Talk about the murderer who killed Yang Ye

Before Yang Ye was martyred, he confessed that he was forced by the traitors, and after his death, he was framed by the traitors, and almost carried the black cauldron for the defeat of the Western Route Army of the Yongxi Northern Expedition, until a green-robed petty officer went to the front line to find out the truth and risked death to enter the court, and was able to wash away the grievances of the Yang family, but this petty official's righteous deeds were not until the personal collection of the famous Northern Song Dynasty minister Zhang Yong was made public, the truth of which was made public, who was the traitor who killed Yang Ye? Today I will briefly touch on these issues.

In the seventh year of the Taiping Revival, Liao Jingzong made a big move, sending 30,000 cavalry to attack the Song in three ways, which were repelled by Pan Mei, Folding Yuqing and Cui Yan respectively, when Yang Ye and Pan Mei were at Yanmen and should have also participated in this fierce battle, while Liao Jingzong himself led a large army to attack the city again, but because the unified army Yelü Shan was neglected to garrison, he was surrounded by the Song army ambush troops, thanks to the rescue of Yelü Xiexuan, he was able to escape back. The unfavorable situation of the war situation and the years of labor quickly depleted the body of this Liao Jingzong, and at the end of the year, Liao Jingzong died young while hunting in Yunzhou, at the age of five Chinese New Year's Eve, and his young son Yelü Longxu succeeded to the throne, and the liao government was henceforth in the hands of Empress Xiao.

Also a headache for the war situation was Song Taizong in the south, years of war, resulting in domestic resentment, under the advice of Wen Chen, although Song Taizong once issued an edict, but Emperor Taizong's side of He Lingtu and others still instigated Taizong to obtain political resources through the Northern Expedition. Of course, Emperor Taizong's own internal affairs ability was also very strong, which made him feel that he could give it a try.

By the third year of Yongxi, the Northern Song Dynasty's national strength had been greatly restored, and it just happened to receive intelligence that the new lord of the Khitan side was young and politically chaotic, and it was time to crush it again. In the first month, seven years after the defeat of GaoliangHe, Song Taizong issued the "Northern Expedition Edict of Youzhou Officials", appointed Cao Bin as the commander, commander Cui Yanjin and more than thirty other generals, in march, the troops attacked in three ways, the Eastern Route Army was personally commanded by Cao Bin, the Middle Route Army was commanded by Tian Chongjin, and the commanders of the Western Route Army were Pan Mei and Yang Ye, and song Taizong's original strategic intention was to let Cao Bin attract the main force of the Liao army all the way, and then let the Middle Route Army and the West Route Army take advantage of the void and conquer the city along the way, until the three armies converged under Youzhou City to fight a decisive battle with the Liao Army. The battle situation was very smooth at the beginning, the Eastern Route Army conquered Zhuozhou, attracting the troops of Yelü Hugo, Tian Chongjin took Jing si in a series of bloody battles, taking the Flying Fox Pass and other three places, pan Mei and Yang Ye were even more overwhelming, successively attacking Huan, Shuo, Ying, Yun and other prefectures, the situation was very good. At the critical moment, the logistics of the Song army were horizontally stretched, the Eastern Route Army was cut off by Yelü Hugo, and had to return to Xiongzhou, the Eastern Route Army heard that the other two warring states were connected, and was unwilling, forcing Cao Bin to disobey the military orders and force the battle, and then was created by Yelü Hugo, at this time The main forces of Empress Xiao and Liao Shengzong also reached the front line, and the Eastern Route Army was forced to retreat, but it was caught up by the main force of the Liao Army at Qigou Pass, and finally collapsed. Once the main army was defeated, the entire Northern Expedition plan collapsed, and the Middle Route Army and the Western Route Army suddenly advanced from a high song to a lone army, and retreated one after another. Tian Chongjin's Zhonglu Army left in time and successfully withdrew to Dingzhou, but after Pan Mei and Yang Ye's Western Route Army withdrew to Yanmen Pass, they were ordered to escort the people of Huan, Shuo, Ying, Yun, and other places to move inland, when He Lingtu's troops were defeated by Yelü Xieyun under the city of Weizhou, and Pan Mei's attempts to rescue them were also repelled. In the face of the liao army's main force successively participating in the battle, the Western Route Army has fallen into a disadvantage, Yang Ye believes that the top priority, first of all, to carry out the orders of Song Taizong to escort the people to move inland, he suggested using the advantages of the hidden terrain of the Dashi Road and the Shijie Valley to transfer the people, and then use the terrain to defend with heavy troops, and avoid the head iron to harden the fresh forces of the Liao state, but the supervising army Wang Nong and Liu Wenyu mocked Yang Ye for fear of death, they believe that the Western Route Army also has tens of thousands of troops, and it is completely possible to follow the tactics of the Five-Year Battle of Yanmen Pass of the Taiping Revival, with the main force of the Song Army, the front of the Liao Army. Let Yang Ye repeat the old trick to attack the rear of the Liao army once and for all. But the two of them did not expect that the last sneak attack was successful because of surprise, but this time it was very different, they had already taken precautions, the leader of the troops was still Yelü Oblique, Yang Ye must have directly refused, but Wang Nong said: Junhou Su is invincible, and now he sees the enemy tease and does not fight, must he have his ambition? Both mocking Yang Ye's past achievements, but also expressing doubts about Yang Ye's status as a demotion, Yang Ye was not fighting at this time, nor was he defending, on the basis, Pan Mei was the founding father, Liu Wenyu was a relative of the emperor, and Yang Ye only had the trust of Emperor Taizong, but Wang Nong now used loyalty to provoke Yang Ye, which really poked his death hole, for the peace and honor of the family, Yang Ye knew that this battle would undoubtedly be lost, but he could only helplessly send him to death.

