Jiangxi, Poyang Lake.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who arrived here early, had completely blocked off the lake and completed his personnel dispatch arrangements.

Even though everything had been arranged, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had already prepared for the thug Chen Youliang, still did not dare to take it lightly. He was too powerful, far exceeding himself in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment. In this case,

Zhu Yuanzhang had to mobilize before the war.

He gathered all the soldiers who came with him to Poyang Lake this time on his warship and said something serious:

Chen Youliang has been besieging Hongdu for a long time. Today he heard that we came to Poyang and did not retreat but took the initiative to fight. This shows that he is determined to fight with us to death.

In this case, I hope that everyone can work together and advance and retreat together. Whether we can wipe out this thief in one fell swoop depends on this battle.

Wen Zheng's 40,000 troops could withstand Chen Youliang's 600,000 troops for three months. Can't our 200,000 troops still be able to defeat Chen Youliang, whose energy has been greatly reduced?

Yes, it must be possible.

Many of you are old people who have been working with me since Haozhou. From nothing at the beginning to the 200,000 soldiers and horses now, we have earned it bit by bit with our own blood and our lives.

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In the past we were able to win a battle with one against ten, and today we can also defeat it with one against three.

Today's battle can be said to be our last battle.

If you win this battle, you will be able to enjoy wealth and glory.

If we lose this battle, neither the monks nor we will be able to live as farmers, and we will only face death.

Wealth, success or failure, all depend on this battle.

All we can do is: kill him.

Kill this unkind, unjust, unfaithful and unfilial thug.

As long as you kill him, all the remaining troubles will no longer be troubles.

When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!

Come on, Chen Youliang, let's fight it out in Poyang Lake.

The positions of both sides have been completely determined. With no negotiation and no possibility of reconciliation, the battle between the two sides has officially begun.

On July 24, 1363, the Battle of Poyang Lake officially began.

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Poyang Lake, Kanglang Mountain!

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang's troops met at Kanglang Mountain.

This is the main battlefield of the battle between both sides.

The weapon configurations of both sides are: Chen Youliang's giant battleship and Zhu Yuanzhang's small fishing boat.

Facing the opponent's huge warship that was several stories high, and then looking back at his own pitiful small fishing boat that was broken into pieces and sunk upon impact, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the host, was the first to appear based on the four principles of showing his sword first when encountering an enemy.

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The representative of the home field is Xu Da.

The assistants beside him are: Chang Yuchun and Liao Yongzhong.

Their weapons are muskets, crossbows and blades.

Xu Da's strategy is this.

Chen Youliang's ship looks majestic and huge on the surface, but its biggest weakness is its lack of maneuverability.

On the other hand, the ship on our side is just the opposite. Although our ship is small, it can move flexibly.

Seeing this, Xu Da decided to recruit some elites and distribute them evenly according to eleven equal parts. Since at that time, the number of firearms was not very sufficient in the era of cold war replacement, so

Xu Da distributed fire blunderbuss to several of the warships, while the remaining troops used crossbows, and the remaining troops used swords to fight at close range.

Then let this group of people take fast boats to quickly approach the enemy camp, and select several relatively close enemy ships to conduct rapid attacks from different directions.

These people seem a bit like death squads now.

Their mission should be to do it if they can do it, and if they can't do it, go to heaven and finish.

Although this method seemed a bit reckless on the surface, it was a good strategy for Zhu Yuanzhang to defeat the enemy at that time.

Because it was the first time for Zhu Yuanzhang and his party to encounter an extra-large warship like Chen Youliang that was widened and lengthened, and they had no experience.

In order to succeed in one blow, Xu Da was responsible for commanding this raid.

As a true general in the Zhu family army who is more powerful than ten thousand people, Xu Da should have some confidence since he dared to do this.

Although the risk of doing this is relatively high, it is an encouragement and motivation for one's own morale.

Xu Da thought so, and he also did the same.

After everything was prepared and Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses were already in a head-to-head posture, Xu Da, who was fully prepared, took the lead in launching the attack.

He relied on his own advantage of being small and maneuverable to quickly approach the enemy warship, and climbed onto the opponent's ship without the opponent paying attention. When the opponent was completely unprepared and unprepared mentally, he launched a round of fire offensive.

