When it comes to troop strength, Chen Youyi's strength is almost three times that of Zhu Yuanzhang, but in the Battle of Poyang Lake, it still ended in defeat, and even he himself was killed in battle.
Summarizing Chen Youyu's failures, it can be summarized into the following three points.
First, Chen Youyi was not strategic enough and overconfident.
War is definitely not won by relying on who has more people, and there are countless cases in history in which fewer people win more, but Chen Youyu obviously does not understand this truth. He was self-righteous, believing that if he had many people, he would definitely be able to defeat Zhu Yuanzhang, so he did not look down on Zhu Yuanzhang from his bones.
And this mentality is obviously unavoidable when facing Zhu Yuanzhang, which will only make him suffer losses. In fact, it is not difficult to find that in the past cases where less wins more, many times the manager's light enemy is one of the reasons for failure.
Second, There is a problem with Chen Youyou's tactics.
Chen Youyu's warship was a giant ship, with a long snake array of one word, up to tens of miles long, looking at the huge battle. However, there were too many drawbacks in the battle, and cao Cao's huge army lost so badly in the Battle of Chibi. It was too inflexible, and Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and frequently attacked Chen Youyu, it can be said that Chen Youyu was defeated and could not be defeated.
Third, Zhu Yuanzhang's army belonged to yiyi.
The reason for this is that the Poyang Lake Water Battle is not a separate battle. We all know that Chen Youyu eventually died in the battle of Poyang Lake, but in fact, the battle between Chen Youyu and Zhu Yuanzhang did not start in Poyang Lake, but in Hongdu. At that time, Chen Youyu personally led a large army to attack Hongdu, but it was met with strong resistance from the Zhu army, and Chen Youyu was unable to take a step forward for dozens of days.
When Zhu Yuanzhang was ready for everything and the army marched towards Hongdu, there was the later Battle of Poyang Lake. However, at this time, Chen Youyu's army was already tired, and his confidence was also hit.
And then, it was another battle that concerned the life of the family, and Chen Youyu was already vulnerable.