At the end of Yuan Dynasty, the world was in chaos. At the same time, anti-yuan forces have risen in various places, and many powerful men have also organized armed forces to fight against peasant rebels. There were three powerful forces in the powerful armed forces at that time, the most famous of which was the armed forces led by Chahan Timur. Wang Baobao is the nephew and adopted son of Chahan Timour. After the death of Chahan Timour, Wang Baobao became the leader of this armed force.
In the summer and April of the third year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Ming army led by Xu Da and the Yuan army led by Wang Baobao fought in the driveway between Landing. As a result, Wang Baobao was defeated and fled to Mobei along the Yellow River.
Wang Baobao is a legend in both novels and history. Wang Baobao is not Mongolian. He is a native of Shenqiu, Henan Province. His surname is Wang and his nickname is Bao Bao. Speaking of Wang Baobao's background, he is also very ordinary, but he has a great uncle. Wang Baobao's uncle's name is Chahan Timur.
This is how Chahan Timur began. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, farmers everywhere rose up in succession, among which the most influential was the Red Scarf Army led by Han Liner and Liu Futong, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who later established the Ming Dynasty, was also a member of the Red Scarf Army. Yuan sent troops everywhere to suppress the peasant uprising. However, social contradictions have been extremely acute. Although the Yuan army was powerful, it was still a protracted battle in vain. In this context, Yuan allowed local organizations to train in regiments. At that time, people called such landlord armed forces militia.
Wang Baobao's uncle Chahan Timour took this opportunity to rebel. It's been twelve years. After Chahan Timur started his army, he moved to Henan, Hebei, Guanzhong, Shanxi and other places, and his power grew day by day. This is a mixed blessing for Yuan * *. The good news is that the momentum of the peasant uprising has been contained, and the fear is that the powerful armed forces will also threaten the regime when they grow. In fact, the rise of the eternal armed forces in the past dynasties means the end of a dynasty, because this kind of armed forces are private armed forces that are not controlled by * * *. During the campaign, Chahan Timur adopted his nephew Wang Baobao as his adopted son. Later, Yuan Shundi gave him a name, Tamerlane. Later, in the battle against the Shandong peasant uprising army, Chahan Timur was assassinated and Wang Baobao succeeded to the throne.
In this way, Wang Baobao appeared on the historical stage. Wang Baobao is really talented. Jin Yong described the scene of Wang Baobao leading an army to besiege Shaolin Temple in "Eternal Dragon Slayer", which shows the powerful fighting capacity of Chahantimir's army. Although the heroes broke through under the leadership of Zhang Wuji, Wang Baobao's skillful archery and horsemanship also frightened the heroes. In fact, Wang Baobao's main strength was in Henan and Hebei, so he was later made king of Henan by Yuan. Why did Wang Baobao, whose main activity was in Henan, come to Gansu again?
Xu Da raided in the middle of the night, and Wang Baobao fled to Gansu with 18. With the strongmen and the growth of the armed forces, Yuan * * * was basically out of control. This forced Yuan * * * to rely more on these strongmen and armed forces. Yuan * * * once awarded the title and title of the company commanders in the world, representing the Crown Prince. While Wang Baobao was growing, Zhu Yuanzhang leveled Chen Youliang and other forces, forming a confrontation between the north and the south. At this point, the occupation of the hinterland of the Central Plains has also received strong support from Yuan * * *, which is also a brilliant moment. If it weren't for an accident, the person who unified the world might not be Zhu Yuanzhang. It is often said that details determine success or failure, and Wang Baobao was actually defeated by details.
A small detail ruined the good situation in Wang Baobao. In order to fight against Zhu Yuanzhang, Wang Baobao invited Li Siqi and other three Guanzhong forces in the north to join hands with Zhu Yuanzhang. This is a good thing. Who knows, Wang Baobao's campaign aroused Li Siqi's dissatisfaction, but there was something wrong with the original title. Li Siqi thinks he is the same age as Wang Baobao's uncle. Wang Baobao, you are the younger generation. What are you doing in front of me? Order his men not to go out of the martial arts. So Wang Baobao and Li Siqi turned against each other and began to attack and kill each other. Yuan * * * also took the opportunity to sow discord, and his strength was seriously damaged.
Later, Wang Baobao occupied Taiyuan and other places. At this time, after the Ming army pacified most of the southern region, it occupied Shandong, recovered the girders and approached the Yuan Dynasty. At this point, the attacking and killing sides suddenly realized that Yuan Shundi appeased Wang Baobao again, but it was too late. A month later, the Ming army captured the Yuan Dynasty.
At this time, Wang Baobao, who occupied Taiyuan, was ready to attack Dadu, but Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others attacked Taiyuan, and Wang Baobao was defeated. He only fled to Gansu with 18 guards (referring to the Hexi corridor area today). This Eighteen Rides must be the origin of the Eighteen Rides of Wang Baobao Guards in "Eternal Dragon Slayer".
At this point, the Ming army has occupied the Central Plains. In the second year of Hongwu, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun marched westward and captured Shaanxi. The Ming army marched into Gansu in two ways, Li Siqi surrendered in Lintao, and Xu Da sent Guggenheim and Dade from Lintao to capture Lanzhou.
Wang Baobao built two castles in Lanzhou and besieged Lanzhou for four months. Wang Baobao is not only resourceful, but also charming. After a period of rest and recuperation, his strength recovered and his department reached more than 100 thousand. At this moment, a major change happened in the Ming army, and the famous Chang Yuchun died in Nanking. Xu Da, the head coach of Ming army, rushed back to Nanjing to attend Chang Yuchun's funeral.
