Chen De was a famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty, and he and Zhu Yuanzhang were both from Haozhou, which is now Fengyang, Anhui. Chen De, who came from an agricultural family, defected to Zhu Yuanzhang at a very early age, and with the army took Chuzhou, Hezhou, Taiping, Jinling, Zhenjiang and other places, after years of hard work, finally relying on accumulated battle achievements, from ten thousand households to the vanguard of the account, and then to the grand marshal in front of the account.
After this, a big war related to Zhu Yuanzhang's life and death - the Poyang Lake Water War began! This battle was crucial for Zhu Yuanzhang, but it was also true for Chen De.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's side only had about 200,000 troops and some smaller ships, while Chen Youyu's side had 600,000 troops and thousands of large warships.
Therefore, at the beginning of the battlefield, it was naturally Zhu Yuanzhang who was in a headwind. Just as the so-called narrow road meets the brave to win, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally does not want to show weakness and fights with him.
However, when the situation fell into anxiety, Zhu Yuanzhang's ship suddenly but inadvertently ran aground, which undoubtedly became a living target, Chen Youyu's fierce general Zhang Dingbian discovered this situation, naturally would not easily let go of such an opportunity to make a great contribution, he drove the ship towards Zhu Yuanzhang at a high speed, while appointing his own hand to frantically release arrows.
At the moment of this thousand gunshots, Chen De bravely stood out, in order to save Zhu Yuanzhang's life, he fought fiercely, and among the nine arrows in his body, he still stood continuously, and successfully persisted to the support of the leaders of Chang Yuchun and Yue Tonghai.
After Zhu Yuanzhang successfully escaped from danger, he was impressed and grateful to Chen De, and from the perspective of the situation at that time, if there was no Chen De's strength to retreat from the enemy, Zhu Yuanzhang might have directly hung up or been seriously injured. Then the outcome of this Battle of Poyang Lake, and even the ownership of the entire world, may be completely reversed.
From this point of view, Chen De can be described as a great achievement. After the Battle of Poyang Lake, he followed Xu DaMengyuan and performed well, and was awarded the title of Marquis of Linjiang for his merits, eating 1,500 stones.
However, he himself may have been seriously injured due to the root of the disease, resulting in not enjoying much peaceful days and hanging up! Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad, and he stopped the dynasty for three days, posthumously made him the Duke of Qiguo, and let his son Chen Yong inherit his title of Marquis of Linjiang.
This ending, for Chen De, may not be unacceptable. Although he died, after all, he also successfully laid a good foundation for his descendants, and he did not waste his time to block seven sharp arrows for Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, his son Chen Yong was killed in a battle, and with the outbreak of the Hu Weiyong case, he and his son were both involved, although everyone was dead, but the title was still to be abolished!