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At the age of 54, Su Zhe was appointed acting Grand Commandant by the imperial court and was promoted to the rank of founding emperor. After the party came to power, Sima Guang advocated the return of all the towns occupied by Xixia during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, and Su Shi supported it.

However, because the old party did not reach a unanimous agreement, the handover was never completed. While the court was hesitating, the Xixia people launched a large-scale military invasion.

Su Che believed that the Xixia attack should be attributed to the fact that the Song Dynasty did not make enough concessions and was not calm enough in ceding territory.

After Song Zhezong took power, the New Party regained power. Su Che was demoted for writing a letter to oppose the emperor's restoration of the New Law. It was not until Song Huizong ascended the throne that the 62-year-old Su Che was reinstated.

A year later, Su Shi died in Changzhou, and he regretted not having seen his brother before his death. Su Zhe was very sad when he knew about it, and he wrote "Returning to the Land" and "Epitaph for Mr. Dongpo".

Not long after, Prime Minister Cai Jing regained power and banned people like Su Shi who had already died, but he barely escaped. People like Su Zhe who were still alive were demoted by the court. To avoid the disaster, Su Zhe had to move to Runan.

At the age of 66, Su Che came to Yongchuan to settle down. Feeling that there were only a few elderly people left from the Yuanyou period, he named his house Yilaozhai and his pen name Yingbin Yilao.

He spent all day reading and writing, declined guests, never talked about current affairs, and put all his thoughts into his poems. He completed "The Biography of Yingbin Old Man" and "The Analects of Confucius".

In 1112, Su Che died at the age of 74. The court posthumously awarded him the title of Scholar of the Duanming Palace and buried him next to the Su Family Tomb in Xiao Emei Mountain.

——"Su Shi actually loved his brother very much and would write to him whenever he had nothing to do."

——"Ahem, mainly a letter asking for help."

——"How should I put it? It feels like his brother. His life was so short. It seems that he didn't have much to do."

——"Indeed, Su Shi traveled all over the world in his life, and no one dares to say that he had a richer life than him."

——"Among the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, the Su family has three of them. This is quite amazing."

[The war god of the Northern Song Dynasty defeated 100,000 Khitans with only a thousand men. Read the legendary life of Yang Ye in "The Generals of the Yang Family" in one breath. Yang Ye, the general of the Yang Family, the history of the Song Dynasty]

He was the war god of the Northern Song Dynasty, who could kill the enemy commander in the midst of thousands of troops. He could defeat the Liao army of 100,000 with only a few thousand men. He himself was a surrendered general, but his family was full of loyal heroes, leaving behind a heroic legend that will be passed down through the ages.

In this video, let us understand the legendary life of Yang Ye, the founder of the Yang Family Generals, in chronological order.

Yang Ye's original name was Yang Chonggui. When he was young, he was adopted by the founding emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty and renamed Liu Jiye. Therefore, we can now see the name Yang Jiye in many TV dramas.

Although Yang Ye did not have much education, he had a very free and easy personality since childhood, and was very good at riding and archery. He was not only good at commanding the army, but also very wise. During the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Yang Ye was nicknamed "Invincible" by the Chinese people because of his bravery and good fighting skills.

After the establishment of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Liu Chong, who was originally a member of the Later Han Dynasty, established himself as an emperor by seceding the Twelve Prefectures of Hedong and established the last of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Northern Han Dynasty. In order to avoid being annexed by the Later Zhou Dynasty, Liu Chong also learned from his predecessors and sought support from the Khitans. As Liu Chong's capable general, Yang Ye also fought for the Northern Han Dynasty.

However, the Northern Han emperor was a scoundrel by nature and had no talent for being a ruler. Even with the support of the Khitans, he won more battles than he lost in the battles against the Later Zhou. How could Yang Ye, a general in such a small court, have a chance to display his talents?

