An easy-to-understand image: Heroes fighting for hegemony at the end of the Yuan Dynasty .

A picture to help you understand the struggle for hegemony in the late Yuan Dynasty AD 1365 After Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated the remaining forces of Chen Youliang, Decided to wipe out the city and wipe out Jiangnan And promulgated the examination of Zhang Shicheng's essays It was planned to first attack Dongtong, Taizhou and other places. In order to cut off Zhang Shicheng's plan to connect the north and the south In October, Zhu Yuanzhang sent General Xu Da to lead the land and water army. Attack Taizhou Xu Da analyzes the situation Decided to adopt the strategy of siege and reinforcements First send troops to capture Xinghua and other counties outside Taizhou. Then defeated the Hubei reinforcements sent by Zhang Shicheng Finally, under Xu Dajun's fierce battle, Conquered Taizhou the following month Captured Taizhou guard Yan Zaixing and more than 5,000 people Is Xu Dacheng continuing to march towards Gaoyou? Zhang Shicheng saw through Zhu Yuanzhang's plan Launch a massive attack on Yixing and other places Trying to force Xu Dajun to return to the army Xu Da saw this Crossed the Yangtze River to repel Zhang Shicheng's offensive Then he led his troops to besiege Gaoyou again in February of the following year. Zhang Shicheng has not solved the siege of Gaoyou Then he sent general Xu Yi to support Gaoyou from the sea. But Xu Yi felt that he was sending himself to die. Therefore, he did not lead his troops to rescue Gaoyou as planned. Instead, they stationed troops in Kunshan, Taicang and other places. Wait for the opportunity Xu Da learned the news Chang Yuchun and others were ordered to garrison Taizhou. Then he personally led an army to attack Huai'an. In April, the navy of Xunyi was defeated Huai'an guard Mei Sizu surrendered to Xu Da in the city After Xu Da returned to Xinghua, Then he turned to launch an attack to the north. Successively conquered Xu Sanzhou Zhang Shicheng entered the army in Huaidong Xu Da is on his way back to the teacher He also sent a large army to attack Anfeng. Reinforcements were defeated Nearly 10,000 people were lost fled in defeat After that, Xu Da took advantage of the situation and captured Yingzhou again. Zhang Shicheng could only end up in a corner of Jiangnan AD 1366 Zhu Yuanzhang once again sent out an army With Xu Da as commander Chang Yuchun is the deputy general Led an army of 200,000 to attack Zhang Shicheng's headquarters Destroy them in one fell swoop Xu Da analyzes the battlefield situation It was decided to attack Hu and Hangzhou first. break his arm Then besiege Pingjiang Zhang Shicheng saw Xu Da's army approaching Decided to divide the troops into three groups to resist Xu Da also divided his army into three groups to attack Zhang Shicheng. not long after The defenders outside Huzhou were defeated by Xu Dajun Zhang Shicheng saw this An emergency officer was dispatched to arrest Li Busheng and stationed in Huzhou to wait for help. Xu Da continued to adopt the plan of siege and reinforcements Defeat Zhang Shicheng's reinforcements many times Zhang Shicheng Once again dispatched 60,000 reinforcements led by Lu Zhen Xu Da decided to completely eliminate Lu Zhen first The reinforcements will escort the two states to break up. Then he led his army to cut off Lu Zhen's bad roads. Lu Zhenjun saw that there was a shortage of food and grass. They all surrendered to Xu Da November Li Boxheng and other generals stationed in Huzhou saw that the situation was over. Leave the city and report your surrender to Xu Da at the same time General Li Wenzhong successfully captured the important town of Hangzhou In December, Shaoxing Prefecture reported its surrender to Xu Dajun. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the general trend had been decided Then he sent general Liao Yongzhong Introduce Xiao Ming Wang Han Ling'er to Yintian But when the fleet passed Guazhou Han Ling'er died on the sail The Red Scarf Army uprising also ended The first month of 1367 AD Songjiang, Jiading and other prefectures also surrendered to Xu Dajun. Zhang Shicheng only had an isolated city left in Pingjiang Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to summon surrender But was rejected by Zhang Shicheng After that, Zhang Shicheng repeatedly sent troops to try to break out of the encirclement. All were defeated February Kuokuo Tianmu sent general Li Er to lead his army to attack Zhu Yuanzhang However, he was severely defeated by Fu Youde and other generals in Xuzhou. The Yuan army then gave up and continued the southern expedition. September Xu Da once again sent troops to launch a general attack on Pingjiang City. Zhang Shicheng saw that the situation was over hanged himself But he was saved by his subordinates Soon after, Xu Da led his army to attack Pingjiang City. And escorted Zhang Shicheng and others to Yintian finally Zhang Shicheng hanged himself on a cloudy day while others were unprepared Zhang Shicheng's forces were completely wiped out same month Zhu Yuanzhang sent his general Xu Liangzu to lead the attack. Guozhen's army fought and won with great success Successfully conquered Taizhou General Fang Guoying was defeated and fled. Soon after, Tang He, the general who conquered the south, led his troops to Qingyuan. Fang Guozhen found it difficult to resist Then he led his troops to escape to the sea by boat. Fang Guozhen sent his son to write a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang named it Zuocheng, Guangxi Province Since then, Jiangnan has been basically pacified. The fourth day of the first lunar month in 1368 AD Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor on a cloudy day Jianyuan Hongwu Country name Daming The Ming Dynasty was established