[After a day of fighting, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his troops were united and their morale was high, and he was completely sure of defeating Chen Youliang, but he was worried that Zhang Shicheng would take the opportunity to sneak attack his rear, so he ordered Xu Da to go back to guard Yingtian.

After Xu Datong arrived in Yingtian, he quit the soldiers and strictly defended, so that Zhang Shicheng did not dare to act rashly, so Zhu Yuanzhang was able to relieve his worries and go all out to deal with Chen Youliang.

In the decisive battle of Poyang Lake, Chang Yuchun played bravely.

He actively organized a fire attack, gave full play to the advantages of small boats, and set fire to the wind, Chen Youliang's fleet was burned to the sky, more than half of the soldiers were lost, and the lake was completely red.

Chen Youliang led the remnants of the ship to retreat to Hukou, and was pursued by Zhu Yuanzhang's generals and intercepted by Chang Yuchun, and Chen Youliang was shot and killed by a stray arrow in the melee.

In this battle, Zhu Yuanzhang completely annihilated Chen Youliang's 600,000 army, reversing the balance of strength between the two sides. 】

[In the twenty-fourth year of Zhizheng (1364 AD), Xu Da joined Yang Qiong and others to participate in politics and took Jingxiang Zhulu, Lianke Jiangling, Yiling, Tanzhou, Guizhou, Chenzhou, Hengzhou, Baoqing, etc., and completely eliminated the remnants of Chen Youliang.

The fall of Chen Youliang's power also made Zhu Yuanzhang the strongest among the heroes. 】

[Since Zhang Shicheng started to fight Gaoyou in the thirteenth year of Zhizheng, he has often secretly colluded with the Yuan government, constantly harassing Zhu Yuanzhang's sphere of influence, which is really more annoying than flies. If Chen Youliang hadn't been threatening Zhu Yuanzhang in the west, Zhu Yuanzhang would have wanted to destroy Zhang Shicheng a long time ago.

Now that he has finally eliminated his confidant Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang will undoubtedly do something to Zhang Shicheng next.

Zhang Shicheng occupied Changzhou and was coercing the Jiangdong rebel general Chen Baoer to attack Zhenjiang with a naval division.

Chen Baoer is a native of Benniu Town, Changzhou, he gathered in the township, and was known as the "Yellow Bag Army".

When Xu Da conquered Zhenjiang before, Chen Baoer surrendered, but was soon coerced by Zhang Shicheng and led the boat division to assist Zhenjiang.

Xu Da defeated Chen Baoer at Longtan and led his army to besiege Changzhou.

After Zhang Shicheng learned that Changzhou was besieged, he hurriedly sent reinforcements, and they were like a rainbow all the way, looking unstoppable. 】

[After Xu Da found out the news that Zhang Shicheng's army was coming to help, he decisively set up an ambush eighteen miles away from the city, and ordered Wang Jun to lead the cavalry to hide on the side and stand by. Xu Da himself personally led the remaining army to confront Zhang Shicheng's army.

Soon after the battle, Xu Dabu's general Wang Junyong led the cavalry to rush into the enemy formation from the flank, Zhang Shicheng's army was in chaos, turned around and fled, but was intercepted by the ambush soldiers, and suffered countless casualties.

Zhang Shicheng was unwilling to fail, he lured Wu Xinfu's army of 7,000 people as an internal response, and surrounded Xu Da in Niutang.

Xu Da immediately led the army to break through, and ordered the deputy marshal Chang Yuchun, Liao Yongan, Hu Dahai and others to rush to the aid of Niutang, attack inside and outside, and finally break Zhang Shicheng's army. 】

[In the spring of the twenty-third year of Zhizheng (1363 AD), Liu Futong, the commander of the righteous army who wanted to restore the Great Song Dynasty, was defeated by the Yuan soldiers and supported Han Lin'er to retreat to Anfeng.

At this time, Zhang Shicheng accepted the Yuan government's recruitment and sent his subordinates to besiege Anfeng.

Xu Da was ordered to rush to the rescue, defeated Lu Zhen, rescued Han Lin'er, and took advantage of the victory to attack Luzhou. The Yuan general Zuo Junbi defended it, and Xu Da failed to conquer it for three months, so he could only withdraw from the siege.

Later, after Lü Zhen killed Liu Futong, Zhang Shicheng thought that he was due to the Yuan government, so he asked for the prince, but the Yuan government did not agree, and Zhang Shicheng called himself the king of Wu. 】

[If Zhu Yuanzhang wants to wield the Northern Expedition, the rebels in the south or the minions of Meng Yuan must be cleared.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang set a strategic policy of attacking Zhang Shicheng, with a total of three steps.

