At the same time, Wang Bi, a fierce general who often met spring, bypassed from another road, flanked the Eastern Wu soldiers, and forced Zhang Shicheng's death squad into Sha Bon Pond, where more than 3,000 people were killed and more than 7,000 people drowned alive. The sky has eyes, because the mount was too frightened, even the man and the horse fell into the deep water, and Zhang Shicheng was almost drowned. The soldiers risked their lives to rescue him, carried him on their shoulders, picked up a life, and fled back to Pingjiang City in embarrassment.

Ten days later, Zhang Shicheng, who had recovered a lot, decided to organize the last breakthrough and personally led his troops out of Xumen. The daredevils who jumped over the wall in a hurry were extremely brave, and they couldn't resist the Ming army that was blocking head-on. Seeing that he was about to break out of the encirclement, Zhang Shixin, who was standing at the head of the city, may have been frightened and shouted: "Everyone is tired, you can take a rest", and even Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Zhang Shicheng and the pro-army were stunned for a moment and stopped attacking. Chang Yuchun seized the opportunity, turned around and attacked, and defeated the Eastern Wu soldiers, since then Zhang Shicheng no longer had the courage to break through, and cowered in the city waiting for death. The third brother Zhang Shixin attracted the attention of the Ming army because of a banquet at the head of the city, and was killed by indiscriminate artillery shots in the head.

In September of that year, Xu Da ordered all troops to launch a general attack on Pingjiang City, with artillery fire and arrows. The hungry Eastern Wu army ran out of ammunition and food, completely lost its fighting spirit, and had no ability to resist, and soon Pingjiang City was broken by the Ming army.

Zhang Shicheng knew that the general trend was gone in the mansion, and said to his wife Liu in tears: "I am defeated and die, what should you do?" ”

Liu Shiliang replied calmly: "Don't worry, the concubine will live up to you." After speaking, she held her two young sons in her arms, accumulated firewood under Qiyun Tower, and went upstairs with Zhang Shicheng's concubines.

The sun was about to set, Zhang Shicheng sat alone in front of the window, looking at the skyrocketing fire of Qiyun Tower, as if he had returned to eight years ago. He designed to force Yang Wanzhi's brother to death and forced Miao Jun away, today's fiasco is God's most severe punishment for him, harming others and ultimately harming himself. He saw the inconspicuous anger of Yang Tongguan and Yang Tongpu's brothers: "Zhang Shicheng, take your life-"

Zhang Shicheng's spirit completely collapsed, and he took the beam and hanged himself. Zhao Shixiong hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him, and cried and persuaded: "The king is a hero, I am afraid that I will not save my life!" ”

At this time, Yang Tongtai and Zhu Yuming came in, and then Mu Ying and Lan Yu also came in, Zhang Shicheng was wearing a cloak, like crazy, laughing wildly.

Zhu Yuming stepped forward to give Zhang Shicheng a few slaps, and then kicked Zhang Shicheng to the ground and scolded: "Zhang Shicheng, you despicable villain, killing you with a knife is cheaper for you, and you can't live if you do your own evil!" ”

Zhang Shicheng is still smirking, he is really a fool.

Yang Tongtai said: "This beast doesn't want to live for a long time, come on!" Tie it up for me and hand it over to Wu Guogong for disposal! ”.......

Xu Da successively sent Zhang Shicheng's old generals Li Bosheng and Pan Yuanshao to persuade him to surrender, but Zhang Shicheng closed his eyes and did not answer. Xu Da shook his head, then escorted Zhang Shicheng onto the boat, sent heavy troops to escort him, and went to Yingtianfu by water.

During his detention, Zhang Shicheng refused to eat. The same was true when his younger brother Zhang Shide was captured by the Ming army. Hehe, it's worthy of being born to a mother.

The winner is the king, and the loser is the coward, and he has no qualifications or face to enjoy the food given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang. On the night after arriving at Ying Tianfu, Zhang Shicheng took advantage of the unpreparedness and hanged himself again.

This time he really died, and no one knows what he was thinking before he died. Perhaps, this is the most decent way to die a reckless death.

