Chapter 125: The Battle of Poyang Lake
Soon came the news that Zhang Shicheng sent the general Lu Zhen to attack and besiege Anfeng, and the food in Anfeng City was cut off, and the situation was very urgent, and King Xiaoming hurriedly sent someone to Zhu Yuanzhang for help.
After Zhu Yuanzhang received the signal for help, he said: "King Xiao Ming is in danger, I must go to the rescue, after all, I am Wu Guogong under King Ming!" ”
Liu Bowen stood up and resolutely objected: "At this time, it is not appropriate for the soldiers to be dispatched, if they are rescued, how to settle them?" It's better to let Lu Zhen solve it, and come to kill someone with a knife, but it will save trouble! Besides, we went to rescue King Xiao Ming, and Chen Youliang attacked Ying Tianfu, so what should we do? ”
Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Father-in-law, what do you think?" ”
"Save!"
Xiang Yu said: "Although King Xiao Ming and Liu Futong were defeated, they are heroes admired by the world. But Zhang Shicheng's dog thing, Tie Xin wants to be the dog leg of the Yuan Dynasty. In that case, then we will come to the rescue! ”
Liu Bowen said: "We went north to compete with Zhang Shicheng, and it was a big battle with Chen Youliang in the west, fighting on both sides, which was very dangerous!" ”
Xiang Yu said: "Attacking Anfeng, why not test us!" If we don't rescue King Xiaoming, Zhang Shicheng will feel that we are afraid of him and have to inch in. At that time, it will not only attack Anfeng, but also attack western Zhejiang in the south...... We're really in danger! ”
"Only by going north to Anfeng and fighting a battle, let Zhang Shicheng see our determination, and will not gain an inch, so that we dare to choose neutrality when we Yu Chen Youliang face off!"
Liu Bowen asked: "What if Chen Youliang attacks our hometown while we are heading north?" ”
Xiang Yu smiled: "He won't!" ”
said, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.
Many problems are tacitly understood by smart people.
As for some people, no matter how much they say, they don't understand.
Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang personally led the army to Anfeng to rescue King Xiaoming.
When the news came, Chen Youliang also led his troops to march, advancing by land and water, about 300,000 troops, but to the outside world, it was claimed to be 600,000 troops.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops north to rescue King Xiaoming, and we should lead the sailors to attack Jinling!"
A strategist said.
"No!"
Chen Youliang said: "If we lead our troops to attack Yingtianfu, the defenders of Hongdu will copy our back road, and the food will be cut off, and we may be wiped out!" ”
"It's best to pull out Hongdu, and then pull out Anqing, slowly draw it, and keep encroaching!"
The failure last time made Chen Youliang no longer impatient, he became sober and calm, steady and steady, leaving no flaws, relying on his strong strength, constantly squeezing Zhu Yuanzhang's living space.
Then, lead a large army and besiege Hongdu.
By the way, I will encircle the point and send reinforcements.
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Anfeng!
In the fierce battle, Liu Futong died in battle and saved King Xiaoming.
Zhu Yuanzhang planned to place King Xiaoming in Chuzhou.
Soon, the news of Chen Youliang's siege of Hongdu came.
Looking at the news, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Chen Youliang, you are not fooled!" ”
Xiang Yu also said: "It's a pity! ”
In Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, he led a large army north to rescue King Xiaoming.
Relying on Chen Youliang's characteristics, being aggressive, bold, and liking sports warfare, he will inevitably attack Jinling. At that time, in Anqing Iron Cable Hengjiang, and in Hukou Iron Cable Hengjiang, cut off Chen Youliang's back road and cut off his grain road.
Even if Chen Youliang has an army of one million, the whole army will collapse because the grain route will be cut off.
As for Chen Youliang, will he take the opportunity to conquer Ying Tianfu...... As a result, there is no possibility.
Relying on Ying Tianfu's city defense, it will be difficult to conquer it in a year or two.
It's a pity that I didn't fall for it!
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Above the lobby, there is a map with a map of the situation of the two armies.
Zhu Yuanzhang was looking at the map, analyzing the situation.
On the situation map, Chen Youliang led an army of 600,000 and was besieging Hongdu.
It's like a flood that will be destroyed at any time.
However, all this is an illusion.
In the battle of Gaoyou that year, Tokhtar claimed to be a million army, but in fact there were only 300,000.
The so-called claims that most of them have a lot of moisture.
Chen Youliang claimed that 600,000 troops were heading eastward, with a maximum of 300,000. But even if it is 300,000, it is extremely difficult to fight.
As for Hongdu, it has a strong city, more than 10,000 troops, and enough food, while the enemy has an army of thirty kings, which cannot be used at all, so it can only be a tactic of adding oil, worry-free for a short time, and it is not a big problem to persist for more than a year.
How to break Chen Youliang's 300,000 army, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried.
