Yang Jing pacified the opposition forces in Hunan, helped Zhu Liangzu capture Jingjiang City, made great achievements, and his prestige in the army increased day by day.

Every time there was a big war, Ming Taizu appointed Yang Jing to go out with the army, and Yang Jing led his sons and nephews to fight from the north to the south, from the west to the west, and then from the south to the north, creating a world for the Ming Dynasty.

In the second year of Hongwu (1369), Yang Jing followed Tang He, Liao Yongzhong, and Fu Youde to attack the Great Xia regime established by Ming Yuzhen, and as a vanguard, he led the sailors to fight a decisive battle with Xia Shou Dai Shou in Qutang Gorge. Dai Shou gathered the soldiers and civilians of Shu and defeated Yang Jing's sailors with natural danger.

Yang Jing closed the battle line, confronted the Xia army, and waited for reinforcements to arrive. Soon the army arrived, and together they captured Chongqing, the "Xia Lord" Mingsheng surrendered out of the city, and Sichuan and Shu were pacified.

In the fourth year of Hongwu (1371), the original Cili pacified Qin Yuan and established himself as the king, rebelled again, and captured the villages of Chenzhou. Due to the abundance of food and munitions, 15,000 rebels relied on the dangerous terrain to win more with less, Xiaojiayu in three battles, Maogang in four battles and seven years in the village, and five battles in Kongtong Mountain.

In the first month of the fifth year of Hongwu (1372), the local guards were in an emergency, Ming Taizu was furious when he heard the news, and ordered Yang Jing of Pingzhang of Huguangxing Province, Deng Yu, general of Zhengnan, Zhou Dexing, Marquis of Jiangxia, Wu Liang, Marquis of Jiangyin, etc., to lead 100,000 troops, and the officers and soldiers of Lizhou Wei and Changdewei were all transferred to it, and the Ming army attacked Qin Yuan while building a new Acropolis of Dayong to consolidate the rear base.

As a deputy general, Yang Jing was very unconvinced, and he wanted to redeem the dignity of Qutang's defeat with his military exploits and stratagems, and once again prove his strength.

Every time he offered a plan, he was rejected by Deng Yu, and sarcastically said: "The general of the defeated army, how can you teach me?" ”

So Yang Jing didn't say more. Since then, in all the battles, he has only charged into battle, slashing and killing countless rebels, but he is sympathetic to those Turkish civilians who did not participate, and whenever the rebels enter the village, he strictly orders his subordinates not to pursue.

In March, the Ming army marched to Lizhou, Deng Yu divided the army into two routes, ordered Zhou Dexing to lead the main force to besiege Maogangzhai, and at the same time ordered Yang Jing and Wu Liang to lead troops to launch a comprehensive attack on Sanmao, Persimmon Creek, Anfu and other 36 holes.

Zhou Dexing took a lot of effort and paid a heavy price to capture Maogang. After Zhou Dexing entered Maogang, he implemented the three-light policy, killing people whenever he saw them, burning houses when he saw them, and robbing them when he saw money.

Suddenly, on Maogang Mountain, the fire soared into the sky, and corpses were everywhere. Seeing that the people were in great trouble, Yang Jing was very unbearable, and said to Zhou Dexing: "Brother Zhou, it is not advisable to be so tyrannical!" ”

Zhou Dexing disagreed: "If the thieves don't kill, what's the use of keeping them?" We don't have any more food to feed the captives! ”

Yang Jing said: "Not all people are thieves, since the unarmed Tujia people have given up resistance, they should be appeased." ”

Zhou Dexing was a little angry: "You go to the emperor's theory, don't tell me!" ”

Yang Jing was reprimanded by Zhou Dexing and didn't talk to him for a long time. And Zhou Dexing still went his own way, every time he captured a village, he still slaughtered the villagers there.

Qin Gao saw that Zhou Dexing was menacing, so he shrank his forces on the seven-year village, avoiding his sharp spirit, and deliberately did not go down the mountain to fight with Zhou Dexing, Qin Gao said to his subordinates: "You have thousands of troops and horses, I have thousands of mountains and thousands of holes."

