Chapter Seventy-One: The Ring Race on the Water

Jiangxi, Poyang Lake.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who came here early, has completely blocked the lake and completed his personnel scheduling arrangements.

Even if everything has been arranged, Zhu Yuanzhang, who has already prepared for Chen Youliang, a thug, still does not dare to take it lightly. He is too powerful, far surpassing himself in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment, and in this case, Zhu Yuanzhang had to do a good job of pre-war mobilization.

All the soldiers who came to Poyang Lake with him this time gathered on his warship, and said something serious:

Chen Youliang has been besieging Hongdu for a long time, and today he heard that we came to Poyang and did not retreat but took the initiative to meet the battle, which shows that he is determined to fight with us to the death.

Since this is the case, then I hope that everyone can work together to advance and retreat together, and whether or not we can destroy this thief in one fell swoop depends on this battle.

Wenzheng's 40,000 men and horses can compete with Chen Youliang's 600,000 for three months, can't our 200,000 soldiers and horses defeat Chen Youliang, who has lost his spirit?

Yes, definitely.

Many of you are old people who have been working with me since Haozhou, from nothing at the beginning to 200,000 soldiers and horses now, all of which we have bought with our own blood and our lives.

We can take down a battle of one against ten, and today we can also defeat it with one against three.

Today's battle is arguably our last.

If this battle is won, then the wealth and glory can be enjoyed.

If this battle is lost, then the monk will not be able to be a farmer, and everyone will not be able to live, and we will only be greeted by a dead end.

The success or failure of wealth is all in this battle.

All we can do is kill him.

Kill this unkind, unjust, disloyal, and unfilial thug.

As long as you kill him, all the remaining troubles will no longer be troubles.

When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!

Come on, Chen Youliang, let's fight it out at Poyang Lake.

The positions of the two sides have been fully determined, and the fighting between the two sides has officially begun when there is no talk to talk about it, let alone the possibility of reconciliation.

On July 24, 1363, the Battle of Poyang Lake officially began.

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Poyang Lake, Kanglang Mountain!

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses met at Kanglang Mountain.

This was the main battlefield of the battle between the two sides.

The weapons of the two sides were: Chen Youliang's giant warship and Zhu Yuanzhang's small fishing boat.

Facing the opponent's huge battleship several stories high, and then looking back at his small pitiful small fishing boat that would smash and sink when it was hit, in line with the four principles of showing his sword first when he met the enemy, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the host, appeared first.

The representative of the home field is Xu Da.

The assistants beside him are: Chang Yuchun and Liao Yongzhong.

Their weapons were firearms, crossbows, and blades.

Xu Da's strategy is this.

Chen Youliang's big ship looks very grand and huge on the surface, but one of his biggest weaknesses is his lack of maneuverability.

On the contrary, the ship on its own side is small, but it can move very flexibly.

Seeing this, Xu Da decided to transfer a part of the elite and distribute this part of the people evenly according to eleven equal parts, because in the era of cold *** replacement at that time, the number of firearms was not very sufficient, so Xu Da distributed the firearms to several of the warships, and the remaining part of the soldiers and horses used bows and crossbows, and the remaining part of the people used slices to fight at close range.

Then let this part of the men and horses quickly approach the enemy camp in a clipper, and select a few closer enemy ships to carry out a rapid attack in different directions.

This part of the people now seems to be a bit of a death squad.

Their mission should be to do what they do, and if they can't do it, they will ascend to heaven and finish playing.

Although this method was a bit reckless on the surface, it was a good strategy for Zhu Yuanzhang at that time to break the enemy.

Because for Chen Youliang's widened and lengthened extra-large battleship, Zhu Yuanzhang's side encountered it for the first time, and they did not have any experience.

In order to be able to succeed in one blow, it was Xu Da who was responsible for commanding this raid mission.

As a real general in the Zhu family's army, who is above 10,000 people, Xu Da should be sure that he dares to do this.

Although the risk of doing so is relatively high, it is an encouragement and motivation for your own morale.

