The battle of Chenjiagu was one of the important battles in Song and Liao Dynasties. In the third year of Yongxi (986), the Northern Expedition of Yongxi was launched, and the Song Dynasty launched a massive attack on Liao. The battle of Chenjiagu is an important battle in the northern expedition of Yongxi. In this battle, Yang Ye (Yang), a famous Northern Song Dynasty soldier, fought bloody battles. After being defeated and captured, he would rather die than surrender and hunger strike to death. In 986, Zhao Guangyi, Song Taizong launched the Yongxi Northern Expedition, aiming to recapture the sixteen states ceded by the late Jin emperor Shi Jingtang.
At that time, Ye, the sage of Liao country, was dead, and Xiao Yanyan, the queen of Liao country, was in office. The Eastern Route Army led by Song General Cao Bin attacked northern Hebei, Tianjin and Beijing. With Pan Mei as its capital and the famous Yang Yeren as its deputy capital, the marked army attacked the north of Shanxi. Yang Ye and Pan Mei led the army to attack and won a great victory, pulling out four states in succession: Yun Yun (now Datong, Shanxi), Yingxian (now Yingxian, Shanxi), Huanhuan (now Shuozhou, Shanxi) and Shuozhou (now Shuozhou, Shanxi).
However, Cao Bin's East Route Army was defeated in Qigou Pass, and the Liao Army attacked the West Route Army on a large scale. Subsequently, the marked army withdrew and escorted the citizens of Sizhou to the south. Yang Ye was forced to attack when the situation in Song Jun was unfavorable, so the battle of Chen Gugu began.
At that time, Cao Bin's East Route Army had been defeated in the battle of Qigouguan, and the Liao army advanced step by step and took the marked army led by Pan Mei and Yang Ye.
More than 100,000 people, including Xiao Taihou ZSZSZSZ, the actual ruler of Liao, and Lu Ye Hanning, the minister, captured Atlas and approached Shuozhou, where Yang Ye and Pan Mei were located. The situation is extremely critical.
Yang Ye said to Pan Mei, "The Liao army is getting stronger and stronger, so we can't confront them head-on. ? The court only asked us to protect the people in these States. We just sent troops to Dashi Road and sent people to inform the defenders of Yunzhou and Shuozhou. On the day when the army arrived in Daizhou (now Daixian County, Shanxi Province), the people of Yunzhou went out of the city first, and our army arrived in Yingzhou. The Liao army was bound to resist, and the residents of Shuozhou were driven out of the city. Our army went straight into Shijie Valley, and there were more than a thousand crossbowmen ambushed at the mouth of the valley, with cavalry support in the middle. The people of the three States can rest assured. "
But Wang Shu, the army supervisor, said that Yang Ye was afraid of tens of thousands of Liao soldiers. Yang Ye said, "No, you will lose." However, Wang Shu not only refused to listen, but also mocked and ridiculed Yang Ye: "You kept saying that Yang was invincible, but now you quit without fighting. Is it because you have other ambitions and want to rebel? " Yang Ye righteously said, "I'm not afraid of death, but I can't make meritorious service, because the time is not good for us now, and I sacrificed my soldiers in vain. Since you blame me for not wanting to sacrifice, then I will go to war before you. "
So, Yang Ye told Pan Mei that the war was unfavorable, and agreed in Pan Mei that Chen Jiakou would have a fierce battle with the Liao army. Wang Shu, Pan Mei and Yang Ye went to Chenjiagukou together. From Yin Shi to Sisi, Wang Shu sent people to patrol the station to check the situation in Yang Ye, thinking that Yang Ye had won and the Liao army had lost. And Wang Shu himself was narrow-minded and treacherous, and wanted to compete with Yang Ye for credit, so he left Chen Jiakou with his troops.
Pan Mei tried to stop Wang Shu's behavior, but after all, because of the institutional reasons of the Song Dynasty, the power of the prison army was even greater than that of the commander in chief. Pan Mei couldn't oppose Wang Shu at all, so he had to follow Wang Shu's instructions and left Chen Jiakou with his army. Pan Meibu walked twenty miles south, only to know that Yang Ye was in critical condition and was defeated by the Liao army. However, under the pressure of Wang Shu, he could not support Yang Ye and continued to withdraw.
Yang Ye and his men fought fiercely with the Liao army. From noon to night, when I arrived at Chenjiagukou, I saw that there were no support troops, so I fought against the Liao army with foot soldiers. In the fierce battle, Yang Ye was wounded by dozens, and his foot soldiers were exhausted. Yang Ye also personally killed dozens or even hundreds of Liao soldiers.
Yang Ye's horse was badly injured, so he couldn't run any longer, hiding in a forest. When General Yelv Hida of Liao saw Yang Ye coming back, he shot an arrow at Yang Ye. Yang Ye dismounted and was captured by Liao army. Yang Ye's son Yang Yanyu also died in the battle, and Yang Ye's army was wiped out. In Liao barracks, Yang Ye said, "Taizong treated me very well. I had hoped to repay the emperor's kindness by attacking the enemy and guarding the border, but I was forced to send troops by treacherous officials, which led to a disastrous defeat of the army. How can I live? "
Yang Ye's horse was badly injured, so he couldn't run any longer, hiding in a forest. When General Yelv Hida of Liao saw Yang Ye coming back, he shot an arrow at Yang Ye. Yang Ye dismounted and was captured by Liao army. Yang Ye's son Yang Yanyu also died in the battle, and Yang Ye's army was wiped out.
In Liao barracks, Yang Ye said, "Taizong treated me very well. I had hoped to repay the emperor's kindness by attacking the enemy and guarding the border, but I was forced to send troops by treacherous officials, which led to a disastrous defeat of the army. How can I live? "