Yang Liulang Yang Jing (genealogy Yang Zailu) in the battle against Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, led his sons and nephews to be invincible, outstanding achievements, promoted to Huguang Province to participate in politics, and guarded Jiangling.

Yang Jing spent a happy childhood in Shangguan Village, Chengbu Village, when he was young, and was the sixth in the family, known as Yang Liulang. Later, because his father Yang Zheng (official to Hanzhong Baihu Order) participated in the Yang Liuzong uprising in 1346 and fought against the imperial court.

Yang Liu's general army was defeated, and Emperor Yuan Shun remembered that the Yang family would have contributed to the imperial court at the beginning of the founding of the country, and moved his heart of compassion, and did not massacre the Miao people in Chengbu Village, but adopted a policy of dispersing the strength of the Yang family's general group, and sent the families of the righteous army who participated in the uprising to Haozhou, Luzhou, Anhui and other places, which was to prevent the Yang family from gathering people to oppose the Yuan in Chengbu Village again.

Three years later, the Red Turban Army rose, and the surviving members of the Yang family in Anhui resolutely joined the anti-Yuan camp. When everyone filled in the conscription roster, the column of origin and place of birth was hidden in Chengbu Village, and it was changed to Haozhou or Luzhou, claiming that his ancestral home was Taiyuan, Shanxi, after Yang Duan of Banzhou, of course, this was to confuse the imperial court and avoid the Yang family in Chengbu Village from being implicated.

Anhui in the north and south of the Yuan Dynasty belonged to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Henan and Jiangbei provinces, so it is not surprising that the Yang family will come from Haozhou, Hefei, Anhui in later generations.

In 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition to be the emperor continued to expand, and he designed to get rid of King Xiao Ming, announcing that he would no longer take the dragon and phoenix era, and that the year would be the first year of Wu.

In October, on the Jiazi day of October, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da, the right prime minister of the book, to be the general of the conquest, and Pingzhang Chang Yuchun to be the deputy general, leading an army of 250,000 to the north into the Central Plains.

During the Northern Expedition, the "Edict on the Central Plains" was issued, in which the proclamation put forward the program of "expelling Hu Lu, restoring China, establishing a program of Chen Ji, and relieving the people", so as to inspire the people in the north to rise up against the Yuan, and the Yuan army was defeated and retreated under the fierce offensive of the Ming army.

In 1368, on the fourth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtianfu and was the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. In that year, the six battalions of cavalry lieutenants (four-rank generals) of the Yuan Dynasty in Chengbu Zhai Yang Guzhen, Yang Gucong, Yang Guzhi, Yang Guxiang, Yang Guming, and Yang Guyao announced their separation from the original central government and obeyed the dispatch of the Ming Dynasty.

In Yongzhou, Hunan, there is an armed group of villagers organized by Li Wenqing and Ouyang Pingzhang, who has been fighting against the imperial court for more than ten years since the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty was established, the eldest brother Li Wenqing followed the trend and decided to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang. Ming Taizu was very happy, so he gave Li Wenqing a small official, armed and on standby, responsible for local security, and accepting the reorganization of the imperial court at any time.

Ouyang Pingzhang, who was bribed by the Yuan court, thought that Li Wenqing was afraid of the Ming army, and scolded him for forgetting his righteousness for the sake of profit, and Li Wenqing, the local official of Ningyuan Prefecture, once again swayed left and right between the Yuan court and the Ming army. Ouyang Pingzhang was furious and pulled the team into the mountains of Yongzhou, and openly fought against the Ming army stationed there, and the originally stable social order became turbulent again. This group of villagers armed against the Ming Dynasty, attacked the surrounding Ming army from time to time, and colluded with the local Yuan Dynasty guard Deng Zusheng, which made Yang Jing very troublesome.

