Chapter Nineteen
After Zhu Yuanzhang led his old troops and Marshal Jia's soldiers and horses safely back to Chuzhou City, the Yuan Dynasty army led by Tuotuo followed closely.
The Battle of Liuhe was really a shame for Totto Tamerlane. He never imagined that he would surround Liuhe with hundreds of thousands of troops. Facing the opponent's only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it can be said that his military strength was huge.
Under such a disparate battle situation, the rebels were able to retreat completely.
It was really useless to lose this battle.
What's even more hateful is that Monk Zhu, who missed his crotch and wanted to eat, actually led his 30,000 troops and carried out what can be said to be an absolutely classic interlude battle under his nose. In the end, not only did not a single soldier suffer any casualties
The first soldier also rescued Marshal A's rebels forcefully under his own sword.
After this farce performance of just playing gongs and drums was completed, Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the Chuyang City Wall and looked at the angry Yuan soldiers at his feet. The smile on his face was bright and bright, and the proud smile on his slender cheeks was enough to bloom.
Flowers come.
Before the battle started, Zhu Yuanzhang faced the enemy with the determination to suffer casualties. However, as the situation developed step by step, he not only suffered no loss, but also made a fortune. It can be said that he had a near miss. This result was a big one
beyond his expectation.
Seeing the dark Yuan army in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang had already made a final conclusion in his heart about their future.
With soldiers like this, the country's destruction is not far away!
Looking at the black Yuan army under the city, the last trace of fear in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart towards them disappeared in this war. The Mongolian iron hooves that originally fought in all directions and were timid even with foreign devils and barbarians were no longer there.
Time is the pig feed. In the long passage of time, the original unruly prairie wolf has been raised into a human-flesh jackal that only knows how to bully the people, squeeze the bottom labor force, live in peace and enjoy life, and is afraid of fighting.
There are many similarities between the two before and after. They are both equally fierce, one is external and the other is internal. There are too many differences between the two. The former is willing to shed blood on the battlefield in order to unify the country and pursue his ambitions. He is loyal and loyal.
A powerful army serving the country.
The latter are traitorous legions who are willing to sell their souls, indulge their bodies, and ignore the country and the country in order to be free and happy.
The current Yuan army is no longer the former Yuan army.
Now they are, at most, a group of rabble who wear the trappings of a regular army, but only know how to bring harm to the world.
As for war, victory is never based on numbers. No matter how many people there are, the motley army will just disperse like scattered sand at important moments.
He shook his head and never looked at the Yuan army below the city. After giving the final conclusion to the Yuan army, which was known as a million-strong army, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the entire army to rest and recuperate.
He didn't know what would happen next, but he was fully mentally prepared.
No matter how high the sky is, I will work hard and win in the end!
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After experiencing the Liuhe War, the Zhu Jiajun's momentum will inevitably increase a lot.
But for the Yuan army, it was a head-on blow.
A million-strong army fought against 30,000 soldiers and horses, but ended in failure. This result can be described as tragic. Under this extremely negative situation, controversy first arose within the Yuan Dynasty.
Because after Tuotuo led a million-strong army to patrol the south, he failed to achieve any war achievements in three full months.
Not only that, the court also received news of Tuotuo's defeat one after another.
It was originally unfavorable news, and should be encouraged, hoping that he would work harder and never give up. However, in the eyes of some villains, it became a basis for impeaching Tuotuo, and used his defeat as a weapon to attack Tuotuo, the right prime minister of Zhongshu Province in the Yuan Dynasty.
political weapons.
The first person to seize this opportunity was Zhongshu Shengpingzhang Zhengshi Hama.
He used the excuse that Tuotuo had done nothing for three months, and took the lead in attacking Tuotuo, saying that he had used the country's financial resources for his own use, and half of the officials in the court obeyed Tuotuo's orders. Even so, he did not do anything.
No achievements will be made.
He also said: Tuotuo's younger brother Timur was a complete mediocrity, but he relied on his brother's power to dominate the court, causing the court to be in a mess, and the rules and regulations were in chaos. Also because of Tuotuo.
Because of his resignation, Timur's corruption situation became more and more serious.
If things go on like this, if Tuotuo maintains his own self-respect by supporting troops abroad, and Timur controls the country's financial resources first, when the time comes when the two brothers join hands and start a rebellion, they will inevitably be in trouble and bring disaster to the world.
As a popular person in the eyes of the emperor, with a political status similar to that of Wei Xiaobao, and a popular person around the emperor, Hama's words were believed by Emperor Yuan Shun to be true. Even if the emperor is like this, as a minister, he is naturally not to be left behind.
Soon Hama became the object of support from the ministers who feared that the world would not be in chaos.
As for Tuotuo and his younger brother who were outside the court, they were just outsiders because of the political reform plan launched by Timur in the early stage, which affected the political interests of many people and attracted the jealousy and hatred of many people.
