Xu Shouhui is destined to become the character who carries the legend of the beautiful man in cannon fodder. Born in Luotian, Hubei, the specific date of birth seems to have been submerged in the memory of history, but the date of death deliberately left a precise time. He is a cloth dealer, and I heard that his appearance is in good spirits, and he can be called the most beautiful man in Luotian. However, the life of this beautiful man was destined to be shrouded in the haze of the Yuan Dynasty.
Resentment against the Yuan Dynasty accumulated in Xu Shouhui's heart, and the blackmail of the officials made him dissatisfied. In the eleventh year of Zhizheng, the rebel army raised by Liu Futong poured through his hometown, and Xu Shouhui could no longer bear it and decided to resist. The means he chose was to propagate feudal superstition and combine it with Mingjiao, for which he found two helpers: one was Zou Pusheng, who was striking iron in Macheng, and the other was Peng Yingyu, a monk from Jiangxi.
After a few months of Mingjiao propaganda, he launched an uprising and successfully conquered Luotian. Become a member of the Red Turban Army. Although his territory is only a small area of Huangzhou and Xishui, his ambitions are extremely inflated. He gave himself a country name, called "Tianwan", an unbelievable title. By disassembling the upper part of these two words, we find that it is a homonym for "Da Yuan". The cloth dealer subtly tried to assert his dominance, but perhaps also hinted at the coming end of his life.
Although there are only a few thousand of his subordinates, he has set up institutions such as the Marshal of the United Army's Office, the Zhongshu Province, the Privy Council, and the ** Six Ministries, as if he has a heavy army. Under his leadership, Xishui's pomp and circumstance are small, but breathtaking. Zou Pusheng became the Taishi, and Ni Wenjun became the leading marshal. In the addition of Xishui people, Chen Youliang, who is extraordinary in appearance and good at handwriting, has come to the fore.
Chen Youliang, a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, was once a prophet in the city. His hexagrams were accurate and won the trust of the people. In the Red Turban Army, he quickly rose to prominence and became an important general of Xu Shouhui. In the Battle of Xishui, Chen Youliang fought bravely and skillfully, repelled the Yuan army many times, and jointly guarded Xishui to defend the sphere of influence. However, Xu Shouhui's ambitions caused the two to disagree, which eventually turned into infighting. Xu Shouhui sent his subordinates to assassinate Chen Youliang, ending the general's life.
The story of Chen Youliang has been praised to this day, and with his courage and wisdom, he rose to prominence in the Red Turban Army and sacrificed his precious life for the cause.