Yang Su
Yang Su
Yang Su (544-606) was born in Huayin County, Hongnong county (now Huayin City, Shaanxi Province). Military strategist, powerful minister and poet of Sui Dynasty.
Yang Su came from a gentry. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he set up a Chinese and foreign government office, a senior official in the Ministry of rites, a governor of Dadu, and moved to the general of chariots and cavalry and the third division of Yitong. He took part in the battle of exterminating the Northern Qi Dynasty, rescued Pengcheng with the king's rail of the general army, and captured Wu Mingche, the chief General of the southern Chen Dynasty. Later, Wei Xiaokuan of Shangzhu Kingdom conquered Huainan. During this period, he made friends with Yang Jian, the Duke of suiguo. He pacified the rebellion with him and granted him the title of grand general. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he was promoted to the rank of imperial historian. In the eighth year of kaihuang (588), he led the water army under the general manager of Xinzhou to destroy the Chen Dynasty. He worshipped the general manager of Jingzhou and became the Duke of Yue. He supported the king of Jin, Yang Guangcheng, as the crown prince. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he presided over the rebellion against Yang Liang, the king of Han Dynasty. He worshipped the order of Shangshu, Taishi and situ, and then granted the Duke of Chu. In 606, Yang Su died at the age of 63. He was given the posthumous title of "Jingwu" to doctor Guanglu and Taiwei.
Yang Su is good at writing, working in Caoli, and his poems are handed down from generation to generation.
Life of the characters
Of noble birth
After Yang Su was Hongnong, his ancestors were officials for generations. His grandfather, Yang Xuan, was a general of the auxiliary state of the Northern Wei Dynasty and a counsellor; his father, Yang Fu, was a governor of Fenzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Yang Su was poor and frustrated when he was a child. He didn't care about details and had great ambition. At that time, people didn't understand him. Only his uncle Tang and the Minister of Wei Dynasty, Yang Kuan, thought that he was very unusual. He often said to his sons and grandchildren, "Chudao (Yang Suzi) is not an ordinary person. He must be outstanding and incomparable in the future. You can't catch up with him." Later, Yang Su and Niu Hong (later Minister of rites and officials of the Sui Dynasty) shared the same ideals. They were diligent, dedicated and never tired. Therefore, they were accomplished in literature and calligraphy. He is good at writing, working with grass, and paying attention to the wind angle. The beauty of bearded beard is like a hero. At that time, Yu Wenhu, the Prime Minister of Otsuka in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, took control of the government and led him to the office of recording Chinese and foreign affairs.
In March of the seventh year of Tianhe (572), Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, killed his powerful minister Yu Wenhu and took charge of the government. Yang Su was once attached great importance to by Yu Wenhu, so he was implicated. At this time, Yang Su died in the Northern Qi Dynasty with his father Yang Fu, but he was not granted by the imperial court, so he appealed. Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty ignored it. Yang Su went up again and again. Emperor Wu of Zhou was so angry that he ordered Yang Su to be killed. Yang Su said in a loud voice: "I work for the emperor who has no way. I should die." After hearing about it, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty looked at Yang Su with new eyes, pardoned him for his innocence, and gave his father a posthumous title of Zhongzhuang. Bai Yangsu was the general of the cavalry and the third division of Yitong, and gradually became fond of him. Emperor Wu ordered Yang Su to draft an imperial edict. His writing became a chapter and his words were gorgeous. Emperor Wu praised him and said to him, "work hard and don't worry about the future prosperity." But Yang Su replied, "I'm afraid that wealth will force me, but I don't want to seek wealth."
Break through Qi and make contributions
In July of the fourth year of Jiande (575), Emperor Wu led the army to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty. Yang Su asked to lead his father's old army to the vanguard. Emperor Wu agreed and gave him a bamboo whip, saying, "I'm going to drive the world, so I give this thing to you." Yang Su followed King Yu Wenxian of Qi to fight with Qi troops in Heyin. Because of his military achievements, he was granted the title of son of Qinghe County and 500 families of food city. In the same year, he was given the title of doctor Sicheng.
