Haozhou is connected to Runing Mansion in the west (that is, Xinyang, Zhumadian and other places in Henan) in the west, and Huai'an Road (now Sizhou and other places) in the east, which is the shoulder of Jinling, which can be called the waist of the Central Plains, and its strategic position is indeed very important. And the situation is convenient, and now there are fierce generals in the city to defend it, and it is indeed not easy to attack it.

Hearing Miao Tycoon's question, Zhu Ying was not flustered, looked confident, pointed to the map, talked eloquently, and said: "Haozhou blocks mountains and brings water, Huaishui in the north, Haoshui in the east, and the city is between these two waters. In addition, there are Lijiawan and Mingyue Lake in the north and west of the city respectively. It can be described as 'dense rivers and lakes'. This kind of terrain is favorable to the defender and not to the attacker. ”

Miao Tycoon nodded in agreement, and did not interject, motioning for him to continue.

At the same time, there are not only rivers, lakes, but also mountains outside the city. Long live the mountain in the south of the city, the east and west peaks face each other; In the east of the mountain, there is Shengjia Mountain, and in the west, there is Ma'anshan, all of which are connected; There is also the Qiangzhong Mountain, where the western source of the water originates. The southeast of the city is dark cloud mountain, the mountain is foggy, and the junction with Dingyuan; There is also Haotang Mountain, where the eastern source of Haoshui originates. There is a single mountain in the west of the city, and there is a railing mountain, which is connected like a railing. In the southwest of the city, there is a gypsum mountain. Cao Mountain in the northwest of the city, according to legend, Cao Cao had troops here. These mountains, large or small, far or near, embraced the city of Haozhou. ”

Zhu Ying paused, and then said: "This kind of terrain is even more favorable to the defender and unfavorable to the attacker. ”

There are many rivers and lakes, which is not conducive to marching and camping. The march and encampment of a large army must have a wide area of flat land, and if the terrain is too narrow, it will inevitably be impossible to move. That's fine, you can overcome it by thinking of some way. But if there are too many mountains, "heavy mountains", it will be completely different.

Why?

When there are many mountains, there are many mountains.

And when there are many mountains, there are many places to hide, and there may be ambushes on any mountain. The front was attacking the city with all its might, and suddenly three cannons rang out on the hills on either side or behind, killing a group of military horses. At that time, there is a strong city in front of you, and there is a strong enemy attacking, what should you do?

It is worthy of being a fake son trained by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and in a few words, Zhu Ying has analyzed the two major difficulties in attacking Haozhou.

A staff member said, "What the little general said is very true. These two troubles have long been thought of by the lowly officials, but there is no good solution. I wonder if the little general has any clever plan to resolve it? ”

What this staff member said was half true and half false.

These two difficulties have long been seen by them, but if there is no good solution, it is a pure lie. This terrain of "blocking mountains and waters" is a bit tricky to say and difficult to deal with; But in fact, it is not uncommon, especially in Huaisi and Jiangnan, there are many cities like this. As "staff", it has become a common thing for them to conquer the city, and they are well-informed in the army to fight in the south and the north, and if they can't even solve this trouble, then they don't have to stay in the army and eat this portion.

So, in that case, why does this staff member still say this? To put it bluntly, it's not uncommon at all, it's just a roundabout slap on the back. No matter how "smart" Zhu Ying is, at his young age, just by looking at his "confident" appearance, he must have a way to solve these two difficulties.

Zhu Yuanzhang's main chamber Ma likes Zhu Ying very much, and often praises him in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, which is almost well known in Wu Jun. Therefore, although Zhu Ying is just a fake son, his status in Jinling is very high. It is not surprising that this staff member seized the opportunity to turn around and pat the horse.

Zhu Ying said modestly: "I don't dare to take the word 'clever plan' as a ,......。 He said to Miao Tycoon, "The last general has a foolish plan, please offer the general." However, whether it is appropriate or not, it still has to be decided by the general. ”

"Brother She, please speak."

