The Battle of Longwan: The Armed Confrontation between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang.
Seeing that the huge dark clouds of war will cover the sky above Yingtian, many people sitting in Yingtian are panicked. Many people suggested that Zhu Laoda take Taiping back first, and then contain the Han army that attacked Yingtian from the rear. But boss Zhu said, "No! Taiping is our newly-built fortress, and the moat is deep and solid. If the enemy only attacks from land, it will be broken! They have the advantage of a huge ship, which allows them to break through our city. Now they have occupied the upper level, taking advantage of the situation to invade the sky, and the sailors are ten times as many as me. It is really difficult to rush to meet the enemy. " There is no chance to attack Taiping by land, let alone by water.
Confucius once taught us: "if the name is not correct, the words are not smooth;" If words are not fluent, then things can't be done. "Everything must be well-founded, which is a good start to success; Otherwise, you won't get the understanding and support of others, but someone will come out against you.
It happened that this Chen Youliang thought he could do anything with a gun in his hand. He should know that a talented person is like Cao Cao, who has worked hard all his life before he dares to aspire to be a "Zhou Wenwang". Moreover, Cao Cao's son Xelloss got the "Zhou Wuwang" through a serious abdication ceremony, and finally the old master got a good death ―― but his surname was Chen, and he simply killed the old master, just like the superstitious and violent Xiang Yu killed the "righteous emperor".
It is said that Chen Youliang is a native of Mianyang (Xiantao City, Hubei Province) and is of the same ancestry as Ni Wenjun. He is a fisherman, and his family is naturally at the bottom. Not only that, Chen Youliang's ancestor's real name was Xie, but later he was adopted by his wife and moved to the Chen family (like Zhu Chongqi), and his descendants had to change their surname to Chen. In today's rural areas, disputes between husband and wife, especially between husband and wife, are still fierce. Everyone still attaches great importance to the child's surname (attribution), as if it were the face of a person and a family. For example, in a family I know, because the two sides did not give in to each other, the two children each took the same surname.
"Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law" have always been looked down upon in ancient times. In the Qin dynasty, the husband was discriminated against in policy and had to undertake many social obligations. Therefore, as far as "bitter feud" is concerned, the Chen Youliang family is indeed comparable to the Eight Zhu Chong of the "Golden Family".
Perhaps it is because of his humble origins that Chen Youliang's desire to change his destiny may be stronger than anyone else's, because people without dignity are more eager for dignity. Fortunately, Chen Youliang had the opportunity to study when he was a child, which gave him a slight understanding of the meaning of the text, and it was also the ability to change his destiny with "knowledge". Sure enough, he did not become a fisherman like his parents, but became a small official in the county. Small officials are generally competent because of their extensive social relations. For example, Xiao He, one of the "Three Masters of Han Xing", was originally a small official in the county.
However, for him, Chen Youliang, a small official, is nothing at all. His ambition in life is far greater than this: he is determined to be the "Monkey King" branded with a wonderful hall, or he will have to mix a high official and generous salary in the * * * army to honor his village-revolution or reaction, it's just a gamble of life! Here, there is no doctrine, no belief, only careful consideration of "gambling"
Once upon a time, there was an old gentleman who could see Feng Shui. After seeing the grave of Chen Jiazu, he said, "Your family law should be very expensive!" "Friends are secretly pleased with this and have more confidence in their own struggle.
(1) Xiao He and others were originally small officials in the county, and their social status and social skills were better than those of Lius Pongoh. But one of the important considerations is that if the uprising fails, the first object to be suppressed by * * is Liu Bang.
After Xu Shouhui and others rose up and rebelled, Chen Youliang, who was in his early thirties, also thought he had a chance to turn over completely, so he joined the revolutionary ranks.
At first, Comrade You Liang was a small bookkeeper under Ni Wenjun, who was in charge of paperwork, money, meals and other chores. But as far as his talent is concerned, it is obviously a waste of talent to let him do these worthless things. Soon, Comrade You Liang was given several opportunities to show his initiative. He was finally promoted to a leading marshal under Prime Minister Ni (equivalent to a teacher and brigade commander) by virtue of his own merits.
