Editing history: the opening inventory of the top ten emperors

Chapter 177: The Bland End

Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, leading an army of 25, entered the Yellow River from the Huai River and started their journey from south to north.

Prepare to take the Central Plains from the north.

At the same time, in order to regain the hearts of the people, while marching into the Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang also issued a call for the Northern Expedition.

The proclamation directly used the program of expelling the Hulu, restoring China, setting up guidelines and disciplines, and relieving the people of Sri Lanka.

This is because, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, what the Northern Expedition needed was not only military strength, but also the support of the people. Only with the true aspirations of the people can great things be achieved.

A dynasty ruled by the Han people will not be worse than the Yuan Dynasty.

The goal of this battle strategy is quite clear, and they even made an overall strategic deployment plan from the very beginning.

Facing the vast north.

Their strategy was to take Shandong first, open the barrier where the Yuan Dynasty's capital was located, and then march into Henan. In this way, the Yuan Dynasty was completely blocked from going south.

Finally, they captured Tongguan and marched into Yuan Dadu.

When the last step was reached, the Yuan Dynasty at that time was completely isolated and unable to recover.

After capturing the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and finally marching westward, in this way, the entire Shanxi, Guanzhong, and Gansu can be directly recovered.

This strategy is almost flawless.

But because it is perfect, the opponent is not unprepared.

At the beginning of the war, Xu Da ordered the troops to divide into two groups. Xu Da and Chang Yuchun led the main force to march northward and attack Yidu.

The original progress was smooth, but Wang Yi, Wang Xin and his son, who were conquered originally, surrendered and rebelled. After Xu Da led the army to calm down, the nearby counties and counties surrendered.

Later, under Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, Xu Da sent troops to guard the main roads of the Yellow River, and on the one hand attacked Yidu fiercely, and the defender of Yidu died in battle.Recover Yizhou.

After a short rest, they marched towards Jinan with another army.

The guard of Jinan abandoned the city and fled without a fight.

Then proceed to conquer the remaining locations, and Shandong has basically settled down so far.

Shandong Pingding, the next target is Kaifeng and Luoyang in Henan.

Since the Jingkang Incident in the Song Dynasty, it has been so long since the Han army came to Kaifeng again.

This is something that no one has thought of.

No one would have thought that after the Jingkang Incident, it would take hundreds of years.

The Ming army attacked in two ways, north and south. Xu Da led the main force and took the north route. In the first year of Hongwu, in March, they went up the Yellow River.

It can be said that the journey was almost smooth, and it was easy to arrive at Chenqiao.

In this place, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin staged a story of Chen Qiao's mutiny.

It's a pity that this time, there is no such thing as Chen Qiao's mutiny.

There are only Bianliang guards who keep shirking each other, and no one is willing to attack the Ming army.

Bianliang is Kaifeng.

So, at the end of the dynasty, everyone was actually pretty bad. The only difference was the Song Dynasty, which was so bad even at the end of the dynasty.

One of the guards at that time saw that the situation was wrong, so he abandoned the city and fled, while the other guard surrendered helplessly.

In this way, Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, once again returned to the hands of the Han people.

Afterwards, Xu Da continued on his way to Hulao Pass.

On the bank of Luoshui, I met the enemy Tuoyin Timur. This man is Wang Baobao's younger brother. Unfortunately, he is not as good as his elder brother.

Easily defeated.Then the Ming army took advantage of the situation to attack Luoyang.Sweeping across the entire Henan land.

During the gradual cleaning, they continued to go west.

Until the customs clearance, Yuan Shou will flee again, so far, Henan has been pacified.

At this point, Yuan Dadu has been surrounded by Daming arc, and the conditions for attacking Yuan Dadu are basically mature.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Xu Da's suggestion on his own conquest, and went straight to Yuan Dadu.

This battle was led by Xu Da again, and the strategic process could almost be regarded as dull.

Emperor Yuan Shun directly opened the back door to escape, and Xu Da boarded the city wall of Yuan Dadu.

