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Chen Jue had submitted a petition arguing that the successful, yet often disobedient general Zhu Yuan (朱元) could not be trusted. Consequently, Yang Shouzhong was sent to replace him. This incensed Zhu Yuan to surrender to the Later Zhou with more than 10,000 soldiers, which further weakened the Southern Tang position. [22]
The Yuan army retaliated by sending raiders to sack Buddhist monasteries, turning Zhu's home into a battlefield. His temple was burned down in the same month. On 15 April, Zhu joined the Red Turban rebellion under Guo Zixing's command. Zhu married an adopted daughter of Guo who would later become empress. In 1353, two other rebels on the run ...
Long before the Yuan dynasty collapsed, Zhu revealed his distrust of his senior generals. Zhu issued an order that their wives and children would be detained in the capital as hostages if they were fighting outside. Zhu's motive was to prevent his generals from revolting. [5] However, this had the reverse effect.
Name Courtesy name Birth year Death year Ancestral home (present-day location) Role Allegiance Previous allegiance(s) Notes Zang Ai 臧艾: Hua County, Taishan (Fangcheng Town, Fei County, Shandong)
A descendant of the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's 13th son, Zhu Gui, Prince Jian of Dai (代簡王 朱桂), through Zhu Gui's descendant, Zhu Yiting (朱彝梃), who along with his agnatic nephew (brother's son) Zhu Wenyuan (朱文元) went on an expedition against the Qing in Liaodong during the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, since they were ...
They split in two, the left riding right, and the right riding left. Their armour and flags shined with brilliance, lighting up heaven and earth. Yuan Shao sent Qu Yi against them with eight hundred soldiers while a thousand crossbowmen on either side supported his advance. Yuan Shao himself led tens of thousands of soldiers from the rear.
Zhu Huan (177–238), [1] courtesy name Xiumu, was a military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Although he started his career early under the warlord Sun Quan , he did not receive any important responsibilities until after the Battle of Jiangling in 209.
The Jiajing wokou raids caused extensive damage to the coast of China in the 16th century, during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (r. 1521–67) in the Ming dynasty.The term "wokou" originally referred to Japanese pirates who crossed the sea and raided Korea and China; however, by the mid-Ming, the wokou consisted of multinational crewmen that included the Japanese and the Portuguese, but a ...