First, unify the South > (1) The Fall of Chen Youliang >; In the 20th year of Zheng Zheng (1360), in the first month, Chen Youliang killed Xu Shouhui, and after claiming to be Emperor Han Xian, he not only gave up the struggle against Yuan politically, but also colluded with the enemy of the Red Scarf Army and the traitor Zhang Shicheng. Militarily, he stopped fighting against the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, but concentrated his forces on attacking Zhu Yuanzhang, a former friendly army. In life, he is also very decadent. He sleeps in a "golden bed", plays with jewels and jade, and has many concubines. He became a new member of the landlord class. Therefore, the war between Emperor Gaozu Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer just anti-feudalism, but evolved into a feudal unified war. & gt& gt The conflict between Zhu Yuanzhang and Tianwan Red Scarf Army began in the 17th year of Zheng Zheng (1357) > June+10/October, 5438, and the two sides began to compete for Chizhou (now Guichi, Anhui). In the final analysis, the general will win, keep Chizhou, and Chang Yuchun will attack and win each other. After Chen Youliang killed Zhao Pusheng and Xu Shouhui proclaimed himself emperor, his strength was weakened, but he was ambitious. He contacted Zhang Shicheng, attacked Zhu Yuanzhang eastward, and expanded his sphere of influence. In the second year of Zheng Zheng (1360), in May, Chen Youliang led the troops from Jiangzhou to the east and took Qing Ji (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). Zhu Yuanzhang used Kang Maocai to send Chen Shu to surrender on good leave, ambushed the army outside Qing Ji and defeated Chen Youliang. Zhang Zhixiong, Liang Xuan, Yu Guoxing and Liu Shiyan were all drowned, and twenty thousand were taken alive. Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Anqing, Taiping and Xinzhou (now Shangrao, Jiangxi). & gt& gt In September, Xu Shouhui's old general Op surrendered to Yuanzhou (now Yichun, Jiangxi). & gt& gt In the 21st year of Zheng Zhi (136 1), Wang Xiaoming named Zhu Yuanzhang as the king of Wu for his outstanding achievements. In May, Chen Youliang sent him after him to gain Lee's trust. In July, Zhang Dingbian captured Anqing. In August, Zhu Yuanzhang counterattacked, retaken Anqing, captured Jiangzhou, and Chen Youliang fled to Wuchang. Zhu Yuanzhang also occupied Nankang (now Xing Zi, Jiangxi), Liu Dong, qi zhou (now Qichun, Hubei), Huangzhou, Guangji, Raozhou (now Boyang, Jiangxi) and Jianchang (now Cheng Nan, Jiangxi), and the defenders fell city by city. In the 22nd year of Zheng Zhi (1362), Hu Tingrui, the left prime minister of Dahan, Jiangxi, surrendered to Longxing (now Nanchang, Jiangxi). Longxing is an important town in Jiangxi, which controls the whole province of Jiangxi. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy. He was close to Longxing and encouraged Hu Tingrui to change Longxing into Hongdu. In August, Chen Youliang captured the bear alive in Ji 'an and killed Zhang, the army commander. 1 1 in June, it was retaken by Zhu Wenzheng. Chen Youliang's generals have lost the city, so its territory is shrinking, and the situation is getting more and more difficult. & gt& gt In order to get out of trouble and beat Zhu Yuanzhang by luck, Chen Youliang sent an envoy to see Zhang Shicheng and asked him to attack. Although Zhang Shicheng agreed, "scholars sincerely want to observe changes, but they can't make promises." In April of the 23rd year of Zheng Zheng (1363), Chen Youliang was furious. Without sending troops to Zhang Shicheng, he led hundreds of warships with 600,000 soldiers to launch a large-scale attack on Zhu Yuanzhang. In order to enter this battle, Chen Youliang specially built a large warship. "This ship is dozens of feet high and painted with Dan paint. The upper and lower floors are used to dismantle the stables, which are sheltered by board houses and have dozens of paddles inside. The upper and lower people don't know each other, and the paddles are all covered with iron. " This is very solid. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was leading the main force to help Anfeng in the north. Chen Youliang thought he would win, so he "took the family with him, and the officials left the country empty" and made a strategic decisive battle. & gt& gt However, Chen Youliang did not take advantage of his weakness to directly attack Yingtian, but led an army to surround Hongdu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi). Zhu Wenzheng, the nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang, is the commander-in-chief of Hongdu. He led his soldiers to death, and Chen attacked the city violently, and they were all repelled. All kinds of siege tactics were used, which lasted for 85 days and still failed to break the city. In this way, on the one hand, Chen's spirit was greatly frustrated, and at the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang was given time to return to the army for rescue. Zhu Yuanzhang returned from Anfeng. After making an arrangement to defend Zhang Shicheng in the east, in July, he led an ice division of 120,000 to the west to rescue Hongdu. & gt& gt Chen Youliang left Hongdu for Poyang Lake to meet Zhu Yuanzhang. From the perspective of strength comparison, Chen Jun has more soldiers, Zhu Jun has fewer soldiers, and Chen Jun has an absolute advantage. However, Chen also has many weaknesses. First of all, Chen Youliang committed suicide and lost popularity. Many soldiers don't want to work