Two people died in the Song Dynasty, one was Yang Ye, an anti-Liao star, and the other was Yue Fei, an anti-Jin star. Yue Fei died in a prison loyal to the country, and Yang Ye died in the battle between the two armies. However, Yang's death left a question in the history of the Song Dynasty, why all the soldiers who followed him, including his son, died in battle, while Yang Ye himself was captured alive and eventually died of hunger strike. The story novel "Yang Jiajiang" may think that this kind of death is not tragic enough, so it was specially modified to let Yang Yetou bump into Li Lingbei and die righteously. In fact, this change is unnecessary. Even if they are captured alive, they are still brave. So, under what circumstances was Yang Ye captured? To understand this situation, let's do a panoramic scan first, starting with Yang Ye's life experience. Yang Ye was a general in the Northern Han Dynasty and was born in Taiyuan (now Taiyuan, Shanxi). When I was young, I was generous, chivalrous, good at riding and shooting, and good at hunting. Every time he harvests twice as much prey as others. He once said to his companions, "I will lead troops to fight in the future, just like chasing pheasants and rabbits with eagles and dogs." As a conductor in his twenties, he is famous for his bravery. He has repeatedly made meritorious military service and won every battle, so he is called "invincible". Later, he became the Chinese ambassador to Xiong Jianjun (commander of the military region). In 979, Song Taizong entered Taiyuan in the north, and Liu Jiyuan, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, surrendered all over the country. Song Taizong heard of Yang Ye and admired him very much. The envoy summoned Yang Ye and appointed him as the right leader. The teacher also awarded Zhengzhou secretariat. Because Yang Ye was familiar with the situation of Liao country, he was transferred to Daizhou (now Daixian County, Shanxi Province) and Sanjiao (now Taiyuan, Shanxi Province) was deployed. Before he left, Song Taizong sealed up his jewels and property and gave him a generous reward. When the Liao army invaded Yanmen, Yang Ye led thousands of cavalry out of Xi Zhong, passed through Xiao Xiong to the north exit of Yanmen, and attacked the Liao army from behind. The Liao army was caught off guard and wiped out. Yang Ye was promoted to Yunzhou Military Observer. From then on, the Liao army automatically evacuated when it saw the flag number of Yang Yejun. At that time, most of the Song generals who were on the garrison feared him, and even some generals secretly wrote letters to slander his mistakes. Fortunately, Song Taizong is still clear-headed. After receiving these scripts, he just looked at them and didn't ask anything about their false accusations, but he didn't dispose of them. He sealed the script intact and gave it to Yang Ye. In doing so, Song Taizong expressed his trust in Yang Ye, making it feel at ease to work for the Dasong Empire, and avoided making them responsible for the generals who also shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding the border, thus intensifying contradictions. As the saying goes, rabbits bite people by force. Once these guys defect and surrender to Liao, they will be in big trouble. This is also the emperor's treatment of the generals' wrists. In the third year of Emperor Yongxi (AD 986), the Song Dynasty invaded the Liao country on a large scale, with Pan Mei as commander in chief, Yang Ye as lieutenant, Wang Shu and Liu Wenyu as army supervisors. At first, the marked army had a smooth journey, and successively captured the four states of Yun, Ying, Huan and Shuo (now Datong, Ying and Shuo counties in Shanxi). However, due to the defeat of Cao Bin, the Eastern Route Army, people of all walks of life were ordered to evacuate, and Yang Ye, Pan Mei and others led troops back to Daizhou. Soon, Song Taizong's imperial edict moved the people of the four recovered states to the mainland, and Pan Mei and other departments sent troops to escort them. At this time, more than 100,000 troops in Liao have recaptured Atlas State. Seeing the situation reversed, Yang Ye said to Pan Mei and others, "At present, the Liao army is on a roll, so we can't confront it head-on. Since the imperial court only ordered us to escort the people of four states, the best way is to lead the troops out of Dashi Road, and send someone to inform the commanders of Yunzhou and Shuozhou first, so that the people of Yunzhou can withdraw first when the army leaves Daizhou. When our army was stationed in Yingzhou, we attracted the Liao army, and then let Shuozhou people go out of the city and directly enter Shijie Valley. Our army sent 1,000 archers who can open hard bows to line up in the valley mouth, and cavalry supported them in the middle of the road, so that the people of the three States could be safely transferred. " It should be said that Yang Ye's suggestion was completely in line with the actual situation of the battlefield at that time, which was also his command art honed in the sand. It's a pity that the coach is not him. To make matters worse, his opinion was opposed by Wang Shu, a military supervisor. We should not underestimate the prison army. The ancient generals led troops to fight, and the emperor was not at ease. He always sends prison troops with him. This is equivalent to inserting a political commissar in the army. He can interfere