Chapter 48 Chapter Thirteen Zhu Chen Poyang Lake Battle

Chen Youliang occupies the entire area of ​​the present Jiangxi, Hunan, and Hubei provinces. Relying on his large number of troops and strong strength, he decided to go east along the Yangtze River and date Zhang Shicheng, who occupies the southeast of Jiangsu, to jointly attack Yingtian (now Nanjing). , In an attempt to wipe out Zhu Yuanzhang in one fell swoop.Based on Yingtian, Zhu Yuanzhang occupies parts of the current three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang, and his power is growing day by day.The news of Chen Youliang's attack spread to Yingtian, and Zhu Yuanzhang called a group of ministers to discuss countermeasures.Liu Ji put forward the strategic policy of "waiting for work with leisure and attacking later"; he believed that the work of boosting morale should be done first. As long as the morale is strong, and then set up ambushes and use tactics to defeat the enemy, victory can be achieved.Zhu Yuanzhang fully agreed with Liu Ji's opinion.In order to avoid being attacked by Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng on both sides, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that it was necessary to lure Chen Youliang to attack quickly before they joined forces; as long as Chen Youliang was defeated, Zhang Shicheng would naturally not dare to send troops.

Zhu Yuanzhang's general Kang Maocai and Chen Youliang are old acquaintances.Zhu Yuanzhang said to Kang Maocai: "You can write a letter and send it to Chen Youliang, pretending to surrender to him, expressing your willingness to cooperate with him internally and externally, and let him attack quickly. In order not to arouse his suspicion, you can tell him some fake military tactics. Confidential, I advise him to divide his troops into three groups and go straight to Yingtian." Kang Maocai agreed, "Okay! There is an old concierge in my family who used to work with Chen Youliang. Let him take my letter with me, and Chen Youliang will definitely not doubt it."