On June 10, the 23rd year of Zhizheng (1363), Zhu Yuanzhang, who had learned that Hongdu City had been besieged for several months, urgently withdrew Xu Dachang Yuchun, who was fighting abroad, from Luzhou, and quickly gathered troops and horses to start strategic retraction.

In July of the same year, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had fully prepared all the soldiers, horses, grain and grass, personally led the 200,000 soldiers and horses he urgently assembled to march to Hongdu.

The generals who followed Zhu Yuanzhang this time were: Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, Liao Yongzhong, and Yu Tonghai.

And Zhu Yuanzhang's mounts were: several large ships and thousands of small fishing boats that were captured by luck in the last Battle of Longwan.

This can be said to be Zhu Yuanzhang's real family background.

It is all the belongings that Zhu Yuanzhang has accumulated little by little since he established himself and fought desperately.

These belongings are Zhu Yuanzhang's real lifeblood.

At this time, the number of people on both sides was 200,000 and 600,000 respectively.

Whether in terms of numbers or military equipment, Zhu Yuanzhang is far inferior to Chen Youliang.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, this is bound to be a tough battle.

It is a real contest between the two political rivals of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang.

But for Zhu Yuanzhang, he is not afraid.

For Chen Youliang, a thug, he is no longer afraid.

Since the last Battle of Longwan, Chen Youliang, the invincible and invincible psychological shadow that Chen Youliang, a thug, has always hidden in his heart and absolutely cannot fight with has long disappeared.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, the united Zhu Jiajun is still evenly matched in the face of the Chen Jiajun, who is nearly three times more than his own.

Although the enemy's strength is strong and the enemy has many soldiers and horses, they have been besieging Hongdu for nearly three months, and these three months are an absolute nightmare for them.

The strategic achievement of three consecutive months without any progress was an absolute disaster for Chen Jiajun.

When 600,000 against 40,000 soldiers and horses were unarmed, and other almost humiliating facts were placed in front of Chen Youliang and his army, the morale of their troops was certainly sluggish, negative, exhausted, and doubly damaged.

At this time, their own soldiers and horses are full of energy, sufficient food and grass, rich combat experience, and more importantly, the hearts of the people gather and the hearts of the people are wanted.

In this case, Mo said that the other party has 600,000, even if there are 6 million, I am not afraid of him.

The people are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of death;

If the husband dies, he will die, so what is there to fear!

Moreover, it is not yet known who will die in this battle.

In this contest, you and I are the winner, the winner is the king, and the loser is the loser;

In this tough battle, you and I will either die or die.

This is the fate that the two of us are destined for today, and neither of us can escape this fate.

Come on, Chen Youliang, and see which of us can have the last laugh!

……

On July 20, the 23rd year of Zhizheng, Zhu Yuanzhang led his 200,000 soldiers and horses to take the Yangtze River waterway, went upstream, and finally came to Poyang Lake in ten days.

After arriving at Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang stationed his troops at Kanglang Mountain, and then ordered Feng Sheng to defend Jiankang, Dai De led a part of the soldiers and horses to guard the mouth of the Jing River, and another part of the soldiers and horses to guard the mouth of the Nanhu Lake, and dispatched soldiers to guard Wuyangdu in Xinzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang did this for only one purpose, that is, to block all possible escape routes for Chen Youliang.

Block all possible retreats that would allow him to flee downstream.

In the other party's escape, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to fight to the death with the other party.

Poyang Lake, this is the final destination that Zhu Yuanzhang chose for Chen Youliang, and it is also the cemetery he chose for himself.

The ancients said: I don't know life, but I don't know death?

Yes, the words of the ancients are very philosophical.

If you don't understand the hard-won nature of life, how can you cherish its preciousness! I don't know the fear of death, and how to tap the infinite potential hidden behind it.

Chen Youliang, to tell you the truth, from the moment I decided to abandon my robe and return to the army at the age of twenty-five, I never thought about going back alive.

From the time I gave up the bowl and picked up the guy to fight, I had already surrendered my entire life to Hades.

Whether it is in Hezhou, Chuzhou, or Yingtian now, in the face of countless tribulations and ups and downs, I have died I don't know how many times.

Ever since I joined the army, I have never seen myself as a human being.

For me, whose heart is dead and my body is still alive, every day is the walking dead of the end of the world.

In front of the walking dead, every minute and second of survival is earned.

But I'm a cheap person, and the king of Hades refuses to accept imps.

So I'm alive and well to this day.

But what about you?

What is the fate of you, Chen Youliang?

Since you joined the army, how do you evaluate what you have done?

Is it a traitor, or a courtier?

Or maybe he's a real asshole.

Is it a scoundrel who does not hesitate to betray his friends, betray his brothers, and kill his lord and overstep his power for the sake of supreme power?

Have you ever felt a little ashamed of what you have done?

Ask yourself, from the beginning of the secretary to the current emperor of the Han Dynasty, what did you do that you really relied on your own strength?

Or that you are following your so-called Heavenly Dao.

If so, let Heaven judge.

You say you are fair, I say I am fair;

God knows whether it is fair or not.

Come on, Chen Youliang, both merits and demerits are in this battle.

