The Northern and Southern Dynasties were unified, but the troubled times were not over yet, and soon China was once again in a state of great division. The split was very short. It took only seven years for Tang Yuan, the nephew of Emperor Wendi of the Tang Dynasty, to defeat the heroes and reunify the world. To unify the whole country in such a short time, only Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu, was more powerful than Tang Yuan in history. However, after Emperor Gaozu defeated Xiang Yu and proclaimed himself emperor, the whole country remained in turmoil. Emperor gaozu personally suppressed the rebellion until shortly before his death. This problem did not exist in the Tang Dynasty. This is mainly attributed to Tang Gaozu's outstanding sons and daughters Tang Yuan, his second son Li Shimin and his third daughter Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang is the daughter of Tang Yuan. Of course, her surname is Li. However, her name is not recorded in the official history. China's attitude towards women in history books, from five dynasties to one generation. Five generations ago, no matter what kind of women, most of them would leave their names in the history books. Unless, like the Mao Empress of the former Qin Dynasty, the historical records of the former Qin Dynasty may be incomplete because of their short existence, leaving no name. But after the Song Dynasty, women's names were no longer publicly recorded in history books. The nobler a woman is, the more so. The so-called "female thief" is often called by her first name in history books. Old Tang Shu and New Tang Shu, which recorded Princess Pingyang's deeds, were written in the late Jin Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, but neither recorded Princess Pingyang's name or age. So later generations had to give her a random name, called Li Xiuning. Tang Gaozu Li Yuan has 19 daughters, and Princess Pingyang ranks third. Of course, these 19 daughters can't all be born to one mother. Princess Pingyang's mother is the original Dou Shi of Tangyuan. That is, Li's mother, Li Yuanji. Speaking of this Dou Shi, he is also a strange girl. Dou's family is from Jingzhao Ping Ling, and his father Dou Yi is one of the eight marshals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. This official name has no corresponding modern official name. In the north of the Zhou Dynasty, generals from eight pillar countries were set up to command the officers and men of the whole country. Reluctantly translated into the commander of the army. But in fact, the honor of this official title is greater than the actual power. So it is similar to the marshal who was sealed when the dynasty was established. ) My mother is princess royal, a native of Xiangyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Dou was very clever when he was a child and won the favor of Emperor Wu. She was kept in the palace and raised like her own daughter. At that time, the world was three points, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was the weakest. In order to get foreign aid, Emperor Wu married a Turkish princess as the queen. However, Emperor Wu was very dissatisfied with this political marriage and often left the Turkish princess vacant. Dou often advises his uncle to be patient. Doing a good job of marriage with Turks can eliminate the threat from the north and deal with Chen in the south and Beiqi in the east. Soon, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty usurped the throne of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Dou said bitterly, "I hate that I am not a human being and can't kill my uncle's family." Father was frightened and quickly covered his mouth: "Don't talk nonsense! This is the crime of extinction! " However, Dou E thinks that her daughter is not a prodigal son and cannot be married casually. So when my daughter reached the age of talking about marriage, she held a competition to collect relatives. Of course, this contest is not like the martial arts novels that require everyone to go up and fight. Dou E unjustly drew two peacocks on the gate. If you are interested in getting married, shoot two arrows from a hundred paces away. Whoever shoots a peacock in the eye with two arrows is called a son-in-law. According to the current official records, Li Yuan is a rather mediocre person. But he has no other advantages. His archery is quite superb. Dozens of people came to take the exam, only Li Yuan shot two arrows at once. Dou Shi became his wife after he married Li Yuan. Tang Gaozu's face was wrinkled, so Yang Di called Tang Gaozu "grandmother". Tang Gaozu was very unhappy when he came home. When Dou asked why, he immediately comforted him and said, "This is a good sign. What you are doing now is Tang Guogong, which is homophonic with Tang Tang. Grandma is the head of the family, that is, the head of the family. " At that time, the emperor's golden palace was also called Tang Ming. Dou means to be an emperor after Tang and Yuan Dynasties, R.

