Chapter 479 Chen Youliang: Battle of Longwan.

On the canopy

Zhu Yuanzhang, wearing a red robe, leaned on the sword with both hands.

Sitting on the golden chair with a big horse and golden sword.

His eyes were sharp, looking forward.

There are four people standing around him.

Two warriors in armor and helmets, holding swords on the left.

Two Confucian scholars with wide hats and sleeves, one is putting his sleeve in.

The group looked across.

Two people looked into their eyes.

On the left is a man who is unrestrained but evasive in his gaze.

On the right is a young man with a dignified appearance but a vicious look in his eyes.

The screen turned,
The three-story-high ship just barely touched the top of the city wall.

The guarding soldiers looked at the huge monster approaching.

They knelt down and surrendered.

……

[Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was quietly rising]

【The situation in the world has also changed greatly. 】

[Zhang Shicheng occupied the vast and fertile land of the Taihu Lake Basin and the Yangtze River Delta centered on Pingjiang, and dominated the East. ]

【Xu Shouhui ruled over large areas of Huguang and Jiangxi from Wuchang, becoming the overlord of the West.】

【Zhu Yuanzhang was caught in the middle, and it was not easy. 】

[In the intercalary April of 1360, Xu Shouhui was killed by his general Chen Youliang, who then proclaimed himself emperor in Jiangzhou and established the Han Kingdom.]

[On the first day of May, he assembled a hundred thousand naval forces and conquered Taiping.]

【Jointly with Zhang Shicheng to send troops to Yingtian in an attempt to destroy Zhu Yuanzhang.】

……

{At the end of the Yuan Dynasty: a beggar, a fisherman, and a salt merchant.}
{Zhu, Chen, and Zhang, these three really interpreted the saying "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different species?" to the fullest!}
{The Han Dynasty began with Liu Bang and ended with You Liang.}
{Xu Da, Chang Yuchun. Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen. How do you play with this lineup?}
……

Daqin
Ying Zheng really wanted to shout out “good!”

But I still held myself back.

"After thousands of years, it can be said that it has a beginning and an end."

Liu Bang and his companions were writing on bamboo slips, and they looked up when they heard this.

Your Majesty, laugh if you want to.

The corners of his mouth twitched.

……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"This boat is really big."

Liu Che had never really thought about the navy.

After all, the enemy is on the grassland.

"But it's good to prepare in advance."

Huo Qubing avoided Liu Che's eager gaze.

"Hey, how can their ship get close to the city wall?"

Liu Che was very dissatisfied with this way of changing the subject.

"It's obviously high tide, and it also takes advantage of the tall ship."

But he didn't pursue it.

……

On the great river under the sky, the navy is mighty and powerful.

There were so many ships that they seemed to cover the sky.

The flags blocked out the sunlight.

From beginning to end, it is almost dozens of miles.

The scene changes.

A Confucian scholar bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Anyone who discusses surrendering or fleeing to Zhongshan can be executed."

"The bandits in Chen are arrogant. We should wait for them to penetrate deep into our territory and then ambush them."

"Zhang is a weak character. Seeing Chen retreating, he dared not to attack lightly."

"The siege of Yingtian has been lifted."

……

[When the news reached Yingtian, everyone was terrified.]

【All the counselors Zhu Yuanzhang invited revealed their true colors.】

[Some people advocate surrender as the best policy, others say it is better to give up Yingtian and wait and see]

[Some people suggested taking the initiative to attack Taiping to tie down Chen Youliang's forces.]

[Only the counsellor Liu Ji pointed out that although Chen Youliang's navy was invincible, his army might not be so.]

[If we can lure him to the shore, we can avoid his advantage and use our advantage to attack his disadvantage. ]

【You can achieve success in one fell swoop. 】

[Zhu Yuanzhang's general Kang Maocai was familiar with Chen Youliang, and Kang Maocai's old doorman also served Chen Youliang. ]

[Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Kang Maocai to instruct the old gatekeeper to sneak into Chen Youliang's army and bring Kang Maocai's handwritten letter of surrender]

[He told Chen Youliang a lot of military intelligence, volunteered to cooperate with the outside forces, and advised him to divide his troops into three routes to capture Yingtian.]

[Chen Youliang was overjoyed and asked where Kang was. He said that Kang was guarding Jiangdong Bridge.]

[Asked whether it is a stone bridge or a wooden bridge, the answer is a wooden bridge. 】

[It was agreed that Chen Youliang would personally march to Jiangdong Bridge, and use the shouting of "Lao Kang" as a signal.]

……

{Here they come! Zhuge Liang, who divided the world into three parts! Liu Bowen, who is as good at predicting the future as a god!}

{Why didn't Liu Bowen say anything about the third request?}
{What the hell is this? You are just trying to offend the Prime Minister.}
{Why three invitations? It was only two. The second time someone threw a sword down, Liu Ji immediately ran out of the mountain.}
{He almost touched the Prime Minister.}
……

Cao Wei.

