Liu Jun, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, reigned for thirteen years, and although he had neither great ambitions nor the ability to govern the country, he had two advantages: one was to always adhere to the anti-Liao national policy, and the other was to know a little bit about good villains. When he saw that Yang Jiye had disgraced the country for the imperial court and enabled the people to be at peace, he made Yang Jiye the Zhongshu Ling, Wang Gui the regimental envoy, and She Saihua the lady of Zhenguo. And gave Yang Jiye a large gilded knife, its style and weight are the same as Yang Jiye's original pure steel knife. In order to show respect for the Yang family, the people called Yang Jiye "Golden Sword Yang Linggong" and She Saihua "Yang Lingbo", in fact, they were only thirty years old at the time; at the same time, they made up a slip of the tongue:
If the soldiers encounter Yang Linggong, the quasi-guarantee is sent to the end;
If you encounter Yang Lingbo in two battles, nine deaths will be difficult for a lifetime.
Yang Yanzhao
During this period, Yang Linggong and his wife added two more sons and two daughters, namely Liulang Yanzhao, Qilang Yansi, Eighth Sister Yanqi, and Ninth Sister Yanying; and adopted a righteous son, named Eight Lang Yanshun. Spring and winter came, the flowers blossomed and fell, Yang Jiye's eight sons and two daughters gradually grew up, and their individual talents were outstanding, their martial arts were strong, and they became Yang Linggong's right-hand man and the main general of the Yang family. Therefore, the name of "Seven Langs and Eight Tigers" spread throughout the sea. Because the Yang family warriors were in groups and the people were famous and respected, they were also called "Yang Family Generals". As the saying goes: "Bamboo door to bamboo door, wooden door to wooden door." Yang Linggong successively became relatives of Dalang, Erlang, Sanlang, Shilang, and Wulang: the eldest daughter-in-law was Zhang Jinding, the second daughter-in-law was Li Cuiping, the third daughter-in-law was Hua Xieyu, the fourth daughter-in-law was Yun Cuiying, and the fifth daughter-in-law was Luo's daughter. All are the daughters of the gatekeepers, heroes of the towel. So in the "Yang family generals" added a group of female generals, known as "Yangmen female generals", along with the male generals, to the battlefield together. Yang Linggong and his wife are in their prime, they are already distinguished in battle, and the people are prosperous.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin
In February of the ninth year of Kaibao, Song Taizu and Zhao Pu discussed the strategy of conquest. Taizu ordered Pan Renmei to be the overseer of the army, and left Beijing on the same day to go to Luzhou to negotiate. The news reached Jinyang, and Liu Jun was horrified. Zhao Sui played: "Don't worry about the lord, the Song army has been fighting for many years, and the sergeants have complained." The subjects raised all the way to the soldiers and horses, and went out of Luzhou to meet the enemy. "Liu Jun is accurate.
Zhao sent people to listen to the movements of the soldiers and returned: "The Song division is stationed twenty miles away from Luzhou, and the drums are connected, and the momentum is very strong. Zhao Sui was rewarded, and the next day he and Liu Xiong and Huang Jun led troops to kill Benlu Prefecture. Song forward Gao Huaide has already formed a position, and the two armies are facing each other. Zhao Sui immediately crossed the gun in front of the battle and scolded loudly: "Song will not understand the current affairs and dare to violate the border!" Wilder was furious. The two armies fought, fighting dozens of rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. Liu Xiong, the vanguard of the Han Dynasty, saw that Zhao Sui was unable to defeat the Song generals, and raised Fang Tianji to help in the battle. Song will Gao Huailiang's eyes widen in anger, and the dancing bamboo steel whip will come to the enemy. After fighting for a few times, he was hit in the head by Huai Liang and died. Zhao Sui dialed back to the horse and left, and Wilder pursued and killed him. The Northern Army was defeated and there were countless dead. The Gao Huaide brothers chased straight for twenty miles and returned.
Zhao Sui was defeated for a while and retreated to consult with Huang Jun and others. Huang Jun said, "Without further ado, it will be even more difficult for the Song soldiers to besiege the city." "Liu Jun should be known." Liu Jun said, "Zhao Sui is defeated when he sends out his troops, who can lead the troops to rescue him" Ding Guifeng said: "All the generals are not enemies of Song, and the lord must summon Yang Linggong again to retreat from the Song division." Liu Jun wrote a letter to Yang Jiye according to his words.
After receiving the letter, Yang Jiye said: "Now that Master Song has arrived again, the Lord of Han has summoned him and should be saved." The younger son Qilang said: "The Central Plains army is very prosperous, the adults do not send troops this time, wait for the Song division to trap Hedong, it is not too late to save them." Wang Gui said, "Little General, you are wrong!" We must send troops to help each other to show our loyalty to the country! Yang Jiye agreed with him, and ordered his eldest son Yanping to guard Ying prefecture, and he and Wang Gui led their troops to Jinyang on the same day to see Liu Jun.
The next day, Liu Jun held a banquet in the middle hall. Yang Jiye played: "Your Majesty summoned his subjects to retreat from the enemy and failed to defeat the enemy, where dare he be feasted?" Jun said, "Qing's prestige, the horse is successful, where is the fear that the enemy will not be destroyed?" Yang Jiye was ordered to worship.
