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Chapter 217 Battle of Hongdu
My charming and short-lived ancestor: Wuhu! That is to say, Lan Yu’s most legendary battle is this one, right?

Who in the clouds sent me a brocade book: Yes! And I remember it was this battle where the blue jade sealed the wolf from Xu, right?

I can't sleep at night (Guan): Even if we have already arrived at Lake Baikal, how could it be possible that the wolf has not been sealed in Xu?
Netizen 1234567890 (Guan): Yes, I remember that when Li Jing passed by Langjuxu Mountain, he did not enshrine it, because it was already the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it would be boring to enshrine it anymore.

Wuduyi: Yes, so this is the domineering and arrogant nature of the military god of the Tang Dynasty. Military generals flocked to seize the wolf as his Xu, but he ignored him when he passed by!

Yu Yusning: Yes, so the Tang Dynasty is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the feudal dynasty.
A Bamboo: Totally agree!

Su Yue looked at the comment area and said, "Okay, now let's take a look at Lan Yu's personal information!"

Lan Yu (? - 1393), a native of Dingyuan County, Fengyang Prefecture (now part of Anhui Province), the brother-in-law of Chang Yuchun, the wife of King Kaiping, and a famous general who founded the Ming Dynasty.

Lan Yu was first assigned to Chang Yuchun's tent. He was the first to enter the formation in every battle and made many military exploits. He was promoted from Guanjun Zhenfuji to Qianshi of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

In the twelfth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1379), he was granted the title of Marquis of Yongchang.

In September of the 1381th year of Hongwu (30), he was appointed deputy general in the southern expedition. Together with the generals in the southern expedition, Yingchuan Hou Fu Youde and Xiping Hou Muying led an army of troops to conquer Yunnan, and captured Yuanping Zhangdalima in Qujing. King Liang died. Take Dali, Heqing, Lijiang and other places. When Yunnan was pacified, there were many blue jade merits.

In the 1383th year of Hongwu (), he and Fu Youde led the army, and Mu Ying stayed in Yunnan.

Later, he followed the general Feng Sheng in the Northern Expedition and captured Yuan Taiwei Naha Chu alive. He also attacked and killed Bei Yuan Taiwei Manzi and others in Yuyuerhai (now Bell Lake in eastern Inner Mongolia). In the 1387th year of Hongwu (), he became the general. , the following year, he was granted the title of Duke of Liang.

Later, he relied on his merits and became arrogant and domineering, which made Taizu dissatisfied. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu (1393), he was killed for treason.

More than 2 heroes, civil and military officials, and side soldiers were implicated, so it was called the "Blue Prison".

The family of the founding military generals who survived the catastrophe centered on the "Blue Jade Party Case" was further reused by Ming Taizu, and their fate also took a turn.

But overall, the family of the founding military generals still suffered a huge blow, and their peak years in the country's political life were gone forever.

My charming and short-lived ancestor: What the hell is my brother-in-law?

I send my love to the bright moon: it means that he is Chang Yuchun’s brother-in-law! But isn’t this kind of nepotism the most annoying thing?

Then I'll coax you to sleep: Then we have to see who it is! Even some people say that a hundred Zhu Di combined cannot defeat Lan Yu. This statement is not groundless.
Wuduyi: I mean, what’s the relationship between you and @夜宁 can’t sleep upstairs?
Then I’ll put you to sleep: CP! Isn't it obvious?
When Su Yue saw Zhu Di, she felt more and more that they were all prophets and said, "Okay, let's take a look at Lan Yu's evaluation of Zhu Di!"

When Prince Zhu Biao was still alive, Lan Yu often had friendly contacts with Zhu Biao because of his relative relationship.

Once, when Lan Yu returned to the court from Mongolia and met Zhu Biao, he told the prince: "I observed that King Zhu Di of Yan was in his fief, and his every move was exactly the same as the emperor's.

King Yan is not an ordinary person, and he will rebel sooner or later. I have found people who are angry with him. If he has the air of an emperor, you must be careful! "

Zhu Biao replied to Lan Yu: "King Yan treats me very respectfully, and there will never be such a thing."

Lan Yu explained to Zhu Biao: "I have received preferential treatment from you, the prince, so I tell you the seriousness of this matter secretly. I hope my words will not be effective, let alone be wrong."

Zhu Biao said nothing more. I send my longing to the bright moon: I’m going! seriously?
Don’t let the world grow old: I don’t know, but I remember that the common impression of Lan Yu is not that of a grumpy old man? How could he be so smart and gentle?

His Majesty Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty: So, this is called anecdotes and allusions, that is, unofficial history and official history are combined.

care: Agree!
Su Yue looked at them and said: "The next one is the last battle related to Zhu Yuanzhang! This is the Hongdu Defense Battle!"

Chen Youliang, who was in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, had always wanted to swallow up Zhu Yuanzhang's power, but he returned victorious after several eastern expeditions.

In the 1363rd year of Zhizheng (60 AD), Chen Youliang commanded naval troops and hundreds of giant ships to conquer Wu in the east. The Han army came overwhelmingly.

Xiwu Juchao was shocked. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was busy fighting Zhang Shicheng of Soochow and had no time to look west. Even if he sent troops to the west to help, Zhu Yuanzhang's power would be difficult to compete with the Han army.

Therefore, in order to gain more time to prepare for war, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to Hongdu: defend Hongdu to the death and wait for the army to come for reinforcements.

After receiving this order, Zhu Wenzheng, the general of Hongdu, spent his days drinking and drinking.

He seemed to have become a different person at this time when he was not doing his job properly. He quickly convened an emergency military meeting, and as the highest officer, he said to every soldier in a firm tone: "Whether the city dies, we will defend Hongdu City to the death."

He immediately allocated troops to defend various city gates. Next, Zhu Wenzheng and the Nanchang defenders would face a 60-strong army - one of the largest and most powerful armies in the world at the time.

The defense battle of Hongdu began. Six hundred thousand Han troops, under the unified command of Chen Youliang, launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Hongdu City. The defenders on the city towers fought a desperate battle with the enemy.

They firmly believed that reinforcements would arrive, and they believed that they could hold the city.

In order to encourage the soldiers, Zhu Wenzheng personally led his own soldiers, climbed to the city tower, stood with his comrades, and used his sword and his own flesh and blood to resist the fierce attacks of 60 enemy troops.

Guarding Hongdu with Zhu Wenzheng was Deng Yu, who was called "the sixth general in the world" by Mingyue that year.

Deng Yu was a general who was good at using firearms. The enemy army once broke through the city wall and broke into the city. Zhu Wenzheng sent Deng Yu to lead his troops to resist the enemy. Deng Yu led his troops with muskets to shoot at the enemy troops who entered the city in turn. The Han troops fell one after another. The remaining Han troops saw the lethality of firearms. So big and very scary.

Under the strong counterattack of the Hongdu defenders, the Han army had no choice but to withdraw from the city.

Zhu Wen was busy sending people to repair the city wall.

Due to the fierce defense of Hongdu soldiers, Chen Youliang's 60-strong army besieged Hongdu City for 85 days, which lasted for three months, but failed to break through Hongdu City.

Chen Youliang couldn't help but sigh: "Zhu Yuanzhang has so many powerful generals, but there are also military wizards like Zhu Wenzheng. If he can serve me, he will be even more powerful."

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang prepared everything and led an army of 20 people with thousands of sails flying towards Hongdu.

The Wu army and the Han army fought at Poyang Lake. As a result, Chen Youliang was killed in the battle and the entire army was wiped out.

In the battle to defend Hongdu, Zhu Yuanzhang won the final victory.