In October of the fifth year of Jiande (576), Yang Su once again attacked the Northern Qi Dynasty with Yu Wenxian and conquered Jinzhou. Yuwenxian stationed his troops in Qiyuan. After the Northern Qi Dynasty, he led the troops from Jinyang to Jinzhou. Yu Wenxian heard that the main force of the Northern Qi army had arrived. He was afraid and fled by night. As a result, the Northern Qi army caught up with him and most of the Northern Zhou army was defeated. Yang Su fought hard with more than ten strong generals, and Yu Wenxian was able to get out of the siege. Since then, Yang Su has made many achievements. After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yang Su, together with the Kaifu, was renamed the Duke of Cheng'an County, with a capital of 1500 households. He was given millet, silk, slaves and miscellaneous animals.
In October of the sixth year of Jiande (577), when Emperor Chen Xu heard that the Northern Zhou Dynasty had destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, he took the opportunity to fight for the Huaibei area, so he sent a famous general Wu Mingche to lead the northern expedition. Wu Ming's army went to Luliang (now Southeast of Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province) in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, defeated Liang Shiyan, the general manager of Xuzhou, and surrounded Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province). In February of the next year, Yang Su went to the rescue with the General Wang Ji, and finally defeated Chen Jun and captured the general Wu Mingche. Yang susui's administration of Eastern Chuzhou. His younger brother Yang Shen was appointed Marquis of Yi'an. Chen general Fan Yi built the city in Sikou. Yang Su beat it away and destroyed all the built cities. In June, Emperor Wu died and Emperor Xuan of Zhou succeeded to the throne. After Emperor Xuan ascended the throne, Yang Su inherited his father as Duke Linzhen and took his younger brother Yang Yue as Duke Ancheng.
In the first year of Xiangxiang (579), Yang Su followed Wei Xiaokuan of Shangzhu state to attack chenhuainan. Among them, Yang Su alone led the army to conquer Xuyi (now the northeast of Xuyi in Jiangsu Province) and Zhongli (now the northeast of Fengyang in Anhui Province).
Take refuge in Yang Jian
On May 11, the second year of Xiangxiang (580), Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yu Wenfu died. Zhou Jing Emperor Yu Wen elucidated young, left Prime Minister Yang Jian dictatorship. Yang Su knew that Yang Jian was very popular and wanted to be emperor, so he took the initiative to join Yang Jian's family. Yang Jian also knew Yang Su's talent and attached great importance to him. He soon took Yang Su as the governor of bianzhou.
When Yang Su arrived in Luoyang on his way to taking office, he knew that Wei chijun, the general manager of Xiangzhou (Zhiye city), and others had raised their troops against Yang Jian. Wei chijun was the nephew of Yu Wentai, Emperor Wen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yang Jian, fearing that he had a different plan, ordered his son Wei chijun to join the court in the name of burying Emperor Xuan, and took Wei Xiaokuan as the general manager of Xiangzhou to go to Yecheng (now southwest of Linzhang, Hebei Province) to replace him. In June, fearing that Yang Jian's dictatorship would be unfavourable to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Wei chijun openly launched an army against Yang Jian. Yingzhou stabbed Shi yuwenzhou to take charge of Wulao in response to Wei chijun, which made Yang Su unable to move forward.
On July 10, Yang Jian dispatched soldiers from Guanzhong to make Wei Xiaokuan commander of the marching army. Yang Su, together with Liang Shiyan, Le'an, Yu Wenxin, Puyang, Cui Hongdu and Li Xun, the Duke of Ying State, were the marching generals, leading the army to attack Wei chijun. Yang Su was immediately worshipped as a general and led Hanoi soldiers to attack Yu Wenzhou and kill him. He was transferred to the post of general manager of Xuzhou, promoted to the post of Zhu state, and granted the title of Duke of Qinghe County, with 2000 households in the city. His younger brother Yang Yue was granted the title of linzhengong.
In February of the first year of Dading (581), Yang Jian ascended the throne by Zen, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Emperor Wen, and established the Sui Dynasty. After Yang Jian became emperor, he added Yang Su to the state of Zhu and let him participate in the revision of the laws of Sui Dynasty.
