BSI Chapter 174: Under the Lion Mountain, the Battle of Longjiang
Chapter 174: Under the Lion Mountain, the Battle of Longjiang
There is no doubt about Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic vision.
Winning Jiqing means that they have the tall city of 50 soldiers and civilians, dominating one side, and have the possibility of slowly moving from south to north.
This was proposed by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was not the first to implement it.
It was another team of the rebel army, which was Zhu Yuanzhang's nominal boss at that time, Zhang Tianyou and Guo Tianxu.
The two sent troops to celebrate, but unfortunately, Yuan soldiers continued to resist, and the first time they sent troops, they returned without success.
This has nothing to do with Zhu Yuanzhang.
On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just seized Taiping, encountered the opponent of the Yuan general, the barbarian Hague.On the one hand, the giant ship Suojiang, on the other hand, the marshal of the militia also led the army.
The two men advanced side by side, and for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang's power felt a little precarious.
But at this time, generals Xu Da and Deng Yu sent out two surprise troops, and in the first battle, the opponent was defeated for thousands of miles.Chen Yexian was defeated and captured.
This person joined the rebel army, and it was this person who buried Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou directly. When the two besieged Jiqing for the second time, this person suddenly turned against him.
As a result, the Red Turban Army was defeated.The two were killed directly.
The power of the rebel army instantly became a little critical.
The barbarian Hague came again, and wanted to wipe out the Red Turban forces at that time in one fell swoop.
The Navy blocked Caishiji again, separating the north and the south.Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were both vanguards in the army, and then defeated the barbarian Hague, then captured the surrounding towns of Jiqing, and finally, followed Zhu Yuanzhang to capture Jiqing.
After the capture, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da to be a general to conquer Zhenjiang.
At that time, Zhang Shicheng had already occupied Changzhou, and he was also eyeing Zhenjiang and Jiqing.
In the battle of Longtan, Xu Da defeated Zhang Shicheng, and then increased his troops to besiege Changzhou.
Zhang Shicheng's reinforcements came, and Xu Da set up an ambush outside the city to defeat him.Then continue to surround Changzhou.
In the second year, Changzhou was directly conquered, and then continued to capture Ningguo, Yixing, Changshu, and Xu Da led troops and even directly captured Zhang Shicheng's younger brother, Zhang Shide.
For Xu Da, it may be the best explanation that a good fighter has no great achievements.
Because he himself did not have that kind of particularly brilliant record, but in a series of mediocre battles.
Xu Da has truly achieved the terrifying power to sweep the world.
The big sound has no sound, but the elephant has no shape, maybe that's the case.
Afterwards Xu Da stayed at Yingtian and fought against Tianwan General Zhao Pusheng, this old man was nicknamed General Double Swords.
It's not a simple role either. Every time he fights, he takes the lead and wields a pair of swords.The combat effectiveness is quite good, but it is a general under Chen Youliang's command.
After retreating, Xu Da continued to send troops to attack Anqing and conquer Qianshan.
Chen Youliang didn't expect that he would lose money by stealing chickens, so he was naturally upset. At that time, Chen Youliang could be regarded as the boss at that time.
So Chen Youliang aggressively led the army to attack Chizhou.
Chizhou is located where Chang Yuchun and Xu Da sit.
Naturally, the two of them would not make Chen Youliang feel better.
Set up an ambush at the foot of Mount Jiuhua, and directly defeated Chen Youliang's elite soldiers in the first battle. In this battle, [-] people were beheaded and [-] were captured alive.
This is a pretty good record, because this is Chen Youliang's elite.
however.
At this moment, Chang Yuchun and Xu Da had some differences.
Xu Da himself is unwilling to cause more killings, he is a pure and almost perfect person.
Therefore, he didn't think it was necessary to kill prisoners, not to mention that everyone was a rebel army, not to mention absorbing them, plundering more people and enriching his own territory was also a good thing.
But in troubled times, population is a very important resource.
But what Chang Yuchun saw was simpler.
"This is an elite team. It must be killed. If you don't kill it, there will definitely be troubles!"
Xu Da did not agree to this matter.
It was originally reported to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then made a decision.
But Chang Yuchun directly killed the prisoners at night and buried almost half of the soldiers alive.
Both sides were very unhappy about this matter.
Ying Zheng: "Killing prisoners is not a very good thing, of course, except here."
Li Shimin: "Yes, it is a good thing for Bai Qi to kill prisoners, but it is definitely not a good thing for Chang Yuchun to kill prisoners."
Li Zhi: "Is there anyone who can't see this?"
Zhao Kuangyin: "This is really different. After all, at that time, Bai Qi killed foreigners to pave the way for the unification of his own country. But now, any rebel army must be contactable. strength.
Killing the captives will cause a problem with your own reputation. In the final analysis, they are all peasants who can't afford to eat. In fact, you may have differences between individuals, but the ultimate goal is absolutely the same. "
This is of course true.
It's like dividing Wei, Shu and Wu into three parts, and finally the three kingdoms are unified.Regardless of Wei, Shu and Wu, the ultimate goal is to unify the world. Although they are opposed to each other, the big goal remains the same.
And the population itself is a very important resource.
So when you revolt, you must have a good reputation, so that you can attract more people to join you.
Only then can your power continue to expand.
Liu Bang is the person who understands this truth best.
As it happens, Xiang Yu is the one who doesn't understand this matter at all.
Speaking of which, it's really a strange feeling.
Zhu Yuanzhang's concept of good and evil is actually very simple. He is not the kind of person who treats farmers well or badly.
He simply regarded the people under his command as his cattle and sheep.
It's that simple, so he killed those officials who were corrupt, directly killed those guys, because they harassed his own interests.
So if you want to say that Zhu Yuanzhang is not good to the people, that is not the case.
And although it sounds nonsense, as long as it is someone who can do this.
Basically, they can all be called Mingjun.
At least not too bad.
It can only be said that it may itself be a broken world.
But this incident undoubtedly angered Chen Youliang.
In the second year, Chen Youliang led what could be said to be the strongest and most gorgeous fleet in China at that time, sailed down the water, and directly captured the two places of Caishi and Taiping.
This place is quite close to Yingtian, and it is easy to reach Yingtian by going down the water.
There are large ships, large ships, and rivers, which means that logistics support and the like are almost carefree.
This place is Zhu Yuanzhang's lair. Once the sky is broken, Zhu Yuanzhang will become a rootless water and a tree without roots.
This battle turned out to be another person.
But Xu Da's shining light in it is no less inferior to Liu Bowen.
So it was in Yingtian, under the Lion Mountain.
A battle of 40 against [-] kicked off.