Yang Ye is from Taiyuan and Bingzhou. His father, Yang Xin, served as the secretariat of Hou Hanlin House. When Yang Ye was a teenager, he was generous and informal. He likes to be brave and good at fighting, is good at riding and archery, and likes hunting. Every time you hunt, you can always get twice as much prey as your companions. Yang Ye once said to his companions, "I want to be a general in the future and chase pheasants and rabbits like an eagle dog." When he was young, he served Liu Chong, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, but served as the defense commander, which was famous for his bravery and agility. After many promotions, he served as the ambassador of Xiong Jianjun in Northern Han Dynasty. He made many meritorious deeds in the war and won victories everywhere he went. People called him "invincible Yang" in the Northern Han Dynasty.

Song Taizong personally traveled from the Northern Han Dynasty to Taiyuan, and he had long heard of Yang Ye's reputation. He once spent a lot of money on him. Soon, Taiyuan City was surrounded by Song Jun and became an isolated city, and the situation was in jeopardy. Yang Ye advised Liu Jiyuan, the master of the Northern Han Dynasty, to take the initiative to throw himself into the dragon to save the lives of the people in Taiyuan. After Liu Jiyuan acceded to the throne, Song Taizong sent messengers from the palace to summon Yang Ye. He was very happy and asked to appoint Yang Ye as the right leader. After the great army (going to the Northern Han Dynasty) triumphantly returned to North Korea, it was awarded Yang Ye, the secretariat of Zhengzhou. Song Taizong thought that Yang Ye had rich experience in frontier affairs, so he promoted him to be used by Daizhou and Sanjiao Military Forces. As the Khitan army invaded Yanmenguan, Yang Ye led thousands of cavalry from Xiqiao Village in the north of Daizhou, headed for the north gate of Yanmenguan from the path, and attacked the Khitan army from north to south, completely defeating the Khitan army. Because of his outstanding military exploits, Yang Ye was promoted to the secretariat of Yunzhou, still in charge of Zhengzhou and Daizhou. From then on, as soon as the Qidan army saw Yang Ye's military flag, it immediately retreated and ran away.

In the third year of Yongxi (986), Song Jun began to conquer the Khitan on a large scale, appointed Pan Mei, a loyal military force, as the deployment of Yunying and Liuying, and appointed Yang Ye as Pan Mei's deputy. However, it was defeated. Soon, Song Taizong issued an imperial edict to move the residents of Yunxian, Yingxian, Atlas and Shuozhou to the mainland, and ordered Pan Mei and others to lead troops to escort these residents. At this time, the Khitan Empress Xiao and her ministers Hanning and Nanbeipi. , and Wu Tiyin led hundreds of troops to recapture Atlas State. Yang Ye said to Pan Mei and others, "Now the Liao army is in high morale and can't fight with it." The prison army first said: "You have always been called' invincible Yang'. How can you defeat the enemy without fighting? Do you have other plans? " Yang Ye said, "I'm not afraid of death, but I can't make meritorious deeds, because the times are not good for us, and I sacrificed my soldiers for nothing. Now (since) you blame me for not wanting to sacrifice, then I will go to the battlefield before you. "

Before sending troops, Yang Ye said to Pan Mei with tears: "This time sending troops is bound to fail." Therefore, Yang Ye pointed to Chenjiagukou (northwest of Daizhou) and said, "Please ambush the generals and archers here and divide them into the left and right wings to prepare for support. When I am defeated and retreat here, you will ambush the enemy from left and right to save me. Otherwise, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out, and there will be none left! " Pan Mei and Wang Qi first led his soldiers to line up at Chenjiagukou. From to, Wang

Qi first sent people to watch the battlefield in front of Tolo, thinking that the Qidan army was defeated by Yang Ye and fled, trying to compete with Yang Ye, and immediately led the army to leave Chenjiagukou. Pan Mei couldn't stop it, so he marched 20 miles southwest along the Grey River. Soon, Pan Mei heard the news of Yang Ye's defeat, and immediately commanded the troops to retreat. Yang Ye fought hard from noon to night, so he was injured in dozens of places, and almost all the soldiers died. Yang Ye also personally killed hundreds of enemies. Later, because the horse was seriously injured and could not move forward, it was captured by the Qidan army. His son Yang Yanyu also died in this battle. Yang Ye looked up at the sky and sighed, "Taizong was very kind to me. 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 crushing defeat of the army. How can I live! " So he fasted for three days and died.