In the Poyang Lake War between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang, Chen Jun sent 600,000 troops and Zhu Yuanzhang's main reinforcements were more than 200,000. In the 23rd year of Yuan Dynasty (1363), the two armies fought fiercely in Poyang Lake. First, Zhu Yuanzhang's battle was unfavorable and he almost died.

On the 22nd, Zhu Jun took the wind and launched a fire attack. On that day, Chen Jun was burned to death by nearly 60,000 people, and Zhu Jun was drowned by more than 7,000 people. After 23 or 24 days of fierce fighting, Chen retreated, and Chen Youliang was shot dead by an arrow on the 27th. In February of the following year, Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated Chen's separatist forces and started his unified war.

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The Poyang Lake water war, the key battle of Zhu Chenhao Campaign, directly led to the end of the decisive battle stage, which in itself led to a series of key events in the development of the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Youliang's death and the destruction or capture of most of his fleet made Zhu Yuanzhang achieve an unprecedented complete victory in the setback of 1362. Before that, the Ming army had been fighting against the Han army, which occupied the actual or potential advantage, and at the same time had to deal with the danger of the Dongwu army's attack.

Now that Chen Youliang has been destroyed, the Ming army can immediately start annexing Jiangxi and finally win Hunan and Hubei. As a result, the population of the Ming Dynasty tripled, and the long-standing pacification in the Yangtze River valley was eliminated in 1360.

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