Zhou Dexing looked at the mountains and sighed, helpless.

However, it is said that Qin Yu was on the mountain in the seventh year, while building fortifications, training soldiers and horses, and mobilizing his subordinates to dig mountains and grow grain. Zhou Dexing, who was exposed to the sun and rain every day, ate and slept in the open air, was difficult to overcome with his own strength, and wanted to use outwitting to break through the seven-year village, but he didn't know where to open the breakthrough of the rebels.

The Ming army and the rebels held each other for more than a month, and it was not until Cao Liangchen, another Ming army, led his troops down from Sangzhi that the battle took a turn for the better. Zhou Liangchen was a very modest general, and he admired Yang Jing's personality and resourcefulness, especially Yang Jing's outwitting strategy in the battle of Jingjiang. He was well aware of the contradictions between Deng Yu, Zhou Dexing and Yang Jing, and visited Yang Jing overnight.

Zhou Liangchen entered the door and said: "Lord Pingzhang, Zhou is not here to be a lobbyist today, and we don't talk about military affairs." ”

Yang Jing said: "If the people in the army don't talk about military affairs, then what else do they talk about?" Something to say. ”

Zhou Liangchen said: "The rebellion has been going on for three years, why can't it be quelled? ”

Yang Jing said: "Heroes are judged by success or failure, so the Ming army has suffered defeats. After I had led my troops to subside, my successor changed my tactics of appeasement, and I was deeply disturbed by the fact that he was already dissatisfied with me. ”

Zhou Liangchen said: "Your Excellency is serious, isn't the Lord also here to suppress the rebellion?" ”

Yang Jing said: "Only by knowing yourself and knowing your opponent can you defeat the enemy." Qin Dao also has weaknesses, and Wei Guogong has not followed my words several times, and I have become disheartened. ”

Zhou Liangchen said: "Who does the thief leader Qin Yu believe the most? ”

Yang Jing said: "Zhu Siji, the great-grandson of Zhu Mengqian, the former judge of the Hanlin Academy of the Yuan Dynasty, has an old friend with me. Zhu Siji is the son-in-law of Qin Yuan's second daughter, and no one can trust Qin Yuan, so he only obeys Zhu Siji's words. ”

Zhou Liangchen said: "Then the adult means that he bought Zhu Siji?" ”

Yang Jing said: "Don't say it so ugly, this is called unity." Zhu Siji and the emperor have the same surname, as long as they promise to be the vanguard, if they help the Ming army capture Qin Yuan, they will definitely soar. Zhu Siji will come to our side. ”

Zhou Liangchen said: "This plan is a counter-plan, and the adults are really smart!" ”......

Zhou Dexing learned this important information from Zhou Liangchen's mouth, and immediately sent someone to Zhu Siji's cottage with his property, and sure enough, Zhu Siji was he who couldn't withstand Zhou Dexing's temptation with his fame, and personally went down the mountain to the camp of the Ming army, and saw Zhou Dexing in a hurry.

Zhu Siji said: "Seven years of thousands of holes and ravines in the village, the land is wide and the fields are full, and the thieves are all Tujia mountain people, accustomed to mountain battles, the Ming army is not successful, I am willing to be a son-in-law, go up the mountain and deceive Qin Yuan down the mountain with a trick." They were then captured and sent to Kyoto, so that the rebel army on the mountain would disperse. ”

Zhou Dexing said: "Okay! is worthy of being the emperor's clansman, and after the matter is completed, you will be the generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Siji was overjoyed when he heard Zhou Dexing say this: "Please also ask the Hou Ye to say a few more kind words for me in front of the emperor and say goodbye!" ”

Zhou Dexing said: "If you don't send it, I'll wait for your good news." ”

Zhu Siji entered the seven-year village and persuaded Qin Dao to say: "The Ming army gathered, and this village is as dangerous as an egg, and it is difficult to hold it for a long time." There are nine Guanyin villages, and the danger can be guarded, why not go and hide it, and wait for the time to rise?"