Dou was 45 when he died. Tang Gaozu carefully considered his dead wife's words and found it very reasonable. So he often sent horses and eagles to Emperor Yang Di. Emperor Yang Di was very happy, and soon Tang Gaozu was promoted to general. Li Yuan said to his children with tears, "If I had listened to your mother earlier, I would have become such an official." In this chaotic situation, Tang Gaozu's chances of winning were not great at first. His territory is on the remote Shanxi border, far from the capital Chang 'an and the eastern capital Luoyang. Not enough people, more than ten thousand people. We have to face Turkish attacks every day. Most importantly, all his family members are in Chang 'an, and only one second son, Li Shimin, accompanies him. As all his family members were taken hostage in Chang 'an, Li Yuan dared not claim to be king. He announced that he had led the troops out of his defense to meet Emperor Yang Di trapped in Jiangdu. But his marching route is not Jiangdu in the southeast, but Chang 'an in the west. So even Tang Gaozu himself said it was "stealing the clock". Of course, I can't hide from the Sui officials who stayed in Chang 'an. Changan immediately ordered the arrest of Tang Gaozu's family. The arrested list includes Li Yuan's third daughter Princess Pingyang and her husband Chai Shao. Teacher Chai Shao was ranked 14 among 24 outstanding figures in Lingyange in Tang Dynasty. He is very strategic and good at winning more with less. Liu Wuzhou, Wang and Dou Jiande all have his share. Destroy the beam, the last opponent of the Tang Dynasty. He is still the leader. Li You said in his poem, "Why not take Wu Gou and the fifty states of Guanshan? If you are a scholar Wan Huhou, please go to Lingyange temporarily! " However, there is no such heroism in Chai Shaoke's poems in the thirteen years of great cause. Hearing the order to arrest him, he ran away at once. Before running, he said to his wife, "Your father has rebelled. I want to meet him. You can't run away if you run together. If we leave you here, I'm afraid you will be in danger. What do you say? " What he means is that his wife belongs to the Li family, and he is afraid that his goal is too big and he has a greater chance of escape. How clever Princess Pingyang is, of course, she can see the subtext here. But she was much bolder than her husband, and immediately said, "You can go alone, but I am a woman, and I can hide, and then you will have your way." So Chai Shao felt at ease and ran away alone. Princess Pingyang said she was a womanizer. It is easy for people to hide, just to expand Chai Shao's heart, but she does have her own plans. After Chai Shao left, Princess Pingyang immediately set off for Li Manor in Huxian County, disguised herself as a man, claimed to be Li Gongzi, sold her property, recruited soldiers, and openly confronted the court. The world is in chaos. Although Chang 'an was still in the hands of the Sui Dynasty, bandits were everywhere in the surrounding counties. One of the biggest leaders is He Panren, who comes from the semi-finals of the western region and has tens of thousands of people under his command. Princess Pingyang sent his servant Sambo to persuade He Panren to surrender. I don't know what Ma did. His power far exceeds that of Princess Pingyang's He Panren. He is willing to work for Princess Pingyang. This is quite similar to Yuan's situation when Mao went to Jinggangshan at the beginning of this century. Ben Taizu is very familiar with historical facts. I wonder if he thought about this history at that time. Closer to home, Princess Pingyang recruited He Panren, and later recruited Xiang, Xiang, Qiu Shili and other bandits one after another, which greatly increased her power. During this period, the court sent troops to attack Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang not only repelled every attack, but also took the opportunity to expand the results and successively captured Qi, Wugong, Zhouzhi and Shimen counties. The team has also expanded to more than 70 thousand people. The gangs recruited by Princess Pingyang are all murderous robbers. If there is no real skill, even men can't stop it. What's more, these soldiers come from unrelated original systems. In a short period of time, Princess Pingyang's organizing ability and commanding ability are really excellent, because she can turn the collected rabble into a victorious new force and achieve such great success. In September 6 17, Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River and entered the customs. At this time, he was very happy to find that Princess Pingyang had laid a large territory for him in Guanzhong. He sent Chai Shao to see Princess Pingyang. When husband and wife

Chai Shao is a subordinate of Li Shimin, who is at the same level as Princess Pingyang. Husband and wife each receive an army and each has its own headquarters. Princess Pingyang's more than ten thousand soldiers are called "female soldiers". 