The next day, Yang Jiye entered Liu Jun's thank-you banquet. Liu Jun said, "Today Qing can lead his troops forward, and if he retreats to the Song Division, the widow should reward Ai Qing heavily." Yang Jiye immediately resigned and led his elite troops to Zezhou xiazhai.
Sentry horse reported to the Song army, Taizu said: "In the past years, I followed Emperor Shizong down to Hedong, but I was unable to return victoriously." Now he came to the rescue again, but he returned to avoid his sharpness. Pan Renmei said, "Although the Soldiers of the Yang Family are male, their subordinates are different. The subjects and the generals should defeat him with a strange army, please rest assured. Taizu ordered troops to be sent. Pan Renmei consulted with Gao Huaide, Dang Jin, Yang Guangmei and others.
Song will be high Huaide
Huaide said, "Yang Jiye is highly skilled in martial arts, and tomorrow's confrontation can make Xiao Hua fight in the first line, Zhao Ling in the second line, and I and my brother Huailiang in the third line, and you will lead the army accordingly, and you will definitely be able to defeat him." ”
The next day, at dawn, Xiao Hua led his army forward, and just met Yang Jiye's army and horse. When the two armies faced each other, Xiao Hua twisted his gun and shouted: "The north will surrender as soon as possible, so as not to cause the disaster of killing and injury, otherwise it will drive forward for a long time and step on the east side of the river to flat land." Karma scolded, "Unprovoked! Dead in front of your eyes, you dare to speak big! "Dancing knife slapped the horse straight to Xiao Hua." The two horses intersected, the fight was not counted, and yang Jiye was slashed under the horse, and the Song army was lined up, and Zhao Ling came out of the horse to confront Yang Jiye. After more than twenty years of fighting, Zhao Wei was also stabbed by Yang Jiye and divided into four sections. Gao Huaide was shocked and rushed to lead an army of 10,000 enemies with HuaiLiang. Yang Jiye directly into the Song formation, Huaide raised his gun to meet. There are more than fifty battles, and there is no difference between victory and defeat. Yang Jiye drew the knife and returned, and Wilder chased after him. Turning around yang Yanzhao next to him, he intercepted Huaide under the horse, but fortunately Huailiang fought desperately to save Huaide from returning to the battlefield.
Huaide led the army back to the camp to see Pan Renmei, saying that Yang Jiye was brave and invincible, and even beheaded two members of the general. Pan Renmei played The Knowledge of Taizu: "The Wang Division has been frustrated for a while, and the Yang Family's troops are difficult to defeat. Taizu sighed, "Isn't Providence unwilling to pacify Hedong?" "Immediately consult with the generals.
Yang Guangmei said, "Yang Jiye's army has merged with Zhao Sui, and the momentum is quite strong. For the sake of the present, we can send people to make peace with Yang Jiye, and then return to the army, but there is no worries about the future. Taizu said, "Who can go as an envoy?" Guangmei said, "The subject is willing to do as he is told." Taizu agreed.
Yang Guangmei saw Yang Jiye and told him about the peace talk. Yang Jiye laughed, "Have you ever talked about peace with your Lord's peace with the nations?" Guangmei said sharply, "My lord is heroic and bears the great unification, and now that I am driving down to Hedong, I will soon succeed." Besides, the brave generals of the Central Plains and the support of the troops have not moved, if you hear that Hedong has not yet fallen, and provoke qi to advance, can you Jinyang be able to protect the timeless? Yang Jiye was speechless by Guangmei.
Wang Gui said, "The opportunity is rare, and the general can allow it to discuss." Yang Jiye then returned the messenger: "Please go back to play Ming Song Jun, I will immediately retire." "Mitsumi resigns, returns to Taizu, and plays the matter of Knowing Yunhe." Taizu Dayue is the master of the lower commandment.
In 968, the eighth year of the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Northern Han lord Liu Jun died of illness and was succeeded by his son Liu Ji'en. Liu Ji'en only served as a short-lived emperor for two months, and his younger brother Liu Jiyuan killed him and made himself emperor. This Liu Jiyuan was not like his father, but a bit like his grandfather, who wanted to reconnect the Liao state and confront the Great Song. This change put Yang Linggong in a dilemma and was at a loss. On the one hand, he had great contempt for Liu Jiyuan's act of killing his brother and seizing the throne, and was even more dissatisfied with Liu Jiyuan's national policy of marrying Liao and opposing the Song. However, on the other hand, he had been a vassal of the Northern Han Dynasty for nearly twenty years, and he had also received The Grace of Liu Jun, and the traditional concept of loyalty bound him tightly, so that he did not dare to germinate any distracting thoughts of disloyalty.
However, since the founding of the Song Dynasty eight years ago, while resisting the aggression of the Liao State, while working on the unification of China, while paying attention to the rest and recuperation of the people, Yang Jiye also had a good feeling for Song Taizu. In the end, he made up his mind: not only to help Liu Jiyuan resist the Song, but also to persuade Liu Jiyuan to surrender to the Song, and to hold the Yanmen Gate more firmly and not let the Liao soldiers cross a step. At this time, the Yang family will already be the mainstay of the Northern Han Dynasty, protecting the Great Wall, and if there is a Yang family, the Northern Han will exist, and if there is no Yang family, the Northern Han will die. Therefore, although Liu Jiyuan was unhappy in his heart, he had no choice. In doing so, Yang Linggong not only saved the Northern Han Dynasty from dying for the time being, but also saved the people from being destroyed, and his merits could not be erased.