The Yuan Dynasty was the first dynasty in Chinese history to be established by an ethnic minority, but its reign was very short, 98 years from the founding of Kublai Khan, and only 162 years from the founding of Temujin. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, natural disasters occurred frequently, resulting in a great impact on agricultural production, the Yuan Dynasty did not care, but intensified the exploitation of the peasants, the people's dissatisfaction deepened, and they revolted to resist the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the most worthy of which is the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
The three heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty refer to the three largest strengths in the rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the first is Zhang Shicheng, Zhang Shicheng was born as a salt seller, and he is also a poor family, relying on coolies to subsidize the cost of the family, even if it is so poor, when the people in the village or other places encounter hardships, Zhang Shicheng can be generous, so Zhang Shicheng has a lot of prestige in the masses, and indirectly prepared for Zhang Shicheng's uprising. Zhang Shicheng and their salt sellers were no exception, finally one day in 1353 Zhang Shicheng contacted his brother and seventeen bold salt people decided to rebel against the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, they rushed into the rich family's house, opened the warehouse, relief the people, and finally everyone elected Zhang Shicheng to become the leader of the righteous army, the prefect of Gaoyou Mansion Li Qi recruited them, but they fled again, at this time Zhang Shicheng already had a lot of power, the rebel army was tens of thousands of people, and then Zhang Shicheng captured Gaoyou, established himself as the king, and called himself King Cheng, In 1354, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty led a million troops to attack Gaoyou, but the result was that Gaoyou could not be attacked for a long time, and Emperor Yuan Shun also because he listened to the words of the traitorous ministers, and withdrew from the battle, Zhang Shicheng saw the opportunity to lead the army out of the city to defeat the enemy.
Zhang Shicheng's reputation was shocked for a while, but after Zhang Shicheng tasted the sweetness, he gradually forgot the original intention of the uprising, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the rebel army, and even the Yuan Dynasty have countless contacts, in the battle between Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang lost, Zhang Shicheng took refuge in the Yuan Dynasty, which has to be said to be a dramatic change, the Yuan court named Zhang Shicheng as a lieutenant, and his civil and military ** were all sealed according to the rank. Zhang Shicheng gradually became extravagant and arrogant, and did not want to intervene in government affairs. His younger brother Zhang Shixin and son-in-law Pan Yuanshao were even more greedy for money, Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Zhang Shicheng after defeating Chen Youliang and the forces of the Yuan Dynasty.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youliang, the king of the Han Dynasty, Chen Youliang was born as a fisherman, was a local county official, participated in the Red Turban Army, in 1359 Chen Youliang killed Shouhui in quarrying, established himself as the emperor, the country name Dahan, the year name Dayi, to restore the rule of the Han people, under the leadership of Chen Youliang, the vast area south of the Yangtze River fell into the hands of Chen Youliang, and gradually relied on Zhu Yuanzhang's sphere of influence, the two sides had the potential to go to war, and finally the two sides fought in Longwan, Chen Youliang was defeated, because the tide fell, the ship was stranded, countless dead, hundreds of warships were lost, Chen Youliang had no choice but to escape in a small boat.
In 1361, Zhu Yuanzhang led the naval army to personally crusade against Chen Youliang, Chen Youliang was defeated, fled to Wuchang with his wife and children, in 1363, Chen Youliang saw that his territory was becoming less and less, and he was determined to fight to the death with Zhu Yuanzhang, as said on TV, "the first battle is a decisive battle, and the first battle will determine the world" led an army of 600,000 to kill, Zhu Wenzheng is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, who held Nanchang for more than three months, and made a great help for Zhu Yuanzhang to seize the world, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to set fire to Chen Youliang's ship, His brother Chen Youren and others were burned to death. Chen Youliang was defeated, at this time it had been decided that Chen Youliang could no longer compete with Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang was not satisfied and was shot in the head by an arrow in the battle with Zhu Yuanzhang again, and died immediately, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng is different, among the three, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng have more or less had dealings with the forces of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng even took refuge in the Yuan court, only Chen Youliang will never be associated with the Yuan court, which is respectable.
Zhu Yuanzhang, also known as Zhu Chongba, was born as a farmer, because of the huge taxes of the imperial court caused the misfortune of the family, the death of his parents and brothers, so that Zhu Yuanzhang understood the sinister of the world, Zhu Yuanzhang was desperate and took refuge in the monk Gao Bin of Huangjue Temple, due to famine, the temple let the monks travel everywhere, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was only 17 years old, had to start a wandering career, so Zhu Yuanzhang wandered for three years, in 1352, the outbreak of the Red Turban Army, Zhu Yuanzhang also gradually learned about the Red Turban Army, Soon Zhu Yuanzhang received a letter from Tang He, inviting Zhu Yuanzhang to join Guo Zixing's rebel army, (Tang He was Zhu Yuanzhang's childhood friend), Zhu Yuanzhang decided to take refuge in Guo Zixing, at this time Zhu Yuanzhang was 25 years old, after Zhu Yuanzhang joined the rebel army, because of his flexible mind, he was appreciated by Guo Zixing, Guo Zixing also regarded Zhu Yuanzhang as his confidant, Guo Zixing had a righteous daughter Ma, and Zhu Yuanzhang had feelings, Guo Zixing was also optimistic about Zhu Yuanzhang and married Ma to Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma was later Queen Ma.
Zhu Yuanzhang gradually has his own power, but the sky does not fulfill people's wishes, Guo Zixing has a son, for Zhu Yuanzhang disgusted with the disease, Guo Zixing was bewitched again, let Zhu Yuanzhang go out by himself, Zhu Yuanzhang asked for eighteen brothers, eighteen war horses, and recruited 3,000 militiamen, Zhu Yuanzhang based on this, captured Chuzhou, and county, Zhu Yuanzhang also had tens of thousands of people at this time, Guo Zixing died of illness, Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, appointed Guo Zixing's son Guo Tianxu as the marshal of the capital, Guo Tianxu could not be compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Tianxu led the army to attack the Yuan court but fell into the tricks of the Yuan Dynasty and was forced to commit suicide, Zhu Yuanzhang gathered his power, and the troops were replenished again, Zhu Yuanzhang pursued the strategy of "building a high wall, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king" put forward by Zhu Sheng, a strategist in Huizhou, and quickly and secretly expanded his strength, these three strategies were the guiding ideology of Zhu Yuanzhang in the early stage of development. **10,000 Fan Incentive Plan In 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng fought, Zhang Shicheng was soon defeated because of his greed for pleasure, and Zhang Shicheng himself was taken prisoner, in 1363 Zhu Yuanzhang fought with Chen Youliang, and after several life-and-death battles, Chen Youliang was defeated and was shot in the head by an arrow, 1367), Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Tang He to be the general of the expedition to the south, and crusade against Fang Guozhen, who had been in eastern Zhejiang for many years. Later, Hu Tingrui was ordered to be the general of Zhengnan and He Wenhui to be the deputy general to attack Fujian. In the same year, Fang Guozhen surrendered, and in 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, and Xu Da also successfully captured the capital of Yuan, and the Yuan Dynasty perished, and the sixteen states of Youyun, which had been lost for four hundred years, were also recovered.