The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 511: Jingnan without a great general, Geng Bingwen takes the lead
On the canopy.

A young man in a red brocade robe with a golden dragon pattern galloped on his horse.

The wind and rain are changing.

From a young man full of vigor and vitality to a vassal king with a majestic aura without even getting angry.

Where there are swords and horses, all the barbarians surrender.

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【Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was named Prince of Yan and given the fiefdom of Beiping. 】

[His wife, Xu, was the daughter of Xu Da, a founding hero. After he came to power, Xu Da was repeatedly ordered to defend the border in Beiping, and Zhu Di learned military tactics from him.]

[After Xu Da's death, all the generals were killed because of the two cases of Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu. The King of Yan then shared the responsibility of defending the north with the Kings of Qin and Jin.]

[In the first month of 1390, he led his army with the King of Jin to attack the Prime Minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Yaozhu, and the Grand Commandant, Nairbuhua.]

[General Fu Youde, Duke of Ying, and others were all under his control. ]

[In March, the army marched out of Yidu, and Yaozhu and others surrendered. They captured all of them and returned, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy.]

[After that, he led his generals to go on expeditions many times, and ordered the king to control the soldiers and horses along the border, and his reputation was greatly shaken.]

[In the first month of 1395, he led the general officer Zhou Xing out of Liaodong and pursued the enemy from Kaiyuan to Fudamie City.]

[In 1396, he led his army to patrol Daning, defeated the enemy at Checher Mountain, and then pursued and defeated them at Wulianghatu City before returning.]

[In 1398 AD, he led his army to defend Beiping.]

【In 1399 AD, Fengtian quelled the rebellion. 】

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Ming dynasty.

Old Zhu looked at young Zhu Di, who was standing with his hands on his hips, with a little surprise.

The fact that I was able to confer him a post in a place bordering the grassland shows that this kid is quite smart and brave.

But he was still surprised to lead his army to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
After all, in his eyes, he is still a child.

"You are so proud!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to spoil him, and said unhappily:

"With Fu Youde here, even pigs can win!"

"You are the one who cheers and waves the flag!"

Little Zhu Di's face turned red with anger.

Zhu Biao was a little worried.

Four years...why did it take so long?

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[On the eighth day of the seventh month, the day after the Prince of Yan swore an oath to his troops, Zhu Di ordered the Provincial Government Counselor Guo Zi and others to defend Beiping, while he personally led the army to attack Tongzhou.]

【Tongzhou is located 80 miles east of Beiping City. At that time, it governed three counties: Sanhe, Wuqing, and Tongxian.】

[This area has the Tonghui River connecting to Peking, making it a water transport hub. ]

[At that time, the imperial court had more than 5,000 troops stationed in Tongzhou Guard. The guard commander Fang Sheng was a former subordinate of the Prince of Yan and had followed the Prince of Yan to the north to attack Nahachu.]

【Fang Sheng saw the King of Yan personally leading the army, and hurriedly ordered the city gates to be opened.】

【Zhu Di captured Tongzhou without any effort. 】

[He still ordered Fang Sheng to garrison in Tongzhou, and then returned to Peking.]

[Yan general Zhang Yu quickly captured Jizhou, killed Ming general Ma Xuan, and then broke through Zunhua and took Miyun.]

[Soon after, Juyongguan was captured. As reinforcements did not arrive, the Ming general Yu Zhen abandoned the city and fled to Song Zhong who was camped in Huailai.]

[On July 15, Zhu Di led 8,000 troops to Huailai.]

[When Song Zhong was stationed in Kaiping, he used the excuse of preparing for the border to withdraw tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Prince of Yan's Palace, leaving Zhu Di with only 800 soldiers.]

[The main force of Song Zhong's troops were the elite Yanshan Guards who had followed Zhu Di for many years.]

[Therefore, most of the families of the 30,000 soldiers who came from Huailai were in Beiping. In order to stabilize the morale of the troops, the defending general Song Zhong claimed that Zhu Di had killed their families.]

[As the elite troops of Yanshan Guard, Zhu Di knew where their wives and children lived. ]

[Zhu Di sent the families of 30,000 soldiers to the battlefield, and Song Zhong's soldiers lost their morale.]

[After taking Huailai, the garrisons of nearby Kaiping, Longmen, Shanggu, and Yunzhong all surrendered without a fight.]

【The entire area around Beiping was under Zhu Di's control.】

……

Great Song.

"Once the arrow is shot, it cannot be retrieved. This time, the people will suffer."

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the sky and sighed.

There are two types of usurpation of the throne.

One is the usurpation of the throne to change the dynasty, and the other is the seizure of power within the royal family.

Wang Mang usurped the Western Han Dynasty, Cao Pi usurped the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yang Jian destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yu destroyed the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he himself replaced the Later Zhou Dynasty.

These are all peaceful evolutions based on strength, and there are no large-scale wars at all.

This belongs to the first case.

The second situation is like Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Their situation was similar to that of Zhu Di, but they did not go to such great lengths as the Prince of Yan.

Emperor Yang of Sui used slander to overthrow Crown Prince Yang Yong and inherit the throne. Emperor Taizong of Tang launched the Xuanwu Gate Mutiny to force Li Yuan to give up the throne to him, and it was done in two days.

And this one in heaven...

"Four years..."

No matter whether you win or lose, the world will not be happy.

