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Zhang Fu used practical actions to prove to Zhu Di that he had not misjudged him. In the subsequent battles of Jiahe, Zhangde and Lingbi, Zhang Fu led the troops and made great military achievements.

When Zhu Di led his army into Nanjing City, Zhang Fu was by his side.

Therefore, when rewarding the heroes of the Jingnan Campaign in September, Zhang Fu should have been conferred the title of Marquis according to his military exploits. However, Zhu Di took into consideration that Zhang Fu's sister was a concubine in the harem, and in order to avoid suspicion of being close to an in-law, he conferred the title of Xin'an Earl on Zhang Fu.

In the Jingnan Campaign, Zhang Fu fought side by side with Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng and others. Everyone was well aware of Zhang Fu's contribution, which was why the two dukes stood up for Zhang Fu.

After hearing this, Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, agreed very much and subsequently conferred the title of Marquis of Xincheng on Zhang Fu, increasing his salary to 1500 dan.

"Zhang Fu was born in Mongolia in the eighth year of Hongwu and is from Xiangfu, Henan."

"Zhang Fu, courtesy name Wenbi, is the eldest son of Hejian King Zhang Yu."

"When Prince of Yan Zhu Di started his army, Zhang Fu followed his father Zhang Yu to fight everywhere and served as a commander."

"In December of the second year of Jianwen, Zhang Yu died in battle in Dongchang, and Zhang Fu succeeded his father."

"He followed the King of Yan in the battles in Jiahe and other places, and made great contributions."

"In June of the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhang Fu followed Zhu Di to attack Nanjing and was promoted to the position of deputy commander."

"After following Zhu Di into the capital, he was granted the title of Xin'an Bo, a salary of 1,000 dan, and a hereditary imperial certificate. Zhang Fu's sister was granted the title of imperial concubine."

"Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng advised that Zhang Fu and his son had made great contributions in the war and should not be given a small reward just because they were relatives of the emperor."

"In the third year of Yongle, Zhang Fu was conferred the title of Marquis of Xincheng and given an additional salary of 300 dan of rice."

"The traitorous ministers of Annan, Le Qui Ly and his son, murdered the Tran Emperor and usurped the throne, and made Le Qui Ly's son Le Cang the emperor."

"In the first year of the Yongle reign, Pei Boyi, a former minister of Annan, came to the imperial court to complain."

"In the second year of Yongle, Chen Tianping, the younger brother of the former Annan King Chen Rixuan, defected to Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, and then Le Qui Ly pretended to invite Chen Tianping back to his country."

"In the fourth year of Yongle, Zhu Di sent Huang Zhong, deputy governor, and Xue Yan, former Dali minister, to lead troops to escort Chen Tianping back. Li Jiyi sent troops to ambush at Qin Station and killed Chen Tianping and Xue Yan. Huang Zhong led the troops back."

"Zhu Di ordered the execution of Li Ji's father and son, and appointed Chengguogong Zhu Neng as the general of conquering the barbarians, Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng as deputy generals, and led 18 generals including Fengchenghou Li Bin and 800,000 soldiers to attack Annan in different directions."

"On October 2, Zhu Neng died in the army, and the army was led by Zhang Fu."

"On the ninth day, Zhang Fu broke through Ailiu Pass."

"On the 14th, Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng met at Baihe."

"After hearing that Zhu Neng had passed away, Zhu Di appointed Zhang Fu as a general."

"In December, Zhang Fu defeated the Annan army at Jialin River. In January, Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng jointly captured Duobang City, Dongdu, and Xidu. Ji Li burned the palace and fled to the sea. All the prefectures and counties in Sanjiang surrendered."

"In the spring of the fifth year of Yongle, Zhang Fu sent Qingyuanbo Wang You and others to cross Zhujiang River, and captured the villages of Choujiang, Kunmei, Wanjie, and Pulai, beheading more than 37,000 people."

"When the Annan general Hu Du gathered his ships on the Pantan River, Zhang Fu sent his surrendered general Chen Feng to attack and drive him away, seized his ships, and pacified Dongchao, Liangjiang and other prefectures and states."

"Soon after, Zhang Fu defeated Li Ji's fleet at Muwan River, beheaded 10,000 people, captured more than 100 officers, and caused countless deaths among the Annan army."

"The Ming army pursued all the way to Menhaikou, Jiaoshui County. They built a city at Xianzi Pass, and Zhang Fu ordered the governor Liu Kai to defend the city."

