Chapter 5 The fifth chapter is in danger and is ordered to suppress the chaos of the bandits and suppress the current situation

Liu Bowen was re-appointed by the Yuan government, not because the Yuan government suddenly realized that he was a talent, but just like a few years ago, he was recommended by a friend.His friend is Shi Moyisun, a Khitan native, and a legendary figure.Shi Mo Yisun has a free and easy temperament but is very alert, outstanding ability but modest and cautious.When he was young, he took his father's official position and came to the south of the Yangtze River, where he served as the chief executive of Chuzhou.When his younger brother became an adult, he was unable to support himself, so he opened up connections and handed over his father's official position to his younger brother, while he went to Taizhou to study behind closed doors. In 1351, Fang Guozhen made a revolution in Taizhou. Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces thought of this legendary figure and ordered him to go to Wenzhou to serve as the chief executive.When Liu Bowen was traveling in Shaoxing Prison, Shi Mo Yisun had already been promoted to a judge of the Privy Council of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces by virtue of his achievements in defeating thieves many times.

Judging from various records about Shi Mo Yisun, he was a rare among Confucian generals in that era.His army is well-disciplined and can endure hardships and stand hard work.He himself is a bookworm, especially good at writing beautiful and moving poems.Since both were officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, Liu Bowen and Shi Moyisun always looked up and down. When Liu Bowen was in Shaoxing Prison, the relationship between the two heated up.Shi Mo Yisun consciously approached the Shaoxing cultural circle, so those who are interested can often see Shi Mo Yisun in Shaoxing.At that time, Shi Moyisun and Liu Bowen began to communicate frequently, and both of them confirmed at the same time that this was the beginning of a great friendship between the two sides.

Liu Bowen's views on the current situation convinced Shi Moyisun deeply, and Liu Bowen's view of right and wrong on the issue of Fang Guozhen's repeated surrenders and rebellions was even more closely related to Shi Moyisun's.So in the first month of 1356, Shi Moyisun wrote a letter of employment and sent it to Liu Bowen, asking him to come out to help him.Liu Bowen was deeply moved by the infinite true feelings flowing between the lines. Once a person is moved, he must put it into action.Therefore, at the end of the first lunar month, he received a letter from Shi Mo Yisun. At the beginning of February, Liu Bowen walked into Hangzhou City and accepted the post of the capital of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

Shi Moyisun was so excited that he held Liu Bowen's hand tightly, as if he was about to shed tears.But he thought it was inappropriate, so he put away his emotions immediately, took out a file, and said to Liu Bowen: "This is the file of the traitor Wu Chengqi, you should take a look first." Wu Chengqi is a fellow of Liu Bowen, a native of Qingtian County, hardworking and quick-witted, and has practiced martial arts under a local Jianghu master.When spring came, he was farming at home, and when the crops were growing, he went out to sell private salt.This reminds us of his predecessor Zhang Shicheng, but Wu Chengqi is different from Zhang Shicheng. Selling private salt is only a part-time job, not the main business.

In the spring of 1353, Wu Chengqi was selling smuggled salt in a certain town in Qingtian, but he was bullied by the local salt bully.Wu Chengqi was caught in a dilemma. He couldn't report to the officials because he was a criminal, and he couldn't swallow his anger because judging from his meteorological knowledge back then, his land would be fruitless.Wu Chengqi lay on the ground and thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to vent his anger before talking about other things.So he stood up, Yanba and his followers were extremely angry at his provocative behavior, and planned to beat him up again.They don't know that Wu Chengqi's fighting skills are very high, and sometimes even his teacher is no match.Therefore, he beat that Yanba's face into meatloaf with one heavy punch, Yanba died on the spot, and Wu Chengqi fled the scene.

Killing people must pay for their lives, it's only right and proper.But there is a kind of killing that does not require life, such as government killing, or rebellion killing.After a day of panic at home, Wu Chengqi found his colleagues—the master of folk fighting Song Maosi, the Confucian scholar Zhi Yunlong who he usually helped out, and Zhou Gong, who often ate and drank with him and claimed to be the number one counselor in Qingtian. The four of them hit it off almost immediately, not because they had so much heart-to-heart and utter devotion, but because at that time, except for Shaoxing, where there was no war in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, other places were in chaos.Everyone is rebelling and preparing to rebel, and the chances of success are surprisingly good.Now that my life is unsatisfactory, I will start a new life path.

Song Maosi often walked in the rivers and lakes and met too many unsatisfactory people, so as soon as he contacted him, a group of people stood up immediately.Zhou Yigong played the true nature of a street revolutionary, and through various pretense and tricks, he attracted countless people who wanted to make a fortune. Sitting on a high place, Wu Chengqi watched more than 10,000 people cheering for him, and suddenly thought of an idiom Zhi Yunlong once said: All hope. In 1354, Wu Chengqi, whom everyone expected, called himself "King Wu" and began his confrontation with the Yuan government.But Wu Chengqi was just yelling poorly. He had been known as the King of Wu for a long time, but he was only the king and hegemony in a certain village and a certain village.In other words, when he started, he had no contact with the regular army of the Yuan government at all.All his military rations came from local ordinary people, and no one could give him food for nothing if they worked so hard. Therefore, when Wu Chengqi first started his revolution, he first revolutionized the ordinary people.There are two ways of this kind of revolution: those who have money and food will give money and food, and those who have no money and food will send people.

The result of the revolution is extremely optimistic, because of the increase in the number of people, Wu Chengqi had to change nests frequently.In the end, he built his final lair on the top of Jinshan Mountain behind Jinshan Village, Jinlu Township, Qingtian County, and later generations called Wucheng Qizhai.A few years later, the official who came to recruit him said: "This is a real place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is more than 700 meters above sea level, with lone peaks standing tall, and the terrain is dangerous. Wu Chengqi divided the village into three levels, each level With heavily guarded troops and favorable location, it is inevitable to pay a heavy price if you want to break through such a nest of thieves."

