Yang Jing said: "However, from today onwards, you brothers should be strictly vigilant against thieves and sneak attacks. ”

Yang Zhu and Yang Changdao: "Yes, Liulang divided his troops with me, and my two brothers will pursue them now——"

Yang Jing said: "The enemy is in the dark, we are in the light, no!" Once we divide our troops, Deng Zusheng will go out of the city again. "The soldiers on duty set up camp in place, and when the follow-up troops arrived, they besieged Yongzhou.

Pulling a hair and moving the whole body, Deng Zusheng knew that Yongzhou was difficult to protect, so he secretly sent a messenger to ask Aslan, the general of the state, for help.

The next day, the 40,000 soldiers of the Yang Jiajiang Group arrived outside the city one after another. Zhou Wengui, the vanguard of the enemy army in Quanzhou, was quietly approaching Yongzhou, Yang Jing sent Zuo Cheng Zhou Dexing and others to intercept halfway, beheaded his general Zhu Yuan, and won Marshal Qi Shen and other six people, Zhou Wengui was beaten to the ground, and led his troops to retreat to Quanzhou in a hurry, and all the enemy troops who had no time to escape were annihilated.

On the twelfth, tens of thousands of Yuan troops came to the rescue quickly, stationed in Dongxiang, backed by Xiangshui into seven camps, morale is booming. The Ming army in Yongzhou fought alone, always facing the danger of being surrounded.

Yang Jing felt that the battlefield was quietly changing, and the pressure was very great, so he sent 3,000 troops to lead troops such as Lu Shen and Yuan Ziming, and after hard fighting, captured alive 1,239 people including Ding Wu (four people from 10,000 households and 10,000 households) of the Yuan army, and more than 100 horses, and won the first battle.

Baoqingwei Baihu Zhou Di unfortunately died in battle, Ming Taizu sent a special envoy to Yongzhou to mourn, reward the three armies, the Ming army was deeply moved. The Ming Emperor cherished the lives of his soldiers so much, and the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, the Ming army, could not win.

Yongzhou was besieged, and the Yuan court ordered the troops everywhere to work together to rescue, wanting to put Yang Jing's troops in a nest and deal a heavy blow to Zhu Yuanzhang. In order to cut off the connection between the enemy in Yongzhou and the outside world, Yang Jing took the initiative to defeat all the Yuan troops that were moving closer to Yongzhou and took the initiative to find fighters.

On February 13, Yang Jing ordered the Qianhu royal court to send troops to attack Baoqing, but the Yuan army was defeated and was soon driven out of the city. The Yuan army converged with the remnants of Zhou Wengui in Quanzhou to attack the city again, and the royal court decided to give up the city and disperse the enemy's forces. Zhou Wengui thought that the Ming army was just a straw bag, so he got carried away and led his subordinates out of the city to collect grain and grass.

Zhou Wengui celebrated his achievements in Zhuyu Beach (now forty miles north of Shaoyang County, also known as Tongzhu Beach), but he didn't expect Wang Ting to kill a horse gun, and he was horrified.

The two mountains of Zhuyu Beach are sandwiched, the water flows down to the north, the rocks are crossed, the surge is provoked, more than 1,000 troops resist stubbornly according to the dangerous terrain, the royal court divides the troops to go around the back, occupy the commanding heights, attack on both sides, the enemy is killed and wounded more than half, flee in a hurry, and the Ming army chases all the way to the city.

Zhou Wengui was hit by several arrows in his body, he was almost not beaten down, his soul was frightened, and he secretly slipped out of the city with dozens of people, and the rest of the Yuan army tried to rely on the city to fight, waiting for reinforcements to come to the rescue. The two sides fought until sunset, and the Yuan army was dizzy by artillery fire, and there were no rescuers coming, and they were completely desperate.

Early the next morning, the Yuan army set fire to the city, looted property, and then left the east gate. Wang Ting took the opportunity to recover Baoqing and left 3,000 troops to guard it. The fighting on the Eastern Front ended.

