Yang Ye's real name is Yang Chonggui, and his father Yang Xin is a local tyrant in Linzhou. During the Five Dynasties chaos, he occupied Linzhou and claimed to be the secretariat. Due to the turbulent situation, he joined the Hou Han and the Hou Zhou. About the time when Yang Xin joined the Later Han Dynasty, in order to make friends with Liu Chong, who was appointed as our envoy in Hedong at that time, the young Yang Chonggui was sent to Taiyuan. After Yang Xin took refuge in the Zhou Dynasty, Yang Chonggui stayed in Taiyuan. After the death of Yang Xin, he and his son Yang Chongxun (Yang Ye's younger brother) succeeded the secretariat and joined Liu Chong in the Northern Han Dynasty with Linzhou. Later Yang Chongxun joined the Zhou Dynasty. Despite this repetition, Yang Chonggui's life in Taiyuan was not affected by the chaotic and special times of the Five Dynasties. Young and brave Yang Chonggui is highly valued by Liu Chong. He adopted Yang Chonggui as his adopted grandson and changed his name to Liu. Liu initially served as the defense commander and was famous for his bravery. Because of his merits, he was promoted to the army of Xiong Jian. Because of his outstanding military exploits, Liu was invincible, and the people of China called him invincible. However, Liu's achievements in the Northern Han Dynasty for more than 30 years were lost in the boundless history. History of Song Dynasty and History of Liao Dynasty lack such records. Several encounters with Liu mentioned in the History of Song Dynasty all ended in failure. Liu and Song Jiangjun fought at the gates of Taiyuan and were defeated by Shu soldiers. Liu Xian hid his treasure in a trench, and then escaped by the ropes hanging in the city. I don't know why such a messy record has become invincible. In Zi Zhi Tong Jian, it is only mentioned that Liu fought bloody battles in Taiyuan Chengtou, and even after Liu Jiyuan, the main commander of the Northern Han Dynasty, surrendered, he still insisted on fighting. Until Song Taizong sent Liu Jiyuan to surrender, Liu Cai surrendered in tears. The text describing this history is only a few crosses, which is very short. At the same time, the Records of Nine Kingdoms recorded Liu's achievements, but it is a pity that the record of this history has not spread to today. In the history of the Liao Dynasty, there was a general of the Liao State. Ye Lvxie asked Yang Ye, saying, How did you win the battle with China for more than 30 years? It can be seen that Liu's main opponent in the Northern Han Dynasty was Liao. Although the Northern Han Dynasty has always been the minister of the Liao State, the powerful Liao State often invaded the border of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Wei Liu defended the border of the Northern Han Dynasty. It is estimated that they often confront the invading Liao army. Although small in scale, he has not been at a disadvantage for more than 30 years. These experiences have enabled Liu to accumulate rich frontier defense experience. Compound surname Yang, single name industry. Song Taizong, relying on Yang Ye's rich experience in protecting Liao, sent him to Daizhou to deploy troops stationed in Sanjiao to control Pan Mei. The Liao army attacked from Yanmen, and Yang Ye led hundreds of cavalry around the rear of the Liao army from the path, and attacked the Liao army with Pan Mei's troops before and after, killing Xiao Duo Li, our time in Liao country, and commanding Li Chongfa to capture military forces. Yang Ye was promoted to Yunzhou Secretariat. Liao saw the banner of Yangye and left without a fight. The head of the border guards stayed away from Yang Ye's reputation and wrote to Song Taizong many times to slander Yang Ye. Song Taizong gave it to Yang Ye to show his trust in Yang Ye. In fact, Yang Ye's detractor is probably Pan Mei. Pan Mei has long been jealous of Yang Ye, and this kind of psychology will be shown at special moments. In the third year of Yongxi, he led three armies to conquer Liao, with Pan Mei as the standard army general and Yang Ye as the lieutenant. At first, everything went smoothly. Yang Ye captured the four states of the Liao State, namely, Atlas, Shuozhou, Yunying, but Cao Bin, the main force in the middle road, was defeated. Song Taizong ordered passers-by to move troops, and later ordered Pan Mei and others to move the army of the people who had recovered four states to the mainland. At that time, more than 100,000 troops of Liao had fought back and breached the state of Atlas. Liao army has great advantages. The task of Yang Ye and others is just to move people, without hitting the enemy. He suggested that Pan Mei adopt a foolproof plan. The representative of the second generation is Yang Ye's son Yang. Yang's real name is Yang Yanlang, but she changed her name to Yang out of taboo. Yang was quiet when he was young, but he always liked to play marching games. Yang Ye said after reading it: "This kind of me." After this war, Yang will be taken with him. Yang grew up in such an environment and became a professional soldier as an adult. Yang is brave and good at fighting, and all the rewards he gets are given to his subordinates, regardless of personal interests. He has a simple style and strict orders. He shared weal and woe with his foot soldiers and inherited Yang Ye's style. Yang took the lead in every battle, won the honor and shared it with his subordinates, so his subordinates were happy to work