In history, it was very difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world.

After conquering Jiqing, which is now Nanjing, it occupied more than a dozen cities with Nanjing as the center, and had 300,000 troops. Towards east, to meet Zhang Shicheng, towards south, towards south, towards west, towards Liu Futong.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in the four battles, and the situation was very dangerous. He farmed for six consecutive years.

Why do you have to farm? Because you can't fight in the north, Zhang Shicheng in the east cannot chew, Chen Youliang in the west cannot chew, and the enemies around you cannot chew.

You can only stay where you are.

There is no dangerous terrain here, so Zhu Yuanzhang could only continuously repair the city walls, improve the city defense, and accumulate food, develop firearms, and develop water conservancy.

In terms of the situation, it is somewhat similar to the Wu Yue Kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era.

Later, the Red Turban Army's three northern expeditions were all wiped out by the Yuan Dynasty, leaving only Yidu in Shandong.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to be Song Jiang and accept the imperial edict.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's situation was very bad, and no one was optimistic about him. He might be destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty or by other forces in the next moment.

Until later, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang had two major wars. For the first time, Chen Youliang occupied Anqing, set out from Anqing and fought to Nanjing.

Zhu Yuanzhang used Chen Youliang's lack of familiarity with hydrology and induced Chen Youliang to enter the shallow water area. After the tide fell, a large ship was stranded under the water surface of the shallow water area.

Zhu Yuanzhang successfully won, captured Anqing, and threatened Wuhan, but later he was repelled by Chen Youliang and occupied Anqing.

Zhu Yuanzhang was at a disadvantage again.

But at this time, Chen Youliang purged some generals before he took office, which led to unstable people in Anqing area. So someone became the leader party, and Zhu Yuanzhang successfully captured Anqing.

This time, Chen Youliang's failure was mainly because he was too impatient.

During the second battle, Chen Youliang planned to stand firmly and attacked Hongdu, that is, Nanchang, and then attacked along the road, constantly pulling nails along the road.

This time, Chen Youliang did not make any mistakes.

As for attacking Hongdu, it was nothing if it had not conquered for two months. In ancient times, some dangerous cities were needed, as long as the city was strong, with sufficient food and sufficient equipment, there would be no problem to persist for two or three years.

During the Battle of Panyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang used firearms to get some points, but Chen Youliang was not at a disadvantage.

As for some people, Chen Youliang's mistake in attacking Hongdu was spent too much time, so he should abandon Hongdu and attack Jinling directly... In fact, it is impossible.

If you have not conquered Nanchang or Anqing, you will go straight down the river and attack Nanjing. Once the rear route is cut off, the entire army may be destroyed.

As a result, Chen Youliang was shot to death during the battle.

It can be said that it is a lucky person.

On the battlefield, the marshal is protected by personal guards and is very safe. Generally speaking, the marshal can only be killed after the entire army is defeated.

But during the battle, when the two sides were in a stalemate, the marshal was killed, which would also lead to the defeat or even destruction of the entire army.

This is the essence of the Battle of Poyang Lake.

So Chen Youliang's army was defeated and retreated.

But a year later, Chen Youliang's son was too young to suppress the situation and was eventually defeated. Zhu Yuanzhang annexed Chen Youliang's chassis, more than doubled his strength, and then began to attack Zhang Shicheng.

In later generations, many people commented on Zhang Shicheng, mainly saying that he should not sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, but should join forces with Chen Youliang to attack Yingtian Mansion... Those who say this often do not think carefully.

At that time, Chen Youliang had the first strength, Zhu Yuanzhang had the second strength, and Zhang Shicheng had the third strength.

During the battle, the boss fought hard with the second child. As the third child helped the boss and destroyed the second child, how stupid it was.

Zhang Shicheng is not stupid, so he will naturally not help the boss kill the second child.

When the boss confronts the second, he will give up attacking the second, and even give him certain support.

It is best if the two fight for several years, and both lose and decide the outcome after both are injured. At that time, he may take action again and swallow the two.

The plan is very good, but unfortunately I can't keep up with the changes.

Chen Youliang perished too quickly, and Zhu Yuanzhang suffered little loss. Instead, his territory expanded and his troops expanded. He soon gained an absolute advantage in attacking Zhang Shicheng.

During the attack on Zhang Shicheng, he first attacked from north to south, cleared the two wings, and finally surrounded Suzhou.

In history, Zhang Shicheng was very powerful. The Battle of Gaoyou showed his might, especially the cutting of the canal, which almost caused the Yuan Dynasty to lose blood and die. Unfortunately, Zhang Shicheng had a fatal certainty and liked to speculate.

Or, many businessmen like to speculate.

First he opposed the Yuan Dynasty, but later he saw that the Yuan Dynasty was under great pressure, and then he accepted the imperial edict and became the Grand Marshal of the Yuan Dynasty.

Speculators can be politicians, but not politicians.

When Zhu Yuanzhang unified the south, the Yuan Dynasty did not take Zhu Yuanzhang to heart, but just regarded him as the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang also lacked confidence in the Northern Expedition.

The so-called Northern Expedition is more about laying the foundation for the proclaimed emperor.

On the Northern Expedition route, we mainly fight along the canal and the Yellow River. This way, water transportation can ensure the safety of food transportation. We can also guard against cavalry attacks with our backs against the navy.

On the route, plagiarize Liu Yu.

Before the Northern Expedition, the Ming army was mainly infantry, southern soldiers were the main ones, while the Yuan Dynasty army was mainly cavalry and northern soldiers were mainly

In terms of physique and combat ability, they are inferior to the Yuan Dynasty.

With the existence of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, the power was limited and it was intimidating the cavalry.

Especially when attacking the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang lacked confidence and reminded the generals to be cautious and be careful many times.

In ancient times, it was very difficult to conquer a city. It was normal to besiege a city for more than two years, but it was not possible to conquer it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that most of the army's attacks would not go smoothly, and he would not be able to conquer Dadu in the short term, and he was trapped in a siege. The canal transport was cut off by the Yuan Dynasty cavalry. The Northern Expedition Army was likely to be defeated or even destroyed.

As a result, as soon as the army arrived in Dadu, Emperor Shun of Yuan fled north and easily occupied Dadu, which was unimaginable to victory.

With a lot of food, we go down the canal and enter the capital.

The Northern Expedition Army took Dadu as the support point and began to wipe out the Yuan army within the pass and the Yuan army on the grassland. It took twenty consecutive years to defeat the Yuan Dynasty and the north to be completely stable.

Later generations have all mentioned the history of the early Ming Dynasty.

The most difficult battle in Poyang Lake is easy to fight.

Seeing this, I was speechless.

The great man evaluated the military level of kings of all dynasties, Li Shimin was the first, and the Ming Taizu was the second.

Zhu Yuanzhang became the second because of the victory of the Northern Expedition. In history of all dynasties, many Northern Expeditions failed, but only Zhu Yuanzhang was the only victory.

Such achievements are amazing in the eyes of great men.

The difficulty of the Northern Expedition is definitely not as light or as easy as historical books.

In the Panyang Lake battle, Zhu Yuanzhang's victory was due to luck and luck; but the subsequent times depended on strength and firm will.

I won’t say much, this chapter is considered popular science!
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