Generally speaking, any general with troops can be divided into two types: those with brains and those without brains, that is, those with ambitions and political ambitions. Obviously, Comrade You Liang is with Comrade Zhu Wen, the terminator of Datang. They are all political lunatics with brains and ambitions. Besides, even if Comrade You Liang studied for a few more years, he would not be willing to live under these mud legs and rivers and lakes.
In September of the seventeenth year, Comrade You Liang's opportunity finally came. Maybe he used to be the most trusted person of Prime Minister Ni, and he got a lot of favor from Prime Minister Ni. Maybe the prime minister is nothing special to him, even more suspicious and mean-but it doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, Comrade You Liang's consistent ambition will only make him look at everything with a standard of behavior, and will only make him make a choice, that is, strive for the maximization of personal interests!
Finally, after some weighing, he chose to betray Prime Minister Ni. Although the risks are great, the benefits are very attractive. Some books also said that he was having an affair with the prime minister's concubine, which he had to do in order to prevent * * * from being exposed. In fact, this is a great insult to Comrade You Liang's IQ!
When Comrade Youliang successfully attacked and killed the rebellious Prime Minister Ni, he naturally took over all the guns of the Prime Minister. At this time, Comrade You Liang stood up. He "claimed to be an emissary and sought an official position". At this time, he actually basically mastered the military and political power of Tianwan regime. Slowly, Emperor Xu was completely overhead by him.
Presumably, on the basis of the failure of Prime Minister Ni, Comrade You Liang's method should be better and not too explicit. However, after all, Chen Pingzhang has limited books, limited vision and knowledge, and is very conceited, so to put it bluntly, he is a political hooligan who loves to cheat. He finally killed his master in cold blood and then took his place. This is an unreasonable and disappointing move, which first created a strong disharmony atmosphere within himself.
I missed before I could compete with the enemy. As everyone knows, for those angry and dissatisfied subordinates, it is obviously not enough to rely on coercion and inducement. The key to being a leader must have personality charm! When Tian Heng was defeated by the Han army, only 500 people under his command would rather die than surrender and were determined to die for their son. What is the basis for this? It is the personality charm of leading Tian Heng.
In addition, Xiang Yu's killing of Yidi also provided an excuse for Liu Bang to crusade against him. Coupled with Liu Bangyi's propaganda, Xiang Yu was even more demonized.
Chen Pingzhang's blunder is obvious. For example, after the death of Ming Taizu Xu, Ming, a separatist regime in Sichuan, refused to buy his surname Chen, and Ming became the king of Gansu and Sichuan, and became a figure of Gongsun Shu and Liu Bei. On the contrary, Ming also pursued the honour of Xian Di, the temple name Sejong.
Imagine if he can get the support of Sichuan, then he will have more confidence and strength to dominate Jiangnan and the world. Unfortunately, he is too impatient.
Since Comrade You Liang became a hot "Chen Pingzhang", he began to send troops to expand his territory, and he can also take the opportunity to expand and cultivate his cronies.
In the first month of the eighteenth year of Zheng Zheng, Chen Pingzhang began to send troops to attack Anqing, an important town in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At that time, Yuan Shoujiang was sheltered by Xiaogushan, southwest of Anqing, where the water army was stationed to resist Chen's attack. However, Chen Bu, with a large number of people, was brave and good at fighting, and soon broke through Xiaogushan and surrounded Anqing. After a day and night of wind and rain, Anqing City was broken and Yu Que was killed.
From then on, the Chen clan began to confront the Zhu clan in the lower reaches, which was also the reason why Chang Yuchun took the initiative to provoke for the first time. Because Chen is a great threat to Zhu downstream, even if they have no hostility, Comrade Zhu will feel extremely heavy and oppressed.
Zhao Kuangyin still said that "one side of the sofa should not let others sleep soundly", let alone a wolf sleeping beside him.
In April this year, Chen captured Longxing Road (now Nanchang), and later Chen Pingzhang sent Wang and others to attack Ruizhou and Kangtai and attack Shaowu. He led the troops to break Ji 'an and sent them to Fuzhou. In August, enter Kejianchang Road; September, Kezhou; 1 1 month, invaded Tingzhou and expanded its sphere of influence to Fujian. In February of the following year, Wang believed in Xinzhou again. In March, Chen Pingzhang sent troops to recover Xiangyang, the northwest gateway.
