Chapter 100 He Conquered Half of the Country for Daming!
Chapter 100 He has conquered half of the Ming Dynasty throughout his life!
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 100 He has conquered half of the Ming Dynasty throughout his life!
[Zhu Yuanzhang once commented on Chang Yuchun: "When there are millions of people, bravely ascend first, defeat the enemy, and be invincible." This kind of evaluation is not a low one.
Next, let us take a look at Chang Yuchun’s true strength from several battles!】
[Zhu Yuanzhang’s biggest enemy was Chen Youliang, and their first battle was the Battle of Longwan.]
[In the Battle of Longwan, Zhu Yuanzhang used Kang Maocai to deceive Chen Youliang's lone army into going deep, and then ambush Chen Youliang on both sides of the narrow Longwan.
Chen Youliang's big ship was unable to turn around in the narrow waterway, and ultimately failed miserably.
In this battle, the first people to ambush Chen Youliang were Chang Yuchun and Feng Sheng.
Chang Yuchun’s military exploits once again ranked first among the entire army.]
[However, if we talk about the largest war that Zhu Yuanzhang experienced in his life, it must be the Battle of Poyang Lake. 】
[In the Battle of Poyang Lake, Chen Youliang personally led an army of 600,000 to engage in a decisive battle with Zhu Yuanzhang’s army of 200,000. This was also the largest water war in modern Chinese history.]
[The Battle of Poyang Lake lasted for thirty-six days. The two sides battled wits and courage. In the middle of the war, Chen Youliang even almost ate Zhu Yuanzhang in one bite.
At that time, because Zhu Yuanzhang's warship was small, during the testing process between the two sides, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da and Chang Yuchun and other powerful generals to quickly attack Chen Youliang.
During the fierce battle between the two sides, Zhang Dingbian, the most powerful general beside Chen Youliang, recognized Zhu Yuanzhang's warship, so he ordered his ship to rush towards Zhu Yuanzhang at full speed.
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and quickly retreated towards the shoal. Unexpectedly, the boat ran aground and could not move!
Just as he was about to be captured by Zhang Dingbian, Chang Yuchun suddenly came back to kill him!
He drew his bow and arrow in the distance, and shot Zhang Dingbian with one arrow!
Zhang Dingbian fell in response, and the morale of the army was in chaos. Chang Yuchun took this opportunity and quickly asked the navy general Yu Tonghai to rescue Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang was able to escape.]
[Later, Chen Youliang's army was defeated in a fire attack, and he could only lead his army to retreat hastily to Hukou. However, he was overtaken by Chang Yuchun and other generals, and was eventually shot to death by random arrows.
After this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have become a strong man among many heroes, and Chang Yuchun was also promoted to Pingzhang Zhengshi due to his merit.]
"Awesome!" Liu Bang only said two words, but he expressed his appreciation for Chang Yuchun vividly.
"I am very happy!" Qin Shihuang also expressed his love for Chang Yuchun for the first time.
[In the Battle of Wuchang, Zhang Bixian, the prime minister appointed by Chen Youliang, brought the Hunan army from Yueyang to help him. Chang Yuchun took advantage of his unstable footing, led his army in a surprise attack, and captured him alive!
Zhang Bixian was captured, Wuchang's morale was low, and Chen Youliang's son Chen Li chose Kaicheng to surrender out of despair.]
[After the death of Chen Youliang, Chang Yuchun led his army to capture Ji'an, Ganzhou, Nanxiong, Shaozhou, Anlu, Xiangyang and other cities, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to obtain Jingxiang, Huguang and other vast areas.]
"What a great general!" Li Shimin couldn't help but admire: "From these points, it seems that Chang Yuchun's comprehensiveness is much better than Yang Zaixing."
"It's really amazing." Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
[After defeating Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang began to turn east and go down the Yangtze River to attack Zhang Shicheng.
Zhu Yuanzhang sent Li Wenzhong, Zhu Liangzu, Hu Dahai and others to cut off Zhang Shicheng's peripheral support, and sent Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to attack Pingjiang hand in hand.
Zhang Shicheng has been operating in Pingjiang for many years, and the city wall of Pingjiang is strong. Xu Da and Chang Yuchun besieged it for more than a year, but they were unable to break the city.]
[Until July, Zhang Shicheng was besieged and almost ran out of food.
Zhang Shicheng, knowing that he would only die if he continued like this, wanted to find a way out and personally led his soldiers to break out of the siege at Zhoumen.
