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We all know that the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and most of the history books also emphasize that Zhu Yuanzhang was invincible, and the eight immortals across the sea with the peasant army, each showing their divine powers, as if the Yuan Dynasty was in a state of hanging up throughout the whole process.
In fact, in the real historical records, the Yuan Dynasty is not without high-ranking people, some of them are very strong, and some people are even called the first-class figures of that era. But the sad thing is that these people are either killed because of bad intentions, or they are too capable and are suspected by their superiors.
All in all, most of the power of the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed by internal friction, for example, this article will talk about a famous general of the Yuan Dynasty, who was very capable, even surpassing Zhu Yuanzhang's old rival Wang Baobao. But it was such a strong figure who was forced to go nowhere and became a big loss for the Yuan Dynasty, so what is going on?
Looking back at the history of the Yuan Dynasty, many people may be very unfamiliar with this, because the 100 years of the Yuan Dynasty seem to be a mess, and there are only a few people who have left their names in history. If you are an ordinary person, you may only know Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan or the last emperor Yuan Shun Emperor, and the only general he can fight, Wang Baobao.
In fact, although the history of the Yuan Dynasty is chaotic, it will not weaken to a few three melons and two dates in 100 years, at least in the Yuan Dynasty, there are still some emperors who can still come up with it, such as Yuan Wenzong and Yuan Renzong, who can be regarded as emperors above the son of the MiddleMan, and also advocate Sinicization.
Even in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang's invincibility, the Yuan Dynasty had a patron saint, who was recognized as the most capable general in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, and his name was Polo Timur.
Many people may be curious, because the general of the late Ming Dynasty who is most read in the history books of the Ming Dynasty seems to be Wang Baobao, so who is this person?
According to historical records, Polo Timur was a natural general, who was not only infinitely powerful, but also brave in battle, and followed his father to the battlefield at a very young age, and quickly stood out. Remember that in the Ming historical records, many people lamented that the Mongols had lost the flesh of Genghis Khan, in fact, if we only look at Polo Timur, we can unceremoniously say that the glory of Genghis Khan still blooms on this person.
We need not repeat the merits of this person when he was young, in short, it is all the way to fight, all the way up. His real military achievements lie in the confrontation between the Northern Expedition of the Red Turban Army that year. The history books record that in the eighteenth year of Zhengzheng, Liu Fu's Red Turban Army invaded Henan and attacked the north in three ways.
This time, the Northern Expedition was fierce, and several large armies were like bamboo, and to put it bluntly, the Yuan Dynasty had almost no hope at that time. Of course, there was naturally an element of the peasant army's fierceness, including those Mongol armies who were no longer good at fighting, but it was just such a coincidence that Polo Timur jumped out like a fierce man descending from heaven and directly blocked the Northern Expeditionary Army with the remnants of his father's troops.
Subsequently, the peasant rebel army rushed to the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and as a result, this man rushed north with his troops to save the car. This man's army, like a steel knife, soon tore through the encirclements of the peasant rebel army and crushed them so that they could not be connected end to end.
Later, this person refused to sweep away the leaves like a fierce wind, and generally chased the rebel army troops directly to Liaodong and Korea, and the rebel army did not dare to resist it. Under the operation of this person, the Yuan Dynasty defused the possibility of being wiped out by the peasant army, otherwise, I am afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would become a supporting role.
Through the accumulation of many military achievements, Polo Timur soon became a powerful figure in the Yuan Dynasty, and the emperor at that time, Emperor Yuanshun, was even more blue-eyed at him, using him as a barrier to the Great Wall of the Empire.
However, the embarrassing thing is that although the heavens gave the Yuan Dynasty a chance, the yuan dynasty began to be chaotic. First of all, it was natural that Polo Timur Gong was highly overshadowed, and as a result, the emperor began to be suspicious of him, so the emperor took away his military power. Subsequently, the crown prince and Wang Baobao squeezed him out, and the contradictions between the two sides were on the verge of erupting, and even evolved to the point of mutiny.
And the situation at that time was somewhat delicate, because although the Yuan Dynasty was a Mongol regime, in fact, the generals who mainly held military power at that time became Han Chinese, such as Wang Baobao, as we know it, was actually a Han general to some extent, and the real general of the Mongols was only Polo Timur. Therefore, the situation at that time was so dangerous that in the end, everyone was unable to hold back the agitation and a military confrontation broke out.
Wang Baobao and the crown prince took the initiative to attack, and the armies on both sides poured into the capital and launched a fierce battle, but the more embarrassing result was that the crown prince was defeated and retreated, and Polo Timur defeated the later famous general.
At this point, in fact, everything was irretrievable, the Yuan Dynasty had fallen into a division, and the great general no longer had the so-called idea of loyalty and patriotism.
According to the historical records, after this person won the battle, he was like a different person, starting the wine pond meat forest every day, and playing with women everywhere. What is even more exaggerated is that this person has occupied more than 40 royal children before and after, and even used his hands and feet against the empress of Emperor Yuanshun. But the empress was also a powerful figure, and she directly said that she was old and weak and could not serve the other party, so she asked to marry her daughter to the other party.
However, a very funny scene occurred next, because this person did not understand etiquette, let alone the rules of the court, so he did not worship heaven and earth at all and drank a cup of wine, and directly snatched the princess back to sleep that night, making the whole court in an uproar.
But we can't think of this man as a waste, because history records another point, during this man's victorious reign, he implemented a large number of policies of security, and he desperately wanted to maintain the rule of the north. If, in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the rulers treated the people as livestock, then this person was at least willing to let the people live, and he was still trying to appease the people.
However, the national fortunes of the Yuan Dynasty have long been gone, and no matter how he can fight, he cannot prevent the division of the country, and perhaps he himself is aware of this. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Wang Baobao to come back with people killed, and then Polo Timur died tragically.
In fact, looking back at the history before Zhu Yuanzhang appeared, there were many high-ranking people in that year, such as Liu Futong, the leader of the Red Turban Army, and even the protagonist of this article, and even we can count the Yuan Shun Emperor and Wang Baobao, they were all temporary choices, but they did not become the chosen sons of that era. One by one, these people are at war with each other, but they ignore that there is a giant awakening behind them. It is really an effort to make wedding clothes for others in vain.