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Chapter 239 Battle of Jingnan
I didn’t think about using this online name first: It is said that Li Longji has experienced many coups in his life, such as the Shenlong coup, the Tanglong coup and the Xiantian coup. He is really a master of coups!

Who in the clouds sent me a brochure: Yes, although Li Longji experienced many coups, it is said that Li Longji himself was also deeply persecuted!

Nian Nian: Yes, but Emperor Wu’s life was quite exciting. Many women came into contact with power, but she was the only one who took that step!

I can't sleep at night (Guan): No matter how many people criticize Wu Zetian, she is still the most wonderful empress in history!

Nian Nian: Yes, this is just like the sentence written by Li Qingzhao: Why does it need light green and dark red? It is the best among flowers!
My charming and short-lived ancestor: Agreed! Women are not defined in the first place, but those rotten scholars insist on putting shackles on them!
Su Yue took her own thermos cup and drank water gurglingly, and said: "Okay, the next one is the battle of Jingnan that we have been waiting for! Please watch the PPT!"

King Yan raised troops
In December of the 1398st year of Hongwu (), in order to guard against rebellion by King Yan, Zhu Yunwen sent Zhang Bing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, as the chief envoy to Peiping, and the capital commanders Xie Gui and Zhang Xin as the capital commanders of Peking.

Then he ordered the governor Song Zhong to garrison troops in Kaiping, and transferred the troops under the jurisdiction of King Yan in the northern plain. King Zhu Di of Yan saw several vassal kings being killed one after another, and understood that he would not be able to escape this disaster if this continued, so he bought time while making war preparations. In order to buy time, in the first year of Jianwen (1399), Zhu Di first pretended to be ill and asked Emperor Hui to release his third son back to Peking. Later, because his subordinates were executed by the court, he pretended to be crazy.

However, due to the rebellion of Shi Gecheng, the palace chief, he secretly reported to the court that "King Yan was pretending to be ill".

Zhu Di was discovered pretending to be crazy.

He was already dissatisfied with his father's appointment of his nephew as his grandson and succeeded him to the throne, so he immediately trapped and killed the generals who came to perform surveillance and arrest tasks. In July of the first year of Jianwen (1399), he launched an army to rebel against the central government of the Ming Dynasty.

The King of Yan sent an envoy to Jinling, the capital, to report. The envoy was interrogated by Qi Tai and others, and was forced to confess the strange behavior of the King of Yan. Therefore, the court issued a secret decree, ordering Zhang Bing and Xie Gui to arrest the officials of the Prince of Yan's palace, and Zhang Xin to arrest the King of Yan himself. .

But after Zhang Xin discussed it with his mother, he informed Zhu Di of the matter.

So Zhu Di, Yao Guangxiao and others made a plan to raise troops, and ordered Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng to bring eight hundred warriors into Prince Yan's palace to lurk, waiting for changes.

After Zhang Bing and Xie Gui received Zhu Yunwen's secret edict, they led troops to surround the Yan Palace on the fourth day of July in the first year of Jianwen (1399).

Zhu Di pretended to tie up all the officials and asked them to enter the house for inspection.

After the two entered the mansion, Zhu Di sent out the dead men in the mansion to capture them and execute them together with Ge Cheng and Lu Zhen who had rebelled in the mansion.

That night, Zhu Di captured the nine gates of Beiping and took control of Beiping City.

After the Yan army took control of Peiping, on the sixth day of July in the first year of Jianwen (1399), Tongzhou took the initiative to surrender; on the eighth day of July, Jizhou was conquered, and Zunhua and Miyun surrendered; on July th, Juyong Pass was conquered; on July th, Huaizhou was conquered. Come, capture and kill Song Zhong and others; on July th, Yongping Prefecture (now Lulong County, Hebei Province, part of Qinhuangdao City) surrendered.

On July 27, in order to prevent the Daning army from sneaking into Beiping from Songting Pass, counterinsurgency tactics were used to cause internal strife in Songting Pass, and the guard general Bu Wan was imprisoned. At this point, everything around Peiping has been cleared. The Yan army's strength increased to tens of thousands.

After the Yan army captured Huailai, because the territories were too close to each other, on July 150, Zhu Su, the king of the valley, fled from the fief Xuanfu (now Zhangjiakou, about 60 kilometers away from BJ and about kilometers away from Huailai) and ran to Jinling.

In August, Qi Tai and others were concerned that King Liao and King Ning were helping King Yan, so they suggested calling back the capital. King Liao returned to the capital by sea, but King Ning refused, so he cut off King Ning's guard.

After Song Zhong's defeat, general Chen Zhi retreated to Datong. King Dai originally wanted to raise troops to respond to Zhu Di, but was controlled by Chen Zhi, but failed.