Humans are actually like animals. Before setting out to hunt, they must strengthen their nests.The Chinese often use a sentence for a person who is miserably messed up: the nest is gone.But paying special attention to one's own nest will also make people's defensive thinking particularly prominent, while offensive thinking takes a back seat. Wu Chengqi has been strengthening his lair, just like Monkey King was always strengthening his Water Curtain Cave.Therefore, after one year, his shocking military operation was only to attack Qingtian County. But for the Yuan government, which was terrified at the time, such a military action was enough for them to be terrified.Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces immediately dispatched bandit suppression troops to find Wu Chengqi.Wu Chengqi was terrified at the beginning, but his worries were superfluous, because the government's bandit suppression troops suddenly collapsed when they reached Nantian Mountain for unknown reasons.A few months later, the second batch of anti-bandit troops moved to Nantian Mountain. Wu Chengqi tried to send a small team to beat gongs and drums on the top of the mountain.

Courage certainly comes from the heart, but many times, courage is produced because of the incompetence of the opponent.The incompetence of the Yuan government's bandit suppression army gave Wu Chengqi the courage to get out of the lair and began to expand his sphere of influence.In a short period of time, his troops came out of the mountain like monsters who had been trained to be fine, and swept across Chu, Wen, Wuzhou and Jianou in northern Fujian.Wu Chengqi fought steadily, and immediately established a military camp (zhaizi) after conquering a place. As a result, as you know, Wu Chengqi's power is like a centipede, connecting hundreds of villages from head to tail.The Yuan government had a terrible headache, so they had to use their housekeeping skills: recruiting security.

However, the negotiation process between the two parties did not make any progress, because everyone bargained and no one believed anyone.Therefore, Wu Chengqi continued to be his king of the mountain, and the Yuan government ordered Shi Ma Yisun to resolutely and thoroughly kill Wu Chengqi. After reading this file, Liu Bowen didn't think highly of this fellow: Wu Chengqi is very difficult to get things done, he likes to build villages, such people are not enterprising talents. Shi Moyisun said: "That's true, but he was slaughtering our people while building the village, so I ask you to suggest a plan." Liu Bowen smiled and looked at his colleagues.When he was looking at the files, Shi Mo Yisun's three most capable subordinates had already arrived one after another.In fact, Liu Bowen knew all of these people.Moreover, Liu Bowen also believes that they are people who are willing to do things and can get things done. For example, standing next to Shi Moyisun, Zhang Yi, who is elegant but has a heroic spirit between his brows, is the closed disciple of Wang Yi, a great Confucian in the Yuan Dynasty. In 1352, the Red Scarf Army captured his nephew, and he stepped forward , Take the initiative to replace the nephew.The Red Turban Army once heard that he was a talent, and wanted him to work for them, but Zhang Yi refused to die.Later, he bribed the guards, escaped from the prison, and dispersed all his wealth to form a militia to help Shi Moyisun repel the Red Scarf Army who entered Longquan.Shi Moyisun spoke highly of Zhang Yi, saying that he was the savior of the people of Taizhou. Hu Shen, Zhang Yi's fellow villager, is a responsible person. When Longquan was in chaos, he gathered his family's children and formed an armed force to join Shi Moyisun.Many times without moving a single soldier, only relying on lip service to recruit bandits and pirates. When Liu Bowen read the file, he stood beside Liu Bowen, frowning and thinking. The shorter man sitting there is called Ye Chen, whose face is wider horizontally than vertically. Some say he is Mongolian, some say he is Khitan, and some say he has half Mongolian blood and half Han blood. .He came to Chuzhou when he first became an official, and became close friends with Shi Moyisun.Among the three, he had the most dealings with Wu Chengqi. He had personally recruited Wu Chengqi to surrender, and he was deeply impressed by the indestructible Wu Chengqi village. There are also rumors that Ye Chen was captured by Wu Chengqi when he first arrived in Qingtian, and he formed a deep friendship with Wu Chengqi, so when the Yuan government was preparing to recruit Wu Chengqi, he became the best candidate.But this kind of statement is rarely mentioned, because Ye Chen thinks that his roots are Miao Hong, and if he says that he has something to do with Wu Chengqi, it is insulting him. Liu Bowen is a person who speaks directly when he has something to say, so he told Shi Moyisun his plan: the first step is of course to write the Anmin notice, because now there are not only Wu Chengqi but also many bandits near Chuzhou.Wars have always been about attacking the mind as the top and attacking the city as the bottom.Liu Bowen's move is to appease the people before "putting down the chaos", especially for those people who can't afford to eat or wear clothes and are forced to become bandits, if they can be won over at the beginning of the war , To achieve the goal of disintegration and disintegration without a single soldier, this is the most ideal effect of war.Another point is that ordinary people who did not