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Sheng Yong was a general.
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History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 15 passages
铁铉、盛庸堅守，不克。
Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong held fast, and the city would not fall.
九月，盛庸代李景隆將，复取德州，與吳杰、平安、徐凯相掎角，以困北平。
In the ninth month Sheng Yong took command from Li Jinglong, recovered Dezhou, and with Wu Jie, Ping An, and Xu Kai set a pincer meant to choke Beiping.
盛庸遣兵來襲，擊敗之。
Sheng Yong sent a column against him; the Prince beat it off.
十二月丁酉，襲破盛庸將孫霖於滑口。
In the twelfth month, on dingyou, he surprised Sheng Yong's general Sun Lin at Huakou and shattered him.
乙卯，及庸戰於東昌，庸以火器劲弩歼王兵。
On yimao he met Sheng Yong at Dongchang; fire weapons and heavy crossbows cut the Prince's men to pieces.
三月辛巳，與盛庸遇於夾河，譚淵戰死。
In the third month, on xinsi, he clashed with Sheng Yong at Jiahe; Tan Yuan was killed.
朱能、張武殊死斗，庸軍少卻。
Zhu Neng and Zhang Wu fought as if each man were the last; Sheng Yong's line bent back a little.
王以十余骑逼庸營野宿，及明起视，已在圍中。
The Prince camped with barely a dozen riders under Sheng Yong's very sentries; at dawn he woke surrounded.
是日复戰，自辰至未，两軍相胜负，東北风忽起，尘埃蔽天，燕兵大呼，乘风縱擊，庸大敗。
They fought again from chen to wei with neither side gaining; then a northeast gale blew up, dust swallowed the field, the Yan men roared, and charging with flame they broke Sheng Yong completely.
走德州。
Sheng Yong fled to Dezhou.
吳杰、平安自真定引軍與庸會，未至八十里，聞敗引還。
Wu Jie and Ping An marched from Zhending to meet Sheng Yong; eighty li short of him they heard of the rout and turned back.
癸丑，至大名，聞齊泰、黄子澄已罢，上書请召還吳杰、平安、盛庸兵。
On guichou he came to Daming. Learning that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng had been removed from office, he memorialized the throne to recall the forces of Wu Jie, Ping An, and Sheng Yong.
夏五月，杰、安、庸分兵斷燕饷道，王遣指揮武胜上書，诘其故。
That summer, in the fifth month, Jie, An, and Yong split their armies to sever the Yan supply lines. The prince sent Commander Wu Sheng to demand an explanation in writing.
辛卯，盛庸扼淮南岸，朱能、丘福潛济襲走之，遂克盱貽。
On xinmao Sheng Yong barred the south Huai. Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu forded in secret, swept him aside, and took Xuyi.
乙卯，自瓜州渡，盛庸以海艘迎戰，敗績。
On yimao he crossed from Guazhou. Sheng Yong met him with sea junks and was shattered.