Because of friendship, Zhang Dingbian gathered many officials to plan to meet the enemy. He went forward and said: "You can drive the boat to occupy the water mouth, and if he can't enter, then Nanchang will not attack and will be destroyed; otherwise, Peter will enter the lake and join forces with Deng Yu and others. , It will be difficult to win." Chen Youliang heard that he replied: "This view is very true." An urgent order was sent to take Nanchang soldiers and warships, enter the mouth of Poyang Lake, and meet the enemy eastward.The two teams faced each other at the foot of Mount Kanglang.In the Zhu camp, Xu Da took the lead and fought hard, surrounded the pioneer ship and killed the lake waves with blood. There were 1,507 heads in total, and he returned with gold.Taizu said: "This is General Xu's first achievement, but I think about it carefully. Although Jinling is guarded by Li Shanchang and everyone, it must be taken by the general."
The next day, Chang Yuchun connected the boats together and formed a large formation to fight.Han general Zhang Dingbian led his troops to the enemy.Yuchun saw clearly, bent his bow and shot an arrow, which hit Dingbian's left arm; Yu Tonghai fired all his firearms, burning more than twenty Han ships, and the army's voice was loud.Dingbian ordered the boat to return to the foot of the shoe mountain.Yuchun hurriedly raised the command flag, guarded the boat in the upper reaches, and fixed the mouth of the lake.Then Yu Tonghai, Liao Yongzhong, Zhu Liangzu, etc., also flew small warships to meet them, and left without fighting at the border, and more than ten thousand Han soldiers died.Tomorrow, Youliang set out the warships and said, "Today, we will have a decisive battle with Zhu." On Taizu's battle, he also dispatched generals to fight separately. From Chen to You, the thieves could resist well. live.But Zhu Liangzu jumped into a small boat, because he brought seven or eight similar flying boats, loaded reeds and gunpowder, and took advantage of the wind to set the fire down dryly.Those thief boats covered the sky with smoke and flames, and the lake boiled.Youliang's brothers Yougui, Pingzhang, Chen Xinkai and more than 10,000 soldiers were all drowned, and the rebels were defeated.Seeing that his forces were exhausted, Youliang retreated the boat quickly.Then Liao Yongzhong tried his best to drive the boat, he saw a man in yellow robe on the boat, the sergeants were utterly unfriendly, Yongzhong jumped in the air, jumped over the boat, and stabbed the man into the water with a single shot.When you look carefully, it's not Youliang, but Youliang's brother Youzhi.It turned out that the three Youliang brothers all dressed up in the same way when they were fighting.It's really his unfinished destiny to mess around, so that our soldiers in the army can't be sure. If there is any danger, so as to escape.Taizu Mingjin collected the army and stationed on land and water by the river, and all the generals contributed their merits one by one.Taizu said: "Although today's battle is a victory, it is not perfect. We still rely on the joint efforts of all ministers to plan to capture this old thief, so as to avoid future troubles in Jiangxi. If there is any conspiracy, please report it directly." Yu Tonghai Then he said: "Our brother is leading the army to rob the bandit's camp tonight, so that his soldiers, big and small, will not be quiet. In the future, we will fight, but we will win. This is also the way to control labor with ease." I saw that Liao Yongzhong was going with him.Taizu ordered five hundred soldiers and ten warships, and told Yu Tonghai to go carefully, and agreed to drop the boat quietly to the edge of Youliang Village at the second watch.Those thieves and soldiers have been working hard for many days, but they all snore and sleep soundly.Zhu Bing yelled and rushed in together. The thieves and soldiers were all in a dream, panicked with fright, and couldn't tell each other.Zhu Bing rushed eastward and westward, straight forward and straight back. The thief only said that thousands of troops and horses came into the stronghold, and killed them all night. When the sky was about to brighten, he turned his boat and left.Chen Youren came by boat, but suddenly there were thirty boats in front of him, and they let Yu Tonghai and others go, blocking the way.The first general in white robes and silver armor, holding an iron rod, was Guo Ying who stepped forward to meet him.When Chen Youren saw Guo Ying, he was furious and forced the boat to come over, but Guo Ying beat him across the boat, crushing Youren's body and even the boat, and the bandits fled back in defeat.Guo Ying joined forces with Yu Tonghai, came to the tent, and prepared to talk.Taizu said: "In the past, Gan Ning robbed Cao Ying with a hundred horsemen, today the general used ten boats to break into the Han village, and General Guo killed his brothers and feet. His meritorious service is great."
