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Chapter 186 Xu Da's Military Achievements

Xu Da is the direct descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang's direct descendant and the original team member of Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang took over Guo Zixing's power, Xu Da played a major role.

"At that time, most of the generals were Taizu and other barbarians, and they were not willing to be subordinates."

Xu Da, Tang He and others were "extremely respectful of restraint" and gradually established Zhu Yuanzhang's leadership position, making this team Zhu Yuanzhang's basic force.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's war to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and unify the country, Xu Da made great contributions and made many military exploits.

He led the army to "pacify two major cities, three provincial capitals, and hundreds of counties." Bing", is a rare good general in China.

Xu Da not only has the character of "fortitude and bravery", but more importantly, "he is good at strategy", he is good at observing things and analyzing problems, and "speaks concisely and carefully", so he is not only a famous general, but also a commander in chief.

In November of the first year of Hongwu, Xu Da, with a correct judgment, adopted the strategy of "criticizing extremism and smashing falsehoods". Under the city of Taiyuan, he wiped out tens of thousands of elite soldiers of Timur, and expelled his forces from Shanxi. This shows that he not only has a deep understanding of the art of war, can turn the situation around at critical moments, and turn danger into safety, but also predicts the enemy's victory, "waiting with the famous generals of the Han and Tang Dynasties."

It is precisely because of Xu Da's outstanding commander-in-chief who can take on the role of a pillar that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to become the winner in the struggle against the powerful forces and the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty.

Some people say that if Li Shanchang and Liu Ji were the biggest advisers in the early Ming Dynasty, then Xu Da should be the top general.

Xu Da's military career can be divided into two parts. The first period is the peasant war period at the end of Yuan Dynasty.

From the outbreak of the peasant uprising in May of the 11th year of Yuan Zhizheng to the killing of Liu Futong in February of the 23rd year of Yuan Zhizheng, in about 12 years, Xu Da rose from an ordinary peasant soldier to a famous general under the command of Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang. Kaiji Jiangnan played a huge role.

The latter period was the unification period of the Ming Dynasty. From March 23, the eve of the decisive battle between Zhu and Chen, to August [-], Hongwu, the power of the Northern Yuan Dynasty declined. Except for some areas such as Yunnan, the army was yet to be used, and a large-scale unification war It has basically tasted.

During these 12 years, Xu Da, as a general, commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, attacked from the east to the west, conquered the Central Plains from the north, flattened the separatist forces, overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, unified the country, and made great contributions.

Some time ago, Xu Da helped Zhu Yuanzhang lead his troops southward from Haozhou.

In Dingyuan, a combination of capitulation and attack was used to recruit some armed forces for "self-protection", including 3000 "militiamen" in Zhangjiabao, [-] "righteous soldiers" from Hengjian Mountain Miao tycoon, and Feng Guo. Use the forces you lead to seek refuge, etc.

Relying on these troops, Chuyang, Hezhou and other places were quickly captured.

After Zhu Yuanzhang crossed the river and captured Taiping, Xu Da led his troops to conquer Lishui, Liyang, Jurong, and Wuhu one after another, threatening Jiqing from the south and breaking his elbow and armpit.

After the conquest of Jiqing, Jinling was called "the natural moat of the Yangtze River" and "dragons and tigers" in ancient times because of the danger and solidity of Jinling. At Xu Da's suggestion, Jiqing was changed to "Yingyao Mansion".

Set up "Tianxing Jian Kangyi Commanding Army Grand Marshal's Mansion".

Since then, Xu Da has been given more important tasks. Zhu Yuanzhang "stays guard" and "manages the four directions, and orders Da to be a general."

In order to consolidate Jinling, in the next three or four years, Xu Da led his troops to conquer Zhenjiang, Zizhou, Yixing, Jiangyin and other places in the east, control the river, and prevent Zhang Shicheng's troops from going west along the river.

He also marched from southern Anhui to capture Wuyuan, Raozhou, Chuzhou, Hengzhou and other places, blocking the expansion of Chen Youliang's forces to Anhui and Zhejiang.

At this time, the Zhu Yuanzhang Group was dominated by Jinling, connecting the border regions of Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. It was adjacent to the Zhang Shicheng Group in the east and connected to Chen Youliang in the west. It became a relatively powerful force in the south of the Yangtze River.

After that, Xu Da participated in the battle with Chen Youliang again. Xu Da personally commanded the battle of Chizhou, which greatly killed the enemy.

During the Battle of Jinling, he also garrisoned important areas, made the most meritorious service, and restored Taiping and captured Anqing.

Especially in the battle of Jiangzhou, he led his troops to capture the Zhuankou of the Han River and blocked Chen Youliang's Hanyang battleship, which not only trapped Chen Youliang so that he did not dare to leave Wuchang to help the place where he was rescued, but also greatly facilitated the attack on Jiangxi. everywhere.

