Chapter 19: Liberation

After Zhu Yuanzhang led his old troops and Marshal A's soldiers and horses to retreat to Chuzhou City safely, the Yuan Dynasty army led by Totoku also followed closely.

The battle of Liuhe was really a shame for Timur, he never thought that he would besiege Liuhe with hundreds of thousands of troops, facing the opponent's only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it can be said that under the situation of disparity in strength, he would even let the rebels retreat.

This battle was a real defeat.

What's even more hateful is that the monk Zhu who missed his crotch to get over the meal actually led his 30,000 horses and made an absolutely classic interspersed battle under his nose, and in the end, not only did he not suffer a single soldier or a single soldier, but also rescued the rebels of Marshal A under his own blade.

After the farce of playing gongs and drums was finished, Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the Chuyang city wall and looked at the angry Yuan soldiers at his feet, the smile on his face was bright and bright, and the smug smile on his slender cheeks was enough to bloom.

Before this battle started, Zhu Yuanzhang was determined to meet the enemy with mixed casualties, but after the situation developed step by step, not only did he not lose anything, but also made a lot of money, which can be described as a thrilling and unexpected, and this result was much unexpected to him.

Looking at the black and oppressive Yuan army in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart had already made a final conclusion about their future.

If there are soldiers like this, the country will not be far away!

Looking at the Yuan army under the city, Zhu Yuanzhang's only trace of fear for them was also lost in this war, and the original Mongolian iron hooves that were timid, along with foreign devils and barbarians, were long gone.

Time, the pig feed, in the long passage of time, has raised the originally unruly steppe wolf into a human flesh jackal who only knows how to oppress the people, squeeze the bottom labor, peace and pleasure, and be timid in fighting.

There are many similarities between the two before and after, they are equally fierce with each other, one external and one internal; There are too many differences between the two, the former in order to unify the country, for the sake of the grand ambition to spill blood on the battlefield, loyal to the country's powerful army.

The latter, in order to be happy and happy, did not hesitate to sell his soul, indulge his body, and disregard the traitorous army of the country.

The current Yuan army is no longer the Yuan army of the past.

Now they are, at most, a group of rabble who wear the sign of a regular army, but only know that they are causing trouble to the world.

As far as war is concerned, it is never won by numbers, and no matter how many people there are, the miscellaneous army like scattered sand will only scatter in a hurry at an important moment.

Shaking his head, he didn't look at the Yuan army under the city again, and after giving the final conclusion to the Yuan army, which was known as a million-strong division, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the whole army to recuperate and recuperate.

He didn't know what was going to happen next, but he was mentally prepared.

No matter how far the sky is, I will work hard, and I will eventually win!

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After experiencing the Battle of Liuhe, the momentum of the Zhu Jiajun will inevitably rise a lot.

But for the Yuan army, it was a blow to the head.

A million heroes fought 30,000 soldiers and horses, but they ended in failure, and the result can be described as tragic. In this extremely negative situation, controversy arose within the Yuan Dynasty first.

Because since Tokhtar led a million-strong army to the south, he has not made any war achievements for three months.

Not only that, but the imperial court also received news of Tokhtar's defeat one after another.

It was originally unfavorable news, and he should be encouraged, and I hope that he will work hard and never give up. But in the eyes of some villains, he has become a handle for impeachment, and uses his defeated exploits as a political weapon to attack Totoku, the right prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty.

The first to seize this opportunity was Hama, the political affairs of Pingzhang in Zhongshu Province.

With the excuse that he had been defenseless for three months, he took the lead in attacking Alopecia, saying that he had poured the country's financial resources and used them for his own use, and half of the officials of the imperial court obeyed Toto's orders, but even so, he could not make any merits.

He also said that his younger brother was a complete mediocrity in Timur, but he relied on his brother's power to make a fortune in the court, which made the court a miasma, and the discipline and government discipline were in chaos.

In the long run, Tokhtar will support the army outside and respect himself, and Timur will control the country's financial resources first, and when the time comes, the two brothers and brothers will join hands to rebel, and it will inevitably be a big tail and a disaster for the world.

As a celebrity in the eyes of the emperor, just like Wei Xiaobao's political identity, the big celebrity around the emperor, Hama's words were believed by Emperor Yuan Shun, and the emperor is still like this, as a courtier, he is naturally not to be left behind.

Soon, Hama became the object of support of the ministers who feared that the world would not be chaotic.

And outside the court, Tokhtar and his younger brother Yexian Timur because of the political reform plan launched in the early stage, moved the political interests of many people, and also suffered from the envy and hatred of many people, so the ministers who were already the grass on the wall fell with the wind immediately defected and unanimously attacked Tokhtar, saying that he was plotting to rebel with a million heroes.