Let's say that Youliang was murdered all night, and two thousand soldiers and horses were lost. He was puzzled and didn't pay attention to it. However, Zhang Hexie, a staff officer, said, "I have a plan. You can use iron chains to turn five thousand warships into one hundred tents." , windows, sculls, and rudders are made of oxen and horses' skins to avoid artillery and arrows. The outside is in the mountains, and big trees are cut down to make fences, and the surroundings are lined up in the water. Tribulation." Youliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered Zhang Hexie to supervise the fabrication.In a few days, Wenju has been compiled and changed.Youliang looked at it and praised: "it's really a stronghold with iron walls and silver mountains. Unless Zhu soldiers come from the sky." Because Zhang Hexie guarded the water stronghold, he and Chen Yingjie led the 30th boat out of the river to fight.
When Taizu saw Youliang, he said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, the victory and defeat have been divided. Why don't you retreat?" Chen Yingjie rushed forward with the boat.I saw that Chang Yuchun had already met the enemy, and the golden drum was roaring. After fighting for more than three hours, Yuchun killed the boats.That is to say, I hate that Taizu's boat is a little small, and the westerly wind is coming, and Youliang's boat is pressing down on Taizu's boat from top to bottom.All the generals fought hard, and the cannon stones broke out all at once, all of which were blocked by the horse and cowhide tents and could not penetrate.In an instant, Taizu's boat was blown by the wind and landed on the shallow beach.All the boats were scattered again, and they could not gather for a while.When Chen Yingjie saw that the boat was parked at Ma's Ferry, he waved his flag, and these military boats surrounded him like ants.On Taizu's boat, there were only eight generals including Yang Jing, Zhang Wen, Ding Pulang, Hu Mei, Wang Bin, Han Cheng, Wu Fu, Jin Chaoxing and more than 300 soldiers.Chen Yingjie shouted: "If Duke Zhu doesn't surrender, when will we wait?" Taizu sighed to the crowd and said, "I haven't had any setbacks since the uprising, and today's situation is not the number of days!" Sui Shui is difficult, Guangwu has Hutuo disaster, my lord, please be at ease." Taizu said: "The lonely boat is besieged, and it cannot move. Although there are gods and ghosts, I can do it." While talking, I saw Han Cheng Xiangqian said: "I heard that killing one's body to achieve benevolence, giving up one's life for righteousness, is a matter of course for me. In the past, Ji Xin lied to Chu, and lived the ancestor in Rongyang. I am willing to die on behalf of him to repay his kindness. Dare to ask the lord to wear robes and shoes Change with the minister, and wait for the minister to make a statement to retreat the bandits, and the lord can take the opportunity to escape with the generals." Taizu said with tears: "How can I bear Qing's death to save my life..." While hesitating, Chen Yingjie said The boat gradually moved closer to besieged and forced to surrender, so as not to be killed.Taizu had to take off his clothes and change with Han Cheng, because he asked, "What's your order?"Han Cheng shouted on the bow: "Marshal Chen, Ershan and I are not hurt, why are we so forced? Now that I am besieged, how can I kill all the soldiers on the boat innocently with my own life? If you I will throw myself into the water and die." I heard Chen Yingjie say: "You are my lord's opponent, and you can't tolerate it. How can the rest of the army have any reason to kill you?" Han Cheng said again: "Don't break your promise. " As long as the Taizu threw himself into the water, Yingjie said: "How dare a man break his promise." Han Cheng said: "If that's the case, you can die with peace of mind." He jumped into the lake.Later generations have an ancient style, posthumously presented to Han Cheng saying: