Chen Youliang is superstitious about force and has no talent. He won't win over talents or morale, and he won't rely on external forces. As Xunzi said, "a gentleman is good at faking things," he didn't understand or care. To put it bluntly, he just can't make superficial articles. Later generations said that Chen Youliang was ruthless, which meant nothing more than two things. One is to kill his old boss Ni Wenjun; The second is to kill Xu Shouhui, the "Emperor of Heaven". Ni Wenjun wanted to usurp Xu Shouhui's position, but when it came to light, he fled from Hanyang to Huangzhou to go to Chen Youliang, because he had promoted Chen Youliang before and was kind to Chen Youliang. However, at that time, at that time, Chen Youliang didn't forget his old kindness and killed Ni Wenjun. Although Chen Youliang's move is a bit harsh, but yes, who let Ni Wenjun split the insurgents first? For the whole rebel army, what he did was a good thing of stability and unity. But it is totally unnecessary to remove master Xu Shouhui prematurely. Chen Youliang, a fledgling man, thought that Zhu Yuanzhang's share of Yingtian (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) was readily available after Xu Shouhui captured Taiping and quarried stones, so he eagerly sent warriors to smash Xu Shouhui's head with a hammer, and then he took the Wutong Temple as a hall for quarrying stones and hastily proclaimed himself emperor. Look at how Zhu Yuanzhang treated his master. Zhu Yuanzhang first joined the Red Scarf Army in Guo Zixing, and later Guo Zixing died of illness, and Han Liner was named xiao ming wang, with the title Song. The Grand Marshal Zhu Yuanzhang held the real power and the insurgents were all under his command. Han Liner is just a decoration, but Zhu Yuanzhang has always posed as a courtier. When Han Liner was trapped in Anfeng, Zhu Yuanzhang took great risks to save him. So after the victory of Poyang Lake War, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Liu Ji with a lingering fear, "I shouldn't go to Anfeng to save Han Liner myself. If Chen Youliang took advantage of my absence from Jiankang at that time and went down the river to the den, the event would be over! "But saving Han Liner won him a good reputation of loyalty and friendship, and perhaps it was far more than that. The power of example is infinite. Think about how Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates will be infected when they see Zhu Yuanzhang's heroic loyalty. Xu Shouhui was sent by Chen Youliang to smash his head, which chilled the hearts of all the soldiers. Among them, Ming Yuzhen reacted the most fiercely. He cut off his relationship with Chen Youliang, claiming to be the king of Gansu and Shu, and built the Xu Shouhui Temple to worship at four o'clock. Killing Xu Shouhui greatly reduced Chen Youliang's prestige, and the negative impact was obvious. The death of Han Liner, Zhu Yuanzhang's master, was a bit confusing. At that time, Han Liner was in Chuzhou, and Zhu Yuanzhang sent his men Liao Yongzhong to take Han Liner to Yingtian. On the way, Han Liner's boat capsized and fell into the water and died. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to punish Liao Yongzhong, but thanks to the intercession of all, he was spared the death penalty. Han Liner may have been removed without authorization by Liao Yongzhong for taking credit, or it may have been removed at the behest of Zhu Yuanzhang. Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang later took the officials to the riverside to cry and offer sacrifices, and set up a coffin for Han Liner with tears in his eyes. Zhu Yuanzhang and Liao Yongzhong cooperated tacitly to play a double reed play. Han Liner's death fulfilled Zhu Yuanzhang's "loyalty". For example, when dealing with captured soldiers, Zhu Yuanzhang was much more "merciful" than Chen Youliang. During the Poyang Lake War, Chen Youliang's army was hungry and exhausted, and could not retreat. Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a letter to Chen Youliang, saying that Chen Youliang did not dare to fight. Chen Youliang was furious after seeing the letter. In order to vent his anger, he killed all thousands of prisoners, but Zhu Yuanzhang released all the prisoners, and distributed medicines to the wounded enemy and sacrificed the enemy victims. People's hearts are full of flesh, and it is clear at a glance what kind of master is worth working for and what kind of master is not. So when Chen Youliang was shot dead by an arrow on a warship the next day, Chen Rong, a "senior cadre" under his command, led more than 5, remnants to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang. Many years later, Zhu Yuanzhang, who became emperor, recalled the past and relished his actions of "benevolence and righteousness". He said that Zhang Shicheng relied on money, Chen Youliang relied on strong forces, and only Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing, but he was not good at killing people, was faithful, was frugal, and was United with civilian military commanders. This is not a completely boastful false argument. In fact, future generations believe that the main reason for Zhu Yuanzhang's victory in Poyang Lake is not tactics, but the elite of every army, who will be able to overcome every attack. Otherwise, at the beginning of the decisive battle, his army may be swallowed up by Chen Youliang's giant fleet. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang's army meet every attack? In addition to the high quality of the army, the soldiers are inspired by Zhu Yuanzhang's so-called "benevolence and righteousness" and are afraid that it is the most important factor. However, Zhu Yuanzhang has always been a "late-Mover". Let's see that after he got the world, he slaughtered the heroes. Where is there any "benevolence"?