Chapter 10 Chapter 10: A decisive battle between life and death, offering a unique strategy to kill Chen Youliang

In 1363, Zhu Yuanzhang's corps went to Anfeng City to rescue King Xiao Ming.According to Zhu Yuanzhang himself, Xiaoming Wang must be rescued. If he doesn't save him, he can't sleep all night, as if Xiaoming Wang is his own father.But Liu Bowen said calmly: "Chen Youliang will take the opportunity to attack." In April of the lunar calendar in 1363, when Zhu Yuanzhang was strutting in the ruins of Anfeng City, Liu Bowen once again predicted things like a god: Chen Youliang went south from Wuchang and approached Hongdu (In 1362, Zhu Yuanzhang changed Yuan Dynasty Longxing Road to Hongdu Mansion).

According to Chen Youliang, for the past year, he has had trouble sleeping and eating, and his heart is suffering.So I was tortured by this kind of injustice, all because of the war with Zhu Yuanzhang a year ago.That war ruined everything, he said.His former arbitrariness has been covered with dust; his former vigor is gradually aging; his former arrogance has become beyond recognition.But he also said that he finally survived the Spring Festival in 1363.The indomitable resilience of his character suddenly rushed to his rescue.He wants revenge, he swears, between himself and Zhu Yuanzhang, only one can live!

In the first four months of 1363, he spent all his power building warships.Seeking to restore the glory of his Armada in the shortest possible time. In April of the lunar calendar in 1363, that is when Zhu Yuanzhang took King Xiaoming out of Anfeng City to Chuzhou, Chen Youliang's invincible fleet was completed. The most noteworthy thing is his capital ship "Iron Ship".Later, when the victorious Zhu Yuanzhang cleaned the battlefield, he was very impressed with the "iron ship": the "iron ship" has three floors, which is as high as a three-story building, and there is a horse shed on it.

When the "iron ship" went eastward from Wuchang along the Yangtze River and entered Poyang Lake from Jiangzhou, Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers who saw this scene were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground.That's not a fleet at all, but a moving Himalayas.When it entered Poyang Lake, Poyang Lake was surprised by the sudden arrival of the huge monster, and kept rolling the lake surface.Fortunately, the "iron ship" quickly entered the Ganjiang River, went all the way south, and arrived at the city of Hongdu. The defenders of Hongdu City saw a mountain approaching from a distance, and their souls flew away.Fortunately, Zhu Wenzheng, the commander of the defense force, had seen the world, but after panicking for a while, he returned to normal and ordered the troops to defend the city in an orderly manner. As long as they did not fight, Chen Youliang would still need to spend some effort to capture Hongdu City.

Zhu Wenzheng's self-confidence is not purely due to his spiritual strength.After Hongdu City was handed over to Zhu Yuanzhang by Hu Tingrui, it was once taken back by Chen Youliang.The memory of both sides is still fresh in that battle.Taking advantage of the rising water, Chen Youliang let his navy drive all the way to the city, and the soldiers boarded the city on board.Zhu Yuanzhang later recaptured Hongdu. He was deeply impressed by Chen Youliang's naval combat power, so he tore down the old city wall along the river and rebuilt the city wall 30 steps back.Chen Youliang's coming this time could no longer take advantage of what he could take last time, so he had no choice but to let soldiers land and attack the city, and his naval advantage disappeared.

But his army's offensive power is also no small matter, and Zhu Wenzheng's pressure is increasing.He once sent many people to Yingtian to inform Zhu Yuanzhang, but they were all captured alive by Chen Youliang's patrol team and beheaded outside the city.Zhu Wenzheng pinned his hope on luck. He sent dozens or even hundreds of people in a day, hoping that the Buddha would bless one fish that slipped through the net. God favored him.Finally someone brought the news that Hongducheng was besieged by Chen Youliang to Yingtian.After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, his face changed only slightly, and he asked the messenger: "How is Chen Youliang's army going?" The man replied: "Chen Youliang said that he brought 600,000 people. There are not so many troops, and he may have included the logistics troops. Although his troops attacked the city fiercely, the casualties were heavy, and the morale of his troops was low. If we sent rescue troops, he would be defeated immediately. "

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and said to the sender: "Go back and tell Zhu Wenzheng, let him stick to it for another month, and I will find a way to destroy Chen Youliang, as long as you can return to Hongdu City safely." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether the messenger could return to Hongdu City safely. At that time, he didn't have a clear way to eliminate Chen Youliang.Chen Youliang is not an ant, it can be wiped out if it is said to be wiped out.The reason why he said that to the sender was just to give himself enough time to think about the way to eliminate Chen Youliang. In fact, he didn't think about it himself. He wanted to find his Mr. Liu Bowen.At that time, he only had the feeling that got into his mind: Chen Youliang did not attack Yingtian, but went to attack Hongdu. This may be the reason why God wants Chen Youliang to perish.

"Sir, you guessed it right again!" He invited Liu Bowen into the secret room, and said so before he sat still, and then added, "Chen Youliang didn't attack Yingtian while I took the main force to save Anfeng, but went to What an idiot to attack Hongdu!" Liu Bowen doesn't appreciate this self-righteous way of "standing in the position of others" to think about problems.Liu Bowen is extremely smart, and it is precisely because he is extremely smart that he knows that everyone has his own wisdom. When you see someone doing something stupid, he himself does not think it is stupid, and the person involved will think it is stupid. , This is the crystallization of his wisdom.You think others are stupid because you judge others on the basis of your own wisdom.Wisdom, in fact, does not distinguish between high and low. It is affected by the standpoint, emotion, and even the right time and place of the person involved.

Liu Bowen believes that Chen Youliang's attack on Hongdu instead of Yingtian is the best choice from Chen Youliang's point of view.From Wuchang to Nanjing along the Yangtze River to attack Yingtian, you have to go east first, then go north. The cities along the river passing through are Anqing, Tongling, Wuhu, Ma'anshan, and finally Yingtian.These important towns along the river are all under the control of Zhu Yuanzhang, that is to say, it is impossible for Chen Youliang to reach Yingtian safely like he did when he first attacked Yingtian.He had to pass the test, and this period of time was too much for him.Because once it is dragged on the road, Zhu Yuanzhang's main force will soon be able to return to Yingtian from Anfeng.

