Historically, it was very difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world.

After conquering Jiqing, that is, now Nanjing, with Nanjing as the center, it occupies more than a dozen cities, with 300,000 troops, it can develop to the east and meet Zhang Shicheng, meet Fang Guozhen and Chen Youding in the south, meet Chen Youliang in the west, and Liu Futong in the north.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in the land of four wars, the situation was very dangerous, and he continued to farm for six years.

Why do you want to farm, because you can't fight in the north, Zhang Shicheng in the east can't move, Chen Youliang in the west can't move, and the enemies around you can't move.

You can only stay where you are and farm.

There is no dangerous terrain here, so Zhu Yuanzhang can only continue to build the city wall, improve the city defense, and continue to accumulate food, develop firearms, and develop water conservancy.

In terms of situation, it is somewhat similar to the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Wu Yueguo.

Later, the Red Turban Army's three-way northern expedition was all exterminated by the Yuan Dynasty, leaving only Yidu in Shandong.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang also planned to be Song Jiang and accept Zhao'an.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's situation was very bad, no one was optimistic about him, and he might be destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty or other forces in the next moment.

It was not until later that Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang had two major wars, the first time Chen Youliang occupied Anqing, set off from Anqing, and fought in Nanjing City.

Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of Chen Youliang, who was not unfamiliar with hydrology, to induce Chen Youliang to enter the shallow water area, and after the low tide, the big ship ran aground under the surface of the shallow water area.

Zhu Yuanzhang successfully won and captured Anqing, and also threatened Wuhan, but was later repelled by Chen Youliang and occupied Anqing.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into disadvantage again.

But at this time, Chen Youliang purged some generals before taking office, which led to instability in the Anqing area, so someone became the leading party, and Zhu Yuanzhang successfully captured Anqing.

This time, Chen Youliang failed, mainly because he was too impatient.

In the second battle, Chen Youliang planned to stand firm, attack by land and water, attack Hongdu, that is, Nanchang, and then attack along the road, constantly pulling nails along the road.

This time, Chen Youliang did not make a mistake.

As for the attack on Hongdu, it has not been conquered for two months, so it is nothing. In ancient times, as long as the city was strong, the food was sufficient, and the equipment was sufficient, there was no problem in persisting for two or three years.

At the moment of the Battle of Panyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang used firearms to score some points, but Chen Youliang did not fall behind.

As for some people who say that Chen Youliang made a mistake in attacking Hongdu and spent too much time, he should abandon Hongdu and attack Jinling directly...... In fact, it is simply impossible.

If you don't conquer Nanchang and Anqing, you just go straight down the river and attack Nanjing, and once you cut off the back road, you may be wiped out.

As a result, during the battle, Chen Youliang was shot to death.

It can be said that it was a fluke.

On the battlefield, the marshal has personal protection and is very safe. In general, the marshal could be killed only after the rout of the whole army.

But in the middle of the battle, when the two sides are deadlocked, the marshal is killed, which will also lead to the rout of the whole army, or even its annihilation.

The Battle of Poyang Lake, the essence is like this.

So Chen Youliang's army was defeated and retreated.

It's just that a year later, Chen Youliang's son was too young to suppress the situation and finally died. Zhu Yuanzhang annexed Chen Youliang's chassis, more than doubled his strength, and then began to attack Zhang Shicheng.

In later generations, many people commented on Zhang Shicheng, mainly saying that he should not sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but should join forces with Chen Youliang to attack Ying Tianfu...... Those who say this often don't think about it carefully.

At that time, Chen Youliang's strength was the first, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength was second, and Zhang Shicheng's strength was third.

In the middle of the battle, the boss and the second child fought hard, as the third child helped the boss, and after killing the second child, how stupid it was.

Zhang Shicheng is not stupid, so naturally he will not help the boss kill the second child.

At the moment when the boss and the second boss are in confrontation, they will give up attacking the second child, and even give the second child a certain amount of support.

It is best if the two have been fighting for several years, and after both have lost and lost, the winner will be decided, and then he will strike again, and he may swallow the two of them.

The plan is good, but unfortunately it can't keep up with the changes.

Chen Youliang perished too quickly, Zhu Yuanzhang did not suffer much losses, but on the contrary, his territory expanded, his soldiers and horses expanded, and he soon gained an absolute advantage in attacking Zhang Shicheng.

In the process of attacking Zhang Shicheng, he first attacked from the north and south, cleared the two wings, and finally surrounded Suzhou.

Historically, Zhang Shicheng was very powerful, and the battle of Gaoyou played a majestic battle, especially cutting the canal, which almost caused the Yuan Dynasty to bleed to death. It's a pity that Zhang Shicheng has a fatal certainty and likes to speculate.

In other words, a lot of businessmen like to speculate.

first opposed the Yuan, and later saw that the Yuan Dynasty was under pressure, and then accepted Zhao'an and became the Yuan Dynasty's Taiwei.

Speculators can be politicians, but not politicians.

When Zhu Yuanzhang unified the south, the Yuan Dynasty did not take Zhu Yuanzhang to heart, but only regarded him as the Southern Song Dynasty.

For the Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang was also not confident.

The so-called Northern Expedition is more to pave the way for the emperor.

On the route of the Northern Expedition, it was mainly along the canal and the Yellow River, so that there was water transportation, which could ensure the safety of grain transportation, and the back of the water division could also prevent the impact of cavalry.

On the route, plagiarized Liu Yu.

In fact, before the Northern Expedition, the Ming army was mainly infantry, and the southern soldiers were the mainstay, while the Yuan Dynasty army was mainly cavalry and northern soldiers.

Whether it is physique or combat ability, it is inferior to the Yuan Dynasty.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had firearms, but their power was limited and the deterrent to cavalry was small.

Especially in the attack on the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was not confident and reminded the generals many times to be cautious and careful.

In ancient times, it was very difficult to siege a city, and it was normal to besiege a city for more than two years and fail to conquer it.

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that most of the army's attacks would not go well, and they would not be able to conquer Dadu in the short term, and they would fall into a siege war, and they would be cut off from canal transportation by the cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Northern Expedition army would likely be defeated, or even annihilated.

As a result, as soon as the army arrived in Dadu, Emperor Yuan Shun fled north and easily occupied Dadu, and the victory was unimaginable.

There is a large amount of grain, along the canal, into the capital.

The Northern Expeditionary Army, with Dadu as the support point, began to exterminate the Yuan army in Guannei, and the Yuan army in the grassland fought for 20 years before the Yuan Dynasty collapsed, and the north was completely stable.

In later generations, the history of the early Ming Dynasty was all brushed aside.

It seems that the Yuan Dynasty was the most difficult battle of Poyang Lake, and the Northern Expedition was very easy to fight later.

Seeing this, I was a little speechless.

The great man evaluated the military level of the kings of the past dynasties, Li Shimin was the first, and Ming Taizu was the second.

Zhu Yuanzhang was able to become the second, relying on the victory of the Northern Expedition, in the history of the past dynasties, many Northern Expeditions failed, but only Zhu Yuanzhang was the only victory.

Such an achievement is remarkable in the eyes of great men.

The difficulty of the Northern Expedition is definitely not as frivolous and easy as in the history books.

In the Battle of Panyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang's victory relied on luck and luck; But several times later, it relied on strength and firm will.

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