Yu Dayou

Yu Dayou

Yu Dayou (1503 ~ 1579), with the character Zhifu and the small character xuyao, was born in Jinjiang, Quanzhou (now Quanzhou City, Fujian Province). He was a famous Anti Japanese general, militarist, martial artist and poet in the Ming Dynasty.

In his early years, he studied the book of changes and inherited it from hundreds of families. Jiajing 14 years (1535), the examination of martial arts, granted thousands of households, Jinmen Shou Yu. After the recommendation of Mao Bowen, Minister of the Ministry of war, he went out to defend the two prefectures of Ting and Zhang. He defeated Kang Lao, the pirate, and gave the capital the command to settle the rebellion of Xinxing and Enping. In the 28th year of Jiajing period (1549), recommended by Zhu Wan, the right deputy capital, he took the post of commander of Beiwo capital, calming down the rebellion of fan Ziyi of Annan and stabilizing the situation of Hainan. In the 31st year of Jiajing reign, he began to fight against Japanese pirates, known as "yujiajun" and "Yulong Qihu" together with Qi Jiguang, which wiped out the Japanese pirates who had been suffering for many years. He was often impeached and removed from office. He founded the barracks, designed and created the tactics of using military vehicles to deal with cavalry, and moved to Fujian general officer and Hou Fu Qian Shu. In the seventh year of Wanli (1579), he returned home and died at home. At the age of 77, he was given the title of "Wu Xiang" to the governor of the left army.

He has written many military and martial arts works, such as "the art of war", "the sword classic", "xihaijinshi", "xuwujing Zongyao", etc. later generations compiled Yu Dayou's poems into "zhengqitang collection".

Life of the characters

Early experience

Yu Dayou studied the book of changes with Wang Xuan and Lin Fu as his teachers in his early days and got the true biography of Cai Qing. Later, he learned the art of war from the book of changes. Yu Dayou once said that the number of military spells starts from five, just like a person has five bodies: hands, feet and head. Although he has millions of people, he can make them coordinate and use them as one person. Later, he followed Li liangqin to learn swordsmanship.

Although Yu Dayou's family often complained that he was poor, he was in a good mood. After his father died of illness, Yu Dayou gave up his studies and inherited the hereditary position of Baihu. In 1535, Yu Dayou was appointed as Qianhu to guard Jinmen. The army and the people here often have nothing to make trouble with, and it's difficult to govern when they go to court. Yu Dayou used the method of enlightenment to induce them to give way first, so the lawsuit stopped. At that time, the Japanese pirates repeatedly made trouble, so Yu Dayou wrote to the censor, who said angrily, "how can a small military academy be qualified to write about things?" He threw Yu Dayou into a mess and deprived him of his military duties. Mao Bowen, Minister of the Ministry of war, went to Annam, and Yu Dayou wrote a statement of the general plan of the war and asked to join the army. Mao Bowen was quite surprised by Yu Dayou's military views. Unfortunately, it was just at the time of withdrawal, and he could not use them immediately.

In the 21st year of Jiajing (1542), the Mongol army carried out a large-scale offensive in Shanxi. The emperor issued an imperial edict to elect the world's warriors. Yu Dayou recommended himself to the censor. The censor reported Yu Dayou to Mao Bowen. Mao Bowen sent Yu Dayou to Zhai Peng, governor of Xuanda. Zhai Peng discussed military affairs with Yu Dayou, and he was often convinced by Yu Dayou. Zhai Peng said with guilt, "I shouldn't treat you like that The soldier's manner receives you He left his seat to salute, which shocked the whole army. However, Zhai Peng did not reuse Yu Dayou after all. Yu Dayou left and returned. After that, Mao Bowen used Yu Dayou to guard for Tingzhou and Zhangzhou. Yu Dayou was stationed in Wuping, where he built "duyixuan". He held a literature meeting with local scholars, wrote poems and sang harmony, and taught Samurai fencing every day. Yu Dayou defeated Kang Lao many times and captured more than 300 people. Yu Dayou was promoted to the post of commander of the capital and was subordinate to the capital of Guangdong.