Attacking Hongdu, Chen Youliang's fleet can go down the river without encountering any quality resistance along the way.If Hongdu can be conquered, Zhu Yuanzhang will surely rescue him from Yingtian. Then, Chen Youliang will wait for him in Poyang Lake to fight for life and death.If Hongdu cannot be conquered, Chen Youliang will wait for Zhu Yuanzhang at Poyang Lake, because Chen Youliang firmly believes that Zhu Yuanzhang will come.It is impossible for him to ignore Hong Ducheng's death. Chen Youliang did not choose to attack Ying Tian because of another psychological factor.He suffered a big loss in Yingtian two years ago, although his fear of Zhu Yuanzhang has long since disappeared, but he still has lingering fears about Yingtian.He beat Hongdu, according to Liu Bowen's explanation, it may be to lure the snake out of the hole.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Liu Bowen had portrayed Chen Youliang as a smart person who was not stupid, his heart tightened.He had seen the combat power of Chen Youliang's navy, and if it wasn't for Kang Maocai's trick to lure the enemy and Liu Bowen's meticulous planning in the counterattack outside Yingtian City, he would not have been able to defeat Chen Youliang.Even now, whenever he stands in front of the captured battleship of Chen Youliang and looks up, he can't help shivering. Now, he shuddered again and asked Liu Bowen, "Then Hongdu City, should we save it or not?" Liu Bowen said: "Of course we have to save him. Since he has made an appointment to fight, we have no reason not to accept the challenge." Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Are you sure of winning?" Liu Bowen said: "Is there anything in the world that is foolproof? We can only wait and see. Even so, the preparation work in advance must be done well. This is called, do your best and obey the destiny." Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with this kind of answer. What he wanted was a definite answer instead of always talking about God.Although he had to admit that what Liu Bowen said was right.All things in the world, nothing is foolproof, life is changeable, nine out of ten things don't go as you want, do your job well and obey the destiny, this is the only thing we mortals can do. Liu Bowen noticed Zhu Yuanzhang's inner world. In that inner world that few people can understand, Chen Youliang's image is wretched and incompetent. Whoever makes Chen Youliang a smart person and an indomitable man in that world is a traitor. Therefore, Liu Bowen mentioned one thing, which may have been fabricated by Liu Bowen, or it may be true.However, after Zhu Yuanzhang heard about this incident, he immediately felt happy. According to Liu Bowen, Chen Youliang is actually a half bottle of vinegar. He created such a big family business because of a good wife.This virtuous housemate is called Lou Yuzhen—some people say that her surname is Yang, and she was originally a lady from an official family.Like many stories in the dark old society, her father was framed and died in prison, and her home was ransacked.In order to make a living, she had to be a lost woman.When she became famous in southern China with her flowery beauty and sea-like tenderness, she met Chen Youliang.Chen Youliang redeemed her with a weapon. From then on, she became Chen Youliang's wife. Liu Bowen said that the Lou woman was not only Chen Youliang's wife, but also Chen Youliang's military advisor.Two years ago, we asked Kang Maocai to trick Chen Youliang into Yingtian. Chen Youliang was overjoyed, but Lou Yuzhen saw through our trick at a glance. If Chen Youliang hadn't been headstrong and could not follow advice, we would not have won the Longwan victory. Liu Bowen also said that this woman Lou is not only Chen Youliang's military adviser, but also Chen Youliang's technical director.According to reliable information, Chen Youliang's battleship "Iron Ship" is her invention. Liu Bowen finally concluded that Chen Youliang and his wife are "fake emperors and real empresses" (youliang and guilt, fake dragons and real phoenixes). Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and said: "This time we will not only completely defeat Chen Youliang, but also fight against him!" Hongducheng persisted in the bloody storm until the eighty-fifth day before Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet entered Poyang Lake. It has been nearly two months since Zhu Wenzheng delivered Zhu Yuanzhang's news.In the past three months, Zhu Wenzheng's life has been undergoing a baptism like purgatory.Chen Youliang poured almost all the siege equipment that could be invented at that time on Hongdu City. His siege equipment included catapults, watchtowers, ladders, rush cars, wall carts, trench bridges, ramming poles, and crossbows. , rockets, and of course more of them are black siege soldiers.Zhu Wenzheng is not a fuel-efficient lamp. His defensive weapons are cannon stones, wood, rockets, as well as bows, arrows, knives and guns in the hands of soldiers. Hongdu City has never received such high treatment since its establishment, so it was flattered. It kept shaking from side to side, as if it could not withstand the enemy's attack and wanted to run away.In the final days of Zhu Yuanzhang's impending arrival, Zhu Wen was sitting in a shaky office and presiding over meetings.His face was covered in blood and he was out of breath. Zhu Yuanzhang's reinforcements were delayed. He didn't know how long he could hold on, but he had to hold on until the last moment.The corpses of his soldiers piled up like a mountain. Of course, this also became a defensive tool for