In the twenty-third year of Zhizheng, that is, in April 1363, Chen Youliang, who was wrapped in anger, roaring, shame, and violence, launched his journey with an angry heart.

His first target was the traitor who had broken away from his camp and betrayed his own revolution: Hu Mei.

He had only one purpose in coming.

That is: clean up the portal.

After cleaning up the portal, he wiped out Ying Tianfu and the Zhu family's army.

And the city he strategically besieged was: Hongdu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi).

Since we are talking about Hongdu, then it is necessary for me to mention a word, which is famous in Chinese history, and this word is called: the Battle of Hongdu.

After Hu Mei sentenced the lord to surrender, Hongdu, as the choke point that could control the Han regime, was an important place for Chen and Zhu, and whoever could control Hongdu could take the initiative from both sides of the enemy.

This is also the fundamental reason why Chen Youliang sat in Jiangzhou and handed over Hongdu to Prime Minister Hu Mei.

But what Chen Youliang didn't expect was that Hu Mei unexpectedly rebelled, which was equivalent to handing over his throat to the enemy.

In this case, if the enemy wants to take the opportunity to attack his capital, he will inevitably be controlled by others.

and even directly threaten the security of their own rear.

I think this is also part of the reason why Chen Youliang did not attack Yingtian, but attacked Hongdu first.

This also one-sidedly contributed to the formation of the defense of Hongdu, and more directly pushed a person to the forefront of history.

Before the defense of Hongdu began, two absolutely important figures were indispensable.

In addition to one of these two people, the plaintiff Chen Youliang, who took the lead in launching the battle, there is another person who must be mentioned.

His name is: Zhu Wenzheng.

In addition to being a general guarding the capital, this person also has another identity: Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.

Before I talk about his resume, I would like to give him a basic assessment.

I evaluate him as: a hero.

Personally, I think Zhu Wenzheng deserves this title, and his near-perfect encirclement strategy in the defense of Hongdu also showed his extraordinary military talent.

Hero.

Everyone's understanding of the word "Xiaoxiong" is different, and I think that many people's understanding of the word "Xiaoxiong" is still preserved in the text description of the official language in the dictionary.

The official interpretation of the hero is: a fierce and heroic person.

It means that there are those who are strong-looking, thin-haired, tall, ambitious, and have made outstanding contributions.

If we divide the hero, there will be another explanation: "Xiao" is a fierce bird, which is extended to be brave and difficult to subdue, and does not obey the people's path, so it does not follow the usual path.

The male is easy to explain: the male refers to the male, that is, the male, which is exactly opposite to the female; It is a creature that steps on a pit and stomps on it for a while, and it is not full of words, usually referring to powerful people or animals.

The words combined, literally, mean: ferocious, fierce, non-feminine, unusual, human or animal.

There are many more typical heroes in history who fit this explanation very well;

For example, in the "Biography of the Han Book" compiled by Ban Gu, the deeds of Han Xin are written;

Another example is Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms", which describes Liu Bei's personal deeds.

In history, this kind of heroism that can dominate one side is called a hero.

But I personally think that there is another form of hero, of course, I don't mean to say that Liu Bei and Han Xin are not worthy of being called heroes, in my personal eyes, their personal deeds are just as extraordinary, the same worthy of praise, and the same unbeatable heroes.

But I think there is another interpretation, a more characteristic interpretation in our modern language, a philosophical interpretation, which can also be applied to another kind of person.

I think this kind of tyrant is unreasonable.

Since it is non-Tao, it needs to be compared with Dao.

Road;

That is, yin and yang;

Yin and Yang give birth to each other, and Tai Chi appears;

Tai Chi continues to evolve and evolve, and gradually derives from Bagua;

Then from the gossip derives all things in the world.

It can also be understood as a sentence of Lao Tzu: Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, and three to all things.

The Tao here is formed naturally according to the gradual change of natural laws, and it is the Tao, and the Tao here can be used on Zhu Yuanzhang's body, because his personal deeds are basically carried out in accordance with the laws of nature, and they are completed through the dedication and efforts of him and his soldiers step by step.

They can call it: the Tao.

But I think there is another thing besides the Tao, and this kind of thing is called: the Taoless.

The non-Tao here can be explained as: beyond the law of the Tao, beyond the control of Yin and Yang Taiji, completely unrelated to the Tao, independent of the Tao, and forming the unity of the self in independence.

The non-Tao here can be understood as: innate self-contained.

It can also be understood as: born naturally.