participate in bandits are also potential bandits. These people are the recruiting targets of bandits. Therefore, it is necessary to block the source of bandit soldiers. The temporary feasible way is to tell them that the government is just, Bandits are evil. After listening to Liu Bowen's words, Ye Chen stood up, applauded and said, "Actually, the so-called Anmin Announcement is just to defend our government, right?" Liu Bowen recognized his intelligence, but defending the Yuan Dynasty was hard work.Because at that time, anyone who is not deaf or blind can see that there is no difference between the government and the bandits. But this is not a problem for Liu Bowen, because passion and loyalty are the source of wisdom.Liu Bowen’s Announcement to the People is as follows: At the beginning, he summarized how the Yuan Dynasty worked hard to build a harmonious society for more than 80 years since the founding of the country, proving that Emperor Yuan Shun still had the heart for the people, and then he began to conduct self-examination on behalf of the emperor. The society is so impetuous and sinister, it's all about being an official, not the emperor. Then, Liu Bowen began to be persuasive, telling the people: "My fathers and folks, don't be fooled anymore. It is corrupt officials who bully you. I also know that you were forced, but you pointed the finger at the wrong point, you shouldn’t be targeting our holy emperor! Your ignorant behavior has disturbed the emperor, not to mention you have killed many corrupt officials, it should be enough Come on, when it's time to stop, stop, if you continue to mess around, the emperor will not be polite." In fact, even though Liu Bowen is as big as a rafter and has the level of turning stone into gold, due to the limitations of facts, his arguments cannot convince everyone.Because the people's understanding is not as deep as his, not to mention that their sense of loyalty to the emperor is not strong. The Anmin notice did not work, which proves that sometimes attacking the heart is not the best way, on the contrary, sometimes, force is the only way to solve the problem. Wu Chengqi's army claims to be 100,000, but in fact there are only tens of thousands of people. Among these tens of thousands, there are still people who are forced to become thieves.Therefore, the combat effectiveness of Wu Chengqi's troops is not strong. However, this person's army has an advantage, that is, it is good at fighting in mountains.Ye Chen understood it the most. He pointed out that Wu Chengqi and those minions are simply not human. In the mountains in the south, Wu Chengqi and his troops floated like ghosts, chopped off a few heads and then floated away. Sometimes it is like a mountain god, who can move mountains and trees.To be honest, when the army of the Yuan Dynasty swept the world, it was helpless against forests and mountains.When Kublai Khan was alive, he made many tentative attacks on Annan and Myanmar, but they all failed miserably.The vanity fair of the Mongolian army is in the great plains, not in the deep mountains and old forests. Liu Bowen said to Ye Chen: "War is just four words, make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses. You must never use your weaknesses to touch the strengths of the other party. That is not fighting, but suicide. Wu Chengqi should be called to fight on our plain." Ye Chen is also a person who has fought in war, and has read the art of war.Everyone is a master of war on paper, and they all understand that battles are not a treat, and they come when they want.Liu Bowen added: "Let the snake out of the hole." Ye Chen said with a bitter face: "When my troops heard about the fight with Wu Chengqi, they felt powerless and their limbs trembled. They definitely don't want to do such a thing as leading a snake out of a hole, and I don't want them to die in vain." Liu Bowen said: "It's simple, give me power, and I will recruit civilians living in the mountains. Thieves know thieves best, and using mountain civilians to deal with mountain civilians is this routine." It is said that the result of this incident was that Liu Bowen recruited mountain people, gave them food, clothing and weapons, and fought against Wu Chengqi several times. Wu Chengqi was defeated repeatedly, and finally his armed forces collapsed and Wu Chengqi died. In the chaos. Actually, things are not that simple.The real history is this: Shi Moyisun, Liu Bowen and others formulated a detailed battle plan, and in March 1356, the plan began to be implemented.Ye Chen was appointed as the commander of the bandit suppression, and led the 10,000 well-trained elite troops that Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces could muster at that time to launch a full-scale attack on Wu Chengqi.One month later, Ye Chen's troops wiped out Wu Chengqi's more than 20 military strongholds in one fell swoop, and killed Wu Chengqi's military advisor Zhou Gong.Wu Chengqi was terrified in the Zongzhai, and before he was in shock, Ye Chen's troops destroyed more than 30 of his military forts, and at the same time wiped out the 5,000 elite Wu Chengqi sent to reinforce him. When Wu Chengqi was about to make a move and prepare to continue to reinforce the other dozens of villages, Ye Chen managed to win by surprise, bypassing his villages and going straight to his main village.Within an hour, the defenses around Wu Chengqi's general village were completely wiped out, and the siege was completed.Although Wu Chengqi's stockade