement, then let's fight.
In July of the same year, Zhang Shicheng launched a large-scale attack on Zhenjiang controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was well prepared and ordered his ace generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to fight and defeated Zhang Jun in Longtan. Then the fierce general Chang Yuchun fought all the way to the second place.
Changzhou was captured in 1357. Later, in the battle to conquer Ningguo, Chang Yuchun fully inherited Xiahou Dun's spirit of being injured and refused to leave the line of fire. He was wounded by three arrows (piercing wounds) and still continued to fight, and captured Ningguo again. Zhang Shicheng was completely defeated.
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In fact, the combat effectiveness of Zhang Shicheng's army was not bad, and its number was larger than that of Zhu Yuanzhang's army, but it was defeated miserably. From the above situation, we can draw the conclusion that it is easy to obtain an army of thousands, but it is difficult to find a general.
Chang Yuchun
Chang Yuchun did not follow Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time. He came to join Zhu Yuanzhang in the 15th year of Zhizheng when he conquered Hezhou. Although he came late, he was not polite at all and said, "I am here to be a pioneer."
Yes, give me the Pioneer Seal.
Zhu Yuanzhang had seen many crazy people, but he had never seen such a crazy one. He said angrily: "You are just a refugee who doesn't have enough to eat. You come to me to make a living. How could I do this to you?"
Where is his official position?" ("Ming History Chronicles")
Chang Yuchun smiled and said, "Just wait and see."
He proved his strength with actions.
During Zhu Yuanzhang's battle to conquer the quarry, the Yuan Dynasty troops were arrayed on the shore. Zhu Yuanzhang's navy could not get close, so he looked anxious.
At this moment, Chang Yuchun's ship passed by. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered his words and shouted to Chang Yuchun:
"Boy, don't you want to be a pioneer? Now is the time!"
Chang Yuchun rushed forward bravely in response to the call, and single-handedly stabbed the Yuan army on the bank with his long spear. The Yuan army caught his Chang Ge.
This was exactly the purpose. He jumped onto the shore with a Changge in his hand (it seemed like a pole vaulting action), killed several people in a row to open up a beachhead, and the soldiers behind him swarmed up and occupied the quarry.
After this war, Zhu Yuanzhang got to know this young man named Chang Yuchun again and personally awarded him the official position of Pioneer of the Governor's Mansion.
Chang Yuchun is a natural pioneer. He is good at using cavalry to break through, accurately chooses attack positions, and can calmly judge the battlefield situation. In addition, he is also a martial arts master, and his personal martial arts is also very good. This advantage is
Later it played a great role.
But he also has a fatal weakness. He likes killing, and he is the most immoral kind - killing.
There is an old saying that killing and surrendering is unlucky. From a moral point of view, the opponent has already surrendered, so it would be disgraceful to take action again. But he just liked this, and this hobby also caused great disaster for Zhu Yuanzhang.