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Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's psychological journey on the road to hegemony, it can be said that it has changed from quantitative to qualitative.

After the successful capture of Huizhou, Zhu Yuanzhang visited Zhu Sheng, an old Confucian in his family.

Zhu Sheng sent him three sentences: "Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and become king slowly."

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang, you must first expand your military strength and consolidate your rear; you must focus on developing production, and store the necessary food to the maximum;Instead, learn to survive and develop slowly.

Of course, it is impossible to survive, but this means to warn Zhu Yuanzhang that you must know how to endure, and you must know how to judge the situation.

These words became the program of action guiding Zhu Yuanzhang to seize the world and establish the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was determined in his heart, followed Zhu Sheng's strategy, the first is to pay close attention to army building and improve the combat ability of soldiers.

In the gap between frequent wars, it is even more necessary to pay close attention to food production.

Zhu Yuanzhang set up a field department in the rebel army, and appointed Kang Maocai as the field envoy, who was responsible for agricultural production such as building water conservancy and farming.

And he also took out some soldiers to open up wasteland and farm in his spare time.

In the territory he laid down, in just a few years, not only did he solve the problem of food shortage during the war, but also left a large amount of surplus, which changed the habit of the armies fighting in the past to rely on military rations.

This greatly reduced his own burden, and Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising army also won the support of the people.

With a mass base, the rest will be easy to handle.

In the war at that time, getting the love and support of the people meant having a steady stream of soldiers, and these soldiers were naturally incomparable to those Latin soldiers.

However, in order to avoid arrogance and avoid being eaten when his strength is weak, Zhu Yuanzhang has always maintained a vassal relationship with King Xiaoming in form, and he still uses the Dragon and Phoenix Year Name of the Song regime.

Until Zhu Yuanzhang changed his name to King Wu and issued a proclamation, the first sentence was still, "Emperor's decree, King Wu's decree." It means that he is still a loyal subject of King Xiaoming.

After several years of hard work and courage, Zhu Yuanzhang finally established a solid base, and unknowingly rose a strong rebel army that could rival the Yuan army.

When Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yingtian, Zhang Shicheng, who lived in the east, occupied the vast and affluent areas of the Taihu Lake Basin and the Yangtze River Delta.

Xu Shouhui, who dominated the West, took Wuchang as the center and controlled large tracts of fertile land in Huguang and Jiangxi.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who used to be able to do everything from right to left, was now caught between two sides, and the situation was quite grim.

At the same time, with the increasing military power of Zhu Yuanzhang, the conflicts between him and various separatist regimes became increasingly acute.

It seems that the time for a decisive battle in the world has finally come when the heroes are vying for the throne in the Central Plains.

In the intercalary May of the 20th year of Yuan Zhizheng, Chen Youliang went to Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang) to kill Xu Shouhui in the name of sending people to congratulate him on victory.

After Chen Youliang established the country and proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately conspired with Zhang Shicheng to raise troops to attack Yingtian in an attempt to wipe out Zhu Yuanzhang's team in one fell swoop.

Chen Youliang's military strength on the water is quite strong.

There are more than 100 warships such as "Huanjianglong", "Saiduanjiang", and "Knockdown Mountain", as well as hundreds of warships.

It can be said that it has the momentum to sweep thousands of troops in the surf.

Many civilians and generals stationed in Yingtian City panicked after hearing this news.

Some advocated surrender; some insisted on abandoning the city and transferring to preserve their strength;

Only Liu Ji was confident, and sat quietly.

Liu Ji is a prominent family in eastern Zhejiang. He is very knowledgeable, good at calculating, and multi-planned.

Once served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty, he also fought against the Red Turban Army.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard of his name, he sent someone to bring generous gifts and letters, and asked him to come out to assist the government.

Zhu Yuanzhang called the four of them Mr. Four, and built a Lixian Hall specially for them, with great kindness and courtesy.

When the enemy soldiers approached the city, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Liu Ji sitting silently, guessing that he had a clever plan, so he asked him for advice.Liu Ji said that Zhang Shicheng was short-sighted, had no ambitions, and only wanted to strengthen himself, so he might not send troops.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Ji, "How to defeat Chen Youliang?"