However, Yang Ye was still very loyal to the Northern Han at this time and had no intention of abandoning his master and surrendering to the enemy. In fact, he was unwilling to open the city and surrender even when he knew that the Northern Han would be destroyed.

Soon after, Zhao Kuangyin put on the yellow robe and established the Northern Song Dynasty. Faced with the chaotic situation of warlords fighting for power, Zhao Kuangyin first eliminated the relatively weak vassal regimes in the south, and then attacked the Northern Han Dynasty with the Khitan as its backer. As the saying goes, first the south and then the north, first the easy and then the difficult.

After successively destroying Nanping and Hou Shu, Zhao Kuangyin turned his attention to Northern Han and began to lead the army in person. However, Northern Han was in the midst of internal strife at that time. Seeing Zhao Kuangyin's army approaching and the country in danger, the emperor of Northern Han died of worry and anger.

His adopted son was killed by a powerful official not long after he ascended the throne, which made the people of Northern Han panic and the situation even more turbulent. Faced with the army approaching, Northern Han had no choice but to ask Khitan for help while looking for Yang Ye to fight against the Song army.

Although Yang Ye was a brave general in the Northern Han Dynasty, he was no match for a pack of wolves. Not only did Yang Ye fail to gain any advantage, but he was killed and suffered a great defeat. The Northern Han Dynasty was defeated and was soon surrounded by the Song army in its capital Taiyuan.

At this time, God gave the Northern Han a chance to breathe. Due to the hot weather, the soldiers of the Song army began to be infected with diseases, and Zhao Kuangyin had to order a retreat.

Ten years later, Zhao Kuangyin died of illness, and his younger brother, Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, once again led an army of hundreds of thousands to personally attack Taiyuan. This time, the Northern Han Dynasty had no chance of survival and had to surrender. The Northern Han Dynasty was declared dead.

The Song Dynasty had unified most of the country, except for the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, which were still in the hands of the Khitans. Yang Ye also followed his employer to surrender to the Song Dynasty and restored his original surname.

A year later, the Liao Kingdom sent 100,000 troops to attack Yanmen Pass. Yang Ye led only a few thousand cavalrymen to the north of Yanmen Pass and attacked the Liao army to the south. Together with Pan Mei, they attacked the Liao army from front and back, defeated the Liao army, killed the Liao prince consort, and captured the commander-in-chief of the cavalry and infantry alive.

Yang Ye's reputation was greatly enhanced, and whenever the Khitans saw Yang Ye's banner, they would flee. Since ancient times, the commanders guarding the frontiers would be envied, and Yang Ye was no exception.

His immediate superior Pan Mei once wrote a letter to slander Yang Ye, but Emperor Taizong of Song handed the letter to Yang Ye to show his trust in him. However, this also intensified Pan Mei's disgust towards Yang Ye.

In 986 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty launched the Yongxi Northern Expedition, and divided its troops into three routes to attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Pan Mei served as the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, and his deputy general was Yang Ye.

At first, Pan Mei's advance was relatively smooth, and he successively conquered Huan, Shuo, Yun, Ying and other states. However, as the Liao reinforcements arrived at the front line one after another, the situation changed. The Eastern Army was defeated by the Liao due to lack of food and improper command, with heavy casualties. Zhao Guangyi had no choice but to issue an edict to withdraw the three armies.

However, on the way to withdraw, Yang Ye and Pan Mei had a dispute. Yang Ye advocated temporarily avoiding the Liao army and sending archers to ambush at Chenjiayukou to wait for the Liao army to tire themselves out, while Pan Mei and others wanted to fight the Liao army directly, and accused Yang Ye of having ulterior motives when he saw the enemy hesitate. Yang Ye had no choice but to lead his troops to fight the Liao army to show his loyalty.

The Liao Kingdom had long regarded Yang Ye as a major threat. When they saw Yang Ye's troops going out, the Liao army set up an ambush and pretended to retreat, then launched another attack with ambushes everywhere. Yang Ye had no choice but to retreat to Langya Village.