At that time, the supreme commander of the Yuan army, Tu Huan Timur, faced with the unanimous attack of the ministers, he seemed to have discovered the seriousness of the situation, and with the same political feelings as the ministers, he personally issued an edict to remove the general's military power, and handed over to his deputy, Tai Buhua, the prime minister of Henan Province, to take charge of the army.

When the edict reached Totok's hands, he knew what it was about before he could open it.

The history books say that he said: Don't open the edict, and if you open it, you will go to a big deal.

When he really opened it, looking at the edict in his hand, his heart must have been painful, but more than that, he was full of helplessness.

After reading the edict, Tokhtar said a paragraph, the specific content is: The emperor summoned me to the palace at this time, if I don't obey, it will be against the world, if this is really the case, where is our benevolence as the monarch's auxiliary ministers? (The Son of Heaven edicted me and I didn't obey, it was to fight against the world, what is the righteousness of the monarch and the minister?) )

After saying this, Tokhtar did not resist, but handed over the military power to others according to the emperor's request.

At the same time, it also threw aside the few remaining life-saving straws of the Yuan army.

In this extremely oppressive situation, the performance of the generals allows us to truly see the heroic battlefield feelings that can be shown as soldiers and brothers who depend on each other for life and death.

Facing the commander who got along with him day and night and was relieved of his military power, Hara, who was Totoh's deputy at the time, seemed to have seen the result of the boss's departure, so he also said a touching sentence in front of Totoh: As soon as you leave, as soon as you leave, our brothers who followed you on the battlefield will inevitably die in the hands of those villains, rather than die in their hands, we would rather die in front of you.

The words were closed, and all the generals drew their daily swords and killed themselves.

"Ming Shilu" records that Hara replied: "The prime minister's trip, my generation will die at the hands of others, and I would rather die before the prime minister."

After saying this paragraph, I hope you can remember Totokh, Hara and a group of soldiers, in the battle of Zhu Yuanzhang's annihilation of the Yuan army, although there were many heroes with outstanding achievements, but there are also many characters and deeds on the side of the Yuan Dynasty that are worthy of our praise and praise.

Because they are in different camps and have different political goals and interests, they shed their blood, which is also worthy of learning and admiration from our descendants.

Personally, I have always believed that the establishment of a new regime must have many commendable figures and deeds, but this does not mean that all the governing strategies and military resistance of the old dynasties were absolutely wrong.

To put it simply, it can be summed up in one word.

That is: Glory in spite of defeat.

Faced with the brothers who get along day and night in front of themselves one after another, the detachment at this moment is definitely turning over the river and the sea, and it is heartbroken. At this time, it is inevitable that there will be some regrets in his heart, and he really regrets why he took the lead in sending troops to fight in the first place.

If it weren't for his own provocation, he wouldn't have ended up ruined.

If it weren't for his own will, these brothers who followed him on the battlefield would not have died in vain.

They did not die on the battlefield, but at the hands of their own people.

How unjust their deaths were!

It is enough for me to die alone, why not even affect others?

This should be what I really felt at that time!

But it had happened, and he was helpless.

said that it was dismissed, but it was actually an escort.

Like a prisoner, he was on the way back to Beijing, and he committed suicide by the edict of Yuan Huizong.

After the death of the commander and deputy marshal, the million-strong division that originally besieged Gaoyou and Chuyang suddenly collapsed.

With the collapse of the million-strong division, the last second line of defense of the Great Yuan Dynasty also sank to the bottom of the river with the death of Toto.

I can't help but say here that although there are many external reasons for the fall of a dynasty, such as environmental constraints, economic downturn, and political blockages, in my personal opinion, more reasons for its demise are still latent in its interior, in itself.

For example, if the Yuan Dynasty was politically clear, the monarchs and ministers were united to fight the enemy together, and the politics did not blindly pay attention to extravagance and corruption, but gave more consideration to the livelihood of the people, even if its own economic strength could not reach it, then it would definitely not fall into the fate of the country.

On a deep level, the fall of the Yuan Dynasty was caused by themselves.

The appearance of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang is just the behind-the-scenes promoter who pushed it to the wall of the Yuan Dynasty.

Those heroes who emerge in an endless stream are just the inevitable products of the flow of the times.

The simple philosophical summary is: the times create heroes, and heroes react to the times.

Without the existence of that troubled era, these heroes would not have rebelled, and there would have been no subsequent classic battles.

Without the heroes throwing their heads and spilling their blood and fighting hard, naturally it will not let us understand this era, and let us always remember the hardships of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Heroic in troubled times, heroic in troubled times!