But he was not very lucky, because the generals guarding the boat gate were none other than Chang Yuchun and his deputy Wang Bi.]
Liu Che clicked his tongue twice and said, "I can only say that even God is helping Lao Zhu and Chang Yuchun."
[Chang Yuchun and Wang Bi were so suffocated outside the city that they were almost smoking. Who would have thought that Zhang Shicheng would actually fall into the trap.
So Chang Yuchun beat Zhang Shicheng's army and "killed three points and drowned seven points." Zhang Shicheng himself fell into the water and almost drowned.
Zhang Shicheng risked his life to escape back to the city, and never dared to break out again.
Two months later, Pingjiang City was destroyed, Zhang Shicheng was captured, and committed suicide.】
[After Zhu Yuanzhang pacified Jiangnan, he decided to send Xu Da and Chang Yuchun on the northern expedition.]
[Zhu Yuanzhang held a swearing-in meeting, and under the slogan "Expel the Tartars and restore China", he dispatched 250,000 troops to the Northern Expedition to the Yuan Dynasty!
The leaders of the Northern Expedition were naturally his two most trusted generals: Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.]
[In front of all the generals, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Xu Da as the general to conquer the captives and Chang Yuchun as the deputy general. He also publicly said to everyone: "Today's generals are not unfit for battle, but they can be cautious and disciplined, win and attack, and win."
A general's body is not as good as that of a great general. When millions of people are brave enough to advance first, defeat the front and attack the formation, and be invincible, it is not as good as a deputy general's encounter with spring."]
[At this time, the Yuan Dynasty was actually on its last legs.
The armies of the Ming Dynasty and the armies of the Yuan Dynasty met at Taerwan in Luoyang. Through this battle, Chang Yuchun and others successfully occupied the Henan and Tongguan areas.]
[Chang Yuchun was ordered to serve as deputy marshal of the Northern Expeditionary Army and led the Northern Expedition together with Xu Da.
In the Battle of Luoshui, facing the formation along the river and intending to attack the Mongolian army halfway across the river, Chang Yuchun rode out alone and assaulted the Mongolian Yuan formation of 50,000 soldiers. He single-handedly broke through the enemy's siege of more than 20 cavalry and rushed in.
The enemy's position was reached, and the warriors under his command defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.】
[During the Battle of Taiyuan, our cavalry had arrived, but our infantry had not yet arrived. However, Wang Baobao had led an army of 100,000 to come to support.
Chang Yuchun relied on his keen sense of smell to successfully seize the fleeting opportunity.
When the enemy generals in Taiyuan lost their fighting spirit and his own side had the advantage of internal support, he personally led his elite cavalry to launch a night attack and unexpectedly defeated Wang Baobao's army!
In this battle alone, the Ming army collected 40,000 soldiers, which was a great victory!]
[After that, Chang Yuchun led 90,000 cavalry, chasing and fighting fiercely all the way!
In less than a month, he destroyed the northern defense line of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, broke through its capital Kaiping Prefecture, and chased the Mongolian Yuan emperor for hundreds of miles.
The Battle of Kaiping captured the Yuan Dynasty’s royal family princes, ministers Pingzhang and ten thousand officers and soldiers, thousands of vehicles, three thousand horses, fifty thousand cattle, and countless treasures!]
[In this way, it only took more than a year for the army led by Chang Yuchun and Xu Da to recapture for the Chinese nation the northern provinces that had been lost for more than 200 years since the southern crossing of Jingkang.
They were the two Han generals who set foot on Dadu as winners for the first time in more than 400 years.
This is an immortal achievement, a feat that will go down in history!
This is the most glorious moment for the Chinese nation since the An-Shi Rebellion and the decline of the Tang Dynasty!】
The corners of Zhao Kuangyin's eyes twitched, and one word came out of his mouth: "Shame on Jingkang."
"The Anshi Rebellion." Li Shimin's face was expressionless, while Li Longji's face was gloomy.
[Of course, no one is perfect.
Although Chang Yuchun has an undefeated record and is the best choice for both bravery and resourcefulness, he also has the same flaw as Overlord Xiang Yu, who likes to kill people.
However, the flaws are not to be outweighed. Half of the Ming Dynasty was conquered by Chang Yuchun. His contribution to the Ming Dynasty is enough to be recorded in the annals of history and his name will last forever!]