The story of the Yang family's "Seven Lang and Eight Tigers bravely entering Youzhou" is a legend that is widely circulated among the people. This story not only occupies an important place in the oral tradition of the people, but is also often mentioned in various literary works. Among them, Qian Cai's "The Complete Biography of Yue" mentions this classic passage.
At that time, Yang Zaixing and Luo Yanqing were playing in Xiangguo Temple, and saw a crowd of storytellers, so they squeezed in, and listened to the story of Qilang and Eight Tigers bravely entering Youzhou to save the driver.
Qilang and Eight Tigers refer to the eight sons of Yang Jiye, the invincible golden sword of the Yang family, all of whom are strong in martial arts and brave and good at fighting. Outside Youzhou City, their eight brothers held eight golden guns, like eight tigers descending from the mountain, magnificent. They bravely broke into the Liao camp and turned the world upside down in the Liao camp, making the enemy fearful.
They danced their golden spears in unison, shouting to kill the heavens, and the enemies fell to the ground one after another wherever the spears went! Some of them were overwhelmed by their momentum, and they quickly turned around and fled.
In this battle, in addition to Yang Qilang's bravery and fearlessness, Yang Dalang's performance was also particularly prominent. He took the lead, took the lead in the enemy camp, and single-handedly picked up several Liao generals. His Quluhun Golden Spear is as fast as lightning, and every attack hits the enemy accurately, which is amazing!
In a thrilling confrontation, Yang Dalang even defeated ten opponents, showing his extraordinary strength. The golden gun in his hand shook suddenly, and he suddenly used a move, "The gun comes out of the pear blossom blooming"! This move is his most powerful killing move, and a spear head instantly changes into more than a dozen spear heads, just like a pear blossom blooming in an instant, hence the name. This trick changes so quickly that it's dizzying. As soon as this move was made, the ten enemy generals fell to the ground one by one like rolling melons and tofu. The Liao soldiers and generals who were besieging Yang Dalang were frightened and turned around and fled!
Yang Dalang's courage and invincibility infected the brothers, and they all fought bravely to be the first, and in the Liao camp they seemed to rush into a no-man's land, killing the Liao soldiers and Liao generals and screaming bitterly! In the end, they succeeded in beating the Liao soldiers and Liao generals to the ground, and let them withdraw more than 60 miles in embarrassment.
In Youzhou City, in order to thank the Yang family's "Qilang and Eight Tigers" for their efforts in relieving the siege and rescuing the driver, the emperor named Qilang and Eight Tigers as "Eight Tiger Generals". At the time, he said this:
"Yang Dalang, you are brave and fearless, loyal to the country, I named you a loyal tiger general; Yang Erlang, you are infinitely powerful, mighty and resolute, I named you a strong tiger general; Yang Sanlang, you are brave and brave, I named you a brave tiger general; Yang Shilang, you are handsome and dashing, brave champion of the three armies, I named you a handsome tiger general; Yang Wulang, you are outstanding, benevolent and compassionate, I named you a tiger general; Yang Liulang, you are witty and resourceful, I named you a wise tiger general; Yang Qilang, you are brave and mighty, invincible, I named you a tiger general; Yang Balang, you are young and promising, unlimited potential, I named you a little tiger general。 ”
Today, let's talk about the story of Yang Dalang, the "loyal tiger general" in the storytelling of the Yang family.
Yang Dalang went down to the Southern Tang Dynasty to take the "Du Nu Blood" to get married
Yang Dalang is the eldest son of Yang Jiye, so he is also known as Yang Dagongzi. In "Zhao Taizu's Three Visits to the Southern Tang Dynasty", he has already appeared, and there are still a lot of "scenes". In that book, he and Gao Huaide's son Gao Junbao, Gao Huailiang's son Gao Junpei, Zheng En's son Zheng Yin, and Feng Jingchuan's son Feng Mao were collectively called the Shaoyang Five Generals. Later, he received the task of Sun Zhenren -- to take the blood of Du Nu, the real person has "stickers" (the meaning of Cantonese prompts), if you want to successfully obtain the blood of Du Nu, you have to go to Huajiazhai to ask the owner of the village Hua Xie Yu to help.
Yang Dalang was in Huajiazhai like this, and he became acquainted with Hua Jieyu. Someone asked, who is Hua Jieyu?
Her master is the Holy Mother of Suzhu in the Hanging Pearl Cave, and she has studied art with Our Lady of Suzhu in the high mountains for more than ten years, and has not only learned very powerful martial arts, but also learned a lot of ways to crack the strange formation.
