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1332 ~ 1385, the founding military commander of the Ming dynasty. The word Tiande was born in Li Zhong, Zhou Hao (now northeast of Fengyang, Anhui). Born in a peasant family, he has little ambition. In the 13th year of Yuan Dynasty (1353), Xu Da joined the Guo Zixing Department of the Peasant Uprising Army and joined Zhu Yuanzhang. From Chuzhou (now Anhui), Hezhou (now Hexian) and other places, he has both wisdom and courage, and has outstanding military achievements, ranking above the generals. In fifteen years, he crossed the river from Zhu Yuanzhang, quarried stones, went to Taiping (now Dangtu) and captured thousands of households in Naha. Following the rate of the army, Liyang and Lishui (now all belong to Jiangsu) were taken. The following year, from Zhu Yuanzhang Ke Jiqing (now Nanjing), he set out, ordered the general to take Zhenjiang, gave orders to Su Ming, and conferred the title of Marshal Xingyi. In seventeen years, he led an army to conquer Changzhou, divided his troops and took Changshu, Jiangyin and other places to stop Zhang Shicheng, the leader of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Zhou Dynasties, from moving westward. The following year, he stayed in Yingtian (now Nanjing) and was promoted to be a general of the country, knowing the Privy Council. In May of the 20th year, Chen Youliang, the leader of the Han regime in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, attacked Chizhou (now Guichi, Anhui Province), while Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, commander-in-chief of the Central Wing, ambushed at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain and captured Chen Yu alive. And from Zhu Yuanzhang should ambush at the gate, defeated the Chen Youliang army, captured more than 7000 people. Twenty-one years, from Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) led the troops first, forcing Chen Youliang to quit Wuchang and catch up with Hanyang, and was promoted to Zhongshu Youcheng. In the 23rd year, he helped Anfeng (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province), defeated Lu Zhen of Zhang Shicheng Department, and moved to Luzhou (now Hefei) to help Hongdu (now Nanchang). In the battle of Poyang Lake, he took the lead and defeated the Chen Youliang army striker, killing 1500 people, which greatly boosted morale. Twenty-four years, left. Re-led the troops to Keluzhou, and then sent troops to Keliangling (now Jingsha, Hubei) and Chenzhou (now Yuanling, Hunan) to pacify the rest of Chen Youliang. Twenty-five years later, he led his teacher eastward, followed Zhu Yuanzhang's plan to conquer Huaidong first, then occupy western Zhejiang, then break Pingjiang (now Suzhou, Jiangsu) and attack Zhang Shicheng and Taizhou. The following year, Kegaoyou, Huai 'an, Xinghua (now Jiangsu) and other places were notified to Huaidong. In August of the same year, he led 200,000 sailors from Taihu Lake into Huzhou (now Zhejiang), defeated Zhang Shicheng Army several times, and forced defenders Li Bosheng and Zhang Tianqi to surrender and enter the city. 1 1 month, soldiers were transferred to the north to surround Pingjiang, and military discipline was declared, prohibiting looting of people's property. Twenty-seven years in September, the rate of soldiers to break the city, but Zhang Shicheng. Teachers also believe in the Lord protector. 10, Xu Da was ordered to lead a 250,000-strong army to the Northern Expedition of the Yuan Army, winning Lien Chan's victory, forcing Yuan Jinan Shoujiang Dourgen to surrender and occupy Shandong. In March of the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1368), he marched into Henan, and took Zuo Junbi and Zhu Chang from the capital of song dynasty (now Kaifeng, Henan) in order to reduce the yuan. Following the defeat of 50,000 soldiers in Tal Bay (now in Yanshi), Wang Aruwen was forced to surrender to the city and make peace. The rotating army took Tongguan and Huazhou (now hua county, Shaanxi Province) to the west. In May, when Zhu Yuanzhang went to bid for the capital of song dynasty, he invited him to take Du Yuan. Leap in July, move north, even KeWeiHui (now Henan), CiZhou (now CiXian, Hebei). In Linqing (now Shandong), the army went north along the canal, defeated the Yuan army in Hexi (now northwest of Wuqing, Hebei), breached Tongzhou (now Tongxian, Beijing), and forced Yuan Shundi to go north. On the second day of August, Governor Ke Dadu (now Beijing) overthrew the Yuan Dynasty. Seize the victories in Kezhending (now Zhengding, Hebei Province) and Huaiqing (now Qinyang, Shanxi Province). When Timur heard that he was going to expand his profile from Taiyuan and lead an army out of Yanmen to attack Peiping (now Beijing), he consulted with all the generals and used tactics of criticizing Kang and playing tricks to force him to expand his profile and return to the division for rescue. The selected soldiers raided their camp at night, forcing the expansion rate to be 18, capturing 40,000 people, taking Taiyuan and occupying Shanxi. In two years, he sent troops into Shaanxi, forced Yuan to surrender, cut Yuan into Zhang Silk Road and leveled Shaanxi. In three years, he led the troops to Dingxi (now Gansu) and captured more than 86,000 generals in the Yuan Dynasty. Because of his achievements, he granted the prime minister Zhongshu the right to join the army and became the Duke of Wei. The following year, he guarded Beiping, trained military forces, repaired the city, and always led the northern army. Five years, and Li Wenzhong, Sheng Feng for the left and right lieutenant, each rate of 50 thousand, riding a shunt levy North Yuan. Since taking the middle road lightly, Lingbei (now Mongolian Hal and Lin) was ambushed by the North Yuan Army, and more than 10,000 divisions were lost. The following year, the general returned to fight and defeated the Yuan army in Dala Lake (now Dalainuoer Lake in Inner Mongolia). Go back to Beiping and guard the border. Xu Da was resolute, brave, cautious and disciplined all his life. He unified the army for many times and moved to the north and south, and was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as the "Great Wall of Wan Li" (Record of Ming Taizu 17 1).