"The counter-espionage tactic has always worked."

Cao Cao, with one eye blue, took a sip of wine.

"That bridge must not be a wooden bridge."

"The ambush should also be there."

"But Liu Ji does have some strategies."

Liu Bei, who was eating green plums, had two green eyes and a blank expression. All three of them ignored the saying that he could predict the future.

Meet Zhuge Liang?

Please let your achievements speak for themselves.

……

Period of Jihan and Emperor Huai

"Surrendering is not an option, and running away is even less of an option."

Zhuge Liang sketched a simple diagram on the ground.

"Zhu Yuanzhang's only way out is resistance."

“And there are two strategies for resistance.”

"One is to fight on two fronts simultaneously, taking care of both the east and the west, but if the forces are divided, defeat is inevitable."

"One is to quickly concentrate all your strength, identify the enemy's weakness, and deliver a fatal blow."

"Then we'll go back and deal with the other line."

Liu Chan, who was glaring at the sky seriously, had a trace of confusion on his face.

"Father, isn't this still a two-front war?"

Zhuge Liang nodded and took a sip of tea.

"But there is a priority."

"In fact, the focus of the problem is to take the initiative."

"The first method is very ready-made, just wait and see, but it is very disadvantageous."

"The second way of playing is of course good, but first, who should we attack first?"

"Second, how to seize favorable opportunities to fight?"

"The third one is how to fight."

"In a word, take the initiative."

……

大 明
"Gulp, gulp, gulp, ha!"

Zhu Yuanzhang wiped his mouth.

"What a mess."

"He doesn't have the skills of Zhuge Wuhou."

Queen Ma took the teapot and asked:
"What do you brothers say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sat down on the chair.

"Then what else is there to say?"

"When Old Zhu comes, he can defeat a hundred men."

"Let's make it clear, the future is the future, not the present."

"Even if he rebels in the future, we won't pursue it now!"

“It’s so generous!”

Queen Ma looked at him seriously:
"Really?"

Zhu Yuanzhang restrained his smile.

"That's what we said."

“That’s what they heard too.”

"But specifically..."

“And look at what they did.”

……

[Chen Youliang's marching route was very clear, and the distribution of military forces was also very clear.]

[Zhu Yuanzhang dispatched Hu Dahai to advance to Xinzhou to destroy Chen Youliang's retreat]

[At the same time, they set up an ambush according to Chen Youliang's marching route.]

[He changed the Jiangdong wooden bridge into a stone bridge overnight. Everything was ready, just waiting for the other party to fall into his trap.]

……

On the canopy

Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the top of Lulong Mountain, northwest of Yingtian, overlooking the battle lines in all directions.

Kang Maocai led a part of the navy and an elite unit to ambush at Jiangdong Bridge.

Chang Yuchun led 30,000 people to wait at the Lime Mountain on the east side of Lulong Mountain.

Xu Da led the cavalry and waited at Yuhuatai outside the south city of Yingtian as a surprise force.

Hu Dahai led the main force of the navy outside Xinzhou in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, preparing to ambush the retreating navy of Chen Youliang.

He looked again at the tall ship sailing towards Jiangdong Bridge.

A red flag was waving above the boat.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand expressionlessly.

A yellow flag unfurled behind him.

that side.

"Lao Kang! Lao Kang!"

When Chen Youliang saw the big stone bridge, he felt something was wrong and shouted secret codes repeatedly.

But what came was not an insider.

Instead, there were yellow flags waving all over the mountains and ambushing troops surrounding them.

……

[On June 1360, , Chen Youliang led the main force of the fleet to Jiangdong Bridge outside Yingtian, only to find out that he had been tricked.]

[But it was too late, Zhu Yuanzhang's ambush troops launched an attack]

[This battle completely annihilated Chen Youliang's main force, killing and drowning countless people.]

[About 20,000 soldiers were captured, and more than 100 of their "huge warships that mixed up the river dragons, blocked the river, knocked down the mountains, and the turtles of the river and the sea, as well as hundreds of warships" were captured.]

【Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the victory to recover Taiping, conquer Anqing, and take Xinzhou and Yuanzhou】

[In July, Chen Youliang sent troops to capture Anqing.]

[Zhu Yuanzhang went up Jiangxi to attack and captured Anqing and Jiangzhou in one go]

【Chen Youliang fled to Wuchang】

【And the prefectures and counties of Jiangxi and the southeastern corner of Hubei became part of Zhu Yuanzhang’s territory.】

[One expanded, the other shrank. The situation over the past few years has completely reversed.]

[Zhu Yuanzhang's military strength was already strong enough to fight Chen Youliang to a decisive battle.]

[In the first month of 1361, the Little Ming King officially conferred upon Zhu Yuanzhang the title of Duke of Wu.]

(End of this chapter)

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