with you, supervise you and restrict you at any time. If it is not good, he will report you. Wang Shu sarcastically said, "I didn't expect you, Yang Ye, to command tens of thousands of elite soldiers, but you were so timid. In fact, our army doesn't need to be afraid of the Liao army at all, just walk in Yanmen Beichuan and beat the drums. " Liu Wenyu, another invigilator, agrees with Wang Shu. Yang Ye was surprised by this deadly tactic of ignoring the enemy's situation and directing at random. He said, "If you fight like this, you will fail." Unexpectedly, Wang Shu sarcastically said, "Your prince has always prided himself on being invincible, but now he chickened out and avoided the main force of the Liao army, fearing the enemy. Does he have other ambitions? " This is what the prison army said, which is extremely vicious. The subtext is whether you, Yang Ye, want to betray the motherland and defect to the enemy again. You once rebelled against Han and Song, will you do it again now? At this time, Yang Ye said, "I'm not running away from the fear of death. The problem is that the timing is unfavorable to our army, and recklessness can only make soldiers die in vain, which is meaningless. Since you blame me for Yang's failure to serve the country, I should lead by example. " When we set out, Yang Ye said to Pan Mei with tears in her eyes, "This trip is bound to be unfavorable. I, Yang Yeyuan, surrendered in Taiyuan, and the country was ruined. But the emperor didn't kill me. On the contrary, he favored Lian Shuai (a senior local official) and granted him military power. It's not that I don't want to attack the enemy, but I just want to find a suitable time to make a great contribution to the country. Now the prison army accuses me of avoiding the Liao army, and I, Yang Ye, want to prove with my actions that I am by no means a person who is afraid of death. " Pointing to Chen Gukou, he said to Pan Mei, "You arrange strong infantry crossbows here as reinforcements for the left and right wings. When I move here, I will use infantry attacks to rescue, otherwise, the whole army will be wiped out. " After Yang Ye left, Pan Mei and Wang Shuling deployed their troops in Taniguchi. From three o'clock at night to nine o'clock the next morning, Wang Shu, the supervisor of the army, sent people to guard Trollotai many times, but nothing happened. Wang Shu thought that the Liao army had lost and wanted to win credit, so he led the troops out of Chenjiagukou without authorization. Pan Mei couldn't stop him, but also led the troops to walk 20 miles southwest along Jiaohe River. At this moment, suddenly came the news of Yang Ye's defeat. As a coach, Pan Mei broke the agreement and made a big mistake. As a remedial measure, he should have called his men to drive troops to save him, but he turned around and fled regardless of Yang Ye's life and death. Yang Ye led the soldiers to fight hard, from morning till night, and finally retreated to Chenjiagukou. When no one was around, he immediately lamented and led the rest of the soldiers into the enemy line again. At this time, Yang was seriously injured for dozens, and all the soldiers were killed, but hundreds of people were still hacked and captured by the Liao army until the horse was seriously injured and could not be driven away. Son Yang Yanyu was killed. After being captured, Yang Ye sighed, "The Emperor is very kind to me and wants me to defend the border and resist the Liao soldiers. As a result, I was persecuted by the treacherous court official, which led to Julian Waghann's defeat. How can I drag out an ignoble existence? " Eventually died of hunger strike for three days. But Yang Ye was only half right. The real reason for Song Jun's failure lies in Song Taizong's mistakes in employing people. On the surface, Pan Mei, the head coach, was indeed a hero of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he also made great contributions to the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, in fact, this person is a typical expert in civil war and a layman in foreign war. Yang Ye was incompetent in fighting the Liao army. Song Taizong made Pan Mei the coach and Yang Ye the deputy, which actually laid the groundwork for failure. Military supervision is a unique system in Song Dynasty. In the final analysis, the emperor doesn't trust all the generals with troops. However, if Pan Mei, as the commander in chief, dares to take responsibility and has courage, and takes the initiative to take responsibility when Wang Shu, the army supervisor, criticizes Yang Ye, and resolutely adopts Yang Ye's tactics, Song Jun should be able to successfully complete the task of evacuating people and get away with it. To say the least, even if we want Yang Ye to take risks alone, we should make preparations in Chenjiakou as agreed in advance. But in the end, they made mistakes again and again, even chickened out and fled in a hurry, which led to Yang Ye's death and annihilation. In this view, Pan Mei is responsible for Yang's death! Killing him a thousand times is not enough to dispel his hatred. According to the history books, Yang Ye has little culture, but he is brave and resourceful. You can share joys and sorrows with the foot soldiers by practicing attacking and fighting at ordinary times. Daizhou is located in the north, with a cold climate. People wear clothes made of animal hair. Yang Ye only wears silk cotton-padded jacket to handle