Speaking of the famous military ranks in ancient China, everyone is likely to think of the Yue family army led by Yue Fei, the Qi family army led by Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty, and the Yang family general during the Northern Song Dynasty. However, for the end of the Yang family generals, we may not be familiar with them, for example, when the Northern Song Dynasty suffered the Jing Kang Revolution, why did the Yang family generals not come out to save the country?
In fact, we have been in the dark, although the Yang family will be a real figure in history, but most of the Yang family we know comes from the reprocessing of literary works, and there will be a big difference between the real Yang family in history.
The history of the Yang family will be traced back to the early years of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the first leader of the Yang family will be Yang Ye, that is, the Yang Jiye we see in the drama. Yang Ye was originally the emissary of the Northern Han Dynasty and the last opponent of the Unification of the Song Dynasty. Knowing that Emperor Taizong of Song led a large army to march in person, Yang Ye returned to the Northern Song Dynasty after his defeat. Zhao Guangyi continued to entrust Yang Ye with heavy responsibilities, and let him command heavy troops, which was the first generation of Yang Family Generals.
Yang Ye's final outcome was not good. In 986, When Emperor Taizong of Song marched north, Yang Ye was responsible for leading the Western Route Army, and accidentally encountered the main force of the Liao army. At that time, the Eastern Route Army had been defeated, and Yang Ye believed that this matter should avoid its sharp edge and insist on not fighting, but it aroused the opposition of the overseer Wang Nong. Yang Ye was forced to lead his army into battle, and was eventually defeated and captured by the Liao army, and finally died of hunger strike.
It was also in this battle that Yang Ye's eldest son Yang Yanyu was also killed in battle.
Later, the successor to the prestige of "Yang Family General" was Yang Liulang, Yang Yanzhao.
Yang Liulang here is not to say that he is yang Ye's sixth son, but because Yang Yanzhao was very successful in defending the border, the Liao army was very afraid of him, believing that Yang Yanzhao was a celestial Liulang star, so he had the nickname of "Yang Liulang". Yang Liulang lived to be 57 years old and died of illness while guarding the northern border of the town.
After Yang Yanzhao's death, Yang Wenguang inherited the name of Yang Jiajian and became the core of the third generation of Yang Jiajian. However, in Yang Wenguang's time, the Yang family general was no longer the commander of the army, Yang Wenguang had always served under Di Qing's account, and from Yang Wenguang's generation, the Yang family general had begun to decline.
In addition to these three, Yang Zongbao, Mu Guiying and others who appear in the play are all characters fabricated in literary works.