Daming Northern Expedition 108.
1355, summer, May.
It rains continuously in Jianghuai area. Zhu Yuanzhang, left deputy marshal of Bozhou Longfeng Regime and State Corps in Song Dynasty, took Feng, Zhao Desheng, Ding Dexing, Hu Dahai, Qiu Cheng and his nephew Zhu Wenzhong, who was 16 years old, and his party of eight people, and Han Cheng, the general of Chaohu Navy, went to Chaohu Water Village to meet the owner Li Shantou in the rain.
Longfeng Red Scarf Army and State Corps have more than 30,000 people. They came from Haozhou and went south to Dingyuan, Kezhou and Zhou Xia. They were powerful and fought everywhere. Around Sizhou, Xuyi, Liuhe, Liangxian, Quanjiao, Hanshan and other places, the local garrison of the Yuan Dynasty and various shanzhai vigilantes were in constant fear. Chaohu Water Village, about 60 miles southwest of Hezhou, also felt the powerful momentum of Hezhou Corps. After careful consideration, Li Shantou, the owner of the village, decided to establish good-neighborly relations with them in order to achieve the goal of jointly opposing Yuan.
Han Cheng is the third group of envoys he sent.
What exactly is this Chaohu water village?
It turns out that this water town comes from Peng Zu Village in Chaohu Lake.
Peng Zu is the great monk Peng Yingyu. There are countless stories and legends about him, so I won't start here, because he died in 1355, and even his immediate disciple Miss Jinhua died.
Peng Yingyu's "Demonism" is probably White Lotus or Zoroastrianism-the main reason why it is so vague is that it is still difficult to understand whether these two sects are the same thing. It is called "demonism" because the core content of many of its teachings is to subvert the current Mongolian regime and attempt to establish its own new regime. Peng Zu recruited countless disciples, including Zhou who raised the flag to rebel, and died in failure. Undaunted, Peng Zu continued to recruit disciples in an attempt to make a comeback. The blacksmith Zou Pusheng is one of them. This person developed believers in qi zhou Road and absorbed Xu Shouhui, a cloth seller, into the "demon religion". I heard that Yingzhou uprising was against Yuan, and they also set up the banner of "Song", attacked the city and plundered the land, and made Xu Shouhui emperor!
Some believers in Peng Zu, under the leadership of Miss Jinhua, set up a floating village in Chaohu Lake area, named Peng Zu Village, and began to respond to the anti-Yuan.
Peng Zu died in Huizhou, the regime of Xu and Song declined rapidly, the village was violently attacked by the Yuan army, Miss Jinhua died, and the rest were scattered. After the smoke, these beaten soldiers still have vitality. They continue to occupy the water town and protect themselves in the secluded place of Chaohu Lake.
However, who will make the decision? The rest of the troops were divided.
Double knife Zhao Pusheng
A man named Zuo Junbi is a disciple of Peng Zu. Maybe he is more qualified in "demonism" and wants to be a confidante. But he is not a follower of the word "Pu"-Peng Zu's followers take the word "Pu" as their direct line, and more followers refuse to accept him. After dispersed in a hubbub, Zuo Junbi had to stand on his own feet as the stockade leader and take the lead in Chaohu Lake. Those believers who refused to obey him finally rallied around their leader and built another water village. Their leader is nicknamed Li Shantou, and his real name is Li Pusheng-this is really a "Pu" generation.
Zuo Junbi saw Li Pusheng wandering in Chaohu Lake right under his nose, robbing officials and private ships and collecting protection money everywhere. Finally, I even robbed my own "Milu" and swallowed this tone!
With a word "dry", Zuo Junbi immediately directed the warship to attack.
According to many Chaohu navy generals, the water village led by Li Shantou is no match for Zuo Junbi at all. However, these naval generals, such as Zhao Pusheng, Liao Yongan, Yu Fuzi, Zhang Desheng, Sang Shijie, Scott, and others, are famous and fearless in the future historical stage. With so many heroes around him, Li Shantou can't beat Zuo Junbi, which shows what a powerful role Zuo Junbi is! His men, must also be talented, all get! Unfortunately, there are so few historical materials about Zuo Junbi that he became a mysterious figure at the end of the Yuan Dynasty! However, it is such a mysterious figure that made Zhu Yuanzhang's dream of annexing the Chaohu Navy.
In fact, Zuo Junbi had secretly surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty and got the position of Marshal in Luzhou (now Hefei). He colluded with Man Zi Haig, the Imperial Advisor of Nantai in the Yuan Dynasty, to jointly deal with Li Shantou's army. Nantai, where Jinling City is located, is the highest authority deployed by the Central Committee of the Yuan Dynasty in Jiangnan. The Hague, as an imperial consultant, is responsible for commanding the Jiang Waterproofing Division throughout the south of the Yangtze River. Although there were not enough troops to wipe out Li Shantou's water village, once he joined forces with Zuo Jun wall, Li Shantou's army could not break through their encirclement: the left army wall was deployed on land and water in Luzhou area, and Li Shantou could not break through the blockade line in this area; The Hague, Man Zi, built water villages at the entrance and exit of Chaohu Lake into the Yangtze River, such as yuxikou, Tongcheng Gate and Huangdunkou, which were strictly guarded, completely preventing Li Shantou's troops from entering the Yangtze River.