"After that, the Annan army advanced from Fuliangjiang."

"Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng fought on both sides of the river. Liu Sheng and others led the fleet to attack from the side, defeating the Annan army and killing tens of thousands of people. The Ming army took advantage of the victory and pursued them."

"It was a dry day, the river was shallow, and the Annan army abandoned their boats and fled ashore."

"When the Ming army arrived, it suddenly rained heavily and the river water rose, so Zhang Fu's army was able to cross the river."

"In May, Zhang Fu arrived at Qiluo Pass, captured Li Jizhen and his son Li Cang and others, and sent them to the capital. Annan was pacified."

"According to statistics, there are 48 prefectures and states in Annan, 180 counties, and 3.12 million households."

“The imperial court searched for the descendants of the Chen Dynasty royal family but failed, so it established Jiaozhi Provincial Administration and assigned its land to the imperial court.”

"Zhu Di announced this to the world, and all the kings and officials presented congratulations."

"The following year, Zhang Fu returned to the court. The emperor hosted a banquet for him in the Fengtian Hall, promoted Zhang Fu to Duke of Ying, gave him an annual salary of 3,000 dan, and granted him a hereditary imperial certificate."

"In the winter of the sixth year of Yongle, Jian Ding, an old minister of the Chen family, launched a rebellion and established Chen Jikuo as emperor. Zhu Di ordered Mu Sheng to lead an army to suppress the rebellion. Mu Sheng was defeated at Shengjue River."

"In the seventh year of Yongle, Zhu Di appointed Zhang Fu as the General of Conquering the Enemy. Zhang Fu cut wood and built ships in Chilan Mountain, led his army to Cilian Prefecture, broke through Hemen River, and captured Kongmuzha in Guangwei Prefecture."

"We encountered the enemy at Xianzi Pass. The enemy had more than 600 ships defending the southeast bank of the river."

"Zhang Fu led Chen Xu and others to row boats to fight, took advantage of the wind to set fire, captured more than 200 enemy generals, and intercepted all the ships."

"The enemy general Ruan Jingyi led 300 warships to fight, and Zhang Fu defeated the enemy again."

"The enemy general Chen Jikuo claimed to be a descendant of the Chen family and sent envoys to the court to request to inherit the throne."

"Zhang Fu believed this was a fraud, so he sent generals Zhu Rong, Cai Fu and others to lead the infantry and cavalry to advance first. Later, Zhang Fu led the navy to capture Jian Ding and others in a battle at Meiliang Mountain and sent them to the capital."

Li Bai: In the second year of Yongle, Le Qui Ly, who was entrenched in the southwestern border, petitioned Zhu Di for enthronement, and Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty enthroned him as the King of Annan.

Two years later, Zhu Di sent the Dali Temple Minister Xue Yan to Annan, but he was ambushed and killed by the Li family.

When Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, heard the news, he was extremely angry, so he ordered Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Neng as the General of Conquering the Barbarians, Zhang Fu as the Right Deputy General, and Marquis Xiping Mu Sheng as the Left Deputy General, and divided the troops into two routes to attack Annan.

Unexpectedly, just after the Ming army entered Annan, the commander Zhu Neng fell ill and died, and Zhang Fu became the supreme commander of the Ming army.

Zhang Fu first carried out propaganda and issued a manifesto listing the 20 crimes of the Li family. The army advanced rapidly from Pingxiang, won victory after victory, and finally arrived at the most solid city-state of Annan.

The Li family of Annan originally wanted to rely on the natural barriers of mountains and rivers to hold out and wear down the fighting will of the Ming army, but Zhang Fu actively prepared for war and used local materials to build warships for a strong attack.

At this time, the imperial edict of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di appointing Zhang Fu as commander-in-chief arrived in Annan. In this edict, Zhu Di emphasized two things.

The first is that Zhang Fu replaced Zhu Neng, just like Li Wenzhong took over after Chang Yuchun's sudden death. The meaning of trusting and encouraging Zhang Fu was very obvious.

The second was to suggest that Zhang Fu should destroy the bandits as soon as possible, because there was less miasma in winter and it would be more friendly to the northern soldiers in the Ming army.

