On July 21, the Battle of Poyang Lake officially began.

The two sides set up formations on the lake. Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers discover a serious problem: their warships were too small and looked like toys in front of Chen Youliang's giant ship. Among Chen Youliang's warships, the largest was fifteen feet long and fifteen feet wide.

Two feet, three feet high - you can calculate how big the ship is by yourself. The ship is divided into three floors, and there are actually soldiers on horseback patrolling back and forth on the ship. The stern cannot be seen from the front of the ship (the bow and stern are not facing each other), and the soldiers

Standing on your own warship, you can only look up at the enemy ship (you can't attack when you look up).

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's warships were actually mainly composed of Chen Youliang's ships captured in the Battle of Longwan in the 20th year of Zhengzheng, as well as several fishing boats. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers had already heard that Chen Youliang's warships were powerful, they could only observe them from a close distance.

, only to realize what a terrifying fleet this is.

How to fight this battle?

This scene must have left a deep impression on Zhu Yuanzhang. After that, the Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding always aimed at giant ships. When Zheng He sailed to the West, the largest "treasure ship" was actually 127 meters long. It seemed that

It was a demonstration to Chen Youliang from decades ago.

But in this case, retreat is impossible and the only option is to fight.

First attack! Xu Da’s fierce attack!

Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his method of defeating the enemy amidst lamentations. He believed that although the enemy's ships were large, their maneuverability was not good. By using the flexibility of his own ships, he could defeat the enemy (it was unfavorable for advance and retreat, but it could be destroyed).

That being said, who is going to fight?

At this time, Xu Da stood up:

"I will be a pioneer!"

Xu Da is not an ordinary man. He carefully analyzed the weaknesses of the enemy ships, ordered his ships to form a small team, and brought muskets and crossbows. When approaching the enemy, he first fired muskets and crossbows. After approaching the enemy ship, he climbed aboard the enemy ship.

, engage in close combat with the enemy.

After careful consideration, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Liao Yongzhong and others formulated a detailed combat plan, preparing to deal a heavy blow to Chen Youliang.

The next day, Xu Da led his fleet to launch an assault.

He took the lead and led the front army to advance. After approaching Chen Youliang's army, he unexpectedly led his troops to launch a surprise attack on Chen Youliang's front army.

Chen Youliang's army was greatly panicked. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang's army took the initiative to attack and hurriedly sent out a fleet to attack. At this time, Xu Da's fleet suddenly divided into eleven teams and besieged the giant ship from different angles (similar to the wolf pack tactic). Due to the action of the giant ship,

Unfortunately, they were unable to repel Xu Da's attack. However, Xu Da's army took advantage of the situation and climbed onto one of the giant ships, killing more than a thousand enemies and capturing the ship. Chen Youliang's former army was defeated.

Chen Youliang's army discovered the characteristics of Xu Da's attack, and gathered dozens of giant ships to launch a swarm attack. Xu Da hurriedly retreated the fleet, and Chen Youliang's army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack. However, they did not expect that it was a trap.

Chen Youliang's army followed Xu Da. At this time, the wind direction suddenly turned against the wind. Yu Tonghai, who had been waiting in the Chinese fleet for a long time, immediately concentrated a large number of artillery and violently bombarded Chen Youliang's army who entered the range. Chen Youliang's forward fleet was almost wiped out. Twenty

The remaining warships were burned.

Zhu Yuanzhang's army flag was raised in victory.

But Chen Youliang was Chen Youliang after all. After the initial failure, he reorganized the fleet in time, took advantage of his giant ships, and used the artillery on the ships to launch a fierce attack on Xu Dajun.

During this attack, Xu Da's battleship was hit, and he had to abandon his flagship and move to other ships, temporarily losing the ability to command the fleet. Chen Youliang's army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, sinking dozens of Zhu Yuanzhang's battle lines in succession.

Zhu Yuanzhang's army suffered heavy losses, and countless people drowned.

The two sides returned to a stalemate.

