"In the third year of Yongxi's Northern Expedition, Yang Yanzhao went out with his father and brother, and when he attacked Shuozhou, Yang Yanzhao attacked as a striker and was shot through the arm by a stray arrow, but he fought more bravely. After Yang Ye was killed, Yang Yanzhao was promoted from the worship officer to the deputy envoy of Chongyi. ”

Later, he served as the patrol envoy of the border capital of Baozhou and served on the border front line in Hebei. In the second year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao State invaded southward, Yang Yanzhao was in Suicheng, the city was small, and he was not prepared to defend, he was fiercely besieged by the Liao army, and the people in the city were panicked, and Yang Yanzhao summoned the strong men in the city, awarded weapons, cooperated with the Song army, and made every effort to hold on. ”

"It was winter, Yang Yanzhao ordered people to carry water on the city wall, and it was frozen into ice overnight, the city wall was smooth and difficult to climb, and the fierce offensive of the Liao army could not continue, so it had to retreat, and the Song army captured the military equipment abandoned by the Liao army. Yang Yanzhao made a surprising plan to preserve Suicheng, showing his military talent, and he was awarded the Mozhou Assassin History for this merit. ”

"Later, the Liao State invaded south, and Fu Qian, who was deployed to calm Gaoyang Pass, led a heavy army stationed in Zhongshan, and the troops did not come out, passively avoiding the battle, and did not actively attack the invading Liao army. And Yang Yanzhao, Yang Si, Shi Pu and other generals repeatedly asked Fu Qian to send more men and horses to take the initiative to attack, but Fu Qian did not listen and retreated in Zhongshan. Even if his generals attacked and won, Fu Qian covered up their exploits. ”

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"Later, Song Zhenzong got a report and exiled Fu Qian."

"Song Zhenzong summoned Yang Yanzhao and asked him about the border defense strategy, Song Zhenzong was very satisfied with Yang Yanzhao's performance, praised Yang Yanzhao for his fatherly style in marching and fighting, and gave him a very generous reward."

"In the fourth year of Xianping, the Liao State attacked southward, Yang Yanzhao ambushed the elite soldiers in Yangshan, led the troops to confront the Liao army, lured the Liao army in the ambush circle, and the ambush soldiers flanked together, the Liao army was defeated, and the Liao general was beheaded. Yang Yanzhao was crowned as the training envoy of the Mozhou regiment because of his merits, and he and another frontier general at that time, Yang Si, were called Er Yang. ”

The outstanding achievements of Yang Yanzhao and others also aroused the jealousy of some people in the imperial court. Song Zhenzong once said to the prime minister: "The heir and Yanzhao, and out of the outside, with loyalty and courage to serve themselves, the court and the jealous of the people, I force to protect this." ”

"In the fifth year of Xianping, the Liao State attacked Baozhou, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Si led the troops to support, but before they could line up, they were raided by the Liao army, and the troops suffered great losses. Song Zhenzong was known for their loyalty and bravery, and forgave their sins. Yang Yanzhao still serves as the training envoy of the Mozhou regiment. ”

In the sixth year of Xianping, Yang Yanzhao was appointed as the inspector of the border capital, and later moved to the deployment of the Yongbian army. In the first year of Jingde, Song Zhenzong increased Yang Yanzhao's soldiers and horses to tens of thousands, and if the Liao State invaded, he could directly lead the army to dispatch, and allowed him to act conveniently, and did not listen to the command of Wang Chao. ”

"During the Battle of Lanzhou, Yang Yanzhao opposed peace. He wrote: "The Khitan Dun Yuan, thousands of miles to the north, there is a lack of people and horses, although the crowd is easy to defeat. Whoever plunders, lead on the horse, and may the armies choke their way, and the crowd may be annihilated. That is, secluded, easy and other states. Attackable and taken. "Yang Yanzhao's proposition coincided with Kou Zhun's proposition at that time, but the Northern Song Dynasty court did not react to this."

