The Background of the Battle of Shandong in Ming Dynasty
After the Yuan Dynasty entered China, Dongping, Dongchang, Jining, Yidu, Jinan and Banyang were established in Shandong. Shandong East-West Propaganda made Puyi sit in Yidu without spending money, directing all kinds of military and political affairs. Therefore, to capture Shandong, we must conquer Yidu and lose its leading position.
There are two operational routes in this campaign. One is that the Jianghuai River flows north through Yizhou and directly to Yidu. The other is to attack Jining and Jinan from Xuzhou to the north, and then take Yidu to the east. According to his own analysis of the battlefield situation and Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions to the battle, Xu Da, the general of the State of Lu, attacked the strategic location of Yidu in two steps and sent special envoys, including Yuan Yizhou's garrison commander and Yidu Marshal Wang Xuan and his son.
The process of the Ming Dynasty attacking Shandong.
On the fourth day of November, the division arrived in Pixian County, and the soldiers were divided into two ways: on the west road, Xuanwu and other sentinels led by Commander-in-Chief Zhang Xingzu went north from Xuzhou to capture Jining and Dongping; East Xu Da, Captain and Chang Yuchun led the main force to attack Yidu in the north. 12, Wang Yi and Wang xin surrendered and rebelled. Xu Da led the troops to conquer Yizhou and kill Wang Xuan, and nearby Yizhou, Juzhou, Haizhou, Shuyang, Rizhao and Ganyu.
18, Zhu Yuanzhang sent a special envoy to Yizhou, instructing Xu Da: "If you want to go to Yidu, you should send elite troops to seize the Yellow River and cut off its reinforcements. If the benefits don't come down, we might as well make progress in Jining and Jinan. When the city falls, Yidu and Shandong are exhausted, just like things in the bag. " That is, Xu Da ordered Pingzhang Han Zheng to guard the Yellow River, stop enemy reinforcements, and lead the army to attack Yidu. On the 29th, Yuan Yidu died and Yidu City was broken. Xu Da captured Shouguang, Linzi, Changle and Gaoyuan counties. At the same time, Zhang Xingzu's marked army also succeeded again and again. On the fifth day of December, the army entered Dongping, and Yuan Pingzhang abandoned the city and fled. Officials from Dong 'e and Anshan surrendered one after another, with more than 50,000 foot soldiers.
On the eighth day, when he entered Jining, Yuan Shoujiang Chen fled without fighting, and Jining was broken. On February 7, 65438, Xu Dajun of Donglu took a short break in Yidu and advanced into Jinan. Yuan Pingzhang suddenly went to Lintai and fled with Toyin Timur's army. Jinan won more than 3,800 officers and men and 429 horses. From 22nd to 26th, Dengzhou, Laiyang and other counties were successively captured. On February 12th, the first year of Hongwu, Chang Yuchun led an army to capture Dongchang, and all the county officials such as chiping surrendered. On 25th, Xu Da led the army to Pingle 'an.
At this point, the basic dust in Shandong has settled. In this campaign, more than 32,000 infantry, 0/6,000 war horses, 597,000 grains of grain, 53,700 pieces of salt and 80,700 pieces of cloth and silk were captured.