In view of this, Li Shantou sent Zhao Pusheng, his most effective brave general, to break through the blockade of Huangdunkou of the Yuan Army, and fought fiercely with the other side for several rounds, with heavy casualties and no outcome, and the two sides formed a confrontation situation.
Of course, Zuo Junbi was not idle. He also launched an attack on Lishantou in the waters of Chaohu Lake. As a result, Li Shantou's army attacked from left to right, and the dilemma was completed!
Portrait of Liao Yongzhong
In order to break this dilemma, Li Shantou broke his brain!
Two parents complain in front of him every day. They are the Liao brothers-Liao Yongjian and Liao Yongan. Their head of household was personally appointed by Miss Jinhua. As the owner of the water village, Li Shantou is just a marshal, only one level higher than them. Once the Liao brothers complained, Li Shantou dared not take it lightly!
Liao Yong 'an said, "Why don't we rush out of Chaohu Lake?"
Liao Yongjian said, "The emperor is in qi zhou and we are in deus ex. Let's go to the emperor! "
At first, Li Shantou patiently explained that the enemy is too strong, and our army will have heavy casualties if it rashly breaks through, so we still have to wait for the opportunity to achieve the goal of a successful breakthrough with the least casualties.
In the end, I really couldn't stand the repeated complaints of ministers, so I had to take out my cards. Li Shantou said, "The Emperor will not be happy if our army breaks through and there are few men left. To say the least, even if the emperor doesn't blame us, who will pay attention to us? "
It turned out that Miss Jinhua, the remnant of the water army, did not really get in touch with the Vae regime, and the relationship between the superior and the subordinate was still unclear. Li Shantou is worried that there are too few troops and it is difficult to get the treatment he wants!
-Their so-called "emperor" is Xu Shouhui.
Portrait of Xu Shouhui
Yu, a naval commander who is nearly 50 years old, said: "The Emperor is too far away from us. It is reported that General Ni Wenjun has ordered the capture of Wuchang, and the main force has left qi zhou. If you break the Chaohu Lake to meet the emperor, it will be a long way, and there will be many casualties. "
He paused and continued: "I don't think it is the best policy to break through rashly."
Zhao Bozhong, another leader of the navy, said, "Do you want to be trapped here and wait for death?"
Li Shantou thought for a moment and said, "What happened to Shuang Dao Zhao?"
"Double-edged Zhao is neck and neck with Huang Dunkou, so it is difficult to break through." Yu Dui said.
"If we break through Luzhou, what is our army's chance of winning?" Li asked.
Liao Yong' an said with a smile: "If the soldiers in Chaohu Water Village go ashore to fight, will more than 1,000 warships be abandoned? Zuo Junbi's troops there are very powerful! I thought it was the best choice to go out of the river by water! "
"Breakthrough?"
Li asked again.
They stopped biting again.
For a long time, Yu said, "I have an escape plan."
"Say it quickly!" Li asked.
Yu said, "To tell you the truth, I have sent my son across the ocean to contact the state soldiers."
"And the state soldiers?" Everyone asked with wide eyes.
"Yes!"
"How line? Isn't that Yingzhou Han Liner's subordinate? I, Emperor Dasong, am in qi zhou. How can we communicate with them? " Li Shantou said.
Yu said, "Since Marshal Jinhua was martyred, what contact have we had with Emperor qi zhou? They think we are all ruined! " He looked at the castellan and said, "As the castellan said, if we break through, the casualties will be too great. Even if we escape, how can we face the emperor! In my opinion, at present, our first task is to break through the tight encirclement, so it is better to cooperate with the state soldiers. Didn't Hulu block us? They guarded the estuary and trapped us in Chaohu Lake. If the state soldiers attack them behind their backs, can't we break through? "
Li Shantou said, "What you said has some truth. The question is, will the state soldiers take care of us? "
"This is also a problem." Liao Yongjian, who had been meditating for a long time, spoke at this time. "Yingzhou and we are not the same passerby. My emperor rebelled in qi zhou, and they also took control of Yingzhou. Peng Zu said before that even if our two families drove Hu Yuan away, there would still be war between them! Fortunately, the state soldiers didn't stab us. Do you still think they will cooperate with us? "
"If you don't try, how can you know what people think?" Yu said: "After all, their enemy is Land Rover."
Chaohu navy
"So, how does your son get along?" Li asked.
Yu said: "Although Tong Poster did not promise to join hands with us to deal with Land Rover, it did not refuse."
"Isn't that a waste of time?" Liao Yongan said.
"Can't say that. We have been trapped for a long time, and they are the people who can help us most. Hezhou has Qiang Bing, which can be used. I want to send someone to contact them again. "
Liao Yongjian said with a smile: "So, isn't it a begging job?"
"A gentleman can bend and stretch, as long as he can break through, it is better than waiting for death here!" Yu said.
Li Shantou pondered for a long time and said, "Go again. Break through and say something else. "
This time, besides their son Yu Tonghai and Liao Yongjian's younger brother Liao Yongan, they also sent two messengers. How do parents and state soldiers deal with one of their young soldiers?
Zhu Yuanzhang is well trained.
Navy (6) Chaohu Lake (1) Jinhua (1)