"Even the mountains and rivers, this is the terrain of Haozhou. If there is enough time and we have a lot of soldiers and horses, we can naturally attack. Or there is no need to storm it, just divide enough battalions to surround it. It's just that at the moment, our department, as soon as the lord has set a date for us, we must take down Haozhou within three days, and the time is urgent; Second, there were not too many military horses, only 3,000 people. Therefore, it is clear that the two methods I mentioned above are not usable. Fang Jin's plan, in the eyes of the last general, seems to have only one plan. ”

"What's the plan?"

"There is a Zhongli county seat a few miles west of Haozhou City, and it is not long to walk after Haoshui. These two cities face each other across the river, forming a corner trend. Compared with Haozhou, Zhongli City is small, the walls are low, the garrison is also small, and the defense ability is relatively weak, so it is much easier to attack. The last general thought that our army might as well do its best to take Zhongli first. ”

"Take Zhongli first? As you said, Zhongli and Haozhou are at odds, which can be described as 'cold lips and teeth'. If our army takes this city first, then will Sun Deya and others, who are stationed in Haozhou City, go out of the city to rescue them? How will they react? ——, this question, I wonder if you have thought about it? ”

"Sun Deya will definitely go out of the city to save him! He was not going to sit idly by. ”

"Our army only has 3,000 people, and it is reluctant to take Zhongli. If Sun Deya goes out again, how should he deal with it? ”

Zhu Ying smiled slightly, put his eyes on the map again, lightly clicked on the location of "Dingyuan", and replied: "Yes, there are indeed only 3,000 pioneers in our department, but there are still thousands of my garrison in Dingyuan City. There are many mountains outside the city of Haozhou, and on the top of this mountain and in the valley, not only can the enemy be ambushed, but also our army can be ambushed. Before our troops attack Zhongli City, we can first mobilize a part of the Dingyuan garrison, and it is not necessary to have more, two or three thousand people are enough, and they can be ambushed in the mountains in advance. As soon as Sun Deya left the city, he took advantage of the situation to seize Haozhou! ......, this plan is called 'diverting the tiger from the mountain' and 'taking advantage of the weakness'. ”

Miao Tycoon and his staff looked at each other, all smiling. He laughed and said, "Tiger father has no dogs!" Zhou She, you really deserve to be a father and son with the lord, and you really have a heart. He took out a piece of military paper from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Ying to read.

Zhu Ying opened it and saw a few lines on the military text. Although the number of words is not much, because the font is very large, the entire page is full of square feet, and it is clearly recognizable, and it is clearly Zhu Yuanzhang's handwriting.

Roughly speaking: "Haozhou City is strong, Sun Deya has people and geographical advantages, and it is not easy to obtain. If you want to win quickly, there is only one strategy, that is, to leave Zhongli first. The old grandson is illiterate, has never read, is vulgar and unliterate, although he has some stomach, he can only be called a little smart, seeing that Zhongli is in a hurry, he will definitely not be able to sit still, and will send the army to help. When he leaves the city, he can use the Dingyuan army and horses to take advantage of the situation and take the opportunity to capture Haozhou. In order not to arouse the suspicion of Lao Sun, I have given an order to the far defenders, and ordered their guards to come to Jinling immediately, nominally to exchange guards with you. Just act according to the plan, and this battle will be won. ”

"Trick the guards to come to Jinling immediately, nominally to change guards with you", this sentence has a origin.

"Soldiers, treacherous ways". Although Zhu Yuanzhang has decided to send troops to Henan and participate in the decisive battle with Chahan, he will definitely not take the initiative to publicize it before he starts. Therefore, the army of Miao Tycoon and Zhu Ying did not go to attack Haozhou in name, but to change the defense in Dingyuan. And the banners played are not Miao and Zhu, but the other two ordinary generals who are not very famous in the Wu army.

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang's overall plan to fight Haozhou has been revealed and is about to come out.

first used the name of changing guards to send Miao Tycoon and Zhu Ying out; At the same time, he made all kinds of illusions to make Sun Deya think that the garrison of Dingyuan had been transferred out of the city and back to Jinling. Then take advantage of its unpreparedness and get off Zhongli first. Sun Deya was caught off guard, he must have been panicked, seeing that Zhongli was in danger, he had no time to think about it, and he would definitely go out of the city to rescue. When he left the city, Dingyuan ambushed the soldiers, and then took the opportunity to capture the city.

