Yang Yanzhao

Yang Yanzhao

Yang Yanzhao (958-1014), whose original name was Yang yanlang, was later changed to Yang yanzhao, also known as Yang LIULANG. He was born in Bingzhou Taiyuan (today's Taiyuan, Shanxi Province) and was a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Yang Yanzhao fought with his father Yang Ye when he was young. In the third year of Yongxi's reign, Yang Ye led the army to attack Yingzhou, Shuozhou and other prefectures. At that time, Yan Zhao, 29 years old, was the vanguard. He fought under Shuozhou City, and finally conquered Shuozhou. When his father died, he took on the important task of resisting the Liao Dynasty in Yanbian, Hebei Province. After the northern expedition of Yongxi, Yanzhao resisted the invasion of Liao army in Jingzhou (now Jingxian County, Hebei Province) and Baozhou (now hebeianxin County, Hebei Province). After his death, he was buried in Yongan county (now yonghou Mausoleum of song Yingzong in Gongyi, Henan Province). In the battle with Liao soldiers, Yang Yanzhao shocked the border court, and people called the Suicheng guarded by Yang Yanzhao "tiesuicheng". Song Zhenzong praised him for his father's style in managing troops and protecting fortresses.

Yang Yanzhao is the eldest son of Yang Ye, a famous anti Liao general in the Northern Song Dynasty (the sixth son of Yang Ye in the novel). Liao people think that Youyan north, the sixth star in the Big Dipper, is their nemesis. Liao people regard him as the LIULANG star in the sky, so he is called Yang LIULANG.

Life of the characters

Entrusted with heavy responsibilities

Yang Yanzhao was silent when he was a child. When he was a child, he liked to play games such as military formations. Yang Ye once said, "this son is like me." Every time Yang Ye goes to war, he must follow the army. During the period of the Taiping rejuvenation of the state (976-983), Yang Yanzhao was elected as a sacrificial officer. When Yang Ye led the attack on Yingzhou and Shuozhou, Yang Yanzhao served as the vanguard of the army. He fought under the city of Shuozhou and was shot in the arm by random arrows, but he became more brave. The imperial court sent him to serve as the vice envoy of Chongyi, and to serve as the governor of Jingzhou. At that time, the Yangtze River and Huaihe River area suffered from poor harvests, and the imperial court appointed him as the inspection envoy of Jiangnan and Huainan. He was also appointed Chongyi envoy, zhidingyuan army, and Baozhou border patrol envoy. He was entrusted with the important task, just like the emissary of the capital.

The crime of abandoning Liao Dynasty

In the winter of the second year of Xianping (999), the Liao army harassed the frontier. Yang Yanzhao was in Suicheng at that time. The city was small and unprepared, and the Liao army was in a hurry to attack it. They surrounded it for several days. Empress Dowager Xiao, the mother of emperor Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty, urged the commander to command the battle. The song army was very afraid. Yang Yanzhao summoned all Ding Zhuang in the city to climb the low wall of the city and gave them armor to guard the city wall. It happened that the weather was very cold, and water was poured on the wall. At dawn, the water was frozen, hard and smooth, and the enemy could not climb up. The Liao army collapsed and retreated, and the song army seized many weapons left by the enemy. Yang Yanzhao was promoted to governor of mozhou. At that time, song Zhenzong was stationed in Zhongshan, and Fu Qian stayed in Zhongshan. Yang yanzhao, Yang Si and Shi Pu repeatedly asked for more troops to fight, but Fu Qian refused. When Fu Qian was convicted, song Zhenzong summoned Yang Yanzhao to the emperor's camp, and he could answer the emperor's questions about frontier affairs. Song Zhenzong was very happy, pointed to him and said to the kings, "Yang Yanzhao's father Yang Ye was a famous general of the previous dynasty. Yang Yanzhao led the army to protect the frontier fortress, and his father's legacy is very commendable." Song Zhenzong lavishly rewarded him and still made him return to office.