for him. Yang has been guarding the frontier fortress for more than 20 years, and the Liao state is very awed by him and calls him. Yang happened to be in the period of defending Liao country in the Northern Song Dynasty. He fought to defend the frontier of the Song Dynasty, won the love of the people, and continued the reputation of Yang Jiajiang. Yang is Yang's son. Yang Xiang paid tribute to Haiyou Zhang, a thief in the class, and gave him an inscription. Later, I met Fan Zhongyan who appeased Shaanxi. Fan Zhongyan found that Yang was very talented in the conversation and took him with him. Di Qingnan conquered Guangxi and Yang followed the army, but at this time, Yang was still a nobody. In Zhiping, General Su Wei was chosen. After that, he thought that Yang was a famous star, and there was still merit, so he promoted Yang to be the state ambassador, commanded the Dragon Shenwei's four compartments, and moved the defense ambassador of Xingzhou, with Qin Wei as the deputy governor. Therefore, he participated in the defensive action against Xixia. Han Qi sent Yang Lingbing to build a city as an infant, control the main roads and defend Xixia. Yang Xian threatened to build a city by spraying beads, and then rushed to his infancy with a great army, arrived at his destination at dusk, built the city and village overnight, built fortifications and prepared for the battle. The next morning, the Xixia cavalry arrived, and when they saw that Song Jun occupied favorable terrain, they were ready and had to retreat. Yang took the opportunity to send troops to attack and captured many enemies. The emperor issued a letter of commendation and rewarded him, and appointed him as the Rongjun of Jingzhou Town, the deputy general manager of Dingzhou Road, and moved the capital to Hou Yujun. There is a dispute between Liao State and Song Dynasty on the boundary division of Daizhou. Yang presented the battle map and the strategy of capturing Youyan to the imperial court. Before the court replied, Yang died in office, and the Northern Song Dynasty court posthumously presented him as the secretariat of the same state. As the third generation, Yang did not make achievements comparable to those of his ancestors, because the Northern Song Dynasty had made peace with Liao at this time, and his policy towards Xixia was vacillating between peace and war, just defending. However, Yang inherited the tradition of loyalty to the country from generation to generation, and did not forget the ideal of recovering the secluded swallow and pacifying the north. Three generations are still working hard for this goal. However, in the Song Dynasty at this time, the accumulated disadvantages were deep, and the ethos of "suppressing martial arts by writing" became a reality. Yang's ideal of fighting is difficult to realize. Yang Ye, Yang and Yang are the main figures in history. The story of three generations of Yang Jiajiang who fought bloody battles to serve the country was celebrated by later generations. Yang Ye and Yang, in particular, became famous all over the world in the Northern Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xiu wrote in the epitaph of Yang Jun, deputy envoy of the Ministry of Finance: "Both father and son are famous soldiers, and their wisdom and courage are invincible. So far, people in the world can learn from each other. " The father and son here refer to Yang Ye and Yang, yes, the agreement, named Elgin, grandfather is Yang Chongxun and grandfather is Yang Ye. The Song Dynasty was weak and finally destroyed by foreign enemies, so the adherents paid more attention to the generals who fought bloody battles to defend their country. So the story of Yang Jiajiang was widely circulated. In the process of circulation, people added many magical characters and stories. In the "embers" written by the adherents of the southern song dynasty, we put our achievements in and created Yang's deeds as. He also invented the story that Yang Jiajiang and his son rescued Song Taizong. There are many dramas about Yang Jiajiang in Yuan Dynasty, such as Tianta and Meng Liang Stealing Bones. In fact, there was neither Yang Zongbao nor Mu Guiying in Yang Jiajiang in history. However, She Taijun does exist. She Taijun, formerly known as Zhejiang Taijun, married Yang Jiye in 949, the second year of Ganyou in the later Han Dynasty. It should be Wang Xian who killed Yang Ye, not Pan Mei. Wang Xi is a villain. He started by framing his boss. See chapter 5 of Liu E's Xixia Uprising. Perhaps the official position is too small to highlight the Yang family, so Pan Mei unfortunately stood out in this matter. According to the records of Song history, Pan Mei and Yang Ye were close at that time, but they did not fight for it. When Wang Shujun left the fortress, he tried to stop it. This doesn't seem to be Pan's responsibility. Judging from the punishment after the war, the same is true. Pan Mei was only demoted, and both prison officers were dismissed and sent to Yang. Why Yang Liulang? According to the legend of General Yang in past dynasties, Yang was regarded as the sixth son, so he was called. But according to historical records, Yang should be the eldest son. Liao people are superstitious, thinking that the sixth star in the Big Dipper in the sky is dedicated to Liao countries, because Yang is a deterrent to Liao people. Liao people thought he was the reincarnation of the sixth star, so they called him Yang Liulang.