"Friendly soldiers are arrogant, and arrogant soldiers are defeated. But friendly soldiers are strong, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and we must outsmart them. Lure the enemy to go deep, and use ambushes to invite attacks, and you will surely win."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Liu Ji's words were very reasonable, so he adopted his opinion and decided to ambush his troops to outwit him.

Zhu Yuanzhang changed the wooden bridge into a stone bridge overnight, and set up an ambush near Jiangdong Bridge.

Chen Youliang didn't know it was a trick, and hurriedly waved his troops straight down to Jiangdong Bridge according to the old concierge's words.

Suddenly there was a sound of killing, and Zhu Yuanzhang set up an ambush, fighting bravely to be the first, and surrounded Chen Youliang's team.

Zhang Shicheng was frightened by the situation, so he did not dare to act rashly.Then Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the victory and sent his troops to capture Anhui, regain Taiping and many counties in Jiangxi, further expanding and consolidating the victory.

Three years later, Chen Youliang regrouped and took the opportunity of Zhu Yuanzhang to lead his troops to Anfeng to rescue King Xiaoming, and came to attack Hongdu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi) to avenge Longjiang.

Hongdu is close to the Ganjiang River and is an important military strategic location for Zhu Yuanzhang.

The guard of Hongdu is Zhu Wenzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.Chen Youliang's soldiers broke through the city wall several times and poured into the city.But it was quickly repelled by Zhu Wenzheng's artillery fire.Although Hongdu was isolated and helpless, under the leadership of the guard Zhu Wenzheng, his morale was high and he became more courageous with each battle.

Until July, when Zhu Yuanzhang led 20 troops to rescue the siege, Chen Youliang had to turn around and face Poyang Lake in a hurry.

The Battle of Poyang Lake was a decisive battle related to the life and death of the two armies.

On the eve of the decisive battle, Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to block the exit from Poyang Lake to the Yangtze River, strangling the enemy's retreat.

Judging from the comparison of the military strength of the two sides, Chen Youliang claims to have 60, while Zhu Jun only has more than 20.Moreover, Chen Jun's warships are tall and big, and Zhu Jun's limited number of small boats can only be seen by looking up at the enemy. The strengths and weaknesses are obvious.

After Chen Youliang entered Poyang Lake, he organized dozens of tall warships into a group and connected them with iron cables.

It seems that the flags, masts and sculls look like mountains, and the momentum is indeed scary, but it is indeed very inflexible when moving.

When Zhu Yuanzhang discovered this weakness, he adopted the tactics of attacking with fire.He sent soldiers who dared to die, drove seven ships, loaded with gunpowder and reeds, rushed straight to the enemy's position, and set fire to the ships.In an instant, the wind on the lake fueled the fire, and the flames soared into the sky.

This battle lasted for 36 days and nights, and the killing sound on Poyang Lake was deafening.

At the end of the war, Chen Youliang's army ran out of food.

Then his left and right Jinwu generals surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang.

In this way, Chen Jun's spirit was frustrated and his morale fluctuated.

Not only did Chen Youliang not accept the opinions of the soldiers, but in order to vent his anger, he ordered the killing of all the captured soldiers of the Zhu army.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he did the opposite and ordered the release of all the soldiers of the Chen army he had captured, and returned treatment to the injured prisoners.

Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered the whole army not to harm any prisoners captured in the future.

His policy, as the captives came and went, quickly spread throughout Chen Youliang's barracks, soldiers and soldiers.Chen Bing also lost his fighting spirit.

Seeing that the battle could not continue, Chen Youliang had no choice but to organize a breakout.

He just led his troops to rush to the mouth of the lake, but he was intercepted by ambushes again.A flying arrow shot through the eyes and pierced the head, and he died immediately.

Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang summed up the reasons for the victory in the decisive battle at a military meeting, he said that firstly, the decisive battle was won by the sincere unity of the whole army;

After the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang's territory has expanded to a vast area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to be king and hegemony also expanded.

