Xu Da

Xu Da

Xu Da (1332-1385), Han nationality, was named Tiande. Haozhou Zhongli (now the northeast of Fengyang, Anhui) people. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, he was a famous general and the founder of Ming Dynasty.

Xu Da came from a farm family. In the last 24 years of the Yuan Dynasty, Xu was one of the generals who led the uprising. In 1363, he was defeated by Chen Youliang in the battle of Poyang Lake. The next year, he was appointed Prime Minister Zuo. In the 25th year of the reign of Zhizheng (1365), Huishi conquered huaidong, and two years later conquered Pingjiang and destroyed Zhang Shicheng. He immediately served as the general of Zhenglu, and together with his deputy general Chang Yuchun, he commanded the northern expedition to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. In the first year of Hongwu (1368), it conquered Dadu and destroyed the Yuan Dynasty. After that, he sent troops to fight against the remnant forces of the Yuan Dynasty. He became the official of Taifu, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu right, the Minister of military affairs and the prince Shaofu, and became the Duke of Wei. He was cautious and good at running the army. He made immortal contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

In 1385, Xu Da died. He was granted the posthumous title of "Wuning" after being granted the title of Zhongshan king. He was buried in the shadow of Zhongshan Mountain and made the inscriptions of Shinto. It was the first meritorious official of the founding of the Ming Dynasty and ranked first among the "six kings" of the founding of the country.

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Xu Da was born in a farmer's family. He has a strong disposition and is not willing to be inferior to others. He had a clear face, slightly higher cheekbones and a large figure. I've been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I've been practicing kung fu very well. Zhu Yuanzhang and I were good friends growing up.

Guo Zixing, a native of Haozhou, and Tang He led more than 10 strong men to attend. At the invitation of Tang He, Zhu Yuanzhang also joined Guo Zixing. In 1353, Zhu Yuanzhang was ordered by Guo Zixing to return to his hometown to recruit soldiers. Xu Da, who was only 22 years old, gladly answered the call. From then on, he began his military career. At the beginning of his reign, Zhu Yuanzhang found that Xu Da was more talented than others, so he entrusted an important task to fight in all directions instead of himself.

Guo Zixing is at odds with sun Deya and others. Zhao Junyong and Peng Da, who occupied Xuzhou (now Jiangsu), were defeated and came to Haozhou. Soon after, Zhao and Peng became kings, and Guo Zixing was enslaved to the emperor and nearly killed. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that it was difficult to achieve great success in Haozhou, so he led Xu Da, Tang He and other 24 generals to leave Haozhou in the autumn of 1354, and went south to Dingyuan to capture Chuzhou. Xu Da's bravery is beginning to show.

In February of 1355, the 15th year of the reign of emperor Zhizheng, the grain and grass of Chuzhou were not continued. Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang captured Hezhou (now Hexian County, Anhui Province). After attacking Hezhou, Guo Zixing captured sun Deya, and sun Deya's army also captured Zhu Yuanzhang. Xu Da proposed to replace Zhu Yuanzhang with himself to resolve the conflict. In June, Zhu Yuanzhang led Xu Da and others to cross the river, quarrying (now in the northwest of Dangtu, Anhui), going to Taiping (now in Dangtu, Anhui), and further planning for Jiqing (now in Nanjing, Jiangsu). In the battle against Caishiji and Taiping mansion, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun fought bravely, captured yuan General Chen Yexian, and subdued Kang maocai's volunteers. In August, Xu Da and others attacked Lishui, Liyang, Jurong and Wuhu.

In February of the 16th year of Zhizheng (1356), the navy of the Hague was destroyed. In March, Jiqing was captured and changed to yingtianfu. East of Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) on the first day of the city, awarded Huaixing wing army marshal. In July, Zhu Yuanzhang called the Duke of Wu and set up the Jiangnan Privy Council, with Xu Da as the Privy Council. He besieged piling (now Changzhou, Jiangsu Province) and captured Zhang Shide, the younger brother of Zhang Shicheng, alive. In February of the next year, he conquered piling and was promoted to Privy Council. He conquered Ningguo and Xuancheng successively.

In October 1358, Yixing was conquered. In November, Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to Wuzhou (now Jinhua, Zhejiang Province), and Xu Da stayed in yingtianfu.

The beginning of talent

Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Yingtian, with Yuanjun in the north, Zhang Shicheng in the East, Chen Youliang and Xu Shouhui in the west, Fang Guozhen and Chen Youding in the south. Although they share the same anti yuan banner, they have their own contradictions. Zhu Yuanzhang was surrounded on all sides. Among them, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng are the most powerful. Judging the situation, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to destroy Chen Youliang first and then Zhang Shicheng.

In 1359, Xu Da attacked Chizhou together with the navy of Yu Tonghai, who was ordered by the court to attack the Zhajiang camp. Zhao Pusheng, who was attacking Taiping, fled by land. In Chizhou, Xu Dake captured his general Hong Jun and others, and captured all his warships. Xu Da worshipped the superior general of the state for his meritorious service and knew the affairs of the Privy Council. Then Xu Da's troops took advantage of the victory to attack Anqing. In August, the attack on anqing was frustrated and turned to attack Jiangbei. Under Wuwei state, he attacked Fushan Village at night, broke Zhao Pusheng's headquarters in Qingshan, and took advantage of the victory to conquer the buried hill. After that, Xu Da returned to zhenchizhou and formed a situation of water attack on Anqing. Zhao Pusheng is a senior general of Chen Youliang's army. He has both wisdom and courage. He defends Anqing, but the generals can't attack him. So Xu Da used the strategy of estrangement to make Chen Youliang kill Zhao Pusheng. After the death of Zhao Pusheng, no one could defend Zongyang water village, and Xu Da captured it.

