When I was a child, I liked to watch Yang Jiajun, Yang Laolinggong, She Taijun, Yang Yanzhao, Yang Zhongbao... Their stories, everyone is familiar with, and they all talk about it. When we grew up, we learned that the stories we are familiar with are all interpretations, so how did the historical Yang Lao Linggong Yang Ye die on the battlefield? Today we talk about Yang Jiajian.
Yang Ye, also known as Yang Jiye, was originally a general of the Northern Han Dynasty, who guarded the frontier for many years and fought against the Khitans. Later, Emperor Taizong of Song destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, and he demoted the Song Dynasty to become a Song Dynasty general, and Pan Meizhen, the first general of the founding of the Song Dynasty, guarded the Yanmen Pass. Pan Mei is the first general, some people said that the first general of the founding of the Song Dynasty is not Cao Bin? Note that Cao Bin is the first good general. The Song Dynasty was the first to open the country, and the most extensive was Pan Mei. He was Yang Ye's immediate superior and a true soldier. I don't know why the Yang family generals have made him a sinister and vicious traitor who framed Zhongliang.
In 986, Song Yongxi was three years old. Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, once again launched the Northern Expedition and recaptured the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which was the Yongxi Northern Expedition.
On the twenty-first day of the first month, the Northern Expedition army was assembled, and Zhao Guangyi, emperor Taizong of Song, ordered his troops to divide into three routes and immediately set off to attack the Khitans! Retake Yanyun Sixteen States!
The East Route Army was led by Cao Bin and Mi Xin, the Middle Route Army was led by Tian Chongjin, and the West Route Army was led by Pan Mei and Yang Ye.
Zhao Guangyi's combat intention was to first face Youzhou head-on with the strongest soldiers and horses, with great fanfare, so that the entire Liao state would know that Youzhou was under great threat at all times; but it would not fight, and the main force of the Liao army would be firmly nailed to Youzhou. At the same time, the other two armies went straight to Kyushu behind the mountain and went all out to completely dismantle the outer wing of Youzhou. In this way, the Liao people took care of one or the other, and when Kyushu completely fell after the mountain, the three-way army would fight a decisive battle with the main forces of the Liao army under youzhou city.
Yang Ye was the deputy commander of the Western Route Army, the commander was Pan Mei, and the supervising army was Wang Nong and Liu Wenyu.
Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are bounded by the Taihang Mountains, and the Tan, Shun, Ji, You, Zhuo, Mo, and Ying prefectures southeast of the northern branch of the Taihang Mountains are called the "Seven Prefectures before the Mountains"; the Confucian, Concubine, Xin, Wu, Yun, Shuo, Huan, Ying, and Dai Prefectures in the northwest of the Taihang Mountains are called "Jiuzhou after the Mountains". The main task of Yang Ye and Pan Mei's Western Route Army was to capture Kyushu after the mountain.
On the ninth day of March, Pan Mei and Yang Ye engaged the Liao army under The city of Huanzhou, and the Liao army collapsed, and the Song army quickly attacked the city, and captured Huanzhou on the same day.
On the thirteenth, the Liao state Shuozhou defender surrendered;
On the nineteenth day, the Liao state surrendered at the request of the state defenders;
In April, the Song army attacked the important town of Yunzhou in the Liao state, the Liao army held on to resist, the Song army attacked strongly, and on April 13, Yunzhou fell.
The Western Route Army was full of momentum, successive battles and victories, and Kyushu had already captured four states after Yanyun Mountain.
However, in front of the mountain, the main force of Cao Bin's Eastern Route Army had an accident, and the main force of the Song army in the frontal battlefield of the mountain was greatly defeated, and Empress Xiao of the Liao State was personally enlisted, and all the troops were pressed to Kyushu behind the mountain.
Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi quickly ordered the Zhonglu Army and the Western Route Army to withdraw. Tian Chongjin of the Middle Route Army quickly and safely withdrew, while Pan Mei and Yang Ye of the Western Route Army were unwilling after a series of great victories, and wanted to touch the Liao people again to see who had stronger combat effectiveness. The result of the collision was that Weizhou and Huanzhou were lost one after another.
Pan Mei was silent, Yang Ye frowned, and Wang Nong and Liu Wenyu jumped like thunder. At that time, the emperor ordered a retreat and moved the inhabitants of the four prefectures of Yun, Shuo, Huan, and Ying to the south.
Yang Ye said: The situation has changed, and I am not sure that I will not fight hard. Retreating with a large number of residents should first go out of Dashi Road (southwest of present-day Ying County, Shanxi), make an appointment with the defenders of Yun and Shuo prefectures in advance, move the people to the Shijie Valley, and then send thousands of crossbowmen to ambush at the mouth of the valley, and then use cavalry to support the middle road, it is estimated that the task will be almost completed.
Wang Nong sneered: "Unexpectedly, leading tens of thousands of elite riders is so small that the courage is so small!" We must march from the Beichuan Road at Yanmen Pass, and we must march to Mayi to meet the enemy.
Yang Ye shook his head: This will definitely lose.
Wang Nong's face changed, and he stared at Yang Ye with hostility and contempt: Defeat? Aren't you an invincible general? Leading tens of thousands of troops, just thinking of escaping, you are not going to defect to the enemy!
Yang Ye instantly understood, he did not speak again, and immediately agreed to fight, but before leaving, he suddenly turned to his old partner Pan Mei for seven years:
This time I am doomed to lose, I am a general, I should have died a long time ago, the Lord instead asked me to command the army, and today I will repay the country with death. Just, can you ambush the archers on both sides of the Chen Family Valley? When I lose, if I don't respond, I will be completely annihilated.
Pan Mei and Wang Nong agreed on the spot.
Yang Ye led his troops north to take the initiative to attack the Liao army, and he led his soldiers all the way north with the heart of death, deeply invading the enemy territory, only to prove his loyalty.
On the same day in Wolf's Tooth Village, Yang Ye led his troops in a bloody battle, until he could no longer support it, and then he walked while fighting, leading the Liao army to Chen Jiagu. By the time they reached Chen Jia Gu, it was already late afternoon, the whole army was sleepy and tired, and had reached its limit, and the outside of Chen Jia Gu was empty, and there was not even a single reinforcement...
He knew he was going to die, and he wanted his soldiers to flee, but no one left. They fought a bloody battle with the Liao army in Chen JiaGu until the entire army was destroyed, and Yang Ye's son Yang Yanyu was also killed. Yang Ye was wounded in dozens of wounds, dozens of Liao troops were bladed, and finally the war horse was injured and hid in the dense forest, and the Liao army, which had been chasing him, vaguely saw his robe shadow, and an arrow was shot, and Yang Ye was seriously injured and captured. Three days later he went on a hunger strike and died! The Liao people sent his head to the mobei king's court to ask for merit, and then passed it on to the frontier.
Zhao Guangyi was furious when he heard the news, and the result was that Pan Meilian was demoted to the third rank and continued to stand guard on the frontier; Wang Nong and Liu Wenyu were completely deposed and dismissed from their posts, one exiled to Jinzhou and one exiled to Dengzhou.
Yang Ye, on the other hand, was loyal and unyielding, and was posthumously awarded the title of Tai Wei (太尉) and the envoy of Datong Jiedushi (大同節度使). He also added his remaining five sons to the rank of knight and continued to serve the country.