When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 40: Three generations are all famous generals.

Ming Dynasty, Yongle 16th year.

As the emperor of Ma Ma, Zhu Di naturally knew something about famous battles in history.

He had already analyzed this defeat.

He also explained to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji: "During the Northern Expedition, Cao Bin's inability to suppress his generals was not entirely due to his personal factors. On the one hand, it was also a problem left over from the Five Dynasties."

Zhu Zhanji's little face nodded with a hint of understanding: "When he destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, Song Taizu gave him the Shangfang Sword and special orders, but now it's difficult to suppress him without it."

"At the same time, although the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had some hidden dangers, they did not form an overwhelming situation like the Song Dynasty."

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Although we must ensure the balance of power in the imperial court, we must also understand that we cannot achieve balance by damaging the strength of a dynasty. It does not hurt to have more trust and support for some trustworthy generals and literati."

[The defeat of the Song Army on the East Road caused changes in the entire pattern.In order to prevent the west and middle armies from being surrounded.Naturally, there was an urgent need to withdraw from the Liao Dynasty. 】

[Zhao Kuangyin also understood this and did so, but didn't the Queen Mother think of it? 】

[She naturally understood this, and immediately decided to concentrate her forces and advance at full speed. 】

[General Yelu Zhen of the Liao Dynasty even led [-] light cavalry to attack on the initiative. The army in the middle had a short route and quickly withdrew safely.The farther West Route Army was not so lucky. 】

[They were originally the first pursuit target of the Liao army, and they also received orders to cover the inward migration of the residents of Yunzhou and Yingzhou. The retreat speed dropped again and again, and finally they were caught by the Liao army. 】

[Finally, Yang Ye believed that the Liao army's pursuit of victory was unstoppable and it was not suitable for a head-on battle.The people can be relocated first, and the army can be stationed at the mouth of the canyon. The cavalry can provide support in the middle to frighten the Liao army and allow the Song army and the people to return safely. 】

[This idea has great feasibility.However, they encountered opposition from the supervisors and others. In their opinion, they should go straight to Yanmen. They believed that Yang Ye had tens of thousands of elite troops, but they did not dare to face the Liao army directly.He is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. 】

[Pan Mei, as the coach of the West Route Army, remained silent at this time.This goes against his familiar military style, but what exactly caused his silence? 】
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Kuangyin felt that this Northern Expedition was really ridiculous. Many of his trusted generals had various accidents as promised.

Pan Mei is also a famous general under her, and has fought in several important wars. How could she not see that Yang Ye's idea is correct?But why should he be silent?
Zhao Dezhao on the side remembered: "Yang Ye, this man is a famous general in the Northern Han Dynasty. Maybe Zhao Guangyi conquered the Northern Han Dynasty and recovered him. This man is also a tiger general."
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Ming Dynasty, Yongle 16th year.

"Have you noticed anything? The military supervisors are indispensable, but the people sent out by the Ming Dynasty are different from them. I am the eunuch sent by the Ming Dynasty, and the candidates are carefully considered and have a considerable understanding of the military. They are not He is the kind of person from the Song Dynasty who overstepped his authority and was arbitrary."

Zhu Di once again opened a small stove for his descendants.

Zhu Zhanji nodded to express his understanding and continued to ask: "Grandpa, why didn't Pan Mei adopt Yang Ye's suggestion and instead indulged the behavior of people like the supervisor?"

Zhu Gaochi stood up and said: "Pan Mei, as a famous general, will naturally not be jealous of talented people. I am afraid that the power of the supervisor of the Song Dynasty can compete with the commander-in-chief. Pan Mei knew that she could not resist the supervisor, so she could only remain silent."

[Yang Ye is very clear that he is facing a dilemma in life at this time.If you listen to what the supervisors and others say, you will definitely be defeated, and you will undoubtedly die on the battlefield, or be punished for your defeat]

[If you disobey the orders of the general and others, you may not necessarily win, but at least you will survive. But you will definitely be punished for disobeying military orders after returning to the court. 】【Yang Ye thought about it all night and finally decided to obey the order.But I will never die in a meaningless way. 】

[He hopes to get the best of both worlds and gain a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation.So I asked the United States to ambush the crossbow infantry on both sides of the canyon to respond.Wait until you lure the Liao army over to complete the encirclement and suppression. 】

[Pan Mei agreed to Yang Ye's request with a wave of her hand, but not long after Yang Ye led the troops to leave, the supervisors and others climbed up and looked in the distance but did not see the Liao army. They thought that Yang Ye had defeated the enemy, so they were naturally a little bit upset. Can't stand it anymore. 】

[If Yang Ye defeated the Liao army by himself, wouldn't their work have been in vain? 】

[So they didn’t want to abide by the original agreement and left directly.At this time, Pan Mei, as the coach, once again did not refuse the command of Supervisory Army and others and obeyed their orders. 】

[It is a pity that when Yang Ye lured the Liao army to arrive, not only did they not receive support.Instead, he was heavily surrounded by the Liao army and finally refused to surrender. He went on a hunger strike for three days and died. 】

[After learning the news while the supervisory army was retreating, they did not go to the rescue, but retreated directly. 】
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Defang was already stunned: "How can you act like this?" He was already a little incoherent.

If you think the credit belongs to others, just leave.

If you find that you haven't been beaten yet, you won't go back to rescue.Is this because they are afraid of not being able to defeat the Liao army?Or should he simply abandon Yang Ye and use it as a method of delay?

Zhao Guangmei on the side shook his head, he had obviously seen the essence of the problem.Whether it was the dispute with Yang Ye, the evacuation, or not going back to rescue, or even Cao's soldiers being unable to suppress the general, it was not a matter of their ability, but they were competing for credit.

The problem here is huge. It's okay if the soldiers don't understand, but it's impossible for the generals not to understand. It can only be said that they don't care.

If the idea of ​​fighting is not to protect the home and the country, but to fight for merit, glory and wealth, then as long as there is merit, you don't have to take the coach seriously, you can ignore the correct advice, you can ignore the life and death of your colleagues.

So what if the Song Dynasty fell?

Zhao Kuangyin watched his sons discussing in silence.

When he was here, these arrogant generals obeyed his orders one after another, and they were willing to go through fire and water for the sake of the Song Dynasty.

I didn’t expect that during the Zhao Guangyi period, things would turn out like that!
He could only sigh.

[Yang Ye’s son Yang Yanzhao, grandson Yang Wenguang and others inherited his grandfather’s legacy. They were loyal and brave, guarded the frontier, and made many military exploits. Later generations came to call them generals of the Yang family.His father, son, and grandson were all famous generals for three generations, both wise and courageous, and known as invincible. 】

[When news of Yang Ye's situation came back to the capital, Zhao Guangyi felt deeply regretful. He posthumously made him a Taiwei, named his eldest son a Chongyi envoy, and gave his family a large amount of compensation. 】

[At the same time, the person who was mainly responsible for causing Yang Ye to die alone in battle was made a commoner by the supervisor Wang Xianfu and exiled to Jingzhou.General Pan Mei failed to act and was demoted three levels. 】

(End of this chapter)