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【Zhu Yuanzhang·Hongwu Emperor]

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【Since ancient times, there is no one who is more capable than Li Shimin, followed by Zhu Yuanzhang.】

【I am a commoner in Huaiyou, what more can the world do to me?】

【Since ancient times, there is no one more righteous than Zhu Yuanzhang】

【Start with a bowl】

【Drive out the Tartars, restore China, name the country Ming Dynasty, and build the Yuan Dynasty Hongwu!】

【Killed all the millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the sword on his waist was still bloody!】

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He has been a monk and a beggar.

But he used his outstanding ability to wipe out the heroes in troubled times.

In one fell swoop, the Mongolian rule in the Central Plains was eliminated.

He was an emperor of extremely low origin in Chinese history.

At the same time, he also recaptured the sixteen states of Yanyun that had been lost for more than 400 years.

He became the only emperor in Chinese history who unified the country from south to north.

He is the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the first year of Tianli of Yuan Wenzong during the Yuan Dynasty.

Since he was the eighth among his peers in the family, he was named Chongba.

When he was fifteen years old, natural disasters in his hometown of Haozhou were severe, and a large-scale plague broke out at the same time.

In addition, the disaster relief funds allocated by the court were exploited by corrupt officials at all levels.

As a result, his parents fell seriously ill and passed away not long after.

He and his brothers were so poor that they couldn't even put food on the table.

Not to mention arranging funeral arrangements.

Finally, the neighbors helped them find a cemetery.

Then they wrapped their loved ones in tattered clothes and buried them.

He later parted ways with his remaining relatives.

When I was really desperate, I went to a monastery and became a monk.

But not long after, famine broke out in the area.

The 17-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang could only wander around and beg for alms.

I left for three years and visited more than ten areas.

As social conflicts intensified at that time, disasters occurred frequently in various places, causing many poor people to take risks.

They joined the ranks of the peasant uprising one after another.

And Zhu Yuanzhang has also seen a lot of the world in the past three years.

I have heard many stories and propaganda about peasant uprisings.

It happened that the Red Scarf Army with Guo Zixing as marshal occupied Haozhou.

Volunteers have now joined the uprising camp.

After that, he fought bravely and cleverly.

He was quickly appreciated by Guo Zixing.

He was regarded as a confidant and even married his adopted daughter to him.

The name Zhu Chongba was later changed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

In order to develop his own strength, Zhu Yuanzhang began to recruit troops alone in 1353.

Soon more than 700 people were recruited and handed over to Guo Zixing.

But at this time, the entire rebel army had not left Haozhou for half a year.

So Zhu Yuanzhang selected 24 people from the more than 700 people he had raised.

Start to take a closer look south to Dingyuan.

On the way, he surrendered two small rebel armies.

There are more than 3,800 people in total.

With this power, he attacked the Yuan army camp in Hengjian Mountain, Dingyuan.

More than 20,000 elite Yuan soldiers were recruited.

Then he captured Chuzhou.

During this period, I met Li Shanchang, who was both wise and courageous.

Because Guo Zixing was squeezed out of the military service in Haozhou, he came to Chuzhou, which Zhu Yuanzhang had just captured.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately handed over 30,000 neatly organized elite troops to Guo Zixing.

He willingly became a general military officer.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that some soldiers were robbing women, so he strictly enforced military discipline and allowed those women to return home for reunion.

This move was widely praised among the people.

Guo Zixing died suddenly of illness not long after.

His son Guo Tianxu became the marshal of the army.

It's just that because the army was built by Zhu Yuanzhang,

Guo Tianxu didn't have much courage.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang became the actual coach of this team.

As the size of the army increases.

The supply of grain and grass has become the most important problem that needs to be solved at present.

Zhu Yuanzhang then focused on

Taiping and Wuhu, which are close to the south bank of the Yangtze River and are rich in rice.

It happened that two red scarf navy troops came to join them, and the problem of crossing the river was easily solved.

The army arrived to quarry stone in July 1355.

The brave general Chang Yuchun led his troops to charge and conquered in one fell swoop.

A large amount of food and grass was collected by the army.

Just as all the sergeants were preparing to transport grain and grass back to Chuzhou,

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly cut off the boats and abandoned all the boats.

Then he ordered the whole army to attack Taiping.

The soldiers knew there was no way to retreat, so they could only attack the city with all their strength.

Finally, under the leadership of Zhu Yuanzhang, they won another victory.

After the war, some soldiers robbed the people, and

Zhu Yuanzhang dealt with them all according to military law.

Therefore, he is supported by the people.

This reduced many obstacles for Li Shanchang's work of stabilizing the base area.

In March 1356,

Zhang Shicheng, a separatist force in Zhejiang, launched an offensive against the Yuan army in the Yangtze River Delta.

Zhu Yuanzhang took this opportunity to march into Jiqing.

Yong defeated the Yuan army camp outside the city in three days.

Thirty-six thousand Yuan soldiers surrendered.

Zhu Yuanzhang then took advantage of the situation and captured Jiqing in just ten days.

After appeasing the people, Jiqing was renamed Yingtianfu.

In the next four years, Zhu Yuanzhang's men were already full of powerful generals.