Song, Liao, and Jin · Administrator and Military Officer

Cao Ying 曹英

Attested AD 1042

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cao Ying was an administrator and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1042 慶曆二年
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passages 209-212, 216, 218, 220

Career and standing

Zhenrong Army administrator 知鎮戎軍
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 209

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 209

Events and relationships

Advanced from Liu Fan Fort
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · At Liu Fan Fort 劉璠堡
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 210
Army struck after central army held
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 218
Formed line in northeast corner
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 216
Joined Huaimin at Yangma City
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · With Huaimin (懷敏)
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 209
Led troops out by night
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander · With Li Zhihe (李知和)
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 211
Sent to reinforce Xiangjia Gorge
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 212

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Struck in face by arrow and fell into moat
AD 1042 慶曆二年 · Military · Casualty
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 220

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 289, passage 209

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 289Volume 289 Biographies 48: Gao Qiong, Fan Tingzhao, Ge Ba · 7 passages

日暮趨養馬城，與知鎮戎軍曹英及涇原路都監李知和王保王文、鎮戎軍都監李嶽、西路都巡檢使趙璘等會兵。 At dusk he hurried to Yangma City and joined forces with Zhenrong Army administrator Cao Ying, Jingyuan route supervisors Li Zhihe, Wang Bao, and Wang Wen, Zhenrong Army supervisor Li Yue, and Western Route overall inspector Zhao Lin and others.

聞元昊徙軍新壕外，懷敏議質明襲之，乃命諸命將分四路趣定川砦：劉湛、向進出西水口，涇原路都監趙珣出蓮華堡，曹英、李知和出劉璠堡，懷敏出定西堡。 Hearing that Yuanhao had moved his army outside the new moat, Huaimin proposed a dawn attack. He ordered his commanders to advance by four routes toward Dingchuan Fort: Liu Zhan and Xiang Jin by the Western Water Pass, Jingyuan route supervisor Zhao Xun from Lianhua Fort, Cao Ying and Li Zhihe from Liu Fan Fort, and Huaimin himself from Dingxi Fort.

知和與英督軍夜發。 Zhihe and Ying led their troops out by night.

翌日，湛、進行次趙福堡，遇敵，戰不勝，保向家峽，懷敏使珣、英並鎮戎軍西路巡檢李良臣、孟淵援之。 The next day Zhan and Jin halted at Zhaofu Fort, encountered the enemy, and fought without success. They fell back to hold Xiangjia Gorge. Huaimin sent Zhao Xun, Ying, and Zhenrong Army Western Route inspectors Li Liangchen and Meng Yuan to reinforce them.

懷敏為中軍屯塞門東偏，英等陣東北隅。 Huaimin stationed the central army on the eastern flank of Saimen, while Ying and the others formed their line in the northeast corner.

先以銳兵衝中軍，不動，回擊英軍。 First they sent elite troops to charge the central army, which held firm. They then turned and struck Ying's army.

士卒攀城堞爭入，英面被流矢，仆壕中，懷敏部兵見之亦奔駭。 Soldiers scrambled up the battlements to get inside. Ying was struck in the face by a flying arrow and fell into the moat. Huaimin's troops, seeing this, also fled in panic.