Under Zhu Di's encouragement and request, Zhang Fu first adopted the tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, effectively mobilizing the enemy, and then formed a death squad to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night, successfully breaking through the city wall. The Annan army drove the elephants to fight against the Ming army. Zhang Fu ordered people to hang painted lions on the horses' heads and use muskets to scare the elephants. In the end, the elephants turned around and fled, and the Annan army was defeated.

"In the first month of the eighth year of Yongle, Zhang Fu attacked the remaining enemy troops and killed thousands of them. Only Chen Jikuan was not captured. Zhu Di left Mu Sheng to fight against them and summoned Zhang Fu back to the court."

"Although Chen Jikuo requested to surrender, he took advantage of Zhang Fu's return and led his troops to attack again. Mu Sheng was no longer able to stabilize the situation."

"At that time, some Jiaozhi people defected to the enemy and pretended to surrender, while other Ming generals became even more lax in suppressing the bandits."

"In the first month of the ninth year of Yongle, Zhu Di appointed Zhang Fu as deputy general to work with Mu Sheng to attack Chen Jikuo of Jiaozhi."

"Zhang Fu was announcing military orders in the army, but the commander Huang Zhong was arrogant and disobeyed the order, so Zhang Fu beheaded him to convince the people."

"In July, Zhang Fu defeated the enemy general Nguyen Jingyi at Yuechang River, intercepted more than a hundred enemy ships, captured the enemy marshal Deng Zongji and others alive, and captured and killed several enemy leaders. Later, he withdrew his troops because of the spread of malaria."

"In August of the following year, Zhang Fu attacked the Chen army at Shentouhai. The two sides fought fiercely from six or seven in the morning to eleven o'clock, and the Chen army was severely defeated."

"Afterwards, we marched to Nghe An Prefecture, where most of the enemy troops surrendered."

"In the winter of the eleventh year of Yongle, Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng met in Shunzhou and fought at the Aizi River. The enemy army drove the elephants forward."

"The soldiers, under the command of Zhang Fu, shot arrows at the elephant slaves and trunk. The elephant turned around and ran away, trampling countless enemy soldiers."

"Generals Yang Hong, Han Guang, Xue Ju and others took advantage of the situation and advanced, defeating the Chen army."

"Zhang Fu pursued the enemy to the Aimu River and subdued them."

"In the first month of the following year, Zhang Fujin arrived at Zhengping Prefecture and heard that Chen's army was stationed in the fences of Siam Man and Kunpu, so he led his army there."

"Zhang Fu arrived at the enemy camp at night and captured several enemy generals. Chen Jikuo fled to Laos. Zhang Fu sent his commander Shi You to lead troops there. They broke through three passes in Laos, captured Chen Jikuo and his wife and children, and took them back to the capital."

"After the rebellion was quelled, Zhang Fu established four prefectures, namely Sheng, Hua, Si and Yi, in the cities occupied by the enemy, set up additional garrisons, granted official positions to those who surrendered, and left soldiers to garrison before returning to the capital."

"In the spring of the 13th year of Yongle, Zhang Fu arrived in the capital and was appointed as the general commander of Jiaozhi to pacify the area. However, Chen Yuehu and others continued to cause chaos, but Zhang Fu suppressed them all. In the winter of the following year, Zhang Fu was recalled by Zhu Di."

"In February of the 20th year of Yongle, Zhu Di ordered Zhang Fu and others to discuss the transportation of grain for the northern expedition. After discussion, Zhang Fu and others believed that the grain should be transported in two teams, the front team and the back team. The front team will move forward with the army, and the back team will be the backup."

"In the autumn of the following year, Zhu Di heard that the Tatar leader Alutai was about to lead his army to invade the Ming Dynasty's border, so he deployed Zhang Fu, Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng and others to join the army to conquer Alutai."

"In the first month of the spring of the 22nd year of Yongle, Zhu Di appointed Zhang Fu to lead the soldiers of Zuoye to go to war."

"In June, Zhu Di did not see Arutai at the border, so he sent Zhang Fu, Wang Tong and others to search the valley, but Zhang Fu and others did not find any trace of Arutai's tribe."

"Zhang Fu requested to receive a month's supply of military rations to pursue Alutai. But Zhu Di was determined to order Zhang Fu and his men to return."

"In August of the 22nd year of Yongle, Zhu Di died of illness on his way back to the capital."

"In the same month, after Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, Zhang Fu took charge of the affairs of the Central Military Governor's Office, was named Grand Tutor, and received the salaries of both positions."