In the first month of 1360, Chen Youliang led his army to attack Chizhou. Zhu Yuanzhang sent Chang Yuchun and his troops to reinforce him, and sent an envoy to tell Xu Da that Chen Youliang was coming. Xu Da will often encounter spring. On the one hand, he lures the enemy into the army, and on the other hand, he selects more than ten thousand elite soldiers to ambush at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain, cutting off his way back. When Chen Youliang's army arrived at the foot of the city, there was only a sudden sound of drums inside the city. In a flash, ambushes sprang up outside the city, and elite soldiers rushed out of the city and attacked inside and outside. Chen Youliang's army was in chaos, beheaded more than 10000 people, captured 3000 people alive, and Xu Dajun won.

In March 1361, he paid homage to Youcheng, the provincial governor of Zhongshu in Jiangnan. In August, Xu Da and Chen Youliang fought in Jiangzhou, captured two thousand horses, ate hundreds of thousands of stones, and marched westward to Wuchang.

In March 1362, Zhu Zong and Kang Tai, the demoted generals of Chen Youliang in Hongdu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province), rebelled. Xu Da led the army of Hanyang to attack them. In April, as Xu Da rushed to Anfeng, Chen Youliang took advantage of the situation and captured Ji'an (now Ji'an, Jiangxi Province) and Wuwei, and concentrated his forces to attack Hongdu. In June, Hongdu had been besieged for more than two months, and the situation was tight. Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Xu Da to join forces from Luzhou, and took 200000 boats to tunhujiang (now Hukou in Jiangxi), jiujiangkou and nanhuzui to control his return. Chen Youliang heard that Zhu Yuanzhang's army was coming, so he withdrew from the east of Poyang Lake, and both sides encountered kanglang mountain (now the northwest of Yugan in Jiangxi and the south of Poyang Lake). Xu Da took the lead in the battle, defeated Chen Youliang's vanguard, killed more than 1500 people, and seized a warship. In the fight, Xu Da's boat caught fire, but in the face of danger, he put out the fire and commanded the battle. After months of fierce fighting between the two sides, Chen Youliang moved to pozhuji (now xingzinan in the west of the river, on the West Bank of Poyang Lake) and did not dare fight any more.

In 1363, Xu Da crossed the Yangtze River with Zhu Yuanzhang and went north to Anfeng (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province). He rushed to rescue Han lin'er and Liu Futong, who were attacked by Zhang Shicheng. Chen Youliang took the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack on Zhu Yuanzhang and entered Hongdu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province). July. Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the attack, and the two sides launched a fierce battle in Poyang Lake. At the beginning of the battle, Chen Youliang had an obvious advantage in military strength and financial resources. He had 600000 troops and dozens of huge ships. Zhu Yuanzhang had only 200000 people and used small boats. The first day of fighting. Xu Da was the first general to command his officers and men to fight bravely. He defeated Chen Youliang's vanguard troops at one stroke, annihilated 1500 enemy troops, and captured a huge ship. His military power was greatly boosted. Chen Youliang's army fought to death. Xu Da's warship caught fire. He put out the blaze and continued to fight. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a boat to rescue, Xu Da fought hard, finally repulsed the enemy and got out of the danger. After this day's fighting, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his troops were united, morale was high, and he was sure to defeat Chen Youliang. But he was worried that Zhang Shicheng would take the opportunity to attack his rear, so he ordered Xu Da to return to Yingtian. When Xu Datong arrived at Yingtian, Zhang Shicheng didn't dare to act rashly because of his strict defense. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to get rid of his worries and fight against Chen Youliang with all his strength. He won the battle of Poyang Lake and completely annihilated Chen Youliang's 600000 troops.

In the first month of the 24th year of Zhizheng (1364), he was promoted to Zuo Xiangguo. In February, Wuchang was pacified. In August, Xu Da joined forces with Yang Qiong and others to take Jingxiang roads, including Jiangling, Yiling (now Yichang, Hubei), Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan), Guizhou (now Zigui, Hubei), Chenzhou (now Yuanling, Hunan), Hengzhou (now Hengyang, Hunan) and Baoqing (now Shaoyang, Hunan), to eliminate Chen Youliang's residual forces.

Leading the division to the East

Since Zhang Shicheng started his army in Gaoyou in 1353, he had been in conflict with the Yuan government and harassed Zhu Yuanzhang's sphere of influence. In June of the 16th year of Zhizheng (1356), Zhang Shicheng occupied Changzhou (now Wujin of Jiangsu Province) and took Chen Baoer, a rebel general of Jiangdong, to attack Zhenjiang as a navy. Chen Baoer is from Benniu Town, Changzhou. He gathered in the countryside and Baotou was called "Huangbao army". When Xu Da conquered Zhenjiang, Chen Baoer surrendered, but he was soon coerced by Zhang Shicheng and led the boat division to attack Zhenjiang. Xu Da defeated Chen Baoer in Longtan and entered Changzhou. In September, Zhang Shicheng sent his troops to the future, and his momentum was unstoppable. Xu Danai set up an ambush and a cavalry 18 li away from the city. He personally led the army to confront Zhang Shicheng's army. Shortly after the war, Xu Da's Department Wang Jun and his cavalry rushed into the enemy's line from the side. Zhang Shicheng's army was in chaos, turned around and fled, and was intercepted and killed by ambushes, with countless casualties. In November, unwilling to fail, Zhang Shicheng lured Wu Xin to attach 7000 men to the army and surrounded Xu Da in Niutang. Xu Da immediately sent people to break through the encirclement and ordered deputy commander Chang Yuchun, Liao Yong'an, Hu Dahai, etc. to rush to Niutang to attack inside and outside and defeat Zhang Shicheng's army.

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