is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it has a fatal flaw: water shortage.Ye Chen followed Liu Bowen's method and only besieged but not attacked.Wu Chengqi sent people to the stronghold many times to fight Ye Chen, but Ye Chen stood firm and ignored him. After Wu Chengqi was besieged for a month, the water source dried up and his spirit collapsed.On a moonless and starless night, he left his army behind and miraculously broke out of the encirclement with his guards.Ye Chen chased after him, Wu Chengqi joined forces with other villages that were still there, adjusted their forces, and fought against Ye Chen on the flat ground.Fighting on the plains is the strength of the Mongolian army, so Wu Chengqi has been defeated repeatedly.But Wu Chengqi is a quick-witted person. While fighting against Ye Chen, he sent people to get through the water source problem between the general village and the ground. This time, Ye Chen did not just besiege but did not attack, but continued to attack Wu Chengqi, but with little effect. Liu Bowen came to the front line, inspected the terrain, observed the morale of the enemy, and said to Ye Chen, "They won't last long. Let's use lanterns." Ye Chen asked: "What is the lantern trick?" Liu Bowen replied: "You let a team go to the Huangchengyang mountain opposite his headquarter. At night, each person carries a long bamboo pole with more than 20 lanterns hanging on his shoulder, and carries it from the top of the mountain to Gong's house. After blowing out, return to Huangchengyang. Lingtou. After arriving at the top of the mountain, light the lanterns again and march towards Gong’s house. This way, one or two hundred officers and soldiers take turns every night.” Ye Chen said, "Isn't this a donkey pulling a mill?" Liu Bowen said: "We know it's the donkey pulling the mill, but Wu Chengqi must have thought it was our reinforcements when he saw this situation. The morale of his troops is very bad now, and because the food and grass are about to run out, under the combined force of internal and external forces, people's hearts are not good. Steady. If you seize the opportunity and make a fierce attack, victory is just around the corner.” Ye Chen asked: "How do you know that his morale is bad and he is running out of food and grass?" Liu Bowen said: "Observe. You can see that the patrolling soldiers on his stockade can't stand upright, and they walk back and forth less and less. Looking at the smoke from his stockade, it was still rising every day a few days ago, and now it's three days. One liter, so I'm certain." Ye Chen exclaimed: "A true god!" According to Liu Bowen's instructions, Ye Chen started to act, and then sent an elite group of 3,000 people to touch up from the back hill of Wu Chengqi's general village. The two sides launched an attack at the same time at the agreed time. Just as Liu Bowen expected, Wu Chengqi's army's defensive capabilities were greatly reduced, and Ye Chen quickly boarded Wu Chengqi's stronghold in a big way.On a cliff in a bush, Ye Chen found Wu Chengqi's body, the cause of death is unknown. This is the lantern trick, the second and final use of Liu Bowen's military wisdom during the Yuan Dynasty.Since then, all his infinite wisdom has been dedicated to Zhu Yuanzhang. A sky full of stars is not as good as a bright moon, and thousands of lights are not as good as a sun.Although Liu Bowen's lantern plan was superb, it could not turn the world around, so it was impossible to shine a bright road for the Yuan Dynasty.Time passed to 1357, the year of human history, the Yuan Dynasty was like an iceberg under the scorching sun, and it was only a matter of time before it melted. It was Liu Futong who first challenged the Yuan Dynasty to take charge of the scorching sun. Liu Futong was the most responsible hero among the revolutionaries of that era.Compared with Fang Guozhen, Zhang Shicheng, including Zhu Yuanzhang who was stealthily looting houses, and Liu Futong's moral character, which is as brilliant as gold, they are not even as good as clods of dirt. Liu Futong had no selfish intentions against the Yuan Dynasty. He was originally a wealthy man who had no worries about food, clothing and entertainment, but he and his comrade-in-arms Han Shantong abandoned their wealth and devoted themselves to the mission of expelling the Mongols. Judging from Liu Futong's self-promotion, he and Liu Bowen are still relatives.Liu Futong claimed to be a descendant of Liu Bowen's seventh ancestor and Southern Song general Liu Guangshi, while his comrade-in-arms Han Shantong claimed to be a descendant of Zhao Ji (Song Huizong).Not long after the two rebelled on the bank of the Yellow River, Zhao Ji, a cowardly and incompetent man, could not protect his descendants, so Han Shantong died in battle, and Liu Futong fought against the Yuan government under immense pressure. Although he captured many towns in the Central Plains, because the Central Plains was where the Yuan Dynasty had heavy troops, his revolutionary career was out of breath. In the tenth month of the lunar calendar in 1354, after the 400,000 yuan army of the Yuan Dynasty collapsed without a fight under Gaoyou City, the Yuan Dynasty could no longer gather such a large force, so revolutionaries everywhere breathed a sigh of relief.Liu Futong was no exception. He survived the cold winter and entered the spring with great strides. This high-spirited hero made Han Shantong's youngest son Han Lin'er the emperor.Then, switch from defense to offense. While Liu Bowen was concentrating on timing