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Chapter 215 Battle of Poyang Lake

My charming and short-lived ancestor: Woo hoo hoo, that means the Battle of Yashan was really tragic.

Wan Ning can’t sleep at night (Guan): Yes, it’s very pitiful that in the end Lu Xiufu committed suicide by jumping into the sea with the Emperor of Song Dynasty on his back.
Who in the clouds sent me a brocade letter: Agree! That is simply terrible!
Wudu refuses: The pitiful thing is that children should grow up under the love of their father and wait until they grow up to inherit the country. However, these last emperors, many of them rushed to the shelves and did not even receive systematic teachings. Yes, but they have to bear huge responsibilities. Woohoo, pitiful!

I send my thoughts to the bright moon: Yes, that’s why I don’t like the history of the Yuan Dynasty very much, because under the glory of the Yuan Dynasty, there is the lamentation of the Song Dynasty and the decline of the Han people.

The pig came to the bowl quickly: Agreed! And it’s not just the Yuan Dynasty, it can be said that I don’t like the history of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, because underneath the glory of these dynasties are the lamentations of countless people!
Su Yue looked at the comment area and said: "The Battle of Yashan is very frustrating, isn't it? The next battle will be very relaxing! This time it is the battle of the Ming Dynasty - the Battle of Poyang Lake!"

causes of war
When Zhu Yuanzhang's power developed to the south, he first encountered a strong enemy in Chen Youliang.

Chen Youliang was originally a general in Xu Shouhui's uprising army. Later, he murdered Xu Shouhui and proclaimed himself king. His country was named Han.

History background
Chen Youliang occupied Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei, with a vast territory and many soldiers, and established a powerful uprising regime.

In 1360 AD, Chen Youliang led a powerful navy from Caishi down the river to attack Yingtian Mansion, hoping to annex the territory occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang.

pre-war situation
Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly summoned his subordinates to discuss ways to deal with the Han army.

Some said that the strength difference with the Han army was too big, so it was better to surrender as soon as possible; some advocated fleeing to Zhongshan (in today's Nanjing) to defend; others advocated fighting to the death, and if failed, it would not be too late to escape.

Everyone was talking and talking. Only the new counselor Liu Ji stood aside and said nothing.

Battle of Poyang Lake

Zhu Yuanzhang was hesitant, ended the meeting, left Liu Ji alone, and asked him what he had in mind.

Liu Ji said: "I think those who advocate surrender and escape should be killed!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Sir, do you have any way to defeat the enemy?"

Liu Ji said: "The enemy comes from afar to invade us, but we are waiting for work. Are we afraid that we will not win?
If you use more money to reward the soldiers, and use a few ambushes to seize the Han army's weaknesses and attack them, you will have great hope of defeating Chen Youliang. "

war history
This battle severely weakened Chen Youliang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's momentum grew. Chen Youliang was not willing to give in. He gathered all his energy and was determined to take revenge.

Three years later, he built a large number of warships and led an army of 600,000 to attack Hongdu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi).

Poyang Lake

Zhu Yuanzhang personally led an army of 200,000 to rescue Hongdu, and Chen Youliang withdrew the siege and withdrew all the naval forces to Poyang Lake.

Zhu Yuanzhang blocked the exit of Poyang Lake to block the enemy, and decided to fight Chen Youliang in the lake.

Chen Youliang's navy had a large number of warships, which were tall and large, and were lined up in a row that was more than ten miles long; Zhu Yuanzhang's navy consisted of only small boats, and their strength was much worse than Chen Youliang's.

The two sides fought for three consecutive days, and Zhu Jun failed.

General Guo Xing said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The strength of the two sides is too far apart, so we cannot rely on a tough battle. We must attack with fire."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered seven boats loaded with gunpowder, and each boat carried a brisk boat at the stern.

That evening, a northeast wind happened to blow, and Zhu Yuanzhang sent a suicide squad to drive seven small boats, use the wind to light the fire, and go straight to Chen Youliang's ship.

The wind was so strong that it burned all the ships of the Han army in one fell swoop. The flames soared into the sky and illuminated the lake red.

Chen Youliang's soldiers were either burned to death or captured.

war result
Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that the enemy had fallen into the trap, and immediately asked his soldiers to raise the yellow flag and launch an attack.

In a blink of an eye, the war drums were beating in unison, the ambush soldiers on the shore rushed out together, and the naval forces in the waterport also joined the battle.

