Chapter 70 The First Fierce General - Zhang Dingbian
Jiangxi, Hongdu.
Chen Youliang, who had already led all the troops to evacuate Hongdu, did not choose to retreat when facing his real enemy Zhu Yuanzhang.
In countless battles with the other party, Chen Youliang, who was already tired of playing and even more tired, decided to fight him head-on.
From the experience of killing and surrendering at the beginning, to the later ambush in Longwan, to the endless friction between you and me, to today's humiliation of Hongdu.
All of this was caused by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Since I joined the army, Chen Youliang, I am the only one who bullies people, and no one has ever dared to bully me, let alone defeat me.
You Zhu Yuanzhang is an alternative.
It's the only one out of the ordinary.
It's you, the bald head who doesn't grow hair and can only discharge, makes me suffer continuous frustration and fail one after another.
It's you, the bastard turtle egg, that makes the men lose face in front of everyone and lose the field, so that the men can't raise their heads in front of the soldiers.
In this extremely passive situation, it is better to go head-on with you than for me to run around.
Didn't you block Poyang Lake?
Well, you couldn't be more clear.
You've issued a challenge. And if you have chosen the venue, then I will accept your challenge.
Come on, let me have a real battle with you at Poyang Lake.
Stem, let's settle this dispute in a man-like way.
There is no sorrow in death, and there is no joy in life.
Who lives and who dies, God arranges.
Fate, you and I are hard to break,
In that case, let's fight!
Zhu Yuanzhang.
Now that you've made your mind clear, I might as well tell you my confession.
The arrogance of being born is not caring what means I use.
Live to live chic, no matter what posture I have.
The power is to fight for the maximum, and no one can try to stop it.
Ricco is endless, because uninvited!
This is the lesson I have learned since I entered politics.
Ren Er and others pointed to Sang and scolded Huai, as long as I have the power, I am the boss, and as long as the power is in hand, I am not afraid of anyone.
Monk Zhu,
I tell you the same way, since I joined the army, I have never been afraid of anyone, let alone anyone.
Whether it's Zhao Pusheng or Xu Shouhui, which of them is not a powerful character who is ten times stronger than me and a hundred times more horizontal than me, but what are their results?
Not one by one, I have been trampled underfoot.
All of them are just a pawn in my hand, a springboard for me to climb up, if they still have value to use, then they can barely survive, if they lose value then none of them can leave me alive.
It's the same with you Zhu Yuanzhang, as long as I kill you today, the whole of China and the whole world will be under my control.
Since I met you today, then I'll have a game with you.
You punch me, I give you a palm back, this kind of pediatric trick is not my style.
In my purpose, if you punch me, then I will kill you first.
That way, no one will ever dare to punch me again.
I might as well tell you today.
If you and I am in the war, I am alive then it is all good to say.
If I die, then I will never let you have a good time.
The 600,000 soldiers and horses under my command will definitely not make you feel better.
Even if I die, I will definitely pull you to be my back.
This is my last warning to you.
In this state of mind, Chen Youliang, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, arrived in the hinterland of Poyang, Kanglang Mountain.
Once here, he didn't go any further.
Because in front of him were thousands of surface warships.
This is the soldiers and horses of his real enemy.
This is his real confidant.
After arriving at Kanglang Mountain, Chen Youliang did not rush to attack.
Facing Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already prepared in front of him, Chen Youliang, who was the enemy in his heart, did not dare to take it lightly.
Although the opponent's personnel and military equipment are far inferior to his own, this bald donkey in front of him can defeat himself several times in a row in just a few years, and the growth rate of his troops is far beyond his expectations.
Compared with Zhang Shicheng, this bald donkey is his real threat.
Facing this Zhu Yuanzhang as the last stand, Chen Youliang came up with his killer weapon.
This killer feature is a man, a man he can trust 100% and swear to be loyal to him and never betray him.
This person Chen You can't forgive, he is unwilling to use him as a last resort.
Because he is his last fang.
This fang is his most precious sharp knife.
His name is: Zhang Dingbian.
Name: Zhang Dingbian;
Gender: Male;
Age: 45 years old;
Race: Barbarian;
Nationality: Dahan (Chen);
Place of birth: from Chuyang (now from Xiantao, Hubei);
Date of birth: 1318;
Date of death: 1417;
Profession: General;
Main achievements: The first fierce general of the Han regime at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
According to the past practice, I will make a basic evaluation of Zhang Dingbian first.
In terms of personality convenience, he is a: a righteous man.
In terms of military exploits, I evaluate him as a: the first fierce general at the end of the Yuan Dynasty!
The reason why I want to evaluate Zhang Dingbian from two different conveniences is mainly due to several convenient reasons.
First, in terms of personality, I appreciate him as a person.
I have read a lot of books about the Ming Dynasty, whether it is ancient chronicles or official history, or modern and modern literary works, or audio-visual literary criticism, their evaluation of Zhang Dingbian is relatively weak, and some people even have some disparaging connotations of Zhang Dingbian's character.
I don't know where their opinion of Zhang Dingbian comes from, but I don't quite agree with them.
Maybe their starting point may be to put more on Chen Youliang, because Chen Youliang's final outcome is defeat, which is an indisputable fact, it may be because they see Chen Youliang failing, so Zhang Dingbian, as his subordinate, will naturally look down on him, which is also human nature.
