Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, formerly known as Feng Guosheng, a native of Dingyuan, Fengyang, is the younger brother of Feng Guoyong, Duke of Yingguo.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Feng Guo used his brothers to build a village to protect himself. When Ming Taizu attacked Miaoshan, Feng Sheng was attached with his brother and was reused. Among them, his elder brother Feng Guoyong is both civil and military, and he is not only Zhu Yuanzhang's strategist but also a brave general. He accumulated military merits and was promoted to the commander of the pro-army capital, and unfortunately died in the army. After Feng Guoyong's death, his younger brother Feng Sheng took his official position and took charge of the pro-army.
Feng Sheng has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he is brave and strategic. When Chen Youliang entered Longwan, Feng Sheng led his troops to attack its backbone, defeated Chen Youliang's army, and entered the pro-army to protect it. He also relieved the siege of Anfeng and moved to the Privy Council. From the battle of Poyang Lake, Wuchang, Kelu Prefecture, move troops to take Jiangxi Zhulu, and recover Huaidong with the generals, Kehai Anba, take Taizhou, and then move the right governor. In the first year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng followed Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to the Northern Expedition, led the division to pull out the Tong Pass and defend it, and awarded the right deputy general to capture. He also conquered Shanxi and made many military exploits. In the second year of Hongwu, he led the army to cross the Yellow River and surrendered Li Siqi. He returned to besiege Qingyang under Xu Da, and Feng Sheng held the Yima Pass and defeated the Yuan Dynasty reinforcements. In the third year of Hongwu, he went out of Xi'an with the general, smashed the west, defeated Timur, and awarded the founding of the country to assist the military minister, the special entry of the Ronglu doctor, the right pillar country, and the Song Guogong and the hereditary certificate.
After the deaths of Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, and Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng became the best commander of the Ming army. In the twentieth year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu ordered Feng Sheng to be the general of the conquest, Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, and Lan Yu, the Marquis of Yongchang, as the deputy generals of the left and right, and led Zhao Yong, the Marquis of Nanxiong, to go to the conquest with a total of 200,000 infantry and cavalry. When the army suddenly arrived, Nahachu felt outnumbered and asked for surrender as Narawu had said. Feng Sheng sent Guantong to recruit them and obtained more than 200,000 people, cattle, sheep, horses, camels and baggage for more than 100 miles. When Feng Shengjun returned to Yimihe, he captured more than 20,000 remnants of his soldiers, 50,000 chariots and horses, and returned with a great victory.
What is the matter with such a great general who has worked hard and made great achievements to be given death in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu?
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the crown prince Zhu Biao died of illness. The grief-stricken Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunwen to be appointed as the prince. In order to ensure the smooth succession of the young imperial grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang began to gradually purge the threatening heroes and generals. And Feng Sheng, as the oldest and most meritorious one among the founding heroes who were still alive at that time, plus he was the father-in-law of Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son, Zhu Zhu, King of Zhou, so he was given to death in Lao Zhu's suspicion.
Of course, Feng Sheng did have some problems himself.
Similar to his in-laws, Feng Sheng's military discipline is not good. At that time, the Gaoyou guards surrendered, and Feng Sheng ordered Kang Tai to lead hundreds of people into the city first, and the defenders in the city closed the city gate and killed them all. Ming Taizu was furious, recalled Feng Sheng, punished the ten rods, and then ordered him to walk back to Gaoyou.
In September of the second year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu summoned the general Xu Da back to Beijing and ordered Feng Sheng to garrison Qingyang and control the army. However, Feng Sheng thought that Guan Shaanxi had been decided, and led the whole army back without authorization. Ming Taizu was furious and blamed Feng Sheng. Remembering his great merits, he pardoned him.
In the twentieth year of Hongwu, Feng Sheng led a large army to conquer the Yuan Dynasty's Liaodong forces Naha. Naha was outnumbered and intended to surrender. Who knew that because of poor communication between the two sides, Feng Sheng's son-in-law Chang Mao mistakenly cut Naha. When Naha's soldiers heard that the coach was injured, they were shocked and collapsed. After returning to Beijing, Feng Sheng reported to Zhu Yuanzhang that Chang Mao had changed dramatically. At this time, it was revealed that Feng Sheng had hidden many good horses, and sent people to drink wine from Naha's wife in turn, in order to seek a great jewelThe prince was forced to marry his daughter only two days after his death, so he lost his heart to surrender and attach, and lost 3,000 cavalry of Pu Ying. And Chang Mao also took the opportunity to attack Feng Shengzhi. Ming Taizu was furious, confiscated Feng Sheng's general seal, ordered him to build a house in Fengyang, and regularly went to Beijing to see him, and the soldiers were not rewarded.
In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang's fifth son, Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Zhou, left the feudal country without permission and went to Fengyang to meet with Feng Sheng, the old man who trained here. This incident caused Zhu Yuanzhang to be extremely dissatisfied, so he demoted the king of Zhou to Yunnan.
In the same month that Lan Yu was killed, Feng Sheng was recalled to Beijing. Two years later, he was given death. Until the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty posthumously made up for the founding of the country, and Feng Sheng was given the title of King Ningling, nicknamed "Wu Zhuang", and finally recognized Feng Sheng's great achievements.