Defeat Geng Bingwen

In July of the first year of Jianwen (1399), Zhu Di wrote back to Nanjing. Zhu Yunwen offered sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, cut off Zhu Di's clan status, and deposed him as a commoner.

Decided to raise troops to attack Yan. The Chief Secretary of Pingyan was established in Zhending (now Zhengding, Hebei Province).

When Zhu Di first launched his army, the Yan army only occupied a corner of Peiping and was small and weak, while the imperial court had an overwhelming advantage in all aspects.

Therefore, in the early stages of the war, the imperial court planned to use superior forces to attack in separate groups to encircle and annihilate the Yan army in Peiping.

Zhu Di adopted an internal battle and used his general Guo Zi to defend Beiping (today's BJ). He quickly captured Juyongguan, Huailai, and Miyun to the north of Beiping, and Jizhou, Zunhua, and Yongping (today's Lulong, Hebei Province) to the east. The prefectures and counties have cleared the periphery of Peiping, eliminating worries and making it easier to deal with the imperial court's inquisitors calmly.

After Zhu Yuanzhang massacred the heroes and generals, the imperial court had no generals available. Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to appoint the surviving veteran general Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, who was nearly seventy years old, as the general, the prince-in-law Li Jian as the left deputy general, and the governor Ning Zhong as the right deputy general. An army of 13 was sent to attack Yan, marching in parallel on several fronts, known as a million-strong army. At the same time, the three provinces of Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi were sent to provide military pay.

Geng Bingwen led his army to Zhending on August 30, and divided his troops into Hejian, Minzhou ( miles north of Renqiu, Hebei), and Xiongxian, forming a horned force.

After observation, on August 15th, the Yan army took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness on the Mid-Autumn Festival night to sneak attack Xiong County. After the success, they used an ambush to defeat the reinforcements from Minzhou, then captured Minzhou and gathered the remaining troops.

Geng Bingwen's subordinate Zhang Baolai surrendered and informed Zhu Di that Geng Bingwen's troops were stationed on both sides of the Hutuo River. So Zhu Di asked him to go back and tell Geng Bingwen that "Xiongxian and Yanzhou were defeated, and Yan soldiers were coming" to dampen his morale and make Geng Bingwen join forces. One place, easy to defeat in one fell swoop.

Geng Bingwen indeed moved the troops on the south bank across the river.

On August 24, the Yan army arrived in Wuji County.

After learning about the enemy's situation from the woodcutter and the captured soldiers of the Southern Army, the Yan army launched a decisive battle.

In August of the first year of Jianwen (1399), the Southern Military Division arrived in the Hutuohe area of ​​Hebei.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, King Yan took advantage of the opportunity of the Southern Army to drink and have fun, broke through Xiongxian County, and defeated the vanguard of the Southern Army.

Then they defeated the main force of the Southern Army on the north bank of the Hutuo River.

Geng Bingwen and his remnants of less than 100,000 men were unable to hold out at Zhending, and the Yan army failed to attack the city for three days.

On August 29, Yan Jun returned to Peiping. After Gu Cheng surrendered to Yan, he stayed in Peiping to assist Yan Shizi Zhu Gaochi in defending the city. Coach change Li Jinglong

Emperor Jianwen heard that Geng Bingwen's army was defeated, and based on Huang Zicheng's recommendation, he appointed Li Jinglong, son of Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, as general to fight against the Yan army in Geng Bingwen's place.

He also ordered Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin in Liaodong, to lead troops to besiege Yongping (now northwest of Changli, Hebei).

Zhu Di left a small number of soldiers to hold on to Peiping, and personally led the army to rescue Yongping.

Li Jinglong was originally a playboy who had no knowledge of military affairs. He was "cowardly but arrogant, fierce but discouraged".

In September of the first year of Jianwen (1399), Li Jinglong went to Dezhou, Shandong, collected Geng Bingwen's defeated soldiers and generals, and mobilized troops from all walks of life, totaling 50, to station in Hejian.

When Zhu Di discovered the deployment of Li Jinglong's army, he said with a smile that there are five defeats in the art of war. If Li Jinglong committed all of them, his army would definitely be defeated. This is because the government orders are not revised and the top and bottom are not aligned; the soldiers are not suitable for the frost and snow climate in Peiping, and there is insufficient food and grass. ; Regardless of dangers, go deep for profit; eager to win, headstrong, but lacking in wisdom and trust, and lacking in benevolence and courage; the troops are all a mob and not united.

In order to lure the southern army to go deep, Zhu Di decided that Yao Guangxiao would assist his son Zhu Gaochi to stay in Peiping, and he would personally lead the army to rescue Yongping, which was attacked by the Liaodong Army. He also warned Zhu Gaochi: "When Li Jinglong comes, he should only hold on and not fight."

