Yang Jiye

Yang Ye

Yang Ye (?)? ~In 986, Liu Jiye, formerly known as Chonggui, was given the name of Liu Jiye by Liu Chong, the founder of the northern Han Dynasty. He was often called Yang Jiye in the drama. He was born in Linzhou Xinqin (now Shenmu county, Shaanxi Province). He was the son of Yang Hongxin, the governor of Linzhou in the later Han Dynasty.

He is handsome and chivalrous, good at riding and shooting, and likes hunting. He is loyal, brave and resourceful. After the establishment of the northern Han Dynasty, he followed Liu Chong, the forefather of the northern Han Dynasty, and served as the commander of the defense. He repeatedly made war contributions and was promoted to Jianxiong military Jiedushi, known as "invincible". After the destruction of the northern Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty surrendered to the Song Dynasty, paid homage to the governor of Zhengzhou, and granted him the right leader Wei general. He moved to Yunzhou to observe the deployment of envoys, governor of daizhou, and soldiers stationed in Poyang.

In the fifth year of Taiping's rejuvenation of the country (980), the Liao army was defeated in the battle of Yanmenguan, which shocked Qidan. In the third year of Yongxi's reign (986), he followed the army in the Northern Expedition and was forced by Wang Wei, the supervisor of the army. They were sent to Taiwei, zhongshuling and Jiedushi of Datong army.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Yang Ye was free and easy and chivalrous when he was young. He was good at riding and archery, and liked hunting. He got several times more prey than others. He once said to his entourage, "I will be a general in the future, just like chasing pheasants and hares with falcons and hounds." His younger brother was Yang chongxun, who was attached to the Later Zhou Dynasty, while Yang Ye followed Liu Chong, the founder of the northern Han Dynasty, since he was a child. Liu chongci's name was Liu Jiye. Later, he became the commander of Liu Chong's defense. He was famous for his bravery and fighting ability. After many promotions to Jianxiong army Jiedushi, he made many contributions and won every time. The Chinese nicknamed him "invincible".

In the first year of Kaibao (968, the 12th year of Tianhui in northern Han Dynasty), Liu Jiyuan inherited the throne of northern Han Dynasty, and ordered Yang Ye (Liu Jiye) and Feng Jinke, who were the bodyguards of yuhou, to guard tuanpaigu and resist the song army. The following year, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty invaded the northern Han Dynasty. Knowing that they were outnumbered, Yang Ye and Feng Jinke withdrew to Taiyuan. Liu Jiyuan was angry and deprived of their military power. At the end of March, the song army besieged Taiyuan, and Yang Ye led hundreds of cavalry to attack the song army, which was defeated by song general Dangjin. With the help of the northern Han Dynasty reinforcements, Yang Ye fled back to Taiyuan and was not captured. In June, Guo Wuwei led his troops to break through the encirclement, but he fell off his horse and hurt his feet and retreated into the city again. Soon after Liao Dynasty's reinforcements arrived and song army retreated, Yang Ye suggested to Liu Jiyuan, "Khitan is greedy for profits and abandons his faith. He will destroy our country in the future. Today, the rescuers are arrogant and unprepared. They are willing to attack them and get tens of thousands of horses. Because they came from Hedong to return to China, they have saved the people of Jin from being ruined. Is it not OK for your majesty to enjoy your favor for a long time? " Liu Jiyuan did not follow.

Song Dynasty defeated Liao Dynasty

In the fourth year of Taiping rejuvenating the country (979, the sixth year of Guangyun in the northern Han Dynasty), Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty conquered the northern Han Dynasty. Liu Jiyuan defeated the song army and decided to surrender. Yang Ye threw himself into the city and fought hard. Song Taizong usually heard of Yang Ye's fame, let Liu Jiyuan persuade Yang Ye. He paid homage to Liu Jiye again and begged him to surrender. Taizong was very happy, comforted him, restored his original surname Yang, and changed his name to single name "Ye". He was appointed general of the left leading guard. After the army returned to Korea, Yang Ye was appointed defense envoy of Zhengzhou. Considering that Yang Ye was very experienced in the border war, Taizong of Song Dynasty appointed him governor of daizhou, and concurrently served as the commander of the three diplomatic corps stationed in Poyang. Taizong sealed the brocade bag and gave him rich rewards.

