A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 21
That night, Chen Youliang gathered the remaining soldiers and found in despair that he had less than one-half of his troops left.

This is also due to his strong family background. Although the casualties were so heavy, he still had considerable strength left due to his fast running speed.

However, the morale of these soldiers was extremely low, and many of them had been injured by artillery, muskets, and arrows in previous battles. Even if they were sitting in the camp at this time, they could still hear the wails outside.

Chen Youliang frowned on the dragon chair, and the attendant next to him had already walked out with understanding.

After a while, the screams outside disappeared, and the guard walked in with blood all over him.

The generals looked at each other and couldn't help but feel a little scared.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty looked around, he did it on purpose.Chen Youliang's army was not united by loyalty. It was entirely due to his strength that he suppressed this group of Xu Shouhui's old troops.

Now that he was defeated miserably, the first thing he had to do was to establish his authority. He knew this very well. Otherwise, it was very likely that a certain general would use his head as a stepping stone to promotion and wealth in the new power.

Seeing that the generals were already frightened, he slowly spoke:
"Everyone, what do you think about the future battle?"

The dozen or so generals present looked at each other in silence.

We have already been defeated like this. You still don't want to retreat and rely on the fortified city to resist. Do you still want to continue the fight?
The long silence made Chen Youliang a little dissatisfied. He made a "hum" sound from his nose and glanced at the generals with his vulture's eyes. All the generals he looked at lowered their heads involuntarily, feeling panic in his heart.Since the failure during the day, Chen Youliang's temper has become increasingly moody.

Finally, a general spoke and broke the silence.

"Your Majesty, how about we transfer soldiers from the north? The morale of the existing troops is low, and I am afraid it will be difficult to continue fighting..."

To the north is the Jingnan area, where the Han Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty bordered. Although Chen Youliang made a large-scale eastward advance, he still left heavy troops here to prevent the Yuan army from moving south.

What he said was actually correct. If the Han army's remnant soldiers, who had been frightened out of their wits by the Wu army, were used to fight against the enemy, they might lose even more ugly!Calling those troops with high morale over, judging from the battle situation at Poyang Lake, is indeed a good choice.

However, after hearing this, Chen Youliang slapped the armrest of the dragon chair hard and let out a deafening roar:
"How brave! How dare you say this! If the Yuan army goes south, won't the great rivers and mountains fall again?! Pull him down and behead him in public!"

Immediately, several soldiers came forward and dragged the general down. He never dreamed that just making a suggestion would lead to death, and his head was cut off amidst the cries of "spare your life".

"The Northern soldiers must not move! Anyone who talks nonsense will be killed!" Chen Youliang was panting, his eyes were red.He sat down and stared at the generals around him.

"Even if, even if I finally... Zhu Yuanzhang takes over the world, this country still belongs to the Han Dynasty to some extent..." He murmured in a low voice in a voice that only he could hear.

The generals looked at each other in shock, and they really didn't dare to speak now. Chen Youliang's violence frightened them, and at the same time, it became more certain that Chen Han's regime was on the verge of collapse.

Many people have already had other thoughts.

Chen Youliang saw all this.

"Everyone, don't worry, I have a way to defeat the enemy." He grinned with a dangerous smile.

"I learned that Zhu Yuanzhang's main ship has been painted white. Tomorrow we will gather a large number of troops and rush straight to the white ship to capture Zhu Yuanzhang. Why worry about the enemy not being able to defeat him?"

The generals suddenly raised their heads and looked at Chen Youliang, the fire of hope rekindled in their eyes.

still have a chance!

"Tomorrow, all armies should move forward vigorously and fight to the death! When this battle is over, everyone here will be rewarded! Whoever captures Zhu Yuanzhang will be given a king with a different surname!" Chen Youliang waved his hand. This was his second chance to maintain his group. A means - fame and fortune.

This move worked very well. After having a seemingly reliable plan, the Han generals once again gained confidence. Especially the temptation of breaking the earth and sealing the king was even more difficult to resist.

"Your Majesty!" they shouted in unison.The next day, the Han army raised its sails again and launched an attack on the Wu army.

However, when Wu Jun's ships came forward without showing any signs of weakness, the generals who were ready to compete for the throne were dumbfounded.

The Wu army was all painted white. Six or seven of the ten warships were painted white. They had no idea where Zhu Yuanzhang's flagship was!

And with the previous experience of riding alone at a fixed edge, Zhu Yuanzhang's commanding flag has long been hidden. Only people within the Wu army know which ship is the main ship. The Han army wants to behead them, but they have no way to do it!
The Han generals were dumbfounded. They had not expected this, but the Wu army would not wait for them and launched another offensive.

Chen Youliang's fleet was as tall as ever, but at this time they had lost too many warships, and the morale of the soldiers was low. The Wu army took advantage of the Han army's heavy ships and difficulty in turning, and used a large number of medium-sized ships to carry out a "wolf pack" The Han army could not resist the offensive and retreated steadily.

What's even more outrageous is that because the Han warships were too large and had excellent sound insulation, even the soldiers on the decks of the warships had been killed. The soldiers below were still shouting and driving the boats hard, which made it impossible to form a Together they were defeated one by one!

In just one morning, the Han army was defeated again. Countless weapons, flags and corpses were thrown from the ships, covering the surface of Poyang Lake!

The Han army surrendered almost organically, and even the generals lost the will to resist. Chen Youliang led the last army back to his camp in embarrassment.

The two sides faced off again, but this time the situation was completely reversed.

A few days later, Chen Youliang received another piece of news that made him collapse.

Zhu Wenzheng, who had beaten him to pieces in Hongdu, once again used a fire to destroy all his grain ships.

There is really no time to play now.

In August, Chen Youliang gathered the few remaining defeated generals and officially began to retreat.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang still understood the principle of killing a snake. When the Han army tried to escape from Nanhuzui back to Wuchang, it was blocked by the Wu army who had been waiting here.

At this time, compared to the thousands of warships that Chen Youliang had arrived, there were only more than 100 broken ships that covered the sky.

He gathered all his troops and tried to break out.

The two sides fought fiercely down the river until they reached the mouth of the Jingjiang River.

Yan Ling took more than a hundred ships to guard here.

He narrowed his eyes while looking at the fierce battle. Chen Youliang's flagship was clearly in sight. Under the banner, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was personally directing the battle to boost morale.

Yan Ling ordered his ship to move closer. When the distance was close enough, he issued an order to his men:

"Shoot an arrow at that ship."

Hundreds of soldiers on Yan Ling's ship bent their bows and set arrows at the same time.

And among the countless arrow feathers, one shot towards a special location.

From the eyes, through the brain.

A generation of heroes ended in such an unspectacular way.

　Chen Youliang was the most fiercely anti-Yuan among the three major southern forces at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng both had records of ambiguity with Yuan Ting, but Chen Youliang did not. From the beginning to the end, he regarded Yuan Ting as his enemy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)