Zhu Di also removed the garrison of Marco Polo Bridge.

Zhu Di's move proved to be effective. When Li Jinglong heard that Zhu Di was leading his army to aid Yongping, he led his troops to the gates of Beiping in October of the first year of Jianwen (1399).

When he passed Marco Polo Bridge and saw no guards, he couldn't help but rejoiced and said, "If we don't guard this bridge, I think Zhu Di will be powerless."

At this time, Zhu Gaochi deployed tightly in Beiping City and defended it to the death.

Li Jinglong's orders were lax and his command was improper. He attacked the city several times but was repulsed. Qu Neng, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, once led more than a thousand elite cavalry into Zhangye Gate, but no backup arrived, so he had to stop the attack.

And because Li Jinglong was greedy for merit and asked Qu Neng to wait for the large army to attack together, he missed the opportunity.

The Yan army got a breather and poured water on the city wall all night long. The weather was cold and freezing. By the next day, the southern army could not climb the city to attack.

Wu Gao was cowardly and did not dare to challenge, so he withdrew from Shanhaiguan.

After Zhu Di rescued Yongping, he led his troops straight to Daning (today's west of Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia).

Yan army sneak attack on Daning
On the first day of September in the first year of Jianwen (1399), Jiangyin Marquis Wu Gao led the Liaodong troops to attack Yongping County, so Zhu Di took advantage of Li Jinglong's hesitation and went to rescue him on September th.

On September 25, Zhu Di defeated Wu Gao and decided to take advantage of the situation to attack Daning (now Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia), the vassal territory of his seventeenth brother Ning Wang Zhu Quan. On the other hand, he lured the Southern Army to the "empty city" of Peiping. Down.

On September 28, Zhu Di led his troops to set out. A message was sent to Zhu Gaochi, the Crown Prince of Yan, ordering him to defend the city of Beiping.

On the sixth day of October, the Yan army arrived at the foot of Daning City via a small road. Zhu Di rode into the city alone (some say he entered the city after defeating the guard Fang Kuan). When he saw Ning Wang Zhu Quan, he cried and complained that he had no way out and asked Zhu Quan for help, hoping to write a letter to the court to apologize and avoid death.

Zhu Quan believed him and took him in.

While living in Daning, Zhu Di ordered his officials to go into the city to make friends with and bribe Daning officers.

On October 13, Zhu Di said goodbye, and Zhu Quan saw him off in the suburbs. However, when Zhu Quan arrived in the suburbs, an ambush broke out, and the Daning army rebelled and joined Zhu Di.

So Zhu Quan, Princess Ning, Prince Ning and others accompanied Zhu Di to Peiping, and all of Daning's troops were absorbed by Zhu Di.

Daning became an empty city, and Zhu Di's strength increased greatly.

I heard that King Zhu Di of Yan led an elite expedition to Daning, and Li Jinglong led an army to attack Beiping.

The Southern Army camped at Zhengcunba (20 miles east of today's Daxing) and built forts to attack the nine gates of Beiping.

Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son of King Yan, stood firm. Zhu Gaochi sent people to sneak attack the Confederate camp at night and gained some breathing time. When the Confederate army was in a hurry to attack the city, the women in the city also went to the top of the city and threw rocks down.

The only chance for the Southern Army to win was when Commander Qu Neng attacked Zhangye Gate (it is said that Zhangye Gate, according to "Fang Yu's Minutes", Zhangyi Gate is Guang'an Gate; there is doubt). When they were about to capture it, they were stopped by Li Jinglong. Just have to stop.

Success comes to an end. It was very cold in Peiping in the tenth month of the lunar calendar, so the Yan army's garrison poured water on the city wall at night. The city wall froze the next day, making it impossible for the southern army to climb.

Due to the cold weather and freezing conditions, the Confederate army's combat effectiveness dropped sharply, and the offensive was hindered from then on.

On June 1402, the fourth year of Jianwen (), the Yan army arrived at Jinling.

Xu Zengshou acted as an internal collaborator, but was defeated and Zhu Yunwen personally executed him at Zuoshunmen.

Zhu Su and Li Jinglong, who were guarding Jinchuan Gate (located northwest of Nanjing City), saw Zhu Di commanding Gai and opened the door to welcome the surrender. This was the Jinchuan Gate incident. The Yan army invaded Jinling and the country changed hands.

The Battle of Jingnan ended.

Although the war is over, the history related to it is still developing.

After King Yan came to Beijing, a fire broke out in the palace, and Emperor Jianwen's whereabouts were unknown. Some say that Emperor Jianwen burned himself to death in the palace, or that Emperor Yun Jianwen fled from the tunnels, became a monk, and traveled around the world. Legend has it that he lived in the palace during the Zhengtong Dynasty and died at a young age.