In the winter of the third year of Xianping (1000), the Liao army went south to invade the song territory. Yang Yanzhao ambushed his elite troops in the west of Yangshan (now 50 miles west of Xushui in Hebei Province, now called "Yangshan"), attacked the Liao army unprepared from the north, and retreated while fighting. When he retreated to the west mountain, song Fubing launched an attack, and the Liao army was defeated. He captured the Liao generals and put the heads of the enemy generals in boxes. Yang Yanzhao was promoted to the local regiment training envoy and was appointed with Yang Si of Baozhou. Song Zhenzong said to the prime minister, "Yang Si and Yang Yanzhao worked together in distant places, serving the country with loyalty and bravery. There are so many people in the court who are jealous of them that I try my best to protect them. "

In 1002, the Liao army attacked Baozhou. Yang Yanzhao and Yang Si led the song army to rescue. Before the song army was arrayed, it was attacked by the Liao army. The song army lost a lot. The imperial court ordered Li Jixuan and Wang tingdai to return them, and they would be punished. "People like Yang Si have always been known for their bravery, and they will be able to get their service in the future," song Zhenzong said Then they were forgiven. In the summer of the sixth year of Xianping (1003), the Liao army attacked Wangdu again. Li Jixuan did not dare to go forward and was removed from his official post. The imperial court appointed Yang Yanzhao as the inspector of the capital. At that time, he was planning the strategy of resisting the enemy in autumn. Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty ordered Yang Yansi and Yang Yanzhao to list the pros and cons separately, and appointed Yang Yanzhao as the deployment of ningbian army.

Increase troops to defend the enemy

In the first year of Jingde (1004), Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to increase Yang Yanzhao's army to 10000. If the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom invaded, they would garrison their troops to the east of Jing'an army. He ordered mozhou to deploy shiputun troops to the west of Ma village to protect tuntian. Cut off the road of the enemy cavalry in heilukou and wannianqiao, and still gather all the troops to pursue the enemy, so that Wei Neng, Zhang Ning and Tian min can use their surprise forces to contain the enemy. At that time, chaodu was not subordinate to the king. Yang Yanzhao said: "the Khitan garrison is located in Chanyuan, thousands of miles away from the northern border. People and horses are very tired. Although the troops are numerous, they are easy to be defeated. All the plundered goods are put on the horse. It is hoped that by admonishing the road troops and guarding their own dangerous and important roads, the enemy troops will be able to annihilate here, and then the Youzhou and Yizhou will be attacked and captured. " There was no reply from the emperor. So Yang Yanzhao led his troops to the border of Liao, broke through the ancient city (now the southwest of Guangling in Shanxi Province), and captured many enemies.

Be admonished

When he negotiated peace with Liao state, song Zhenzong selected the officials guarding the border states, personally employed them to the prime minister, and appointed Yang Yanzhao as the governor of Baozhou and the inspection envoy of yuanbian. In the second year of Jingde (1005), Yang Yanzhao was promoted to defense envoy of Baozhou after recounting his contribution to defending the border and defending the enemy. He was soon transferred to the post of deputy commander of gaoyangguan. During his nine years in the garrison, Yang Yanzhao didn't know about official affairs. He often sent a junior officer Zhou Zheng to deal with the military documents and complaints. He was deeply deceived by Zhou Zheng, who took the opportunity to commit crimes. Knowing this, song Zhenzong reprimanded Zhou Zheng and ordered him to return to the barracks, and then warned Yang Yanzhao about it.

In 1014, Yang Yanzhao died at the age of 57.

Anecdotes and allusions

The origin of LIULANG

It is said that in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the name of Xingdi was popular, either according to the same grandfather, or according to the same great grandparent, ranking by age. For example, fan Chunchun is Fan Zhongyan's fourth son, but he ranks fifth. The so-called "fan Wuzhang" (Zhang: honorific name of scholar bureaucrats in Tang and Song dynasties) ". Therefore, although Yang Yanzhao was the eldest son of Yang Ye, he fell to the sixth place in the ranking.

According to the explanation of stars in the map of elephant stars, some scholars infer that the six stars of the southern dipper are the images of the general, and the sixth star of the Big Dipper is the image of the general. Yang Yanzhao has been dealing with the Liao army in Yandi for a long time. The Liao army regards him as a general in the sky, so he is called Yang LIULANG.