In March of 980, the fifth year of Taiping's rejuvenation of the country, Liao King Zong sent 100000 troops to attack Yanmen. Yang Ye led thousands of cavalry from Xixing to the north of Yanmen pass. He attacked the Liao army southward and defeated the Liao army by attacking pan Mei. He killed Xiao Hai Li, the emperor's son-in-law of Liao state, and captured Li chongjiao, commander of Mabu army. It was a battle for Yanmen pass. As a result, Yang Ye was promoted to Yunzhou observation envoy, still holding the posts of Zhengzhou and daizhou.

From then on, Yang Ye was very influential in the Liao army. Whenever the Khitans saw Yang Ye's banner, they immediately fled. Most of the generals guarding the frontier were jealous, and some even secretly wrote a letter to slander Yang Ye. After reading it, Taizong of the Song Dynasty never asked much and sealed the memorial to Yang Ye to show his trust.

Yongxi's Northern Expedition

In the third year of Yongxi reign (986), Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty decided to invade the Liao Kingdom and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Pan Mei, the governor of the Zhongwu army, was deployed as the commander of the West Route Army, Yang Ye as the deputy commander, and Liu Wenyu, the envoy of the xishanggemen and the governor of Weizhou, as the guard.

Each army successively captured Yunzhou, Yingzhou, Huanzhou and Shuozhou. The army was stationed by the sangqian river. It happened that Cao Bin's troops in Donglu had a bad start and were defeated in the battle of qigouguan. All the troops were withdrawn, and pan Mei and others returned to daizhou. Soon, the imperial court issued an imperial edict to move the people of the four states to the mainland, ordering pan Mei and others to lead the army to protect the people. At that time, Empress Dowager Xiao and his ministers Yelu Hanning, Nanbei Pishi and wuabdiyin led more than 100000 troops to capture Huanzhou again. Yang Ye said to pan Mei and others: "the strength and morale of Liao soldiers are very strong, and they can't fight against them. The imperial court only asked us to escort the people in these states. It only needed to lead the troops to set out from Dashi road. First, it sent people to tell the garrison generals of Yunzhou and Shuozhou secretly. On the day when the army left daizhou, it ordered the soldiers and people in Yunzhou to set out first. My troops were stationed in Yingzhou, and the Khitans were bound to resist, so they ordered the people of Shuozhou to leave the city and enter Shijie Valley directly. Send a thousand archers to ambush at the mouth of the valley, and order cavalry to support in the middle. Then the people of the three states will be safe. "

Wang refuted his suggestion, saying: "leading tens of thousands of elite soldiers is so timid. Just go straight to Yanmen, Beichuan, and march forward with a big banner. " Liu Wenyu also agreed with Wang. Yang Ye said: "no, it will certainly fail." Wang said: "the general has always been known as" invincible ". When he sees the enemy, he hesitates. Is there any other idea?" Yang Ye said: "I'm not afraid of death, but the timing is not good for us. I let the soldiers die in vain, but I can't make a contribution. You blame me for not dying. I should be in front of you. " About to set out, he cried to pan Mei and said, "this operation will definitely be bad for us. I, the demoted General of Taiyuan, should be executed. The Emperor didn't kill me. He favored me to be a general and gave me military power. It's not that I let the enemy off attack. I just want to wait for the right time and prepare to make some military contributions to serve the country. People blame me for avoiding the enemy. I should take the lead in killing the enemy. " He pointed to chenjiagukou and said: "all the troops and horses here set out infantry, bows and arrows to support the left and right wing forces. When I get here, I will use infantry to attack the enemy and rescue you. Otherwise, I will be killed by the enemy." So pan Mei and Wang Yi led his troops to set up an array at the mouth of the valley.