him. He poured oil on the corpses of the soldiers, ignited them and threw them down, turning them into petrol bombs. Finally, he came up with a way to give himself some time to breathe.He sent people to Chen Youliang's camp to tell about the pain of defending the city, and solemnly stated that he hoped that Chen Youliang would let them get rid of this pain and accept their surrender.Chen Youliang ordered the siege troops to rest, and asked them to open the city gates the next morning to welcome him, the emperor of the Han Empire, into the city. But what made Chen Youliang angry was that the next morning, the gates of Hongdu City were closed, and the soldiers on the city wall had bows and arrows in their hands, and there was no posture of surrender at all.Chen Youliang found out that he had been deceived, and in a fit of rage, he attacked the city with a fiercer attack than before.Just when he gritted his teeth and vowed to enter Hongdu City and slaughter all chickens and dogs, he came to report: "Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet has entered Poyang Lake and is coming here." Chen Youliang laughed loudly, ordered the siege to stop, and said, "Why is Baldy Zhu coming so slowly? I almost captured Hongdu." Zhu Yuanzhang could have come sooner, but Liu Bowen thought that he should make sufficient preparations before he could go on the road.Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang transferred Xu Da, who was besieging Luzhou, back from the front line.Xu Da was in the same situation under the city of Luzhou as Chen Youliang was under the city of Hongdu. He also besieged for three months and found nothing.Before leaving, I was still a little bit aggrieved. On the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar in 1363, Zhu Yuanzhang gathered all the troops he could muster, claiming 200,000, and took his captured Chen Youliang fleet, and said to Liu Bowen, "Let's go, let's go to Chen Youliang!" Therefore, this fleet, which had been eliminated by Chen Youliang, went down the south and sailed towards Poyang Lake with great momentum.He brought almost all the senior officers with him, so it can be said that he came from the empty country.But only two military divisions were brought along, of which Liu Bowen was naturally among them. As soon as the fleet left the Yangtze River and was about to enter Poyang Lake, Liu Bowen turned his head and pointed in the direction of the mouth of the Jingjiang River and said, "Here, we need to deploy troops," and pointed to the direction of Nanhuzui on the west side of the mouth of Poyang Lake. If we deploy troops, if Chen Youliang fails, he will enter the Yangtze River and flee back to Wuchang from here, and we will stand by and wait." Liu Bowen pointed to the map again and said, "We must set up an ambush at Wuyang Ferry, and Chen Youliang may escape from there." It was a map of Poyang Lake. From the map, we can clearly see a gourd with the mouth of the gourd in the north and the bottom of the gourd in the south.This is Poyang Lake, 3150 square kilometers, with an average water depth of 8.4 meters, and the deepest point can reach 30 meters.Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen entered the gourd through the gourd mouth. The Jingjiangkou and Nanhuzui where Liu Bowen asked Zhu Yuanzhang to set up troops happened to be on the left and right sides of the gourd mouth. Go down the river to get there. It seems that this is a perfect strategy, the entire waterway is blocked, Chen Youliang can only escape unless he abandons his invincible fleet.Both Liu Bowen and Zhu Yuanzhang knew that it was impossible for Chen Youliang to abandon his fleet, because all his current property, including his life, and the glory he might obtain in the future were all bet on his fleet.He didn't have any reason to abandon this fleet, not even a single thought in his mind. According to reliable information, Chen Youliang not only brought 600,000 people and hundreds of large iron ships this time, but also his wife and children.In other words, he didn't come to fight, but to put all his eggs in one basket. Zhu Yuanzhang did not come to fight, but to realize the ideal he had been trying to realize for several years.After defeating Chen Youliang, he will have no rivals in southern China, and his big dream will come true. Liu Bowen didn't come to fight, he came to create miracles.If luck is good and God favors him, he will create a legend for Zhu Yuanzhang, and he will also become a legend.However, for him to create a miracle, he does not necessarily have to rely on this miracle to create fame.Liu Bowen is just doing what he should do, and he thinks the glory and brilliance after the work is all dispensable. What is the law of heaven and what is human desire?The thinking of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang is human desire. Everything they do has an extreme purpose, and they will never give up if they fail to achieve their purpose.Liu Bowen's thinking is the law of heaven, I only do things and don't think about other things. On the 16th day of the seventh lunar month in 1363, Zhu Yuanzhang entered the big gourd in Poyang Lake to capture the main force of Chen Youliang.Chen Youliang had already traveled upstream from the Ganjiang River, and after entering the big gourd of Poyang Lake, the mountain-like fleet went eastward along Poyang Lake, and began to capture Zhu Yuanzhang's main force. On July 20th of the lunar calendar in 1363, two fleets collided head-on at Mount Kanglang, and the Battle of Poyang Lake, which shocked the world in Chinese history, broke out. One thing worth adding is