"Soon after, he ordered Zhang Fu to go to the Beijing warehouse to collect the salary of the Grand Tutor. At that time, most of the salaries of officials were paid in the Nanjing warehouse. This was a favor Zhu Gaochi gave to Zhang Fu."

"When Zhu Di's mourning lasted for 27 days, Zhu Gaochi wore a plain cap and linen clothes to attend court. All the ministers wore auspicious clothes, except Zhang Fu and Grand Secretary Yang Shiqi, who wore the same clothes as Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi admired Zhang Fu's courtesy and appointed him more favorably."

"Soon Zhang Fu was appointed to take charge of the affairs of the Imperial Lectures and to supervise the compilation of the Veritable Records."

"In the first year of Xuande, Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu plotted a rebellion, intending to lure meritorious officials in the court to be his accomplices. He secretly sent someone to Zhang Fu's residence late at night. Zhang Fu captured him and reported to Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji. He obtained evidence of Han Wang Gaoxu's rebellion, so he requested to lead troops to quell the rebellion."

"Zhu Zhanji decided to lead the army himself and ordered Zhang Fu to accompany him."

"After the rebellion is quelled, Zhang Fu's salary will be increased by 300 dan."

"After that, Zhang Fu's reputation grew even more and he held military power for a long time."

"In the fourth year of Xuande, the Chief Censor Gu Zuo requested to preserve the meritorious officials. Zhu Zhanji issued an edict to remove Zhang Fu from his post as the head of the Central Military Governor's Office and ordered him to serve by his side and make suggestions for important military and national affairs. He was promoted to Guanglu Dafu and Zuo Zhuguo, and only had to attend court on the first and fifteenth day of each month."

"In the tenth year of Xuande, Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne and conferred the title of Yilian Assistant to Zhang Fu, in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Lecture and supervising the compilation of the "Xuanzong Shilu"."

"When the eunuch Wang Zhen was in power, only Zhang Fu could stand up to him."

"In the 14th year of Zhengtong, the Oirat invaded Datong. Wang Zhen encouraged Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to lead the army in person, and Zhang Fu followed the army."

"But Zhang Fu is too old to participate in military affairs."

"After arriving at Tumubao, Zhang Fu died in a military disaster at the age of seventy-five."

"In the first year of the Jingtai reign, Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty posthumously conferred upon him the title of Prince of Dingxing and the posthumous title of Zhonglie."

Du Fu: Zhang Fu led his army to capture the capital of Annan and ordered the Ming army to be strictly restrained and not to disturb the people, and to pacify the people and officials who passed through Annan.

Soon after, the remaining forces around the capital of Annan surrendered one after another, with the number of surrenders increasing by tens of thousands every day.

The campaign to pacify Annan lasted until May 1407. In the early stage, the Annan King Li fled to the sea and could not be captured. Later, Zhang Fu designed a trick and finally captured all the core members of the Li family alive, including the court officials of Annan. Zhang Fu sent people to escort them to the capital.

Ming Chengzu Zhu Di set up Jiaozhi Provincial Administration in Annan, which governed 48 prefectures and a population of 312 million, and all the land was incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

This was the first time Jiaozhi returned to China after more than 400 years since the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Di was very happy about this. He issued an edict to announce it to the world, and all officials came forward to congratulate him.

Zhang Fu led his army back to the capital, and Zhu Di specially held a banquet to entertain him. Zhu Di was in high spirits and immediately wrote "Song of Peaceful South" to express his feelings.

In view of Zhang Fu's contribution, Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to confer the title of Right Pillar and Duke of Ying on Zhang Fu, and his salary was increased to 3000 dan.

It is not easy to conquer the indigenous people of a place. Shortly after Zhang Fu left Annan, the local Chen family launched a rebellion.

When Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty heard the news, he first ordered Mu Sheng to go and quell the rebellion, but he unexpectedly returned in defeat.

Zhu Di re-employed Zhang Fu and appointed him as General Zhenglu to lead the Ming army to attack the Annan rebels.

After a full year of fighting, Zhang Fu once again wiped out the remnants of the rebels and led his troops back to the capital.

In the following six years, Annan experienced two more rebellions, and Zhu Di sent Zhang Fu to successfully suppress them both times.

Zhu Di directly appointed Zhang Fu as the general commander of Jiaozhi, responsible for guarding the Annan region. (End of this chapter)