Who is the most brave general under Zhu Di?

Who is Zhu Di’s first brave general? Zhang Yu entered the enemy formation and sacrificed his life for the savior!

Zhang Yu was a brave general under Zhu Di in the early Ming Dynasty. He was born in Xiangfu, which is now Kaifeng, Henan. In his early years, he served as Privy Councilor during the Yuan Dynasty. Later, after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, he fled to Mobei with the royal family. It was not until the eighteenth year of Hongwu that he ran back and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

In the 21st year of Hongwu, Zhang Yu followed the general Lan Yu in the northern expedition to the desert. He successfully made military exploits in the Yuerhai area and was granted the title of Deputy Qianhu of Jinan Guard by the Jin Dynasty. Soon after, he was promoted to He was moved to the command of Anqing Guard.

After that, he continued to conquer Yuanshun and Sanmao caves with General Lan Yu, and repeatedly defeated the residual Yuan army that came to harass the border. Afterwards, Zhang Yu was transferred to the left guard of Yanshan and followed the Yan King Zhu Di out of the fortress. The fruitful and good planning he showed during this period earned him the deep trust and respect of Zhu Di. Among the many generals in the Yan Palace at that time, Zhang Yu was good at planning and Zhu Neng was good at fighting. Together, they were regarded by Zhu Di as his right-hand man.

In July of the first year of Jianwen, King Zhu Di of Yan officially launched the Jingnan Campaign. Zhang Yu was ordered to lead his troops to quickly occupy the nine gates of Peking, and then successfully controlled Peking within three days. All over the city.

After hearing the news, Ma Xuan, the capital commander stationed in Jizhou, immediately led a group of troops to attack Beiping, but was successfully repulsed. At this time, Zhu Di had just defeated another imperial army, Song Zhong, and successfully controlled strategic locations such as Juyongguan and Huailai.

Seeing this, Zhu Di was about to march south in a hurry. At this time, Zhang Yu stood up and said decisively that it was not possible, because Jizhou is connected to Daning, and there are many soldiers here who are good at riding horses. If this place is not taken, If it is captured, it will become a disaster in the future.

In response, Zhu Di quickly sent Zhu Neng, who was good at fighting, to attack Jizhou. After several battles, he successfully killed Ma Xuan, took control of Jizhou City, and solved Beiping City's worries. At this time, Zhang Yu led a group of troops to capture Yongping, Miyun and other places, and was successfully promoted to the commanding officer of the capital.

In August, the imperial court appointed veteran general Geng Bingwen as the main general and asked him to lead hundreds of thousands of troops north to fight the Yan army. At the same time, the governor Xu Kai was stationed in Hejian; Pan Zhong and Yang Song were stationed in Mozhou; Geng Bingwen led the main force to be stationed in Zhending.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu immediately told Zhu Di that Pan Zhong and Yang Song were both brave but foolhardy mediocre people. We could try to attack them and we would be able to capture them successfully. .

So, Zhu Di took Zhang Yu as the vanguard. Taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the court was trying its best to hold a banquet, he went straight over to sneak attack and successfully defeated it. At the same time, he took a group of light cavalry to observe the military discipline of Geng Bingwen's army.

After returning, Zhang Yu told Zhu Di that Geng Bingwen's army was undisciplined and he could consider attacking him quickly. From this, Zhu Di just led the army westward, heading towards Zhending, where he successfully defeated Geng Bingwen's army, beheading 30,000 people in one attack. Soon after, the army of Anluhou Wu Jie was defeated again, and the morale of the entire army reached its peak.

In September, the imperial court promoted Li Jinglong to be the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, and came with hundreds of thousands of troops, aiming directly at Peiping. At this time, Jiangyin Marquis Wu Gao also led an army to besiege Yongping, which made Zhu Di feel that he was attacked from both sides.

Zhu Di and Zhang Yu discussed together and decided to concentrate their forces to rescue Yongping. After solving their worries, they returned to the division to rescue Peiping. At that time, Wu Gaoyi heard that Zhu Di personally led the army to rescue Yongping, and immediately ran away without saying a word. Zhang Yu led a group of light cavalry in hot pursuit and successfully killed and wounded many enemy troops.

Afterwards, at Zhang Yu's suggestion, Zhu Di led his army north to attack Daning, which is today's Ningcheng in Inner Mongolia, and successfully captured the city in just two hours. Zhu Jian was beheaded under his command, and Fang Kuan was captured and killed under his command. He also accidentally recruited the soldiers and horses of Ning Wang Zhu Quan, which greatly increased his strength.

After Zhu Di completed this series of amazing operations, Li Jinglong's army still besieged Peiping, and immediately returned to the army for rescue. The two sides fought two decisive battles in Zhengcunba and Baigou River areas, and Li Jinglong's army was defeated. He fled all the way to Jinan. After besieging Jinan City for three months, he found that he could not capture it, so he simply withdrew the siege and left.

Soon after, they came back again, but this time the target was not Jinan City, but attacked Cangzhou and successfully captured its guard Xu Kai. Immediately afterwards, he met the new leader of the Southern Army, Sheng Yongjun, in the Dongchang area. Unfortunately, Zhu Di fell into the trap and was surrounded by enemy troops. Fortunately, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng divided their forces at this time, came to the rescue, and successfully allowed Zhu Di to escape. However, Zhang Yu was in the formation and died directly on the battlefield at the age of fifty-eight.