The Battle of Poyang Lake: The Battle of Poyang Lake is a strategic decisive battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang in the waters of Poyang Lake for the south of China, which occupies an important position in the history of China water war. The battle lasted for 37 days, and its length, scale, troops, ships and fierce fighting were unprecedented.
Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang in the Poyang Lake water war.
Judging from the strength comparison between the two sides, Chen Jun claims to be 600,000, and Zhu Jun only has 200,000; Most of Chen's warships are newly built, tall and well equipped. Zhu Jun's warships are mainly small boats, but they are flexible and can advance and retreat freely. Comparing the two, Chen Jun has the advantage. However, the result of the engagement was that Zhu Jun defeated Chen Jun, a superior force, with inferior forces.
After the war, Zhu Yuanzhang pointed out in his analysis of the reasons for victory that although Chen Youliang had many soldiers, he was United and suspicious, fought for years and failed several times. However, I was defeated by an energetic teacher. My soldiers were United and brave and fought like birds, so I won.
Another reason for Zhu Yuanzhang's victory is his proper deployment and correct command. At the beginning of entering the lake mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to guard the pass between Wuyang Lake and Poyang Lake, and between the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake. On the one hand, it cut off Chen Jun's way home, on the other hand, it restricted Chen Jun's deployment, making it impossible to give full play to his advantages of having more soldiers and more ships. (History:) Later, we concentrated our forces and attacked Chen Jun one after another. Chen's warship is tall, stable and well-equipped, and can strike from the commanding heights. But its fatal weakness is poor mobility, and it is even more unfavorable to advance and retreat. Zhu Jun's ship is small and maneuverable, so it is easy to attack Chen flexibly. However, it has some weaknesses, such as it is difficult to attack from behind, resist impact and penetrate from the front.
In view of this situation, Zhu Jun adopted the tactics of fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses. First, attack Chen Jun in teams and give full play to the role of firearms, and then attack the enemy with fire. In the first battle of Kanglang Mountain waters, dozens of large ships of Chen Jun were destroyed, and the first battle was successful; World War I at Hukou destroyed hundreds of Chen warships and wiped out most of Chen. It became a famous battle in the history of China's water war, which laid the foundation for its unification of the south of the Yangtze River and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, thus having great strategic significance.
Chen Youliang's failure was first caused by strategic mistakes. It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang led the main force to save Wang Xiaoming in the north, which led to the sky. This is a strategic mistake. If Chen Youliang goes down the river with his main force and hits the sky, Zhu Yuanzhang will be caught between Chen and Zhang, and the situation will change in favor of Chen Youliang. However, Chen Youliang did not do so, but targeted the attack at the small and strong Hongdoucheng, making hundreds of thousands of land and water troops in a narrow area, which was difficult to expand; Moreover, he did not send troops to guard the rivers and lakes, nor did he pay attention to the posterior route. As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang was blocked in Poyang Lake. In addition, Chen Youliang is headstrong, irritable and suspicious, internally disintegrated and demoralized; Clumsy command, single tactics, joint boat deployment, difficulty in maneuvering, etc. , is also the reason why Chen Youliang failed.