Ming Taizu summoned Yang Jing, who participated in the politics of Huguang Province, alone: "Liulang, the world is decided, and it is advisable to rest and recuperate." However, Yongzhou Kou is in turmoil, what is your best plan? ”

Yang Jing replied: "Back to the emperor, Ouyang Pingzhang, the head of the Kou, is stubborn, goes back on his word, despises my Ming Dynasty, and thinks he should be punished!" ”

Ming Taizu said: "The thieves are hidden in the mountains and forests, coming and going without a trace, and it is difficult to chase and suppress, why?" ”

Yang Jing said: "This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the landform is complex, the rivers and streams are criss-crossed, and the mountains and basins are intertwined. The thieves have the advantage of geographical advantages, and they are in cahoots with local forces, so it is advisable to destroy them individually. ”

Taizu said: "Who is worthy of this great responsibility? ”

Yang Jing said: "In his early years, he lived in the land of Wuxi for more than ten years, and he was familiar with the habits of barbarians, and he was willing to lead the troops to Yongzhou to relieve His Majesty's worries." ”

Taizu Dayue: "Good." Yang Jing listened to the edict, and I specially named you the general of the expedition to the south, with 50,000 soldiers, and set off on the fifth day of the first month. ”

Yang Jing immediately knelt down to receive the order: "Thanks to the wrong love of the saint, exterminate the thieves, and the ministers should never give up!" ”

Taizu smiled and said: "What a thousand deaths, if you die once, you will not die, I want you to come back alive!" ”

Yang Jing said: "Obey the holy order, the minister will live well!" ”......

Three days later, Yang Liulang, the general of Zhengnan, returned to Jiangling, gathered all the elite Miao soldiers, crossed the Yangtze River with the commander-in-chief Xu Da, and attacked Yongzhou from Qiyang.

The guard general Deng Zusheng was originally a volunteer soldier of Zuojiang in the Yuan Dynasty, stationed in Hengzhou, and later sent troops to occupy Yongzhou.

Xu Da sent Fu Youde to attack Hengzhou, Deng Zusheng was defeated, abandoned the city and fled, and retired to Yongzhou, he planned to rely on the favorable terrain, according to the danger of the mountain stream, and the Ming army to fight a protracted war.

Deng Zusheng saw that Yang Jing led his troops to the city, coming from afar, the number was equal to his own, presumably the end of the crossbow, disdainful, thinking that the best defense was to take the initiative, and directly led the troops out of the city and launched a frontal attack on Yang Jing's troops.

Yang Jing saw that Deng Zusheng was prepared, and he didn't panic, he jumped on the mount with his gun, and the other four tigers followed closely behind, he shouted: "Brothers, follow me-"

Yang Jing rushed to the front, taking the lead and killing the enemy. Seeing that the commander was all out of the way, the morale of the Ming army increased greatly, and one by one they brandished their swords and pounced on the black pressed enemy group.

The five tigers used the combination guns of the Yang generals, rushed left and right, and fought more than 30 of Deng Zusheng's generals, and the two sides fought together. Where is the opponent of the Five Tigers in the Yuan army, in less than twenty rounds, more than twenty people were killed.

Deng Zusheng singled out Yang Jing, the powerful Yang Jing made a fatal move, the Yang family gun was like a dragon in his hands, killing Deng Zusheng couldn't open his eyes, only kept blocking, there was no power to fight back, the robe was bloodstained everywhere, but Yang Jing was unscathed, and the more he fought, the more brave he became.

After the battle reached half an hour, seeing that Deng Zusheng was about to be beheaded under the horse, suddenly a team of thieves came obliquely, led by Ouyang Pingzhang, and hundreds of people besieged Yang Jing alone.

Deng Zusheng took advantage of the situation to escape, Mingjin collected his troops, retreated to the city, and closed his door. Ouyang Pingzhang saw that Deng Zusheng had escaped from danger, and with a whistle, all the thieves fled to the mountains and forests, and soon disappeared into the vast mountains.

Yang Jing didn't chase after him, and said to Yang He, Yang Fang, Yang Chang, and Yang Zhu: "The thieves are making trouble, and the success is falling short, and Yongzhou may become unrealistic." ”

Yang He said: "With my brother here, don't worry about the sixth brother!" ”

Yang Fang said: "Deng Zusheng has something to do with thieves, so you must not take it lightly. ”