After three victories in three battles, Xu Day "specially entered the Youcheng of Zhongshu Province" because of his meritorious service.

Later, Xu Da was ordered to move to Luzhou to confront Zhang Shicheng's troops.

In the process of Zhu Yuanzhang's unification of the world, the most thrilling thing was the battle at Poyang Lake.

In this battle, Xu Da "before the generals", charged into the battle, "defeated his former army", inflicted greater damage on the enemy, and "greatly boosted the army's prestige".

Later, in order to prevent Zhang Shicheng from taking advantage of the battle of Junyang Lake and "taking advantage of the situation to invade the bandits", he ordered Xu Da to return to Jiankang to relieve his worries.

Later, he presided over the battle to put down Zhang Shicheng.

After pacifying the south of the Yangtze River, Xu Da led an army of 25 people from Huai'an and marched into Shandong. They conquered Yizhou, Jining, Jinan and other places like a broken bamboo.

Then, Xu Da commanded the Ming army to march westward along the Yellow River, captured Henan, and quickly conquered Yongcheng, Guide, Xuchang, Kaifeng and other places.He recruited and surrendered the Yuanliang King Arwen who was stationed in Luoyang, and defeated Li Siqi and Zhang Sidao.

In July of the first year of Hongwu, the generals of Xu Da met at Linqing, and the Ming army marched northward along the canal, connecting Kedezhou, Zhigu to Hexiwu, and defeated the Yuan soldiers led by Yuan general I Pudadoer Zhijinba, " Yuandu was shaken."

On August [-], the Ming army captured the capital and overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, Xu Da went to attack Taiyuan Koko Timur again. After Koko was defeated, he was defeated in Dingxi. The elite soldiers and generals lost everything, and only a few of them fled to Helin with their wives.

Since then, the area of ​​war has shifted from the interior to the frontier. In addition to the need to use more troops to deal with local forces in Yunnan and Northeast China, the Ming Dynasty has turned on the defensive against the remaining forces of the Yuan Dynasty in the Mobei area. The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang publicly proposed to the Yuan Lord: "Keep its prescriptions, and don't sacrifice its sacrifices." He asked Mongolia to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Da was in the process of Zhu Yuanzhang's victory over the heroes, overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty, and unifying the world. number".

It can be said that he is invincible and invincible.

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Xu Da can be said to be one of Zhu Yuanzhang's most trusted people.

Why is this?

Earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang led Xu Da, Tang He and more than 20 people to leave Haozhou, enter Dingyuan County southward, and quickly captured Chuzhou.

In the process of attacking the city and pulling out the village, Xu Da fought bravely and gradually emerged among the generals. Zhu Yuanzhang valued him very much.

As Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Haozhou, people around him continued to join him, and he gradually gathered an army of tens of thousands of people, which was quite powerful.

Guo Zixing was squeezed out by Sun Deya and others, so he had no choice but to go to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the military power of Haozhou City to Guo Zixing.

More and more people and horses gathered, and the food and grass in the city of Chuzhou were in a hurry. Zhu Yuanzhang offered Guo Zixing a plan to attack Hezhou in the south to seize food and grass and expand the territory.

Guo Zixing agreed immediately.

At this time, Hezhou was controlled by the Yuan army. Zhu Yuanzhang first sent 3000 people to pretend to be the Yuan army and sneak into the city.

Guo Zixing appointed Zhu Yuanzhang as the commander-in-chief and stationed in Hezhou.

Not long after Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Hezhou, Sun Deya came to ask for help. Zhu Yuanzhang was concerned about the Yuan army that had just been repelled, so he let Sun Deya enter the city, hoping that the two sides would reconcile and work together to fight against the Yuan.

But at this time, Guo Zixing still had grievances against Sun Deya. When he found out that Sun Deya had entered the city, he immediately sent someone to catch him, hoping to take the opportunity to get rid of his old opponent.

Sun Deya's troops saw this situation and immediately took Zhu Yuanzhang hostage.

The two parties have their own strengths, and neither is willing to take the lead in making concessions.

At the critical moment, Xu Da stepped forward and asked Sun Deya's followers to replace Zhu Yuanzhang with himself.

Xu Da must have good eloquence, otherwise how could the opponent be willing to change players at this critical moment?Who doesn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang is Guo Zixing's favorite general plus son-in-law, and using Zhu Yuanzhang as a bargaining chip is obviously much more important than Xu Da.

But they actually followed Xu Da's suggestion, Xu Da's wit and eloquence can be seen.

Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the army to preside over the overall situation. After some difficult negotiations, the two sides finally released each other and the incident was resolved peacefully.

After this incident, among the twenty Huaixi generals who left Haozhou with Zhu Yuanzhang, the relationship between Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang became even closer.

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"Xu Da is indeed a famous coach in the history of China."

"Yeah, his accomplishments are undeniable."

"However, would it be too..."

"What's wrong?"