Go to the East and go to the West

In the 26th year of Jiajing (1547), Tan Yuanqing rebelled repeatedly in Xinxing and Enping. Ouyang Bijin, the governor, handed the matter over to Yu Dayou. Yu Dayou then asked the people to guard their own places. He took a few entourage to visit the leaders in person, told them how powerful they were, and taught them how to fight with swords. There was a man named Su Qingshe who could fight with tigers, and Yu Dayou took him In the end, Yu Dayou put down the Xinxing and Enping rebellion without a single soldier.

In the 28th year of Jiajing reign (1549), Zhu Wan, the right deputy capital, visited Fujian and recommended Yu Dayou as the commander of the capital of preparing for Japan. At that time, when Annan invaded, Ouyang would enter and stay Yu Dayou. Prior to this, Annan's envoy Mo Fuhai died, and his son Mo Hongxing was still young. Ruan Jing, the minister, wanted to support Mo Jingdian, his son-in-law, and fan Ziyi, the other minister, wanted to support Mo Zhengzhong, a member of his party. Mo Zhengzhong was defeated and took more than 100 people to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty. Fan Ziyi collected the disabled soldiers and fled to Haidong. At this time, fan Ziyi pretended that Mo hongtype was dead and came to welcome Mo Zhengzhong back to Annan to ascend the throne. Fan Ziyi invaded Qinzhou and Lianzhou and disturbed the border. Ouyang Bijin ordered Yu Dayou to fight against them. Yu Dayou led the army to Lianzhou quickly. Fan Ziyi was in a hurry to attack Lianzhou City, but Yu Dayou's water army had not yet arrived. So Yu Dayou sent someone to persuade him to surrender and claimed that the imperial court had sent the army to come. Fan Ziyi did not know the truth and led the army to withdraw. But soon after, Yu Dayou's water army had arrived, and he set up an ambush at guantouling to ambush fan Ziyi's army. Fan Ziyi invaded Qinzhou again. Yu Dayou intercepted the warships of fan Ziyi's army, chased fan Ziyi's army, captured fan Ziliu, fan Ziyi's younger brother, and beheaded him 1200 times. Yu Dayou chased fan Ziyi's army to dongyuntun and ordered Mo Hongxing to kill fan Ziyi. Mo Hongxing then took fan Ziyi's head and dedicated it to Yu Dayou. However, after Yu Dayou appeased fan Ziyi's rebellion, Yan Song suppressed Yu Dayou's military achievements and did not report them to the imperial court. He only gave Yu fifty Liang silver.

In the same year, Nayan, the Li people of Wuzhishan, Qiongzhou, conspired with the Li people of Changhua to rebel. Ouyang Bijin called Yu Dayou to attack and appointed Yu Dayou as the general of Yazhou. Yu Dayou and Shen Xiyi, deputy general of Guangxi, went to fight. They beheaded more than 5300 people and recruited 3700 people to surrender. After the victory of the battle, Yu Dayou, with the consent of Ouyang Bijin, went alone to make an agreement with the Li people to set up towns and govern the Li people with the method of governing the Han people, thus achieving stability in Hainan.

Capture and suppress Japanese pirates

In 1552, the Japanese invaders invaded eastern Zhejiang. Zhu Houfu, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, issued an imperial edict and appointed Yu Dayou as a general of Ningbo and Taizhou. At that time, the Japanese pirates broke through changguowei in Ningbo, and Yu Dayou led his troops to repel the enemy. The Japanese invaders captured Shaoxing linshanwei and then transferred to Songyang. Luo Gongchen, the local magistrate, tried his best to resist the attack of the pirates. Yu Dayou intercepted the enemy at sea and made great achievements, but he was stopped by the imperial court. After that, Yu Dayou broke down the Japanese pirates at sea and burned more than 50 Japanese ships. Only then did he resume his salary.