that according to rumors, Ms. Lou, Chen Youliang's "true mother", once told Chen Youliang that after entering Poyang Lake, she quickly drove the fleet to Kanglang Mountain and hid the battleship on the west side of Kanglang Mountain. If he comes, he will definitely go around to the east side of Kanglang Mountain. When he cannot find our main force on the east side, he will come west along the mountain, and we will catch him by surprise. Once again, Chen Youliang didn't heed the advice of his wife who knew things well. His fleet ran across the bottom of Poyang Lake like a shark in a sardine tank, rampaging in a high-profile manner.So, I ran into Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet, which was sneakily looking for the main force of the Chen army. Regarding this rumor, even if it is true, Chen Youliang has no reason to listen to it, and there is another drawback.His warships are massive and run aground too close to the mountains.And he didn't worry about Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet like a small fishing boat at all, so he sailed away from Mount Kanglang, which was the correct strategy. However, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. Whether his strategy is correct still needs to be tested in practice. A few years later, Zhu Yuanzhang will recall Poyang Lake in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 1363.On the morning of July 22, the sun shone harshly into the water, Poyang Lake shimmered, and the fragrance of rhododendrons wafted from Kanglang Mountain. Through the cold fleet, it got into Zhu Yuanzhang's nose. When he saw Chen Youliang's Armada, Chen Youliang also saw his second-hand fleet.With a contemptuous smile, Chen Youliang connected all the "iron ships" together with iron cables to form several magnificent Great Walls.The difference from the Great Wall is that these Great Walls on the sea can move, and when they move, even Erlang God can't stop them. When Chen Youliang combined his already giant iron ships into a super giant, Zhu Yuanzhang was also seriously arranging and assembling his own fleet.Zhu Yuanzhang divided the fleet into eleven teams, and the fleet weapons were all firearms, including large artillery, small artillery, large firecrackers, small firecrackers, large rockets, small rockets, large fire caltrops, small fire caltrops, great machine arrows and large crossbows.He ordered the commanders of all the fleets to use weapons in the same way: after getting close to the opponent's super giant, first use firearms to give it a shock, and then use a bow and crossbow.If you can pass your opponent's Big Mac, then don't use a firearm, because this thing is not for nothing.The final assault weapon is an extended version of the spear. While Zhu Yuanzhang was seriously designing his fighting style, Chen Youliang was also designing his fighting style.He said to his generals: "Our ship is big and tall, and it is connected into a super giant that can't be seen at a glance. When it rushes over, it is like a volcano. You just have to remember one thing, close your eyes and go to the sea. Just charge forward. Our weapons are not big cannons, small cannons, big firecrackers, small firecrackers, big rockets, small rockets, big fire thorns, small fire thorns, big magic arrows, big bows, our weapons are the battleships themselves .” Chen Youliang only paid attention to the advantages of his own warship, but did not examine the advantages of Zhu Yuanzhang's warship.Zhu Yuanzhang's battleship is smaller than his, and it accelerates faster and has stronger momentum in a short distance.So when both sides ordered to attack at the same time, Chen Youliang's super giant started slowly, and Zhu Yuanzhang's five battleships rushed over like torpedoes, and the one who rushed at the front was Xu Da, who never feared in his heart.When he rushed to the effective range of the firearms, he ordered all the firearms on the battleship to fire at Chen Youliang's super giant.When the dense shells flew in the sky, the sun was blocked from the light; when they fell into the lake, Poyang Lake swayed like a drunkard; when they fell on Chen Youliang's Big Mac, the Big Mac screamed When they exploded in the gun barrel without rushing into the sky, Xu Da's battleship was like a hurricane, and the soldiers were thrown into the air, and the battleship was suddenly engulfed in flames. As we all know, in the Ming Dynasty, although hot weapons had been equipped in the army, their quality was not satisfactory.Some are purely time bombs, and you will hurt yourself if you are not careful.Therefore, when Xu Da was attacking the opponent, he was also attacked by himself.This is in line with the old saying: kill ten thousand, and self-damage three thousand. While ordering people to put out the fire, Xu Da kept a close eye on the furthest ship in Chen Youliang's forward giant team. He found that the battleship was rickety, and the chain connection with the team was not firm.Xu Da ordered the soldiers using big cannons, small cannons, big rockets, and small rockets to fire at the chains of the battleship.After a deafening, smoke-filled bombardment, the battleship's chains were blasted, presumably out of contact with the team, and it panicked, swaying forward and backward.Seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Xu Da recklessly rushed towards the warship that had broken away from the organization, and at the same time ordered all the firearms on the warship to fire.The battleship was dizzy by the bombardment, and stopped in place, allowing Xu Da's battleship to approach, and the soldiers on the battleship climbed