There is no doubt that Chen Youyu is a bad person in the traditional sense, but in that chaotic world, his rules of behavior were the universal choice at that time. If he wanted to survive, it seemed inevitable again, and his mistake was to develop this law to the extreme, knowing that he was going to the point of going crazy. Superstition and violence, and failure to pay attention to basic faith, made him lose the hearts of the people. —"Those Things of the Ming Dynasty"
In the Battle of Hongdu, an important battle that determined the ownership of the world after the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youyu led at least 400,000 troops, plus battleships much more advanced than Zhu Yuanzhang's army, against Zhu Yuanzhang, who only had 200,000 troops. Just like the Battle of Xiaxia more than a thousand years ago, Liu Bang, who was born in Caokou, defeated Xiang Yu, who was known as the "King of Western Chu" at that time, and this matter of birth, sometimes in China, really can't decide everything.
And this war has also become a typical battle in history with fewer victories and more victories.
Before the Hongdu War, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered his previous fears and fears, remembered the momentum of Chen Youyu's army's "black cloud crushing the city and destroying the city", and was afraid and at the same time comforted himself, so long time has passed, our army equipment has improved I don't know how much, maybe Chen Youyu is not so terrible.
It wasn't until he confronted Chen Youyu the next day that Zhu Yuanzhang lamented his innocence yesterday. However, Zhu Yuanzhang also deeply knew that if even one of the main generals showed cowardice, the soldiers below would lose morale.
Since there is always a war, and today it is all encountered, then don't back down and start fighting!
Zhu Yuanzhang quickly commanded his soldiers, specifically picking on Chen Youyi's weakness to attack. Chen Youyu did not react at first, and was given the lead by Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Chen Youyi, like Zhu Yuanzhang, was a general on the Side of the Ling Dynasty, and soon Chen Youyu made certain adjustments to the layout of his army.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's guerrilla attacks, Chen Youyu quickly concluded that only when the entire army was united could Zhu Yuanzhang become his own defeated general.
So Chen Youyu made a decision that he regretted for the rest of his life, and connected all the ships with strong chains. I don't know if Chen Youyu has read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I guess he must not have read it, otherwise Cao Cao would not be enough to become a lesson for the past?
Although this made the entire fleet as difficult to conquer like a behemoth, it was not known that the of a thousand miles was still collapsed in the ant nest, and as long as one of the battleships had a problem, the entire fleet could easily be completely destroyed.
And our wise Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang is also worried that he can't find a breakthrough, and at a glance, isn't this the fat meat sent to the door? So he immediately ordered an attack with fire.
But with so many ships, relying solely on those torches in the hands of the soldiers was completely useless, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into a sad thought, if at this time, there is a gust of wind, how good it would be!
Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking like this, the wind came, and the fire gradually swallowed Chen Youyu's ship array through this gust of wind.
God help me!
The time could not wait, zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered all the generals to attack Chen Youyu's army with all their might. Chen Youyijun saw that the general trend had gone, the uprising was originally to not be forced to die by the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty, and the lord general Chen Youyi was already gone, and if he did not flee at this time, would he stay and send him to death? Sorry, we are not loyal people, the uprising is for the sake of wealth, but we are not willing to take a life in vain when we fail.
So Zhu Yuanzhang saw such a scene, in the fire, Chen Jun's generals fled in all directions, without the slightest regard for the main general behind him.
Seeing that the scene was really difficult to control, Chen Youyu hurriedly ordered those who retreated and made a decision. At the same time, the leader of the opposite side, Zhu Yuanzhang, knew that success or failure was in this move, Chen Youyi was seriously injured, and there was no chance of making a comeback, at this time, it was better to preserve his strength, and the last opponent Zhang Shicheng.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an order contrary to Chen Youyu, and those who surrendered were dealt with lightly. At this point, Chen Youyu completely became a loner, and the final outcome was naturally to be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Thinking about the Battle of Hongdu carefully, Chen Youyu had too many chances to win, and first of all, this war should not happen in Hongdu.
Some people had studied the situation of Chen Youyu, and at that time, choosing to take Ying Tian first instead of HongDu was undoubtedly the best choice, at that time Zhu Yuanzhang would be attacked by the enemy on his stomach, and with Chen Youyu's absolute strength, encirclement and suppression should be the safest approach.
However, Chen Youyu insisted on attacking Ying Tian first, only because the leader of Ying Tianfu had once been his subordinate, but later took Ying Tian to Zhu Yuanzhang, and the betrayer was unforgivable.
And even at the time of the Battle of Hongdu, Chen Youyu had too many opportunities to kill Zhu Yuanzhang. Chen occupied absolute strength, not to mention the number of troops, the weapons and equipment of the two were also very different, Zhu Yuanzhang against Chen Youyu was like the traditional army of the Qing Dynasty against foreign invaders. But Chen Youyu gave up this excellent opportunity again and again, so that he finally failed miserably.
And Chen Youyu's problem does not only appear on the military layout. I have heard the comment that "there is no doubt that Chen Youyu is a bad person in the traditional sense, but in that chaotic world, his law of behavior was the universal choice at that time." If he wanted to survive, it seemed inevitable, and his mistake was to develop this law to the extreme, until it was crazy. Superstition and violence, and failure to pay attention to basic faith, made him lose the hearts of the people. ”
Xiang Yu's defeat was fashionable and he did not know each other, and the boatman was willing to cross him back to Jiangdong to help him make a comeback, while Chen Youyi's huge military division, once defeated, was like a tree falling down and scattering, and his men fled.
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Text source: Moon Ran Rihua
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