Zhu Yuanzhang, who walked out of the mansion, was already killed, for the sake of his wife and children, he must eliminate Chen Youliang, an opponent, as soon as possible, and he sent someone to find Zhang Tianyou.

Since Guo Tianxu's death, although Zhang Tianyou took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, he was snubbed by Zhu Yuanzhang and other generals, he didn't expect that he would be reused one day, after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's orders, he patted his chest excitedly and swore to complete the task.

Zhang Tianyou rushed to the poppy mouth, but Chen Youliang still refused to fight. He thought about it for a moment, and found a few soldiers with loud voices to arrange it like this.

Several soldiers suddenly turned into storytellers, and it was the story of Chen Youliang who took his brother to be a bandit but was robbed by a little girl. In addition to telling the story with added fuel and vinegar, these soldiers also sneered at the end of the story: "Chen Youliang you are really a wreck, in the past, you were planted in the hands of the Duchess of the State, and today you are planted in the hands of the Duchess of the State, you can't even fight a woman, what are you still alive to do, it's better to die early." ”

After three days of spreading like this, not only Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers knew this story, but everyone in the Han army knew it, and they were all blushing with shame. They are not angry that their emperor has been a bandit, but they are angry that Chen Youliang has failed so much as a bandit, no wonder he will lose to Zhu Yuanzhang this time with an army of 600,000.

A cronie couldn't help but tell Chen Youliang about the rumors that had been circulating outside, and Chen Youliang was furious before he could finish speaking, and drew his sword and stabbed this person to death.

It was a painstaking humiliation, and Chen Youliang thought that he had long forgotten about it, but when he heard someone mention it, all his memories instantly became clear. He still remembers himself lying on horse manure begging for mercy, and he remembers being stripped naked and thrown on horseback...... He remembered that Lu Longshan had been made dumplings by Zhu Yuanzhang, and then Jiangzhou fell and Poyang Lake was defeated......

New hatred and old hatred appeared in Chen Youliang's mind one after another, his teeth were gritted, and the hand holding the sword trembled. He gasped with blood-red eyes, his reason told him that he should be patient, but his anger was like a volcanic eruption, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and he hissed and ordered without even arranging tactics: "Fight!"

A blind counterattack could not turn things around, and as soon as Chen Youliang's army emerged from the poppy mouth, it was met with a head-on attack and had to retreat again.

After rushing several times like this, he couldn't break through Zhu Yuanzhang's defense, and the situation of repeated defeats became more and more unfavorable to Chen Youliang. Coupled with the gradual shortage of food in the army, everyone was hungry, and finally one day, Chen Youliang's two generals saw that the general situation had gone, and simply surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Chen Youliang was angry and annoyed, and ordered all the captured captives to be killed to vent his anger.

Zhu Yuanzhang did the opposite, he ordered the whole army to treat the prisoners preferentially, promised to release all the prisoners, and if some of the prisoners were injured, they would send military doctors to treat them.

Many captives are reluctant to return to the Han camp from now on, they are not fools, Chen Youliang is violent, Zhu Yuanzhang is benevolent and righteous, and now the Han army is retreating one after another, and Chen Youliang is forced to fight or send him to death when he goes back, it is better to stay in the Jiangzuo Army, at least there is a chance to live. As a result, many Han troops expressed their willingness to join Zhu Yuanzhang's army.

Those released Han soldiers regretted when they returned to the Han camp, although they were prisoners in Zhu Yuanzhang's camp, but there were people who cared about eating and others treated their injuries, and when they returned to their own barracks, let alone healing, they couldn't even eat enough. The obvious disparity made these soldiers can't help but complain in private, they would not have come back if they had known.

The more people compared, the more the Han army's morale was shaken, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chen Youliang was already a grasshopper after the autumn and could not jump for a few days, and the morale of the entire army fell to the bottom.

At this time, Chen Youliang did not realize the reason for his defeat, he always thought that he just lost to the right time and place, and he never thought that the key to determining victory was people. He thought that he could conquer Jiangnan with a million strong warships, and he thought that he could control everything by force, including the words and deeds of his soldiers.

However, he lacks one thing that Zhu Yuanzhang has - the human heart, he doesn't even know what the human heart is, and his concept only has power, violence and killing. Whoever is not convinced, whoever is disobedient will be killed is the dogma he believes in, he has no feelings for the soldiers, and the soldiers naturally have no feelings for him. He only used the relationship between him and the soldiers, he used the soldiers to defeat the opponent, and the soldiers used him to eat.

But now that Chen Youliang lost to Zhu Yuanzhang, he was trapped in the poppy mouth, and the military rations were exhausted, and many soldiers began to consider whether they could still eat under him. Negativity, flight, and rebellion permeated the Han camp, like a vicious circle that intensified.

Chen Youliang was not a fool, he noticed that the tone in which the soldiers spoke to him was no longer as respectful as before, and the eyes of the soldiers looking at him were no longer as timid as before, and even had a bit of a fierce light of a beast, just like his attitude towards Xu Shouhui at the beginning.

He was deeply disturbed, and quietly said to Zhang Dingbian, the only person he could still trust: "These people already have a rebellious heart, and I must return to Wuchang as soon as possible." So far, I can only make a desperate bet and risk death to break through. ”

On 26 July, Chen Youliang led his army to break through from Nanhuzui in an attempt to enter the Yangtze River and retreat to Wuchang.

However, some of his soldiers had already leaked the news and informed Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to defend the mouth of the South Lake, and on the other hand, he sent troops to guard the mouth of the lake, set up wooden fences on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, and put large boats and rafts in the river. Block Chen Youliang's retreat.

Chen Youliang fled for his life, he didn't care about the soldiers, and he didn't even bring his family, so he only took Zhang Dingbian to sneak to the lake, and when he arrived at the lake, he found that there were big boats and rafts blocking the way in the river, so he had to change to the Jingjiang River.

Chen Youliang's head is worth a thousand gold! Fu Youde was so happy that he almost drooled, and ordered his soldiers not to let go of this big fat sheep. He even the guy and drove a small boat to meet him.

Chen Youliang's cronies hurriedly fought back, but Fu Youde only had Chen Youliang in his eyes, and he actually ignored these injuries, he was as ecstatic as seeing a naked beauty. Under his leadership, the soldiers all turned into wolves and viciously pounced on the poor Chen Youliang.

The cry on the river shook the sky, there were enemies attacking in all directions, Chen Youliang rushed left and right, and he couldn't open a way out, just like the ants on the hot pot were in a hurry, and suddenly a cold arrow came, penetrating his head from the eye, helping him solve the trouble of thinking about breaking through, and he didn't have to think about anything in the future.

The trees fell and scattered, and saw Chen Youliang killed by an arrow, and the Han army was completely defeated. The next day, Pingzhang Chen Rong led the rest of the more than 50,000 people to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this point, the battle of Poyang Lake, which lasted for 37 days, finally ended, except for Zhang Dingbian, who snatched back the bodies of Chen Youliang's sons Chen Li and Chen Youliang, and brought them back to Wuchang, Chen Youliang's other forces were all attached to Zhu Yuanzhang.

This battle ended with Zhu Yuanzhang's complete victory and Chen Youliang's complete defeat.