for him. Their morale is scattered, but they are United from top to bottom. Everyone is very excited and has won the meritorious military service, which greatly exceeds Chen's morale. Moreover, although Chen's warships are large, they are all connected by chains. "It's hard to operate. Although Zhu Jun's warships are small, they are flexible and fast, and they are dominant in actual combat; Third, in the tactical application, Zhu Yuanzhang seized Chen Jun's weakness from the beginning and attacked with fire. In this way, the situation has changed a lot. & gt& gt7 On July 20th, he entered Poyang Lake. On July 20th, 2/kloc-0, Zhu and Chen launched a fierce battle. It was often Chun and the soldiers who fought, defeated their former army, killed more than 1500 people, won the first battle and gained great military prestige. Yu Tonghai also burned more than 20 warships of Chen with wind cannons, causing many casualties. Zhu Jun's generals Han Cheng, Song Gui and Chen Zhaoxian also died. On the 22nd, the fighting became more intense. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered those who dared to die to carry gunpowder and reeds in boats. After they were ignited, they rushed into Chen's warships in the wind. Hundreds of warships were destroyed by the fire. Chen Youliang's brothers You Ren, You Gui, Ping Zhang Chen Luopu and many other generals were burned to death and thousands of people were killed. " Friends are benevolent, and the so-called five kings are just one eye and have wisdom. "23, 24, two days of fighting, Chen was defeated, unable to support. Said Zhu Jun retreat garrison, dare not fight. Chen Youliang felt powerless to fight again and wanted to withdraw, but the entrance of Hukou into the Yangtze River channel was blocked by Zhu Jun. When Chen retired, he lost the evidence. Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to strengthen the offensive of peace talks, disintegrated the army, and sent letters to Chen Youliang one after another, reiterating his proposition of "negotiating with righteousness and morality" and accusing him of waging war and not daring to fight a decisive battle. "Nothing, it is not the husband? "Chen Deshu flew into a rage," I can't answer, because I was so angry. "Chen was trapped in the lake. He doesn't want to go out. He wants to keep his food. His morale is getting lower and lower. Even Chen Youliang's left and right general Jin Wuer led the crowd to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang. " It is natural for your friend to lose these two generals, and your strength will also decline. "By August 26th, the two armies were at loggerheads. Chen Youliang has no food and wants to go to Wuchang. When he broke through at the mouth of the lake, he was killed halfway, and the prince, good son and Pingzhang Yao Tianxiang were captured. On the 27th, more than 50,000 people surrendered at the rate of Chen Rong, Lu Mou, a politician, and Cai Li, an envoy of the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Qiu Dingbian sent Chen Youliang's body and son Chen back to Wuchang by boat overnight, and Zhu Yuanzhang won the decisive battle of Poyang Lake. In September, Zhu Yuanzhang set sail hand in hand, surrounded Wuchang in June+10 in 5438, and divided his forces to attack Hanyang and De 'an counties. & gt& gt In the twenty-fourth year of Zheng Zheng (1364), on the first month 1 day, Li Shanchang led his ministers to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to become the king of Wu. In February, after a long siege, Zhu Yuanzhang launched a general attack on Wuchang. Zhang Bixian, the prime minister of Dahan, a native of Yuezhou, was defeated by Chang Yuchun in Hongshan. Zhang Bixian himself was also captured. All the food in Wuchang city has been used up. On February 6, "Chen Li took the title of wall meat and led his captain Zhang Dingbian and others out." Chen Youliang's Dahan regime perished. & gt& gt(2) The Fall of Zhang Shicheng & gt In February of the 23rd year of Zheng Zheng (1363), Zhang Shicheng attacked Anfeng Wang Xiaoming, indicating that he had completely fallen to the side of the ruler and resolutely turned against the peasant army. After the Battle of Anfeng, Zhu Yuanzhang led an army to rescue Hongdu, and Zhang Shicheng took the opportunity to occupy Anfeng again. In September, he claimed to be the King of Wu and asked Yuan Ting to admit that he was not approved. Yuan Ting asked him for food, but he also refused. & gt& gt In August of the 24th year (1364), in order to further control Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Zhang Shicheng also forced the left prime minister of Yuan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to give way to his younger brother Zhang Shicheng. After abdicating, Da Zhi timur was placed under house arrest in Jiaxing, and was forced to commit suicide by drinking zhenniao soon. As the prime minister of the left, Zhang Shicheng is fatuous and incompetent, and only knows how to have fun. Politics is dominated by three corrupt literati, Tian, Cai and Ye Dexin, and politics is extremely corrupt. There is a local song: "The prime minister's career is yellow, and the west wind will wither together!" The people hate his guts, and he will die if he is washed. Zhang Shicheng is also increasingly decadent. He "ignored politics" and enjoyed himself in the palace. His generals are keen on official residences. "Where he sent his troops, can't afford to lie down, invite official residence, beautiful house, namely thick intestines, serve it.