Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was the fourth son of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was born in the late Yuan Dynasty, when heroes were competing for power. Zhu Di was born in the 20th year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty (1360). He was named King of Yan at the age of 11. He married Xu Da's eldest daughter at the age of 17. At the age of 21, he took the Jinbao album of Jin Chengzu's portrait to Peiping. At the age of 40, he raised troops in the name of "Jingnan". Four years later, he captured the Ming Dynasty from his nephew Emperor Jianwen. After reigning for 22 years, he changed his reign name to "Yongle" and his posthumous title of "Emperor Wen", so he was also called "Emperor Wen". Wenhuang", the temple name was "Taizong", Shizong changed "Taizong" to "Chengzu", and was buried in Changling after his death.
Zhu Di's character is quite similar to that of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, and he is also another talented and strategic emperor after Zhu Yuanzhang. His life was full of ups and downs. In the 23rd year of Hongwu (1390), King Zhu Di of Yan led his army to conquer Mongolia Naierbuhua, and won a complete victory. From then on, his reputation became great, and he also accumulated valuable experience for the subsequent victory in the Battle of Jingnan. After his nephew Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, he was determined to reduce the vassal state. Everyone in the vassal king was in danger, and King Yan was the leader of the powerful vassal and was the main goal of reducing the vassal state. In July of the first year of Jianwen (1399), Zhu Di raised troops. Four years later, after entering the capital from Jinchuan Gate, Emperor Jianwen ended up unknown, and Zhu Di became emperor. He conquered Annan south, entered Mobei five times, moved the capital to Beijing, compiled the "Yongle Dadian", and sent Zheng He to the Western Seas six times. As the "History of the Ming Dynasty" said, "The young emperor Wenhuang trained troops, and based on the beautiful place of Youyan, he took advantage of Jianwen Wei (càn) was weak, long-term introversion, and was in trouble all over the world. After taking the throne, he practiced frugality, floods and droughts came to an end in the morning, and there was no obstruction. In the same way as Emperor Gaozu, the Sixth Division came out again and again. By the end of the year, their mighty virtues were overwhelming, and the people from all over the country were ordered to pay tribute. , Tang Dynasty. Successful Jun Lie, Zhuo Huan. "During Zhu Di's reign, his civil and martial arts were comparable to those of the Han and Tang Dynasties. However, he had a violent temper and caused several major bloody cases, such as the Gua Man Chao, the Execution of the Ten Clan, the Harem Tragedy, etc. "At the time of elimination, he acted in the opposite direction, and his shameful morality cannot be concealed."
Martial Arts: The Emperor on Horseback
Zhu Di is an emperor on horseback. He gained fame because of his martial arts, seized the throne because of his martial arts, and expanded his territory because of his martial arts. His life began in the army, and he died on the march.
The first battle was successful. In the thirteenth year of Hongwu (1380), Zhu Di came to Peiping, and he spent 23 years here until he proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing. This period of time was very important for Zhu Di. He gradually matured from a young vassal king, gradually emerged among the vassal kings, became the leader of the vassals, and finally ascended to the throne. In the 23rd year of Hongwu (1390), he won the first battle against the Mongolian Naierbuhua, which established his reputation and became a good start to the throne of imperial power.
Just after New Year's Day this year, Zhu Di received an order from Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, asking him and the King of Jin to command troops and horses to attack the prime minister Meng Yuan. Zhu Di, who was in his thirties, was extremely excited because this was the first time he had experienced a battle of such a scale. Zhu Di, who has always been ambitious, knew that this was a good opportunity for him to hone his skills and a rare opportunity to show himself, so he prepared carefully and was determined to win.