On the second day of the first month of March, in order to alleviate the pressure of the war on the Western Front, Yang Jing sent Zuo Cheng Zhou Dexing and Zhang Bin to attack Quanzhou and continue to increase troops to besiege Yongzhou.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Hu Guangping Zhang Aslan tried several times to open up the connection with Yongzhou, but was defeated, and he was very frightened.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops crossed the mountains and mountains, fell from the sky, and suddenly appeared outside the city of Quanzhou, and Quanzhou was heavily surrounded. At night, Aslan was afraid of the battle and abandoned the city and fled to Xiangzhou.

The people in the city saw that the guards had abandoned them and fled for their lives, opened the city gate to welcome the Ming army, and the city of Quanzhou changed hands. After Zhou Dexing entered the city, he announced the "three major disciplines" of the Ming army - not killing, not burning, not robbing, and opening warehouses to release grain to help the poor, and the people were very supportive.

The Ming army was highly disciplined, and the soldiers surrendered without a fight. Wu Youxun of Wanhu in Daozhou, Li Wenqing, a local official in Ningyuan Prefecture, Li Kangling, Marshal of Shoulanshan County, Jiang Qixian and Yin Zimeng of Yongming County, and Liu Zhongxing of Jianghua County all sent people to ask for surrender.

On March 13, Yang Jing sent troops to attack Changning Prefecture, and the Yuan Yi soldiers surrendered to Zhu Quan, a thousand households.

On March 16, Yang Jing sent troops to attack Wugang Prefecture, and the Yuan general Zeng Quan also led his troops to surrender.

Soon it was summer, Yang Jing besieged Yongzhou, he was very anxious, and the hot weather and wet miasma began to plague the Ming army. couldn't wait any longer, Yang Jingnai ordered Hu Haiyang and others to build fortifications at various gates, constantly narrowing the encirclement.

The Ming army built a pontoon bridge on the Xijiang River and carried out military exercises, and tens of thousands of Ming troops shouted every day: "The Ming army will win, and the Yuan army will be defeated-"

"Capture Deng Zusheng alive—"

Yang Jing constantly exerted psychological pressure on Deng Zusheng, which made the Yuan army panic. Deng Zusheng in the city really couldn't help it, rather than being trapped alive, it was better to fight to the death.

As a result, he led his troops to break through several times, but they were all shot back into the city by the Ming army's random arrows, and he fought repeatedly. Seeing that the food and grass in the city are decreasing day by day, Aslan has been slow to come to the rescue.

On 18 April, Deng Zusheng, who had been besieged for more than three months, was completely demoralized and committed suicide by taking poison. Before committing suicide, Deng Zusheng instructed Zhang Zixian, who participated in politics, and others to continue to lead his troops to resist.

"When the food is all eaten, how can you have the strength to fight? Baihu Xia Sheng thinks that it is futile to make senseless resistance, you Deng Zusheng is dead for a hundred years, do you still want to drag us to the funeral together? Xia Shengru said to his subordinates.

Everyone unanimously voted to take refuge in Yang Jing's ministry.

Xia Sheng happily agreed, and with the help of the soldiers, under the cover of night, he came to the city, and was caught by the Ming army as soon as he landed. Xia Sheng said: "Don't kill me, I have secret information to tell the general!" The Ming army then brought him into the camp of the Chinese army.

Yang Jing was studying how to attack the city under the lamp, and when he saw the Yuan army coming, he was overjoyed: "General, please take a seat!" What do you want, not in the middle of the night? ”

Xia Sheng said: "Don't dare, I'll still stand and say okay." Deng Zusheng has committed suicide by taking poison, the defense in the city is lax, if Yang Gong attacks the city, tonight is the best time. ”

Yang Jing got up and said, "Why? ”

Xia Sheng said: "Yang Gong has been trapped in the city of Yongzhou for a long time, and now there is no food and grass inside the city, and there are no rescuers outside. The soldiers were hungry, complained, and did not want to fight again. ”

Yang Jing said: "Good." When the general comes out, will anyone find out? ”

Xia Sheng said: "Yang Gong can rest assured, hundreds of soldiers under me are guarding a city, which can be used as an internal response." ”

Yang Jing said: "The one who knows the times is Junjie, the general will help me attack the city, please accept Yang's worship." So he wanted to make a great salute.

