First of all, the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty were a chaotic era, all red tape and etiquette were broken, and separatist forces were everywhere, mainly including four forces: First, the Han army in Chen Youliang; The second is Wu Jun, Zhang Shicheng; The third is Zhu Yuanzhang; Fourth, the imperial army of the Yuan Dynasty ... The four forces cooperated with each other, contained each other and attacked each other. They had no real friends but only real interests, and Zhu Yuanzhang was the weakest of the four forces.
The law of the jungle, Zhu Yuanzhang was between Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and the Yuan Army was in the north, so Zhu Jiajun was often beaten from the beginning. In order to alleviate this embarrassing situation, Zhu Yuanzhang had to order self-cultivation, adopt the strategy of "building a high wall, accumulating grain, and slowly claiming the king", work less, reduce his sense of existence, and seek the greatest development space.
However, if you don't provoke others, others will provoke you. Chen Youliang will occupy several plots of land tomorrow, and Zhang Shicheng will do something behind it the day after tomorrow ... But these are trivial things, but Anfeng is besieged, and that is a big problem.
Why do you say that?
At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Scarf Army headed by Wang Xiaoming, which reduced a lot of unnecessary troubles. At least, Wang Xiaoming's Red Scarf Army won't beat Zhu Jiajun like Chen Youliang of the Red Scarf Army. In addition, Wang Xiaoming's website, Anfeng area, happens to be in the north of Zhu Yuanzhang. It can be said that the Red Scarf Army in the north blocked many bullets for Zhu Yuanzhang, which contained and weakened the strength of the Yuan Army.
If Anfeng is captured at this time, it means that Zhu Yuanzhang will face the main force of the Yuan Army. When the time comes, Zhu Jiajun's strength is not strong enough to attack with Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and Yuan Army, and it will be out of control. Later dynasties may not be named Zhu.
This is easy to understand! Zhu Yuanzhang had to rescue An Feng for himself and the overall situation. Although he knew that saving Wang Xiaoming was a headache, it was irrelevant to the overall situation.
However, leading a great army to rescue Anfeng will inevitably lead to the emptiness of the defenders in the rear. If Chen Youliang does something at this moment, it will be between Scylla and Charybdis, so Zhu Yuanzhang's move is extremely dangerous. Sure enough, as Liu Ji expected, Chen Youliang jumped in, but instead of attacking the empty Yingtianfu (namely Nanjing), he attacked the heavily guarded Hongdu. This is also God bless Zhu Yuanzhang.
The resolute guards of Hongdu soldiers bought time for Zhu Yuanzhang's defense and finally killed two birds with one stone. The siege of An Feng also defeated Chen Youliang and Chen Youliang, and Zhu Yuanzhang's "Emperor's Dream" went a step further.