onto it.Soon, the battle on the ship was over, and it was taken by Xu Da. It's not all good news.As soon as Xu Da took possession of one of Chen Youliang's Big Macs, Chen Youliang's other Big Macs immediately retaliated.One of the super giants crushed Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet of warships with the momentum of Mount Tai. Because the distance was too close, the big firearms were useless, so Chen Youliang's soldiers had nothing to do from the super giants. He jumped onto the enemy's ship with hindrance.Sometimes fighting is like this, two fists can't beat four hands.We can see the number of troops from the size of the warships on both sides, so Zhu Yuanzhang's team of warships perished soon. Xu Da was not happy for too long.He allowed some of his troops to occupy the giant ship, and the troops on his battleship were seriously short. Chen Youliang's fleet took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill him. The soldiers of Chen's army jumped from the three-storey iron ship to Xu Da's ship, like a heavenly soldier. .Xu Da screamed strangely. I don't know whether it was fear or anger. There were more and more enemy soldiers. Xu Da could no longer hold on. The remaining six teams of warships were all dispatched to rescue Xu Da.Xu Da was lucky, and with the help of his friendly ships, he finally narrowly escaped death.When he was about to cast a grateful gaze in the direction of Zhu Yuanzhang, his expression changed drastically, and he was out of his wits, because an "iron ship" of the Chen army was slowly approaching Zhu Yuanzhang's command ship.Zhu Yuanzhang is now alone, because all the warships ran out to save Xu Da. Xu Da turned around to rescue, and aimed all the firearms on the ship at the "iron ship" approaching Zhu Yuanzhang.Zhu Yuanzhang had long seen an "iron ship" floating quietly out of the vast sea of ​​battleships like a lone hero, then accelerated suddenly and rushed towards him.Although his command ship was the largest warship in the fleet, it still couldn't be compared with the "lone hero" who was rushing towards him.He cannot escape backwards, because his command ship is the soul of the fleet. If the soul leaves his body, the entire fleet will not be far from being destroyed.He had no choice but to grit his teeth and fight back. All the firepower on the command ship was poured on the iron ship, but the iron ship was like a giant under snowball attack, unscathed.Just when it was about to approach, Zhu Yuanzhang commanded the powerful crossbow on the ship to play a role, slightly slowing down the speed of the iron ship.But the iron ship was still approaching it, and the cold weapons on the iron ship began to fight back.When an iron ship attacks it, it is a dive, and when it attacks an iron ship, it is an upward attack.No matter how you fight, it suffers. Many years later, when Zhu Yuanzhang recalled this incident, he still had lingering fears.The commander of that iron ship was Zhang Dingbian, who was Chen Youliang's favorite general. He was famous in southern China for being good at seizing fleeting opportunities to give the enemy a fatal blow on the ever-changing battlefield. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "That time, I was really frightened. If it wasn't for Xu Da, I would not only have been frightened, but would have been captured." Xu Da rushed over like sparks, but Zhang Dingbian was unprepared because he was staring at Zhu Yuanzhang wholeheartedly. Xu Da would attack him from the side.Xu Da's sneak attack was not the main reason why Zhang Dingbian failed to capture Zhu Yuanzhang alive. The main reason was that Zhu Yuanzhang's command ship was very close to Kanglang Mountain, which was in shallow water, so Zhang Dingbian's warship ran aground after entering the shallow water.Zhang Dingbian is facing difficulties that cannot be solved by manpower. He cannot advance, nor can he retreat.What's more terrible is that Xu Da attacked him from the side, not only shooting rockets at him, but also feather arrows from cold weapons. Arrow, just as he was about to yell, he ate another arrow in his leg.Fortunately, a friendly ship appeared behind him just in time, and he jumped into the river, swam to the iron ship, and finally saved his life. When the last ray of sunlight disappeared behind the horizon, Poyang Lake wept sadly, and dead bodies and the wreckage of warships were scattered all over the lake, making it a mess. Both sides withdraw their troops at the same time, and the first day of the Battle of Poyang Lake was wasted in the rain of blood and smoke. Zhu Yuanzhang later said: "The record on the first day was very extraordinary. Xu Da alone killed 1,500 people from the opponent, sank hundreds of warships from the opponent, and captured a giant from the opponent." On the evening of the 22nd day of the seventh lunar month in 1363, Chen Youliang held a celebration banquet and said: "The record on the first day was extraordinary. We killed Zhu Tuzi's three battleships and more than 2,000 people. Although Lost a Big Mac, but we have hundreds more!" Liu Bowen said to Zhu Yuanzhang under the bloody sunset: "Our army has the look of winning, so don't worry." Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang recalled Liu Bowen secretly in the secret room, he would always think of Liu Bowen's words. In fact, Liu Bowen had already said the words "Our army has the look of winning" before the war started.At that time, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw Chen Youliang's super giant, the blood on his face disappeared. He asked Liu Bowen: "How is your complexion?" Liu Bowen glanced at him and replied: "Not good." Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said, "I didn't ask this." Liu Bowen looked stunned and said, "My soldiers have the look of winning." Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion improved Halfway through, ask again: "What should I do?" Liu Bowen glanced at him again, and replied lightly: "Strive to fight." Every time Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Liu Bowen's performance in the early stage of the Battle of Poyang Lake, he became angry, because on that day, He almost became a prisoner, but Liu Bowen told him not to worry. On the first day, Zhu Yuanzhang attacked first, and on the second day it was Chen Youliang's turn.Chen Youliang devoted all his family resources, put all the giants into the battlefield, and rushed towards Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet with overwhelming momentum.Under the oppression of the behemoth, Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet retreated frequently.Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and said: "If you retreat again, you will retreat to my door." But his panic and anger could not stop his fleet from retreating again and again.Zhu Yuanzhang erupted like a firecracker, gathered ten small captains at the forefront of the position, and executed them on the bow of his command ship.This brutal method temporarily stabilized his position, and soon, his fleet retreated again.This time, he took out the officer roster and asked someone to point out the names of the commanders at the front of the position. He circled a few at random, and was about to order these people to be tied up and executed when Liu Bowen stood up. Liu Bowen said: "Chen Youliang's battleship is tall and big, and today he happened to be the first to launch an attack. Our small battleship is going head-to-head with his fleet. It's like trying to touch Mount Tai with an egg. Resurrection is useless." Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Then what good strategy do you have, military commander?" Liu Bowen said: "Everything in the world has advantages and disadvantages. Chen Youliang connected the battleships together, and both the attack power and momentum increased several times out of thin air. This is his advantage, but he must have disadvantages." Zhu Yuanzhang and his generals were not at all interested in this dialectic of "yang within yin, and yin within yang". In their eyes, dialectics in philosophy are used to run the train with their mouths full of words and belong to word games.What they want to know most is, what are the disadvantages of Chen Youliang's seemingly seamless giant fleet? Liu Bowen said: "If we attack with fire, his fleet cannot be separated immediately because they are connected together, and they will definitely be defeated." Zhu Yuanzhang's generals roared with laughter.Someone said: "We have heard of your strategy. The Battle of Chibi, but Zhuge Liang was able to borrow the east wind at that time. There was no wind, and the fire attack would just go around in circles. The excitement is lively, but it did not help the battle! " Zhu Yuanzhang also said: "It's good to be able to attack with fire, but what about the wind?" He glanced at Liu Bowen, but Liu Bowen didn't say a word.He stood up, without even looking at the generals, walked out of the cabin, boarded the deck, and looked at the military flag.After watching for a while, I went to the lake again.Finally, he squatted on the bow of the boat and poked out his ears to listen to Poyang Lake.Above his head, the sun was humming, the military flag was screaming, only Poyang Lake made a different sound from yesterday, like the static sound of a girl stroking her hair. He went back to the cabin and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Let people prepare seven small boats, fill them with gunpowder, cover them with reeds, tie a few straw figures, and stand on the bow. At dusk, there will be a northeasterly wind. It is extremely strong, and the duration is not short, enough for us to destroy Chen Youliang's giant fleet." Zhu Yuanzhang's generals looked at each other, and then there was an uproar.They think that Zhuge Liang's borrowing of Dongfeng cannot be replicated, maybe it is a fairy tale at all, but today someone wants to perform live, they were first shocked, then laughed. Liu Bowen didn't care about this, and invited Zhu Yuanzhang to a separate room without even looking at the generals.He told Zhu Yuanzhang that according to his observations of air quality, wind direction, and hydrology, there must be strong winds at dusk today, so preparations must be made immediately. Zhu Yuanzhang believed it, because since Liu Bowen followed him, he has never messed up or missed a single thing.But he didn't quite believe it, because it seemed so magical.It's not that Liu Bowen is miraculous, but God. If the first day of the confrontation with Chen Youliang was dangerous, then today is full of danger.On the first day, he was lucky, and the enemy warship that attacked him ran aground, but today, he realized that Chen Youliang's fleet is truly invincible, at least in southern China.Faced with such a formidable foe, Reaper has begun to scurry through his army.On his command ship, he seemed to see Death standing in mid-air, smiling at him.But Liu Bowen said that there was a northeasterly wind blowing at night.His location happened to be in the northeast, and that unlucky Chen Youliang happened to be in the northwest.If there is such a burst of divine wind given to him by the master of heaven, wouldn't he be able to turn danger into