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Chapter 253 In 16 years, drive away Meng Yuan and rebuild China!
[After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the remnant Mongolian army continued to try to attack.

The Mongolian Yuan general Wang Baobao, who was guarding Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, had [-] troops. He was brave and good at fighting, and he was the greatest enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

After Xu Da led his army into Shanxi, he quickly captured Zezhou and Luzhou, and initially gained a firm foothold.

However, Wang Baobao was eager to go north from Taiyuan and head towards Dadu, intending to fight Xu Da decisively. 】

【After Xu Da received the news that Wang Baobao was leading the army, according to the strategy set by Liu Bowen, instead of going back to save Dadu, he went directly to Taiyuan.

Xu Da's action was completely beyond Wang Baobao's expectations. After he heard that Taiyuan was in an emergency, he had to return to the army to rescue him. He led tens of thousands of cavalry back and camped under the city of Taiyuan, intending to fight Xu Da decisively. 】

【Xu Da is not in a hurry, he waits to kill the spirit of Yuan soldiers first.

At night, Xu Da suddenly sent out a surprise army to attack Wang Baobao's barracks at night.

Riding a black horse, Xu Da took the lead and led the army into Wang Baobao's camp. In the dark night, Xu Da's army was like heavenly soldiers, and the enemy was defeated wherever he went.

Wang Baobao didn't even have time to put on his armor to fight in the future, so he was surrounded by defeated soldiers and fled. 】

[Wang Baobao fled to Datong with the defeated army, and then moved his army to Dingxi from Datong. In the winter of the second year of Hongwu (AD 1369), he led his army to besiege the Ming army in Lanzhou.

Xu Da led the main force to rush to the north of Dingxi.

This time Xu Da decided to confront Wang Baobao head-on. Under the fierce confrontation between the two sides, Xu Da wiped out more than 8 Wang Baobao's army. 】

"Xu Da is still awesome."

"However, he still lost to Wang Baobao once, and it was still a big defeat."

"It seems that because of this big defeat, he is a line shorter than Li Jing, Han Xin and others."

"It's a pity, if Lao Zhu listens to Liu Bowen's advice, Xu Da's evening will not be lost."

[In February of the second year of Hongwu (AD 1369), Xu Da commanded his troops to cross the Yellow River west.

When the army arrived at Lutai, General Zhang Sidao of the Yuan Dynasty fled after hearing the news.

Xu Dalian conquered Fengyuan, Qinzhou, Fuqiang, Ningyuan, and Gongchang, and sent general Feng Shengjin to force Lintao. Yuan general Li Siqi surrendered without a fight.

Xu Da divided his troops to conquer Lanzhou and Pingliang, and Zhang Sidao fled to Ningxia.

Soon after Qingyang ran out of food, Zhang Liangchen's troops opened the city to welcome the surrender. Xu Da led his chariot into the city, captured and beheaded Zhang Liangchen and his son.The Battle of Qingyang also marked Xu Da's complete pacification of Shaanxi. 】

[In the first month of the third year of Hongwu (AD 1370), Xu Da was appointed as the general who conquered the captives, and his troops were divided into two groups to attack again.

Li Wenzhong (Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew) led the East Route Army out of Juyongguan, chasing Yuan Huizong to the north; Xu Da, Feng Guosheng, Deng Yu, Tang He led the West Route Army out of Tongguan, and went to Anding to attack Kuku in the west.

Before the expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Hua Yunlong, Jin Chaoxing, Wang Xingzu and others to attack Yunzhou in advance to attract the attention of the enemy, and to support Xu Da and Li Wenzhong in the battle.

In February, Hua Yunlong conquered Yunzhou, Jin Chaoxing conquered Dongsheng Prefecture, and Wang Xingzu conquered Wuzhou and Shuozhou.

Xu Da led the expedition from the West Road and arrived in Anding in April. 】

[Yuan general Kuku was besieging Lanzhou, and when he learned that Xu Da's army had arrived, he withdrew from the siege and went to Anding to fight.

Kuku garrisoned troops at Chayan, north of Anding, and Xu Da ordered Feng Guosheng to lead his troops to Sheneryu to line up.

Kuku sent more than a thousand people to sneak in through the middle way and rob the camp of the Ming army. The Ming army was unprepared and fell into chaos.Fortunately, Xu Da fought in person, defeated the enemy, and the Ming army escaped.

The next day, Xu Da's whole army went out to battle and defeated the Yuan army. Kuku led only a few followers to northward Helin.

After the defeat of Kuku, Xu Da ordered Tang He to march into Ningxia, Deng Yu attacked Hezhou in the west, and he himself attacked Mianzhou, Xingyuan and other places in the south. 】

[Li Wenzhong's East Route Army left Juyongguan in February, passed through Yehuling to Xinghe, forced an emergency landing on the local Yuan army generals, then passed through Luotuo Mountain, attacked Chahan Nuoer, and captured Yuan generals Zhu Meng and Sha Daha.