At the end of the second year of Hongwu, Wang Baobao took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and the focus of the attack was Lanzhou. In order to capture Lanzhou City, Wang Baobao also made a careful plan. He commanded the troops to try to raid, but the Ming army stationed in Lanzhou was also an elite after many battles. It not only saw through Wang Baobao's tricks, but also fought a beautiful counterattack. Taking advantage of the unstable foothold, Zhang Wen took advantage of the night to kill Lan Cheng, which wiped out the offensive momentum in one fell swoop.
Now, we don't know the details of that big war. Only know that after the war, Wang Baobao had no choice but to surround Lanzhou City. Wang Baobao led his troops to surround Lanzhou City. In order to facilitate the command, he built two castles outside Lanzhou, one of which was Wang Baobao City on the north bank of the Yellow River. The castle was intact thirty years ago. In recent years, with the increase of population, the city wall has been gradually dug up, leaving only one place name. Another Wang Baobao City is near donggang town (now Guchengping).
Yu Guang learned that Lanzhou was besieged, and under the command of Wei stationed in Longxi, he led the army to rescue, but in a place called Malantan in Lanzhou, he was defeated and Yu Guang was captured. At this time, Zhang Wen in Lanzhou city did not know about the war outside Lanzhou city, and they were still waiting for reinforcements. Wang Baobao caught the important generals of the Ming army, did the ideological work of Tong Yu Guang, and sent him to Lanzhou for publicity at the gates. The reinforcements were exhausted and Zhang Wen surrendered early. Yu Guang agreed to Wang Baobao's request without hesitation, but what Yu Guang shouted at the gate of Lanzhou was completely different from what Wang Baobao said. Yu Guang shouted: I have been caught by them. You should stick to the city, and Xu Zongbing (Xu Da) will arrive soon.
This time, the defenders of Lanzhou City were more determined. Wang Baobao became angry from embarrassment and killed Yu Guang. Wang Baobao wants to attack the city again. He chose warriors in the army and climbed the Lanzhou city wall in the night. At this time, thousands of residents in charge of guarding the wall were drunk. Fortunately, the foot soldiers patrolling the city found the enemy who attacked at night. Lanzhou city escaped the disaster of city destruction.
Xu Da of Shen Eryu was raided. He personally led the Guards to fight back, and only held the front line in the first month of the third year of Hongwu. Wang Baobao saw that there was no hope of capturing Lanzhou, so he had to bypass Lanzhou and develop eastward. The attempt to capture Longxi failed. In March, Xu Da once again led hundreds of troops out of Anding County (now Dingxi). In summer and April, Xu Da arrived in Pingxi (place name). Faced with his old rival, Wang Baobao had to take the defensive and retreat to the driveway (called in the history of Ming Dynasty). Xu Da entered and occupied Meiyukou, Er Shen. At this time, there are1000000 people in Wang Baobao who are stationed at the edge of the driveway ridge with dense forest, dangerous terrain and convenient transportation.
Xu Da commanded the Ming army to fight a large-scale decisive battle with Wang Baobao in Sheneryu. The Ming army was defeated at the beginning of the battle. Wang Baobao selected more than 1000 elites and took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain to attack the southeast camp of the Ming army. As a result, the whole line of the Ming army shook. Xu Da advanced with the support of the guard, repelling Wang Baobao's surprise attack. After the war, Zhao, who was held accountable and commanded the Southeast Base, and other officers were executed by military law. The next day, Xu Da directed the Ming army to attack on all fronts. Because the military law has just been implemented on the first day, no one dares to fall behind. In the fierce battle that day, Wang Baobao was completely defeated. Finally, more than a dozen senior generals of the Yuan Army were captured by the Ming Army, and more than 80,000 troops surrendered. Wang Baobao just fled from Ningxia to Mobei with his wife across the Yellow River.
At this point, Wang Baobao, who had been calling the shots for decades on the stage at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, finally made a curtain call.
Wang Baobao does have a younger sister, but her brother-in-law is not Zhang Wuji, but Jin Yong, the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, who didn't mention Wang Baobao or his past in Gansu too much in The Dragon Slayer. He appeared purely as Zhao Min's brother. It is said that there are two strange people in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, one is his general Chang Yuchun and the other is Wang Baobao.
After Wang Baobao fled to Mobei, he still fought against the Ming army. A year later, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to send General Xu Da, Deputy General Li Wenzhong and General Sheng Feng to lead an army of150,000, and parted ways to expand the army (that is, expand Timur, the Mongolian name of Wang Baobao). The general went to Lingbei to join forces with Kuankuo, and the Ming army was defeated, killing tens of thousands of people. I wonder if this is Wang Baobao's revenge for Shen Eryu. Wang Baobao does have a sister, but she didn't leave her name, but her brother-in-law is not Zhang Wuji, which is no problem. Because Zhu Yuanzhang admired Wang Baobao very much, he decided to let his son Qin Wang marry Wang Baobao's sister.
Wang Baobao City is surrounded by mountains and waters, so it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is said that when the Ming army later captured Wang Baobao City, it happened to be the 15th day of the first month, and a social fire broke out. The Ming army specially made a long round drum, hid the sword in the drum, disguised as a social fire team, mixed into the city and seized the castle from it. This is the origin of Lanzhou Taiping Drum. Although there are other versions of this statement, they are all related to the battle of Lanzhou in the early Ming Dynasty. Some people say that the inventor is Xu Da, while others say that it is not. What was the situation then? It's not clear yet.