The first step was to take Huaidong first, remove its wings, conquer Tongzhou, Xinghua, Yancheng, Taizhou, Gaoyou, Huai'an, Suzhou, and Anfeng counties in the waters of the Huai River, and force Zhang Shicheng's forces to shrink to the south of the Yangtze River.

The second step is to sweep the western part of Zhejiang, cut off its elbows, form a situation of encircling Pingjiang, and conquer Huzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou and other towns;

Third, encircle Pingjiang and eliminate Zhang Shicheng.

In order to solve Zhang Shicheng quickly and safely, Zhu Yuanzhang handed over this task to his most trusted commander, Xu Da! 】

[In October of the twenty-fifth year of Yuan Zhizheng, Xu Da was appointed as the chief military officer, and together with the deputy general Chang Yuchun, he led his troops to capture Huaidong.

Xu Da waved his troops north, and soon captured Taizhou, Gaoyou, Huai'an and other places, and repelled the attack of the main force of the Yuan army in Xuzhou, capturing and beheading more than 10,000 Yuan soldiers.

In only half a year, the Huaidong regions were conquered, and Zhang Shicheng's forces were also compressed to the south of the Yangtze River and Zhejiang.

The strategy of destroying Zhang Shicheng as the first step set before was basically realized. 】

[In the twenty-sixth year of Yuan Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's army continued to advance.

Xu Da is still a general, and Chang Yuchun is a deputy general, leading a total of 200,000 troops to attack Zhang Shicheng.

Zhang Shicheng took Pingjiang as the center and Huzhou and Hangzhou as his wings, resisting the attacks of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, which was very difficult.

After some careful consideration, Xu Da believed that Hu and Hangzhou were Zhang Shicheng's left and right arms, and if his left and right arms were cut off, then Pingjiang would naturally be at his fingertips.

So, Xu Da suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang to attack Hu and Hangzhou first, and Zhu Yuanzhang agreed. 】

[Xu Da led the troops to attack Huzhou, and the Huzhou defenders came to resist Xu Da in three ways.

Xu Da also divided his troops into a three-way battle to meet the enemy, and sent Xiao to determine the kingdom's return to the enemy.

After a fierce battle, the Huzhou defenders were defeated by Xu Da's army, and they could only retreat into the city to wait for reinforcements.

Zhang Shicheng had no choice but to send Lu Zhen and other generals to lead 60,000 troops to support, and they were stationed in the old hall, far restraining Xu Da's army.

If the enemy's wings are not removed, it will be difficult to conquer Hu and Hangzhou.

Therefore, Xu Da decided to suspend the siege of the city, sent troops to attack the enemy's reinforcement camp at night, and successfully cut off the food route of Lu Zhen's army.

The reinforcements of the old hall were not able to continue due to food and salary, and many people surrendered.

After conquering the old museum, Xu Da took advantage of the situation to march into Hu and Hangzhou, and soon, these two states also fell one after another.

Zhang Shicheng's left and right arms were cut off, and Pingjiang had become an isolated city. 】

"I've seen it all here, how do I feel that Xu Da doesn't have any amazing records?"

"Yes! Chang Yuchun is still shining in Poyang Lake, but Xu Da, as the number one commander under Zhu Yuanzhang, is only like a diligent old cow, working hard and complaining, but there is no dazzling military exploits. ”

"You know the!"

"Huh! What do you mean? How do you curse?! ”

"Have you ever heard of a word?"

"What?"

"Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements!"

"I haven't heard of it, who said that?"

"Me! Cao Mengde!! ”

“.”

"The reason why the good fighters do not have outstanding merits is because they anticipate the situation before the action and calculate the success or failure of both sides.

They never fight unprepared battles, so victory always seems logical, and there will not be the situation where thousands win tens of thousands, tens of thousands win tens of thousands, and tens of thousands win hundreds of thousands. ”

"Are you a good fighter?"

"Of course, I, Cao Mengde, am familiar with the art of war, and there will never be a situation where the weak attack the strong!"

"Hey, I seem to have heard that the imperial court seems to be looking for a person named Cao Cao Zi Mengde, could it be you?"

"Farewell!"

Cao Cao hid his face and left, and said secretly in his heart: "Luoyang really can't stay any longer, but the teacher refuses to leave, there is no way, I will go to persuade the teacher tonight, if he refuses to leave again, at least let me take Zhao Ji and leave." ”

(End of chapter)