Xu Da thinks so, and he does the same.

When everything was ready, and Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses had already launched a tough posture, Xu Da, who was fully prepared, took the lead in launching the attack.

He relied on the advantage of his small ship and maneuverability to quickly approach the enemy's warship, and climbed onto the enemy's ship without the opponent noticing, and launched a round of firepower offensive when the opponent was completely unprepared and even less psychologically prepared.

Xu Da's approach is somewhat similar to Hongdu Dengyu's approach.

It's the same firepower attack, it's the same shotgun, but the difference is that one is passively beaten and the other is actively attacked.

And they all have the same effect,

This time, Xu Da's charge was exchanged for 1,500 casualties on Chen Youliang's side, and preparations for a glorious return after a battleship was forcibly captured.

In the face of this battle situation, Chen Youliang did not react at all.

He didn't expect that the other party would dare to take the initiative to attack when the other party was obviously at a disadvantage.

When he reacted, Chen Youliang immediately ordered a counterattack and let his vanguard pursue Xu Da's troops.

At this time, the advantages and disadvantages of the speed of Zhu Yuanzhang's boat and Chen Youliang's giant ship were clearly displayed.

Because before Xu Da's ship could sail back to his camp, Chen Youliang's giant ship had already pressed head-on and blocked Xu Dalian and all his ships on the lake.

That's when another guy came out.

His name is Yu Tonghai.

His main task is to be responsible for the work of Xu Da's palace.

With Xu Da's return, Yu Tonghai, who was also used as a reserve officer and soldier for the palace, immediately ordered the soldiers to drive a boat to meet him.

At the same time, all the guns loaded on the ships behind the palace were ordered to open fire on the pursuing enemy troops.

Yu Tonghai's purpose is very simple, and the goal is also very clear, that is, to try to tear a hole for Xu Da through the cover of firepower and make a way for Xu Da.

In the face of Yu Tonghai's artillery, Chen Youliang is obviously not a vegetarian.

Chen Youliang, who has always been bloodthirsty, also used artillery to counterattack at the same time, and the firepower configuration was obviously much higher than Zhu Yuanzhang.

After a round of artillery bombardment, Chen Youliang's side exchanged for more than 20 warships and thousands of soldiers who drowned or died in battle.

And Zhu Yuanzhang paid the same heavy price, because in the first round of vicious fighting, Marshal Han Cheng, Song Gui, and Chen Zhaoxian died one after another, and Xu Da, as the main general, was still trapped in the enemy camp and could not escape.

At this time, a more dangerous situation appeared, because Chen Youliang's troops began to use artillery, and the warship that Xu Da was on did not have the same capital as Chen Youliang's iron sheet, so his ship was honored to be affected, and the fire spread rapidly.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, Han Cheng and Song Gui can die in battle, because although their death in battle has an impact on their morale, it will not hurt the fundamentals, but Xu Da, the master general above 10,000 people under one person, must not have any mistakes.

If Xu Da has a problem, it means that this battle has just begun.

And it was a complete defeat.

Faced with this emergency situation, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to personally lead the army to carry out emergency rescue.

Since it was a rescue, there could not be too much time to delay, so Zhu Yuanzhang urgently dispatched several small boats to support.

The reason why I say it is a small boat is because the history books say that Zhu Yuanzhang sent a boat to help, since it is a boat, it must not be very big, and there are only a few big ships on Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and they are all captured in the Battle of Longwan last time, and in the subsequent continuous friction with Chen Youliang, I estimate that these big ships have also been ruined, and there should be few large warships that can be used by Zhu Yuanzhang now.

As an absolute leader, Zhu Yuanzhang's personal battle effect must be different.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's personal appearance, it is also encouraging for the soldiers and horses on Xu Da's side.

So Xu Da, who was very lucky, was not made dumplings by Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses in the struggle.

Instead, he was honored to tear a hole in the enemy's encirclement and hurriedly escaped from it.