safety and defeat into victory? This is what he doesn't quite believe, he doesn't believe that his luck is so good.But Liu Bowen immediately told him that people sometimes depend on luck. Ninety-nine percent of a person's success depends on hard work, and one percent depends on luck, but luck is absolutely indispensable.Hundreds of years later, a man named Edison said that the so-called genius is ninety-nine percent hard work and one percent inspiration, but inspiration is very important.When the Chinese translated this passage, they deleted "but inspiration is very important". Zhu Yuanzhang said that he used to graze cattle for the landlord's house in his hometown. He had extremely bad luck. He went back early and was beaten up by the landlord. He went back late and had no food.Later, he became a monk and went to seek alms in all directions. Other monks could get food in front of the courtyard of the deep house, but he was the only one who was often chased by dogs coming out of the courtyard.Later, his luck gradually improved after he joined Guo Ziyi's revolutionary army.He has been on the battlefield for many years, and most of the comrades around him fought side by side with him one day, and turned into dead bodies the next day.He had seen the bodies of countless comrades-in-arms floating in front of him like ashes being blown by the wind, and finally there was only a pile of bones left in front of his eyes. He told Liu Bowen that his luck in the past few years has been unbelievable and smooth, there is nothing he can't do, only things he can't think of.But he also expressed his worries. Good luck cannot always follow him. If the northeast wind does not come at dusk today, he will already be wearing the shroud. Liu Bowen couldn't shake off this worry deep in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, so he said: "If there is no northeast wind at dusk today, I don't know what to do." However, he finally said, "Don't worry, our army will surely win Based on his complexion, it can be deduced that there must be a northeast wind blowing at dusk." When the two were discussing the weather changes, Chen Youliang was calm and relaxed.Although his fleet progressed slowly under the stubborn resistance of Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet, he was not anxious at all.On the surface, Chen Youliang looks eager for quick success, and he always gives the impression of eagerness to win on the battlefield. In fact, when he really reaches the turning point in his life, he will show incredible concentration of mind.This is the only charm in Chen Youliang's personality, but unfortunately it is rare in his life. He ordered his giant fleet to step by step and fight steadily.He said to his generals: "You must eat mulberry leaves from the beginning to the end like silkworms, without leaving any trouble. Where you drive past, don't let me see a soldier or a flag of Zhu Baldzi!" Until dusk, Chen Youliang's plan was steadily progressing, and Zhu Yuanzhang's fleet was forced to the shallow water of Kanglang Mountain, unable to move.It was midsummer at that time, it was hot and rainless, and the lake was almost boiling because of the sun.Zhu Yuanzhang wiped the sweat off his face and looked at Liu Bowen.He was taken aback because Liu Bowen's face was pale, so he hurriedly asked: "How is the military commander?" Liu Bowen smiled and said: "I'm fine, I've never been better than now." It began to vibrate mysteriously, and the amplitude became bigger and bigger, and the lake began to ripple layer by layer. Zhu Yuanzhang was ecstatic: "Wind, wind, wind!" 这三个字就像是咒语，旗帜突然像死蛇一样，瘫了下来，湖水又恢复了从前的镜子模样。朱元璋蹿上甲板，先看旗，再看湖水，然后扭头看刘伯温。 传奇故事发生了。 这个传奇的第一个版本的主人公是刘伯温。刘伯温在朱元璋扭头看他时，突然大叫一声：“船要沉。”还未等朱元璋反应过来，刘伯温抓起朱元璋，逃到了康郎山岸。朱元璋仓皇中回头一望，他的那艘指挥舰正以铁球入水的速度下沉，只几秒钟的时间，那艘船就如被鄱阳湖吞没一样，消失得无影无踪了。 这个传奇故事告诉我们，刘伯温不但能预料五百年后的事，更能预料到五秒钟内的事。 第二个版本的主人公是周颠。金庸在他的中把他写成是明教五散人之一，武功出神入化，人也是神秘莫测。不过历史上，周颠确有其人，他少年时得了一种怪病，可能就是精神病，遇到路人，就说三个字：告太平。朱元璋在应天时，有一天在路上遇到他，他拉着朱元璋的缰绳，连说“告太平”。朱元璋把他看成是神经病，让人用大锅扣住他，周围架起火来烤。烤了一个时辰后，朱元璋叫人把锅掀开，发现里面什么都没有。 那天，刘伯温和朱元璋在鄱阳湖上等东风，周颠突然就出现在岸上，朱元璋要他上船。他摇头说：“船要沉。”朱元璋大怒，叫人上岸捉他。周颠在岸上一跳两跳就不见了。朱元璋大为诧异，也跑到岸上来看，正在这时，鄱阳湖在他的指挥舰下面露出一个大洞，船被吞没了。 无论这个故事是真是假，有一点我们可以确认，朱元璋对周颠印象深刻。二十多年后，朱元璋还叫人去深山古刹中寻找周颠，当不能找到时，朱元璋就命人写了《周颠仙传》，来颂扬他的功德。 朱元璋可从来没有让人写过《刘伯温传》，个中原因，随着时间的流逝，朱元璋和刘伯温都心知肚明。 那天黄昏，东北风最终还是来了，来的时候，席卷黄昏下的残云，吹过布满杜鹃花和夜来香的天空，在朱元璋舰队上空转了一圈，一扭身，就奔陈友谅的舰队冲去了。从刘伯温的眼中看去，这阵风是死神向陈友谅吹出的气，是厄运之神对着陈友谅打了个哈欠。 从陈友谅的眼中看去，这阵忽然吹来的大风有点诡异。他虽然对天文气象知识没有任何研究，但生活常识告诉他，这个季节的鄱阳湖起这样大的东北风是非常稀奇的。他心神突然就不宁起来。他的对手朱元璋的心神早如猴子一样跳动，七只早已准备好的小船如离弦之箭一样冲向了陈友谅的巨无霸舰阵。 根本没有思考的时间，陈友谅就下令对着那七艘小船开火，射出的火箭点燃了船上的芦苇，船借风势，火借船势，越烧越旺，七个高速行驶的大火球扑向了陈友谅的战舰。芦苇烧尽，火药被引燃，又恰好撞上了陈友谅的巨无霸。 根本没有反应的时间，火就借着风势开始在陈友谅的战舰上燎原。由于陈友谅的所有军舰是连在一起的，所以火只要烧到一艘军舰上，就会马上向另外的军舰上蔓延。军舰上一片惨叫，短短的时间内，陈友谅的一百艘军舰受到了火神最野蛮的攻击。浓烟弥漫天际，火光冲天，朱元璋下令反攻。 陈友谅在危急时刻，放弃那些被火神肆虐的战舰，斩断还完好的战舰缆绳，匆忙后撤。朱元璋主持下的史书记载说，当时，陈友谅兵团有两千人被烧死，湖水一片血红。 ——搞不明白，人被烧死，怎么会出血？ 这一天是1363年阴历七月二十三日，鄱阳湖之战的第二天，霉运之神和陈友谅握手的第一天。 陈友谅坐在他的指挥舰中，两只大眼睛仍然炯炯有神，他缓缓地扫视着他的将军们，还有几张空椅子。昨天，那些椅子还没有空。朱元璋的火攻，让他失去了两个亲弟弟和一个宰相。他们的尸体沉到鄱阳湖底，早被食人鱼吃得一干二净。 陈友谅没有检讨失败的原因，因为他不客气地认为，朱元璋是走了狗屎运才遇到了那阵东北风。如果没有那阵东北风，朱元璋的舰队早被他的巨无霸们挤扁了。这当然没有任何问题，就像我们走在大街上，突然被高空坠物砸到一样，都是我们没有办法预测到的，事后，我们也得不到什么教训。如果非要得到个教训，那就是，以后我们不要出门；非要出门，要仰头看，小心再有高空坠物。 陈友谅对将军们说东北风初起时，他的脑海里也闪过用火攻朱元璋的想法。可闪念之间，朱元璋已经先用了。他不无遗憾地说：“朱秃子居然未卜先知。”一提到未卜先知，他拍了下脑袋大叫道，“他妈的，他船上肯定有刘伯温那厮，这阵东风可能就是刘伯温借来的。我们是在跟呼风唤雨的神仙打架啊！” 他发完一通牢骚，马上就恢复了高傲和冷静，他对他的将军们说：“擒贼先擒王，明天开战，你们要在最短的时间内找到朱秃子和刘伯温的船，狠狠地攻击它，把它打沉。一个死人，是不会呼风唤雨的。一个没有了首领的舰队就是一群无头苍蝇。” 和陈友谅低沉的士气截然不同，朱元璋军队的士气直冲云霄，把月牙冲得乱晃。1363年阴历七月二十四日，鄱阳湖之战的第三天凌晨，朱元璋对他的将军们说：“昨天已经把陈友谅的士气彻底击垮，灭亡指日可待。今天，我们好好地打，兢兢业业地打，胜利之神很快就会到我们这里做客。” 他的将军们被他激励得热血沸腾，满脸红光，腰间宝刀嘎嘎作响，要从鞘中飞出，浑身散发出鲨鱼张大嘴巴的口臭味。他的士兵们站在各自的战舰上齐声呼喊胜利，他们身边的空气都被这些震耳欲聋的声音震动得颤抖不已。 