Hongdu is modern Nanchang.
First of all, the Battle of Chibi actually existed in history, but it was not as exaggerated as in Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It borrowed the east wind, straw boats, borrowed arrows, and burned Red Cliff. However, the Battle of Chibi took place during the Three Kingdoms period. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Battle of Poyang Lake took place at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it is wrong to say that the Battle of Chibi was based on the Battle of Poyang Lake. However, Luo Guanzhong, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, may have added some complexes from the Battle of Poyang Lake. in. The process of the Battle of Poyang Lake
The Battle of Poyang Lake was a strategic decisive battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang. It was also the last battle between the two. The Battle of Poyang Lake was also the largest water battle in the Middle Ages. war. Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang both decided to have a decisive battle with each other based on the situation at the time, so they launched the final decisive battle at Poyang Lake. Chen Youliang first sent troops to attack Hongdu, Zhu Yuanzhang's gateway city. After being unable to attack for a long time, his morale was frustrated. Then he moved to Poyang Lake. The result was that Zhu Yuanzhang was even better, commanded properly, and showed the enemy weakness, attack with fire, and pursued and intercepted him. Finally, Chen Youliang was trapped on the Poyang Lake with no way to the sky or the ground. He stayed trapped for more than a month, and finally wiped out Chen Youliang. During the breakout. The tragedy of the Battle of Poyang Lake
1. The bloody battle in Hongdu
Chen Youliang led an army of 600,000 to defeat Zhu Yuanzhang in one fell swoop. They were all battle-hardened iron-blooded warriors, and they were iron-blooded warriors that made everyone in the world change their expressions when they heard about them, even Zhu Yuanzhang. Chen Youliang led the 600,000-strong army to the first place to attack. It is Chenchi, Zhu Yuanzhang's city with only tens of thousands of defenders. Logically speaking, it should be destroyed instantly, but this city is like a sea-fixing needle, firmly nailed here, fixed in Chen Youliang's heart, fixed in Chen Youliang's heart. Chen Youliang's heart gushed blood.
The defender of Hongdu City was Zhu Yuanzhang’s nephew Zhu Wenzheng. Because Chen Youliang was coming fiercely, but Zhu Yuanzhang needed strategic preparation time, he gave Zhu Wenzheng a death order to hold on to the city, so Zhu Wenzheng organized several Ten thousand defenders stood ready and created a miracle that no one could believe. Chen Youliang had made preparations for the siege in advance. He had countless rocket siege equipment and sent a huge siege force. However, they were all repelled by Zhu Wenzheng with his tenacious will. Chen Youliang originally planned to conquer the city in three days. The city has been delayed for 85 days and has not yet been conquered. Both sides were furious in this battle. Chen Youliang organized many dead soldiers to attack the city. The city also changed hands repeatedly. The defenders suffered all casualties, but they still resisted with their tenacious will. Needless to say, it can be Imagine the brutality of this battle.
2. The siege of Poyang Lake
The second cruel battle was when Chen Youliang was besieged by Poyang Lake. In the Battle of Hongdu, Chen Youliang could be said to have suffered a disastrous defeat. The siege lasted for 85 days, but he was still under siege. The city could not be attacked, but at this time Zhu Yuanzhang had made strategic preparations and came to relieve the siege of Hongdu. Seeing this, Chen Youliang moved to Poyang Lake and planned to use his ship's strength and artillery power to fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the death in Poyang Lake. However, he did not expect that he was one step ahead and was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang's superb tactics. More importantly, Chen Youliang was cut off from the Jingjiang estuary by Zhu Yuanzhang. There are two ways out from Nanhuzui and Poyang Lake, and they are trapped in Poyang Lake. There is no way from heaven to earth. This siege lasted for more than a month. Chen Youliang's army had already exhausted all the rations, so he had to catch small fish and shrimp to satisfy his hunger. But this How could it be eaten by hundreds of thousands of troops? In the end, Chen Youliang had no choice but to break through and was completely wiped out by Zhu Yuanzhang during the breakout.