But as long as there are such unscrupulous people, they are often very isolated in the crowd, they do not integrate into the group and cannot integrate into the group, and their personalities are relatively withdrawn, and it is difficult to get along with the public.

In a crowd, they tend to form a unique kind of individuality.

This kind of unscrupulous people have a clear manifestation, they do not pay attention to the rules, let alone be constrained by the rules, and they often have different solutions to problems when they are faced with problems.

But the lack of Tao does not mean that they have no talent, but all such people either have no opportunity to show and remain a mediocre person who does nothing, or they are given the opportunity to seize the opportunity to show their talent.

Enlightenless people do not need to be cultivated, from the moment they are born, there is some kind of unusual talent in their genes in their blood, and this talent will not be manifested if it is not under certain circumstances.

It is only in some kind of sudden situation that they show themselves;

And once this talent is revealed, it is bound to be extraordinary.

And Zhu Wenzheng is just a ghost.

It's even more of a hero.

Okay, without further ado, let's really get to know this person, and get to know this person who is definitely a hero in my eyes: Zhu Wenzheng.

Name: Wenzheng Zhu;

Nationality: Chinese, Ming Dynasty;

Ethnicity: Protoss, Han Chinese;

Place of birth: Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui);

Date of birth: 1336;

Date of death: 1365;

Cause of death: depressed;

Official position: Metropolitan Governor (equivalent to our current military division commander);

Beliefs: Mingjiao;

Representative work: The Battle of Hongdu.

Main record: 40,000 soldiers and horses VS Chen Youliang 600,000 soldiers and horses, and won a big victory.

Wife: Xie Cuiying (this should not be accurate).

Before Zhu Wenzheng came to Hongdu, everyone's evaluation of Zhu Wenzheng should be negative, and Zhu Wenzheng should be a complete bastard in everyone's hearts.

Or in the eyes of everyone, Zhu Wenzheng is a male animal who blushes when he sees a beautiful woman and wants to fall in love with the opposite sex at first sight.

It's a human beast that can wander on the Fengyue field for months on end, and is not tired and doesn't know what it is.

It's a bastard who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, and play prostitutes.

Judging from his daily performance, having such a good uncle is equivalent to having a good backer, that is, a pure and pure gentleman, and a second-generation standard official who can't support the wall and can't catch up with the road.

It is a loser who eats people but does not do anything, sees women with weak legs and short legs when he sees brothels, and only knows how to mingle in green buildings and brothels, and discuss life ideas and yin and yang philosophy in the bed with a group of women with heavy makeup and a little powder.

is a wanderer who can't change his nature no matter how he insults and how he reforms.

To put it bluntly, this boss is a master, a living ancestor who can't do anything, eat nothing, and have nothing left.

If this kind of person does not have a good uncle and a leader who can shelter him from the wind and rain and pave the way for him, then he is a complete street scoundrel.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang handed over such an important strategic place in Hongdu City to this kind of gentleman at such a critical moment, and there is only one explanation, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang's head with a donkey face and disharmony at the top is nine out of ten because he was caught by the door and kicked by the donkey, otherwise who would choose such a wine bag and rice bag in this structure to guard Hongdu?

Let such a ghost shadow not be seen once all day, and every day I know that the male animals in the brothel restaurant in Hongdu City are scurrying one by one to fight against the unruly Chen Youliang, this is simply a fool's dream.

Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the entire Hongdu City to this prosperous resort of smoke and willows, which was more familiar than his own family, and he was simply joking with the lives of the people in the city.

On the issue of Zhu Wenzheng, many people do not understand Zhu Yuanzhang's approach, and even have doubts and doubts.

thinks that Zhu Yuanzhang's approach is completely wrong, such a wine bag and rice bag can't support such a big scene as defending Hongdu.

Zhu Yuanzhang handed over Hongdu to Zhu Wenzheng, just joking about his political future.

But Zhu Yuanzhang, as the absolute boss of the army, is the leader of the top and the other, and even if everyone complains, they can only accept the order unconditionally.

What they may not think of is that Zhu Yuanzhang, as Zhu Wenzheng's uncle, since Zhu Yuanzhang, who is the boss of the army, can not know what Zhu Yuanzhang, the boss of the army, does, and where can he not see through Zhu Wenzheng's true talent.

In an almost extravagant* lifestyle, he possesses an almost genius-like military talent.

As the commander of the army, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is no less intelligent than any other person, dared to unconditionally hand over Hongdu, the choke point, into Zhu Wenzheng's hands, he must have carefully considered and deliberated.

It was under this circumstance that an army of 600,000 led by Chen Youliang came to the city.