Zhang Shicheng, formerly known as Zhang, was the leader of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Rebels at the end of Yuan Dynasty, and was one of the local separatist forces, with rich money. ? Among the leaders of the uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, there was a saying that "Chen Youliang was the most unruly and Zhang Shicheng was the richest", because Zhang Shicheng was uprising as Ding Yan at that time. Zhang Shicheng is the king in Gaoyou, with the title of Zhou, and the title of God bless. Later, its capital was Pingjiang.

Zhang Shicheng was born in poverty, and they had to transport salt to support their families. Later, I prepared an armed riot with a few daring salt people. The salt workers working in the saltworks couldn't stand the hard work, so they elected Zhang Shicheng as the leader and captured Taizhou. Zhang Shicheng became king in Gaoyou on 1353.

Battle of Gaoyou

However, trees attract the wind. In A.D. 1354, Dayuan Dynasty sent a million troops to attack and surrounded Gaoyou. The Prime Minister Tuotuo also said that Gaoyou had been captured, and he wanted to kill all the people in Gaoyou. It's a pity that there were no reinforcements in Zhang Shicheng at that time.

Their insurgents, after all, are a mixed bag of good and evil people, with uneven combat power, which is of course far less than the regular army of the imperial court. Under the attack of Yuan army day and night, the insurgents suffered great setbacks, and the food in the city was about to run out, but they resisted for three months.

A happy victory

Fortunately, there was something wrong with the internal politics of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the handsome generals and prime ministers were inseparable, and they plotted against the treacherous court official in the DPRK. Yuan Shundi listened to slanderers and cut off the post of prime minister. Millions of troops were leaderless, and Zhang Shicheng took the opportunity to defeat the reinforcements. This campaign really made Zhang Shicheng famous. The battle of Gaoyou is a legend.

However, it is said that it is extremely prosperous and extremely declining. Zhang Shicheng was finally defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang in the subsequent battle. Finally, he hanged himself at the age of 47.