Correctly Grasp the Situation and Silent Diplomatic Warfare

Based on the strategy of unifying the country formulated by successive consultations: west before east, or Chen before Zhang, and south before north. From the beginning of the Longfeng ten years, in the western line Chen Youliang troops were completely destroyed in the situation, the offensive goal of the United War fundamentally shifted to - year to the east to eliminate Zhang Shicheng. Correctly grasp the situation, silent diplomatic war in April of that year, Zhu Yuanzhang in the discussion of the success or failure of the previous generation with Kung Keran and other courtiers is this: today's world with considerable strength of the military group of a handful of, the north of Hebei Boro Timur, Henan's Kukou Timur, Guanzhong, Bi; in the south, it is only me and Zhang Shicheng in the east. Although Zhang Shicheng was very cunning and sent a lot of spies to our side to scout, but his management ability was very poor. He took hundreds of thousands of our troops, fixed the territory, repaired military administration and appointed generals who waited for the right time. I don't think it will be easy for it to destroy Zhang Shicheng in the East! From this conversation, it is not difficult to find that Zhu Yuanzhang at that time has put the extermination of Zhang Shicheng in the East on the agenda, but at the same time noticed that several neighboring countries in the north, especially the Central Plains powerhouse Ku Kuo Timur is very close to him, and Zhu Yuanzhang disposed of it in a very cautious and friendly manner. Cuqiao Timur and Boluo Timur were the two largest forces in northern China at that time, and the Yuan court had a complicated relationship. They often fought with each other in order to compete for territory and strengthen their respective forces. When Zhu Yuanzhang annihilated Chen Youliang, Kukuo Timur gained the upper hand, and in September of the 25th year, he became the prime minister of Yuan. However, because he had offended the powerful forces of the imperial court, he was forced to resign and go out to rule the army after only two months of being the prime minister. At that time, Emperor Shun of Yuan established him as the king of Henan and asked him to lead the whole country's troops and horses to pacify the chaos in the south. Thus, Timur returned to Henan, stationed himself at Zhangde, and flew reports to all the lords, claiming that he would gather all the troops and horses for the southern expedition. However, the warlords of Guanzhong, Li Siqi and Zhang Liangbi, paid no attention to them, which angered Kukuo Timur, who led his troops westward into Guanzhong and conquered Li Siqi. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the farce of warlordism intensified, and Emperor Yuan Shundi's imperial decree had long since become a dead letter. The Central Plains were in chaos, greatly facilitating Zhu Yuanzhang's development of the American Southern Unification Movement. In order to prevent an embarrassing situation in the east to eliminate Zhang Shicheng's military operations in the back of the enemy, the big fool Zhu Yuanzhang continued the previous strategy of friendship with the north, frequently sending envoys to the north, the initiative to show love, playing taiji. Ten years later, Longfeng in a letter to Ku Kuoquo Timur, praised his adoptive father Chahan Timur, and very sympathetic, said: your father's unfortunate death made a hero grieved for a while. Then he sings the praises of Kuqo Timur himself, of his piety, bravery and justice, of his anger, revenge and shame, and of his father's ambition, which is the immortal soul of Chahan Timur. Then, let's let's talk about Chahan Timur's bad arch-enemy, Borot Timur, and call him the evil of the ages. If you want to defeat your arch-enemy, Borotimur, if you need me, send a messenger to me and say so. Boro Timur is a traitor, and we are all to be punished, so why should we divide among ourselves? Today, when the heroes of the world meet, we should treat each other sincerely and be in the same boat***! Broad Timur, originally Han Chinese, can I do not understand the traditional culture of the art of Huairou, not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang is a kind of person. If it heroes to see justice is true, then why do you have to travel west to conquer a non-threatening and dying Han country? Why bully Zhang Shicheng in the East? It is said that this man is reasonable and has done his part after submitting to our Great Yuan Dynasty. Unlike you, Zhu Yuanzhang talks about others, he talks about himself. Cao Timur is not a fool. He understood the mind of a fool and not only refused to answer back, but also detained Zhu Yuanzhang and the peace envoy Wang He and others.

