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Chapter 2981 2983 [Conquest of Dadu]

Two years later.

Xiang Nan successively defeated King Chen Youliang of the Southern Han Dynasty, King Zhang Shicheng of Suzhou, Wang Fang Guozhen of Taiming, Wang Zuojunbi of Huizhou, and King Han Liner of Xiaoming, etc., and basically unified the southern region.

The reason why he has developed so rapidly is mainly due to three advantages.

One is that as the leader of the martial arts alliance, he has received the most support from the Central Plains martial arts.Various sects and gangs took the initiative to assist him in the uprising, sending food, money, and talents.

There are almost no poor people, gangs, and sects who are famous in the world.Watching "Swordsman", we know that Fuwei Escort Bureau has to give gifts to each sect every year in order to please the major sects.

And there is more than one Fuwei Escort Bureau in Jianghu, so the sect's income is naturally very considerable.For example, the Songshan School took out 4000 taels of gold in one breath, without frowning, which shows how thick the foundation is.

However, people like Han Lin'er, King of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Shouhui, King of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zuo Junbi, King of Huizhou, were mostly members of the Ming Cult and were despised by the Central Plains martial arts.Not only refused to help them, but also caused damage to them.

Such as assassinating their people, burning their food and grass, stealing their treasury... Under the ebb and flow of each other, Xiang Nan's power will naturally become stronger and stronger, while those against the king will become weaker and weaker.

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The second is that Xiang Nan has inherited Li Chengyin's governance experience, as well as the management experience of Shi Xiaomeng, Ye Jinyan and others, so he has a very strong opinion on how to lead his subordinates.

Under his management, civil servants, generals and talented people can make the best use of everything, the development of the base area can be orderly, and the people have always supported him.

In comparison, Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen were salt dealers before the incident; Xu Shouhui was a cloth dealer before the incident; Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk before the incident...

They all lack experience in governance and management, and they have gradually grown up with years of brutal military and political struggles.

Therefore, it is inevitable that mistakes will be made during the period, such as poor employment, favoritism and fraud, conniving subordinates, fighting for power and profit, greed for enjoyment, and so on.

It's like Xu Shouhui, the king of the Great Song Dynasty. After the incident, he quickly occupied Ganzhou, Wanzhou, Minzhou and other places, and his army was as high as one million.

However, he was not good at political struggle, and was soon emptied by Prime Minister Ni Wenjun and became the puppet emperor.When Ni Wenjun wanted to kill him, he was killed by Chen Youliang.

Chen Youliang annexed Ni Wenjun's troops, continued to evacuate Xu Shouhui, and finally annexed all his territory.In the end, Chen Youliang ordered someone to smash the skull of the majestic Great Song King with an iron tool and throw his body into the river. It can be described as miserable.

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The third is that Xiang Nan is familiar with history.

Although "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" is very different from the real history, and the timeline is almost chaotic, it still has great reference value.

Unlike other anti-kings and even Yuan Ting, whose eyes are basically smeared, they can't see clearly what will happen in the future, just like blind people.

And even though Xiang Nan is nearsighted, farsighted and astigmatism, he can finally see a little bit vaguely, which is already very advantageous.Therefore, he can be targeted and get twice the result with half the effort; unlike other anti-kings who rush around and get twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, in just two years, Xiang Nan had already unified the southern region and became a well-deserved leader.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already emerged at this time, has not emerged now.

The reason is embarrassing.

Zhu Yuanzhang was originally Han Shantong's subordinate.Han Shantong died in battle last year, and was succeeded by Han Lin'er as King Xiaoming after his death.

Because they are members of the Ming religion, they are constrained by people in the world.Coupled with the fact that the territory is close to the north, it was the first object of suppression by the Yuan court.

In addition, anti-kings such as Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, and Chen Youliang always competed with Han Liner for territory, which made King Xiaoming's power shrink and shrink.

It also caused Zhu Yuanzhang to be overwhelmed by the rolling tide of history before he started to emerge.

This made Xiang Nan very emotional.

The so-called times make heroes, no matter how powerful a hero is, he also needs the times and the platform.

Otherwise, even if you have a great ability, you can't show it, it's useless.

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After unifying the south, Xiang Nan immediately marched northward.

The Zhenwu Army was divided into three armies. One army attacked Qilu;

At this time, the Mongolian army, which was able to penetrate Europe and Asia, was as weak as tofu, and could not even do an effective defense.

This is related to the corruption of the Yuan court and power struggle.

In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty was licentious and immoral, greedy for pleasure, and demanded too much, so that the people were destitute and mournful, and it was difficult for the people to survive.

For example, after the rise of the southern rebel army, because the canal was blocked, there was not enough food to be transported to Dadu, and hundreds of thousands of people starved to death in Yuandadu.

However, Aluhui Timur, king of Zhai in Mobei Yang, rebelled and went straight to Shangdu, forcing Emperor Yuanshun to take the throne; Empress Qi and the crown prince of Emperor Yuanshun also forced him to take the throne, making him gradually reduced to a puppet.

Outside the palace, Ruyang King Chahan Timur (father of Zhao Min) and Prime Minister Polo Timur competed for power and profit.Polo Timur even led his troops to attack Dadu twice, forced Emperor Yuanshun to the palace, and became a powerful minister like Dong Zhuo in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

After that, Polo Timur was assassinated by Emperor Yuan Shun because he messed up the court and ignored the king's laws.At the same time, Polo Timur's Sichuan army was also slaughtered.

This civil strife has greatly weakened the power of the Yuan court, and the image of the court has also greatly collapsed.

Many powerful officials saw the weakness of the imperial court and Emperor Yuanshun's incompetence, which gradually made them resentful.

The so-called heroes in troubled times come from all directions, and if they have a gun, they are the grass head king.The death of a Polo Timur, on the contrary, aroused more rebels.

Chahan Timur, the king of Ruyang, and Li Siqi, Zhang Liangbi and other warlords fought for power and profit.

Until Xiang Nan announced the Northern Expedition, their melee was not over.

Therefore, the Zhenwu army was able to drive straight in without any strong resistance at all.

Even after the army crossed the Yellow River, many city officials opened their doors and surrendered without waiting to attack.

Therefore, in March, Xiang Nan swore a northern expedition in Xiangyang.In June, the advance army had already attacked Tongzhou and approached Yuan Dadu.Seeing that the general situation was over, Emperor Yuan Shun hurriedly fled with all the civil and military officials, Sangong and Liuyuan.

Along the way, they were in such a hurry that even the landslides were mistaken for the rebels, so they didn't dare to stop all the way.

The advance army wanted to capture him alive, but they couldn't catch up, so they had to give up in the end.

After Emperor Yuan Shun arrived in Shangdu, he finally stopped and established the Northern Yuan regime north of the Great Wall.

At this time, Beiyuan actually controlled southern Yunnan, Bingzhou, Ganzhou, Liangzhou, Liaodong, Monan, and Mobei.Among them, Ruyang King Chahan Timur was stationed in Bingzhou.

In August, the two armies of Qilu and Yanzhao joined forces in Yuandadu, and Yuandadu was successfully captured. The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which had been ruled by the northern nomadic regime for more than [-] years, finally returned to the rule of the Han regime.

(End of this chapter)