First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 15 The Battle of Hongdu
Then, Chen Youliang asked Zhang Shicheng to attack Yingtian from east to west and divide Zhu Yuanzhang's territory equally. Yingtian was shaken, and Zhu Yuanzhang had to call all the generals to discuss the countermeasures.

Only Liu Ji remained silent, so Zhu Yuanzhang asked him for his opinion. Liu Ji believed that the most dangerous enemy now was Chen Youliang, and he must concentrate on destroying him.

Although Chen Youliang was powerful, he killed the monarch and became independent. , to manufacture fighter jets.

Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates Kang Maocai and Chen Youliang were old friends, so they repaired a letter and sent someone to Chen Youliang's camp, asking Chen to attack Yingtian and saying that he was willing to respond at Jiangdong Bridge.

On the morning of June 23, Chen Youliang led the main force of the fleet to Jiangdong Bridge on the outskirts of Yingtian, only to find that the bridge was a stone bridge instead of a wooden bridge. defeat.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Taiping and occupied Xinzhou and Anqing. Chen Youliang was defeated and fled to Jiujiang. In August of the following year, he captured Anqing, so Zhu Yuanzhang led his army to take Chen Youliang's old nest, Jiangzhou, Chen Youliang fled to Wuchang, and Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Jiangxi and southeastern Hubei.

At this time, the Central Plains Red Scarf Army split and its strength weakened. In February 23, Zhang Shicheng took advantage of the danger and sent his general Lu Zhen to attack Anfeng. Liu Futong asked Zhu Yuanzhang for help.Zhu Yuanzhang led his army to Anfeng, rescued Xiaoming King Han Liner and others, and arranged them to live in Chuzhou. When Zhu Yuanzhang led the main force to rescue Xiaoming King, Chen Youliang believed that the time had come for a counterattack, so he led his troops to attack Hongdu.

In the 23rd year of Zhengzheng, Chen Youliang commanded a navy of 60 and hundreds of giant ships to conquer Wu in the east.The Han army came overwhelmingly.The whole court was shocked. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was busy fighting Zhang Shicheng of the Eastern Wu and had no time to look around. Even if he sent his troops to the west to help, with Zhu Yuanzhang's power, it would be difficult to compete with the Han army.

Therefore, in order to gain more time to prepare for the war, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to Hongdu, vowing to defend Hongdu to the death, waiting for the army to come to help!

After Hongdu Shou Zhu Wenzheng received this order, he seemed to have become a different person at this time, who usually spends his days drinking and doing nothing.

He quickly convened an emergency military meeting, and as a supreme commander, he said to every soldier in a firm tone: "The city will die or die, I will swear to defend Hongdu City to the death!"

He immediately allocated troops to defend the city gates. Next, Zhu Wenzheng and the Nanchang defenders were going to face an army of 60 troops - one of the largest and most powerful armies in the world at that time!

The battle to defend Hongdu started. Under the unified command of Chen Youliang, the 60 Han army launched wave after wave of fierce attacks on Hongdu City. The defenders on the tower fought desperate battles with the enemy!They firmly believe that reinforcements will come, and they firmly believe that they can hold the city.

In order to inspire the soldiers, Zhu Wenzheng personally led his own soldiers, climbed the tower, stood with his comrades, and used his sword and his own flesh and blood to resist the onslaught of 60 enemy troops!

Guarding Hongdu with Zhu Wenzheng was also Deng Yu, who was called "the No. 6 general in the world" by Mingyue back then. He 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 defend the enemy. Deng Yu led his troops to shoot the enemy troops who entered the city in turn with muskets. The Han army fell one after another, and the rest saw the lethality of the firearms. So big, so terrifying.

Under the strong counterattack of the defenders of Hongdu, the Han army could only withdraw from the city, and Zhu Wenzheng was busy sending people to repair the city wall.

As Hongdu soldiers fought hard to defend, Chen Youliang's army of 60 besieged for 85 days and lasted for three months, but failed to break Hongdu City.

Chen Youliang couldn't help but sighed: "Zhu Yuanzhang is like a cloud of fierce generals, and there are military geniuses like Zhu Wenzheng. If they can serve me, they will be even more powerful!"

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang prepared everything, commanded an army of 20 people, and sailed with thousands of sails, heading towards Hongdu in a mighty manner.

This battle is one of the most famous city defense battles in Chinese history, and it is also a classic case of China's military winning with less, and it had a huge impact on the political structure of the late Yuan Dynasty.

The three-month-long defense of Hongdu made Zhu Wenzheng give full play to his military talent and commanding ability, which was no less than that of any famous generals of his time. It brought Zhu Wenzheng's life to the peak and pushed him to the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. On the star-studded mythological stage.

The strategic significance of Hongdu is extremely important. This war has determined Zhu Yuanzhang's overlord career. Chen Youliang's Han army has been greatly exhausted and power is greatly reduced in this battle, which has laid a firm foundation for the final annihilation by Zhu Yuanzhang at Poyang Lake. The Battle of the Capital changed the whole situation at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

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