This strategy was explained to him privately by Zhu Yuanzhang before Miao Daheng left the city. For the sake of secrecy, even Zhu Ying didn't know. This is almost to Dingyuan City, Miao Daheng took it out, first told the staff, and then told Zhu Ying, who had just come back.

Compared with Zhu Ying's proposal, these two strategies seem to be the same, but in fact they are fundamentally different.

Why? Because what Zhu Ying thought of was just a rough framework, not delicate enough, and a little rough. But Zhu Yuanzhang took all aspects into account. It is important to know that in many cases, it is often not other things that determine success or failure, but the details. In fact, this is also a manifestation of the different experiences and experiences of his father and son.

On the battlefield, there is always no self-interest.

What makes a first-class military strategist? Being able to change passivity into initiative and turn the enemy's advantage into one's own advantage is a first-class military strategist. Zhu Yuanzhang's plan is completely so. There is a mountain outside the city of Haozhou, which can hide the enemy, but it can also hide the ambush soldiers in the headquarters. There is water outside the city of Haozhou, and Zhongli County is across the water and facing each other, which is a natural barrier, so hit Zhongli first, mobilize the Haozhou army to cross the river to fight, or wait for it to cross the river and attack; Or you can wait for the river to cross the river and then copy its back road, given the time for the Yuan army to take Haozhou.

In this way, although the landscape is still the enemy's landscape, it is completely used by me.

What about a lot of mountains and a lot of water? Can't take it, can't stop the resource.

The plan of everyone was decided, so according to Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, taking advantage of the night, sent messengers out of the camp quietly, and went to Dingyuan with the military order and tiger talisman for the transfer of troops.

Agreed: Regardless of whether Sun Deya left the city or not, a general attack would be launched two days later at the latest. The general of Dingyuan received the military order, and arranged for the troops to go out of the city in camouflage, and went to the mountains outside Haozhou City to ambush without mentioning it.

said that Miao and Zhu were two generals.

Set up camp, bury the pot for cooking, rest until the fourth watch of the next day, and quietly start the whole army. All the baggage that can be carried without is left, and you can travel lightly. By noon the next day, he had already appeared under Zhongli City.

To say that this Sun Deya is also an outlier. In the Haozhou Incident that year, there were a total of five people who were the leaders, in addition to him and Guo Zixing, there were also Yu, Lu, and Pan. Since the incident, it has been attacked by the Yuan army several times, and has also been affected by the aftermath of the attack on Gaoyou, but there is no danger, and Haozhou has never been lost. In the meantime, he experienced a confrontation and a fight with Guo Zixing, once captured Guo Zixing alive, and was almost killed by Guo Zixing, and Zhu Yuanzhang was also almost killed by his younger brother in one of the fights. I also experienced that the remnants of the Xuzhou red scarf such as Zhao Junyong ate Haozhou, and almost turned against the host, and was controlled by it. The experience is not inexhaustible.

Up to now, Guo Zixing, Yu, Lu, and Pan have all died of illness, or died in battle, or have no name, but he is the only one who is as before, but he is still stationed in Haozhou.

But then again, although he has experienced a lot of things, and his reputation at the time of the Haozhou Incident was still above Guo Zixing, but because he was born in a peasant family, he was illiterate, and his "rough and straightforward" ability to govern the army was actually far from enough. Therefore, it was not until Miao Daheng and Zhu Yingbing came to the city that he received a military report.

Zhu Yuanzhang's troops have a characteristic.

Because it believed that "the color of the king of fire is still red", the Wu army "used red for the soldiers' battle jackets, battle skirts, strong hats, and flags", and "the leader horse used a big black chin to answer Han and a big black head to strengthen the army".

This is different from Dunshe's Haidong Army. Although Deng She is also a red scarf, the same "Shang Chi", but his troops did not "all soldiers are red" because of this, although most of the battalion heads are still red, but some elite battalion leaders seem to prefer black, especially those composed of Han elite soldiers. The Jurchen army and Goryeo army like Tong Shengyang and Qing Qianxing are mostly white.