with lanterns in Qingtian, Liu Futong devised a beheading operation that knocked the Yuan Dynasty out of its wits.The troops performing the beheading operation were divided into three groups: the West Route Army was led by general Li Wu and attacked present-day Shaanxi; the East Route Army was led by General Mao Gui and attacked present-day Shandong; the North Route Army was led by "Mr. Guan" Guan Duo. Attack on the capital. The West Route Army led by Li Wu set out first. After entering Shaanxi, without encountering any effective resistance, they advanced to the city of Fengyuan (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), the administrative capital of Shaanxi Province.However, one day after the siege of Chang'an, Yuan government reinforcements arrived, and the two sides fought fiercely on the plain. Li Wu was defeated and the West Route Army declared defeat. The goal of the Eastern Route Army led by Mao Gui is to occupy Shandong and go northward, and then attack Dadu with the Northern Route Army.According to the battle plan, Mao Gui defeated the navy of the Yuan Dynasty in Haizhou, and then captured Jiaozhou by sea. After sweeping up the Mongol forces in Shandong, Mao Gui did not wait for the North Route Army, but went straight ahead with his troops. Refers to Dadu, advancing to Liulin Village, which is only 50 kilometers away from Dadu. The capital city was like an ant's nest doused with hot water. Emperor Yuan Shun lost his soul and prepared to flee northward.The new prime minister, Tuoba Taiping, is a calm-headed person, who thinks that Mao Gui's army will go deep alone and cannot last long. As long as he is delayed for a while, he will retreat without fighting.Emperor Yuan Shun was terrified, and entrusted this difficult task to Tuoba Taiping.Tuoba Taiping assembled all the troops that could be assembled in the capital city at that time, and took the initiative to attack Liulin Village.The two sides fought fiercely in Liulin Village. Mao Gui miscalculated the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army and started a field battle with the Mongolian army.As a result, Mao Gui was surprised to find that the momentum of the Mongolian army sweeping the earth was still there, but it was too late when he found out. His army could not withstand the charge of the Mongolian cavalry, was defeated and retreated to Shandong. After Mao Gui returned to Shandong, he readjusted his troops and prepared for another beheading operation, but soon there was internal strife. Mao Gui died in the internal strife, and the Eastern Route Army, which had passed by most of them, was wiped out. The luckiest one was Mr. Guan's North Route Army, but it was also this North Route Army that was the most inexplicable.According to Liu Futong's previous battle plan, the task of the Northern Route Army was to cross the Taihang Mountains, bypass all the towns and go straight to Dadu, and meet with the East Route Army on the periphery of Dadu to jointly attack Dadu.But the plan is not as fast as the change. When Mr. Guan arrived at Taihang Mountain, the Yuan army had already blocked all the gates. After several tentative attacks, Mr. Guan found that it was impossible to complete the task.However, he did not inform Liu Futong, but instead took the initiative to attack Jining (now Taiyuan, Shanxi). The city of Jining was high and thick, and Mr. Guan suffered heavy losses.After resting for a month, he stormed Datong again (now Datong, Shanxi). Datong fell in an instant. Mr. Guan was full of ambition, and he leveled the defensive strongholds of the Yuan army from Datong to Shangdu, and advanced to Kaiping city in Shangdu. After a violent attack, the city of Kaiping fell.On the surface, Mr. Guan completed his military mission, but because he spent too much unnecessary time on the road, when Mao Gui looked around in Liulin Village, 50 kilometers away from Dadu, he did not see his comrade-in-arms Mr. Guan at all.Mr. Guan is full of ambitions in Shangdu, because Yuandadu is 280 kilometers south.But inexplicably, Mr. Guan did not go south, but pushed eastward, captured Liaoyang (now Liaoyang, Liaoning), and entered the Kingdom of Koryo. The Koryo Kingdom was a satellite state of the Yuan Dynasty at that time, and the enemy of the master was his own enemy.But instead of confronting Mr. Guan with swords and guns, they begged for spirits and tricks.They sent a large number of beauties to linger with Mr. Guan's army, emptied the treasury, and dedicated all the treasures to Mr. Guan.When Mr. Guan and his troops were immersed in this luxurious and indulgent life and couldn't extricate themselves, the Koryo Kingdom showed its ferocious face, and the special forces that had been prepared had launched a surprise attack on them, followed by a frenzied massacre.Mr. Guan died in the beauties' nest, and only more than 10,000 people escaped from Korea and returned to China, but they were wiped out by the Mongolian army that was waiting for them. Liu Futong's beheading action exhausted all his strength.Liu Futong himself was unhappy in Bianliang (now Kaifeng, Henan), the capital of the Han and Song empires. The Yuan army took the opportunity to besiege Bianliang, and Liu Futong fled with the emperor Han Lin'er.As for his future ending, it will be the story of Zhu Yuanzhang, which will not be discussed here. Although the beheading actions of the Han and Song empires exhausted their strength, the foundation of the Yuan Dynasty had been hollowed out. Now, it only needs a slight push, and the Yuan Dynasty