When it comes to the famous generals of the Song Dynasty, I believe the first thing that comes to everyone's mind isYang Jiajiang.
Especially after being rendered by many literary works, the story of Yang Jiajiang is even more well-known and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
However, few people know that in fact, there is a certain gap between the story in ** and the real history.
Not only that, through the descriptions of many ** and film and television works, many people have identified the Yang family as a general in their heartsThe first gate of the Song Dynasty.
But in fact,Compared with the real first general of the Song Dynasty, the Yang family will not be able to compare at all.
Only with the strength of one clan to guard the northwest border, so that the Western Xia and Liao did not dare to make the slightest move.
Most of the Great Song Dynasty also relied on the protection of this family
Although the merit is high, it can die well in the end, and it is the first military general family in the Northern Song DynastyFold the family generalIt is an existence that the Yang family will not be able to compare.
In ancient Chinese history, it is actually rare to have a family of generals who can protect the family and defend the country.
The vast majority of the gates are passed down for one or two or two or three generations at most, and then gradually decline and disappear.
The reason for this is because, on the one hand, it isThe fathers have already finished the battle, and the children and grandchildren do not feel the pressure and have no way to exercise.
On the other hand, the reason is that my parents fought a lifelong battleThe purpose is to make their children and grandchildren live a better life.
With this in mind, many generals did not want their children to wield swords and swords.
In this way, the momentum of the gate will naturally weaken.
However, the Fold family is different, and the reputation of the eight generations of heroes in the family is rarely seen even in the entire 5,000-year history of China.
Before Song Taizu unified the world,The generals of the Zhe family have always undertaken the important task of resisting the harassment of the Central Plains by the Khitan, Western Xia and Qiang people.
From a certain point of view, without the protection of the Zhe family, it would be impossible to have a scene of stable development within the Northern Song Dynasty.
Why did the Liao State agree to the Northern Song Dynasty back then?The Alliance of the Abyss, a large part of the reason is that the military pressure given by the generals is too great.
If it weren't for the Western Xia and the Qiang people holding back the Fold generals,Whether the Liao State will be able to break through the defense of the Zhejia generals head-on, everything is still unknown.
And those who know the story of Song Taizu know that in order to prevent his subordinate generals from making a second one like himself"Chenqiao Mutiny".
Song Taizu specially arranged a banquet and staged a playA glass of wine releases the military powerThe trick.
But when dealing with the folded family, Song Taizu had no idea of this at all, but personally issued an order."The hereditary official of the Fold family".
The master of the high merit is still a family that can be trusted by the emperor, and in addition to the folding family, how many are there?
So how strong will the Fold family be?
On this point, we can analyze the relevant episodes recorded in the historical books.
First of allHistory of the Song DynastyIt is recorded that shortly after Song Taizong ascended the throne, in order to establish his prestige, he provoked two Northern Expeditions in a row.
It's just that in the two Northern Expeditions, removedThe Origator will remain victoriousOutside of the records, the generals and troops in other regions can only save themselves from being scattered.
It can be seen from this that the military strength of the generals of the Zhe family is indeed stronger than that of the armies of the Song and Liao countries.
Even more exaggerated, arrivedA.D. 995, General of LiaoHan DeweiPersonally united with the Western Xia army to attack the state capital that the Zhejia would defend.
Available atFolded Imperial HonorwithFold the Imperial SecretaryUnder the joint counterattack of the two generals, Han Dewei was finally beaten to change his clothes and flee lightly, and the scene was the same as that of Cao CaoCut the robe and cut off the beardIt's exactly the same.
In order to get back the field for himself, Han Dewei once again organized an army to attack the Zhejia army.
But when the army advanced to the area of Hexia, he heard that it was the two brothers Zhi Yuxun and Zhi Yuqing who came to meet him, and Han Dewei chose very rationally"Attack north", from then on, the Khitans no longer dared to provoke the Zhejia army.
Perhaps many people will be more curious, since the Zhe family general is so strong, why in history, the reputation of the Zhe family general is not only inferior to the Yang family general, but even inferior to the seed family general who is also stationed on the northwest border.
In fact, the answer is very simple, that is, the fold family is only responsible for doing their own things, and never wastes time on other things.
Compared with the Yang family and the breeders, the generals of the folded family know better what it isWise to protect yourself
I can fight but I don't say it, the emperor knows how to use me, and the courtiers will not target me, this is the charm of the folding general.
On the other hand, the Yang generals and the generals of the Zhuang family, although the miserable ending in many ** is related to the framing of their own generals, but if they can learn a certain political acumen from the generals of the Xi family, maybe these things will not happen.
Of course, some people believe that the biggest difference between the Zhe family and the Yang family is that the Zhe family already has its own foundation.
In the northwest of the Northern Song Dynasty, the words of the Zhe generals were even better than the emperor, which also made the Zhe generals more similar to the Northern Song Dynasty"Partnerships".
But when I think about it, isn't the fact that the relationship has lasted so long enough to prove the strength of this family?