Xia Sheng hurriedly helped Yang Jing up and said, "I can't help it, Xia sacrificed a few people to rescue the soldiers and civilians in the city, it's not worth mentioning." ”

Yang Jing then worshiped Xia and was promoted to a hundred households and attacked the city together. With Xia Sheng's surrender, the Ming army's siege of the city was much easier.

After three drums in the night, Yang Jing ordered a general attack on Yongzhou City, ordering the soldiers to fire bows and arrows from all sides of the city, and the defenders at the head of the city fell one after another, but the resistance was still stubborn.

Under the leadership of Xia Sheng, Bao Qingwei commanded Hu Haiyang to climb up from Xia Sheng's defensive area, and was the first to climb the city and join Xia Sheng's old troops.

Hu Haiyang suddenly felt very excited, and he killed Xia Sheng's strength at the city gate, subdued the Yuan army guarding the gate, and opened the city gate. Yang Jing led a large army to rush into Yongzhou City, and Zhang Zixian, who participated in politics, gathered troops to meet the battle, suffered countless casualties, and retreated into the inner city.

Zhang Zixian led the remnants of the Ming army to engage in street battles and fought until dawn. There are fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Zhang Zixian, Marshal Deng Sicheng and others are surrounded by the five tigers in the army, and they are still trapped and fighting.

Yang Jing jumped off the horse and fought Zhang Zixian, Zhang Zixian, who only lived on porridge, was too tired, and was killed by Yang Jing and chased the soul with one move, and Zhang Zixian didn't even have the strength to commit suicide. On the other side, Yang He and Yang Zhu captured Deng Sicheng and others without much effort.

Zhang Zixian said: "Yang Gong, I was defeated by you today, and I am convinced." Please let me have a full meal, and I will die without regrets. ”

Yang Jing said: "Zixian is a hero, there is nothing to say about one meal, even ten meals are not a problem." Tell your subordinates to give up resistance, I can keep you from dying, and your subordinates can have a good meal. ”

Zhang Zixian said with the greatest strength: "Brothers, put down your weapons, Yang Gong can give us food!" Then he fainted......

With Zhang Zixian's order, all the Yuan troops stopped resisting, and the soldiers and horses of the whole city were absorbed by Yang Jing. Since then, the city of Yongzhou has been returned to the Ming army, and Yang Jing dispatched Hengzhou Wei to command Ding Yu to serve as the general of Yongzhou.

As a result, the defenders of Leiyang and other prefectures and counties sent envoys to ask for surrender, and Yang Jing incorporated them one by one under his command. Because of his military exploits, Yang Jing was promoted to Pingzhang of Huguang Province, and all the soldiers were rewarded.

In May, Yang Jing waved his army into Daozhou to respond to another Ming army led by Liao Yongzhong and Zhu Liangzu, who had invaded Wuzhou in Guangxi by sea through Guangdong. Zhu Liangzu led his troops to capture Xun, Gui, Yulin and other prefectures and counties in Guangxi, and agreed with Huguang Pingzhang Yang Liulang to join forces on Jingjiang Road (called Jingjiang in the Yuan Dynasty, now Guilin, Guangxi).

Yang Jingtun was in Daozhou, and Ouyang Pingzhang's villager forces still refused to give in, and attacked Yang Liulang's camp from time to time. At first, Yang Jing, who had survived the hard days, was too kind, thinking that the other party was just a group of ordinary thieves who were hungry, so he didn't care too much. Every time he opened up to them, he did not allow his subordinates to pursue the thieves who stole food and grass.

After a long time, Ouyang Pingzhang, who has tasted the sweetness many times, has to inch inch, complacent, and thinks, if we can't beat you, we can run past you and steal your grain and grass, see if you dare to stay in the Miao Yao area? Such a powerful Yuan court army has been fighting with us for more than ten years, and it has not done anything to us, and in the end it is not the autonomy of the natives.

Ouyang Pingzhang completely underestimated the ability of this Ming army, so he secretly ordered his subordinates to shoot and kill the soldiers of the Ming army, becoming more and more presumptuous day by day, but he forgot that the opponent he met this time was Yang Jing and Yang Liulang.