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When Li Wenzhong saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he was keenly aware that the emperor who had just ruled the world was not doing well, his dragon robe was clean and tidy, but his expression was extremely sad.
Zhu Yuanzhang also seemed to understand Li Wenzhong's intention, and he stepped forward with great grief. Touching the coffin in the tent, in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, he cried loudly:
I have thousands of lines of pig iron juice, and I don't cry for my children in my life. Suddenly, I heard that yesterday was often public, and tears were sprinkled with wet grass and trees. ”
A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to mourn the funeral of Zhao Pu, the king of Han by Song Taizong, and to be buried in Zhongshanyuan, posthumously sealing the king of Kaiping, saying "loyal and martial", and enjoying the Taimiao. However, in just twenty years, Chang Yuchun's descendants were slaughtered by Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son. The eldest son Chang Mao was forced to commit suicide, the second son Chang Sheng was killed for no reason, and his grandson Zhu Yunxi died violently in prison during his captivity. As Zhu Yuanzhang said:
In order not to kill people in vain, it is not for the benefit of the country that your descendants will be blessed by it. ”
It is obvious that Chang Yuchun's heirs have not escaped the catastrophe of life because of his supreme honor.
The loyalty of often meeting spring
Chang Yuchun is a native of Anhui, different from the image of a martial artist with a face, he looks strange and resolute, and he is cautious and cautious. At the age of 25, Chang Yuchun broke away from the team of the mountain bandit Liu Ju, went to Chuzhou alone, and joined Zhu Yuanzhang's Red Turban Army.
The reason why Chang Yuchun chose Zhu Yuanzhang as the next stop in his life was not impulsive, but after careful consideration. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had 60,000 soldiers and horses, strict military discipline, and was famous in the Red Turban Army north of the Yangtze River. More importantly, for Chang Yuchun, who is disgusted with robbing his family, Zhu Yuanzhang, who is determined to achieve great things, is the best object he longs to belong to all year round.
A few days later, Chang Yuchun, who was not treated by Zhu Yuanzhang, ushered in the first battle of his life. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's siege of Quarry Rock was blocked, and it was difficult for the generals Liao Yongan, Yu Tonghai, and Liao Yongzhong to break through the Yangtze River moat. On the other hand, Chang Yuchun, he drove a small boat to catch up, rampage in the Yuan army's defense line, as if entering a no-man's land, the killed Yuan soldiers scattered and fled, and made the first contribution to Zhu Yuanzhang's victory in the battle to cross the river.
After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Taiping Town, Chang Yuchun, together with Xu Da, became his most important right-hand man. Following Zhu Yuanzhang, he often encountered the spring expedition to the east and the west, charged into battle, was invincible, and won a lot of military exploits. From Quarry to Jiqing, Chang Yuchun's contribution is even much higher than that of Xu Da.
However, Chang Yuchun is introverted and has a deep temperament. Although he was not highly educated, he kept loyal etiquette. Chang Yuchun is two years older than Xu Da, but he is willing to listen to him and has great respect for Xu Da. When Zhu Yuanzhang's very trusted favorite minister Shao Rong had bad intentions, Zhu Yuanzhang intended to spare his life, but when he was praised by the generals under his command, Chang Yuchun bluntly reprimanded:
As a minister, since he wants to rebel, what else is there to forgive. Since you don't want him to die, then I will never live with him. ”
As a last resort, Zhu Yuanzhang tearfully executed Shao Rong. But for Chang Yuchun, Zhu Yuanzhang's favor is even better than before.
Polarization often meets spring
In 1360, shortly after Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yingtian, Chen Youliang led an army to attack. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted Liu Bowen's suggestion, took Chang Yuchun and Feng Sheng as the main generals of Longwan, and set up ambushes along the way. Relying on strong ships and sharp arrows, Chen Youliang was complacent and did not take Zhu Yuanzhang in his eyes. But under the attack of Chang Yuchun, Chen Youliang's army was panicked like a lost dog and fled in embarrassment. Not only that, Chang Yuchun also led the army to pursue, recovered the important town of Taiping, and attacked Chen Youliang's old nest Jiangzhou.
Since then, Chang Yuchun and Chen Youliang have formed an "indissoluble bond". On the Anfeng front, Zhang Shicheng's general Lu Zhen killed Liu Futong, continuously repelled Zhu Yuanzhang's attacks, and dragged the Red Turban Army to the rear, creating excellent conditions for Chen Youliang to attack Hongdu. But after Chang Yuchun arrived, he fought three battles and broke three times, defeated Lu Zhen, and captured countless soldiers and horses, avoiding Zhu Yuanzhang from being attacked by Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang from both sides.
At the foot of Kanglang Mountain, when the enemy was strong and I was weak, Chang Yuchun was still fearless, he raised his arms and shouted, took the lead in charging, and swooped towards the Han army. The originally apprehensive generals were infected by Chang Yuchun, and they also raised their swords one after another, and hit Chen Youliang's army hard. And when Zhang Dingbian attacked Zhu Yuanzhang, Chang Yuchun, who had entered the enemy formation, was able to return in time to help, scare off the Han army, and save Zhu Yuanzhang's life.
Soon after, when the decisive battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang came, Chang Yuchun also tried his best to overcome public opinion, led the army up the river, blocked Chen Youliang's breakthrough, and completely pressed him into Poyang Lake, and finally won a complete victory in the battle of Poyang Lake.
It can be said that when Xu Da was absent from the Battle of Poyang Lake, Chang Yuchun not only acted as a marshal, but also had the duties of a forward and a guard, and was Zhu Yuanzhang's most relied on confidant.