Yang Ye hoped that Pan Mei could arrange crossbowmen at the mouth of Chen Jiagu to respond, Pan Mei agreed, Yang Ye's battle, and sure enough, in the material for Yelü, he sent Xiao Tao Rin to set up an ambush, and he personally led Yang Ye into the situation with the strategy of defeat, Yang Yeguo was defeated by the Liao army and began to retreat to the Chen Jia Valley, but although Pan Mei received in Chen Jia Gu, the army only waited for eight hours and still did not see Yang Ye's return, Wang Nong began to toss again, he thought that Yang Ye had won the Liao army, wanted to fight for merit, Pan Mei could not restrain them, The whole army immediately marched twenty miles southwest along the Jiaohe River, after the Song army left, Yang Ye finally withdrew to Chen Jiagu with his soldiers and horses, when he saw that there was no one to answer, Yang Ye knew that there was no hope, he wept loudly, and then led more than a hundred soldiers and fought and retreated to Wolf's Tooth Village, in the chaotic battle, Yang Ye's son Yang Yanyu was killed one step ahead, and the soldiers around him were also killed, Yang Ye had advised them to survive, but none of them left, Yang Ye had dozens of people in his hand, suffered dozens of wounds, and finally was shot by the Liao general Ye Lu Xidi with an arrow, and was seriously wounded and captured. The Liao army admired Yang Ye's martial courage and hoped to persuade him to surrender, but Yang Ye replied with a hunger strike: "Your Majesty has the grace of knowing me, I only hope to defend the frontier to fight the thieves to repay his kindness, but now I am forced by the traitors, so that Wang Shi is defeated, where do I still have the face to live?" ”

Three days later, Yang Ye was martyred by a hunger strike and arrow wounds, when the Yongxi Northern Expedition had failed, and Song Taizong was deeply resentful that the front-line officers did not obey the military orders, and when he learned that the general Yang Ye could always carry out his orders in such a situation, and was forced to die by others, he could not help but be even more sad. Emperor Taizong of Song posthumously awarded Yang Ye the title of Tai Wei (太尉) and Datong Junjie (大同軍節度使), and Yang Ye's son Yang Yanlang (杨延郎) as Chongyi's deputy envoy, and the rest of his sons were also granted the title of Grand Duke. For the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, Song Taizong certainly did not have a good face, Pan Mei was demoted three levels in a row, Wang Nong and Liu Wenyu were dismissed from office and exiled, a generation of famous generals died with hatred, although the children of famous generals were compensated, and the sinners who killed famous generals were also punished, but Yang Ye's tragedy really made posterity sigh and make it difficult to calm down.