The Liao Dynasty regarded Yang Ye as a great disaster and demanded that Yang ye be captured alive. Liao general Yelv Xiefu heard that after Yang ye sent troops, he ordered Xiao talin to set an ambush. When Yang Ye's leader arrived, Yelv Xiefu fought against him, pretended to be defeated, and then ambushed around. Yelv Xiefu attacked again, and Yang Ye retreated to Langya village. From Yin Shi to Si Shi, Wang Zhen sent people to Tuoluo terrace to look out. He thought that the Khitan army was defeated and withdrew. He planned to fight for merit and immediately led his troops to leave gukou. Pan Mei couldn't stop it, so she marched twenty miles southwest along the Jiaohe river. It was not long before I heard that Yang Ye was defeated in the war and immediately led his troops back.

He died for his country

Yang Ye fought hard and came to chenjiagukou from noon to evening. As soon as he saw that there was no one, he patted his chest and was very sad. He continued to lead his soldiers to fight hard. He suffered more than ten injuries and almost died. Yang Ye still killed hundreds of Liao soldiers himself. The horse was seriously injured and couldn't move forward. Hiding in the forest, Yelv Xi, a general of the central Liao Dynasty, dropped his arrow and was captured. His second son Yang Yanyu also died. Yang Ye sighed: "Your Majesty has treated me very well. I expect to enlist the enemy to defend the border to serve him. Instead, I was coerced by treacherous officials and led to the defeat of the army. What face is there to live with?" So he fasted for three days and died. It was July 12, the third year of Yongxi (986). Yelv Xielu cut off Yang Ye's head and presented it to the Liao court. Yang Ye's heroic deeds are well known. Not only in Song Dynasty, but also in Liao Dynasty, Yang Wudi temple was built in Gubeikou of Miyun to commemorate Yang Ye.

After hearing this, Taizong of Song Dynasty was very sad and regretful. Then he issued an imperial edict, saying, "take weapons to defend the country. When you hear the sound of drums, you think of generals. Try your best to kill the enemy, and be brave. If you don't pursue the title of commendation, how can you carry forward loyalty and courage! Yuan Yunzhou observation makes Yang Ye really like a hard stone, and his integrity stirs up the storm. He was a great talent in Longshang and a famous family in Shanxi. He committed himself to the army and swore to war. He is commanding the army like tiger and wolf to defend the border and serve the country. However, the generals did not abide by the agreement and did not come forward to rescue. Yang Ye led a lonely army and fell into the desert. Among the ancients, there is no one more noble than him! So a special ceremony was held to honor his loyalty. If his soul knows, he should know my deep meaning. As a posthumous gift to Taiwei and the Datong army, he gave his family 1000 pieces of cloth and 1000 stones of grain. General pan Mei was demoted to three levels. Wang Jian, the overseer of the army, was removed from his official post and exiled to Jinzhou, while Liu Wenyu was removed from his official post and exiled to Dengzhou. "

Yang yanlang, the eldest son of Yang Ye, was appointed as the Deputy envoy of Chongyi. Yang Yanpu, the second son of Dianzhi, and Yang Yanxun, the third son of Dianzhi, were the same officials. Yang Yangui, Yang Yangui, and Yang Yanbin were also appointed as Dianzhi.

Main achievements

Yang Yechu was a general of the northern Han Dynasty. He made many contributions to the war, and became an official of Jianxiong army. After returning to the Song Dynasty, he managed the army strictly, reorganized the headquarters, studied the tactics carefully according to the combat characteristics of the border areas and Liao army, went to the teaching field in person, and strictly supervised the teaching. In the following year, the Liao army attacked Yanmen pass (now the northwest of Daixian County in Shanxi Province), and Yang Ye led a fine horse to the north of the pass. He attacked the main force of the song army from north to south, killed Liao General Xiao Dou Li and captured commander Li chongjiao, and won a complete victory.

In the third year of Yongxi's reign (986), the song army attacked Qidan in three ways. Yang Ye was the deputy commander of Yunying road's camp, and pan was the commander of Dadu

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