Zhao Yong (simplified Chinese: 赵庸; traditional Chinese: 趙庸; pinyin: Zhào Yōng) was a Chinese military general during the early Ming dynasty. He was a younger brother of Zhao Zhongzhong (趙仲中).
In his early years, he and his brother Zhao Zhongzhong guarded the water village, stationed troops at Chao Lake, and later surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang.[1] Later, he was promoted to the post of Assistant Administrator (參知政事), and together with Yu Tonghai (俞通海), Liao Yongzhong (廖永忠), and others, he attacked Kanglang Mountain and later occupied Wuchang, Luzhou, Anfeng, Huaidong, Hai'an, and Taizhou. He was promoted to Vice Chancellor of the Left (左丞) and attacked Shandong. In 1368, he concurrently served as the Crown Prince's Vice Supervisor of the Household (太子副詹事) and later followed the armies to conquer Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. He followed Chang Yuchun to pursue the Yuan emperor in the north. Later, he and Li Wenzhong (李文忠) attacked Qingyang and Yingchang. He had the greatest merits, but because he kept slaves in Yingchang privately, he could not be granted the title of Duke, so he was named Marquis of Nanxiong (南雄侯).[2] After that, he put down rebellions in Fujian and Guangdong, and more than 8,000 people were beheaded. In 1387, he and the Prince of Yan Zhu Di came out of Gubeikou and persuaded Nayir Bukha (乃兒不花) to surrender. Later, he was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and was executed.[3]
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edit- ^ History of Ming, Volume 129:「庸，廬州人，與兄仲中聚眾結水寨，屯巢湖，歸太祖。」
- ^ History of Ming, Volume 129:「從複安慶，徇江西諸路，進參知政事。從戰康郎山，與俞通海、廖永忠等以六舟深入敗敵。平武昌，克廬州，援安豐，皆有功。大軍取淮東，庸與華高帥舟師克海安、泰州，進國平江。吳平，擢中書左丞。從大將軍取山東。洪武元年命兼太子副詹事。河南平，命庸留守。複分兵渡河，徇下河北州縣，進克河間，守之。尋移守保定，並收未複山寨。又從大軍克太原，下關。陝。從常遇春北追元帝。師還，遇春卒，命庸為副將軍，同李文忠攻慶陽。行至太原，元兵攻大同急，文忠與庸謀，以便宜援大同，再敗元兵於馬邑，擒其將脫列伯。論功，賞賚亞於大將軍。三年複從文忠北伐，出野狐嶺，克應昌。師還，論功最，以在應昌私納奴婢，不得封公，封南雄侯，食祿一千五百石，予世券。已，從伐蜀，中途還。」
- ^ History of Ming, Volume 129:「十四年，閩、粵盜起，命庸討之。逾年悉平諸盜及陽山、歸善叛蠻，戮其魁，散遣餘眾，民得複業。奏籍蜒戶萬人為水軍。又平廣東盜號鏟平王者，獲賊黨萬七千八百餘人，斬首八千八百餘級，降其民萬三千餘戶。還，賜彩幣、上尊、良馬。其冬出理山西軍務，巡撫北邊。二十年，以左參將從傅友德討納哈出。二十三年，以左副將軍從燕王出古北口，降乃兒不花。還，坐胡惟庸黨死。爵除。」