At this time, looking down from the top of the city, I saw that for miles away, everywhere was a bright red, overwhelming, like a tide like a sea, like a rising flame, undulating and fluctuating, and many flags were erected at the head of each camp, all of which were black. Red and black, the contrast is extremely stark.

When people look at it, they don't feel angry.

These 3,000 people are not only the vanguard of Henan, but also the elite of the Wu army, so it is not surprising that they can cause such a momentum. But in fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang first started the incident, Junrong was far from the same.

At that time, because of the lack of resources and iron, he even used to make arrows out of copper; And when the troops were fighting, few of the soldiers wore iron armor, and the vast majority of them were "wearing mopping cotton skirts, or red or green, with their fatness, arrows could not enter"; As for the helmet, it is just "wearing a broad-brimmed red-skinned strong hat", and in order to strengthen the momentum, at most it is only "inserting a small flag with the word 'fierce' on the hat".

Later, when the city was conquered, the territory occupied was gradually expanded, and it began to be "easy to use iron armor and other weapons". Muskets, artillery, and other materials are also gradually becoming popular.

Miao Tycoon drove his horse into battle and watched the enemy city from afar.

Zhu Yingzhu will follow.

Seeing that Zhongli County occupies a very small area, there are not many city gates, only two places before and after. There is no moat outside the county seat, and the city wall is not very high, so judging by visual inspection, it is about more than one zhang at most. Converted into rice, that is, more than four meters, at most five meters. It looks pretty tall, but compared to the big cities, it's nothing more than that. Take Jinling as an example, after Zhu Yuanzhang's reconstruction, the height can be more than 12 meters, and the highest point is even 14 meters, more than four zhang.

Since the county town occupies a small area, the city wall is also low, and the top width of the city wall is relatively narrow, there are obviously not many soldiers used by the defenders to arrange guards.

Zhu Ying observed for a long time and said: "The four city walls are combined, and there are less than a thousand battlements. There are even fewer gun holes and gun holes under the battlements. Just as far as the section of the city wall opposite us is concerned, there is only one horse face protruding from the outside, and the area is very small. and there is no moat. ......, General, although the city walls of this county town have been increased by the reconstruction of Sun Deya, they are still not the opponent of our army. The last general asked for his life, and he was willing to be the first to attack. ”

"There are less than 1,000 battlements, and there are even fewer gun holes and cannon holes under the battlements."

After all, Zhu Ying has been fighting with the army for a long time, and he can see the weakness of Zhongli County at a glance. With fewer battlements, fewer cannon holes, and fewer horse faces, the city's ability to defend must be low.

For example, in the capital city, there are 120,000 battlements, and there are thousands or tens of thousands of cannon holes alone. Although it is said that the reason why the capital city has many battlements and cannon holes is because it covers a wide area, the city wall is long, and the "radius of one hundred and twenty miles", in any case, there are many battlements and cannon holes, and there are many soldiers who can go to the front line; The more soldiers there are, the more troops can be fully utilized, the more ferocious the firepower will be, and the more damage will be inflicted on the enemy.

Miao Tycoon nodded yes, looked at it for a while, and then knew it in his heart, so he didn't look at it anymore, turned his horse back into the army, and then passed down the military order, and sent out a partial division first, guarding the inner side of Haoshui and the periphery of the position, in case Sun Deya attacked; Then he ordered the main forces to prepare, and after two hours of planning, the siege began.

At this moment, several horsemen came running from afar.

"Who's coming?"

"He is the messenger of the Lord from Jiqing. There is an urgent military order, which is passed to the general. ”

"Show me."

The messenger handed over the military text, and Miao Tycoon unfolded it to look at it carefully, and after reading it, he was silent.

Zhu Ying asked, "May I ask the general, what are the instructions in the military text?" ”

"But it's weird! The lord ordered to teach my ministry to take charge of the city by itself. ”

"What's so strange about that?"

"After taking Haozhou, we were ordered to temporarily hold the army and wait for the follow-up military order."