will collapse.It was also at this critical moment that Liu Bowen made an astonishing request to his good friend Shi Moyisun. After Liu Bowen used lanterns to destroy Wu Chengqi, the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang rewarded him, and he was promoted to be the cashier of the Privy Council of Jiangsu and Zhejiang from the fifth rank (the experience of the Privy Council), which was Liu Bowen's highest official position in the Yuan Dynasty.He did not feel the slightest joy, for the memory of the past oppressed him.Moreover, the situation in the north deteriorated rapidly at that time, and Liu Futong's beheading action brought Liu Bowen an impact no less than that of an asteroid hitting the earth. At that time, he was a bit hopeless, if he had to say that there was something that touched his heart, it could only be Shi Moyisun. In the third month of the lunar calendar in 1356, when Liu Bowen first came out of the rivers and lakes, Fang Guozhen changed his mind for the third time and returned to the Yuan Dynasty.Liu Bowen's hatred for Fang Guozhen went deep into his bones. In fact, he didn't hate Fang Guozhen, but he hated someone similar to Fang Guozhen.After Wu Chengqi was eliminated, Liu Bowen tested Shi Moyisun and asked him to use Fang Guozhen as a soldier.Liu Bowen pointed out sharply that Fang Guozhen is currently contributing to the government on the surface, but he is not dead, and he will definitely rebel. It is better to uproot his power now, so that he will not have the opportunity to follow the wind in the future.This proposal is quite risky, and there is even the possibility of being convicted.Everyone knows that Fang Guozhen was appointed by the Yuan government at that time as the deputy prime minister of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces (in charge of political affairs) and the head of the provincial logistics department (transporting grain by sea to thousands of households). He was a government official. Not lightly.What's more, Fang Guozhen controlled a large part of the coast of eastern Zhejiang at that time, and the navy had thousands of warships, and its strength was not what it used to be.Even if Shi Moyisun wanted to play Fang Guozhen's idea, he had to weigh it carefully. Hearing Liu Bowen's proposal, Shi Moyisun was taken aback and shook his head again and again: "How can this be, my family doesn't beat my own family, if something happens, you and I will lose our heads." Liu Bowen said: "It's all on me. "Shi Mo Yisun felt that this matter was too unreliable.Liu Bowen made another suggestion, which almost frightened Shi Moyisun's courage.Liu Bowen put forward this suggestion in the form of a poem. There is such a sentence in the poem: "Although Zhou Gang is relaxed, he always depends on Qi Huan." This is a poem that uses allusions. "Zhou Gang" is the outline of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period, various princes rose up, and the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty became a ghost, hiding in Luoyang City and watching the various princes fight.However, the emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty still hung the sign of "Suzerain of the World". Although the princes from all walks of life could destroy it with a breath, no one wanted to do it and provoke the curse of the world. "Qi Huan" is Duke Huan of Qi, the head of the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period.When he and his country dominated, Chu State in the south always wanted to advance to the Central Plains, but was frightened by Duke Huan of Qi's battle.Therefore, Confucius said: "We were not wiped out by the state of Chu, but became savages with disheveled hair, all because of Duke Huan of Qi!" Liu Bowen's meaning is this: the current Yuan Dynasty is the pissed ghost and useless, and Shi Moyi's grandson is Duke Huan of Qi.Duke Huan of Qi could make his own decisions, put down all kinds of anti-government armed forces with open fire, and use weapons to maintain the signboard of the Yuan Dynasty.In other words, Shimo Yisun, you have a gun, you can start your own business, and put the Yuan Dynasty in a place where everyone can see it but don't need it, such as the mourning hall. Liu Bowen's idea is shocking.The official term is called treason, the political scientist's term is called separatism, and Cao Cao's term is "using the name of the emperor to accomplish one's own affairs."Some people will draw a far-fetched conclusion from this poem by Liu Bowen, thinking that Liu Bowen was not loyal to the Yuan Dynasty at all, so he later ran to serve as an adviser to Zhu Yuanzhang.This is obviously a slander to Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen did not say that Shi Moyisun should give up the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, but hoped that Shi Moyisun would use the resources in his hands to support the Yuan Dynasty.In other words, he hoped that Shi Moyi would go out and open a branch.Although Shi Moyisun had a clear mind, he was far less flexible than Liu Bowen, so he refused.In fact, Shi Moyisun misunderstood Liu Bowen's suggestion. He thought Liu Bowen wanted him to do it alone.He may have thought about it too, but after weighing it up, he found that the profit of working alone is almost the same as the profit he now makes working for the Yuan government. Working for the government is guaranteed income in drought and flood, but working alone is not worth it.Therefore, Shi Moyisun secretly destroyed the poem, but Liu Bowen kept the poem. Many