In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youyu, as a fierce enemy who accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang throughout his life, was far greater than Zhu Yuanzhang in the early days, and in the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang relied on his own strategy to turn defeat into victory, creating another example in the history of water warfare since the Battle of Chibi. The victory in the Battle of Poyang Lake laid the foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to unify the world and establish the Ming Dynasty.
In the Battle of Poyang Lake, a general by Chen Youyu proposed a strategy to him several times, but none of them were adopted, and Chen Youyu's arbitrariness and arbitrariness became the main reason for his defeat.
This general was named Zhang Dingbian, Chen Youyi's brother-in-law, and his right-hand man. In the history of the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Dingbian was known as the first fierce general, and his fame and strength were far higher than those of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others who we are familiar with.
Zhang Dingbian is Chen Youyi's hair child, also born in a poor fisherman's family, from a young age to know astronomy and geography, martial arts and martial arts and martial arts are proficient. After Chen Youyi's uprising, Zhang Dingbian followed him and fought in the south and the north, making great achievements for the establishment of the Chen Han regime.
In addition to Zhang Dingbian's bravery, his strategic vision was also very unique, when Zhu Yuanzhang's troops tricked Kang Maocai into surrendering to Chen Youyu, Zhang Dingbian intervened to stop it, and Chen Youbian did not follow Zhang Dingbian's advice, resulting in the fiasco of Jiangdong Wooden Bridge. After the defeat at Lime Mountain, Chen Youyu was anxious to claim the title of emperor and insisted on attacking Anqing, Zhang Dingbian once again came forward to cry out, Chen Youyu did not listen, once again causing the army to suffer a fiasco.
Even so, Zhang Dingbian was still loyal to Chen Youyu, and during Chen Youyi's retreat to Jiujiang, because of his negligence in defense, Zhu Yuanzhang's troops came to the city, but fortunately Zhang Dingbian rushed back in a hurry and fought desperately to rescue Chen Youyu.
Chen Youyu was defeated one after another, and instead of rectifying and resting, he gathered 600,000 troops and prepared to fight Zhu Yuanzhang to the death at Poyang Lake, Zhang Dingbian stood up again and suggested that a large army should directly attack Nanjing and besiege Nanchang all the time, so that Zhu Yuanzhang would not be defeated in spite of his own hands, Chen Youyu did not adopt it, and once again insisted on going his own way.
In the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhang Dingbian led three warships, with the strength of no enemy, rushed to Zhu Yuanzhang's warship, wanting to take Zhu Yuanzhang's first rank in the ten thousand armies, but fortunately, when there was often a spring rush, Zhang Dingbian was unable to command the battle, and withdrew from the encirclement of Zhu Yuanzhang's water army, and no one dared to stop him.
Although Zhang Dingbian was brave and fierce, he was doomed to be unable to save the defeat with only one person's strength. After Chen Youyi's death, Zhang Dingbian covered chen Youyi's young son Chen Li to return to Wuchang and supported him as emperor. After Chen Li returned to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Dingbian did not want to be a Ming Dynasty general, retreated into The Lingyuan Mountain, cut his hair and became a monk, and lived to the age of ninety.