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Xu Da's approach is somewhat similar to that of Deng Yu in Hongdu.

It's the same intense fire attack, and it's also the same shotgun. The only difference is that one is passive and takes the beating, and the other is active in attacking.

And their effects are the same,

This time Xu Da's charge resulted in 1,500 casualties on Chen Youliang's side, and preparations for a glorious return trip after a battleship was forcibly captured.

Faced with this battle situation, Chen Youliang had no reaction at all.

He completely did not expect that the opponent would dare to launch an attack when he was obviously at a disadvantage.

After reacting, Chen Youliang immediately ordered a counterattack and asked his vanguard troops to pursue Xu Da's troops.

At this time, the speed advantages and disadvantages of Zhu Yuanzhang's small ship and Chen Youliang's giant ship were clearly revealed.

Because before Xu Da's ship could sail back to its own camp, Chen Youliang's giant ship had already pressed forward and blocked Xu Da and all his ships on the lake.

At this time another person appeared.

His name is Yu Tonghai.

His main task is to be responsible for the rearguard work of Xu Da's trip.

As Xu Da returned, Yu Tonghai, who was also a reserve officer and soldier, immediately ordered his soldiers to sail to meet him.

At the same time, the artillery loaded on all the rear ships was ordered to fire on the enemy's pursuing troops.

Yu Tonghai's purpose was simple and clear, which was to try to open a hole for Xu Da through fire cover and clear a way out for Xu Da.

Facing Yu Tonghai's artillery, Chen Youliang was obviously not a vegetarian.

Chen Youliang, who has always been bloodthirsty, also used artillery to fight back, and his firepower configuration was obviously much higher than Zhu Yuanzhang's.

After a round of artillery bombardment, Chen Youliang's side received more than 20 warships and thousands of soldiers who drowned or died in battle.

The price paid by Zhu Yuanzhang was equally heavy, because in the first round of fierce fighting, Marshals Han Cheng, Song Gui, and Chen Zhaoxian were killed one after another, while Xu Da, the leader, was still trapped in the enemy camp and could not escape.

At this time, a more dangerous situation appeared, because Chen Youliang's troops began to use artillery. The warship Xu Da was riding did not have the cost of being wrapped in iron sheets by Chen Youliang, so his ship was fortunately affected, and the fire spread quickly.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, Han Cheng, Song Gui and others can die in battle, because although their death in battle will have an impact on their own morale, it will not damage the foundation. However, Xu Da, a general who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, can

There absolutely cannot be any mistakes.

If something goes wrong with Xu Da, it will mean that the battle has just begun and has already failed.

And it was a complete and utter failure.

Faced with this emergency situation, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to personally lead the army to carry out emergency rescue.

Since it was a rescue, there could not be too much delay. Zhu Yuanzhang urgently dispatched several small boats for support.

The reason why I say small boats is because it is said in history books that Zhu Yuanzhang sent a boat to aid Da. Since it was a boat, it must not be very big. Besides, there were only a few large ships on Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and they were all used in the Battle of Longwan last time.

After being captured, I estimate that these large ships were almost destroyed in the subsequent constant friction with Chen Youliang. There should be very few large warships that can be used by Zhu Yuanzhang now.

As the absolute leader, Zhu Yuanzhang's personal participation in the battle will definitely have a different effect.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's personal appearance, it also had an encouraging effect on Xu Da's troops.

Therefore, Xu Da was very lucky that Chen Youliang's troops did not make dumplings for him during the fight.

Instead, he was honored to tear a hole in the enemy's encirclement and hurriedly escaped from it.

Seeing the dumpling stuffing slipping away from under his nose, Chen Youliang, who had lost the chance, should have chosen to retreat.

After all, the encirclement has no effect, and there is no point in working hard anymore.

But there is one person who thinks differently.

Because in this situation where the outcome seemed to be decided, he found an excellent opportunity to attack.

If this opportunity can be grasped, not only can it be solved once and for all, but also future troubles can be eliminated forever.

This person is none other than Zhang Dingbian.
To be continued...