Zhu Ying looked at each other with the generals and staff.

The original strategy was that after taking Haozhou, it would drive straight into Henan. Now that the siege is imminent, the arrow is already on the string, but suddenly this military order was passed down, so that the army will not move after the city. No wonder Miao Tycoon thought it was strange, and all of them were puzzled, and some muttered, "But why?" ”

There are also smart people, who unconsciously turned their heads to look in the direction of Jinling, and their hearts were filled with doubts, and they thought: "Isn't there a change in Jiqing?" Is Chen Youliang coming, or is Zhang Shicheng attacking? ”

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1, Sun Deya's birth and death.

The birth is unknown, and the year of death is probably 26 years ago.

In April of the twenty-sixth year of Zheng, "Li Ji of Haozhou surrendered to Wu with the city." ”

"First, Han Zhengbing went to Hao, attacked its Water Curtain Cave Moon City, and then attacked its West Gate, and the casualties were equal. The city refused to defend very strongly, and the government was supervising Gu Shi and others to attack the city on all sides with ladders and cannons. When Sun Deya was dead, the city could not be supported, and Ma Linnai of Jihe Zhizhou surrendered. ”

- Han Zheng, as the marshal of the "Green Army", later returned to Zhu Yuanzhang. In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang was a great hero, six dukes, twenty-eight marquis, and he ranked thirtieth and was the marquis of Dongping.

- Gu Shi, one of the legendary "Twenty-four Constellations", is one of the talents that Zhu Yuanzhang got when he returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers, but in fact he is a native of Kunshan. Among the heroes of Hongwu's three years, he was ranked twelfth, as the Marquis of Jining, and his rank was before Fu Youde. Fu Youde was only named the Marquis of Yingchuan at that time, ranking twenty-eighth.

2, the discord between Sun Deya and Guo Zixing and the previous battles.

At the beginning, it was just a "gap" and "suspicious" of each other.

- "Wang (Guo Zixing, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, posthumously named him the king of Chuyang) is ambitious, brave and good at fighting, and the four military commanders are all in the king. Wang Su is upright and unyielding, every time something happens, the four of them are dumbfounded, and Wang is sensitive, and the number of non-verbal invasions is invasive, so everyone is angry.

- "There are four heroes: Yu, Lu, Sun, and Pan, who are from agriculture, and their temperament is rough and straightforward, resourceful and harmonious, and they are different from the king. The king goes out less and lives more inside, every time he sees things, every time the four males stay with the king, and if they don't come for a long time, the four people will be the master. Three or five days is a meeting, the meeting will be four male eyes at the king, the four male words are inappropriate, the king invades each other, the four male also tolerate it. Wang Jiunai Jue said: 'What can you do? He said, "But it will be simple to the ear." The king said, 'Yes.' 'Tomorrow the sun rises and will be the same in three days. Mutual suspicion is not at ease. ”

After Zhao Junyong came to Haozhou, Sun Deya and others used the power of Zhao Junyong to get into trouble with Guo Zixing, and the first rush took place, and Guo Zixing was captured in the city. In this fight, Zhu Yuanzhang rescued Guo Zixing and killed Sun Deya's grandparents.

- "Chuyang Wang Feng Luhuai (that is, Peng Da, also Xuzhou Red Turban, who started Xuzhou at the same time as Sesame Li and Zhao Junyong, Xuzhou fell, and went to Haozhou with Zhao Junyong; Zhao Jun used his self-proclaimed Yongyi King, Peng Da called himself Luhuai Wang) and light Zhao, Yu, Lu, Sun, Pan Zhao Wei, and captured the king in the city. Going out of Huaibei, the king was captured, and he hurried back from the army. The friend stopped: 'Your lord has been captured, and he wants to capture you, and he will not return.' He said: "The grace of regeneration, if there is difficulty, what a husband's behavior!" ’

- "When he entered, he saw that there were no women left in his house, and all his children were hidden. He said, 'Where are the people?' The women pretended not to know. He said: 'My family also, I seek to relieve my doubts. 'Inquire where the house is, but tell the truth. Shang said: 'The lord is thick Peng and thin Zhao, and the disaster will come from Zhao, and if you want to get rid of this difficulty, you must Peng. ’

