Zhang Fu, in the first year of Jianwen (1399), participated in the Battle of Jingyan from his father Zhang Yu and was promoted to commander Tongzhi. In the second year, his father died in battle, and his heirs were all in command of Tongzhi. He participated in the battles of Jiahe (now Fuyang River, Hebei), Gaocheng, Zhangde (now Anyang, Henan), and Lingbi (now Anhui), and made many military exploits for Zhu Di to win the throne. Four years, a letter to Amber. In the third year of Yongle (1405), he was the Marquis of Jincheng City. The following year, he marched into Annam (present-day northern Vietnam) with the right lieutenant general from Zhu Neng, a general of Zhengyi. On the way, Zhu Nengshu, Zhang Fusheng Zhengyi general, led the people from Guangxi Pingxiang marched into the army, and the left deputy general Mu Sheng joined forces to attack the city of Duobang, because of the painting of the lion Mengma impact, and also used the magic machine firearms to break the defender's elephant array, and won the victory of Kedongdu (now Hanoi) and Xidu (now Qinghua). In five years, he defeated Annan's soldiers in Mumaru River, Fuliang River and other places, captured Annan Emperor Li Ji, and changed Annan to Jiaoluan. In six years, the brigade returned to the division and entered the British duke. In the seventh year, he led the army to attack Jiaoluan with the general of the conquest, and pursued the Emperor Jianding of Dayue in the deep mountains of Jili, forcing the Emperor of Dayue Chen Jikuo to surrender. Eight-year class teacher, training Xuanfu (now Xuanhua, Hebei), Wanquan, supervising the northern expedition. In the ninth year, he joined forces with Mu Sheng to attack Chen Jikuo, who had recovered from the pseudo-surrender, and defeated the defenders in Yuechangjiang. In the twelfth year, Chen Jikuo was captured, and he was a teacher. In the thirteenth year, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the army to quell the rebellion of Chen Ji's expansion of the rest of the army. He was recalled in the winter of the fourteenth year. Successively four to Jiaolu, prestige and distant earthquakes.

In the first year of Hongxi (1425), he was in charge of the military capital and entered the Taishi. In the first year of Xuande (1426), Hu went from Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji to Le'an (now Huimin, Shandong) to quell the rebellion of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han. For four years, he served Xuanzong and planned important military affairs.

During the orthodox years, he resisted the eunuch Wang Zhen's arbitrary power. In the fourteenth year (1449), he discouraged Yingzong Zhu Qizhen from personally conquering the Mongol Warat army, but was refused, so he followed and died in the battle of Tumubao at the age of 75.

Turmoil and eventful Annam

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Chen regime of Annam has been declining, has been civil strife, as early as 1371 AD, the king of Annam Chen Rijian was forced to death by his uncle Chen Shuming, for fear of opposition from the Ming Dynasty, Chen Shuming did not dare to usurp the throne, but set up his brother Chen Rui as the king, after Chen Rui was defeated when invading the city, his brother Chen Wei succeeded, at this time the Chen Dynasty regime has gradually fallen into the control of Li Jichen, he killed Chen Wei, changed Chen Rikun as the king, in 1399 AD, he killed Chen Rikun again, the following year, destroyed the Chen Dynasty and established himself as the emperor, changed the name of the country to Dayu, I also changed my surname to Hu, my name is one yuan, and

His son Han Cang was in charge of the government. Hu Yiyuan claimed to be a descendant of Emperor Shun, and sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, falsely claiming that the Chen clan had been extinct, and Hu Hancang was the grandson of Chen Mingzong, so he temporarily ascended the throne to govern the government. After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended the throne, he sent officials to Annan to announce that in 1403 AD, Hu Hancang sent an envoy to Nanjing to congratulate him, and at the same time asked for a seal. Zhu Di ordered the Ministry of Rites to discuss this matter, and the Ministry of Rites believed that the matter was very important, and the situation in Annan was unclear, so he could not listen to one-sided words, so please investigate it in detail. So on April 15, Zhu Di ordered pedestrian Yang Bo and others to go to Annan to investigate the authenticity of Hu Hancang's chapter and the public opinion of Annan. At that time, Zhu Di was also very satisfied with Hu Hancang's obedience, so in November, he ordered Langzhong Xia Zhishan and others of the Ministry of Rites to go to the edict to canonize Hu Hancang as the king of Annam. ”