In May, Yuan Huizong died, and Li Wenzhong rushed to Yingchang, where he captured Libala and hundreds of kings and generals bought by Yuan Huizong's son.

Yuan Huizong's other son, Aiyou Shili Dala, fled with dozens of riders.

On the way back to his division, Li Wenzhong broke through Xingzhou again, captured Yuan general Jiang Wenqing, and captured 7000 Yuan soldiers.

The army returned triumphantly, and Zhu Yuanzhang greeted him in Longjiang.

Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded the three armies and issued an edict to seal the heroes!
Xu Da was awarded the founding of the country, the promotion of sincerity, the promotion of sincerity, the military officials, the special entry of Dr. Guanglu, You Zhuguo, Taifu, Zhongshu Youcheng Prime Minister, the state affairs of joining the army, changing the title of Wei Guogong, five thousand stones for the annual salary, and bestowing hereditary certificates. 】

[In the first month of the fourth year of Hongwu (AD 1371), Aiyou Shili Dala and Kuku gathered in Helin, taking advantage of the vastness of the territory outside the Great Wall, to recuperate and prepare for a comeback.

In view of this, Xu Da was ordered to go to Beiping to train soldiers, repair the city, and moved [-] desert survivors to garrison Beiping to strengthen defense.

In July, Xu Da was ordered to go to Shanxi to train troops.At this time, Yuan Prime Minister Yisu and Yuan generals Gao Jianu, Harazhang, and Nahachu respectively occupied Kaiyuan, Liaoyang, Shenyang and other places in Liaodong, waiting for an opportunity to go south. 】

【The enemy is eyeing, Lao Zhu, who has always been "ruthless and merciless", will naturally not sit idly by.

In the fifth year of Hongwu (AD 1372), Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da to attack the middle road as the general who conquered the captives, Li Wenzhong, the left deputy general, attacked from the east road, and Feng Sheng, the general who conquered the west, attacked from the west road, each leading [-] cavalry troops out of the fortress. 】

[However, this time, underestimating the enemy and advancing aggressively led to a big defeat. 】

[In March, after Xu Da's middle route army went out of the fortress, it encountered the resistance of its old opponent Wang Baobao in the Tula River south of Helin.

At the beginning of the battle, it still showed a one-sided trend as before. The commander of the Ming army, Lan Yu, served as the vanguard and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.

Wang Baobao, who was unfavorable in the first battle, fought and retreated, trying to join forces with another Yuan army, He Zongzhe, and then waited for an opportunity to counterattack. In this situation, the life and death of the small court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were hanging by a thread.

Wang Baobao, who kept retreating, keenly grasped the excellent counterattack opportunity in May.

Wang Baobao knew very well that there was absolutely no chance of winning against the powerful Ming army.

If you want to win, you must make full use of Mongolia's favorable time and place to limit the enemy's advantages. The best way is to make Xu Da blind and deaf, no matter how clever his strategy and tactics are, he will be useless.

The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has finally arrived. According to Mongolian historical records, the Mongolian shamans in the Northern Yuan Army predicted the coming date of a heavy snowstorm, which brought variables to the confusing battle situation.

Sure enough, Wang Baobao chose this day to launch a full-line counterattack against the approaching Ming army. 】

[The storm hits like a whip, whistling, and the snow flies by like a knife, with a little bit of cold light!
The sky is dim and the earth is dark within a short distance, and the mountains and forests are roaring. The soldiers of the Ming army can't see or hear.

Under such circumstances, no strategy or art of war could be used, and the soldiers could only fight independently.

Most of the soldiers of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty were born and raised in the grasslands. They were born to adapt to the bitter cold climate in northern Mobei, and they had an invisible advantage. 】

[The Ming army relied on strict military discipline to stick to it, but God was on the side of Meng Yuan. In the end, the Ming army was defeated and retreated one after another.

In the event of defeat, Xu Da commanded the troops to retreat in an organized manner, built fortifications to protect themselves on the way home, accommodated the scattered officers and soldiers, preserved part of their strength, and then withdrew to the Senai.

Not only Xu Da, but Li Wenzhong was also defeated in this battle. Only Feng Sheng's army won a complete victory.Feng Sheng's deputy Fu Youde won seven battles and swept Mobei on a large scale.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Xu Da had "tens of thousands of dead" in this battle. The casualties were really heavy, and the plan to seize the Chuanguo Yuxi was also in vain.

This battle was the only disastrous defeat in Xu Da's life. Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang did not pursue Xu Da's responsibility because he remembered Xu Da's hard work and his own mistakes (not following Liu Bowen's advice). 】

(End of this chapter)