"In terms of meritorious deeds, Xu Da swept across the Central Plains from south to north, conquered Yanyun, swallowed Jin and Qin, went to the North Pole, and ended Longjia in the west. We all have to weigh whether our meritorious deeds are enough."

"In terms of personal virtues, he is good at following through, shares joys and sorrows with his subordinates, comes out after being ordered, succeeds and spins, is neither reserved nor cut down, women have nothing to love, treasures have nothing to take, integrity is flawless, and it is as clear as the sun and the moon."

"On politics, be humble and self-defense, know what to advance and retreat, don't seize power, don't show off merit, care for the people's livelihood, attack hundreds of cities and towns, have feasts in the wells, the people don't suffer soldiers, don't kill Hu Dewen, and stay away from Hu Weiyong , political vision and political integrity are unmatched.”

"You're right, but I still don't think Xu Da can be ranked among China's top ten marshals."

Many people have already quarreled because of Xu Da's listing.

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"Do you have any doubts about Xu Da's listing?"

"That should be normal too."

The Han people in the Qing Dynasty gathered together to discuss this topic.

Among them, a storyteller said:

"Actually, it's normal to have disputes about Xu Da's entry on the list. After all, there are too few places for China's top ten marshals."

"Then let me count down a few great people who may be better than Xu Da or between brothers."

The storyteller took a sip of water, which stirred up the atmosphere of the audience.

Other melon eaters waited silently.

Mr. Storyteller said again:

"Famous commander, no matter what aspect, there must be nothing wrong with him."

"The most important thing is to play a key role in the great cause of reunification or the revival of the dynasty."

"First of all, Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, basically cleared the obstacles for the Qin State. He single-handedly killed more than 100 million soldiers from the Six Nations. The Qin Dynasty became so powerful later on, and it is inseparable from him."

"Secondly is Han Xin, the soldier fairy, who is worthy of the name in many people's hearts. The number one general in Chinese history, all kinds of strange strategies are jaw-dropping."

"Then there is Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, who not only quelled internal strife but also swept away foreign aggression, and also passed down the art of war."

"Guo Ziyi of the Tang Dynasty, tried his best to turn the tide and save the Tang Dynasty. However, one disadvantage is that in terms of actual record, it seems that he can't compare with Li Guangbi of the same period, but as an iconic figure, he is still more representative than Li Guangbi."

"This is a brilliant foreign record."

"Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the double walls of the Han Dynasty, defeated the peak Xiongnu, and since then they have leaped into Longcheng, and sealing the wolf and living in Xu has become the highest honor for generals in foreign wars."

"Huo Qubing's record is more brilliant than Wei Qing's, but his peak is too short, and he is more aggressive. He is not as good as Wei Qing in terms of strategy, and has no great achievements."

"Yue Fei, the leader of the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, if he meets the Ming Lord and restores the Central Plains, he can compete for the number one throne, but history has no ifs."

"Even so, Yue Fei's several brilliant victories against gold in the Central Plains are enough to be selected."

"Qi Jiguang, training and employing troops has touched the threshold of modern times, and achieved an astonishingly low battle loss ratio against Japanese pirates."

"When it's not enough, it's because it doesn't have a good general, and the scale of the battle commanded is not large."

"There is also the rule that special contributions cannot be left behind."

"Sun Wu, Bing Sheng, a great figure in China's military history, even if he is average in other aspects, but for his grandson's art of war, it has great practical significance, and should be included as a pioneer."

"Wu Qi, the sub-sage of military strategists, won more than 70 battles in his life without a single defeat. He defeated Qi State in Lu State, trained Wei Wushu in Wei State, and suppressed Qin State for a long time. When he was in Chu State, other countries did not dare to compete with Chu State. Xiong, all kinds of achievements and his tactical thinking also make him one of the top ten famous coaches in China."

"Xiang Yu, in terms of bravery, China's history is number one. The Battle of Julu and the Battle of Pengcheng were both head-on and tough, defeating dozens of times the enemy. Oh, sorry, here is the top ten Chinese marshals. Xiang Yu is obviously not, but There is no doubt about the number one fighter.”

"In addition, there are Wang Jian from the Qin Dynasty, Yang Su from the Sui Dynasty, and Li Guangbi from the Tang Dynasty. I feel that they can also compete. If you calculate it this way, the top ten are pretty close, and there should be some top fifteen. After all, they were Han people. After 400 years, Beiping was recovered for the first time, and the great unification was completed again, which is of great significance."

"However, in my opinion, there are two reasons that prevented Xu Da from becoming the top ten marshal in China. One is that he was once defeated by Wang Baobao and he failed to complete his revenge. The other is that he defeated Beiping. Zhu Yuanzhang."

"Of course, this is just my personal guess."

"The Immortal let Xu Da be on the list, there must be a reason."

When the storyteller finished speaking, there was immediate applause.

Not for anything else, just because they agree with the storyteller's point of view very much.

In China's military history, there are too many famous handsome talents.

(End of this chapter)