military affairs, and there is no brazier beside her. The left and right attendants almost froze and fell down, while Yang Ye seemed to feel very comfortable and could not feel the cold. He is politically simple and obedient to kindness, so all soldiers are willing to work for him. After the defeat of Shuozhou, there were more than 100 people around. Yang Ye said to them, "You have your parents and wives, and you will die with me. There is no need for everyone to flee to Beijing, and you can still serve your country in the future. " Everyone was moved to tears and refused to leave. Zizhou secretariat of Wang Gui, killed dozens of people, until the arrow shot out; All the soldiers who followed Yang Ye were killed, and none survived. Yang Ye's capture is not recorded in History of Song Dynasty, but there are two records in History of Liao Dynasty. It is said that Yang Ye "disappeared into the forest" after the defeat. Liao general Ye Luxi looked down at his robe and shot at it. Yang Ye fell off his horse. First of all, the military order must capture Yang Ye alive, and Yale Xi is too low to succeed. ”。 (Biography of Liao History and Ye Luxi) The other one is Biography of Liao History and Yelv Association. The location is not in Chenjiagukou, but the so-called Langya Village. Yelvxiezhen heard that Yang Ye had sent his troops, which made Liao ambush on the road. The next day, Yang Yebing arrived, and Ye Lvxie assumed a belligerent posture. When Yang Ye commanded the troops to kill, Yelvxiezhen pretended to retreat. At this time, the ambush came out, and Yelv Xieci turned around and attacked, and Yang also failed. When he arrived at Langya Village, Song Jun all collapsed. Yang Ye was captured by Liu Ya. Ye Lvxie scolded: "You have won the championship with our country for more than 30 years. How can we meet today? " Yang Ye, but this is called capital punishment. Yang Ye was famous for his bravery in the Song Dynasty and was nicknamed invincible Yang. "To spike village, heart evil, want to avoid it. If you are arrested, you will die in three days. " Yang Ye was called Yang Jiye in Liao history. For the convenience of writing, we all changed our names to Yang Ye. According to Liao history, Yang Ye was captured by an arrow wound, but there are different accounts. How can there be such a difference when Liao shot Ye Luxi low from his horse and was hit by a stream vector? Supposedly, these two records are in the same joint biography, so there should be no such omission. Then the reason can only be "first, the military orders must capture Yang Ye alive", and Liao Jiang Luye Xi- Luo violated the military orders and shot Yang Ye, so he can't record merit. Actually, this is not the real reason. The real reason involves two Liao generals fighting for merit. Yelv Xietie is the commander in chief, and Tang Ambassador of the North Hospital (Chairman of the Military Commission). Ye Luxi is just a department under his command (right skin. It is meticulous and stable), and there are hundreds of such positions in the Liao Dynasty, which is about equivalent to today's head. Yang Ye made Liao suffer a lot in the battle with Liao, and finally saw a golden opportunity to capture him alive. What an honor. Yale found a bargain when Yang Ye was scarred and almost defeated. As a coach, Yale was unwilling to get rid of the iron, so he lied that Yang Ye was a "mainstay". Since it is a "flowing arrow", it is an arrow that flies for no reason, and the owner's arrow cannot be found. In this way, the credit of Yang Ye who was captured alive was naturally recorded on the coach's head. It is indisputable that the so-called credit belongs to the superior leadership. As for Lu Ye Xixi, a small colonel, if you dare to challenge and say that you shot it down, then I will carry out the military orders that Yang Ye must be captured alive before the war, and treat you with the crime of violating military orders, which will make you prostrate! Ye Luxi is not a fool. Generally speaking, the smartest attitude is to keep silent. On the contrary, people who write history books feel that they should give him justice, so they adopt the brushwork of Piriyangqiu and deliberately put seemingly contradictory narratives in the same biography. For thousands of years, Yang Ye's death has always been unforgettable. Although Song Taizong later investigated the responsibility for the defeat, he was deeply saddened by the "defeat of the group of handsome men" and lowered Pan Meiguan by three levels; Wang Shu, the supervisor of the army, was removed from the list and transferred to Jinzhou, and Liu Wenyu was removed from the list and transferred to Dengzhou, where he was sent. Public anger still exists. Especially later, Song Taizong issued a pardon order, transferring Wang Shu to the deputy commander of Zhou Jun Yong ying (deputy commander of the military sub-division). Pan Mei was also restored to his basic official position, and after his death, he was mourned by the secretariat (prime minister) to the imperial court of the ancestral temple. Both of them died of natural causes, which made the people feel more wronged. Therefore, storytellers represent public opinion, and gradually enrich their images in operas and novels according to historical romances, creating portraits of heroes and heroines from generation to generation, such as Yang Ye, She Taijun, Yang, Mu, etc., eulogizing Yang's loyalty and calling it "Yang Jiajiang".