October 4, 1363
The Day Lake Poyang Burned
The Battle of Lake Poyang on October 4, 1363
On the waters of China's largest freshwater lake in the autumn of thirteen sixty-three, two rival warlords fought the largest naval battle of the medieval world to decide who would replace the Mongol Empire. A fleet of floating wooden fortresses met a desperate barrage of fireships and primitive gunpowder, pivoting an imperial destiny on a single stray arrow.
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