In 1554, the Japanese invaders occupied Putuo, Ningbo. Yu Dayou led his army to fight against the Japanese invaders. When the soldiers attacked the middle of the mountain, the Japanese invaders suddenly opened the city gate and killed them. Yu Dayou's army was unprepared. Huobin and other 300 people were killed, and Yu Dayou was convicted. However, the imperial court still let Yu Dayou continue to attack the Japanese invaders. Soon after, Yu Dayou defeated the Japanese pirates in Wusong, and he was exonerated, and he was given silver coins. Then Yu Dayou defeated the Japanese pirates who attacked and plundered Jiantiao Institute and replaced Tang kekuan and Su Song as deputy chief. Yu Dayou was outnumbered and defeated by the Japanese pirates in Jinshan. Governor Zhang Jing asked Yu Dayou to go out to fight, but he did not hold his ground until the reinforcements from Yongshun and Baojing arrived. Yu Dayou defeated the Japanese pirates in wangjiangjing, but the credit went to Zhao Wenhua Hu Zongxian and Yu Dayou were demoted because of the defeat of Jinshan.

However, although the Japanese pirates in Zhelin were defeated, the newly reinforced Japanese pirates took more than 30 warships to attack qingcunsuo, joined with the Japanese pirates in Nansha, xiaowukou and Langgang, invaded lujingba in Suzhou, and went straight to loumen. Zhou Yude, the governor of Kyoto, was quickly defeated. The Japanese invaders then divided their forces into two groups: the North attacked Hushu and the South attacked Hengtang. The Japanese invaders drove their troops deep into Changshu, Jiangyin and Wuxi, and advanced and retreated in Taihu Lake. Yu Dayou assisted Deputy envoy Ren Huan to defeat the Japanese pirates at lujingba and burned more than 30 Japanese ships. The Japanese pirates fled overseas. Yu Dayou quickly blocked and sank seven Japanese ships in sanzhangpu. Then Yu Dayou and Ren Huan defeated the Japanese pirates in Yingluo lake, and the Japanese pirates retreated from sanbansha, Jiaxing and other places.

The Japanese pirates in sanbansha snatch the fishing boats of the local residents and plan to escape. Yu Dayou leads the army to pursue them, defeats them in Majishan and captures their leader. When the Japanese pirates in Jinjing, Xuqing and Baimao harbor saw a bad situation, they all went to sea by boat. Yu Dayou pursued them to Rongshan and burned five enemy ships. When the Japanese pirates fled to Majishan and sanbansha, the officers and soldiers caught up with them and destroyed three enemy ships. The Japanese pirates in Caigang, Jiangyin, also attempted to escape. The officers and soldiers fought against the enemy in Majishan, Matou and Baoshan respectively. When the hurricane set off, many pirate ships sank. The Japanese pirates in Zhelin were also attacked by the government, sinking more than 20 ships, and the rest retreated to the shore. Later, he fled overseas by boat. Yu Dayou and Dong bangzheng attacked separately and captured nine enemy ships. Under the strong wind, the enemy lost three more warships. The remaining 300 people went back to land and fled to taozhai town of Huating to garrison. They repeatedly defeated most of the officers and troops led by Zhao Wenhua. At night, the Japanese pirates were stationed at Yongding temple in Zhoupu, surrounded by officers and soldiers. At this time, nine Japanese pirates attacked by the storm in Zhelin gathered in chuanshawa, and combined with other lost Japanese pirates, totaling more than 40 ships. The situation was not over. Governor Cao Bangfu impeached Yu Dayou for indulging the enemy. Emperor Jiajing was angry and deprived of his hereditary privilege. He said that he should be condemned to death and made Yu Dayou atone for his sins. The Japanese pirates fled to the Northeast under the cover of the night. They were intercepted by Cao Kexin, a guerrilla, and killed 130 enemies. The rest of the Japanese pirates joined the Japanese in chuanshawa. All the officers and soldiers attacked day and night. The Japanese pirates in chuanshawa burned the camp and sailed out to sea. Yu Dayou led his deputy envoy Wang Chonggu into the sea to pursue him and catch up with the enemy in laoguanzui,

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