Zhu Di first sent out several groups of sentries to investigate and found out the exact location of Nai'er Buhua. It was March. Unexpectedly, the weather was not beautiful. It snowed heavily and the temperature dropped accordingly. Some people asked King Yan to stop marching and take shelter from the wind and snow. Zhu Di had another opinion, believing that this was a good opportunity to win by surprise, so the army marched in the snow. When the army appeared in front of Naierbuhua, he was very surprised and unprepared. Zhu Di did not attack rashly, but sent Nai'er Buhua, an old friend of Guantong, who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, to persuade him to surrender. Nai'er Buhua knew that he could not resist, so he had to go to Zhu Di's army to ask for surrender. Zhu Di gave him a banquet and was very enthusiastic about him. Nai'er Buhua was very moved, so he took the initiative to persuade him to surrender and bite him. In this way, Zhu Di won a complete victory without any blood in his first large-scale expedition. On the other hand, the King of Jin was timid by nature and did not dare to go deep into the hinterland of Mongolia. As a result, he found nothing, which was a foil to King Yan's wisdom and courage. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and rewarded him with 1 million ingots of treasure, which made him trust him even more. This victory made Zhu Di famous and was also his perfect appearance on the political stage.
Jing Nan raised troops. After Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Di's nephew, ascended the throne, he reversed Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of enfeoffing vassal kings, and instead acted vigorously and resolutely to cut down the vassals. The situation at that time was very unfavorable to King Yan.
After Emperor Jianwen seized the five vassals, he aimed directly at the King of Yan and strengthened his defense against the King of Yan. Emperor Jianwen appointed his confidant Xie Gui to be the commander of the capital of Peiping and take control of the military power; he appointed Zhang ■ to be the chief envoy to Peking and take charge of the daily administrative power; he transferred the elite guards of the Prince of Yan's Palace to Kaiping and ordered Song Zhongshang to garrison 30,000 troops in Kaiping.
Under such severe circumstances, King Yan resolutely raised troops on July 5, the first year of Jianwen (1399), and led the "Jingnan" army. It lasted 4 years and involved more than a hundred battles, and finally the army was defeated. Approach Nanjing and win the Ming Dynasty. Here are a few major battles to introduce:
Song Zhong defeated Song Zhong with 30,000 soldiers and garrisoned in Kaiping, which was an important military force to defend against King Yan. After the King of Yan's uprising, Song Zhong did not dare to march rashly, but moved his army to Huai Lai. Zhu Di took control of the city of Beijing, recruited the Tongzhou Guards who were guarding Tongzhou, and commanded Qianshi Fangsheng to capture Jizhou. Juyong Pass was captured by Zhu Di, and the defender led his defeated army to surrender to Song Zhong. In order to mobilize morale, Song Zhong lied that the family members of the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion had been killed by Prince Yan. After King Yan learned about this situation, he specially asked the relatives of those soldiers to serve as the vanguard. The former guard of the Prince of Yan's Mansion watched the Monument of Divine Merit and Virtue in the Changling Mausoleum
When he found out that his family members were still alive, he was angry that Song Zhong had deceived them, so he turned against him in the face of battle. Song Zhong was suddenly in chaos, and King Yan took the opportunity to cross the river with his army and attack directly. Song Zhongyou was defeated and fled back to the city. As a result, the city was broken and he was captured in the toilet.
Huailai's defeat of Song Zhong was the first large-scale battle after Zhu Di raised his army. In this battle, thousands of people were beheaded and more than 8,000 horses and a large amount of ordnance were captured. More importantly, the Battle of Huailai relieved the military threats around Peiping and enhanced military prestige. Soon the defenders at Kaiping, Longmen, Shanggu, Yunzhong, and Yongping surrendered, strengthening Zhu Di's power.
In August of the Zhending War, Emperor Jianwen ordered veteran general Geng Bingwen to lead 130,000 troops to conquer King Yan. Since Zhu Yuanzhang killed heroes on several pretexts, there were few generals in the court who were accustomed to fighting. Therefore, even though Geng Bingwen was 65 years old at the time, he could only go out in battle. Geng Bingwen, like Zhu Yuanzhang, was both from Haozhou. At that time, he was stationed in Changxing for 10 years and resisted Zhang Shicheng's attack. "We fought dozens of battles, big and small, and were invincible." Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was granted the title of Marquis of Changxing and a first-class meritorious official. Emperor Jianwen appointed him as the commander-in-chief, with the intention of annihilating King Yan in one fell swoop.