However, Zhu Di's attitude soon changed due to an unexpected incident. In August 1404, an old minister of the Chen clan of Annam named Pei Boqi suddenly came to Nanjing, this Pei Boqi was a Shen Baoxu-style figure, he cherished the Chen Dynasty, dissatisfied with the perverse behavior of the Hu regime, so he came to the Ming Dynasty to beg for soldiers to restore the country. Pei Boqi's description of Annan is completely different from the statements of Yang Bo and others, Pei Boqi claimed that when Hu Yiyuan usurped the throne, his parents and family were killed at the same time, he was leading troops in the East China Sea to fight, learned of the change, fled into the mountains to avoid trouble, and then disguised himself as a businessman, and came to the Ming Dynasty. Pei Boqi cried to Zhu Di in the palace: "The minister is not talented, stealing the loyalty of Shen Baoxu, daring to ask for death, and looking forward to His Majesty's mourning." Although Pei Boqi's words were quite sensational, Zhu Di was not moved, because the military focus of the Ming Dynasty at that time was the north, Zhu Di was preparing for the Northern Expedition, and had no intention of making a provocation in the south, not to mention whether Annan was in power by the Chen family or the Hu family, as long as it was submitted to the Ming Dynasty, there was not much difference, so Zhu Di only ordered Pei Boqi to be given food and clothing, but did not mention anything about sending troops.

To Zhu Di's surprise, just a dozen days later, the Lao Xuanxuan envoy actually sent someone to send Chen Tianping, the grandson of the former king of Annam, Chen Riqing. Chen Tianping was not killed when his family and country changed drastically, he once recruited troops for revenge, but he was quickly defeated by Hu Yiyuan, and his followers scattered. Chen Tianping fled to the valley and switched to Laos, but Laos was unable to help him restore the country, so he sent Chen Tianping to the Ming Dynasty. After Chen Tianping came to the Ming Dynasty, the court cried to Zhu Di: "The thieves invaded Siming Mansion, seized its land, investigated their hearts, and really wanted to resist the kingdom, tyrannical expropriation, cruel law and obscenity, and the people were grieved. ”

Chen Tianping's words were full of emotion, and Zhu Di was deeply moved, but he didn't know the origin of this Chen Tianping, nor did he know the authenticity of his identity after the Chen family, so he ordered Chen Tianping to be given a place to live temporarily. At the end of the year, Annan Hu Hancang sent an envoy to congratulate him, Zhu Di specially ordered Chen Tianping to participate in the court, and after the Annan envoys saw Chen Tianping, they were all stunned, or there were worshippers, Zhu Di knew that Chen Tianping was indeed a descendant of the Chen family, so he decided to help him restore the country. At the beginning of the following year, Zhu Di saluted first and then the soldiers, and ordered the supervision of the imperial history Li Qi and the pedestrian Wang Shucheng to ask Hu Hancang for the blame, and ordered him to state his own affairs, in June 1405, the envoys of Annan returned with Li Qi and others, expressing their willingness to return to the previous encroachment everywhere, "welcome back the balance, and take the king's affairs", Zhu Di was naturally very moved by Hu Hancang's "willingness" to let people take the throne, and also made appropriate arrangements for him, and issued a special edict: "I should be the prince of Jian'er, seal the county, and pass on the descendants of the eternal endless."

For Hu Hancang's "deference", Zhu Di actually had doubts, once thought that "he was accustomed to deceit, or was not sincere", but he thought that at that time, he should "Bu Sixin Huaiyuan people should be served", just right, Hu Hancang sent someone to serve the clouds: "The ministers should also lead the people to go against the border", in the face of Hu Hancang's repeated loss of sincerity, Zhu Di finally dispelled his doubts.

Decisions on the Southern Expedition

In January 1406, Zhu Di asked Chen Tianping to "govern and appoint", ordered the envoy Nie Cong to accompany him, and ordered Han Guan, the general of Guangxi and Zhengnan, to send Huang Zhong, the left deputy general, Lu Yi, the right deputy general, and Xue Pin, the secretary of Dali Temple, to lead 5,000 officers and soldiers to escort him. Zhu Di gave Chen Tianping two clothes and 10,000 yuan, warned him to be lenient and take precautions, and named Hu Hancang as the prince of Hue County to show appeasement.