Su Shi, a cultural person, often said that "it is easy to be poor but difficult to be rich", and there is an old saying that "the upper line is the lower effect, and the black sheep is the black sheep". The struggle of this life is like climbing a mountain, while greed and arrogance are like landslides, which can instantly bring people into a place of eternal ruin. For another example, some people may be like Gou Jian, the King of Yue, and Qin Shihuang: "The submarine Pingdingshan is easy to go downhill, but it is also light to eat people when it succeeds." I am a Zhongshan wolf, and I will go crazy if I succeed. Chen Pingzhang is proud of his high works. He touched everyone by Emperor Xu, and he became arrogant. So some comrades began to dislike him, and people became contradictory.
Adults naturally see it in their eyes, and they are more wary and suspicious of their subordinates, especially those old friends of Emperor Xu. At this time, he killed Zhao Pusheng, but in terms of Lao Zhao's character and emotional tendency, it is not unreasonable for Pingzhang to kill him.
At that time, Chen Pingzhang was resting and working in Longxing. Just like when Cao Cao started a new stove in Yecheng (sealing the country), he completely ignored the Han Emperor and his subjects in Xudu and was not easily controlled by others. Just then, Emperor Xu suddenly asked to move the capital to Longxing, and he didn't know what abacus he was playing. But Chen Pingzhang certainly doesn't want to: you're here, and it's inconvenient for me to do things here.
But this Lao Xu is stubborn. Maybe he didn't want Chen Pingzhang to hang aside, so he sent it himself. Maybe he is also a lonely person, who doesn't want to be offered all day and wants to find something to do. After all, he is not a "rich and idle person" by nature.
191February, Xu Di refused to go to Longxing despite Chen Pingzhang's repeated resistance. Just arrived in Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang), Chen Pingzhang went out to meet the enemy in disguise and ambushed outside the west gate. When Emperor Xu and his team entered, they closed the door and killed all the subordinates, led by Lao Xu. Since then, this Lao Xu has also become a member of the army, completely becoming a puppet in his hands.
I have to say that this Chen Pingzhang is a bit too direct and overbearing, which gives him the means of hooliganism. He is not as subtle and tactful as Comrade Zhu, and the whole thing is unknown.
Then, Chen Pingzhang claimed to be "Hanwang", and set up an official household in the palace outside the west gate of Jiangzhou City, and everything was his own. Next, what he has to do is to clear the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and prepare for national victory, which is also the inevitable result of Comrade Chen's ambition expanding step by step.
As far as the territory controlled by Comrade Chen at that time is concerned, there are always three or four provinces today, roughly including most of Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi, and a small part of Anhui and Fujian. There is a province on Comrade Zhu's territory, which includes roughly half of Zhejiang and a small part of Jiangsu and Anhui. From this, it is not difficult to see that Chen's resources in manpower, material resources and financial resources at that time were three or four times that of Zhu's, and its corresponding war potential was also difficult for Zhu to compete with. "When it's true, only friends and soldiers are the strongest in the south of the Yangtze River."
Moreover, Mr. Chen's ambition is also the biggest, and he is eager to expand downstream, so Comrade Zhu should seize the time to deal with him.
However, although Chen Bu is very powerful, he also has a fatal weakness, that is, as Comrade Zhu said, Chen Bu does not know the truth of "enhancing prestige" and "waiting for opportunities". He doesn't know how to strengthen his own foundation, wait for opportunities for progress, and he doesn't know how to take the troops as "quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit." Otherwise, once he loses in the front, the rear will be unstable; The army, however, can't get a good rest and get tired easily, so its combat effectiveness can't be guaranteed.
There is a question of "quality" and "weight". Emphasizing quality means first emphasizing the construction and consolidation of the base area (building walls to accumulate grain), and the result is bound to be blind expansion. Obviously, the contest between Zhu School and Chen School clearly embodies the contest between "quality" and "quantity".
One is a strategic location, which occupies favorable weather (initiative) and geographical position. The other is that it is in danger of sailing against the current and being attacked on both sides, but it occupies all people and peace. One is aggressive and the other is uncompromising. It can be said that the two sides are evenly matched, and diamond cut diamond is bound to stage a thrilling battle to the death. ...
(2) Although it is a two-front operation, the situation is far from so serious, and Zhang Shicheng on the Eastern Front is too inactive. In contrast, one of the main reasons why Taiping Army died in the hands of the Qing army was that two fronts were seriously trapped, and loyal Li Xiucheng did not pay attention to strengthening the upstream defense.
