Yang Zongyuan, as the fourth generation general of the Yang family, is somewhat unfamiliar with Yang Zongbao and Yang Zongying, and his fame is far inferior to theirs. Yang Zongyuan was the son of Yang Shilang and Princess Tiejing of the Liao State. As a racial mixed-race Yang family general has also experienced many unusual experiences, and his life has also had great ups and downs. However, after receiving the teaching of the Yang family generals, he eventually became a brave general of the Yang family.
Yang Zongyuan was born in the Liao Kingdom, his original name was Yelü Zongyuan, and when he grew up in the Liao Imperial Palace, he did not know at first that his father was Yang Silang of the Yang family. Whenever he heard about the defeat of the Song army and the misfortune of the Yang family generals, Yang Zongyuan was also excited with the cheers of the Liao generals, but found that his father was not particularly happy. When Han Chang came with the false news of Yang Liulang's death, Yang Zongyuan was also particularly happy, but then he was scolded by his father Yang Silang, and he felt a little inexplicable and helpless.
Until later, Yang Silang secretly went to visit She Taijun and was discovered, and it was also confirmed that he was the missing Yang family general Shilang. Empress Xiao and Princess Tiejing forgave him, and Yang Zongyuan began to know his origins. After song and Liao discussed peace, Yang Zongyuan returned to Tianbo Province with his father to recognize his ancestors and return to the sect, and everyone was very enthusiastic about Yang Zongyuan. She Taijun also passed on Yang Jiye's sword to Yang Silang and Yang Zongyuan, hoping that they would be loyal to the king and patriotic.
Yang Zongyuan has been taught by his father since he was a child, and his martial arts have always been good, plus Yang Zongyuan's strength is very large, relatively speaking, martial arts are much stronger than Yang Zongbao. Later, the Western Xia army invaded the Song Dynasty, and Yang Zongbao took command of the Western Xia Bao to raise Yang Zongyuan as a vanguard officer.
Yang Zongyuan received a lot of teachings from Yang Silang since he was a child, and although he was strong in martial arts, he was not victorious and strong. Faced with the 50,000-strong army of the Western Xia Army, Yang Zongyuan decided to give the Yang family army some morale first. So he quietly entered the Western Xia army with a thousand people, first set fire to everywhere and then rushed to kill, killing the Western Xia army by surprise, and immediately retreated dozens of miles, and Yang Zongyuan led a thousand people back to the camp safely.
The first battle made the Yang family's soldiers excited, and the next day, Yang Zongyuan shot the Western Xia general Zhang Dai in more than ten rounds before the two armies; then Yang Zongyuan picked two western Xia generals in a row; Zhang Yuan, the fierce general of the Western Xia army, fought with Yang Zongyuan for more than seventy rounds without winning or losing. At this time, Yang Zongbao's army arrived, killing 50,000 horses of Zhang Yuan's army in Western Xia and fleeing.
The two armies fought many times Yang Zongyuan also made many military achievements, but later Yang Zongbao's army was besieged by 300,000 Western Xia troops for Li Yuanhao's treacherous plan, Yang Zongyuan led tens of thousands of people to the rescue, rushing all the way into the realm of nothingness, and the Western Xia Yong general Zhang Yuan was also picked up by Yang Zongyuan for more than fifty rounds. However, the Western Xia Army was fully prepared this time. Yang Zongbao was killed by an arrow in front of the battle, and all the Yang family troops led by him were killed.
Although Yang Zongyuan was heroic, he was still outnumbered in the end and fell under the siege of the Western Xia army. This led to the later Twelve Widows Expedition to the West.