People who have watched "The Legend of the Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty" should be deeply impressed by the heroine "Li Xiuning" in it, but li Xiuning in the real history is more memorable than in the TV series, because the real Li Xiuning is leading the army to fight, and is not inferior to Li Shimin's strange woman.
Let's just think this is Li Xiuning
"Li Xiuning" is actually the third daughter of Li Yuan, and did not leave a real name in history, Li Yuan called the empress dowager Princess Pingyang, because after her death, her nickname was "Zhao", so she was also known as Princess Pingyang Zhao.
Princess Pingyang Zhao married Chai Shao as a wife just like in "The Legend of the Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty", but this Chai Shao can be different from the TV series, who is one of the twenty-four heroes of LingYange, who has made great achievements in battle, but is not a weak scholar without the strength of a chicken. And Princess Pingyang Zhao is even more heroic among women, not weaker than her husband. The couple lived in Chang'an after they got married, keeping an eye on the changes in the world situation at any time.
Li Yuan: I have a good daughter
In May 617, Li Yuan planned to raise an army to fight for the world, so he sent people to Chang'an to receive Chai Shao and Princess Pingyang Zhao. At this time, Chai Shao was a little twisted, saying: "Your father is about to rebel, and now he has to go back to help, but it is easy to be discovered when we walk together, and if you are left alone, I am not at ease." Daughter-in-law, you say, what to do? "This has to be replaced by other women, it must be: why can't we go together?" Don't go together which Xiaoni do you plan to find after you go back? Will you think of me every day when you go back? If this is the case, I am afraid that Chai Shao would not think of making meritorious achievements. Fortunately, Princess Pingyang Zhao was not such a person, and she said to her husband, "You hurry up and go back, I have my own way." So Chai Shao rode his horse and ran to the old man, and Princess Pingyang Zhao would begin her legendary scene.
Help Li Yuan fight Li Xiuning in the world
Princess Pingyang Zhao did not hide, but came to the nearby Li Manor, called herself "Li Gongzi", sold all the Li family's local properties, and then began to recruit soldiers in the name of helping the disaster victims, and soon pulled up a team of hundreds of people. Princess Pingyang Zhao was not satisfied with the current achievements, she wanted to organize as much strength as possible before her father and husband called, and she had to have her own merits.
At that time, there was a rebel army of tens of thousands of people, led by Hu Shang He Panren. Princess Pingyang Zhao sent her family servant Ma Sanbao to lobby, and this Ma Sanbao also lived up to The Trust of Princess Pingyang Zhao, and successfully made He Panren submit, and then Princess Pingyang Zhao successively annexed several rebel armies, and the number of troops under her hands increased. Because of the female identity of Princess Pingyang Zhao, her team is also known as the "Girl Scout Army".
Let's just think this is the "Army of Women"
The Sui army naturally did not turn a blind eye to this army of women under its eyes, and repeatedly launched a crusade against Princess Pingyang Zhao, but Princess Pingyang Zhao not only repelled the Sui army many times, but even began to attack the city and conquer the land and expand her territory.
In September 617, Li Yuan led an army into Guanzhong, and he thought that he would encounter fierce resistance from the Sui army, but when he arrived, he found that his daughter had conquered a large territory, and even Princess Pingyang Zhao divided 10,000 troops to attack Chang'an with Li Shimin. In the battle of Pingding Guanzhong, Princess Pingyang Zhao and his army of women were invincible, and even the famous Sui general Qu Tutong was defeated by Princess Pingyang Zhao many times.
Li Yuan said he was very happy
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, because Princess Pingyang Zhao had military merits, Li Yuan rewarded her differently from other princesses every time, to put it bluntly, it was at least one grade higher than other princes. Later, Li Shimin led an army to go out on a campaign to sweep up the forces in various places, and Princess Pingyang Zhao led troops to garrison the area of present-day Niangziguan, and the name "Niangziguan" was obtained precisely because Princess Pingyang Zhao's Niangzi army was stationed here.
Lady Off
After pingding Guanzhong, there is no record of Princess Pingyang Zhao in the history books, but we should not mistakenly think that Li Yuan deliberately coldened this daughter, we must know that Niangziguan is the gateway to Taiyuan, and it was precisely because of the loss of Niangziguan during the War of Resistance that the loss of Taiyuan was caused, and Princess Pingyang Zhao's stationing here was to ensure Li Yuan's rear.
Princess Pingyang Zhao died in February 623, and although the cause of death is unknown, we only need to know that her funeral was conducted in a military ceremony, and she was the only woman in Chinese history to be given a funeral by the army.