Whether it is Xiang Yu, who is awe-inspiring in his righteousness, or Cao Cao, who has mixed praises and criticisms, he is an immortal figure, but there is a historical figure whose ability and achievements are not inferior to the two of them, but he is quietly hidden in the snow and gradually blurred in people's memories.
This person was Chen Youyu, who was famous in the uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
In film and television works, Chen Youyu is often portrayed as a completely negative character. However, looking at this person's life through the fog is definitely not as simple as black and white.
Heavenly Descending Wizard Chen Youyi
The Mongols, a people on horseback, easily broke through what was considered to be the most advanced agricultural civilization at that time in the process of migration and development over the millennia.
It is easy to conquer the world and it is difficult to defend the world, although countless Central Plains strategists have been recruited to serve the Yuan government, but the Central Plains culture has not been taken seriously, and the Mongols have adhered to the concept of destroying the country and destroying the nation, although they have run amok in all directions for a while, but in the end they personally destroyed the national fortune.
The yuan dynasty ruled for less than a hundred years, but in this short period of time, it caused unprecedented disasters to China. The Han people, who were originally divided into inferior people, were even more like grass and mustard in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, which was politically corrupt and heavily taxed.
Later Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, who was an authentic peasant, can be said to have personally experienced this obscure time, watching his parents and brothers starve to death one by one in front of his eyes, without even a shroud.
Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youyi's life was relatively smooth. He was born with a good face, which played a big role in the rest of his life.
In addition, Chen Youyu's origin is not much higher than Zhu Yuanzhang's, and the family has lived on fishing for generations. Although he was the third oldest among his brothers, he was very bookish and intelligent, so his parents still managed to let him read for a few years.
While learning cultural knowledge, Chen Youyu was also fortunate to receive the guidance of a martial artist, and he was young and complete in both literature and martial arts.
One day, a Taoist-like person passed by the Chen family's cemetery, and could not help but marvel one after another, the Chen family's cemetery feng shui gathered wealth and nobility, and future generations must have made great achievements.
Chen Youyu, a young man who had been smooth sailing all the way, was naturally very happy to hear this kind of prophecy, and he was also quite conceited, thinking that he must be the one who could influence the pattern of the world in the chaotic world, and later he did it.
Deep in heart, usurpation of power and self-reliance
For a person with no background like Chen Youyu, if he wants to achieve his lofty ambitions, he will not allow him to take a wrong step.
Like the current big heroine TV series, the first step in counterattack is to find a reliable man. Hundreds of years ago, Chen Youyu also understood this truth, and at the age when he should marry and have children, he did not hesitate to use marriage as the first springboard.
I don't know what means he used, but despite his personality, Chen Youyu when he was young was indeed a personable young man, and he also successfully married a rich family, and since then he has begun the road to fighting monsters and upgrading.
After the marriage, Chen Youyu, who was both literate and martial, and had a sleek personality, was highly valued by his father-in-law, and relied on this relationship to find an official position in the local government.
Chen Youyu was a man who refused to let go of any opportunity, and although he was only a small civilian, he had access to the yuan government's finances and embezzled a lot of money from it.
It can be seen from here that Chen Youyu was already a person who did not hesitate to use any means for the sake of the end at a young age. Unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, who was well versed in folk suffering, he had not suffered great hardships and hardships, and every step he took was only because his ability was just enough to match his desires.
In the view of the shrewd Chen Youyu, the Yuan government has exhausted its strength, and the present is an excellent opportunity to seize the world, and it will be a great achievement in the past, but it will also be famous in history.
However, Chen Youyu, who was familiar with the scriptures, knew that whether it was Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, or the Green Forest Yellow Turban, the first person to provoke an incident at the end of the dynasty had absolutely no good end. He is not really asking for the people's life, and of course he is not willing to be the head bird.
So he quietly hid his ambitions, constantly accumulating strength, and waiting for the opportunity to come like a hunting wolf.
Sure enough, under the high pressure of the Yuan government, righteous people in various places rose up, and the vigorous anti-Yuan movement was full of smoke.
An army happened to pass by the county where Chen Youyi was located, and Chen Youyu waited for an opportunity to target this team and became a strategist under Xu Shouhui.
Although Chen Youyu was good at martial arts, he trusted his mind more, and it was easier and more secure to encroach on a mature regime than to establish one.
The leader of the Red Turban Army, Xu Shouhui, was not a man of great talent, and Chen Youyu saw this precisely, and when the time was ripe, he conspired with Ni Wenjun to murder Xu Shouhui and seize the Heavenly End regime that had been hard to establish.
What is shocking is that after successfully murdering Xu Shouhui, Chen Youyu turned his head and killed his accomplice Ni Wenjun, which shows that for him, in the face of interests, love and righteousness are worthless.
Since then, Chen Youyu's wildness and ambitions have finally had a platform to show. If a person wants to succeed, the stage is indispensable, even if the ability is extraordinary, if there is no room for display, it is only invisible to everyone.
This is what Daifu Wuwen, Maxima and Bo Le are talking about.
The great thing about Chen Youyu is that he will never sit still, even if there is no chance, he will use the situation to create opportunities for himself. Instead of being like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, they have taken many great luck and been forcibly pushed to the front end by history.
