From the twelfth year of Zhizheng (1352), Zhu Yuanzhang defected to the peasant leader Guo Zisheng, to the first year of Hongwu (1368), Zhu Yuanzhang declared himself emperor in Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered for 16 years, experienced dangers, including the help of nobles, in the Battle of Poyang Lake, there was also a famous general who blocked 9 arrows for Zhu Yuanzhang, which left a life and established the Ming Dynasty.
And the matter should start from the twentieth year of Zhizheng (1360), the leader of the peasant revolt Chen Youyu established himself as the emperor of the Great Han Dynasty, the year name day, controlled the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, at that time Chen Youyu's strength can not be underestimated, only the strength of the water army is 10 times that of Zhu Yuanzhang, so sooner or later there will be a fierce battle between Chen Youyu and Zhu Yuanzhang.
In 1363, Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the rebel army in jiangsu and Zhejiang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, sent troops to besiege Anfeng, the last stronghold of King Xiaoming, who was afraid and asked Zhu Yuanzhang for urgent rescue, Zhu Yuanzhang considered that saving Anfeng was Baoyingtian, so he led his troops to the rescue, and Chen Youyu also came with large soldiers.
Chen Youyu's 600,000 land and water army took the opportunity to besiege Hongdu and occupy Ji'an, Linjiang, and Wuwei Prefectures, and the situation at this time was that Zhu Yuanzhang took his generals to Yingtian, and the main force was in charge of the general Xu Da, who was besieging Luzhou.
On the sixth day of July of the same year, Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to rescue Hongdu with 200,000 water troops, first sent troops to guard the mouth of the Jing River, and then sent another army to garrison the mouth of the South Lake, intending to cut off Chen Youyi's retreat, and also sent troops to guard WuyangDu to prevent Chen Jun from escaping, and then Zhu Yuanzhang entered Poyang Lake with a large army.
This is a life-and-death duel, Zhu Yuanzhang knows, Chen Youyu also knows, Chen Youyu's troops are more than Zhu Yuanzhang's, the battleships are also better than Zhu Yuanzhang's, in the early stage, Zhu Yuanzhang's men and horses did not get any benefits, and Chen Youyi's side also had a brother named Zhang Dingbian, Zhang Dingbian was the first fierce general at the end of the Yuan, has always been invincible, can be described as Zhu Yuanzhang's fierce enemy.
After Zhang Dingbian saw Zhu Yuanzhang's warship, he drove a small boat to take advantage of the chaos, and then rushed up, killing 3 generals in a row, Zhu Yuanzhang's life was at stake, and wanted to drive another boat to escape, Zhang Dingbian's target was Zhu Yuanzhang, and he approached Zhu Yuanzhang step by step.
At the critical moment, a general named Chen De stepped forward and blocked nine arrows for Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang waited for the general Chang Yuchun, and after Chang Yuchun and Zhang Dingbian fought a big battle, Chen Youyu's side was already in a hurry, Zhang Dingbian had to retreat, and later Chen De got the best treatment, recovered again, and continued to serve Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, after a month of fierce fighting at Poyang Lake, Chen Youyu's military food was exhausted, and then he had to try his last strength to break through, but he could not leave alive, Zhu Yuanzhang had already blocked Chen Youyi's retreat to death, and finally Chen Youyu was killed by an arrow, and the Battle of Poyang Lake was also a famous example of a battle in the history of China's water warfare with fewer victories and more victories.
In the third year of Hongwu (1370), Chen Defeng was the Marquis of Linjiang, and 8 years later Chen De died because of the recurrence of old injuries, and Zhu Yuanzhang stopped the dynasty for three days and posthumously named him the Duke of Qiguo, with the posthumous title of Dingxiang.
However, why did the Chen De family still end up with a full door? The reason was that in the Case of Hu Weiyong, the prime minister Li Shanchang and others were implicated, and Chen De's son was also found to be related to Hu Weiyong's rebellion, and as a result, he was raided, but Zhu Yuanzhang still remembered that Chen De risked his life to save himself, and left Chen De's grandson's life.