有失必有所得
《明朝那些事儿》（七）
一、打仗要靠家乡兵，汉高祖刘邦取得天下，核心团队是他的沛县老乡，萧何、樊哙、周勃、王陵等。
1. Wars must be fought with hometown troops. When Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, seized the empire, his core team consisted of his fellow townsmen from Pei County, including Xiao He, Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Wang Ling, and others.
二、东汉光武帝刘秀的将领，多是刘秀的老家南阳人。朱元璋打天下，也是靠了他的濠州兵团，最初二十四将领中有徐达、汤和、陆仲亨、花云、周德兴、耿炳文等。
2. The generals of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, Liu Xiu, were mostly from his hometown of Nanyang. When Zhu Yuanzhang fought to establish his rule, he also relied on his Haozhou troops. Among the initial twenty-four generals were Xu Da, Tang He, Lu Zhongheng, Hua Yun, Zhou Dexing, Geng Bingwen, and others.
三、迷信是封建时代人们的通病，要想占有天下，必须要占据王气之地。南京就是这么一个地方，紫金山纵横南北，恰似巨龙潜伏，而石头山则临江陡峭，如虎盘踞，这就是南京龙盘虎踞的来历。
3. Superstition was a common ailment among people in the feudal era. To dominate the land, one had to occupy a place with royal aura. Nanjing was such a place: the Purple Mountain runs north-south like a lurking giant dragon, while the Stone Mountain stands steep by the river, crouched like a tiger. This is the origin of Nanjing's description as "a coiling dragon and a crouching tiger."
四、俞通海，《明史》上说他是水军头目，其实这人就是沿江打劫的强盗，但是到朱元璋那里，他就是个重要的人物，杀点人、抢点钱没关系，有用就行。
4. Yu Tonghai is recorded in the "History of Ming" as a naval commander, but in reality, he was a robber who plundered along the river. However, to Zhu Yuanzhang, he was an important figure. Killing some people and seizing some money didn't matter—what mattered was that he was useful.
五、朱元璋于至正十五年（1355）八月和九月连续两次攻击集庆，都被元军击败。然而失败对朱元璋来说并不一定是坏事，因为在这两次战斗中，郭天叙和张天祐都战死了，朱元璋顺理成章地成为了都元帅。
5. In August and September of 1355, Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Jiqing twice in a row, but both times he was defeated by the Yuan army. However, failure wasn't necessarily a bad thing for Zhu Yuanzhang, because in these two battles, Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou both died in combat, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to logically assume the position of chief marshal.
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