The generals of the family
In the early years of the Five Dynasties, the Dangxiang family in the northwest rose up in troubled times. With "loyalty and courage" as their blade, they guarded both sides of the Yellow River between the Khitan cavalry and the Central Plains' machinations. Zhe Zongben Huo Niu, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenwu Army, sacrificed blood to the Yellow River, laying the foundation of the family's "war to end wars"; after his grandson Zhe took over from Ruan, he skillfully used land to listen to early warnings and build walls with salt brine, and repeatedly defeated powerful enemies in Humi Valley, Helan Mountain and other places. He even married Li Cunxu of Shatuo and Yang Ye of the Han Dynasty.
Faced with the suspicion of Zhu Wen of the Later Liang Dynasty and the ambition of the Khitan, the Zhe family used flax as a matchmaker to combine the Dangxiang Salt Road with the Central Plains evangelism: Yang Yanqiong used flax cloth as a blade to circulate in the Bianjing court; Zhe Yuqing found the remains of a wolf-head stele during the pursuit in Shahai, which revealed the mystery of the origin of the Dangxiang clan; Zhe De's marriage to the princess of the Liang Dynasty became a political bargaining chip and also showed the integration of Han and Han.
Zhe Congruan "resisted the imperial edict but did not rebel". He used twelve forts to control the Yellow River, and used flax lantern arrays, gunpowder mines and other ingenious strategies to fend off the enemy. He always tied the fate of his family to the people of the Yangtze River - their loyalty and bravery were not for the imperial power, but for the sake of keeping the flax lanterns burning on both sides of the Yellow River. The wolf-head battle flag and the red bird banner complement each other, and the flax fiber and the golden sword and iron spear are woven together to compose a heroic song of the northwest, in which the Tibetan and Han people work together to protect the land and the people. In the wars of the Five Dynasties, the spiritual monument of "the long river is a shield, the loyalty and bravery are the spears" was erected.
Intention: To defeat the generals of the family is no less loyal and brave than the generals of the Yang family.