Chen Youliang heard that Zhu Yuanzhang personally led a large army to help, so he hurriedly withdrew from the siege of Hongdu and went east to Poyang Lake to meet the battle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhu Wenzheng sat on the city wall and cried loudly, holding on to Hong for eighty-five days and finally waiting for reinforcements, this should be a happy event, but he couldn't laugh, there were only a few thousand of the 40,000 soldiers left, and the others fell under the city wall of Hongdu.

Especially Zhang Ziming, Chen Youliang hated being played with by him, and he didn't even let go of the dead, threw his body into the river, and buried him in the belly of the fish. Zhu Wenzheng couldn't collect his body for him, so he could only make a well-dressed mound to commemorate this brother who used his life to transmit information.

"Brothers, the army of the Duke of China has arrived at Poyang Lake, do you still have the strength to go out of the city with me to attack Chen Youliang and avenge the dead brother?" Looking at the enemy ships that slowly disappeared on the horizon, Zhu Wenzheng made another bold decision, he was not willing to sit in Hongdu, and was ready to send troops to Yugan County to cut off a retreat for Chen Youliang.

"Yes!" Hong General's face did not have the joy of the rest of his life, only the indignation of his dead comrades-in-arms and the hatred of Chen Youliang, the culprit of all this.

"Okay, let's recuperate, and when Guogong and Chen Youliang start a war, we will sneak attack from behind!" Zhu Wenzheng was a little more mature, and did not force the soldiers to go on the expedition now regardless of fatigue.

On June 20, Zhu Yuanzhang led his sailors into Poyang Lake from Songmen and encountered the Han army on the surface of Kanglang Mountain.

As soon as the two armies faced each other, the disadvantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's side became apparent. Their warships were too small, most of them were Chen Youliang's ships captured at Lulongshan that year, as well as some Yuan Tinglou boats and small fishing boats brought by Yu Yanyu and Liao Yongzhong when they returned to Shun.

And the giant ships on Chen Youliang's side were like mountains, and these fleets were connected and deployed for dozens of miles. Even if the ship the Lady Army was riding in was at the rear of the team, they could see the enemy's huge ship from afar.

No way, those ships are too huge, the largest is more than ten zhang long, two zhang wide, and three zhang high, just like the cruise ships of later generations, not facing each other. Ma Xiuying even saw that there were cavalry riding horses back and forth on the deck, and countless Han soldiers were lying on the side of the ship, looking up at their own ships and pointing, as if they were laughing loudly.

Xun Ying said worriedly: "Madam, how can this battle be fought? Our fleet is like a toy in front of Chen Youliang's giant ship, and it will shatter when it hits. ”

"What are you afraid of, ants can still bite and kill elephants, Guogong and they will definitely be able to find a way to defeat Chen Youliang. Ma Xiuying deliberately said loudly in a contemptuous tone, she couldn't let Chen Youliang's giant ship crush the morale of her own soldiers.

Sure enough, when the surrounding women's army and the soldiers on the deck heard that a pock-faced sister-in-law was so ambitious, they couldn't help but blush, their fear dissipated, and their confidence doubled.

The same issue was also discussed among Zhu Yuanzhang and the generals, everyone knew Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, and no one opened their eyes to propose to escape or surrender, but only discussed whether they should fight head-on or outflank.

However, in the face of Chen Youliang's huge sailors, neither method is advisable, and using a small boat to attack a giant ship is undoubtedly an egg hitting a stone, whether it is a frontal battle or a roundabout outflank, it is as inadequate as a praying mantis's arm. The generals were at a loss, racking their brains and unable to think of a good solution, the whole conference room fell into a sluggish atmosphere, noon had passed, everyone had forgotten about eating, and was still thinking about it.

However, just because they forgot to eat doesn't mean that Ma Xiuying will forget. I saw that the door of the meeting cabin was pushed, and the pock-faced sister-in-law who boarded the main ship walked in with a plate of black dishes, and said: "Forgive me, the slave didn't control the heat today, and accidentally fried the vegetables, and the slave and maid are going to make a new one for you now?"