After taking over the Tianquan regime, Chen Youyu began a large-scale action. He merged all his troops, fully grasped the military power, and personally commanded the anti-Yuan struggle.
In the eyes of today's people, Chen Youyu is really a gifted and chaotic wizard, not only good at strategizing and playing politics, but also a good hand in the military and has excellent leadership ability. Under his command, the Tianquan army was in jiangxi, Anhui and other places, and the Yuan government collapsed.
In September of the nineteenth year of Zhengzheng, Chen Youyu killed Xu Shouhui's generals in order to completely control the power in his own hands.
The nail in his eye has been removed, and Chen Youyu can finally reach the political peak with peace of mind and proclaim himself the King of Han in Jiujiang, Jiangxi.
Conquer the world, and collapse into an army
From a fisherman to a King of Han, Chen Youyu seems to be effortless, and it is really an admirable and frightening existence.
However, the path taken by Chen Youyi seems to be the best solution, but in fact he has made the same mistake as the Yuan government he hates - unpopular.
In the second year of Chen Youyi's self-proclaimed title of King of Han, he killed Xu Shouhui. After all, the Tianquan regime was established by Xu Shouhui, and the generals were deeply resentful of Chen Youyi's violent rule and despicable means, and the military's morale had been scattered.
Chen Youyu did not realize the evil consequences he had created, but instead killed the red eye, at this time he was already crowned king, only one step away from being called emperor, and no one would give up easily, not to mention Chen Youyu, an extremely conceited person.
Military instability was a major taboo in war, and Chen Youyu did not realize this.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had also completed his own road of upgrading, reaching the point where he was on an equal footing with Chen Youyi. The battle between the two was on the verge of breaking out.
The first large-scale confrontation was on the outskirts of present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and although the unpopular Chen Youyu exhausted his plans, he did not gain the upper hand, and finally returned with a big defeat.
In this defeat, Chen Youyu suffered heavy losses, and the shipwrecks and corpses in the Longwan area were everywhere, and he was able to escape by relying on a small boat after nine deaths.
Zhu Yuanzhang was well aware of Chen Youyi's personality, and if he was given a chance to breathe, he would surely resurrect, so he sent Feng Guosheng to lead the Five Roads Army to pursue and kill, and once again defeated the remnants of Chen Youyi's troops at Quarry.
Chen Youyu was not a generalist, hiding all the way to Tibet and fleeing all the way to Jiangzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that there was no hope of pursuing and killing, and took the opportunity to attack Anqing, but turned around and was beaten back by Chen Youyu.
In 1361, Zhu Yuanzhang personally conquered Chen Youyu, morale was unprecedentedly high, and under the fierce attack, Chen Youyu's shrunken Jiangzhou was not saved, and fled to Wuchang with his wife and children overnight.
From participating in the uprising to the present, Chen Youyu had never suffered such humiliation, he had always been a conceited and proud person, and on the way to escape for his life, he was eager to slash Zhu Yuanzhang with a thousand knives.
The decisive battle at Poyang Lake was accomplished
There can only be one co-lord in the world, and Chen Youyu and Zhu Yuanzhang are destined to have one person who will die on the battlefield.
The devastated Chen Youyu did not collapse, but became more crazy. He was a genius, a genius in many ways, and in the process of preparing for the decisive battle, he actually built an unprecedented luxury warship under the technical conditions of the time.
Even in today's world, the water army is also the focus of the national military, Chen Youyu began to focus on water combat 700 years ago, and also refreshed the history of science and technology in China and even the world, which is really amazing.
When Chen Youyu led a massive attack of 600,000 troops, Zhu Yuanzhang was very distressed. Although he knew that this vicious battle could not be avoided, his army was not good at water warfare, and its equipment was far less luxurious than Chen Youyu's, with only some small boats.
Chen Youyu had an indestructible fleet.
The two armies fought to the death at Poyang Lake, and Chen Youyu ordered the use of iron cables to connect the boats to form a tight protective chain.
This great battle lasted for three days and three nights, and in the face of Chen Youyi's near-perfect chains, Zhu Yuanzhang's army was only beaten, and the scene was very tragic, and the blood stained Poyang Lake. Victory or defeat seems to be clear.
However, the direction of history is often unexpected, just when Zhu Yuanzhang was almost defeated, the sky suddenly blew northeast wind. This scene seems to be very familiar, reminiscent of the story of the Wushu coalition army burning the ships.
The relationship between Chen Youyu and Luo Guanzhong is not bad, which may be the end of not looking at friends' works.
With the help of the heavens, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the ship to be set on fire, and like Cao Cao's million-strong division in history, Chen Youyu's proud luxury fleet was eventually burned and destroyed in the fire.
Poyang Lake is as blood-colored as perpain, the sky is like blood, the water and sky are colorful, and the roaring fire light jumps in it, Chen Youyu ended his life in this poignant and tragic scene that has never been encountered in eternity. Half of the country and mountains he had painstakingly built were collected into Zhu Yuanzhang's pocket.
summary
He was an uncompromising genius, and he was equally talented, and many people thought that he ultimately lost to his ambition and arrogance. However, as far as the Battle of Poyang Lake is concerned, Chen Youyu's defeat is fate, and the luck of those who have achieved great things is also an important part of their strength.
However, even if Chen Youyu wins that battle, with his personality, the ending will eventually be the same as that of the Yuan government.