A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 17 The First Battle
The Wu army sailed into Poyang Lake from Songmen. At this time, Chen Youliang had already left Poyang in the east, and the two armies faced each other at a distance.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the bow of the ship, facing the generals behind him, and began his final mobilization.

"Everyone, after a long wait, we are finally going to fight the enemy's main force."

"Chen Youliang heard that our army has arrived. He has withdrawn from Hongdu and is coming towards us. He will definitely fight to the death with us. As the saying goes, the brave will win when we meet on a narrow road. Let's attack the enemy side by side with me!"

"In this battle, we must move forward bravely and never retreat!"

"Everyone, please do your best. If we win this battle, half of the country will be settled, and the situation will be achieved!"

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed deeply in front of all the generals.

As all the generals responded hurriedly, he slowly straightened up.

"set off!"

Chen Youliang, I'm ready, what about you?

The mist gradually blew away, and Chen Youliang's fleet on the opposite side gradually revealed its true appearance.

And as the appearance of the fleet on the opposite side was revealed, the mood of the Wu army officers and soldiers gradually fell from the peak to the bottom.

After all, no one would be in a good mood if they thought about facing such a huge battleship.

The dozens of ships in the front row are only as big as the three long-distance sand ships. You must know that Chen Youliang's ships can race!

However, this is only the forward. There are countless giant ships behind Chen Youliang, following the forward in an orderly manner.

As for Wu Jun's ships, they were Yuan Army warships captured during the Battle of Caishiji. They were not even as big as those three sand ships, let alone Chen Youliang's giant ship.

The morale of the soldiers inevitably dropped a bit, but with the support of the previous "auspiciousness", most of the soldiers still believed that their side would win the final victory.

The generals were also amazed, some were a little timid, but several generals with unique vision had already seen the mistakes of the Han army.

Iron rope, even boat.

Except for the vanguard and a few ships, all the other ships were connected together with iron ropes. Chen Youliang felt that this was more stable and could also give full play to his advantage in group assault.

But after doing this, even if Yan Ling was not a powerful general, he immediately knew what to do.

He walked slowly behind Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing with Xu Da at this time. When he heard the footsteps, he turned around.

"Ruixuan, you came at the right time. I already have a plan to defeat the enemy."

"What a coincidence? My lord, Tatsuya just figured out a way." Xu Da smiled.

"How about the three of us writing the method on the palms of our hands? Let's see if what we see is the same?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled widely, and he was obviously in a good mood after discovering the flaws of the Han army.

"it is good."

The three clenched fists stretched out together, looked at each other, and opened them at the same time.

Three "fire" characters.

The three of them laughed at the same time.

"Chen's army was defeated." There was a man named Luo in later generations who was impressed by the wisdom of Taizu and the two kings, so he recorded it in his novels and used this battle as a model to create a popular battle.
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The next day.

The decisive battle at Poyang Lake has officially begun.

Chen Youliang stood on the bow of the flagship, smiled contemptuously at Zhu Yuanzhang's short ship, and issued the order lightly:

"Bump past!"

Suddenly, it was as if a wall suddenly appeared on the lake, advancing towards Wu Jun.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not panic at all. With a wave of his hand, he also issued an order:

"set off!"

As soon as the flag on Xu Da's ship turned, hundreds of ships followed him. Although they were far inferior to Chen Youliang in terms of size, they were not inferior in terms of momentum.

And when the two sides just got closer, those hundreds of ships fired at the same time!
Chen Youliang's giant ship naturally had artillery, but the number was far inferior to that of Wu's army. It was completely suppressed by firepower and suffered heavy casualties.

"Hold on! As long as we get closer, they will not be our opponents!" The generals of the Han army on the giant ship roared.

However, when the two sides got really close, the Han soldiers discovered that this was the beginning of tragedy.

But it turned out that Wu Jun's soldiers had prepared a large number of firecrackers and crossbows!When the two sides approached, fire blunderbuss and arrows were fired, and the Han soldiers fell to the deck one after another without even seeing each other!

Xu Da took the lead and jumped onto the Yuan army's ship.Although he is usually gentle, he is no less brave than Chang Yuchun when fighting. At this time, he waved the long knife in his hand and shouted for fierce battle. In the blink of an eye, he had chopped down several people in succession, clearing a considerable area of ​​​​the giant ship. The following Wu troops came one after another. Keep following up, and in the blink of an eye, a giant ship is controlled by Wu Jun!

At this time, the navy general Zuo Yutonghai saw that the Han army was coming to support from behind, and there was a favorable wind, so he immediately ordered to open fire. For a moment, artillery shells and rockets poured down like rain. The Han army ships were sailing, but in an instant they ignited a raging fire. !Suddenly more than twenty ships were wiped out!Countless Han soldiers were forced to jump into the lake, and it is unknown how many of them drowned!
However, the flames spread along with the wreckage of the ship and actually ignited Xu Da's ship!At the same time, the surviving Han troops also surrounded him. Xu Da was suddenly caught between the fire and the enemy. He had no choice but to order to put out the fire while leading his troops to defend against the enemy. His troops were quickly insufficient and he was in danger!
The Han troops shouted "surrender" and surrounded them. However, Xu Da refused to retreat and led his own soldiers in a bloody battle. Zhu Yuanzhang watched anxiously from a distance. Xu Da was his old minister. , as he conquered the north and south in these years, even regardless of his role in Wu Guogong's regime, he could never give up on his good friend just because of his feelings.

"Who among the generals will save me?" he shouted loudly, and as soon as he finished speaking, a ship sailed out boldly and rushed towards Xu Da with more than ten warships.

Flying above is a large flag with the word "strict".

Yan Ling got along very well with Xu Da these days, and they were both teachers and friends. At this time, Xu Da was surrounded, and he was also worried. As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, his ship was already fighting forward. banner.

At this time, Xu Da's side was covered with corpses, and there were almost no Wu soldiers standing. However, the Han army kept jumping on Xu Da's ship and attacked him.On the front of Xu Da were hundreds of Han troops, and on the back were blazing flames.

"Okay, I will die from this today!" He laughed, waved the blade full of gaps, and rushed towards the Han army.

The Han soldiers had smiles on their faces and beheaded the enemy general. This was undoubtedly a great achievement. They swarmed forward, trying to snatch the big head.

Xu Da's eyes were full of determination.

The Han army's weapons were already waving, and his armor had been torn in the battle, and he was determined not to be able to block so many sharp blades.

"Boom!" The hull of the ship suddenly shook at this time. The Han soldiers were unable to stand steadily and fell to the ground one after another.

However, they did not forget their merits and hurriedly picked up the knives and stood up.

Looking up, they saw a knife lying in front of them.

Yan Ling was wearing armor and looked at them coldly.

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