A knife in love

Although Princess Agai and Duan Gong passed away, King Liang missed his beloved daughter. He not only built a shrine for Princess Agai in Kunming, but also did not sell the house that was bought for Princess Agai and his wife in the capital. He stayed outside Dongzhimen without moving.King Liang also ordered people to place the spirit tablets of Princess Agai and Duan Gong in the house, and burn incense every day for sacrifice.Later Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang sent generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to command 20 troops in the Northern Expedition, and the front of the troops was directed at Dadu.The Tartar emperor was powerless to resist, and had to escape from Dadu in embarrassment.After Xu Da led the army to occupy Dadu, he did not stay long, and assigned generals to pursue the remnants of the Tartars who had fled, leaving a few soldiers and horses to guard Dadu.The Ming army had strict military discipline, and rarely looted and disturbed the people in the metropolis, so the house that King Liang bought for Princess Agai and his wife was preserved.

At that time, most of the Central Plains had been occupied by the Ming army. Although the Tartar general Wang Baobao was resourceful and brave, but the Tartars were gone. As the saying goes, the mansion was about to collapse, and there was no way to support it alone. Wang Baobao fought against the Ming army in Shanxi. To outside the Great Wall.Since then, except for a corner of Yunnan, the Central Plains has been owned by Ming Dynasty.Liang Wang was besieged in Kunming City, and he still regarded the Tartar Emperor as Zhengshuo, and refused to surrender to Daming.The reason why he was so confident was that although Wang Baobao was defeated and withdrew from the Central Plains, he still had more than [-] troops. He was watching fiercely outside the Great Wall and might go south at any time.Moreover, Yunnan is located in a corner, the terrain is dangerous, and the roads are difficult. In the past, Zhuge Liang conquered Menghuo in the south and spent all his efforts, money and food, but failed to wipe out all the barbarians. He could only pacify Yunnan by means of appeasement.Although Emperor Taizu had under his command Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Lan Yu and other brave generals who were used to fighting, they were far behind Zhuge Wuhou.The King of Liang dispatched troops and generals to guard several places that must pass through into Yunnan. He also invited elephant soldiers from Annan, Burma and other places to help in the battle.

Among the most feared enemies in Emperor Taizu's life, Chen Youliang was naturally the first, followed by Zhang Shicheng, and the third was the Tazi general Wang Baobao.He once said to Xu Da and others that Wang Baobao was far above Chen Youliang in terms of bravery and combat skills.Moreover, this person is heroic in nature and a great hero.It's just that the Tartar emperor and the prince were at odds, fighting each other openly and secretly. Wang Baobao was involved in the internal strife between the Tartar emperor and the prince, and he couldn't do his best to wipe out the rebels from all walks of life. Otherwise, he, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang might have been defeated by Wang Baobao long ago.This person uses troops strangely, and there are few enemies in the world, so he must not be underestimated.Liu Bowen, the number one counselor under Emperor Taizu, also admired Wang Baobao very much. He once told Emperor Taizu that Wang Baobao was resourceful, resolute and courageous, and he was an extremely formidable enemy.Although the Tazi's defeat has been revealed, the Tazi soldiers will flee when they see the Ming army, but if the generals fight Wang Baobao, they must be careful, and they must not be careless, otherwise they will definitely suffer a big defeat.When Wang Baobao withdrew from the Central Plains and stationed troops outside the Great Wall, a counselor said to Emperor Taizu that Wang Baobao was defeated in Shanxi and lost countless soldiers, so he could only flee to the outside of the Great Wall, and there was no big storm.Right now, except for Yunnan, the Central Plains are all owned by Daming, and they should mobilize a large army to go south to wipe out Yunnan in one fell swoop, the Central Plains can be unified, and Daming's might shake the world.Emperor Taizu shook his head and refused, and said to the counselors and generals that Liang Wang was besieged in Kunming City and only wanted to protect himself. He had no ambitions and was like a dry bone in a grave.Although Wang Baobao was defeated in Shanxi, he was good at using troops and his soldiers were loyal to him. Although he fled to the outside of the Great Wall, although the defeat was not chaotic, he gathered the defeated soldiers outside the Great Wall and gradually regained his strength.This person sits outside the Great Wall, eyeing the Central Plains covetously, waiting for an opportunity to go south and recapture the Central Plains.Once the Ming army gathered and attacked Yunnan with all its strength, although King Liang was mediocre, the mountains in Yunnan were endless and the roads were difficult. It would take at least half a year to level Yunnan.Wang Baobao will never let go of such a good opportunity, and will definitely lead the army to the south.At that time, the Ming army was under the enemy's front and rear, and I was afraid that it might be overthrown.The reason why the King of Liang did not surrender was because he still believed that as long as Wang Baobao was around, the Tartars would not perish. He hoped that Wang Baobao would lead his troops south and retake the Central Plains.Therefore, the enemy is Wang Baobao, not Liang Wang.

All the counselors and generals were convinced by Emperor Taizu's words.Emperor Taizu dispatched troops and generals, with Xu Da as the commander-in-chief, divided the troops into three groups to attack Wang Baobao.As expected, Wang Baobao used the strategy of luring the enemy to go deep to lure the army led by Xu Da to make a big circle outside the fortress. When the Ming army was exhausted, they suddenly ambushed and defeated Xu Da.Xu Da claimed to be the No.1 general under the Emperor Taizu's account, but suffered a big loss under Wang Baobao's command, and had to gather the defeated troops and retreat.If it weren't for the other two Ming armies' gains, Wang Baobao had to divide his troops to resist, and Xu Da might not be able to retreat completely.

The defeat of the Ming army by Wang Baobao poured cold water on Emperor Taizu, Xu Da and other generals, so that Emperor Taizu and the generals knew that although the Tatar soldiers were defeated and retreated outside the Great Wall, they were extremely tough. Commanded by a famous general, he can still compete with the Ming army.As long as Wang Baobao guards the north of the Great Wall, it will not be easy to wipe out the Tartars in one fell swoop.After discussing with the counselors and generals, Emperor Taizu decided that the northern expedition could not be continued for the time being, but that he wanted to switch from offense to defense to prevent Wang Baobao from going south.For Liang Wang, who was trapped in Kunming City, he mainly recruited and surrendered, and there was no need to spend money and food to march south.After making a big plan, Emperor Taizu sent envoys to Kunming City in Yunnan several times, promising that as long as King Liang surrendered to Daming, he would be rewarded with a prince.In order to show his sincerity, Emperor Taizu also issued an order to guard the capital, and sent soldiers to guard outside the private residence of King Liang, such as the residence of Princess Agai, and those who trespassed would be killed.Thanks to this, the house of Princess Agai can be preserved.It's just that most of the guards didn't know the secrets of this house, and they let Emperor Taizu personally order to send troops to guard it, and they were also surprised.Although the soldiers who were ordered to guard around the house did not dare to enter the house, they smelled the aroma of incense and saw white smoke rising from the house every day, so they knew that the house was a temple, so they spread the word to ten, ten to hundreds , the legend of this house spread in the metropolis.Legend has it that this house is the residence of the immortals of Wudang Mountain in the capital. When the Emperor Taizu was not prosperous, he used to hide in this house to avoid disasters in order to avoid being chased and killed by Tartar soldiers.Now that Emperor Taizu was enthroned and sitting in the palace, remembering the past disasters and thanking the gods for their protection, he guarded the house and appointed Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain to burn incense and sacrifice in the house to show respect to heaven.But they didn't know that the incense in the house was made by a few old servants sent by the King of Liang to the capital, and it was not at all the Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain who burned incense and prayed in the house.