In July of the following year, in view of the detention of several love messengers sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang once again wrote a sincere letter of peace to Ku Kuo Timur. The letter roughly stated: The several peace envoys I had sent in the past had failed to return after traveling north. In the case of exchange of fire with Boro Timur, the victory or defeat is not yet determined, you sent, Tong, Liang, etc. to lead the army to attack Jingling and Shinyang in Hubei and Hunan. The subtext is that you are picking a fight, I can endure! Then, let's let's start from expanding Timur's mind: if you really want to be a vassal, want to use the emperor to start a business in the Central Plains, then tell me Zhu Yuanzhang, and make peace with the Jianghuai border between us! Recently you sent Zhu Chang and Xindu to lure me to the land of Jianghuai, not good. I've heard that Zhang Sidao, Li Siqi, and others. are trying to unite against you, and there are rumors that some in your army are plotting against you. You are in the fall of troubles! I purposely sent someone to tell you again today. I hope that you will prepare yourself early and that our previous messengers will return soon so that we can be friendly! It really is false, but it this is true or not. Zhu Yuanzhang had a few love letters that were quite well written. From the historical facts of that time, he roughly wrote seven times to Zhang Kuo Tan Mai Neng to ask for peace. Although Ku Kuo Tamer did t reply, at least he did t take large-scale military action to invade the south, creating extremely favorable conditions for Zhu Yuanzhang to unify the south. In fact, the deception of the northern neighbors worked. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of his western neighbor, the former Chen Youliang. Now that Chen Youlang had perished, the new neighbor to the west became Ming Yu Zhen of Sichuan. Among the leaders of Ming Yu Zhen's cutthroat regime at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he was considered a latecomer. The reason why he embarked on the path of independence was closely related to his view of loyalty. After Xu Shouhui was killed, the treacherous traitor Chen Youliang became the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Ming Yu Zhen could not accept this fact in any case, so he took advantage of the situation to become independent. Zhu Yuanzhang knew this very well. When he took the initiative to befriend Ming, he tried his best to get close to him. Yingtianwu, who had ingratiated himself with the Yuan Dynasty and its warlords in the past, suddenly changed his face and became an anti-Yuan hero and a member of the anti-Yuan coalition. Let us see how Zhu Yuanzhang wrote this letter: Hu people, in Shasai, now live in the Central Plains, their crowns and shoes are upside down. Feet to rise in due course, living in the upper echelons of the country, only the Yangtze River is at stake. Their lips and teeth are linked, and they are united in their efforts to rejoin the Middle Kingdom. The date of the appointment, each guarding his own territory, the contingent passes. Just the first step to figure it out. Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to hide his true intentions, dressing up as a fellow jianghuist. Among the cutthroat forces at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Yu Zhen was an honest man, so being slightly fooled worked. In his reply, he said, "Emperor Xia wrote a letter to King Wu. You, the Yi Emperor has fallen, the Central Plains are positive, the Heroes will be born in heaven, the Land Rover is expelled, thought democracy is born, this is the will of God's existence. It is extremely hateful to take the first Central Plains character as an example, but it it still has other uses. The first step appeared, I can't I can't bear to think about it. The district's 200,000 strong army, north out of Hanzhong, down to Jingchu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, all seek to survive and live in peace with each other. Let the task force do a good job, do not dare to make an appointment in the future, be smart and clever. It is not difficult to see from such a reply, Ming Yu Zhen Yuan end of Zhang Daqian political wrist is relatively low, people fool him he took the bait. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang received the messenger's reply, openly laughed and justified the attack on Zhang Shicheng! At the same time Zhu Yuanzhang waged a silent war, the old rival old enemy Zhang Shicheng is doing?