During the reign of Wen Jian in Ming Dynasty, the battle of Jingnan broke out. As the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, Li Jinglong suffered heavy losses, but he gave his opponent Judy huge benefits, while Emperor Wen Jian never killed him. Finally, Li Jinglong surrendered by opening the Nanjing Gate, which made Judy easily drive away his position. Since Li Jinglong has made great contributions to Judy's winning the world, why did Judy imprison him?

First, the birth of the door

Li Jinglong was born in Jiangmen, the son of Li Wenzhong, a famous star of the Ming Dynasty, and the nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. So he received a good education from an early age and was familiar with all kinds of history books. Zhu Yuanzhang was very fond of his nephew and adopted son, and naturally took care of his nephew Sun Li Jinglong, so the name "Jinglong" was taken down by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the seventeenth year of Hongwu (1384), Tso Gong Li Wenzhong repeatedly advised Zhu Yuanzhang to be kind to heroes and angered Zhu Yuanzhang, who was repeatedly denounced and scared to death. Zhu Yuanzhang regretted it afterwards, so in the 19th year of Hongwu (1386), Li Jinglong inherited the title of Cao Guogong.

At that time, Li Jinglong was just an adult, tall, with fine features and very decent manners, so Zhu Yuanzhang liked him better. So Zhu Yuanzhang decided to train Li Jinglong to make up for his nephew Li Wenzhong. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Jinglong to beg for the Northern Yuan with General Feng, and also asked him to go to Huguang, Shaanxi, Henan and other places for training.

A few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Li Jinglong had a successful experience outside, so he transferred him back to the capital and took charge of the Doudufu in Zuojun. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang named Li Jinglong as the Prince Taifu and asked him to assist his uncle and the Crown Prince Zhu Biao.

Second, led the troops to cut Yan

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness, and Zhu Yunwen, the great grandson of the emperor, acceded to the throne. Because Li Jinglong is his cousin and assists his father Zhu Biao, his Zhu Yunwen naturally trusts Li Jinglong. Later, in an attempt to separate the vassals, Li Jinglong led troops to raid Kaifeng and arrested Zhou Wangzhu.

In the first year of Wen Jian (1399), Judy, the prince of Yan, refused to wait for death and rebelled in the name of "Jing Nan". Later, Hou Gengbing of Changxing led troops to attack the State of Yan, and the result was repeated battles and defeats. Huang Zicheng, who was born as an academician, thought that the son of the famous Li Jinglong would be able to take up the post, so he tried his best to protect him as a general in front of your majesty and let him lead troops to attack Yan.

Then, Wen Jian appointed Li Jinglong as the general, and asked him to succeed Geng Bingwen, and led 55 troops to participate in the war. Then Emperor Wen Jian personally gave Li Jinglong a farewell dinner at the edge of the Yangtze River, gave him a Tong Tianxi belt, granted him arbitrary rights, and encouraged him to destroy Yan in one fell swoop.

Although Li Jinglong is Li Wenzhong's son, he doesn't have much actual combat experience, and no one has fought, so he doesn't know how to fight. It's nothing. As long as he is willing to accept other people's opinions with an open mind, the Ming army will not be defeated. However, due to his noble birth, Li Jinglong was too arrogant and looked down on others, which led many veterans to be dissatisfied and refused to play for him.

Li Jinglong first assembled various military forces in Texas, and then went north to Hejian. Knowing that Li Jinglong can only talk on paper, Judy was glad that he came with the army, so she comforted the generals and said, "Li Jinglong is a dude who only talks big and is easy to deal with." So Judy asked his eldest son, Zhu Gaochi, to guard Peiping. He led his troops to rescue Yongping, who was besieged by the Ming army, and to woo Zhu Quan, the king of Ning who was stationed in Daning.

Third, repeated wars and repeated defeats

Jinglong heard about it and entered Beiping. When the commander bends, he can attack Zhangye Gate and break it. Jinglong avoided merit and stopped it. And Yanshi broke Daning and returned to the army to attack Jinglong. Jinglong was defeated in many wars and ran to Texas, where the whole army was wiped out. (Ming History (volume 126))

Li Jinglong heard that Judy had gone to Yongping and immediately led an army to attack Peiping, hoping to break the city in one fell swoop. However, when Qu Neng was about to break through the gate of Zhangye, Li Jinglong was jealous that Qu Neng would make great contributions and threatened his position as head coach. He even ordered a retreat, so that the Ming army missed a good opportunity to wipe out Yan Jun in one fell swoop. Since then, the Ming army has been frustrated in attacking the city and has been unable to win Peiping.

