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Chapter 189 The Battle of Dongchang
"In the second year of Jianwen, Zhu Gaoxu also participated in the Battle of Baihegou, but he was not mentioned as a teacher in the Battle of Baihegou just now. There is a reason for this."

"At that time, Zhu Gaoxu had just joined the army and fought, and his military talent had not yet been fully exposed. This matter can only be described in detail later."

"Continue to talk about the business. After the Battle of Baihegou, Zhu Di was defeated by the imperial army in Dongchang, and the general Zhang Yu died in battle. Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu brought his people to rescue his father Zhu Di in time."

"Hey, this is the famous Battle of Dongchang in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Now let's talk about this battle that is more important to Zhu Gaoxu."

"But here, let's first understand some of the background at that time. I just said that after Li Jinglong defeated Baihegou, he led his remnants and fled to Jinan City."

"In May of the second year of Jianwen, that is, the second month after the Battle of Baihegou, King Zhu Di of Yan took advantage of the victory to pursue and defeated the imperial troops again on the outskirts of Jinan City, so he took advantage of the situation and surrounded Jinan City."

"At this time, Tie Xuan, who participated in politics in Shandong, and Sheng Yong, who participated in politics, led the army to resist. Because of the disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, the two of them wrote a tablet of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and hung it on the city wall to force the rebels not to attack."

"What do you think is the way to use Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit card as a shield? There is no one else."

"Fortunately, the rebels were afraid of this, so they didn't dare to take the initiative to attack. By August, Zhu Di hadn't been able to take Jinan City, and because of the food and grass problem, he had to withdraw from the siege and return north."

"It is said that after the battle of Jinan, the imperial army replaced the commander in chief, so they gained the initiative in the war, so they took the initiative to launch a crusade."

"In October of the second year of Jianwen, two months after the Battle of Jinan, Zhu Di heard that the imperial army was going north from Jinan, so he took the initiative to lead the army south to meet it."

"At the same time, Zhu Di sent troops to conquer Liaodong on the surface, but secretly sent Xu Li and Chen Xu to build a pontoon bridge in Zhigu, which is today's TJ City, so that the troops can bypass Qing County and Changlu's imperial army defense line deploy."

"This is the background, the next part is the most exciting part, listen carefully!"

"On October 25, Zhu Di's general Zhang Yu led his troops from Tongzhou, all the way south, along the river day and night, and attacked hundreds of people in the prison post of the Southern Army, so that the Southern Army did not know the specific movements of the rebels."

"On October 27, Zhang Yu led his army to Cangzhou. At that time, Xu Kai, the southern army defender, was still repairing and strengthening the city wall. Seeing this, Zhang Yu decisively ordered an attack."

"It is said that some of the soldiers went into battle with weapons before they had time to put on their armor. Under Zhang Yu's command, the rebels captured Cangzhou through hand-to-hand combat."

"In this battle, more than 1 people were beheaded by Zhang Yu's troops, more than 90 horses were obtained, and the governors Xu Kai and Cheng Xian were captured alive, as well as the commanders of the capital Yu Qi, Zhao Hu, Hu Yuan, Li Ying, Zhang Jie and hundreds of people under command. .”

"And the other rebel army crossed the Changlu River through Jingzhou and arrived in Dezhou on the fourth day of November. They ignored the Southern Army in Jinan City."

"At that time Sheng Yong was stationed in Dezhou, Zhu Di sent someone to recruit him, but Sheng Yong refused, Zhu Di had no choice but to lead the army to attack Dezhou."

"Sheng Yong is also a good general. When Zhu Di attacked Dezhou, he personally led the army to go around behind Zhu Di's troops and attack the Yan army's rear."

"But because Zhu Di was behind the army hall in person, many people in the Shengyong Department did not dare to shoot at him or arrest him. Even though Zhu Di had only dozens of guards around him at that time, the Shengyong Department still killed more than a hundred people by Zhu Di's department. Then get out of the way."

"In November, when the main force of the Yan Army arrived in Linqing, Zhu Di immediately decided to rebel against the grain roads of the Southern Army, and sent cavalry directly to Daming to burn the grain ships of the Southern Army."

"So the Yan army crossed the river from Guantao. This refers to the Wei Canal, a part of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. At that time, the Yellow River cut the Huaihe River into the sea. Do you understand?"

"Well, it is said that the Yan army arrived in Dong'a and Dongping successively, threatening the south and forcing Sheng Yong, who was trapped in Dezhou, to retreat south."

"But Sheng Yong was not stupid. He immediately decided to take advantage of the situation and decided to fight the Yan army decisively in Dongchang, which is today's Liaocheng, Shandong Province. He also arranged a large number of firearms and poisonous crossbows in the formation."

"On December 25, Yan's army went south and arrived outside Dongchang City. Sheng Yong personally led the army out of the city to meet it!"

"And Zhu Di also felt that Sheng Yong was in trouble, so he could only lead the charge in person. Zhu Di followed the previous tactics and attacked the left wing of Sheng Yong's department first."

"Unexpectedly, Sheng Yong had already prepared. He deployed elite infantry on the left flank. The Yan army couldn't move forward, so he moved to the center. At this moment, Sheng Yong launched an array to lure Zhu Di in, and then surrounded Zhu Di."

"At that time, Zhu Di was heavily surrounded. Generals of the Yan Army Zhang Yu, Zhu Neng, and Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of Zhu Di, led troops to rescue him."

"Zhu Neng is responsible for breaking into the siege and opening up a bloody path, while Zhang Yu is responsible for diverting the Southern Army, and Zhu Gaoxu is responsible for rescuing Zhu Di."

"In this way, with the cooperation of the three parties, Zhu Gaoxu finally rescued Zhu Di and quickly withdrew from the battlefield."

"However, a large number of Yan troops who were attacking were injured by the firearms and poisonous crossbows arranged in advance by Sheng Yong's troops. Zhang Yu was also killed in battle. Later, the southern army general Ping An led his troops to fight with Sheng Yong's troops."

"The next day, the Yan army was at a disadvantage in another battle and lost more than 1 people, so they had to withdraw to the north for repairs. As a result, they were chased and killed by the troops led by the Shengyong Ministry and the Ministry of Security. It is said that the Yan army suffered a lot of casualties."

"After repelling the obstruction of the southern army, Zhu Di led the Yan army back to Beiping on the sixteenth day of the first month of the third year of Jianwen, and began to repair."

"Here is a small detail. It is said that Zhang Yu died in battle to save himself. This made Zhu Di very sad. Later, he went on a hunger strike for three days."

"It is said that after the battle of Dongchang, Zhu Di was on the verge of danger many times, but because of Zhu Yunwen's imperial decree, Zhu Di was able to escape from death every time."

"Then what imperial decree did Zhu Yunxuan issue? The content of the imperial decree is, don't let me be accused of killing my uncle, that is, don't let me be charged with killing my uncle."

"Hey, it is precisely because of Zhu Yunqi's imperial decree that many generals of the Southern Army were afraid of being executed by Zhu Yunqi for killing uncles, and they were afraid that Zhu Yunqi would make it difficult to catch Zhu Di, and Zhu Yunqi would make things difficult for him in the future, so they all I dare not hurt Zhu Di."

"The southern army didn't dare to hurt Zhu Di, so naturally they didn't dare to arrest him. It was said that Zhu Di took advantage of Zhu Yunqi's opportunity to not act rashly because he didn't want to be accused of killing his uncle. The southern army has no choice but to investigate from the rear of the army."

"Because I didn't dare to catch him, and I didn't dare to kill him. This is equivalent to a privilege that Zhu Yunqi gave Zhu Di!"

(End of this chapter)