During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was such a big family, and the boys in the family worked hard for the country and died on the battlefield, and later they were filmed into TV dramas. That's right, this big family is the Yang family.
The head of the Yang family was Yang Ye, formerly known as Yang Chonggui, and a native of Taiyuan, a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty. Yang Ye spent his life's work against the Liao state, and finally he was captured unyieldingly, went on a hunger strike for three days and died, and most of his sons were killed in battle, and the Yang family suffered a heavy blow.
In the legends of the Yang family, yang Yanzhao was the sixth son of Yang Ye, so he was called Yang Liulang. However, according to history, Yang Yanzhao should be the eldest son. The history books record that in addition to Yanlang, Yang Ye's sons also included Yanyu, Yanpu, Yanxun, Yanhuan, Yangui, and Yanbin.
In the story of Yang Jiajian, Yang Wenguang is the son of Yang Zongbao and Mu Guiying, but the historical Yang Wenguang is the son of Liulang Yang Yanzhao.
As a descendant of the Yang family general, Yang Wenguang did not have the courage of his ancestors, and his merits were far inferior to those of his predecessors, and at that time, the Two States of Liao and Song had already negotiated peace, and his main battlefield was the war against Western Xia.
Although Yang Wenguang did not have great talent, he always had the heart of serving the country in his heart and did not forget the ideal of pacifying the north, but the song dynasty's practice of cultivating literature and yanwu had become a reality, and it was no longer realistic to use military force to realize the ideal.
Until the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yang family passed on for three more generations, but there was no one with ability, and the descendants were ordinary officers, and the prestige no longer existed.