years later, Liu Bowen stood on Qingtian Mountain and recalled the past, and he could still think of the poem he wrote to Shi Moyisun.Regardless of the past, present, or future, Liu Bowen will not regret his reckless behavior.Because in that era, there must be people like Duke Huan of Qi.However, the reality let him down again. To be precise, it was Shi Moyisun who shattered his dream. Liu Bowen and Shi Moyisun's cooperation in Chuzhou had a good beginning, but the ending was not satisfactory.Before killing Wu Chengqi, Liu Bowen went back to his hometown and recruited his own army. This army was not large in number, but it was very capable of fighting.Almost all the anti-government armed forces in Chuzhou at that time were wiped out by this army. The best military training base is on the battlefield. Liu Bowen has such an army in his hands, and has won many glorious victories, but when the central officials came to evaluate the credit, Liu Bowen's name did not appear in the credit book.The thing is like this, Li Guofeng, the commander of the Nanjing Military Region (economic envoy), inspected the south of the Yangtze River, and after learning of Liu Bowen's victory in suppressing bandits in Chuzhou, he admired and admired Liu Bowen's talent very much, so he reported Liu Bowen's achievements to the court.Liu Bowen also hopes to be reused by the court through Li Guofeng's recommendation, and make his own contribution to the court's quelling of the Red Scarf Army uprising.But those ministers who had sheltered Fang Guozhen in the past felt bored when they saw Liu Bowen's name in the military merit book inherited by Li Guofeng, so they would not reward him for his military merit, and it was even more impossible to confer important official positions on him.After the edict came down, in the end Liu Bowen was demoted and hired instead, and he was asked to work as a civilian and not to participate in the military. Shi Moyisun thought it was a trivial matter, and made a detailed but unreasonable analysis of Liu Bowen's unfair treatment.First of all, Liu Bowen was not on the credit list because Fang Guozhen was doing tricks.Fang Guozhen and Liu Bowen had a grudge against their father in their previous life. Liu Bowen always wanted to get rid of him. Fang Guozhen knew it well, so she used money and the power of the logistics minister to expressly express to the central government that Liu Bowen is a high-risk element. In the future, he will destroy unity and suppress it as much as possible Suppress. On this point, Liu Bowen is convinced.Shi Moyisun continued to analyze and said: "You have a very capable army now. If you wear red flowers and get on the honor list, your prestige will inflate in the army. This is what the country taboos the most." On this point, Liu Bowen wanted to say two words to Shi Moyisun - fart.Although the Yuan Dynasty started with machetes and axes, it gradually became afraid of these things.When Kublai Khan was still in power, the military power of the Yuan Dynasty was second to none in the world, but it was still forbidden for civilians to own weapons. When the ban was the worst, more than a dozen families used a kitchen knife.In the south of the Yangtze River, there is only one kitchen knife in a village, so many housewives can only use their teeth to "cut meat" or "vegetables" when cooking.After Emperor Yuan Shun ascended the throne, wars were raging all over the country, and they couldn't control the places that had been revolutionized, so they imposed a hundred times stricter control on places that had not yet been revolutionized.Kitchen knives are not allowed, and the local government has set up a special department to cut vegetables for the people.What Liu Bowen meant was that if the government can ban kitchen knives, why can't they take back my troops?But they don't even look at my troops. Liu Bowen had nothing to say, sighed, and said: "God told me to go home and write a book. I dare not betray the country, but there is no place for heroes!" Liu Bowen seemed to be confessing to the court, and he seemed to be telling the world : His departure does not mean a betrayal of the Yuan Dynasty, it is really a helpless choice. At this time, Liu Bowen probably felt that his aspirations and experiences were very similar to Qu Yuan in the Warring States Period, and Emperor Yuan Shun was King Huai of Chu. Qu Yuan loved the state of Chu very much and was extremely loyal to his monarch, but it was a pity that King Huai of Chu listened to the slanderous slander and exiled Qu Yuan on the bank of the Miluo River. and died.Before he died, he wrote the song "Li Sao" to express his will. Of course, at this time, Liu Bowen will not go to the road of despair like Qu Yuan did, but there is indeed a deep gap in his heart, and he always wants to say something to the world, just like Qu Yuan.After scratching his scalp for a long time, he still decided to write down his feelings in words, so he wrote a long poem in the format of "Li Sao" to express his inner pain. "Cambridge History of the Ming Dynasty in China" says: "(The end of the Yuan Dynasty) elites did not engage in subversive activities, express dissent, or rush to openly participate in rebellion against the suffering regime. They accepted the legitimacy of the Yuan Dynasty and always expected it to have The improvement is that when the government encounters inevitable mistakes, they are still eager to maintain the orderly status quo in their hometown. If the Yuan Dynasty received less and less support from the natural leaders of their society, Well, many rebels who opposed the Yuan Dynasty ... did not get their large-scale spontaneous cooperation." Liu Bowen is a typical example of this type of elite. 