Yingzhou's victory was a war that took place during Zhu Houzhao's reign of Ming Wuzong. Zhu Houzhao was the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he ascended the throne in 1505. During his reign, many eunuchs were appointed, who indulged in entertainment all day long and neglected state affairs, which made the national strength of the Ming Dynasty deteriorate rapidly and even triggered many peasant uprisings and princes' rebellions, but they were all put down.
Why is "Yingzhou Victory" a strange war?
The so-called "Yingzhou Victory" is a war in which Zhu Houzhao personally led his troops to meet Tatar in Yingzhou and won a great victory.
From the perspective of Zhu Houzhao's life, he was a very absurd and incompetent emperor, but strangely, he could defeat the Mongolian Tatar.
Another point is that Zhu Houzhao didn't disclose his status as emperor when he went out for personal expedition, but gave himself another name "Zhu Shou", calling himself "General" and "Zhen Gong". After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he was named "Taishi".
Zhu Houzhao likes riding and shooting since he was a child, and he is also curious about war. As it happens, in A.D. 15 17, Mongolia invaded the border, and Zhu Houzhao found an opportunity to decide on personal expedition.
Of course, the court ministers didn't want the emperor to go on an expedition in person, so they tried to dissuade Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao just wouldn't listen. Encouraged by his favorite letters, he secretly gave himself a name, named "mighty general".
The purpose of naming an official position is to command the army. If Zhu Houzhao used his emperor's identity to command ordinary soldiers, the general might refuse Zhu Houzhao's personal expedition on the grounds that he would not be ordered to go to war. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao gave himself an identity to command soldiers.
With identity, the following is war. Zhu Houzhao first came to the border town of Fu Xuan. When he came here, it was calm and there was no war, so he went to the Yanghe front. 1565438+2007 10, the leader of Mongolian Tatar led troops to attack.
Zhu Houzhao finally waited for the enemy. He must have a boiling passion. He quickly assembled troops to meet the enemy and made corresponding arrangements. Zhu Houzhao at this time is like a different person. He is not laughing at the imperial court at all, but like a battle-hardened general.
In the same month, the war broke out in Yingzhou, and Zhu Houzhao first sent a few people to storm and launch an elite attack. Sure enough, the Tatar leader was fooled and resisted with all his might. Then, Zhu Houzhao constantly strengthened its strength to kill the Tatars' morale. In the decisive battle, the Tatar army was defeated and Zhu Houzhao won.
Who would have thought that an emperor who indulged in entertainment all day would win a great victory on his first personal expedition?
In fact, Zhu Houzhao is not as absurd and incompetent as recorded in history. He has a very outstanding military talent and is extremely smart, and he knows what to learn. Although he prefers entertainment and eunuchs, he is not confused at all on major issues, which can be seen from suppressing rebellion and winning Yingzhou.