Seeing that the dumpling filling slipped from under his nose, Chen Youliang's soldiers and horses, who had lost the opportunity, should have chosen to retreat.

After all, the encirclement no longer has any effect, and there is no point in working hard.

But there is one person who thinks differently.

Because in this situation, which seemed to be a winner, he found a great opportunity to attack.

If this opportunity can be grasped, it can be eliminated not only once and for all, but also forever.

This person is none other than Zhang Dingbian.

And his target is Zhu Yuanzhang, who has left the team and came to rescue Xu Da as a fire general.

For Zhu Yuanzhang's face like a shoehorn, shaped like a pig's waist, asymmetrical and discordant, hanging in the hall to ward off evil spirits, hanging at the door to exorcise evil face, Zhang Dingbian, who has already dealt with countless times, has a deep understanding.

Every night, he is riddled with nightmares, all thanks to this face.

He once sighed more than one piece in his heart, this person can be so ugly!

Such an ugly person can live in this world.

It's really a trick!

In order to prevent future troubles forever, and in order to completely cure his nightmares-ridden diseases, Zhang Dingbian led his men to quickly approach Zhu Yuanzhang's battleship.

And when Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and others completely relaxed their vigilance, let alone discovered each other, they quickly approached Zhu Yuanzhang's warship and tried to board Zhu Yuanzhang's warship.

It would have been a good deal, but it could have easily solved the battle with two birds with one stone.

After the battle is over, you can go back to your own house to find your own mother, and you don't have to fight anymore to fight a good deal that has already seen the outcome of the battle.

Victory seemed to be at hand.

He ordered the soldiers to speed up.

At this time, someone discovered that an enemy warship had been mixed into their warship group.

And the one standing at the bow of the ship, who looked like Wu Dalang, turned out to be Zhang Dingbian, the famous second leader of Chen Jiajun.

Where did such spy ships come from?

What is his purpose?

The people who were about to go home and come back tomorrow to make an appointment were completely frightened by this sudden appearance of an alternative goods.

I'll push your lungs.

Where did this deflated three come from?

Fortunately, I saw his traces in time, otherwise if I let this deflated three slip onto the boat, the boss's life would not have to go straight to heaven to finish!

His grandmother's, relying on such a game to get a heart attack.

Zhu Jiajun, who had already dealt with him once, found that the situation was not right, and the matter was a little crisis, so he picked up the guy and began to work with the other party.

One side came prepared, and the other side rushed to fight.

The resistance of Zhu Jiajun did not produce substantial results, and Zhang Dingbian actually broke through from the siege and pointed directly at Zhu Yuanzhang's warship.

That's when something even more unfortunate happened.

The battleship that Zhu Yuanzhang was riding on was in a hurry to dodge, and the operation error suddenly ran aground.

At this time, not only Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, but Zhu Yuanzhang's group of subordinates were also dumbfounded.

I thought that nothing would happen, but I didn't expect such a moth to come out in the middle.

really responded to that sentence: people will be unlucky, and the cold water in the estuary will stuff their teeth.

The incident happened suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely unprepared, let alone did any precautionary work, at this time, as long as Zhang Dingbian strategically captured Zhu Yuanzhang, whether he was captured or killed, the dust could be settled.

But all this is undoubtedly a gift from God for Zhang Dingbian.

All this seems to be a foregone conclusion.

At this time, there are people who do not believe in this evil.

In this crisis situation, a person stands out from the crowd.

His name is: Chang Yuchun.

In the midst of anger and cursing, his every move taught Zhang Dingbian a profound military truth.

It also gave Zhang Dingbian a taste of the military quality and professional characteristics that only a senior sniper can have.

In the chaotic crowd, Chang Yuchun, who was angry, sweaty on his forehead, cold on his back, and trembling in his hands, was on fire in his heart, scolded his mother in his mouth, picked up the bow and arrow of the pawn next to him, and shot towards Zhang Dingbian.

This arrow is in the middle of the square.

Zhang Dingbian's sudden win was absolutely sudden for himself, he really couldn't imagine that the beast like a black bear would have such accurate archery.

