Chinese History: Read the Northern Expedition by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once!

A picture to help you understand Ming Taizu’s Northern Expedition AD 1370 After the first Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty Bei Yuan's vitality has been seriously injured Wang Baobao and Beiyuan Emperor Aiyou Shili Dara was expelled to Mobei Greatly relieved the pressure on the northern border of the Ming Dynasty But after several years of recuperation Beiyuan's strength has recovered become active again Begin to lead troops south to invade AD 1372 Zhu Yuanzhang held a military meeting with the generals Discuss strategies to deal with Bei Yuan Among them, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang advocated giving priority to defense. General Xu Da advocated taking the initiative to attack In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted Xu Da's opinion of focusing on attacking 22nd day of the new year Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Xu Da as the general who conquered the captives. Li Wenzhong and Feng Sheng were his deputy generals Each leads 50,000 troops The troops were divided into three groups and began the Northern Expedition. Among them, the middle route army was personally led by Xu Da, the Duke of Wei. Leaving Yanmen Pass Attack Heling, the capital of the Northern Yuan Dynasty And threatened to march urgently to guide Heling In order to attract the main force of the Yuan army to fight with them The East Route Army was led by Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong and left Juyongguan. Kim Young-chang attacks Haneung intended to surprise Attack someone unprepared The West Route Army was led by Song Guogong Feng Sheng and left Beijing. Attack Gansu thought flank Finally, the three armies met in Heling Defeat Beiyuan in one fell swoop end of february The Middle Route Army led by Xu Da arrived in Shanxi Xu Da decided to appoint Lan Yu as the pioneer Leaving Yanmen Pass to attack Mobei Blue Jade defeats the King Baby Rangers before Yema River Then they defeated Wang Baobao's army again at the Tula River. Wang Baobao could only lead the remnants of his troops to flee. After that, Wang Baobao gathered his subordinates Joined forces with He Zongzhe, the general who aided the DPRK Prepare to deploy defenses on the Lingbei front line To resist the Ming army's attack In May, the main force of the Middle Route Army led by Xu Da arrived in Lingbei. Xu Da underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly to be fully prepared Convenient for reinforcements to engage in battle Finally defeated by reinforcements Nearly 10,000 soldiers were lost July Tanghe led the army Defeated again at Sleepy Hollow Xu Da could only stop advancing troops After arriving in Lanzhou, the West Route Army led by Feng Sheng Order Fu Youde, Marquis of Sichuan, to be the pioneer Lead 5,000 elite troops to attack Xiliang and here The reinforcements led by the original general Shi Cihan were defeated. Then continue to Yongchang On the way, we stopped at Hulanhankou again Defeat the reinforcements led by former Taiwei Duzhiba Captured numerous cattle, sheep, chariots and horses The main force of the West Route Army led by Feng Sheng Then the reinforcements were defeated at Saoling Mountain Killed more than 4,000 people Capture Tai Lieutenant Sonal's house morale boosted and forced the Northern Yuan general Shang Dulu to surrender. Captured more than 800 households In September, Feng Sheng’s army arrived at Level 1 South Road Beiyuan guard Boyan Tianmu surrendered to the Ming army in the city then Feng Sheng continued to defeat Yuan Jun again at Biedu Mountain Pass. Captured hundreds of slaves from Yuan Ping, Zhang Chang and others More than 100,000 cattle and sheep Yuan Qi Wangduo is on duty Can only lead the remnants to abscond Soon the Ming army led by Fu Youde pursued Yuan Jun. To Guazhou, Shazhou and other places Repeatedly defeated the Yuan army More than 20,000 cattle and sheep were captured Return victorious The Western Route Army achieved great victory in the Northern Expedition The East Route Army led by Li Wenzhong Arrive at Oral Wen on June 29th The Yuan army heard that the Ming army was approaching They abandoned their land and fled The Ming army seized countless livestock assets Li Wenzhong decided to order his tribe to station Han Zheng here. Protect valuable food and grass And he personally led his elite troops lightly armed to pursue the reinforcements. Finally, in the area of ​​Tula River and Aluhun River Defeat the reinforcements led by the northern reinforcement general Manzi Ha Cizhang Nearly 10,000 people were captured However, due to the desperate resistance of the reinforcements, The civilian army itself also suffered a lot of losses Then Li Wenzhong led his army to pursue Chenghai Reinforcements continue to gather troops Prepare for a decisive battle with the civilian army Li Wenzhong saw that the morale of the Yuan army was booming Decided to lead troops and take huge risks first And pretend to be a soldier The reinforcements were afraid of an ambush. Don't dare to step forward either Li Wenzhong analyzes the actions of both parties In view of the fact that the Eastern Route Army went deep into the country alone And a lot of losses Decided to give up the decisive battle with the Yuan army Class teacher returns to court In October, the West Route Army also returned to the DPRK November Due to the arrival of winter, the middle route army led by Xu Da Many soldiers are not used to the bitter cold weather outside the Great Wall Also move back to the heather At this point, Ming Taizu’s second Northern Expedition also came to an end. The three armies fought on their own Failure to advance troops as previously deployed In the end, the planned results were not achieved ended in failure