Kaihuang four years (584), pay homage to the censor doctor. As his wife Zheng is a shrew, Yang Su once quarreled with her and said, "if I become the emperor, you must not be the queen." As a result, Yang Su was denounced by his wife, so he was convicted and dismissed. This experience nearly ruined Yang Su's future. Fortunately, Emperor Wen had been preparing to destroy the Chen Dynasty and unify China. Yang Su had made several attempts to defeat Chen. After he was removed from office this time, Yang Su was not idle and made another attempt to defeat Chen.
Going south to destroy Chen
In October of the fifth year of kaihuang (585), Yang Su was appointed as the general manager of Xinzhou. He was in charge of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The imperial court gave him millions of money, a thousand sections of brocade and 200 horses.
In the seventh year of kaihuang reign (587), Yang Su, together with Zuo pushe, the Minister of Shang, Gao Wei, he ruobi, the governor of Wuzhou, Gao Mai, the governor of Guangzhou, Cui Zhongfang, the governor of Guozhou, and others, offered Chen's strategies. In Yong'an (Badong County, now Fengjie County east of Chongqing city), Yang Su built "Wuya" (five storeys high, more than 100 feet high; six batting poles on the left and right sides, 50 feet high, containing 800 soldiers), "Huanglong" and other warships to strengthen the Navy and prepare for the destruction of Chen. In order to deter Chen Jun, who is good at water warfare, he deliberately drifted shipbuilding waste in the river.
In March of 588, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an imperial edict to list the crimes of empress Chen, and sent a seal to expose his crimes. In order to win the hearts of the people, he distributed 300000 copies of the imperial edict in Jiangnan. In October, Yang Jian set up the province of Xingtai in Huainan in Shouchun (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province), with Yang Guang, king of Jin, as the Minister of Xingtai, in charge of destroying Chen. Yang Su, together with Yang Guang and Yang Jun, the king of Qin, was the commander of the marching army. Gao Wei was the commander of the king of Jin, and Wang Shao was the commander of Sima. He concentrated 518000 people in the army. They were led by Yang Guang, from the east to the sea, from the west to Ba and Shu. From the upper reaches to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Sui army divided into eight routes to attack Chen. Among them, Yang Su commanded the main force of the water army to go out of Badong County and go down the river to the East. He was responsible for destroying the army of Chen Shui along the Yangtze River and its coast. In November, Yang Jian went to Dingcheng (now in the west of Shaanxi and the east of Huayin) and swore that all the Sui troops who were ready to cross the Yangtze River came to the North Bank of the Yangtze River to complete their preparations for the attack.
In the first ten days of December, Yang Su, according to the plan of fighting against Chen in the Sui Dynasty, first led the boat division from Badong County to the east of the Three Gorges and launched an offensive in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. When they arrived at liutoutan (also known as hutoutan, now northwest of Yichang, Hubei Province), Chen general Qi Xin led more than 100 Qinglong warships and thousands of soldiers to stand in front of langweitan (now in the middle of the Yangtze River northwest of Yichang, Hubei Province) to suppress the Sui army. The terrain of Langwei beach is steep, the current is fast, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the generals are worried. Yang Su thinks: "success or failure depends on one stone. If we go down by boat during the day, they will see us. The beach is dangerous, the water is urgent, and the weather is not controlled by manpower. Then we will lose our favorable conditions. " So he decided to adopt the principle of land and water cooperation and joint attack, and take the night raid to defeat him. Yang Su led thousands of Huanglong warships to make a breakthrough in the dark. He ordered Kaifu Yi and the third division king to attack Qi Xin biege from the South Bank of the Yangtze River. He also ordered General Liu Ren'en to drive his troops from Jiangling (now Hubei Province) to the West and attack Chen's Baisha (now Yichang East) along the North Bank of the Yangtze River. The Sui army cooperated with the army by water and land, and defeated Qi Xin's headquarters at dawn the next day. Qi Xin fled and all his subordinates were captured. Yang Su did not kill or humiliate the prisoners, and was released after consolation. Chen Guoren is very happy that he did not commit any crime in autumn. In this battle, Yang Su chose the right attack time
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