Zhou Dexing shouted impatiently: "This is an important military plane, who let you in? Get out! What about the guards at the gate, are they all dead? Anyone dares to let them in." ”

The guard hurriedly said, "The general forgives her sins, and the villain will let her go." He whispered to the pock-faced sister-in-law: "Auntie, you can kill me, you said that the prince can't enter when he is deliberating, and you have to break in......"

The pock-faced sister-in-law turned around and avoided the guards' drive, "People are iron and rice are steel, you have to eat if you don't eat Guogong, I don't care about those, anyway, Mrs. Ma wants me to take care of Guogong." ”

Hearing the pock-faced sister-in-law mention Ma Xiuying, the soldier subconsciously hesitated.

The angry Zhou Dexing choked, his eyes fell on the plate, and he sneered: "You use fried vegetables to fool Guogong, and Mrs. Ma asked you to take care of Guogong like this?"

The pock-faced sister-in-law ignored him, squatted down and explained to Zhu Yuanzhang: "It is indeed the slave's fault that the slave maid fried the vegetables today and delayed the time of the national public's food, but there is a reason why the slave and maid fried the scorched vegetables, so I came in to explain to the national princess." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhou Dexing, who was red-faced and thick-necked, and then looked at the pock-faced sister-in-law who was full of words, and thought that she was sent by Ma Xiuying after all, so he gave her a step and asked, "Oh, what is the reason?"

The pock-faced sister-in-law seemed to have opened the conversation box and chattered, "When the slave and maid were cooking today, I heard them say that the enemy had a big ship on fire, and the slave and maid ran out to see the excitement for a while and forgot about the pot, but unfortunately only one ship was on fire, how nice it would be if all the ships were burned, so that the prince would win without fighting......"

The room was surprisingly quiet, and the originally impatient crowd became concentrated, and they didn't know if Xu Da was the first person to be enlightened, he clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Guogong, there is a way, we can attack with fire." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said kindly to the pock-faced sister-in-law: "It's good to fry the scorch, it's good to fry the scorch, you go down to rest first." You don't have to deliberately prepare a meal for me today, I'll eat with General Xu and them later. ”

Finally not in vain did not waste her carefully fried meal, Ma Xiuying took the plate and retreated, and the corners of her mouth curled imperceptibly.

Except for Zhou Dexing, who shouted, "I haven't heard that Chen Youliang's ship was burned", everyone else understood and suggested: "Fire attack is a good way, once the enemy ship is burned, the camp will be chaotic, and we will take advantage of the chaos to pursue the victory......"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, "That's what I mean, although Chen Youliang's ship is huge, it is very inconvenient to advance and retreat, we sacrifice some small fishing boats, ignite and rush over, and we can break his giant ship camp." He also said to Liu Ji: "Please also ask Mr. to help me see when it will be conducive to the wind of our army's advance." “

Liu Ji agreed, while looking thoughtfully at the pock-faced sister-in-law who had silently retreated, and when he saw the big feet of the pock-faced sister-in-law, his eyes suddenly twitched, and a smile appeared on his mouth.

"Sir, sir?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but shudder when he saw Liu Ji staring at the pock-faced sister-in-law with a strange smile: Mr. Liu's taste is too heavy, and he can still look at the pockmarked seeds on the cook's face.

Liu Ji retracted his mind, walked out of the cabin to take a look, and replied: "My subordinates watch the sky, there may be wind at dusk on the 22nd. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked around and immediately decided: "Then when the time comes, we will use fire to attack and defeat the Han army! Who will be the vanguard first to contain the Han army, so as not to make our army lose morale?"

This is a thankless errand, under the pressure of Chen Youliang's huge ship, if you don't pay attention, you will capsize in Poyang Lake to feed Wang Ba, so many generals are silent.

Xu Da stepped forward, "My subordinates are willing to be pioneers." ”

At the critical moment, you have to rely on your own people, Zhu Yuanzhang patted Xu Da on the shoulder with satisfaction and laid out a plan to send troops. He divided his ships into twenty teams, each of which was equipped with large and small guns, muskets, rockets, thistles, muskets, arrows, and bows, and ordered each team to fire first when approaching the enemy ship, then use a bow and crossbow, and then use a short weapon to fight when approaching the enemy ship.