In March, Chen Tianping entered the territory of Annan and arrived at Qiuwen, where Hu Hancang sent his courtier Huang Huiqing and others to greet him, and also rewarded the escorted Ming army with ox wine. Huang Zhong was puzzled, sent cavalry out to reconnoitre, but did not find anything suspicious, all the way are greeted by the people of Annan, the Ming army passed through the pass, Jiling, into Qinzhan, the surrounding mountain roads are steep and heavy rain and muddy, the team is no longer in a column. Suddenly, in the midst of rain and fog,

The Annan army ambushed the soldiers in all directions, the sound of noise, shook the valley, as if there were thousands of troops and horses, surrounded all the Ming army, an Annan general shouted across the stream: "Yuanyi does not dare to resist the big country, the king is a teacher, the fate of the heavenly balance is alienated from the villain, not the Chen family's relatives, and dare to be cunning, to confuse the saint to listen, the labor brigade, there is more responsibility for death, and now fortunately kill it, to thank the Son of Heaven, my king should be the expression of the crime, the heavenly soldiers are far away, the small country is poor, not enough to drown the followers for a long time."

Annan ambush soldiers did not fight with the Ming army, but broke into the team, Chen Tianping was taken away, Huang Zhong people out of accident, and forced by the situation, unable to resist, had to watch Chen Tianping was killed, but Dali Temple Qing Xue Pin because of his duty, righteousness did not steal life, after the ambush died by himself, pedestrian Nie Cong also died in the chaos, Huang Zhong and others led the troops back.

Fifteen days after the incident, Zhu Di was recited by Huang Zhongren, the emperor on horseback was furious, he felt that he had been fooled, and shouted: "Er clown, the crime is heinous, you still dare to lurk treacherous plots, wanton poison is so, I push sincerity to accommodate, but to be bullied, this is not punished, and the soldiers are ridiculed?" Zhu Neng, the famous general of the "Jing Nan" Chengguo, took the lead in responding to the order: "The crime of the traitor is big, and heaven and earth do not tolerate it, so please use the power of heaven and annihilate it in one fell swoop." On July 1, Zhu Di returned to Fengtian Temple after enjoying the Taimiao, he thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind to send troops to Annan. Three days later, Zhu Di ascended the palace and ordered Zhu Nengpei, the prince of Chengguo, to be the general seal of Zhengyi as the chief military officer; Xiping Hou Musheng Pei Zhengyi Deputy General Yin, as the left deputy general; Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu is the right general, Fengcheng Hou Li Bin is the general, Yunyang Bo Chen Xu is the right general, commanding the army of 800,000 expeditions to Annam, the military department Shangshu Liu Jun is the counselor of military affairs, all command the same knowledge Cheng Kuan, the commander Zhu Gui is the general of the gods, all command the same knowledge of Mao Badan, Zhu Guang, the commander of the affairs Wang Shu as the guerrilla general, the commander of the same knowledge Lu Lin, the commander of the affairs of Wang Yu, the commander of the command of Gao Peng as the general of Henghai, the governor of the affairs of Lu Yi, the commander of the command of Zhu Ying, the commander of the command of Zhu Ying, the commander of the same knowledge Jiang Hao, the commander of the affairs of Fang Zheng as the general of Yingyang, They all commanded Zhu Ying, all commanded Tongzhi Jin Ming, all commanded Tongzhi Wu Wang, and all commanded Tongzhi Liu Tachu as hussar generals. It can be seen from this list that most of the generals of the expeditionary force are heroes and generals who accompanied Zhu Di to raise troops to "appease".

Chengguo Gong Zhu Neng is the head of the "Jingnan" military ministers, when Zhu Di was crowned the king of Yan, he and Zhang Yu were the commanders of the palace, since Zhang Yu died in the Battle of Dongchang, Zhu Neng has been Zhu Di's number one minister, the southern and northern wars, invincible, and a rare handsome talent, "although he is ranked as the prince, he has never been proud of his wealth", won the hearts of the army, and other generals of the expeditionary force are also the choice of the moment.