When Pan Mei heard that Yang Ye had been defeated, he did not send troops to rescue him, but immediately led his troops to retreat. Yang Ye fought hard from noon to dusk and finally arrived at the agreed valley entrance, but Pan Mei's troops thought that the Khitan army had been defeated, and had already withdrawn from the valley entrance in order to compete for credit.

Yang Ye was isolated and helpless, and fought desperately, with more than a dozen wounds on his body, but he was unwilling to surrender. After being captured by the Liao army, he starved to death for three days.

After the news reached the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Song posthumously awarded Yang Ye the title of Grand Commandant, demoted Pan Mei, and exiled the generals who withdrew the troops without authorization. Yang Ye's eldest son, Yang Yanzhao, inherited his father's business and continued to guard the border for the Song Dynasty.

The Liao Dynasty believed that Yang Yanzhao was the descendant of the star Liulang from heaven, so they called him Yang Liulang. Later generations interpreted the story of Yang Ye and his sons defending their country into the Yang Family Generals we know today.

——"Yang Ye was born at the wrong time. If he had followed Zhao Kuangyin from the beginning, he would definitely have been a top general."

——"The Song Dynasty really didn't deserve to have so many great generals and famous scholars."

——"The first real god of war in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty is Cao Bin, and the second is Di Qing."

——"This is a novel, right? The part about Pan Mei is wrong. Are you referring to the TV series? Pan Mei is a famous general and a nice person."

——"Pan Mei is not a villain, but he did make mistakes, otherwise he would not be demoted. Moreover, he did abandon him when he was captured alive."

[The real historical "Yang Family Generals" Liulang Xingxiu Yang Yanzhao Yang Family Generals Yang Yanzhao Song Dynasty history]

He was a famous general who fought against the Liao Dynasty and was the nemesis of the Khitans. Although he did not have any outstanding heroic deeds, he had a loyal heart. He fought against the Liao Dynasty for more than 20 years for the Song Dynasty and was regarded as the Sixth Star in the sky by the Khitans.

In this video, let us take a look at the real historical generals of the Yang Family in chronological order.

Yang Yanzhao's real name was Yang Yanlang, also known as Yang Liulang. In history, Yang Yanzhao was the eldest son of Yang Ye, and he lived with his father in Northern Han since he was born.

When he was young, Yang Yanzhao was very quiet. When other children were playing and laughing outside, he only liked to arrange troops. His father often praised him as the son who was most like him, and he would let him accompany the army every time he went to war.

When he was 22, the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, and Yang Yanzhao followed his father to surrender to the Song Dynasty. In the following three years of the Northern Expedition, Yang Yanzhao and several of his brothers also followed their father and launched an attack on the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun under the command of Pan Mei.

At first, the war went smoothly. The Song army captured four states along the way. When attacking Yingzhou and Shuozhou, Yang Yanzhao led the way as a pioneer, like a god descending from heaven, and fought a bloody battle under the city of Shuozhou.

Even when his arm was pierced by an arrow, he did not retreat. Instead, he fought more bravely and finally helped the Song army successfully capture the city.

However, with the arrival of Liao reinforcements, the Song army gradually fell into a disadvantage. With the defeat of the Eastern Route Army, Zhao Guangyi had no choice but to issue an edict to withdraw the army, and ordered Pan Mei's army to relocate the population of four states and then withdraw to the Song Dynasty.

When passing through Chenjia Valley, Yang Ye was forced by the military supervisor to lead his troops to fight. Unexpectedly, Pan Mei and others were deceived by the signs of the Liao army's withdrawal and withdrew their troops first in order to seize the opportunity. In the end, Yang Ye was isolated and helpless, defeated and captured and died.

After Yang Ye's death, his six sons were all appointed officials. Yang Yanzhao, as the eldest son, inherited his father's business and was responsible for guarding Baoding, Hebei Province, to defend against the Liao Kingdom's southward advance. Yang Yanzhao was good at managing the army and was not only brave in battle but also resourceful.

