At this stop, I will talk about the battle to destroy the yuan in the Ming Dynasty. This war is a decisive battle between the Ming army and the Yuan army in the vast areas of the Central Plains and Northwest China. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, sent generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to capture all parts of the Central Plains, isolated Dadu, and finally won an all-round victory.
1352, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, established an army. Four years later, he ascended the throne of Wu Wang and appointed officials. After the establishment of political power, Ming Taizu successively seized Huguang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, paving the way for the Northern Expedition of the Yuan Dynasty.
1367 10/2 1 day, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Prime Minister Xu Da as the general, and deputy general Chang Yuchun led 250,000 troops to the Northern Expedition. In order to carry out the Northern Expedition smoothly and win the support of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered soldiers not to kill and plunder wherever they went after starting their careers, and issued an obituary, with the slogan of "expelling Land Rover and restoring China", calling on Qi Xin from all walks of life of the Han nationality to work together. For the safety of the northern expedition in the rear, he ordered the soldiers staying in Jianghuai to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the Yuan army from attacking.
The main force of the Ming army in the Northern Expedition went north from Jianghuai, and it only took more than four months to capture Shandong. Yuan Ting lost Shandong, just like losing his left arm, and the whole strategy was at a disadvantage. In March, Xu Da led the army to the west and attacked Henan in two ways. All the way from Jining to the Yellow River, attacking the capital of song dynasty (now Kaifeng, Henan); On the other hand, we attacked Xuzhou (now Xuchang, Henan) from Yongcheng and Guide (now Shangqiu, Henan).
At the same time, Xu Da also ordered the military forces from Xiangyang, Anlu and Jingling to attack Nanyang in the north to help the main forces of the Northern Expedition fight together. The Ming army won successively along the way, and in a short period of time successively captured Luoyang, Songzhou (now Songxian County, Henan Province), Shanzhou (now Shanxian County, Henan Province), Chen Zhou (now Huaiyang, Henan Province), Ruzhou (now Linru, Henan Province) and other places, and occupied Tongguan with no effort.
At this point, the shielding of the Yuan Dynasty has been removed, foreign aid has been cut off, and the Ming army has been surrounded into an arc. In May, Zhu Yuanzhang personally arrived in the capital of song dynasty. He listened to the battle report of the frontline generals and discussed the next strategic deployment. According to the isolation of the Yuan court at that time, Xu Da advocated approaching from Linqing (now Shandong) to the majority.
Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to his suggestion and decided to let the right deputy general Sheng Feng stay in the capital of song dynasty. Left Jiangxi was stationed in Henan (now Luoyang, Henan), Guo Xing, the general of Zhenguo, and others stayed in Tongguan, and Xu Da led a great army to attack Dadu.
On the first day of leap July, the main force of Ming army led by Xu Da crossed the river from Luanhe River (now southwest of Fengqiu, Henan Province) to the north, passing through Yu He (now Weihe River), Linqing, Luchang (now Jingxian County, Hebei Province) and Tongzhou (now Tongxian County, Beijing). The army arrived under Dadoucheng. Yuan Shundi saw that the tide was gone, and on the night of 28th, he fled from Jiande Gate with the prince, empresses and others to Kaiping (now northwest of Duolun, Inner Mongolia). On August 2nd, the army led by Xu Da occupied Dadu, thus ending the Yuan Dynasty's rule over the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years.
After the occupation of Dadu, Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places in the north were owned by the Ming army. Yuan Shundi fled to the north, which fundamentally changed the whole northern battlefield. Now Yuan resists the armed forces and falls into a leaderless situation.
After the Ming army captured the metropolis, Zhu Yuanzhang adjusted the strategic deployment in time. On August 15, Sun Xingzu, the viceroy's deputy, and Hua Yunlong, the viceroy's assistant, were ordered to station in Beiping (now Beijing), and Xu Da and Chang Yuchun continued to attack Shanxi westward. At the same time, he ordered General Tang He to cross the river from Henan to help attack the main force of the Jin army. /kloc-in the first month of 0/369, the Ming army captured Datong and then captured Shanxi. At this time, more than 65,438+00 people, including Li Siqi Road and Zhang Si Road, were entrenched in Shaanxi and Gansu. After Xu Da pacified Shanxi, he quickly attacked Dan and so on to completely pacify this area. It took 10 months for Xu Da to lead all the soldiers to pacify the Shaanxi-Gansu area. The Ming army also conquered Fengyuan Road (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province), Fengxiang, Lanzhou, Lintao and other important towns, and basically eliminated the forces of the Yuan army in these areas. At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition ended, ending the rule of the Yuan Dynasty and establishing the rule of the Ming Dynasty over the whole country.
After Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the south, how did he make plans for the Northern Expedition?
After sweeping the armed forces in the south, Zhu Yuanzhang actively prepared for the Northern Expedition. He first consulted the generals. Pingzhang Chang Yuchun thinks that we should lead a great army into the capital, which is in line with Kyoto, Yuan Ting. Zhu Yuanzhang thought the plan was too risky. He analyzed the distribution of Yuan Ting's troops in various places and the strength of various ministries, and thought that Dadoucheng was difficult to capture. If the army can't break through the city immediately, it can only be stationed at the gate. This will cause our army to lack food and grass, and if the enemy reinforcements arrive, it will be in a dilemma. To this end, he proposed a more secure deployment: attacking Henan, Tongguan and other places, isolating the capital.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang build the Hero Building after he ascended the throne?
After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he ordered the construction of meritorious service building. Military. Liu Bowen learned that he resigned from Zhu Yuanzhang and got his consent. Before he left, Liu Bowen warned Xu Da that once the hero celebrated the banquet, he would follow in the footsteps of the emperor. After the hero building was completed, the emperor gave a banquet in honor of the founding heroes. Finally remembered Liu Bowen's warning and stared at the emperor's every move. Ministers were drunk, and the emperor suddenly got up and walked to the door. Xu Da followed out in the name of the guard. In a short time, the meritorious building was in flames. All the heroes in the building were killed. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that these heroes would rebel and set this deadly trap.
Although Xu Da had a narrow escape, he later died because of the emperor's suspicion.
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This campaign showed Zhu Yuanzhang's outstanding military talent. He can correctly analyze the form and choose the most suitable operational policy, which is an important factor for the victory of this campaign.