Before the departure of the army, Zhu Dite issued an edict, explaining that this expedition "only the Li father and son and their fellow evils must be obtained, their coercion and innocent people must be released, and the sinners will be acquired, that is, the sage of the descendants of the Chen family will be selected to establish it, so that one side can be governed, and then return to the teacher, sue the temple, and make infinite merits and fame." ”

On July 16th, the expeditionary force officially went out of the division, Zhu Di personally went to Longjiang to travel, this day the wind and the sun were beautiful, hundreds of boats on the river contended, the flag covered the sky, the drums and horns sounded in unison, the Ming army was mighty and majestic, and the prosperity of the army was unprecedented since the founding of the country.

However, something unexpected happened, on October 2, Zhu Neng, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, suddenly died of illness in Longzhou, 37-year-old Zhu Neng was in the prime of life, Zhu Di relied on it very much, and did not want to "die before leaving the division", Zhu Di was extremely sad. Zhu Neng "won the hearts of the soldiers", and after his death, the army was full of mourning. The expeditionary force is ready to fly, there is no room for any delay, the 31-year-old right general Zhang Fu was ordered to take the initiative to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the whole army, he flew to report to Zhu Di on the one hand, and led the army to the south on the other hand, six days later, the expeditionary force entered the territory of Annam from Pingxiangdu Po Lei Pass. The military situation was urgent, Zhu Di ordered Zhang Fu to wear the seal of General Zhengyi, serve as the general officer, and replace Zhu Neng to command the whole army, and encouraged him with the deeds of the deputy general Li Wenzhong, who often died of illness in the early Ming Dynasty, hoping that Zhang Fu would live up to his trust.

First conquest of Annam

Zhang Fu, whose name is Wenbi, is the eldest son of Zhang Yuzhi, a famous general of "Jing Nan". When Zhu Di raised the army, he fought from his father and was promoted to commander because of his merits. After Zhang Yu died in the battle of Dongchang, Zhang Fu attacked the knight, and followed Zhu Di to fight Jiahe, Gaocheng, Zhangde, and Lingbi, all of which were meritorious, and were named Xin'anbo and Lu Qianshi. Yongle entered the new city in three years, and Jialu was 300 stones. After Zhang Fu deserved to be a famous general, he was deeply aware of the principle of attacking the heart, and after entering the territory of Annan, he ordered people to first write the 20 charges of Hu Yiyuan and his son into a list text, engraved it on a wooden plaque, and put it down the river.

The Ming army was divided into two routes, and the Jinggi soldiers, Jing, Hu, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangxi soldiers were led by Zhang Fu and went out of Pingxiang, Guangxi; The other Ming army was composed of Shu soldiers, Jianchang, Yunnan and Guizhou soldiers, under the leadership of Mu Sheng, out of Yunnan Mengzi, the two Ming armies cut through the pass, marched forward bravely, defeated the ambush soldiers of Annan near Qin Station, entered and occupied Xinfu, and met the division in Baihejiang victory. Hu's father and son did not expect the progress of the Ming army to be so fast, and under the shock, they poured more than 2 million soldiers across the country ("Ming History, Zhang Fu Biography" said that Annan soldiers were 7 million, which is obviously exaggerated), according to the Xuanjiang, Taojiang, Tuojiang, Fuliangjiang four natural hazards, felling and building a village, stretching for more than 900 miles, and placed wooden piles along the river, requisitioned all domestic ships, arranged in the piles, all river estuary, all horizontal wood, strictly prevent the Ming army from attacking. Zhang Fu's army entered the Fuliang River, first ordered Xiao to attack Zhu Rong at the mouth of the Jialin River, and then advanced to Duobang Pass, and Mu Sheng's army also followed the Tao River to the north

The shore drum marched, and Zhang Fu was in a north-south flank attack, showing mutual support. The Hu father and son gathered troops in Duobang City in an attempt to resist stubbornly. The multi-state city is strong and high, there is a heavy hao under the city, the bamboo thorns are densely placed in the hao, and the hao is dug more than the hard land, and the guard is tight. Zhang Fu ordered: "What Annan is afraid of, if this city is pulled, it will be like a broken bamboo." The eldest husband repays the national merit, just today, if he can go to this city first, he will not be afraid of heavy rewards.