But I think that evaluating a person can't rely on another person to be a model, Chen Youliang was defeated, but that was Chen Youliang's business, and it had nothing to do with Zhang Dingbian.
On the contrary, I think Zhang Dingbian's personality is worthy of appreciation and even praise.
Since it is said that he is a person, I think it is necessary to explain the relationship between Zhang Dingbian and Chen Youliang.
The two of them are first of all fellow villagers, they were both born in Hubei, they are both from Chuyang, and he is also from a fishing family, the two of them are real fellow villagers, and they should also be the ones who have grown up from childhood to adulthood, leaking crotch together, urinating together, prostituting together, and fighting together.
Secondly, they are comrades-in-arms, since Chen Youliang joined the army as a soldier, Zhang Dingbian has followed Chen Youliang around, never left him, gave him advice for his life and death, and never left him to clear dissidents.
Last but not least, the two of them are sworn brothers, and he once married Chen Youliang as brothers with different surnames in Huangpeng Town, Hubei.
In the era when Taoism was prevalent in ancient times, brothers were destined to have a political relationship between the two from the moment they became married.
They are not really related by blood, but they are brothers who are more intimate than brothers.
They are not brothers, but they are better than brothers.
There is always a sentence between them: do not seek to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day!
This is their obsession that has been seared into the flesh and bone marrow since the moment of worship, and no one can get rid of it.
From the moment they made a bloody alliance, the relationship between the two of them has been tied to a dead line, and neither of them is constantly slashing.
It can be said that the two of them are grasshoppers on the same line, you give birth to me, and I will die for you first when you die.
This should be the most sincere expression of Zhang Dingbian's feelings for his brother in his heart.
Although it may seem to Chen Youliang that in the matter of swearing with Zhang Dingbian, Chen Youliang may just be doing a political co-optation and use of favors, and may just be doing a political game to win people's hearts, but I think Zhang Dingbian has no such thoughts at all.
Zhang Dingbian is not a politician who likes to play politics and is good at conspiracy traps, he is just a military strategist who is good at reading poetry and books and is familiar with the art of war, he is a pure and pure soldier.
In the eyes of military strategists, the affection between people trumps everything.
In the eyes of soldiers, the love between brothers is enough to exchange blood for life.
In the eyes of soldiers, only you will fail me, and I will never fail you.
Zhang Dingbian is absolutely righteous, and Zhang Dingbian will never be treacherous.
That's where I think he can be commended in terms of personality.
Secondly, on the second point, I admire his talent and learning, and even more so his military talent.
Zhang Dingbian can be said to be the absolute tiger general in Chen Youliang's army.
From the beginning of Chen Youliang's uprising, Zhang Dingbian followed behind him, never left and right, and never gave up.
After Chen Youliang settled the capital, he turned to Jingchu, and Zhang Dingbian appeared in large-scale military operations such as the conquest of Liangjiang, Fujian, and Zhejiang border towns, and it can be said that Zhang Dingbian played a decisive and indelible role in these battles.
He took the lead and conquered everything.
The most important point is that in the battle of Zhu Yuanzhang's ambush in Longjiang, Zhang Dingbian, who knew the trap of Longwan, strongly persuaded Chen Youliang to cancel the operation and tried to stop his military attack, but unfortunately Chen Youliang acted arbitrarily and did not follow Zhang Dingbian's advice, which finally led to the defeat of Longwan.
In this experience, Zhang Dingbian dared to stand up and speak, and used his actual actions to militarily block Chen Youliang, and it can be seen from this alone that Zhang Dingbian is a person.
He was a man who was not afraid of death.
He was a man who dared to stand up and speak out on the wrong issues.
On the issue of Chen Youliang, a thug, he is even more of a person who dares him to fight head-on.
Under the hegemonic rule of the Han regime at that time, there were very few people who had the courage to intercept Chen Youliang, a thug.
Personally, I think that in front of Chen Youliang, a thug who has continuously killed the master, there is only one person who dares to really dissuade him and obstruct his actions with practical actions.
He is Zhang Dingbian.
You might as well think about it, there will inevitably be one or two arbitrary characters around you, and their temperament and temperament are particularly unpopular in the dictatorship, they never listen to other people's opinions and are reckless and arbitrary, one is not right to fight with fists and feet, and after getting along with this kind of person for a long time, you will find that no one will give them advice.
Because it's useless, the opinions he thinks of are all nonsense here, and since the other party will definitely ignore them, then there is no need to make thankless suggestions.
Over time, there will only be one kind of person around this kind of person, and everything will be subordinated to him, regardless of right or wrong, success or failure.
Chen Youliang is a typical representative of this type of people.
At the same time, Chen Youliang should be gratified that there will be a character like Zhang Dingbian who dares to speak out and give advice by his side, which is worthy of Chen Youliang's happiness and showing off.
But what is also worthy of Chen Youliang's shame is that Zhang Dingbian's almost wise strategic judgment was completely rejected by him.
This directly caused his defeat.
Whether it is the Battle of Longwan or the Battle of Hongdu.
All the reasons are attributed to Chen Youliang.
It was his recklessness, his willfulness, and his extreme character that caused his defeat.
All of this has nothing to do with Zhang Dingbian.
In this decisive battle of Poyang Lake, Chen Youliang decided to show him up.
Whether it is based on mutual trust or on outstanding military talent, Chen Youliang can only use one person.
He is still: Zhang Dingbian!