At that time, Chen Youliang mobilized an army of 600,000, and his flags covered the sky and the sun. As the most powerful force in the world, this army under Chen Youliang was undoubtedly the most powerful and largest army on the earth at that time.
At that time, what capital did Zhu Wenzheng have? Only 20,000 soldiers and a dilapidated Hongdu city.
Not to mention that Zhu Yuanzhang's main force was held back by Zhang Shicheng at that time. Even if Lao Zhu personally tried his best to help, he might not be the opponent of Chen Youliang's army. Faced with life and death and desperate, Lao Zhu could only make a move against Zhu Wenzheng
What was said was an unspoken order: defend Hongdu and wait for rescue!
No one thinks this battle can be fought. Six hundred thousand versus twenty thousand? How to defend it?
Zhu Wenzheng gave the answer: If you can defend, work hard!
Chen Youliang never expected that Hongdu City, which he thought he could conquer in one day, turned out to be a bottomless pit that could not be filled: 600,000 troops attacked Hongdu City continuously for eighty-five days, but were unable to cross even one step of the Hongdu City Wall!
Zhu Wenzheng did not shy away from dangers, risked his own life, and used his bravery and astonishing generals to turn the city of Hongdu into a meat grinder to strangle Chen Youliang's army!
Eighty-five days later, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been dragged down, had freed his hands. Chen Youliang could only look at the still-standing Hongdu city wall and the stacked mountain of soldier corpses as high as the city wall, sighing in vain!
After the Hongdu Defense War, Zhu Yuanzhang's forces finally escaped the biggest crisis since raising his troops and firmly established a foothold. In the end, he defeated Chen Youliang in the Poyang Lake water battle. It can be said that without Zhu Wenzheng, there would be no today.
The great Ming Dynasty, Zhu Wenzheng, made the greatest contribution!
However, such a peerless general had a donkey-like temperament just like his nickname: because after the war, Zhu Yuanzhang took his kind words seriously and postponed his reward. He was furious for a while.
He even secretly communicated with Zhang Shicheng and secretly communicated about the music!
Finally, when Lao Zhu was thinking about me from Guan to Tongcheng, I couldn't let go of this tone for a while and died of depression!
If it weren't for his donkey-like temper, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to defeat Chen Youliang's 600,000-strong army under the harsh conditions of Hongdu. But it was also because of his donkey-like temper that this peerless man could not survive.
The famous general, because he couldn't be angry for a while, ended up being angry to death.
Lao Zhu originally just wanted to punish Zhu Wenzheng a little and make him think about it for a while, that's all. Who knew that Zhu Wenzheng died of anger, and this became a major worry for Lao Zhu in his life: so he loved him even more
The son Zhu Wenzheng left behind, Zhu Shouqian (nicknamed Tiezhu), made an unprecedented move and named him a vassal king together with his sons. The king's title was: King Jingjiang. He loved and doted on those he loved more than his own children.
However, Zhu Shouqian did not appreciate it. Faced with Lao Zhu's love, he became more and more withdrawn. He only felt that Lao Zhu's group was sorry for his father, so he rarely interacted with him on weekdays. Even Lao Zhu dismissed him when he was crowned king.
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Lao Zhu was a strict father to the Zhu Su brothers, but when faced with this Zhu Tiezhu, he could not discipline him severely: his father was suffocated to death just because he wanted to discipline him. Tiezhu
His stubborn temper was just like his father's. If he also had a stubborn temper, wouldn't Wen Zheng be the final queen?
Regarding this Zhu Tiezhu, Lao Zhu was helpless, and in the end he had to let him go as he pleased. Even the emperor did not dare to control him, and the unruly Zhu Tiezhu's temper became increasingly eccentric.
"Ah! Kill me!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw a powerful slave from the Jingjiang Palace dancing with a stick of water and fire, and struck Li Jinglong with his head. Li Jinglong was also brave, even though he was protected by his own soldiers, he still took a few steps forward, wanting to dance.
The sword fights by itself. He makes a sword gesture with his left hand and swings the sword with his right hand, making the sword flowers fly lightly.
Originally, the two sides were only restraining their hands and feet. Seeing that Li Jinglong drew his sword first, Zhu Tiezhu became anxious and shouted: "You dare to touch this guy, but I don't dare to?"
As soon as the servants engaged in battle, one of the vanguard generals rushed into the street before the soldiers. No one on either side could react for a moment, and the originally tense scene fell into an embarrassing stagnation.
"It doesn't matter." Zhu Fan looked calm. "The Jiujiang family has a long history of learning and has always been fond of martial arts. How can we deal with these slaves who are not skilled in martial arts?"
"Come on! Give them all to the lonely guy!"
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Zhu Su's face suddenly turned pale. Those wealthy slaves of the Jingjiang Palace took a bunch of sticks and chair legs from nowhere, and a few of them also had knives. "This... the situation is not good! There are many people on the other side.
If they are swarmed, how can we resist them?"
After a brief stagnation, the soldiers of the Li Mansion reacted first. Two soldiers rushed in with knives and snatched the fallen Li Jinglong back into the formation. The slaves of the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion were furious, and their sticks and chair legs started to explode.
Attacked by a sea of people from all directions, Li Jinglong's side was immediately defeated.
"..."
However, before Zhu Su could finish his words, he heard a scream, and Li Jinglong was hit in the abdomen with a stick by the slave. He dropped his sword and fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
"Protect the four young princes!" Several guards from the Arch Guard Department also shouted. Although all their swords have not been unsheathed, more than half of them have been drawn out. If anyone really dares to collide with the four young princes, they will definitely be killed.
on the spot.
The young man's bloody nature and the resentment in his heart for his father's wasted death meant that he could not even care about the identities of Zhu Su and others.
"With him as the vanguard, we can rest easy..."
His father was so accomplished but died in such a useless manner. He felt that everyone in the world owed him a debt, so he always acted tyrannically in Yingtian Mansion, making people hate him.
"...Ah this?" Zhu Su almost dropped his eyes.
"Bold!" Seeing that the powerful slaves of the Jingjiang Palace were so large in number and were about to push Zhu Su and the others in the inner circle, Li Jinglong suddenly became anxious and pulled out the sword decorated with many gems from his waist:
"Don't make a mistake! If you dare to step forward again, don't blame me for doing anything!"
"What a shameful method, you really deserve to be a disciple of the general..." Zhu Su nodded in praise, feeling reassured.
"In this situation, it's impossible not to reveal your identity!" Zhu Di gritted his teeth and wanted to shout out, but the two groups of people were noisy, and countless people were shouting and watching the excitement. Zhu Di shouted a few times, but no one was there.
Can hear clearly.
"No, we have to attract the crowd's attention..." Zhu Su looked around and found a decorative flag standing near the tent not far behind him. He immediately had an idea. He pulled Zhu Di there.
Next to the flag, Zhu Di and Zhu Di worked together to wave the flag. While waving it, they shouted: "The four princes of the Zhu family are here, please stop!"
Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan and the guards immediately understood and shouted loudly: The four princes are here, please stop!
The waving flags and several people shouting together finally calmed down the chaotic crowd.
After hearing what they said clearly, the noble servants of the Jingjiang Prince's Palace immediately became helpless and looked at each other: What's going on? Why do the four people opposite also call themselves princes?