(1330～1369) courtesy name Boren, nickname Yanheng, Han nationality, an outstanding general of the Red Scarf Army in the late Yuan Dynasty, a national hero, a native of Yongpinggang, Changjiafen Town, Huaiyuan County, Anhui Province. The Song Dynasty moved south to Huaiyuan, and by the time he had He is the seventh generation. His father is Chang Liuliu and his mother is Gao. His wife Lan has three sons and three daughters. Chang Yuchun was born in a poor peasant family in 1330 AD (the first year of Zhishun in the Yuan Dynasty). At the age of 23, he was in the prime of life. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the government was deteriorating, the world was in chaos, and farmers in various places who were in dire straits revolted one after another. The famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty in China. His courtesy name was Boren, a native of Huaiyuan, Anhui. He had a strange appearance and a powerful body, and was very brave and good at shooting. He used to be a famous general. The bandits surrendered to Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang after they arrived in Heyang.
According to legend, when Chang Yuchun led his army to Jiuhua Mountain, there was a drought and no rain, so the soldiers had difficulty drinking water. So he personally led the soldiers to search for water at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain, and suddenly dug six springs south of Wuxi Bridge, solving the problem. It solves the difficulty of drinking water for the troops. Whether these six springs were discovered by Chang Yuchun is impossible to verify. However, it is absolutely true that Chang Yuchun built a stronghold at the mouth of the six springs and fought in Jiuhua Mountain. Later generations have poems to prove it: When walking through the mountains, the streams are silent. When I stayed in the ancient village, I still talked about Kaiping.
According to historical records, at the beginning of the 20th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty (1360), Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Chang Yuchun and another general Xu Da to lead heavy troops to defend Chizhou. Chen Youliang led his troops and deployed to attack Chizhou. Xu Da investigated Chen Youliang's During the operation, Chang Yuchun led ten thousand elite troops to set up an ambush at Liuquankou. Chen Youliang's troops arrived and attacked Chizhou City with all their strength. Xu Da led the defenders to attack from the city. Chang Yuchun ambushed his troops, and defeated Chen Youliang's army, beheading more than ten thousand people. After capturing three thousand people, Chen Youliang was defeated and fled to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang).
This battle not only restored Taiping County, a strategic military base in southern Anhui, but also made the Han army retreat in Wuhan and not dare to attack again. In terms of merit, Chang Yuchun made the greatest contribution. Zhu Yuanzhang praised him and said: "With millions of people, we can defeat the front and the fortress. Nothing better than a deputy general."
The place where Chang Yuchun set up his ambush was in today's Dagu Ridge and Fenghuang Ridge area of Jiuhua Mountain, and he left a poem in front of Baizhang Pond: Red sweat penetrates the robe, how can one be filial and hidden? Repay your hard work.
Unfortunately, Chang Yuchun only lived to be 40 years old, and died of illness in Liuhechuan. He never lost a battle as a general throughout his life. He claimed that he could march an army of one hundred thousand across the world. He was known as "Chang Shiwan" in the army, and people praised him as "the king of the world". "Strange Man". After his death, he was posthumously named "King of Kaiping", so Liuquankou is also known as "Kaiping Village". To commemorate Chang Yuchun's extraordinary wisdom and bravery, local villagers still built a village near Baizhang Pond at the foot of Dagu Ridge. A temple was built to offer sacrifices, which was called Jiangjun Temple at that time. Therefore, the village where the temple is located was named Jiangjun Village. The temple is spectacular in scale, with raised eaves and flying corners. There is a full-length statue of General Chang in the temple. During the Anti-Japanese War, the temple was burned down by the Japanese army, but the villagers still preserved it. The old custom of "Worship the Year of the General".