"The Song Dynasty ruled the country with literature, a group of civil officials who were afraid of death, they could save their lives by negotiating peace, they only cared about their own lives, but no matter how much compensation was paid, not only the ministers, but even the emperor was like this, how could the court react."

Yang Yanzhao led his men and horses into the territory of Liao, broke through the ancient city, and achieved great results. Later, Yang Yanzhao was repeatedly promoted because of his contribution to guarding the border, and in the second year of Jingde, Yang Yanzhao was awarded the deployment of the deputy capital of Gaoyang Pass. Yang Yanzhao was in Dazhong Xiangfu for seven years and died in office at the age of 57. When Song Zhenzong heard the news, he was extremely sad and sent a messenger to protect the spirit, and the people of Heshuo wept and wept for this. The Northern Song Dynasty court hired Yang Yanzhao's three sons as officials, and Yang Yanzhao often selected talented people from among his disciples as officials. ”

"Yang Yanzhao is brave and good at fighting, and all the rewards he receives are given to his subordinates, and he forgets his selfishness. He himself has a simple style, strict orders, and shares weal and woe with the soldiers, inheriting Yang Ye's style. Yang Yanzhao took the lead in every battle, received credit, and shared it with his subordinates, so his subordinates were also willing to serve him. Yang Yanzhao has been guarding the border for more than 20 years, and the Liao State is very in awe of him. ”

"Yang Yanzhao was in the period when the Northern Song Dynasty was defending the Liao State, and he fought to defend the border defense of the Song Dynasty, won the love of the people, and continued the prestige of the Yang general."

"In the third generation, Yang Yanzhao's three sons are also all shining on the battlefield, but there are not many records in later generations, I am just telling you about Yang Yanzhao's third son Yang Wenguang."

Yang Wenguang made meritorious contributions to the thief Zhang Hai with his class and awarded the palace straight. Later, he met Fan Zhongyan, who pacified Shaanxi, and Fan Zhongyan found that Yang Wenguang was very talented during the conversation, so he took him with him. Di Qing went south to Guangxi, and Yang Wenguang followed the army to conquer, but Yang Wenguang was still an unknown person at this time. In Zhiping, the selection of Suwei generals, Song Yingzong thought that Yang Wenguang was a famous general, and he also had merit, and promoted Yang Wenguang to be the training envoy of the Chengzhou regiment, the commander of the four compartments of Long Shenwei, the defense envoy of Qianxingzhou, and the deputy director of Qin Fenglu. As a result, he took part in the defensive operations against Western Xia. ”

Han Qi sent Yang Wenguang to lead his troops to build a city in the city, control the main roads, and defend the Western Xia. Yang Wenguang first threatened to build the city in the beads, and then led the army to quickly rush to the city, rushed to the destination at dusk, rushed to repair the city overnight, built fortifications, and prepared for battle. At dawn the next day, the Western Xia cavalry arrived, seeing that the Song army had occupied a favorable position and was ready, they could only retreat helplessly. The emperor issued an edict to commend and reward him richly, and appointed him to know the Zhenrong Army of Jingzhou, the deputy head of Dingzhou Road, and the relocation army to wait for Yu. ”

"The Liao State and the Song Dynasty had a dispute over the demarcation of the border of Daizhou. Yang Wenguang presented the battle map and the strategy of capturing Youyan to the imperial court, and before he could hear from the imperial court, Yang Wenguang died in office, and the Northern Song Dynasty court posthumously presented him with the same state observation envoy. ”

"As the third generation of the Yang generals, Yang Wenguang did not establish merits that could be compared with his ancestors, because at this time the Northern Song Dynasty had already negotiated peace with the Liao State, and the policy towards Western Xia was also vacillating between wars, only defense."

"Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao, Yang Wenguang, these three people are the main figures of the Yang family generals in history. The deeds of the Yang family to serve the country in three generations of bloody battles have been passed on by future generations. ”

"The men in the Yang family are not bad, and the women are even more so."

(Only this one of the female generals of the Yang family exists in history)