Yang Shihou (楊師厚) (died April 23, 915[1][2]), formally the Prince of Ye (鄴王), was a major general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Liang, serving as the main obstacle to the expansion of Later Liang's archenemy Jin during latter parts of the reign of Emperor Taizu (Zhu Quanzhong) and the early parts of the reign of Emperor Taizu's son Zhu Zhen.
^Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 66 [915]
YangShihou (楊師厚) (died April 23, 915), formally the Prince of Ye (鄴王), was a major general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state...
nobleman (d. 968) William III, Frankish nobleman (d. 963) April 23 – YangShihou, Chinese general November 4 – Zhang, Chinese empress (b. 892) Abu Salih...
670) 725 – Wihtred of Kent 871 – Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837) 915 – YangShihou, Chinese general 944 – Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman 990 – Ekkehard...
supported Wang Gong. In spring 897, Zhu sent Zhang Cunjing (張存敬) and YangShihou to put Huguo under siege, but Li Keyong sent his nephew Li Sizhao to...
throne. Shortly after Zhu Yougui's taking the throne, the senior general YangShihou, who was then at Wei Prefecture (魏州, in modern Handan, Hebei) to defend...
age after inheriting the circuit, and soon, the Later Liang general YangShihou, who had coveted Tianxiong, forcibly seized it. Luo was transferred to...
Kuangning was in alliance with both Wang Jian and Yang, attacked Zhongyi along with his general YangShihou. They defeated the Zhongyi army, and Zhao Kuangning...
army commander of Yingyang Prefecture during the final years of Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 605–618 CE) and subsequently as Minister of Revenue and superintendent...
relayed Liu's offer of peace to Li Cunxu. Meanwhile, Liu Shouqi and YangShihou entered Zhao territory to try to force Zhou to give up his campaign to...
Abbasid general Plegmund, archbishop of Canterbury (or 923) 915 April 23 – YangShihou, Chinese general November 4 – Zhang, Chinese empress (b. 892) Abu Salih...
Circuit in late 914 was repelled by YangShihou (who was then the military governor of Tianxiong). However, Yang's death in 915 would bring a major opportunity...
Zongcheng (宗城, in modern Xingtai, Hebei). However, the Later Liang general YangShihou counterattacked and defeated him, killing some 5,000 of his men. In 913...
siege, but could not capture it quickly. When the Later Liang general YangShihou then arrived, he withdrew. In 910, in another coordinated attack between...
time he had the assistance from Zhu's generals Zhang Cunjing (張存敬) and YangShihou. They initially defeated Wang Ke just south of Yishi (猗氏, in modern Yuncheng)...
commanded by Li Sizhao. The Xuanwu generals Zhang Cunjing (張存敬) and YangShihou were initially able to defeat Wang Ke and put Huguo's capital Hezhong...
be responsible, and Yuan was soon in contact with the major general YangShihou, Emperor Taizu's son-in-law Zhao Yan, and Emperor Taizu's son Zhu Youzhen...
outnumbered by Later Liang forces under Emperor Taizu himself and his general YangShihou, tricked the Later Liang forces by dividing his troops into multiple...
Kangzhang, Wang Yanzhang, He Delun Volume 022 Book of Liang 22 Liezhuan 12 – YangShihou, Niu Cunjie, Wang Tan Volume 023 Book of Liang 23 Liezhuan 13 – Liu Xun...
Zhu thus sent his general YangShihou to attack Zhao Kuangning, and then followed Yang himself with a larger army. After Yang defeated Zhao on the banks...
captured in an attack on Linqu (臨朐, in modern Weifang) by Zhu's general YangShihou. The morale of Wang Shifan's army was still quite high at that time,...
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