The ministers who were defeated by the wind immediately defected and attacked Tuotuo unanimously, saying that he was plotting a rebellion with a million troops.
Tuohuan Tiemul, who was the supreme commander of the Yuan army at that time, faced the unanimous attack of the ministers. He seemed to have realized the seriousness of the situation. With the same external political sentiment as the ministers, he personally
An edict was issued to remove the military power of General Tuotuo and hand over the military power to his deputy, Tai Buhua, the left prime minister of Henan Province, and others.
When the edict reached Tuotuo, he already knew the contents before he opened it.
History books say of him: Don’t open the edict, otherwise great things will happen.
When he really opened it and looked at the edict in his hand, Tuotuo must have felt painful in his heart, but more importantly, he was also filled with helplessness.
After reading the edict, Tuotuo said something, the specific content of which is: The emperor summoned me to the palace at this time. If I don't obey, I will be fighting against the world. If this is really the case, we, as the monarch's assistant ministers,
Where is the benevolence and righteousness of the emperor? (The emperor ordered me but I did not obey, which is to resist the world. Where is the righteousness of the emperor and his ministers?)
After saying these words, Tuotuo did not resist, but followed the emperor's request and handed over the military power to others in accordance with the imperial edict.
At the same time, he also threw aside the few life-saving straws left by the Yuan army.
In this extremely depressing situation, the performance of the generals allowed us to truly see the heroic battlefield feelings that soldiers and brothers who depend on each other for life and death can display.
Facing the coach who had been with him day and night and had been relieved of military power, Hara, who was Tuotuo's deputy at the time, seemed to have seen the consequences of the coach's departure, so he also said a touching words in front of Tuotuo: As soon as you leave, Prime Minister, we will
These brothers who follow you on the battlefield will inevitably die in the hands of those villains. Rather than die in their hands, we would rather die in front of you.
After he finished speaking, all the generals drew out their daily swords and each committed suicide.
"Records of the Ming Dynasty" records that Harada said: "If the Prime Minister goes on this trip, I will die at the hands of others. I would rather die in front of the Prime Minister."
After finishing this paragraph, I hope everyone can remember Tuotuo, Hara and a group of soldiers. In Zhu Yuanzhang's battle to overthrow the Yuan army, although there were many heroic heroes with unparalleled achievements, there were also many characters and deeds worth mentioning in the Yuan Dynasty.
We sing praises and praise.
Because they were in different camps, had different political goals and interests, and shed blood, they are also worthy of learning and admiration from our descendants.
I personally have always believed that the establishment of a new regime must have many people and deeds worthy of admiration, but this does not mean that all the governance strategies and military resistance methods of the old dynasty are absolutely wrong.
To put it simply, it can be summarized in one word.
That is: Although defeated, it is still glorious.
Faced with the brothers who had been with him day and night committing suicide one after another in front of him, Tuotuo's heart was absolutely in turmoil at this moment, and he was heartbroken. At this time, Tuotuo would inevitably have some regretful thoughts in his heart. He really regretted why he took the lead in sending troops to fight in the first place.
If he hadn't been the instigator, he wouldn't have ended up in ruins.
If it weren't for his own whim, these brothers who followed him on the battlefield would not have died in vain.
They did not die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of their own people.
How unjust their death was!
It's enough for me to die for one person, why bother hurting others?
This should be Tuotuo’s true feeling at that time!
But things had happened and there was nothing he could do.
It was said that he was dismissed, but in reality he was escorted.
Tutuo, who was like a prisoner, was on his way back to Beijing when he was falsely informed by Hama that he had been ordered to commit suicide by Emperor Huizong of the Yuan Dynasty.
After the commander and deputy commander died one after another, the million-strong army that originally besieged Gaoyou and Chuyang suddenly collapsed.
With the collapse of the million-strong army, the last second line of defense of the Yuan Dynasty also fell to the bottom of the river with the death of Tuotuo.
I can't help but want to say here that although the fall of a dynasty often has its external reasons, such as environmental constraints, economic downturn, and political congestion, in my personal opinion, there are more reasons for its fall.
Or is it latent within it, existing within itself.
Just like the Yuan Dynasty, if its politics were clear and clear, its monarchs and ministers would unite as one to fight the enemy, and its politics would not blindly focus on extravagance and corruption, but would pay more attention to the people's livelihood, even if its own economic strength could not reach it, then it would definitely
It will not lead to the fate of national subjugation.
On a deeper level, the demise of the Yuan Dynasty was caused by themselves.
The emergence of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang were just the driving forces behind the Yuan Dynasty.
Those endless heroes are just the inevitable product of the changing times.
A simple philosophical summary is: Times create heroes, and heroes react on the times.
Without the existence of that troubled world, these heroes would not have rebelled, and there would not have been subsequent classic battles.
Without the heroes who shed their blood and sacrificed their lives and fought hard, naturally we would not be able to understand this era and let us always remember the hardships of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!