South Hunan The people's anti-Yuan and restored the Song Dynasty could not be calmed. The Yuan army Liu Wenbei had just suppressed the joint uprising of Hengzhou Hengzhou , Chenzhou , Yongzhou , Zhao Fan, Yue Zhaowu and Yang Chengxian, after the uprising, a Hengxiang son, Zhan Yizi, who was instructed by Wen Tianxiang , gathered together to hold a huge uprising.
Zhan Yizai, from Changning, Hengzhou, was a native of Changning. When he was young, he practiced martial arts with his father Zhan Jie and practiced eighteen martial arts. Later, he followed Wen Tianxiang to punish his father and raised troops to rescue Lin'an in Siwang Mountain. Soon, Zhan Jie was killed in a battle with the Yuan army. After Wen Tianxiang fell from Xingguo, he led some of the southern Hunan rebel army, family, relatives and friends to return to Siwang Mountain. He always kept in mind Wen Tianxiang's instructions, secretly brought the charity of patriots from all over the meridians and the people from all over the world to raise funds and recruit rebels, and accumulate the power to rebel against Yuan and restore the Song Dynasty.
in the second year of Xiangxing (1279), the Battle of Mount Wei had just ended. Zhan Yizai organized the Xiangnan Uprising Army. The rebel army was divided into three branches. One was the Bicaiyuan who occupied Ziyun Mountain in Wugang, with more than 500 people; the other was Yuan Yongqiang who occupied Dayun Mountain in Baoqing, with more than 1,000 people; the other was Jingyunxiang who occupied Xiejiang Mountain in Hengyang, with more than 500 people. In addition, his own more than 2,000 rebel army, he left the nephew of Song Lizong and Zhao Hao, the half-brother of Duzong Zhao Jun, and took it as the main point to call on the world to restore the Song Dynasty.
Zhan Yizai agreed to choose a date for Kaiyuan, Yuan Yongqiang and Yi Yunxiang to lead the rebel army to meet in Siwangshan, and support Zhao Hao as King of Song , and use this to call on the world. Zhao Hao appointed Zhan Yizai as the marshal, and Kaiyuan, Yuan Yongqiang and Jing Yunxiang as the deputy marshals, and officially raised the flag to rebel against Yuan and restore the Song Dynasty.
divided into four groups and then went down the mountain to attack Hengzhou City. Deng Zukang, a ten thousand households in Hengzhou, led his troops to fight against Jing Yunxiang. The two fought fiercely for only more than a dozen rounds. Deng Zukang was stabbed by Jing Yunxiang and hurried back to the city.
Zhan Yizai ordered the siege, and the rebel army was filled with indignation. He raised the ladder, regardless of the arrows, rolled the wood and the ring, and after a day of fierce fighting, he captured Hengzhou City.