Let's make a break at Poyang Lake.

From now on, the whole of China, with you or without me.

From now on, only one of you and I will be able to leave here alive.

Let the heavens decide the success or failure of all the rise and fall!

Chen Youliang, I'm in Poyang Lake.

Waiting for you!

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On July 23, the 23rd year of the reign of Zheng, Chen Jiajun, who had besieged Hongdu City for 85 days without making any progress or moving a foot, heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had arrived at Poyang Lake.

This should have been a negative news for Chen Youliang, but it seems to have formed a step back for him to take a step back, and the appearance of Zhu Yuanzhang is good news for Chen Youliang, who has besieged Hongdu City for nearly three months and is unable to move an inch.

It is a path that can allow him to still have some face, and a retreat has been chosen.

Chen Youliang, who had completely lost confidence in the capture of Hongdu City, announced his retreat with a sigh.

The battle of Hongdu City was the most humiliating battle in Chen Youliang's life.

Since joining the Red Turban Army, he has never suffered such a catastrophe.

This city, which has been locked down by himself for 85 days and is still strong and unyielding, is a nightmare that will linger in his life.

In the face of this city that was already full of holes, Chen Youliang, who was originally full of confidence, was timid and afraid.

Looking at this small city that was surrounded by his own soldiers and horses at the same time, Chen Youliang, who had racked his brains and exhausted his mind, had lost the courage to take it in loss and frustration.

In timidity and loss, he reluctantly chose to retreat.

The rivers and lakes are sinister, and if it doesn't work, you will withdraw.

This sentence seemed to Chen Youliang to be said only by an incompetent coward, but at this time, it was helplessly displayed on him.

It's hard to argue, and there's nothing to say.

For the city of Hongducheng, Chen Youliang has this shame in his life, and he will definitely not come back for the second time.

Compared with Chen Youliang, there is one person who is absolutely excited at this time.

Because he has accomplished his mission.

He has accomplished a mission that is impossible to accomplish in the eyes of all.

Completed his glorious mission that almost became famous in the first battle and is enough to go down in history.

During the 85 days of resisting Chen Jiajun's army to the death, he was terrified all the time.

In the agony of his teammates dying one by one of the fallen brothers, he resisted the opponent's almost endless crazy attacks.

In this battle, which was almost divided before the war began, his performance was remarkable, his talent was praised by all, his talent was unmatched, and his perseverance was stronger than that of Jin.

In this battle, he was the real victor.

All the aura, all the glory be to him.

In the confrontation with Chen Youliang, he used his talent, his perseverance, his confidence, and his unyielding to tell everyone that anything on the surface is likely to be false, and any truth on the surface can be overturned.

The result of everything needs to be spoken in practice.

He also used his personal experience to show everyone that in the face of power and perseverance, perseverance can be overcome.

In the same way, he made his position clear to Chen Youliang and all those who once looked down on him and looked down on him:

I'm a bastard, no one can match me;

I am a hero, admired by all people.

This is me: Zhu Wenzheng.

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In the subsequent Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Wenzheng, who had already won a great victory, did not participate again, and he did not need to participate again, the Battle of Hongdu was too difficult and too tiring for him.

After three months in a row, he could finally rest.

He could rest with all the soldiers who were left with less than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

I'll leave the rest to my uncle.

In the Battle of Hongdu, they were all victors.

Without their hard work, without their bloodshed, there would naturally be no great victory in Hongdu.

There will be no such thing as they being able to survive today.

So, every one of them is a winner.

At the same time that they defeated Chen Youliang, they also defeated themselves.

Defeated himself who was almost one enemy and ten to one hundred.

In this battle, they are all heroes.

In terms of overall military strategy, Chen Youliang made a fatal mistake.

As the commander-in-chief, Chen Youliang should definitely not be entangled in Hongdu, an extremely well-defended city, for 85 days, and the most normal strategy he should do is to take advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's empty sky to smash Zhu Yuanzhang's lair.

With Chen Youliang's 600,000 soldiers and horses, he is fully capable of winning and has a chance to win Yingtian.

But Chen Youliang did not do this, which also invisibly completely ruined the best strategic opportunity.

This is his own choice, and he can't complain about others!

As Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses gradually withdrew from Hongdu, the originally besieged Hongdu City finally gained a rare liberation.

At the same time as liberation, tens of thousands of bones were left behind.

There are enemies in them, and there are also their own.

In this duel between Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Wen on the surface won completely.

But judging by the number of dead and wounded, there is no winner.

Both the enemy and the enemy were completely defeated.

With the end of the battle of Hongdu City, the smiling faces that were still alive eighty-five days ago, as a father who can do his duty as a son and a brother who can do his filial piety, they left their family to bid farewell to their parents, wives and children, and closed their eyes forever.

Affectionate but always seems to be ruthless, only Juezun can't laugh in front of him,

The candle has the heart to say goodbye, and weeps for others until dawn.

From the perspective of humanity and morality, Chen Youliang was the mastermind who took the lead in launching this battle, so he was a complete loser.

He is a sinner of history.

He was defeated on the battlefield, and he was also defeated by humanity.