After pacifying Chen Youliang's father and son, Chang Yuchun turned the gun again and aimed at Zhang Shicheng. Zhang Shicheng sits on the rich land of Suzhou and Hangzhou, has enough soldiers and food, and can fight well. Li Wenzhong and Deng Yu have been in eastern Zhejiang for many years, and they have fought back and forth with Wu Jun, but they have never been able to go further.
However, Chang Yuchun followed Xu Da to the east not long after, first defeated Zhang Shicheng at Taihu Lake, and then defeated the Wu army general Xu Yi with strange troops in Pingwang, and then transferred to Wuzhen and Huzhou, seven battles and seven victories, completely surrounded Pingjiang City. Zhang Shicheng, who was unwilling to sit still, organized the elite of the whole city and struggled to break through. But in Zhoumen, he was frantically strangled by Chang Yuchun, and even Zhang Shicheng himself almost became Chang Yuchun's prisoner.
After Zhang Shicheng was defeated and committed suicide, the two powerful forces that hindered Zhu Yuanzhang from unifying the world fell under Chang Yuchun's butcher's knife one after another. At the time of the ** reward, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to praise Chang Yuchun:
When millions of people are in battle, invincible, it is better to meet spring. ”
It is worth mentioning that, like Deng Yu, Chang Yuchun was also a rare military and political general in the early Ming Dynasty. Deng Yue was a man of generosity and stability, good at soothing the people, and often sat behind the army, providing a steady stream of grain, grass and supplies to ensure the safety of the rear. Chang Yuchun is different, he is strict with the law, and governs the place with heavy laws, and for those towns where the people are strong, the arrival of Chang Yuchun is like a "sharp sword" hanging over their heads.
However, the shortcomings of Chang Yuchun are also extremely prominent. Since joining the Red Turban Army, Chang Yuchun has repeatedly killed prisoners and slaughtered cities, which gave Zhu Yuanzhang a headache. During the Battle of Longwan, Chang Yuchun captured and killed 5,000 Wu troops despite the dissuasion of his subordinates. After Ganzhou surrounded Xiong Tianrui, Chang Yuchun attacked the city many times, and the idea of slaughtering the city came to mind, if it were not for Zhu Yuanzhang's many strict orders, the people of Ganzhou would definitely not be able to escape death. It can be said that Chang Yuchun is an extremely polarized general.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, he was loyal and devoted his life to the great cause of Zhu Yuanzhang's reunification. Compared with Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Fu Youde and others, Chang Yuchun's loyalty is more stable. He strictly implemented every order of Zhu Yuanzhang, never questioned his decision, and was Zhu Yuanzhang's best helper in creating the Ming Dynasty.
But for enemies and ordinary people, Chang Yuchun is like a "devil". In the places where spring is often encountered, none of the Han army, the Wu army and the Yuan army can be saved, and the local people will inevitably survive in dire straits.
Violent death of the willow river
In 1367, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun led the Northern Expedition. Although Chang Yuchun is a deputy general, he is ranked below Xu Da. But in the battles to conquer Shandong, Henan, and Hebei, he showed the demeanor of "Chang 100,000". On the bank of Luoshui, it is common to encounter spring horses galloping, riding forward alone, fighting more than 20 people without falling behind. Under the city of Taiyuan, Chang Yu Chunli robbed the camp, defeated the Yuan Dynasty general Kuangkuo Timur, and laid the victory of the Ming army to take the northwest.
In the three major capitals of the Yuan Dynasty, Chang Yuchun also quickly swept away the Yuan capital and Shangdu like a quick knife, forcing the Yuan Emperor to go north, ending the Mongol rule of the Central Plains Dynasty. Therefore, some people in later generations said that half of Zhu Yuanzhang's world was beaten by Chang Yuchun, although this statement is crazy, it is not an exaggeration.
However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck. Just when Chang Yuchun and Li Wenzhong returned to the dynasty and arrived at Liuhechuan, the 40-year-old Chang Yuchun suddenly died in the army. At that time, it was summer, the weather was hot, and Chang Yuchun, who had been wearing armor, indulged in the cold, and took off his armor without any defensive measures, so that he suffered from "armor removal wind", which caused sores and ulcers all over the body, and blood flowed endlessly.
When Zhu Yuanzhang received Li Wenzhong's urgent performance, he urgently ordered Chang Yuchun to return to Beijing for treatment. It's a pity that the day is not a holiday, and the meritorious Chang Yuchun couldn't wait for the moment when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang again.
After Chang Yuchun's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad. When Chang Yuchun's body arrived in Longjiang, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely went out of the city to greet and pay respects, and even touched Chang Yuchun's coffin in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, crying loudly. A few days later, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order to posthumously crown Chang Yuchun as the "King of Kaiping", "loyal to the martial arts", and worthy of enjoying the Taimiao. In the list of heroes of the Ming Dynasty in 276, Chang Yuchun's status is only second only to Xu Da.
However, Chang Yuchun's well-being did not extend to his children and grandchildren. Although the eldest son Chang Mao inherited Chang Yuchun's status as a national prince, he was incapacitated, and he liked to cause trouble, when he went north to Mengyuan, he attacked each other with his father-in-law Feng Sheng, and after going south to Longzhou, he provoked peach blossoms and troubled the place, and was finally arrested by Zhu Yuanzhang and forced to commit suicide. And Chang Yuchun's second son, Chang Sheng, was also implicated in the Lanyu case and died under the joint sitting.