ForewordIn Chinese history, there is a very legendary story about the Yang general, a brave army that repeatedly fought bravely in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty and made great contributions to the country and the people.
However, at the moment of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yang generals did not appear, which raises the question: is the story of the Yang generals exaggerated and deviated from the real history?Heroic Founding Story: The Yang Family General Prequel In 960 AD, the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed and the Song Dynasty was established. Yang Jiye, the general of the border area, surrendered to the Song Dynasty with the Northern Han Dynasty in this year.
This person was later named "Yang Ye" because of his outstanding military exploits. He has a straightforward temperament, advocates force, and is good at wielding long knives.
The nine-ring Jin Feng set the Song knife and became his signature**. This seemingly worn knife has an extremely sharp blade, carved with nine delicate golden rings all over it.
Since getting this good knife, Yang Ye has never left his hand. He led 8,000 warriors under his command to the north of Yanmen Pass, and uprooted the main border defense force of the Liao Dynasty in one fell swoop.
After that, Yang Ye waved his banner, and the Liao army was frightened and no longer dared to harass the Northern Song Dynasty. He soon gained the trust of Song Taizong and hoped to be able to conquer the Khitan in the north.
However, the complexity of contemporary politics led to Yang Ye's eventual victory, and his defeat lost his chance. Yang Ye's widow She Taijun inherited the mantle of the family, she has a strong personality and strong martial arts.
She not only took charge of the Yang family, but also personally marched westward, killing almost more than 100 enemies. Even at the age of 100, She Taijun still fought bloody battles on the battlefield of the Western Regions and died heroically.
And Yang Ye's sons also inherited the family style of being brave and good at fighting, and took on the heavy responsibility of resisting the enemy on the border of the Northern Song Dynasty. For a time, the Yang family became the first family of the Northern Song Dynasty, with outstanding merits and was valued by the emperor.
However, the hero was saddened, and the changes in the government made the Yang family gradually lose its former glory. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the civil and martial arts went hand in hand, and the Yang family was favored by the emperor by virtue of the military exploits he established.
However, political changes have caused the Yang family to gradually lose ground. Back then, Yang Ye had aroused the jealousy of the boss because of his high achievements, but fortunately, Song Taizong saw through the treacherous plan and kept Yang Ye's status.
However, the political struggle did not end there, and the Yang family also faced political attacks. The traitorous ministers in the court were eyeing each other, seeing the Yang family as a thorn in their eyes, and repeatedly ** them in the court, causing the emperor to gradually become wary of the Yang family.
Gradually, the emperor turned to trust only flattering Wenchen, and became increasingly cold to the status of the Yang generals. The military exploits established by the Yang family are no longer valued, and the Yang family, which was once in power, is now just a passerby forgotten in the dust of history.
In the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the government abolished Wu Chongwen. The generals of the Yang family no longer have the power to fight the army, and they can no longer control the army.
The emperor no longer trusted and relied on them, and even deliberately suppressed them, not giving them the authorization to lead troops. The descendants of the Yang family are no longer valued in the frontier, and they have gradually lost their ability to resist the enemy.
The family gradually declined. The glory and fall of the century-old family The Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed under the offensive of the Jin soldiers, when the city of Bianliang was broken and Song Huizong fled south, the descendants of the Yang family, who were once in the limelight, were incognito and nowhere to be found.
These generations of descendants are no longer able to fight on the battlefield, and their martial family style has gradually disappeared.
Due to the loss of the emperor's support, the Yang generals no longer had the military power to control the army.
At the last moment of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, they could not protect themselves, let alone save the dynasty from dire straits. However, although the glory of the Yang generals has passed, their heroic spirit still lives in the hearts of every Chinese son.
They love the motherland, are loyal and brave, and fulfill filial piety. The story of the Yang family generals may have been exaggerated in the legends of later literati, but their family has left an indelible glory in Chinese history.
EpilogueAlthough the Yang family did not come out to save the country when the Northern Song Dynasty fell, their heroic spirit will live on forever.