Who killed General Yang Menhu?

Let's look at the situation at that time. After Zhao Kuangyin's death, his younger brother Zhao Guangyi became emperor. As we know, since ancient times, the throne has been handed down by Laozi's son, so how Zhao Guangyi became emperor is very knowledgeable. Zhao Guangyi realized that if he wanted the Song Dynasty to be safe forever, he had to recover Yanshan Mountain and control the Great Wall as a barrier against Liao soldiers.

So he sent his troops to attack Liao. Cao Bin, the first leader of the Song Dynasty and commander-in-chief of the Northern Song Dynasty, rushed to Beijing as the Eastern Route Army, trying to drive the Liao people out of the customs and seize the Great Wall.

Unexpectedly, 65,438+10,000 soldiers were wiped out by the western cavalry of the north and south rooms led by Liao in Baigou River in the south of Beijing! A moment of shock! After destroying hundreds of the main forces of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiao Taihou immediately moved to Shanxi, hitting the symbolic army of the Northern Song Dynasty in Shanxi, namely the Yang Jiajiang Legion. Yang Jiajun in Yang Ye will soon be outnumbered, surrounded and annihilated. At this time, the right thing to do is to immediately retreat to the dangerous pass in central Shanxi and hold on, which is exactly what Pan Mei suggested.

However, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, the commander-in-chief of the front line, did not adopt this correct suggestion, but issued an extremely absurd imperial edict: when Yang Ye retreated, all the people in the four northern Shaanxi States should be moved south. In other words, Yang Ye needs to complete a large-scale "immigration" work "by the way" in the siege of powerful Liao cavalry, and protect ordinary people who come back from hundreds of miles on foot with pots and pans. He regarded Yang Ye Legion as a modern mechanical force. This imperial edict can be said to have directly sentenced Yang Ye to death. Chief Officer: Executioner: Warrior Liao!

You can say that this imperial edict is simply a retarded order. But if you think Song Taizong and Zhao Guangyi are retarded, you are wrong! Zhao Guangyi's game is impeded! Since Cao Bin, the first general in the Northern Song Dynasty, was completely annihilated in Baihegou, Zhao Guangyi has no illusions about recovering Yanjing.

Keeping the throne became his realistic goal. Because my own throne is unknown, my former prince and nephew are still around. Yang Ye's Yang Jiajun Regiment surrendered from the Northern Han Dynasty, and there was no trust at all. If someone uses the Yang Ye Legion to do something, the consequences will be unimaginable. In normal times, he doesn't have to worry, because the domestic situation was so good before, and Yang Ye couldn't do anything. But now the situation has turned sharply, the main force is exhausted, the ruling and opposition parties are clamoring, and the throne is in jeopardy. At this point, the Yang Ye Legion is already a ticking time bomb around Zhao Guangyi.

This imperial edict seems to be "retarded", but how smart and vicious it is! Yang Yeru broke through against his will and abandoned the people of Sizhou. Don't say that he should be beheaded against his will. Just abandoning the opinions of the people is enough to kill him. Retreat slowly with the people of the four States will definitely die. Poor and unwilling to surrender, he chose the latter, fought bloody battles, ran out of ammunition, and died of hunger strike after being captured by Liao. Finally, Pan Mei took the blame for Zhao Guangyi.

In the year of Yang Jiajiang, Pan Renmei was portrayed as a villain similar to Qin Gui. He published personal grievances and framed loyal minister Yang everywhere, which led to his death in the battlefield. But the fact is that Pan Mei took the blame for Zhao Guangyi, and Pan Renmei had nothing to do with the death of "The Iliad of Men Yang".