Fortunately, although the arrow was shot in the chest, it did not hit the vital point.

But this sudden turn of events slowed down his ship significantly.

At this time, Yu Tonghai, who was originally used for the broken queen, also discovered Zhang Dingbian's traces and hurried to accompany Wang to escort him.

In the face of this sudden change, Zhang Dingbian, who was in line with the noble ideological purpose of running if he could fight, saw that the opponent's soldiers and horses had all assembled, and Zhang Dingbian, who was lucky enough to win the lottery and completely lost his fighter plane and command ability, could only choose to give up helplessly.

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

Since you haven't got the cheap, let's evacuate quickly, otherwise you have to put yourself in if you don't get the cheap, don't say it's not good.

We won't do a loss-making business.

Zhang Dingbian thinks so, and does the same.

He threw down the already stranded ship and began an emergency retreat on board other ships.

But at this time, Chang Yuchun, who had been frightened a lot, was angry in his heart and scolded his mother, and he had no intention of letting Zhang Dingbian go easily.

In Chang Yuchun's opinion, this arrogant and deflated San who was ready to run wild has already committed public anger and touched his bottom line.

Dare to arrest people under my nose, uncle, I think you are impatient!

Chang Yuchun, who had completely blown up Mao and lost control, did not ask for Zhu Yuanzhang's consent at all, jumped directly into another small boat, and chased in the direction of Zhang Dingbian.

You are a deflated three, dare to make a mistake in front of your grandfather Chang, you are impatient, if you are a man, stop and don't run, see that I won't beat you out of today.

Finding that a tail appeared behind him, Zhang Dingbian, who was in line with the urgency of escaping, also sped up.

You are a blind bear with developed limbs and a simple mind, and your voice is so high, you will run, so that you stupid bear can't catch it.

Fuck, dare to scold me for being a stupid bear, you kind of stand and let's have a real fight!

I'll run, I'll run, see what you can do to me!

In this angry situation, Chang Yuchun ordered people to speed up and shoot at the same time.

At this time, Zhang Dingbian could only be beaten passively, and the direct result was that he was hit by several arrows, and most of his subordinates were killed or wounded.

At this time, Chen Youliang, who had already discovered Zhang Dingbian's crisis situation, was not idle, and he hurriedly dispatched a part of his troops and horses to provide emergency support to Zhang Dingbian.

In this case, Chang Yuchun, who was furious and only wanted to slaughter, had no time to observe the road conditions, so he was also honored to win the lottery.

The ship he was on was also gloriously grounded.

And directly in front of him was a group of soldiers of the Chen family who were sharpening their knives and cows and sheep.

The moment you cut someone, you become chopped!

At this time, Chang Yuchun should be afraid.

For he found that because he was running too fast and too fast, there was no one else around him except a few of his own men who were panting and turning pale as if they were following their grandson.

You can't do this kind of battle!

A group of well-fed and well-fed thugs came to bully a few tired minions who were not even as good as dogs.

Isn't this obvious that you want to be bullied!

It's a bad dish, and one didn't pay attention to the strength and used too much force!

I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, and I was unlucky to get home when I made a taboo in the five elements!

Faced with this situation, Chang Yuchun finally realized that he had done something wrong again.

I didn't help, but I did a disservice!

If you don't make a good fuss, you have to put yourself in.

This deal is a big loss!

When Chang Yuchun, whose scalp was numb, his legs were soft, his brain was weak, and his nerves were short-circuited, he was about to carry the other party to the end, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who also found that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was often in a spring crisis, had just turned the bow of the boat and hurried to the rescue.

After a few moments, all men from both sides were in place.

Both sides of the enemy are blushing and thick-necked, and neither of the two sides who are ready to make a big fight seems to have any intention of making a move.

The soldiers and horses of the two sides, which had been fighting for a day and had not reserved any strategic space for each other, began to gradually choose to retreat in each other's ranks.

This concludes the first round of the water competition.

The result of the matchup: 1 to 1, draw.