Chen Youliang was suddenly attacked. The tens of thousands of troops were suddenly in chaos. Countless people were killed or drowned. Twenty thousand soldiers and more than a hundred warships were captured by Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers. Under the protection of his generals, Chen Youliang snatched a small boat and finally escaped with his life.

Chen Youliang led the remaining defeated generals to break through the encirclement at the mouth of Poyang Lake.

But Hukou had already been blocked by Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Chen Youliang broke through, Zhu Jun shot Chen Youliang to death with a burst of arrows.

After Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated Chen Youliang, the largest separatist force in the south, he called himself King of Wu.

In the first month of 1368 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Yingtian and was proclaimed emperor, and his country was named Ming.

In August, Xu Da led an army to attack Dadu, and Emperor Yuan Shun fled to Shangdu.

The Yuan Dynasty, which had ruled China for ninety-seven years, was finally overthrown.

Su Yue did not let them discuss, but said: "Actually, in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the status of those who rebelled was not very high, whether it was Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhang Shicheng, their status was not very high, but this time it has nothing to do with Zhang Shicheng , let’s take a look at Chen Youliang’s personal information!”

Chen Youliang (1320-1363) was a native of Miancheng, Hubei (now Xiantao, Hubei).

The leader of the peasant uprising army in the late Yuan Dynasty and the founder of the "Han" regime.

Chen Youliang was born into a fishing family and was a county official.

He joined the Tianwan Red Scarf Army and was appointed as a bookkeeper by Prime Minister Ni Wenjun. He was promoted to marshal due to his merit.

In September of the seventeenth year of Zhizheng (1357), Ni Wenjun plotted to kill Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, killed Wenjun, and then merged with his army.

He called himself the envoy of Xuanwei, and later changed his name to Pingzhang Zhengshi, and took charge of military power.

Fighting with the Yuan soldiers, they defeated the present-day Jiangxi, Anhui, and Fujian provinces.

In September of the 1359th year of Zhizheng (), he killed Tianwan generals Zhao Pusheng and Xu Shouhui, and their subordinates, took Shouhui hostage, moved the capital to Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and called himself the King of Han.

In the leap month of the following year, he killed Shouhui in Quashi and proclaimed himself emperor. His country was named Dahan and his reign was named Dayi.

To restore the rule of the Han Dynasty.

Zou Pusheng was still appointed as the Grand Master, Zhang Bixian as the Prime Minister, and Zhang Dingbian as the Grand Lieutenant.

After the establishment of the Han regime, while continuing the anti-Yuan war, the military focused on the war against neighboring Zhu Yuanzhang's tribe.

There were several major battles at Lilong Bay, Jiangzhou and Poyang Lake.

Most of the Han soldiers were former vassals of Tianwan. They were deeply dissatisfied with Chen Youliang's usurpation of power, and one after another defected to surrender to Zhu during the war.

In the 1363rd year of Zhengzheng (), Chen Youliang died in a stray arrow in Poyang Lake.

I send my thoughts to Mingyue: Alas, although their backgrounds are not very high, their abilities and courage are first-class.

My charming and short-lived ancestor: Yes, and the most outrageous thing I remember is that Chen Youliang was killed by Liu Ya, right?
I can’t sleep at night (Guan): Agreed! And that battle was probably the time when Chang Yuchun entered Zhu Yuanzhang's field of vision.
Netizen 1234567890 (Guan): Yes! But who is more powerful, the King of Han or Zhu Gaoxu? What did Zhu Di think when he chose the name? Why did you give your son such a royal name?

The pig came to the bowl quickly: Hahahahaha! Blind student, you discovered Hua Dian!
Su Yue looked at the comments and said, "Who knows? Let's take a look at the anecdotes and allusions of this King of Han!"

The legend of the ruined temple
Volume 10 of Yuan Mei's "Zi Buyu" contains an article "The Destruction of the Chen Youliang Temple", which tells the story of the destruction of the Chen Youliang Temple in Jingzhou when Zhao Xili was the county magistrate in the Qing Dynasty and dedicated it to Emperor Guan. However, when Zhao destroyed the temple, he did not know that the temple was dedicated to Chen Youliang. , only after asking Zhang Tianshi did he find out.

Good access to Annan
According to Vietnamese historical records, in the 1354th year of Zhizheng (), Chen Youliang sent an envoy to the Chen Dynasty of Vietnam to repair it, and said that he was the son of Chen Yiji, the king of Annan who was settled in Wuchang by the Yuan Dynasty after the Yuan Yue War.

It is said that after Chen Youliang retreated to Wuchang, he asked the Chen Dynasty for help, but the Chen Dynasty refused.