The Song Dynasty was a dynasty in ancient China that was not strong in force, but there were also many famous generals in the Song Dynasty, and the opponents of the Song Dynasty were extremely powerful, so the Song Dynasty warriors rose from a very dangerous environment. When it comes to the famous generals of the Song Dynasty, most people may think of Yue Fei, after all, he is one of the most famous military generals in Chinese history and a national hero admired by the world. And every time Yue Fei is talked about, Qin Juniper will definitely be mentioned, as a representative of the traitor, he has also achieved the good name of Yue Fei in the future, but he let himself leave a name for all generations. However, in fact, there was a famous general in the Song Dynasty, who was able to fight like Yue Fei and made many contributions to the country, but like Qin Juniper, he was spurned by future generations.
This famous general who was a talent in the world but was scolded by later generations was called Pan Mei, and he was more accustomed to calling him Pan Renmei in opera works. When it comes to Pan Renmei, many people's first thought is definitely a series of labels such as "traitor" and "traitor", after all, Pan Renmei's image in opera works is too unbearable, and can only be compared with Qin Juniper. However, the real Pan Renmei in history, or Pan Mei, is different from the perception of him by later generations.
Pan Mei was a famous general of the Song Dynasty, but he had already followed Chai Rong from birth to death during the Zhou Dynasty, and made great contributions to Chai Rong. Pan Mei fights very bravely, his temperament is like Zhang Fei's, and he is resourceful, not only has the courage of a puppet, but also has the talent of a general, so he is very much used by Chai Rong. Later, Zhao Kuangyin carried out a coup d'état, and Pan Mei was appreciated by Zhao Kuangyin and became his subordinate. Pan Mei was also very brave during his time under Zhao Kuangyin, and he participated in most of the battles during the Song Dynasty and defeated many enemies. It is reasonable to say that Pan Mei is also one of the founding heroes and should be admired by the world, but in the end he became a traitor in the mouth of the people because of an accident, and was scolded for thousands of years.
The reason why Pan Mei's image collapsed was because many people believed that he killed the loyal Yang Ye. Yang Ye was one of the well-known Generals of the Yang Family in the Later Dynasty, and also the God of War in the minds of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. Many people know the prestige of the Yang family general, but they do not know that the Yang family general is not actually a General of the Song Dynasty, but a northern Han Dynasty army. After the surrender of the Song Dynasty, the Yang family will be loyal, and many people will sacrifice their lives for the country, and the people will admire it, but in the imperial court, the Yang family will still be outsiders, including Yang Ye. In the imperial court, many people looked down on Yang Ye, often squeezed and suppressed him, and did not trust him even on the battlefield.
During the war against the Liao, Yang Ye was sent to the front. Yang Ye was a very intelligent man, and after coming to the front line, he immediately surveyed the situation of the enemy army, and then he came to the conclusion that the Liao army was strong and numerous, and the Song army could not act rashly and had to wait for the opportunity. Yang Ye's analysis was very correct, but the general Wang Nong could not listen to it, and he was eager to make a decisive battle with the Liao army and thus establish merit. In addition, Wang Nong had always distrusted Yang Ye, and he believed that Yang Ye was a general of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the so-called avoidance of war at this time was the manifestation of his fear of war. Therefore, Wang Nong ordered the army to take the initiative to attack and fight a decisive battle against the Liao army.
Yang Ye knew that Wang Nong's plan would not work, and the Song army would undoubtedly be defeated in a frontal attack, but he could only obey Wang Nong's orders and lead the army to attack. However, Yang Ye did not sit still, he found Pan Mei and asked him to lead his army to ambush at the strategic point of Chenjiagukou, and when the time came to meet the defeated Song army, he might be able to catch the Liao army by surprise. Pan Mei felt that Yang Ye's concerns were very reasonable, so he followed Yang Ye's advice and set up an ambush at the mouth of the valley.
The development of things was indeed as Yang Ye predicted, the Song army that took the initiative was quickly defeated by the powerful Liao army, and Wang Nong, who had been bent on going his own way, withdrew faster than anyone at this moment. Yang Ye led his army to fight the Liao army to the death, killing many enemy troops, but in the end it was still defeated and continued to retreat. If things had gone according to Yang Ye's plan, he and his troops might not have died after being picked up by Pan Mei, but when he withdrew to the mouth of the Chen Family Valley, he found that Pan Mei had not received him here at all. In the end, Yang Ye was outnumbered, and after being captured, he died mingzhi. Pan Mei was therefore also considered to be the traitor who killed Yang Ye, and was scolded by later generations.
However, Pan Mei's withdrawal was not his decision, but Wang Nong's request. At that time, Wang Nong fled from the front line to Pan Mei's place, believing that the Liao army here would definitely attack, so he asked Pan Mei to withdraw his troops. After Pan Mei told Wang Nong about Yang Ye's plan, Wang Nong still asked Pan Mei to withdraw his troops, and Pan Mei had no choice but to withdraw. Later, Yang Ye was killed in battle, the whole country was in an uproar, the emperor was furious, and both Wang Nong and Pan Mei were severely punished. However, in the end, it was Pan Mei, who was the least responsible, and even his descendants were implicated and forced to change their surnames.
Pan Mei was of course responsible for Yang Ye's death, he did not dare to insist on his opinion, violating the agreement with Yang Ye, but he never wanted to kill Yang Ye. However, because of the hatred of the world, the people thought that he was a great traitor, so they described him as a traitor in the opera. In this way, Pan Mei, who was the founding hero of the Song Dynasty, eventually became a traitor who was scolded by the world, which was really regrettable.