Qin Yuan didn't know that Zhu Siji had taken refuge in the imperial court, and felt that it made sense: "It's still my son-in-law who is smart and filial." Let's go there and have a look. So he took his subordinates He Ying and Yao Zu to go together, but they didn't know that He Ying, Yao Mou and Zhu Siji had already colluded and wanted to kill themselves.

A few people went on the road, just walked to a small hill in Jinyan Mountain at the junction of Cili and Dayong, Zhu Siji said: "It's too hot, let's take a shower to cool off first." He was the first to take off his clothes and jump into the pool, and He Ying and Yao Mou also followed. Qin Yu took off his armor and went down to the pool, and enjoyed swimming around in the water.

"Kill-" Hearing a shout, more than 20 men suddenly sprang out of the grass and woods, all of them mighty and strong, led by Yang Jing.

Yang Jing said: "Where did the thief escape? Old friends, we're meeting again, Qin Yuan. Then he ordered the first arrow aimed at the four men in the pool.

Qin Yu only had a pair of bare pants left in the water, and he knew that it was useless to resist: "Yang Jing, one person does things and one person is responsible, the three of them are bewitched by me, I hope you will give them a way out——"

Yang Jing said: "No." It's really righteous enough! So Qin Gao and the others had no choice but to be arrested.

Zhou Dexing led thousands of men and horses to arrive, and immediately put Qin Yu in a cage and sent him to Nanjing by water. Without a leader, the rebels fled and the Cili Rebellion was put to rest.

That year, on the sixth day of the first month of June, Qin Yu was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang Lingchi (skinning), and he didn't understand until he died that his most trusted son-in-law had betrayed him.

According to the previous promise, Deng Yu and Zhou Dexing jointly played to Zhu Siji to ask for credit, and asked Ming Taizu to make him the "Generalissimo of Gu Yong", and Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed.

Afterwards, Ming Taizu rewarded the soldiers who quelled the rebellion, saying: "In the battle of Qin, Yang Jing can't be defeated, Zhao Yong returns in the middle of the road, and his merits are incomparable with Dexing." ”

Ming Taizu reprimanded Jing and said: "Ordered Er to lead the army, and often lost. The art of war, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Add stoves and reduce stoves, people don't know about me, Er Nai is gullible to believe in the enemy's tricks, and he makes Huang Yongqian go to him, so that he knows my truth and reality, although the number of cauldrons is also known. Er tasted from Ke Bao Ning, when there was a slight reward, but Er fell before Luzhou, and attacked Qin Yuan Village, long time can not be overcome, attack Qutang and lead to defeat, compared to the break of Bao Ning, is not enough to cover. ”

There was no share of Yang Jing's reward, and Yang Jing hurriedly knelt down: "The minister is guilty-"

Ming Taizu said: "The remnant Yuan forces in Beiping have risen again, so you will go to Liaodong to build the Great Wall in Liaodong from the general Xu Dazhen to Beiping." ”

Yang Jing said: "Thank you, Lord Longen, the minister will retire." ”......

Ming Taizu ordered the army to continue the southern and northern expeditions, eliminated the separatist forces in various places, expelled the Yuan Dynasty forces from the Central Plains, and drove them to the north of the Great Wall, basically establishing the Ming Dynasty's dominance in the country.

Ming Taizu became the largest landlord, in order for his descendants to sit on the emperor's throne and consolidate the imperial power, he gritted his teeth and began to raise the butcher's knife to attack those heroes who had fought with him.

Do everything possible to take the military power and administrative power in the hands of the "difficult brothers" to their own, and the best thing is to establish a special army directly under the command of the emperor - Jinyiwei.

Jinyiwei is a secret spy agency, pervasive, responsible for monitoring every move of hundreds of officials and people, as long as their words and deeds are slightly unfavorable to Ming Taizu, the spies will directly present the "incriminating evidence" to Zhu Yuanzhang.

For a time, the Ming Dynasty from the central to the local, from the government to the people, was permeated with an atmosphere of white terror. Many civil and military generals were panicked, lest they would be caught by the Jinyi Guard and fall into the emperor's poisonous hands.