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In the Tang Dynasty, after the death of Princess Pingyang Zhao, Li Yuan’s daughter, why was the funeral held by the army?

The main reason why Princess Pingyang Zhao was qualified enough to be buried by the army after her death was that she made a great contribution to the founding of the Tang Dynasty, especially because she was able to lead troops to fight.

In fact, when it comes to Li Yuan’s children, Li Shimin should be the one who impresses the most. Li Shimin had great military exploits when the Tang Dynasty was established, and it almost overshadowed Li Yuan's glory. But in fact, Li Yuan's third daughter, Princess Pingyang Zhao, also paid a lot for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and made great contributions. Anyone who has known her before will definitely call her: a woman cannot be outdone by a man.

Princess Pingyang does not have many records in the history books, and there is even no relevant information about her name and date of birth. I only know that she is Li Yuan's third daughter, her mother is Queen Dou, and she is Li Shimin's biological sister. Later, when she was of marriageable age, Li Yuan asked her to marry the military general Chai Shao and settle in Chang'an. Later, Li Yuan decided to raise an army, so he secretly recalled the two men. Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao discussed and decided that Chai Shao would go back and start an army with Li Yuan first, while she would stay in Chang'an to coordinate with them.

When Chai Shao fled all the way back to Taiyuan, Princess Pingyang Zhao was not idle and rushed directly to the local manor of the Li family. She disguised herself as a man and called herself Mr. Li. After selling her land, she used the money to help the victims. Because of her philanthropic actions, a large group of people were soon willing to follow her, so she gathered a team of hundreds of people. Later, when the news came out that her father Li Yuan had raised an army, Princess Pingyang felt that it was time to raise more troops for her father.

She was indeed a womanly Princess Pingyang. Because she had a wide range of friends, she gathered five or six small-scale rebel armies in a very short period of time, less than three months. Not only that, when the court learned that Princess Pingyang had rebelled in Chang'an, several armies sent were defeated by the army led by Princess Pingyang. At the same time, Princess Pingyang's army pursued the victory and attacked Huxian, Zhouzhi, Wugong and other places, and successfully captured them.