Why was the battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang an unprecedented water war?

The water war between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang was the battle of Poyang Lake, which was called the largest water war in the world in the Middle Ages because of its numerous warships, long duration and fierce fighting. The battle ended in Zhu Yuanzhang's victory and wiped out Chen Youliang's main force in one fell swoop.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang went to save Wang Xiaoming, and Chen Youliang took the opportunity to surround Hongdu. Fortunately, Zhu Wenzheng led the defenders of Hongdu to resist tenaciously until Zhu Yuanzhang came to the rescue. After Chen Youliang got the news, he crossed the Poyang Lake to fight. The decisive battle to decide the fate of both sides has begun. Zhu Yuanzhang led 20 decisive battles between Wan Shuijun and Chen Youliang. Before the start of the decisive battle, Zhu Yuanzhang made arrangements to surround Chen Youliang, with one army defending Jingjiang Mouth and one army stationed at Nanhu Mouth, cutting off Chen Youliang's back road, and Zhu Yuanzhang himself entered Poyang Lake to fight Chen Youliang.

According to historical records, Chen Youliang's fleet stretches for dozens of miles and is magnificent. Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang have different arrangements. He scattered the fleet and made up 20 teams. Every fleet is equipped with weapons. When approaching the other ship, he mainly uses long-range killing weapons such as firearms before considering hand-to-hand combat.

After the war, Xu Da led the fleet to kill more than 500 people, but Zhu Jun also suffered many injuries. Chen Youliang's ship was much bigger than Zhu Yuanzhang's, and the attack was seriously frustrated. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang used the advice of his subordinates to attack Chen Youliang with fire. Selected by Zhu Yuanzhang, he drove a fishing boat full of gunpowder and firewood, approached Chen Youliang's fleet with the wind, then ignited with the wind and set fire to Chen. Most of Chen Youliang's troops were killed or injured, and his two brothers and General Chen Pu failed to escape.

After Zhu Jun's morale was high, Chen Youliang's men began to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang, further shaking Chen Youliang's morale. Zhu Yuanzhang used siege to deal with Chen Youliang. In the confrontation for more than a month, Chen Youliang's troops ran out of food and had to break through. Chen Youliang was shot dead by random arrows when he broke through, and more than 50,000 people surrendered.