Gathering soldiers and horses, Zhu Yuanzhang set off slowly, but when it was time for Anqing, he stopped and began to "sit-in battle".
After waiting for three months, Zhu Yuanzhang went to the rescue slowly.
When they arrived at Poyang Lake and the mouth of the lake, the sailors of the two sides met and fought together
Knock knock!
The drums of war were beating, and the big and small boats of the two sides clashed together.
Chen Youliang's advantage as a sailor is that the ships are large, condescending, and easy to attack, but they just collide, and many small boats capsize.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's sailors had small ships, but the firearms attacked sharply, and they lit up many big ships of Chen Youliang.
After the battle, both sides suffered losses.
It was on land again, and they clashed several times, and they were also evenly matched.
During the battle, Zhu Yuanzhang's boat was sunk, but fortunately, he was rescued in the spring, and the danger was saved.
The two sides are at a stalemate.
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When they came to the shore, they set up camp.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map, his face was gloomy, and the situation was at a stalemate.
"For today's plan, the only way is to attack Wuhan and surround Wei to save Zhao!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
"Let me do it!"
Xiang Yu said.
"Then please father-in-law!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
It seems that the surprise attack on Wuhan is the only place to break the game.
Xiang Yu reorganized his troops and horses, planning to make a surprise attack on Wuhan, mainly breaking through Wuhan and alleviating the situation on the front line.
At this moment, Liu Bowen appeared.
"My lord, there's inside information! Chen Youliang is dead! Liu Bowen said, "This is the news of internal intelligence officers, and it was sent at a lot of cost!" ”
"Chen Youliang is dead...... A few days ago, I looked at him from afar, Chen Youliang was fine, how could he suddenly die of illness! Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.
A hundred do not believe.
"My lord, I don't believe it either, but intelligence is like this!" Liu Bowen said.
Zhu Yuanzhang was skeptical.
Soon after, news came that Chen Youliang's sailors were retreating, and the army on land was also retreating, and the 300,000 troops that had originally gathered at the mouth of the lake were all retreating.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It can't be a fraud!" Chen Youliang deceived us to death, then lured us into pursuit, and then ambushed us! ”
Water warfare requires a sufficient understanding of the local hydrological situation.
Where the water is deep, where the water is shallow, where there are reefs, and where it is easy to walk or not, these are all related to the victory of the water war.
The battle of Longwan was to use Chen Youliang to correspond to the heavenly generation, who was not familiar with the hydrological situation, and then took them to a shallow place, and with the help of the tide, he pitted Chen Youliang.
With his own life, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Chen Youliang would cheat to death, and then lured him into pursuit, and then ambushed him, pitted him to death, and then was defeated.
Quite possibly!
Zhu Yuanzhang reorganized the army and strictly ordered that it should not be pursued.
Then, news came one after another.
The army kept retreating, retreating to Jiujiang and then to Wuhan.
Xiang Yu said: "Why don't you try it!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then try it!" ”
Then he ordered Chang Yuchun to lead the army of water and land to attack Jiujiang and throw stones to ask for directions.
When spring is often encountered, it is the stone.
If Chang Yuchun is unfortunate and happens to be ambushed and eaten, it is Chang Yuchun's bad luck and one more member of the martyrs.
Chang Yuchun led the army to attack, and under the fierce attack, he conquered Jiujiang, and did not encounter the so-called ambush calculation along the way.
Soon came the news that Chen Youliang had died, and the crown prince Chen Li had ascended the throne as emperor.
After hearing the news, Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't come back and said: "Chen Youliang is really dead, there is no so-called fraudulent death, he is really dead!" ”
"It's really dead, it is said that Zhang Dingbian returned to Wuhan with Chen Youliang's body to assist the crown prince Chen Li to ascend the throne. As for Chen Youliang, he has already been buried! ”
"It's really dead!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, no longer as calm and calm as he was just now.
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "In the battle of Poyang Lake, we won!" ”
Xiang Yu said: "There are winners and losers on the battlefield, we have lost a lot, Chen Youliang has a lot of losses, and it can only be regarded as a draw." Chen Youliang didn't lose, but he died...... It is said that he was shot by a stray arrow and died on the spot! ”
"Lost a shot and died on the spot!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "His luck is too bad! As for Chen Li, he is just a little hairy child, as for Zhang Dingbian, he has the ability, but he is loyal, but unfortunately he is not Zhuge Wuhou! ”
In the north, Wang Baobao was fighting with Li Siqi, and once Wang Baobao pacified the north, he became the second Kublai Khan. It's a pity that Wang Baobao has not yet pacified the north, and Zhu Yuanzhang is about to establish the Southern Song Dynasty.
In this race against time, Zhu Yuanzhang won and saw the hope of establishing the Southern Song Dynasty.
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PS: The first update, the second update later!