- "Ming Dan, Mrs. Yi and her two sons went to sue Peng. Peng said angrily: 'Who dares to do this? 'Naihu left and right to order troops to search for strength. Shang also returned to the house, went to the long suit, was stubbornly sharp, and all the people surrounded the Sun house, the edge of the house, lifted the rafters and uncovered the tiles, the army killed his grandfather and mother, and saw the king of Chuyang in the obscure cave, clamped the foot and neck, and the muscles were injured, which made people negative. ”

Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually became powerful, and because he saw that the civil strife in Haozhou was not stopped, he led his troops to go out, laid down Heyang, and set up a situation. At that time, the Haozhou army was short of food, and they all ate Heyang, so Sun Deya also came to the city, and there was a second fight with Guo Zixing. In this fight, Guo Zixing captured Sun Deya; Sun Deya's younger brother captured Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang was "imprisoned in an obscure cave" for two days.

- "100,000 Yuan soldiers attacked Heyang, defended by 10,000 people, and the soldiers were defeated for three months, and the Yuan soldiers were defeated and relieved." Before long, they all crossed the river. Shi Haoliang's old Xiongyu, Lu, Sun, and Pan were also short of food, and their subordinates all ate in Heyang, and Sun Deya's army entered the city to live in a fake residence.

- "The king of Chuyang believed in slander, and when he heard that the army took more women and property, he wanted to blame the above, and the slanderers on the left and right wanted to be killed. In the next day, Wang Guo arrived. Looking at it, the king was angry, and he didn't say anything for a long time. After a long time, he said, 'Who? He replied, 'So-and-so.' The king said, 'How can he escape from his sins!' He said, "How can you escape the sins of your children?" Family affairs can be taken care of, and foreign affairs should be planned quickly. The king asked, 'What is it?' He said: "There is a gap with Yu, Lu, Sun, and Pan, and the elders are restrained, and they are surrounded by certain houses, and they kill their grandparents over the wall, so as to get rid of the trouble of the elderly." Now the enemy is in Si, and he is very worried. ’

- "Tomorrow five drums, Deya sent someone to say: 'Peon is the best, I will take him.'" 'The lord was shocked, and he reported to the king in a hurry to prepare for it. Shangfu said that Deya said: 'The two armies are united in the city, and now the army is exhausted, and the public should stay behind, and the army will go first. 'Deya promised. Go out of the city to send friends, go to the city fifteen miles, hear the two armies fighting in the city, and hurry back on the horse, the other army shouted and chased, drawing the sword to pass the road. Shangshan rode into the army, the brother of Deya tied his neck, and wanted to cause harm, but his friend surnamed Zhang stopped it, went into the city, and saw the neck of the grandson of the king of Chuyang, and drank together. It is said to all of them: 'As many people do, they have been injured and killed, and now they are alive, and it is not difficult for them to survive.' The people were angry. Zhang stayed in bed and hugged Shou Dadan. Tomorrow, in the obscurity of the prison. And tomorrow, yes. Xu Da and others were ordered by the king to arrive with several people, so they returned. Wang Yishi Sun. When Wang Wen was captured, he became ill in fright, and eventually did not come back and died in Heyang. ”

From these few examples, it seems that something else can be analyzed.

First of all, Guo Zixing was avenged, and he had a grudge against Sun Deya, and he didn't trust Zhu Yuanzhang very much at that time, but after capturing Sun Deya, he was still willing to let him go in exchange for Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be roughly deduced from this: Zhu Yuanzhang's wings are gradually plump at this time, and Guo Zixing is forced to do so under pressure.

Secondly, Heyang was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang, but the Haozhou army was able to come and eat, and Sun Deya dared to fight with Guo Zixing again on Zhu Yuanzhang's territory; And Zhu Yuanzhang also said to Guo Zixing: "Today's enemies are here, and they are outnumbered, and I am very worried." It seems that it can also be deduced: Although Zhu Yuanzhang had some power at that time, he was still not as good as Sun Deya and others.