Yang Yanzhao, also known as Yang Liulang, was actually the eldest son of Yang Laolinggong. So why is he called Rokuro again? In fact, Liu Lang is only his nickname, not the elder and young order the old six, so how did his Liu Lang's nickname come from? Let's take a look at his life.
Yang Yanzhao, whose real name was Yanlang, was the eldest son of Yang Ye, the Duke of Yang Laoling. When he was a child, Yang Yanzhao was silent and taciturn, and he only had a fondness for the game of arranging troops. Seeing that his son was interested in marching and deploying, Yang Ye once proudly said: "My son is like me!" "When he grew up, every time he went out on a campaign, Yang Ye took Yang Yanzhao to train him
During the Taiping Revival period, Yang Yanzhao was made an envoy for his military exploits. When Yang Ye attacked Ying prefecture and Shuo prefecture, Yang Yanzhao, as the vanguard army, was penetrated by a stray arrow in the arm under the city of Shuozhou, but he became more and more courageous in the battle, and finally took Shuozhou.
In the winter of the second year of Xianping (999 AD), the Khitan suddenly invaded the small border city of Suicheng (now Baoding Xushui), which Yang Yanzhao was guarding, and Suicheng was defenseless. The Liao army besieged the city for several days, and Yang Yanzhao organized all the Zhuangding in the city to guard the city. A few days later, when cold air struck and the north was freezing cold, Yang Yanzhao asked the soldiers to pour water down from the city, and soon a layer of solid ice formed outside the city wall. With this layer of solid ice as a protective film, Suicheng became mirror-like smooth. The Liao army saw that it could not attack the city, so it had to retreat, and Yang Yanzhao led his people out of the city to capture a lot of heavy weight. Yang Yanzhao was also honored for his merits as the Assassin of Mo Prefecture (mo州, in modern Renqiu, Hebei).
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there was also a story of splashing water and freezing the city, but it was a novel, and the Battle of Suicheng was recorded in the history books, and the real thing happened. Since the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written in the Ming Dynasty, it is possible that Lou Zibo gave Cao Cao an idea of the passage referring to the content of the Battle of Suicheng.
Fu Qian was deployed as a three-way battalion, with heavy troops in Zhongshan (present-day Dingzhou). Yang Yanzhao, Yang Si, and Shi Pu repeatedly invited troops to fight, but Fu Qian refused. Emperor Zhenzong of Song personally marched to the Daming Mansion, Fu Qian's crimes were exposed and convicted, and Song Zhenzong summoned Yang Yanzhao while he was on the move. After some correct answers about guarding the frontier, he was deeply appreciated by Song Zhenzong, who said to the kings: "Yang Ye, the father of Yan zhao, was a famous general of the former dynasty, and he was quite a father in governing the border, which deserves praise. “
Soon, the Khitan attacked again, and Yang Yanzhao arranged an elite ambush on the west side of Yangshan. The Song army fought and retreated, leading the Liao army to the west of Yangshan and ambushed. After the Liao army was ambushed by the Song army, the Liao army was defeated and the lord was captured, and Yang Yanzhao cut off the head of the Liao general and presented it to the imperial court.
Yang Yanzhao and Yang Si were also known as "Eryang", and throughout the Song Dynasty, civilian officials always despised military generals, and Eryang's military achievements also caused the jealousy of courtiers, but fortunately Song Zhenzong supported them. In the fifth year of Xianping (1002 AD), the Liao army invaded Baozhou, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Si went to the rescue, and before they could gain a foothold, they were raided by the Liao army and lost their troops. The imperial court ordered Li Jixuan and Wang Ting to lead the army in place of Eryang, and Emperor Zhenzong of Song knew that Eryang was a loyal and courageous person, so he absolved them of their sins to see the aftermath.
The following summer, the Liao army invaded the Song again and attacked Wangdu, Li Jixuan was afraid of the war and was dismissed, Yang Yanzhao was reappointed as an inspector, and soon after, he was appointed to deploy the Ningbian Army.
In the first year of the Jing Dynasty (1004 AD), Yang Yanzhao's soldiers and horses were increased to 10,000 people, and tun troops were placed east of the Jing'an army to prevent the Liao army from attacking. The imperial court gave Yang Yanzhao the right to act cheaply, without the control of Wang Chao.
In September of the same year, Emperor Shengzong of Liao and Empress Xiao led the Liao army to invade the south. At the insistence of Kou Zhun, Emperor Zhenzong of Song personally marched on Liaoyuan, and Yang Yanzhao opposed the peace, believing that the Liao army was far away from the country, thousands of miles away from the country, and the people were sleepy and lacking, although the Liao army had a numerical superiority but was easily defeated, and the property looted by the Liao army was carried with him on horseback. Yang Yanzhao volunteered to lead an army and lay an ambush on the road, which could annihilate the enemy and recover the states of Youyun.
After Yang Yanzhao's recital was listed on the imperial court, such as a stone cow entering the sea, there was no news, mainly because his proposition was different from song Zhenzong's idea, and it is not difficult to imagine that the recital is not as follows. After a delay in hearing from him, Yang Yanzhao led his army to the Liao Border and attacked the ancient city, gaining a lot.
During the alliance of Yuanyuan, the imperial court selected a general to guard the border, and Yang Yanzhao was appointed as the inspector of Baozhou and the border capital. In the second year of Jingyuan (1005 AD), Yang Yanzhao was promoted to the deputy capital of Gaoyangguan because of his meritorious service in guarding the border. In the ninth year of Gaoyang Guantun Bing, because he entrusted the daily affairs of the officials to the small official Zhou Zheng to deal with, because Yang Yanzhao overindulged him, Zhou Zheng took the opportunity to commit adultery. Yang Yanzhao was reprimanded by Emperor Zhenzong of Song for this incident.
In the seventh year of DazhongXiangfu (1014 AD), Yang Yanzhao died at the age of fifty-seven.
Yang Yanzhao was brave and good at war, and the rewards he received in peacetime were used to reward soldiers. There are such generals who share the happiness and hardships with the soldiers and soldiers, and who are the first soldiers, so whenever the soldiers encounter a battle front, they do not care about their personal safety and strive to be the first.
The sixth star of the Big Dipper Seven Stars, also known as the Wuqu Star, is the main Keyan Land, which is also the location of the Liao Kingdom. The Khitans were jealous of Yang Yanzhao, so they called him Yang Liulang. In fact, he is the eldest among the brothers.