How to receive and settle fallen soldiers (prisoners) has always been an important issue in the war. If you do this job well, you can multiply your strength. If it is not done well, it will inevitably increase resistance to future operations.
* * * can be said to be the best team in this work, and many soldiers captured and surrendered by * * * have become the new force of * * after a short adaptation; In contrast, * * * army, but completely can't do this. It is precisely because of this that the people with poor equipment (millet and rifles) and initial strength1300,000 actually defeated the people with good equipment (planes and tanks) and initial strength of more than 4.3 million in more than three years. This has to be said to be a miracle in the history of war.
There has always been a saying that "killing is ominous." Killing not only has the virtue of going against the sky, but also makes the enemy afraid to surrender again, so he has to fight hard-this is obviously asking for trouble for himself. Of course, "ominous killing" is mainly aimed at disputes within a country, such as wars between countries. Although it is shameful and sinful to kill and surrender, such as the Zhao Massacre in the Warring States Period and the mass slaughter of Soviet troops by the German army during the Soviet-German War, it is an extreme expedient measure.
There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests; Only when you solve the ideological problem of surrender will they be dead set on following you.
In May of the 20th year, Chen Youliang attacked Chizhou in the lower reaches of Anqing, and was defeated by Xu Da and others.
It turns out that since Zhao Pusheng was killed, Chen Youliang had a glimpse of Chizhou. Knowing Chen's intentions, Comrade Zhu quickly transferred Comrade Chang Yuchun to Chizhou to strengthen the security work. Otherwise, once the Yangtze River defense line falls, Yingtian will be completely exposed to the enemy's guns.
Before the enemy arrived, Zhu, who was planning to send someone to Chizhou, told Xu, Chang and other comrades: "Chen Youliang's troops will arrive at the gates of Chizhou sooner or later. You should guard the city with 5,000 people, and then send 10,000 people to ambush at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain. When the enemy of Enemy at the Gates arrives, you can raise flags and beat drums, make a scene in the city, and then ambush the enemy's rear road, then the enemy soldiers will be broken! "
Xu, often on this basis. When the enemy really came, it was sharp and went straight to Chizhou at the gates. When the flag was raised and drums sounded in the city, Zhu Fubing was heard coming down the mountain and defeating the enemy. At this time, the city sent troops and attacked the enemy in panic. As a result, Chen was defeated, beheaded more than 10 thousand people and captured more than 3 thousand people alive.
For these 3,000 prisoners of war, outspoken Chang Yuchun suggested to Comrade Xu: "These people are our strong enemies. If we don't kill them, I'm afraid it will be a future trouble. If our master knew about it, he wouldn't kill these people. " This obviously implies a little blame for Zhu Haoyi, but in fact, he often fails to appreciate Zhu's good intentions.
Comrade Xu did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so he had to ask for instructions from the above. After receiving the letter, boss Zhu quickly sent a letter: "Be sure to tell the generals at once: Now our war with Chen has just begun, so don't kill anyone!" All the 3,000 enemy elites captured alive can be released for future use. "
However, because this comrade Chang is too impatient, he wants to act first and then act. Only 300 soldiers were killed when the messenger came to deliver the message. When Zhu learned this, he was very unhappy: Chang Yuchun, you are trying to ruin my job!
But this time, boss Zhu spared Chang Yuchun this time. Moreover, he also considered that the pressure ahead was too great. No wonder Comrade Chang made such extreme behavior.
Chen Youliang quickly responded to Chizhou's defeat. He sent a special envoy and said, "This war is not my intention, but the patrol will fight once in a while." That is to say, this conflict is not what I meant by Chen Youliang, and I, Mr. Chen, never meant to annex the downstream.
Mr. Chen is very cunning. He obviously wants to paralyze the other side in order to get back at him by surprise. Before the war, his surname Chen should be deliberately silent for a period of time to create a harmonious atmosphere.
Leap in May, unwilling to fail, Chen Youliang really led the boat division to bypass Chizhou and attack Taiping directly. At that time, the Taiping Shoujiang was judged by the Privy Council as Hua Yun and Zhu Wenxun's adopted son. Due to the thin strength (3,000 men), Zhu Wenxun died soon.