kvmb Chapter 260 Defeating Zhang Shicheng's Forces
Chapter 260 Defeating Zhang Shicheng's Forces
"After you, Senior Xu Da, left, Zhu Yuanzhang commanded his soldiers to continue the bloody battle with Chen Youliang on Poyang Lake.
In the end, Chen Youliang was killed and his main force was destroyed.
The Battle of Poyang Lake ended with the victory of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
I won’t go into details about how the Ming Taizu was almost killed, as we are now on Senior Xu Da’s home turf.”
Seeing that Li Wu did not elaborate on how Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated Chen Youliang's side, everyone was still curious.
After hearing what Li Wu said, they all understood. After all, this was Senior Xu Da's home court, so naturally they couldn't say too much about others.
Besides, if the little immortal had said everything, what would the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty say when he came later?
Xu Da just smiled and didn't say anything. Xue Rengui and Xu Da drank together.
While drinking with them, Huo Qubing secretly took out the candy, looked at it and touched it.
I thought I was being so careful, but other people saw it all, they just didn't point it out.
Xue Rengui and Xu Da just thought that Huo Qubing had the mentality of a child, and that was good enough.
Many people in front of the sky curtain thought that Huo Qubing was adorable.
"After you returned to Yingtian Prefecture, Senior Xu Da, we strengthened our defenses, checked for suspicious people, and repaired the city.
That made it impossible for Zhang Shicheng to find any opportunity and he dared not attack rashly.
After the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to Yingtian Prefecture, and Senior Xu Da, you naturally had to go out to fight again.
Of course, it's not just you, it's the same for others as well. Chen Youliang has been destroyed, so naturally we have to take away his power.
Chen Youliang's forces were completely eradicated and the Hunan and Xiang regions were occupied.
As for Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang gave this task to you, Senior Xu Da.
In 1364, Zhu Yuanzhang was named King of Wu. Senior Xu Da, because of your great contribution in eliminating Chen Youliang's separatist group, Zhu Yuanzhang directly appointed you as the left prime minister, and your status was above all other generals.
As for Zhang Shicheng, his power also increased greatly because he forced the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty to death.
In 1365, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to attack Zhang Shicheng and ordered Xu Da to be the commander-in-chief and Chang Yuchun and others to lead the navy and the army to fight together and adopt a siege strategy.
After months of bloody fighting, Taizhou was finally captured.
After Zhang Shi realized Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, he launched a large-scale war in Jiangnan.
But I was defeated by you, Senior Xu Da.
In 1366, Senior Xu Da asked Senior Chang Yuchun to guard Taizhou, while you went to attack Huai'an.
The Huaidong area was gradually conquered by you, Senior Xu Da. When you were returning to the capital, you attacked Anfeng as well. The generals of the Yuan army were directly defeated and tens of thousands of people died.
Senior Xu Da, you captured Yingzhou. After this battle, Zhang Shicheng was directly pushed to the Jiangnan and Zhejiang regions.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Senior Xu Da as the general and Senior Chang Yuchun as the deputy general, and led an army of 200,000 to attack Zhang Shicheng.
Zhang Shicheng knew he couldn't win, so he refused to fight.
So, Senior Xu Da, you should first eliminate Zhang Shicheng's left and right arms.
They planned to attack Taihu Lake and Hangzhou first. After fighting for several days, they finally took them down. Then other places also began to surrender one after another.
Zhang Shicheng was left with only the isolated city of Pingjiang.
Pingjiang is Zhang Shicheng's old nest, so it is naturally difficult to attack. Senior Xu Da, you directly surrounded Pingjiang.
Let the others stay outside and wait for Zhang Shicheng to surrender.
They set up bows, crossbows, fire tubes and other weapons to attack the city, but they failed to take it after several months of attack.
Zhang Shicheng was surrounded like this and had to be attacked several times, so naturally he couldn't get out.
However, Zhang Shicheng was also very stubborn. There was no food or grass left in Pingjiang, and there was nothing to eat.
Zhang Shicheng still gritted his teeth and refused to surrender. "
Li Wu sighed. It was understandable that Zhang Shicheng was unwilling to surrender or admit defeat.
Xue Rengui and Huo Qubing frowned slightly, Zhang Shicheng would definitely fail.
Xu Da smiled slightly. Although he had experienced all these things, it sounded different when the immortal told them.
"Because Zhang Shicheng refused to surrender, Pingjiang had no more food, and the people were so hungry that they had to eat tree bark, dry grass, and mice.
Eh, this is so, so horrible," Li Wu couldn't help but shudder, eating mice, ahhhh, unacceptable, too horrible.
Rats are so disgusting, they are full of various viruses.
"Little immortal, what's wrong with you? Are you cold?" Huo Qubing asked with a silly look on his face. He thought it was not strange to eat those things when hungry.
Besides, it is not surprising that many people eat rats.
Huo Qubing received speechless stares from Xue Rengui and Xu Da. They felt that General Huo was quite good and did not know how to read other people's faces.
The little fairy wasn't cold at all, she just felt disgusted by eating those things. Of course, that was understandable, after all, the little fairy lived in such a good era, there was so much delicious food that she couldn't finish eating it all.
They don't eat mice or anything like that now, but they used to eat a lot of them when they were poor. At that time, there weren't even mice.
Especially Xu Da, he didn't have enough food to eat every day when he was a child, and rat meat is still meat.
"No, no, I just feel that our ancestors worked too hard," Li Wu said with a tearful expression.
"Now that we have the little immortal, people will live much better. The immortal's seeds will allow more people to have enough food to eat," said Xu Da, and Huo Qubing nodded.
Xue Rengui remained silent, because they did not have the immortal seed yet, but he would have it after he returned.
Many people also agreed in the barrage, saying that this is right, this is right, the little immortal really brought them a lot of things, and the immortal seed alone was enough to make everyone recognize the little immortal.
Many families worship immortals and erect longevity monuments for them.
They feel that Li Wu is a real little fairy, a little fairy who cares about them.
"That's good, that's good," Li Wu was also somewhat moved after hearing this, and the barrage of comments was full of words of thanks to her.
This made Li Wu feel that everything was worth it.
"Senior Xu Da, you knew that Zhang Shicheng was already at the end of his strength, so you ordered a strong attack.
Zhang Shicheng's army collapsed completely as they approached the city. With the enemy at the gates, they were tired and hungry, so how could they have the energy to fight?
Senior Xu Da, you had your men set up ladders, climb the city walls, rush into the city, and fight the enemy.
Zhang Shicheng himself knew that the situation was hopeless, so he planned to commit suicide, but failed.
Senior Xu Da sent people to send him to Yingtian Prefecture, where he committed suicide again before dying.
After Zhang Shicheng's death, his subordinates naturally surrendered one after another.
Zhang Shicheng's forces were also completely eliminated.
Senior Xu Da, after you returned triumphantly, you were conferred the title of Duke of Xin.
After eliminating Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's territory expanded rapidly.
It is now possible to go north to attack the Yuan Dynasty.
Finally, the internal forces fought, and it was the turn to fight the Yuan Dynasty. "
"I remember that the Yuan Dynasty was a foreign dynasty. I wonder how many years it existed?" Huo Qubing asked curiously. He had no good feelings towards foreign races.