However, the nightmare of Zhu Yuanzhang's army had just begun. Chen Youliang's army was about to launch an unexpected attack. This attack was not expected by Chen Youliang, but it was fatal to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The charge of the first fierce general Zhang Dingbian

The end of the Yuan Dynasty was an era when famous generals emerged in large numbers. There were a large number of brave generals under the various princes. Among them, Zhu Yuanzhang's generals were the strongest. Each of these people had their own expertise, such as Xu Dashan who was good at strategy, Li Wen who was good at running, Chang Yuchun who was good at running.

He is good at attacking, Feng Sheng is good at flanking, and Zhu Wenzheng is good at defense. But when it comes to bravery, there is no one like Zhang Dingbian in the world!

Zhang Dingbian, born in 1318, was originally from Mianyang, Hubei Province. Like Chen Youliang, he also came from a fishing family. Not only was he brave and good at fighting, but he also knew astronomy and geography, and even knew how to tell fortunes. He was Chen Youliang's childhood friend and his best friend.

As early as when they were in Hubei, they became sworn brothers with Chen Youliang and Zhang Bixian and swore to live and die together. Chen Youliang was suspicious all his life, but he had great trust in this person.

After the war situation reached a stalemate, Zhang Dingbian decided to implement his action. This action was not known to Chen Youliang in advance. I believe that if he knew, he would never agree to implement it.

Zhang Dingbian led his flagship and two auxiliary ships out of Chen Youliang's naval camp. Both the Chen and Zhu armies thought he was out for a cruise and did not pay attention. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened.

Zhang Dingbian led his three ships without stopping and rushed directly to Zhu Yuanzhang's flagship!

Take Yuan Zhang's head from a million troops!

Zhang Dingbian was so brave that he rushed into the front line of Zhu Yuanzhang's navy alone. At this time, both sides of the battle were stunned by him. Chen Youliang's army did not know why this happened, and Zhu Yuanzhang's army was not on guard, and the forwards retreated one after another.

Zhang Dingbian ignored him and went straight to Zhu Yuanzhang.

It was not until they rushed to the central army that Zhu Yuanzhang's navy realized that his target was Zhu Yuanzhang, the commander-in-chief of the entire army!

The stunned generals recovered and immediately commanded their warships to stop them. Zhang Dingbian rushed to the center, but was surrounded by more than thirty warships. There was no way forward, and there were pursuers behind him.

From the general's perspective, Zhang Dingbian's performance was over.

But something that stunned them even more was yet to come.

Zhang Dingbian can be said to be full of courage. He was trapped in a tight siege and fought alone, but he became more courageous and unstoppable as he fought!

Although he went deep alone, he was extremely brave. In order to boost morale, he stood on the bow of the ship with a sword in hand to show that he would never retreat. The soldiers were impressed by his courage and fought with all their strength. The ship actually fought its way out of the siege and fought all the way.

Defeated Zhu Yuanzhang's various generals, killed generals Han Cheng, Chen Zhaoxian, Song Gui and others, broke out a bloody road, cut Zhu Yuanzhang's navy in half, and headed straight for Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the rear army, saw Zhang Dingbian's warship rushing all the way, and panicked, and quickly ordered the ship to avoid it. Unexpectedly, it rained all night, and because the rudder was turned too quickly, the ship ran aground!

Zhu Yuanzhang was already at his wits' end. There were no warships coming to rescue him, and he was about to be taken prisoner.

In martial arts novels, whenever similar situations are encountered, beauties suffer and martial arts masters come to rescue. Facts tell us that in real history, martial arts masters will also come forward in critical moments. Zhu Yuanzhang at this time is an example

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Although he is not a hero saving beauty (the image is far from that), he is still quite legendary.

Shooting champion Chang Yuchun

At this time, Chang Yuchun's warship was not far away from Zhu Yuanzhang. When everyone was anxious, he came to the lookout sergeant with a bow in hand and said to him calmly: "Don't panic, tell me,

Which one is Zhang Dingbian?"

The sergeant pointed with his finger at a man on the bow of the warship ahead. Chang Yuchun drew his bow and set an arrow. Before the sergeant put his hand down, the arrow had already left the string, and the arrow hit Zhang Dingbian (it was still a moving target)!

After Zhang Dingbian was shot, he was unable to command the battle, so he withdrew from Zhu Yuanzhang's navy without anyone stopping him.