Kill the guy who is still stubborn, and at this time, the 98-year rule of the Yuan Dynasty over the Central Plains will end.

Then, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which had been lost for 400 years since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, were taken back, and the land north of the Great Wall.

It is the first time in 300 years that it has been recovered.

And then, Taiyuan in Shanxi.

Taiyuan has always been an important town. When Wang Baobao learned that the Ming army was attacking Yuan Dadu, he led his troops out of Yanmen Pass to support Dadu from another direction.

Wang Baobao's move cannot be said to be a stupid move, but it is definitely not too clever.

Because Xu Da saw the flaw at a glance, he wanted to save Yuan Dadu, and at the same time led his troops out of Taiyuan, Taiyuan itself could not be lost.

In this way, as long as Xu Da himself leads the army to attack Taiyuan in the starry night, no matter whether the siege is successful or not, Wang Baobao will be in trouble.

Sure enough, Wang Baobao's army received the news when they were still in Baoan Prefecture.

So the soldiers returned.

The Ming army and the Yuan army encountered near Taiyuan, and Xu Da led the troops to attack at night. Wang Baobao was caught off guard and could only flee.

The Ming army took advantage of the victory to attack Datong and Taiyuan.

Shanxi was pacified, so the remaining strength of the Yuan Dynasty in the Central Plains was only Shaanxi and Gansu.

Undoubtedly, the final result is that the remaining forces can only be swept away by Xu Da.

Lintao, Qingyang, Shaanxi and other places were swept by Xu Da one after another.

Wherever you go, you will win.The only setback was Zhang Liangchen's re-judgment in Qingyang, which led to the attack on this place for a period of time.

Other than that, all battles are victorious.

Although Chang Yuchun died of illness this year, the general strategy of the Northern Expedition was not disturbed by the death of one person.

Shaanxi and Gansu, that is, the land of Hexi after a long absence, returned to Daming's hands once again.

Wang Baobao is also worthy of being a talent.

In the Battle of Taiyuan, only 18 people escaped, and then went to Ningxia to recuperate. It took only a year, and there were another [-] people.

It happened that Xu Da and others returned to Yingtian to attend Chang Yuchun's funeral, and Wang Baobao played in Lanzhou.The reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty were defeated under the siege.

But Lanzhou could not attack for a long time.

The Ming army again divided into two groups and began to march, one with Xu Da facing Wang Baobao, and the other with going far into Mobei to attack Beiyuan.

Xu Da arrived in Dingxi, and the two sides fought again.

It's a pity that Wang Baobao was defeated again, and he ran across the Yellow River with driftwood and spent Ningxia with only his wife and children.

This man could really run, Xu Da led his army to chase him for hundreds of miles, but he couldn't catch him.

Then the Ming army attacked from all sides, and Ningxia, the north, and Hanzhong all fell into the hands of Daming.

After that, it is necessary to imitate the stories of the Western Han Dynasty and go deep into Mobei.

A total of 15 soldiers from the Three Routes expedition to Mobei. Xu Da defeated Wang Baobao again in Tucihe. Unfortunately, Wang Baobao joined forces with the rest of the army and finally defeated Xu Da once again.

Then there was a long tug-of-war between the two sides, in which Xu Da was still fighting on the front line, which can be said to have contributed the most. It can almost be said that there are not too many days to enjoy the blessings when he goes out in spring and returns in late winter.

This is Xu Da.

Along the way, there was no truly shocking battle, but along the way, we fought steadily, with almost no failures, and finally regained the whole world.

Not to mention hard work.

In the end, because of sores on his back, he couldn't suppress it, and died of a serious illness at the age of 54.

This is a very sad thing, at least in Zhu Yuanzhang's view. For this reason, he stopped the government, posthumously named Xu Da the king of Zhongshan, buried in Zhongshan, and deserved to enjoy the Taimiao.

As for the story that Zhu Yuanzhang killed Xu Da with a roast goose, it is pure nonsense.