"This Zhu Yunwen has become stupid from reading too much."

How nice it would be to reduce power peacefully and steadily!
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[Although Zhu Di started a rebellion, no one thought that he could defeat Emperor Jianwen. ]

[The reason is very simple. The strength of the vassal kings is not enough to fight against the central government.]

[Emperor Jianwen dealt with five vassal kings in one year. Except for one who committed suicide, the rest all surrendered obediently.]

[Even the most powerful Zhu Di, under the huge pressure from the court, had no choice but to send his three sons to Nanjing as hostages. ]

[In theory, Zhu Di guarded Beiping and had tens of thousands of troops, just like An Lushan who started the "An Lushan Rebellion". ]

[But this concept is undoubtedly wrong, because although Zhu Di had tens of thousands of troops, he did not have the power to command the army. ]

[When he stabilized the situation around Peking, he only had more than 30,000 troops.]

[Emperor Jianwen had a central army of nearly 1.4 million soldiers under his control, and he also held the orthodox position.]

[It can be said that the probability of Zhu Di's success in the Jingnan Campaign is infinitely close to zero.]

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Tang Xuanzong Period
Li Longji is now completely desensitized.

Yang Yuhuan, who was standing by, also understood something.

"So, as long as Zhu Yunwen does not destroy the structure originally designed by Zhu and does not take the initiative."

"As long as we keep a close eye on the uncles, they can only talk nonsense?"

Li Longji took the last peach from the fruit basket under Yang Guifei's angry glare.

Wiped it and took a bite.

"That's right, but Zhu Yunwen felt that his grandfather's plan was flawed and insisted on forcibly reducing the power of the vassal states."

"This is what caused the Fengtian Rebellion, but..."

Li Longji finished the peach in a few bites and wiped his hands with a towel.

"In a war, having more people doesn't mean you will win."

"It depends on the generals and the use of troops on both sides."

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[In August, Emperor Jianwen offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the state, and issued an edict to all the kings, announcing the removal of the "nationality" of the King of Yan.]

[The reason is: the King of Zhou "secretly committed an illegal act", and the King of Yan, the King of Qi, and the King of Xiang "all conspired with him"]

[The King of Qi was found to be plotting rebellion, and the King of Yan and the King of Xiang conspired to commit treason.]

[The imperial court did not investigate these matters, but now they have gone even further and "raised troops to rebel". This is intolerable. ]

[Issued an edict to "dispatch a large army to punish them"]

[A 65-year-old veteran general, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, was appointed as the General of Suppressing the Enemies.]

【Leading an army of 300,000 to the Northern Expedition. 】

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{I remember a saying: There is no general in Shu like Liao Hua as the vanguard.}
{Geng Bingwen isn't that bad, right?}

{Geng Bingwen's military career had a very prominent feature, that is, he was particularly good at defense.}
{At that time, his defense area was Changxing, located at the front line of the struggle between Zhu and Zhang. Geng Bingwen defended this place for ten years, "fighting dozens of battles with a small number of people against a large number of people", and Zhang Shicheng could never move forward.}
{So he was granted the title of Marquis of Changxing.}
{But he was not a great general and had almost never led a large army in battle independently.}
{In the 14th year of Hongwu, he went to the frontier with General Xu Da. In the 19th year, he conquered Yunnan with Fu Youde, Duke of Ying.}
{In the 21st year of the Northern Expedition, he followed Lan Yu, the Marquis of Yongchang, as his deputy. Lan Yu was still a rising star to him.}
{It was not until the end of the Hongwu period, when all the generals had died, that he gradually stepped out from the shadow of the famous generals and began to make his own military achievements.}
{For example, in the 25th year of Hongwu, the rebellion of "evil people" in Shaanxi and Huizhou was quelled, and in the 30th year of Hongwu, the bandits in Sichuan were suppressed.}
{This is what is meant by saying that Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the founding heroes who were brave and capable of fighting. In fact, there were generals who were capable of fighting, but they were all former deputies or brave generals. The generals were all dead.}
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Period of Jihan and Emperor Huai

Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh.

"Zhu Yuanzhang really has good intentions."

Those who were good at attacking and strategizing were eliminated, leaving only those who were brave but lacked wisdom.

This can not only ensure that the throne is not threatened by meritorious officials, but also ensure that the vassal kings have someone to rule the court when there is a sudden change.

Not to mention how difficult it is for the vassal kings to rebel.

Even if they rebel, it would be just one state against the other nine states.

As long as the other party gives the order and is determined to fight you head-on, you can use logistics to drag the rebel king to death.

This kind of general who is good at defense is the best choice.

"It's a pity that the younger generation is so eager for quick success."

……

[At Huang Zicheng's suggestion, Emperor Jianwen also appointed Wu Jie, Marquis of Anlu, and Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin.]

[The commander-in-chief led by Sheng Yong, Pan Zhong, Yang Song, Gu Cheng, Xu Kai, Li Wen, Chen Hui, Ping An and others, marched together.]

[When the army was about to go to war, Emperor Jianwen warned the soldiers, "Don't let me be accused of killing my uncle."]

……

{“Don’t let me be accused of killing my uncle”, it was this sentence that made the soldiers in the army dare not besiege the King of Yan, so as to avoid being repaid in the future.}
{Zhu Yunwen was a benevolent monarch.}
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Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
"Ren, your mother's head!"

(End of this chapter)