Zhang Dingbian was considered as Zhao Zilong for a time. Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang was not Cao Cao, and there was no rule not to shoot arrows.

The battle on the second day ended here. It was truly a thrilling day.

That night, Chen Youliang held a combat meeting and summarized the experience of the day's combat. He believed that in order to give full play to the strengths of his warships, it was necessary to ensure group assaults. However, the ships' traveling speeds were different and unification could not be guaranteed, so he creatively (in his opinion)

I came up with an idea: connect the boats with iron ropes (it looks familiar)!

This really shouldn't be done. It is said that Chen Youliang has a very good relationship with Shi Naian. In this case, he should also know Luo Guanzhong, so he really shouldn't make this mistake. For some reason, Chen Youliang actually used the fainting method that Cao Cao used back then.

Zhao, it seems that Luo Guanzhong may not have completed "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" at that time, or he may have forgotten to give him a copy after finishing "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and publishing it.

The third day.

Zhu Yuanzhang attacked first. He blew the horn himself and summoned all the troops to prepare for the decisive battle. At this time, Chen Youliang's chain fleet exerted great power. They were connected together and stretched as far as ten miles away, as far as the eye could see.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent three fleets to attack in succession, but they were all defeated. However, Chen Youliang was keenly aware that Zhu Yuanzhang's right wing was weak, so he commanded the army to attack the right wing of Zhu Yuanzhang's army. This move was so powerful that Zhu Yuanzhang's army could not resist it. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Yuanzhang

Stand in front of the ship with your sword in person, use the flagship as the bottom line, and kill anyone who retreats with your own hands!

However, after killing more than ten Qianhu who retreated, he still could not stop the defeat, and his army was about to collapse. Unexpectedly, at this time, a fierce general similar to Zhang Dingbian appeared in his army.

Ding Pulang was Zhao Pusheng's sworn brother and one of the four kings of the Xu Army at that time. He defected to Zhu Yuanzhang not out of voluntariness but as a last resort, so he had never been active in fighting, but his opponent at this time made him reveal himself.

The true nature of a madman.

For him, everything comes second, only brotherly loyalty is the most important. Chen Youliang, a despicable villain, killed Zhao Pusheng, and he must pay for it with his life today!

It is said that he erected a seven-foot white cloth on the bow of his boat and wrote in eight characters: "No one else will ask, only punish Jiusi", because it is rumored that Chen Youliang's nickname is Chen Jiusi, which means that I only want to settle accounts with Chen Youliang, and it has nothing to do with it.

Everyone stepped aside.

Chen Jiusi and Zhu Chongba, judging from their names, they are both hard-working people.

After putting on a good show at Zhang Dingbian, Ding Pulang acted in the sequel. He also led his warships towards the enemy formation. This was when Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated, so his attack boosted the morale of the army, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to hold on until

During the decisive battle.

However, the direction of his charge was not ideal. Unlike Zhang Dingbian, he attacked wherever there were many people. Being brave is brave, but it was ineffective, and he suffered a lot (he suffered more than ten wounds). This

This is the difference between the courage of a famous general and the courage of an ordinary man.

How to get the rank of general in an army of millions

Here is an analysis of this strange phenomenon in war. How to take the head of a general out of a million-strong army. If you study it carefully, you will find that this is a technical job.

In Japanese side-scrolling games (such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms), if you want to defeat the generals Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao and others, you must first defeat a large number of small soldiers such as Zhao Xiong, Pangpang, etc. My skills are too poor and I can't see them every time.

By the time he reaches the rank of general, he has already died at the hands of unknown people.

The actual war is similar. It is not easy to defeat the generals by overcoming thousands of armies!

Let’s take the Three Kingdoms general Guan Yu as an example. The process of his killing Yan Liang (this is a historical fact) is worth studying. First of all, Yan Liang stood in front of the battle and did not know that Guan Yu was coming to kill him; secondly, Guan Yu relied on fast transportation (

Horse), "Shouted loudly and rushed down." Yan Liang lost his head before he knew what happened.

It can be seen that this killing method has several characteristics. In simple terms, it means to find a loophole and give you a knife when you are not prepared. It has the meaning of stabbing you in the dark.
To be continued...