He is no longer satisfied with the title of Wu Guogong conferred by King Xiaoming.Soon Zhang Shicheng was proclaimed King Wu in Suzhou.Zhu Yuanzhang also followed suit.

In the first month of 1364, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself the King of Wu in Yingtian, set up a hundred officials, and established the Ministry of Education, with Li Shanchang as the right prime minister and Xu Da as the left prime minister.

Because there were two kings of Wu at the same time, people called Zhang Shicheng Eastern Wu and Zhu Yuanzhang Western Wu.

In February of that year, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the victory to personally conquer Wuchang, Chen Li asked for surrender, and the Han regime perished.Huguang was included in Zhu Yuanzhang's territory ruled by Western Wu.

After Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Han regime, he began to march towards a new goal-to eliminate Zhang Shicheng, the king of Wu who dominated the East.

Zhang Shicheng was born as a private salt dealer.Because they could not bear the oppression and humiliation of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, they fought very bravely.

But its leadership group has no lofty goals and is very corrupt.

Zhang led the army to besiege Pingjiang City.Zhang Shicheng's generals, Lu Zhen and Li Bosheng, saw that the situation was not good, and surrendered one after another.

Pingjiang City is very strong and difficult to conquer for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered the "Locking Law" proposed by Ye Duixian from Haining a few years ago, so he ordered the soldiers to build a long fence around Pingjiang City, build a three-story wooden tower, and climb to the top of the tower. The activities of the enemies in the city can be seen clearly. Clearly.

They set up bows, crossbows, firecrackers and Xiangyang cannons on each floor, bombarding them day and night.

While besieging Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang sent General Liao Yongzhong to Chuzhou to welcome King Xiao Ming to Yingtian.

When crossing the river, Liao took the opportunity to capsize the boat, and King Xiao Ming drowned in the river.

Zhang Shicheng was besieged for more than nine months and had no food and grass, so he had to break out of the siege, but it was too late.

Jiuyue City was conquered, and Zhou Ren, the prefect of Pingjiang, surrendered.

While attacking Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang subdued Fang Guozhen in eastern Zhejiang, pacified Chen Youding in Fujian, and took advantage of the victory to advance southward, conquering Guangdong and Guangxi.

Zhu Yuanzhang seized the opportunity to mobilize elite troops to carry out the Northern Expedition, and launched the final decisive battle with the feudal regime of the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to lead the northern expedition.

Before the army set off, Zhu Yuanzhang personally formulated a complete set of careful battle plans: first take Shandong and dismantle the barriers of Dadu; then send troops to Henan to cut off its wings; seize Tongguan and occupy the threshold.

In this way, the situation in the world has been controlled by him, and then he will enter the capital, and the Yuan army will be alone and help him, and he can overcome it without fighting.

The war was carried out smoothly according to Zhu Yuanzhang's plan.

When the Northern Expeditionary Army swept across the Central Plains and approached Dadu, the Yuan Army was busy with the civil war.

After the fall of Tongguan, Emperor Yuan Shun hastily mobilized the troops of Expansion Timur (Wang Baobao) and Li Siqi, who were fighting endlessly in the civil war, and went south to meet them.

The corrupt Yuan army still had fighting power. Seeing that the general situation was over, Emperor Yuan Shun fled to Shangdu (now Duolun, Inner Mongolia) in embarrassment late at night with his concubine and prince.

In August of the following year, Xu Da led an army to attack Dadu, and the Yuan Dynasty regime, which had ruled for 99 years, was declared defeated.

In the first month of the 28th year of Zhengzheng (1368), when the Northern Expedition successfully conquered Shandong, the 40-year-old Zhu Yuanzhang officially ascended the throne in Yingtian amidst the cheers of civil and military officials. for Nanjing.

The concubine Ma was the queen, and the son was the crown prince.

Li Shanchang and Xu Da are still the left and right prime ministers, and Liu Ji is the censor Zhongcheng and Taishi Ling.

In this way, a shepherd boy with a flute and a bull's back, after hard work, finally became another founding monarch who was born in commoner clothes after Liu Bang in the history of our country.