Battle of Lake Poyang
September 1363
Zhu Yuanzhang's smaller fleet trapped his Red Turban rival Chen Youliang on the great inland lake of Jiangxi in a battle involving hundreds of warships. Fire ships burned Chen's tower-ships against the shore. Chen took an arrow through the eye. Zhu emerged the unrivaled rebel chief in southern China, master of the Yangtze valley.
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