165438+1October 9, captured Chang 'an. Princess Pingyang's action in Guanzhong is of great significance to the establishment of Li Tang Dynasty. As I said before, Ethan is a very mediocre person. Although he is ambitious, he belongs to a ruthless and fearless man. After a little setback, I want to back out and go back to Taiyuan's old nest. Thanks to Li Shimin's persuasion, he was able to move forward. Before crossing the Yellow River, he had been fighting against Qu Tutong, the general of Sui Dynasty. Later, Li Shimin's plan was adopted to contain Qu Tutong with a small number of troops, and the main force was tackling key problems. Without princess Pingyang's support in Guanzhong, this operation will go deep alone, with great risks. If the attack on Chang 'an is unfavorable, Qu Tutong will be cut off by the posterior route, and it will really become a turtle in a jar. After the Chang 'an War, Princess Pingyang's deeds are no longer recorded in history books. It was not until six years later that the news of her sudden death was recorded in the history books in early February of the sixth year of Wude. The reason why this blow was recorded was mainly because her funeral was unusual and a military salute. Why is this happening? It has been analyzed before that China's historical records always look down on women, especially women who lead troops to fight. All the ancient books have been deleted repeatedly. This is probably how Princess Pingyang's deeds were lost. But according to the clues in various historical records, we can still outline the general situation of these six years. First of all, it is certain that Princess Pingyang continued to lead troops in the Tang Dynasty after conquering Chang 'an. Tang Gaozu conquered Chang 'an, but he only roughly controlled half of Guanzhong. He was surrounded by the enemy. After conquering Chang 'an, Tang Gaozu will immediately face Xue Ju and Li Gui of Liangzhou, who own land in west Gansu. In July of the first year of Tang Wude, Xue Ju sent troops to defeat Tang Jun in shallow water. By February 2002, Gui Li had occupied five counties in Hexi, and Li Yuan had pacified Guanzhong and the west. Just breathed a sigh of relief, Liu Wuzhou copied Tang Gaozu's back road and captured Tang Gaozu's lair, Shaanxi. Tang Gaozu ordered Li Shimin to conquer. It took Li Shimin nearly two years to defeat Liu Wuzhou and recapture Shaanxi. Fighting the foundation is the battle to destroy the king. In this battle, Tang Jun attacked the city for Dayuan and killed Dou Jiande who came to save the king. Chai Shao took part in these battles. Princess Pingyang's character will not say that she is having a good time in Chang 'an at the moment. As an outstanding general, she will definitely participate in these decisive battles that determine the fate of the Tang Dynasty. After the fall of Dou Jiande, the rest of the army pushed Liu Heita as the main force. In July of the fourth year of Wude, he opposed the Tang Dynasty in Zhang Nan. Xu Yuanlang and Gao Kaidao also sent troops to respond. They joined the Turks in the north and returned to Dou Jiande in less than half a year. Princess Pingyang's main task at present is to defend the Li family's stronghold in Shanxi. She is stationed in Niangziguan. Niangziguan is located in Jingxing Yamadeguchi on the west side of Taihang Mountain. Now it is located on Mianshan Mountain in the northeast of Pingding County, Shanxi Province, bordering Hebei Province, and it is the throat of entering and leaving Shanxi. Originally known as Weizeguan, it was renamed Niangziguan because Princess Pingyang led tens of thousands of "female soldiers" stationed here. Jingxing is the shortest route from Jinzhong to Jizhong, which was taken by Han Xin to destroy Zhao in the late Qin Dynasty. It is the barrier between Shanxi Central Plains and Guanzhong area. Without Shanxi, the Central Plains and Guanzhong are unstable. Princess Pingyang led an army to Niangziguan to stop the enemy from entering Shanxi from Jingxing. Because Princess Pingyang could not be stationed here before she defeated Liu Wuzhou and retaken Shanxi, Princess Pingyang will not be stationed in Niangziguan until Wude four years at the earliest. So what did she do before? War, of course. How could Tang Can Gaozu let a good soldier like Princess Pingyang be idle?

No matter how small it is, I won't grab territory in Guanzhong for my father. But 16 is unlikely. Unless she and Li Yuanji are twins, few people can have children every year for three years. So she is most likely Li's sister and her sister. Ethan should be between 20 and 26 when he joined the army. In this way, by 623, her age should be between 26 and 32. If she was Li Shimin's sister, she was only 22 when she died. Although the life span of the ancients was not long. But a powerful military commander, who died at such an age, seems unlikely to get sick. When she died, she was buried with a military salute. I dare to guess that she was killed or seriously injured in the battle. She returned to Chang 'an and died. There are two possibilities for her to die in battle. One possibility is that he died in a battle with the Turks. At that time, there was civil strife in China, and the northern warlords, including Tang Yuan, formed an alliance with the Turks. Use Turks to attack their enemies. Turks don't take the alliance seriously, and they often invade. Shanxi is an area frequently invaded by Turks. Another possibility is that he died in the battle to destroy Liu Heita. 165438+2062 10 In June, Li Yuan sent Li to fight with Liu Heita, and the two sides began to win. It was not completely defeated until February 25, 65438. Princess Pingyang's mother is locked in the front line and will definitely lead troops to fight. So there is a great possibility of death in this battle. If you die at this time, it will take almost half a month for your body to be transported back to Chang 'an. Because it is a princess, it takes almost half a month to prepare for burial. Then the times coincide. There were many strong women in the Tang Dynasty, especially princesses. Princess Pingyang opened the atmosphere first, then Princess Taiping, Princess Anle and so on. But in terms of talent and merit, it can't compare with Princess Pingyang.