When Hua Jieyu went down the mountain, Our Lady of Suzhu had an explanation, saying that she would marry the eldest son of the Yang family when she married in the future. (Ancient storytelling is so strange, the apprentice's marriage seems to have the final say in the master: Fan Lihua went down the mountain, and the master had an explanation to marry Xue Dingshan; Mu Guiying went down the mountain, and her master also explained that she had to marry Yang Zongbao.) Therefore, as soon as Hua Xie Yu saw Yang Dagongzi coming, she hurriedly came out to see how her future husband looked? As a result, she couldn't help but feel her heart beat faster when she saw Yang Dalang's handsome son's appearance.
However, Hua Jieyu is an apprentice of a master outside the party after all, she not only pays attention to the brilliance of her appearance, but also pays attention to her inner strength. Therefore, she decided to take a look at Yang Yanping's martial arts to see if he was worthy of herself. So, the two began to compete in front of the mountain. Yang Yanping held a spear in his hand, his body was athletic, his marksmanship was skillful, and every time he shot his gun, he was as fast as lightning. And Hua Jieyu is light and flexible, and every dodge is just right. The two fought more than ten rounds in front of the mountain, Yang Yanping became more and more courageous, and Hua Jieyu also appreciated his strength more and more.
In this way, the two fought for five or six rounds, and Hua Xie Yu saw that Yang Dalang's marksmanship was outstanding, so he secretly praised him in his heart. Later, Hua Jieyu led Yang Yanping to the trap of the cottage, and skillfully used the trap to capture Yang Yanping alive. In the end, the two of them, like their descendants Mu Guiying and Yang Zongbao, got married in Mukezhai and made a lifelong engagement to each other in Huajiazhai.
With the help of Hua Jieyu, the "Young Yin Female General", Yang Dalang brilliantly completed the task of taking the "Du Female Blood". In the end, in order to commend Yang Dalang's merits, Zhao Taizu personally took the initiative to marry him and Hua Jieyu. This marriage was personally decided by the emperor, and the grand occasion exceeded the century wedding of today, on the day of the wine, the salute was noisy, and the eight tones were played in unison, which was really a sensation in the whole city, and everyone in the Song army was happy.
The emperor was trapped in the palace, and Yang Dalang was willing to die on behalf of the Song Emperor
After the Seven Lang and Eight Tigers drove away the Liao soldiers and generals, Han Chang, the commander of the Liao army, was very unwilling, and he reinstated his plot with King Liang of Tianqing on Jinsha. In the name of offering a letter of surrender, Emperor Taizong and the Eight Kings were invited to attend the so-called "Double Dragon Meeting".
Under the instigation of Marshal Pan, Emperor Taizong thought that the Liao army had just been defeated by the Yang generals, and he should really have the heart to surrender, so he agreed to be "proud" for a while. By the time the old Linggong Yang Jiye knew, it was too late. After Lao Linggong carefully analyzed, everyone knew that there would be no good meeting, and going to the meeting was simply a self-defeating net. What to do?
If you don't go, it will hurt the country's body; if you go, there will definitely be no return! Everyone doesn't know what to do? At this time, Yang Dalang stepped forward and said that he was willing to go to the meeting on behalf of the Lord.
When everyone heard this, they were very moved. Why? Because this is not an ordinary meeting, to put it mildly, this is death!
When the other brothers heard this, they all stood up and said that they were willing to go to the meeting with their eldest brother. Yang Linggong had no better way, so he had to agree.
It is said that Yang Dalang, as the leading brother among the brothers, came to the Golden Beach venue with his brothers. Han Chang and King Tianqing Liang "warmly" invited them to the city for a banquet. However, Yang Dalang noticed the strangeness of the atmosphere at the first glance of the banquet hall. He secretly reminded his brothers to be vigilant and pay more attention. The brothers nodded their heads in agreement.
Sure enough, as they expected, this so-called "Double Dragon Society" -- there is no good banquet, there will be no good meeting! The wine that Yang Dalang drank at the banquet turned out to be poisonous wine, and his abdominal pain was unbearable, and he knew that he was not far from death, but with his strong willpower, he quickly raised his wrist and shot King Tianqing Liang with a sleeve arrow.
This King of Tianqing Liang is really pitiful, he just suffered a defeat in Youzhou City not long ago, I thought that this time the "Double Dragon Club" could win back a game, but I didn't expect that the first person to die in the "Double Dragon Club" was himself!
The Liao soldiers and Liao generals who were ambushed on both sides witnessed their king being killed by Yang Dalang, and without waiting for others to give orders, they rushed out one by one, raising their swords and guns at the same time, and killed the unarmed Yang Dalang in the banquet hall.
Yang Dalang had already expected the outcome of his trip, so although he was beaten into a "flower" by random knives and guns, he always endured the pain, insisted on not saying a word, and finally died heroically.