陈友谅遥遥地听到这些平时根本听不到的壮观声响，轻轻地冷笑。他对将军们说：“这种狂叫乱喊不是战斗，我们低调一点，记住今天唯一的任务，找到朱元璋的指挥舰，用火炮把他送到白莲教总部那里见他的'教主'去。” 不过，在几百艘战舰中找到朱元璋的指挥舰并不容易。因为朱元璋的指挥舰在海战的第二天沉了，所以朱元璋又换了一艘舰。那艘沉没的指挥舰，张定边最有印象，上面被装扮得花里胡哨。一杆极为显眼的米红色大旗高高飘扬，战舰上仅敲锣打鼓振奋士气的士兵就有一百多人，他们的鼓声贴着湖面，一直向北可以传到长江，再从长江登陆向北，可以传到黄河，把黄河的泥沙震荡得跳出水面。 但鄱阳湖之战的第三天，朱元璋换了指挥舰，那是一艘草草准备的普通的战舰，唯一和其他战舰不同的是，它的樯桅被涂成了白色。指挥舰必须要有区别于其他战舰的特点，这样有利于指挥。陈友谅可不知道朱元璋被迫换了指挥舰，他让士兵们寻找朱元璋从前的指挥舰，所以双方的战斗从早上进行到中午时，陈友谅也没有得到使他惊喜的情报。 朱元璋舰队的战斗士气的确很旺，陈友谅的多路巨无霸只是在防御，而没有反击的机会。虽然如此，在庞大的巨无霸面前，朱元璋舰队每想要前进一步，都要付出巨大的代价。他把火器用到了极致，火箭、火炮、火蒺藜在空中飞过时，如同日全食一样，天昏地暗。双方只能借助爆炸的闪光来观察敌情。当朱元璋的火器短时间内停止后，阳光又普照鄱阳湖。就在白昼变成黑夜、黑夜再变回白昼之间，陈友谅突然发现朱元璋舰队中，有艘白色樯桅的战舰，形迹十分可疑。它的高处，有几个士兵挥动着五颜六色的小旗，陈友谅当即断定，这就是指挥舰，那些小旗就是指挥信号旗。 陈友谅大喜过望，命令他的信号兵发出攻击信号。信号一出，他的前哨战舰左右闪开，一艘装备精良的巨无霸像是从水底浮出来一样，所有的火器都对准了那艘白色樯桅的战舰，同时开火。这就像是剁砧板上的猪肉，绝没有剁不到的道理。 可陈友谅太倒霉，或者说，朱元璋身边有个刘伯温，这就注定了陈友谅的一切深谋远虑和辛苦努力都将付诸东流。 在太阳被漫天的火箭遮蔽了光芒时，无数星星从天空中探出头来。刘伯温仰头观星时，突然大叫一声：“不好！”他当时正坐在朱元璋旁边，话音一落，他揪起朱元璋，让护卫开路，跳上了一只小船，小船以箭一样的速度飞离了朱元璋的指挥舰。朱元璋在慌乱中听刘伯温说了六个字，像是咒语：难星过，速更舟。告诉他灾难之星来了，赶紧换船。 朱元璋在小船上还未彻底坐稳，他的指挥舰就轰隆一声，铁甲横飞，被炸了个稀巴烂。朱元璋瞠目结舌，回想刘伯温那六个字，心有余悸地连连咽口水。 他问刘伯温：“你怎么知道我的船要被击中？” 刘伯温回答：“难星来袭，被我发现。” 朱元璋惊骇不已，说：“青天白日，您居然还能看到星星，这真是太出神入化了。” 刘伯温没有回答，他也没有给朱元璋解释什么是难星，更没有给朱元璋解释一个基本的天文学常识：星星一直都在，无论白天还是黑夜，无论阴天还是晴天，世界上不缺少星星，缺少的是发现星星的眼睛。 陈友谅在船头上看到那艘白色樯桅的战舰被击成了碎末，高兴得跳了起来。他在等待朱元璋已被炸死的好消息。但这个消息没来，来的全是坏消息。他的阵线因他的命令而露出个口子，朱元璋那些灵敏的战舰迅速冲了进来，现在，前线混战一片。他庞大的战舰行动迟缓，被朱元璋那些灵活的小战舰围着打，且打完就跑。他的战舰一还击，就伤到了友舰。 陈友谅感到了压力，沉重的压力。鄱阳湖里全是火药味，湖里的鱼都受不了，纷纷跳出水面呼吸新鲜的空气，但上面的空气更糟糕。世界上唯一平等的事物就是空气，没有特供。陈友谅被浓烈的火药味呛得剧烈地咳嗽起来，他躲进船舱，浑身发热，关节疼痛。不幸的消息一条接着一条，当他的神经被这些坏消息彻底麻醉后，他从口中勉强地吐出两个字：“撤退！” 朱元璋站在他临时避难的那只小船上，抻长了脖子向前线望去，他没有看到陈友谅的一艘船，只看到自己战舰的屁股。他对刘伯温说：“我胜利了！” 刘伯温仰头看天，天空被浓烈的火药味熏得苍黄，他没有看到星星，只看到太阳从苍黄里射出夺目的光芒，照在朱元璋那张兴奋得扭曲变形的脸，又反射到刘伯温眼睛里，非常非常刺眼。 朱元璋在1363年阴历七月二十四日傍晚时说他胜利了，其实为时过早。陈友谅虽然失去了许多战舰，但主力未受重创，他仍有实力再来一战。而且他此时的实力和朱元璋的实力相差无几，按他自己的话来说，他和朱元璋唯一差的就是——运气。 陈友谅的运气的确很差，朱元璋的运气的确很好。问题是，朱元璋的运气虽好，但如果没有刘伯温在他身边帮他稳稳地抓住那些运气，朱元璋的好运气也不过是过眼云烟。 所以，陈友谅应该这样说，我和朱秃子唯一不同的地方就是，他有个半仙刘伯温，而我连个半鬼都没有。 陈友谅和朱元璋在鄱阳湖上三天的战争交流告诉我们，人类历史最贵的东西就是人才。 1363年阴历七月二十四日夜晚，陈友谅彻夜未眠。直到凌晨，他才睡去。他梦见自己进入一个四面白墙的房间，里面什么都没有，却有两扇门。他打开另一扇门，映入眼帘的还是一个四面白墙的房间，里面什么都没有，也有两扇门。他走向另外一扇门，正在犹豫是否打开时，身后有人叫他，似乎是他那美丽的老婆娄玉珍的声音。他一回头，却没有人。又回过头来，门也不见了。他陷在前所未有的孤独中，这种孤独感从他的毛孔渗入，进入他的骨髓，他开始哭泣起来。 就在他要淹死在自己泪水中时，他的宫女推醒了他。他恍惚地坐了起来，想到自己的老婆娄玉珍。但有一种声音冲进他的脑海，对他说，你根本就没有这样一个老婆。又有一种声音赶走了那个声音说，你老婆早就死在江州城了。 陈友谅这时恍恍惚惚地想起，自己的确有个老婆叫娄玉珍，但又不对。他想，他的老婆应该叫杨苕华，是个美丽温柔的女子，更是他的贤内助。当初，朱元璋进攻他的江州，他的老婆在他出征前对他说：“吾君出阵作战，千万记住，人在军旗在，兵败军旗倒，免得我牵挂。”他还隐约地记得，那天出征时，他老婆站在江州城里最高处，含情脉脉地望着他，她的万缕青丝被清风吹动，说不出的妩媚动人。 他蒙眬地记得，那一战他打败了朱元璋。凯旋时，他在石拱桥边洗脚——后人将此桥取名“洗脚桥”，今叫洗心桥——突然一阵狂风将插在身边的军旗吹倒，但他忘了及时扶起。当他的老婆看到他的部队没有军旗时，以为丈夫吃了败仗，于是就在身旁的大青麻石上撞碎了脑袋，此石后来叫“别夫石”。 陈友谅一想到他老婆的死，就流下泪水。不知是谁告诉他，他老婆的尸体还未寒冷，突然就天降暴雨，山洪暴发，很快将那具艳尸卷入山下小河之中，一直漂进长江，然后又逆水而上。三天后，他老婆的艳尸停留在今湖北省沔阳县陈家庄碧绿的池水中，空气不再流动，很快凝固成了绿色的一片天空，那片天空中散发出花香。这是陈友谅的故乡，是他老婆一直魂牵梦绕的地方。 陈友谅坐在床边想这些事，就如想史前时代的神话一样。他有点确信自己此时已丧失了判断梦境和现实的能力，他身处虚空中，无依无靠。只是当他坐在会议桌前时，现实才明朗起来。他看着他的将军们的脸，那些脸苍老得让他惊骇，才三天时间，时光好像流逝了二十年！ 沉默了半个时辰后，陈友谅拿出了他今天的作战方案：故伎重施，找到朱元璋的指挥舰，轰他丫的！ 他的将军们对他的决定震惊不已，因为朱元璋不是不长记性的猪，在经历了那次险情后，他肯定会把指挥舰隐藏起来。果然，当他们再次寻找朱元璋白色樯桅的指挥舰时，发现对方所有的战舰都拥有了白色樯桅。 也就是说，1363年阴历七月二十五日，鄱阳湖之战的第四天，他们已没有了作战计划。朱元璋的作战计划完美无缺，他趁着陈友谅这几天士气的持续低落，制定了一个“深入敌后”的作战计划。这就是用数艘小战舰，装备大量的火器，从陈友谅巨无霸的空隙处插入，把陈友谅的阵地变成战场。 这些小战舰的速度快，机动而灵活，采用游击战，打一炮换个地方，就像是在象群中来回穿梭的老鼠。陈友谅的巨无霸被这些可恶的小东西绕得头昏眼花，连连中招。这个时候，鄱阳湖之战已不是战争，而是老鼠挑逗大象的游戏。 显然，陈友谅已经失去了制定游戏规则的资格，他也没有了退出游戏的能力，只能在朱元璋制定规则的这个游戏中被动挨打。中午时分，朱元璋发动总攻。主力舰队直逼陈友谅的中央部位，机动部队从陈友谅侧翼发动骚扰性袭击，在内外夹击之下，陈友谅舰队发出惊天动地的崩溃声。 陈友谅坐在他的会议室中，嘴角渗出苦涩的黏液，他垂头丧气地说了两个字：“撤吧。” 撤退已经完全不可能，在朱元璋舰队疯狂的冲击下，陈友谅舰队的撤退变成了溃退，朱元璋舰队像是打落水狗一样地狠揍陈友谅舰队，当陈友谅舰队溃退到渚矶时，连鄱阳湖最深处的鱼儿都知道，陈友谅大势已去了。 那些鱼儿在湖面恢复平静后，偷偷地游到湖面来，湖面上漂浮着陈军士兵的尸体、兵器、盔甲和正在下沉的战舰。它们深吸一口气，终于可以摇头摆尾地互相庆祝，我们的苦日子过去了，因为鄱阳湖之战结束了。 陈友谅一直向北溃退到渚矶时，朱元璋也向北转移到左蠡控制江水上游，使陈友谅无法进入长江。 渚矶在葫芦口的小葫芦西边，左蠡在东边，遥遥相望。陈友谅用了三天想要冲破朱元璋的防线，但没有任何成绩。就在这三天时间里，陈友谅的一艘巨无霸舰队的司令投降朱元璋，军队士气降到冰点。 陈友谅现在进退失据，他从武昌出来时，带的粮食并不多，在洪都城下被阻挡了接近三个月，粮食吃得差不多了。他本以为能在鄱阳湖一举歼灭朱元璋，可四天的时间证明了一件事：他的理想变成了不着边际的幻想。 他在渚矶的临时指挥部里闷声不响地看着一张地图。在地图上，他离长江只有一指距离，只有进入长江，他才能全身而退。可惜，现在世界上最远的距离不是生与死，而就是这一指。 到了这个境地，他已没有了战略计划，甚至连战斗计划都没有。朱元璋始终在围困他，却不进攻他。只有他的舰队摆出架势要向长江冲击时，朱元璋的舰队才像苍蝇见到粪堆一样蜂拥而至。他不明白，短短的四天光阴，为何会让他那所向无敌的舰队的战斗力荡然无存。这使人厌恶和恐惧的光阴啊，陈友谅心里想，我要虚度它，以此来惩罚它！ 刘伯温对待光阴的态度和陈友谅截然不同，他在争分夺秒地算计时间，预测陈友谅还能撑多久。围而不攻，正是他递给朱元璋的战略。陈友谅的水军主力虽然受到有史以来最大的重创，但瘦死的骆驼比马大。如果真要对其发动总攻，陈友谅这只困兽会在绝境中爆发出惊人的力量，这是“杀人一万，自损三千”的下等策略。刘伯温是具有上等智慧的人，当然不会给朱元璋出这样的馊主意。 他站在左蠡岸上，遥望陈友谅的舰队和他在陆地上的军营。在那片阴郁的领域上空，一大团乌云涌动着，像是另外一个国度，一个荒凉而绝望的国度。他对朱元璋说：“我们围困陈友谅已半个月，他的军粮肯定没有多少，我想，他会去攻打洪都，劫粮。” 朱元璋点头称是。刘伯温又说：“洪都城经过三个月的攻击，已破败不堪，守军筋疲力尽，应速派一支军队去支援。” 朱元璋感到惊讶，他说：“当初陈友谅主力犹在，尚且不能攻下，现在他主力受到重创，难道会出现奇迹？” 刘伯温说：“世事难料，陈友谅这段时间倒霉透顶，谁知道会不会否极泰来呢！” 朱元璋又是一惊，说：“先生您说得极是，我这就向洪都城派援军。” 刘伯温的预测分毫不差，在半个月不停的突围受挫后，陈友谅终于在那段时期内做出了一个有价值的军事计划：挑选精锐登陆部队，乘坐几艘巨无霸战舰，突袭洪都城。目的只有一个：粮食。 他的精锐部队还未集结完毕，朱元璋在刘伯温的指引下，已经发出了一支援军。这支援军从左蠡出发，沿着鄱阳湖北岸向东飞速前进，到达都昌（今江西都昌）。在都昌一个华丽的右转，进入鄱阳湖，直抵鄱阳湖进入赣江的入江口处。他们在这里等了一天，才等到陈友谅的劫粮水军姗姗而来。 劫粮部队的指挥官一看到入江口有朱元璋的部队，又惊又怒。惊的是，他们怎么知道我们要去洪都；怒的是，这些兔崽子冤魂不散，走哪里都能遇到他们。 双方同时开战，一个时辰后，朱元璋的部队被击垮。但陈友谅的劫粮部队也伤亡惨重，已没有力量再去洪都城。他们只是登陆后，象征性地做了一次攻城，然后就急急忙忙地撤回了渚矶。 陈友谅突然发现自己的脑子在朱元璋那里已经成了透明的，他想什么，朱元璋全都知道。这使他精神一泻千里地向崩溃的深渊飞驰而去，他开始喜怒无常，身边的侍卫和宫女，包括他的将军们，都成了他刀下的牺牲品。 他杀人，已经没有了目的性，甚至连动机都没有。突然一阵不可名状的恐惧和怒火冲上头顶，就抽刀奔最近的人冲去。 在朱元璋没有把他送进地狱前，他自己提前把自己的心炼成了地狱。 1363年阴历八月十五，刘伯温在鄱阳湖上度过了他五十三岁的生日。在那个月圆的夜晚，他坐在船上，航行在鄱阳湖中，船尾拖出粼光的航迹。月光把鄱阳湖变成了一片银蛇世界。屈指一算，他和朱元璋的合作已经有三个年头。在这三年里，他对朱元璋的了解其实并不深。因为朱元璋本身就是一层阴黑的浓雾，纵然刘伯温能明察秋毫，却也无法看穿这团浓雾。世界上有一种人，是让你无法看透的。一个人所以能被看透，关键就在于人心。 我们的心灵能感应到对方的心灵，这才能有心上的交流，在交流中，我们才能用心观心，从而认识对方。心灵中最重要的不是智慧，而是爱。只有一个人的心灵拥有爱时，才能被对方感应到，才能被对方理解。朱元璋是个没有爱的人，确切地说，他没有爱的能力。在1363年时，他的这种特征还未被人熟知，就是在刘伯温看来，朱元璋礼贤下士，爱臣如子，常常带着微笑对他的爱将们嘘寒问暖。可有时候，刘伯温对那层脸皮凝成的微笑不寒而栗，因为那根本不是发自内心的笑，而是一种技术。 当刘伯温看着在湖中摇摇晃晃的月亮时，朱元璋那张奇丑无比的脸就出现在月亮里，随着粼粼波光，扭曲变形，使人冷汗直冒。 刘伯温深吸了一口气，这不是幻觉，因为朱元璋也在船上，正和他一起庆祝他的生日。刘伯温看到朱元璋向湖里望去时，月亮都不禁打了个冷战，月亮里嬉戏的鱼儿突然就像离弦的箭一样飞走了。