在处州三年后的1358年，刘伯温离开处州回到老家青田，跟随他的是他那支能打硬仗的小部队。 刘伯温的眼界只限于南方，他目力所及处只能看到石抹宜孙。如果他能再来次大都之行，路过中原时，他就会看到一位身高七尺、长眉遮住眼睛、左脸上有三根长毛的壮汉。这个人叫察罕帖木儿，武侠迷会告诉你，他就是中赵敏的父亲，张无忌的老丈人。 他才是那个时代货真价实的齐桓公，再确切点说，是个如假包换的元王朝的中兴名将。如果不是察罕帖木儿，刘福通的斩首行动差一点就成功了。 察罕帖木儿祖籍北庭（在今新疆）。他的祖上后来到中原做官，所以，察罕帖木儿就成了颍州人，察罕帖木儿自幼受到儒家教育的训练，后来还中了进士，就给自己起了个汉名“李察罕”。1351年，刘福通、韩山童在察罕帖木儿的老家颍州革命，如风卷残云一样，江淮方面全部沦陷。中央政府组织征讨部队，但成效甚微。 如果手边有张地图，打开它，我们就会发现察罕帖木儿所居的沈丘（今安徽临泉），距离刘福通的革命地——颍州仅百里之遥，也就是说，按当时刘福通的军力，必然会把战火蔓延到这里。察罕帖木儿冲冠一怒，脸上的三根毫发坚硬如针。他组织了一支武装部队开始保家卫国。这支武装部队可怜兮兮的只有几百人，但察罕帖木儿认为它能胜过千军万马，因为这是他自己的部队，纪律严明，训练有素，而且对他和他的祖国忠贞不贰。 察罕帖木儿第一次“亮剑”的目标是罗山县（今河南罗山），刘福通有一支红巾军在这里驻守。命运垂青于他，罗山县汉人李思齐忧国忧民，主动找他，把罗山县的防御情况透露给他。察罕帖木儿就用他的几百士兵，里应外合，光复了罗山。他的第一步走得很漂亮，前程似锦，万里无云。 李思齐也是个硬汉，后来他独立于察罕帖木儿，用手中的武装为元王朝延长了寿命。后来他投降了明王朝，当朱元璋派他去劝降跑到北方的元朝英雄人物、察罕帖木儿的养子王保保时，王保保对他以礼相待，但就是不投降。再后来，王保保派骑兵送他出境，即将离境时，骑兵对他说：“主帅有命，请您留下一件东西再走。”李思齐摊开双手，说：“我什么都没有。”骑兵说：“你有，而且是两个，就是你的胳膊。”李思齐暗骂了朱元璋十八辈祖宗后，抽出骑兵的刀，手起刀落，一条胳膊便离开了他身体。回去后不久，便因伤势过重而死。 但在罗山城上，欢呼光复时，李思齐和察罕帖木儿一样，认为前程似锦，万里无云，国家在他们的努力下将会恢复青春。 察罕帖木儿收复罗山的消息传到大都后，人心振奋，元政府马上派出使者前去慰问并授予官职。由于当时大都和罗山的交通已被红巾军切断，这名使者曲折辗转，走过各种各样的路，翻过无数狰狞的山，涉过无数险恶的江河，在盗贼的袭击、自身的病痛和绝望的折磨下，终于到达了罗山城下。察罕帖木儿为中央政府的真心实意所感动，接下授命书，流下眼泪，誓言要以生命的代价保卫祖国。 他是个知行合一的人，信奉“先干了再说”的真理。就在接受政府的任命书后，作为一支独立于政府军之外的察罕帖木儿兵团，四处出击，歼灭了红巾军无数支小股部队。他像蚂蚁一样秘密而又不懈地工作，又像蚕吃桑叶一样，持续不断地、小声地吃着红巾军。 1352年，察罕帖木儿的部队扩充到一万人，他光复了沈丘并将其作为根据地，开始改变从前小心翼翼的作风，正式大张旗鼓地和红巾军较量。 对于时势，察罕帖木儿和刘伯温的想法截然不同。刘伯温认为这是灾难，察罕帖木儿却认为这是千载难逢的大好时机。刘伯温想进入体制内来完成保卫祖国的愿望，察罕帖木儿却决定自己动手来完成保卫祖国的愿望。 这是两种不同的做事思维，最大的不同就在于：有人把希望寄托在别人身上，有人全靠自己；有人希望找个已经搭建好的平台，有人自己搭建平台。 察罕帖木儿自己搭建的平台在1355年大显神威。前一年，元朝四十万精锐在高邮城下不战自溃，战局极度恶化，各路革命家纷纷扩张势力范围。1355年阴历十一月，刘福通的赵明远兵团北渡孟津（今河南孟津），攻破覃怀（今河南沁阳），威胁晋、冀。察罕帖木儿出兵阻击，双方在黄河岸边发生激烈的冲杀战，血流成河。最终，赵明远兵团全部被歼。 1355年冬末，之前被征调来对付刘福通的苗人兵团突然在驻地荥阳（今河南荥阳）叛变。察罕帖木儿傍晚得到消息，晚上就带领他的兵团急行军抵达荥阳城下，一抵达即发动进攻，苗人兵团手忙脚乱，荥阳城瞬间而下。 从刘福通的角度来看察罕帖木儿，他是个绝对的劲敌。察罕帖木儿兵团把在战场上失踪多年的蒙古骑兵快速机动的特点发挥得淋漓尽致。他的兵团善于野战、攻城战、防御战和突袭战。特别是察罕帖木儿兵团在战场上锲而不舍的缠斗让刘福通和他的将军们头痛不已。刘福通他们和元王朝的正规军作战，日出接触，日中时胜负已分。但和察罕帖木儿兵团战斗，日出接触，日落时还未分出胜负。刘福通如果不是靠人海战术，早就溃败。察罕帖木儿本人出色的指挥能力和组织能力是其兵团所向无敌的主要因素，刘福通深知，如果不把这只拦路虎清除，他的革命大业将备受折磨。 1356年春节刚过，刘福通集结重兵三十万向驻扎在中牟（今河南中牟）的察罕帖木儿部发动全面总攻。察罕帖木儿遇到了自起兵保卫祖国以来最大的困难，刘福通几乎是倾巢而来，目的再明确不过，彻底歼灭察部。察罕帖木儿兵团当时只有几万人，而且还算上了收编的苗人兵团。他的参谋们说：“这是一场左右为难的战役，要提起十二分的战斗精神对刘福通，又要打起十二分的精神防备苗人兵团。” 有人认为应该坚守城池，但察罕帖木儿胆大包天，亲自带领他最精锐的兵团大开城门，冲出城去和刘福通的三十万人硬碰硬。双方一接触，察罕帖木儿兵团以一当十，杀声震天动地，在城墙上观看的苗人兵团个个面无人色，浑身发抖。最终，凭借着所向无敌的战斗精神，察罕帖木儿兵团渐渐赢得主动，刘福通兵团体力不支，逐渐败下阵来。在溃逃途中，察罕帖木儿兵团苦苦追击，刘福通的三十万大军伤亡殆尽。 因此一战，察罕帖木儿名声远扬，红巾军听到他的大名，马上魂不附体。1356年九月，刘福通三路北伐，察罕帖木儿再次发挥他的兵团快速机动的优势，把刘福通北伐军的西路军打得措手不及，只好原路返回。 1358年春，刘福通的北伐军北路军与察罕帖木儿兵团同时进入战场，双方展开了血流成河的拉锯战。开始时，大家互有胜负，但随着时间的推移，察罕帖木儿兵团的顽强毅力发挥出神奇的功效，使得刘福通北伐军的北路军接二连三地遭遇惨败。 1359年，刘福通的斩首行动宣告终结，他和那位小皇帝韩林儿坐困汴梁。一直在密切注视刘福通的察罕帖木儿在本年五月带领他的兵团向汴梁推进，一个月后，清除了汴梁城外围，对汴梁城完成包围。察罕帖木儿兵团百道攻城，喊杀声震荡天地，三个月后，汴梁城终于被攻破，刘福通带着韩林儿和百名贴身侍卫趁乱逃出汴梁城，从此一蹶不振。北方红巾军就此正式退出反元的舞台。 察罕帖木儿的功勋到底卓著到何种程度，我们可以这样来表述：刘福通从1351年革命后，他的兵团就锐不可当，在察罕帖木儿未出现时，整个中原地区都是刘福通的控制区域，江南海运漕运不能通行，南北隔绝。察罕帖木儿消灭了刘福通的有生力量，使南北重新连接起来，海运漕运又能通往京师了。至于南方的方国珍、徐寿辉、张士诚，包括那个在悄无声息中发家致富的朱元璋，在察罕帖木儿眼中不过是一群不成气候的强盗而已。如果再给他几年时间，他必然挥师南下，消灭这群南蛮子易如反掌。 从大都方面的角度看察罕帖木儿，他是一位挽狂澜于既倒、扶大厦于将倾的良将。但这只限于北方，也就是说，察罕帖木儿的威名还未传到江浙，当然也就不被刘伯温所知晓，既然无法知晓，刘伯温就不可能知道这个北中国的齐桓公。 但是，用刘伯温大仙的语境来讲就是，虽然有察罕帖木儿这样的伟大人物，但元王朝的气数已尽，所以老天会千方百计让这样的人物演绎一段悲剧，而绝不可能让他成为喜剧人物。 察罕帖木儿最后的结局是这样的：1362年，察罕帖木儿围攻红巾军在今山东地区的最后一个据点益都。之前投降他的红巾军将军田丰把他诱到自己的军营中杀掉了，田丰复叛。自此，中原再度陷入混乱，元王朝的局势又转为恶化。 田丰原本是元政府的一名低级公务员，趁着刘福通革命时，浑水摸鱼，渐渐有了自己的军队，后来恐惧察罕帖木儿的巨大实力，所以投降。但在围攻益都时，田丰突然就对部下说：“察罕帖木儿对中央特派员的态度傲慢，我本以为他是周公人物，想不到是曹操第二。如果做曹操，我也能做。”他的部下就煽动说：“那咱们就干掉他，自己当曹操。” 察罕帖木儿是否有当曹操的心，这根本不是问题。田丰所以说那段话，只是想激起部下的斗志，另外还有个原因，围攻益都时，察罕帖木儿的主力并没有上场，死在益都城下的都是田丰的士兵。田丰所以对察罕帖木儿下手，只是不想让自己的实力继续受到损伤。 田丰邀请察罕帖木儿视察他的军营，察罕帖木儿一点都不怀疑。虽然有部下提醒他，田丰这样的人反复无常，应该有所防备。察罕帖木儿却说：“我真心待人，将心比心，他怎么可能对我下手？” 一个人在评价别人时，其实是在照镜子。如果你是好人，镜子里的你自然就是好人。如果你是坏人，镜子里的你自然就是个坏人。一个把别人看得特别复杂的人，自己也不简单；一个把别人看得特别单纯的人，自己也复杂不到哪里去。 察罕帖木儿就是个好人，是个单纯的人，所以他只带了一个护卫，就进了田丰的军营。结果显而易见，察罕帖木儿被杀。察罕帖木儿壮烈那天，山东风云突变，泰山一颤。远在千里之外的大都，皇帝元顺帝突然说：“东南将失一员大将，赶紧派人去通知察罕帖木儿，最近这段时间不要轻举妄动。”结果使者才进山东，就闻听察罕帖木儿已死。 这个故事告诉我们，天人是真可以感应的；还告诉我们，元顺帝这人也是个半仙；又告诉我们，元王朝的气数到此真的尽了。 1359年年初，刘伯温走出处州城，他和元王朝缘分到此为止。放眼中国大地，南中国已成为战场，北中国也是硝烟弥漫。他只有一个地方可去，那就是老家青田。 关于他走出处州城的事，有两点补充：第一，石抹宜孙认为大丈夫应能屈能伸，不能因为障碍重重就放弃心中的理想。他的意思是，让刘伯温继续留在处州，可以给他打下手。但刘伯温已对政府失望透顶，发出哀叹：“我不敢负国，但现在的确是无所用力了。”第二，刘伯温走出处州城时，不是一个人。他身后跟着一支七百人的小兵团，这是他的心血，他必须要带走。 石抹宜孙最后对他表示出极大的尊重，在为他践行的酒会上，和他说了一大堆豪言壮语。但刘伯温沉默不语，神情哀伤。就在那天晚上，刘伯温突然想起了去年牺牲的余阙。 余阙是当时安庆（今安徽安庆）的军政长官，在徐寿辉的天完兵团的蚕食下，今安徽南北只剩下安庆这一座孤城。在徐寿辉看来，余阙是他有生以来最讨厌的人之一；而在刘伯温看来，余阙是这个世界上最伟大的人物之一，性格刚直，品行高洁。 余阙和刘伯温是同学，余阙是那年进士名单上的“榜眼”，而众所周知，刘伯温的名次被余阙甩出了几条街去。余阙是唐兀人，祖居河西武威（甘肃武威）。后来老爹到庐州做官，余阙也跟着去了，于是，他后来自称籍贯是庐州。 1333年，余阙中进士，到泗州担任行政长官。由于他刚毅耿介，对贪腐官员下手极狠，所以在泗州时被百姓称为青天大老爷。由于政绩突出，后被调到中央做御史。但这下他倒霉了，在地方他是老大，可在中央，他就是个芝麻。由于不懂谄媚之术，所以，他得罪了官场大家伙，被开除公职。当时有谨小慎微的朋友看到余阙大力发挥御史的功能时，就劝他少说话，避免灾祸。余阙回答，我是不怎么聪明，但也知道得罪官场大家伙的后果，可我天生一根筋，就喜欢跟不公对着干。 如果不是余阙后来被重新起用，那些龟缩着的励志学家就会用余阙做个反面例子，说他不懂得明哲保身。 1353年，余阙担任淮西宣慰副使，守卫安庆。当时，余阙面对的对手是徐寿辉。从徐寿辉的角度来看余阙，余阙是个不可多得的行政管理人才，比如他在安庆选中了一块肥沃的土地，命士兵屯田。1355年夏天，大雨冲击屯田，余阙率众加固堤防，秋季就获得大丰收。余阙还不辞辛苦地修筑安庆城防御工事，命令士兵疏浚安庆城的护城壕沟，增高低洼的地势。在外围又环以三道深沟，引长江水注入；四周植高大的木头为栅栏，城上筑起飞楼，使安庆城更加坚不可摧。 从安庆城里那些官员的角度看余阙，余大人是个正义感强大的领导。比如广西苗军后来到安庆支援，在城中抢劫百姓，触犯法律，余阙对苗军士兵从不宽恕，严格按军法办事。 如果从刘伯温的角度来看余阙，那余阙就是一位伟人。多年以后，刘伯温为了纪念余阙牺牲而特意写了首《沁园春》，词曰： “黄金难铸，白璧谁完”是刘伯温对余阙最好的肯定。但在1358年他离开处州回青田老家时，他还从未想过余阙会这么早牺牲。因为一年前，余阙守卫的安庆城多次击退了徐寿辉天完兵团的进攻，安庆城在那时成为不倒的传奇。但就在1357阴历十月，徐寿辉的骁将陈友谅沿江而下，先是奇袭小孤山并将其攻陷，然后直趋安庆城下，并对安庆城完成包围，不分昼夜锲而不舍地猛攻数月。次年一月，安庆城陷，余阙以死殉国。 据民间传说，余阙牺牲时，刘伯温做了个梦。他梦见天突然大开，天开处突然走出一位飘飘有神仙之姿的高大人物来，并对他说：“走，我带你去见识另外一个天。” 刘伯温这时从梦中醒来，烈日炎炎，烽火冲天。他想，另外一个天，应该就是不同于元王朝的天吧！