Soon, Judy returned to Peiping with the annexed Zhu Quan army and fought with Li Jinglong at Zhengcunba. As a result, Li Jinglong's poor command led to repeated battles and defeats of the Ming army. Later, Li Jinglong was afraid of fleeing south, so that the Ming army besieged Peiping was defeated by Judy's internal and external attack, and the Ming army lost more than 100,000 yuan. In the second year of Wen Jian (1400), Judy lied about attacking Datong and forced Li Jinglong to go to the rescue. As a result, the Yan army retreated halfway, which led to the exhaustion and low morale of the Ming army.

Li Jinglong's repeated battles and defeats show that he can't fight. However, Wen Jian thought that the people refused to work, so he gave Li Jinglong full power to conquer, and constantly increased the number of troops to him. Then Li Jinglong reorganized Texas, united with Wudinghou and Anlu, and assembled 600,000 troops to cut Yan again.

Then the Ming army and the Yan army fought in Baigou River. Due to Li Jinglong's poor command, the Ming army was defeated again, losing hundreds of thousands. Li Jinglong fled to Texas first, and then to Jinan. Realizing that Li Jinglong was really incompetent, he recalled him to Beijing. Huang Zicheng felt very sorry for Li Jinglong's election, so he suggested that his emperor kill him. However, Wen Jian does not agree to consider relations with Li Jinglong.

Fourth, surrender to Judy.

Huang Zicheng was ashamed and angry, and occupied the position of the Dragon King in Ban Chao. Please punish him to thank the world. Yan crossed the river with the emperor beside him. Fang Xiaoru invited JingLong to be punished. The emperor didn't ask. Make Jinglong, Shangshu Ruai, viceroy Wang Zuoru and Yan Jun cede territory and ask them to make peace. Yan Bing moved to Jinchuan Gate, where Jinglong and Gu Wangyi opened the door to meet them. (Ming History (volume 126))

In the fourth year of Jian 'an (1402), the Yan army approached Nanjing, and Fang Xiaoru, a bachelor of Hanlin, advised the emperor to kill Li Jinglong. However, Wen Jian not only refused, but also sent Li Jinglong, Shangshu Ruoai and viceroy Wang Zuo to make peace with Judy. So, Li Jinglong thought that the tide was gone, and in order to seek wealth, he opened the Jinchuan Gate with Gu Yi and welcomed the Yanjun into the city.

Judy soon became emperor. In recognition of Li Jinglong's surrender in Kaesong, he was named Doctor Guanglu and Zuo Zhu Guo. However, Judy was very disdainful of Li Jinglong, thought he was incompetent, surrendered to the Lord and decided to adopt the policy of "killing him". After that, when important events happened in the imperial court, Judy would let Li Jinglong preside over the meeting. The heroes who followed Zhu Dijing looked down on Li Jinglong, who was incompetent and ran away from the battle, so they were very dissatisfied with his high position.

When he died, Li Zhigang, the minister of rites, and others replied, "Jinglong is at home, and it's no big deal to sit and be greeted. There are many branches and fields, and thousands of servants are unintentional and unpredictable. " So he took the title of King Dragon Jue, and added branches and dozens of wives to occupy private property, without their property. Jinglong tried a hunger strike for ten days and never died until the end of Yongle. (Ming History (volume 126))

In the second year of Yongle (1404), in order to avenge his imprisonment, Zhou Wangzhu exposed Li Jinglong's bribery. Subsequently, Zheng Ci, the minister of punishments, impeached Li Jinglong to support the dead, and plotted evil. Judy, worried about trying to hide all the shame, pretended not to pursue it.

Later, Zhu Neng, Zhou Yi, Li Zhigang and other civil and military officials repeatedly impeached Li Jinglong for rebellion. Judy took the opportunity to deprive Li Jinglong of his title and imprisoned him at home. Li Jinglong was ashamed of this. He tried to commit suicide by hunger strike but failed, and eventually died of illness.