When the Liao army marched south to attack Suicheng, they happened to meet Yang Yanzhao stationed there. Although Suicheng was small and lacked defensive equipment, the Liao army was supervised by Empress Dowager Xiao herself and the offensive was fierce.

But under the leadership of Yang Yanzhao, all the able-bodied men in the city participated in the defense. Taking advantage of the cold weather, Yang Yanzhao led them to pour water on the city wall, turning the small city of Suicheng into an ice city overnight, making it impossible to climb. The Liao army was unable to conquer it, so they had to withdraw, and also abandoned a large number of armor and weapons.

The arrogant Empress Dowager Xiao was blocked by Yang Yanzhao, and Yang Yanzhao became famous because of this battle.

Not long after, the Khitan invaded again. Unexpectedly, this time Yang Yanzhao had ambushed elite troops in advance. He adopted the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the territory and fighting while retreating, leading the enemy into the ambush circle and finally defeating the Khitan.

The Liao general was also beheaded by Yang Yanzhao and sent to Emperor Zhenzong of Song. However, even famous generals can fail. Once the Liao invaded Baozhou, Yang Yanzhao was about to lead his troops to rescue, but was ambushed by the Liao and his entire army was wiped out.

Afterwards, Emperor Zhenzong did not hold Yang Yanzhao responsible, but simply sent someone else to replace him. However, in the subsequent wars, the replacement was unable to resist the Liao army, so Emperor Zhenzong had to re-employ Yang Yanzhao.

When he was 47 years old, Emperor Zhenzong of Song issued an edict to increase the army led by Yang Yanzhao to 1. He stationed troops to block the way for the Khitan cavalry to attack. Unexpectedly, the Liao army did not get the upper hand from Yang Yanzhao, so they took a detour to the city of Chanyuan, which was only a stone's throw away from the Northern Song capital Kaifeng.

Song Zhenzong panicked immediately, and court officials suggested that the emperor move south to avoid the chaos. However, at the insistence of Prime Minister Kou Zhun, he personally went to the front line of Chanyuan to negotiate peace with the Liao Kingdom.

However, Yang Yanzhao keenly realized that the Liao army had come from afar and was exhausted. It was better to encourage you to guard the dangerous roads, which would surely annihilate the Liao army and recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

However, Song Zhenzong was already frightened by the Liao Kingdom and just wanted to negotiate peace as soon as possible, so he turned a deaf ear to Yang Yanzhao's advice. Yang Yanzhao led his troops directly to the border of the Liao Kingdom, broke through the ancient city and captured many prisoners.

In 4, the Song and Liao countries reached the Chanyuan Alliance. The Song Dynasty paid 30 yuan in annual tribute to the Liao Kingdom and opened a trading market. There was no war between the two countries from then on. Yang Yanzhao, who had fought against the Liao Kingdom for more than 20 years, also retired to the mountains and put his weapons into storage. In 1004 AD, Yang Yanzhao died of illness at the age of 57.

The Liao Dynasty believed that Yang Yanzhao was the descendant of the star Liulang from heaven, so they called him Yang Liulang. His wife Yang and son Yang Wenguang inherited their father's business and continued to guard the border for the Song Dynasty. They also followed the famous general Di Qing to the Liao Dynasty to ask for Taizhou.

Yang Wenguang still remembered his father's will and offered border land to the court in order to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. However, he died before receiving a reply. This is the end of the story of the Yang family in the official history.

——"In fact, the Yang family was not ranked in the Song Dynasty. The Zhong family army was the backbone of the Northern Song Dynasty."

——"A big coward has become so many famous generals, he will still be bullied if he deserves to be bullied."

——"There's nothing we can do about it. It's a system problem. Wasn't Yang Ye killed by the military supervisor?"

——"Yang Yanzhao's Heavenly Wolf and Empress Dowager Xiao's personal expedition are both very powerful skills (covering face)"