Anti Liao legend

According to legend, wanniuzhang village, Fengxiang Township, Nanpi County is the place where Yang LIULANG sets up his yak array. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao soldiers repeatedly violated the border, and Yang LIULANG was ordered to resist. In order to eliminate the enemy skillfully, Yang LIULANG sent people to buy more than 10000 yaks, feed them with grass man's belly, wear Liao soldiers' clothes, and lure them to open grass man's belly with a knife tied by their horns. After training for more than a hundred days, the bulls, seeing that they were wearing the clothes of the northern soldiers, used their horns fiercely to pick them up. When Yang LIULANG saw that the training was mature, he ordered the cattle to be starved for three days and three nights. Send people to Liao camp to challenge, wait for Liao soldiers to chase, release ten thousand cattle, yaks rush into the enemy's line, and pick when they see people. Liao soldiers are killed and injured countless times. The song army won a great victory. From then on, this place was named yak array. Later, because most of the villagers lived under the surname Zhang, it was changed to "wanniuzhang" in 1951. In 1958, when the water conservancy project was being built, stone troughs for feeding cattle, pots and large tanks for drinking cattle were excavated in front of the village.

Literary image

In the novels, operas and folklore of Yang Jiajiang, he was born in Linzhou (now Shenmu, Shaanxi Province) and was the sixth son of Jindao Laoling, so he was called Yang LIULANG, also known as Yang Jing. Among the seven sons, Liu Lang's weapon is a gold spear dipped in a pure tassel.

Marry Chai Princess

Chai Jun is the daughter of Chai Rong of Later Zhou Shizong. After Song Taizu established the great Song Dynasty, he regarded Chai Jun as his adopted daughter because he was a close friend with later Zhou Shizong. Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong led Chai Jun to shoot at the border and was captured by Liao general. Yang Yanzhao passed by Tongtai and rescued the king and Princess of Song Dynasty. Fu dingkui, the son of Fu Long, the minister, is also coming. The king of song mistakenly thinks that it is Fu Jiujia, but he betroths the princess. The princess adored Yan zhaomeijun and sent poems to express her feelings, as well as a pearl shirt. Yan Zhao returned to Beijing to seek advice from Baxian king. Baxian Wang and LV MENGZHENG, the number one scholar of new science, broke through the poetry and learned about the king of Song Dynasty. The king of song insisted that Ding Kui was the one who rescued him. The princess asked him to tell the truth in the golden hall. So Yang Jiye and Fu Longge led their sons to the hall, and LV MENGZHENG ordered Yan Zhao and Ding Kui to tell the truth. The king of the Song Dynasty declared that the one who got the princess's Pearl shirt was the county horse. Yanzhao immediately gave up his pearl shirt. Because he rescued the emperor at tongtaiguan, he was granted the official title of Baoling Marquis and the commander of the golden spear class around the front of the hall, and married Princess Chai.

Bloody battle on Golden Beach

During the war between Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty, in the battle of Jinshan, Yang LIULANG and other brothers went to Jinshan to negotiate. During the negotiation, King Tianqing, the wolf master of the Northern Kingdom (the prototype is yeluxian, the emperor of tianzan of the Liao Dynasty), saw through the Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty disguised by Dalao Yanping and ordered war. Yang Ye calmly responded in three ways: on the left, led by Dalang Yang Yanping, Erlang Yang Yanding and Sanlang Yang Yan'an; on the middle, led by his father Yang Ye, LIULANG Yang Yanzhao and Qilang Yang Yansi; on the right, led by Silang Yang Yanhui and Wulang Yang Yande. Yang Yanping shot King Tianqing, but the number of Liao soldiers increased sharply, and the three routes of Yang's troops were scattered, so they could not look at each other. Only LIULANG came out of the siege and returned home alone. Before the war, there were seven sons going and six sons returning.

Sue pan Renmei

Yang Jiye's son, Yang Qilang, once fought in the challenge arena and killed pan Bao, pan Renmei's son. Yang Jiye led the army to fight against Liao, and pan Renmei fought against Liao

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