Only know Tang Gaozu three sons powerful, daughter is also a heroine, heard of Niangziguan not?

Tang Gaozu Li Yuan*** had 22 sons, of which the first son of only four, respectively, the eldest Li Jiancheng, the second Li Shimin, the oldest three Li Xuanba, the oldest four Li Yuanji, of which Li Xuanba is the Li Yuanba in the playwrights, but he died at the age of 16, and there is no battle, it is assumed that the martial arts are also sparse, and is not that playwrights described as the first courageous general of the Sui Dynasty.

In folklore, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji three of the highest rate of appearance, in order to the throne of the fight to death, but these three are really very capable, Li Shimin needless to say, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji is not weak, especially Li Jiancheng is also in the process of founding the Tang Dynasty, followed by his father to establish a great merit, and early to be established as a crown prince.

By the gift of the play, Li Shimin three brothers too much fame, and the world often overlooked Li Yuan's daughter is also a heroine, its military achievements, no less than Li Yuanji, and with Li Shimin three brothers is also a mother, also has its own posthumous name after death. Today's famous Shanxi Niangziguan name is because of her, she is Princess Pingyang. Let's take a look at how this heroine left her name in history.

Strong woman with a runaway husband

Princess Pingyang's husband was Sui Dynasty general Chai Shao, who was later ranked among the twenty-four ministers of the Lingnan Pavilion. But in the beginning, he was far from the hero he would become. Li Yuan was in Taiyuan while Chai Shao's family was in Chang'an, and when he received a letter from his father-in-law, Sui officials in Chang'an already expected Li Yuan to rebel and began arresting his family

Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang dynasty

Chai Shao said to Princess Ping Yang: "Your father is going to rebel, and he wants me to do it. Your father is ready to rebel and wants me to go to Taiyuan to make peace, but we can't run away together, and I don't feel comfortable leaving you behind, what do you think we should do? Princess Pingyang said: "I'm sure we can't escape together, but I don't trust you. I am a woman, easy to hide, I will find a way by myself, you don't need to worry? So Chai Shao fled alone with peace of mind.

Recruiting and establishing a base

But Princess Pingyang didn't just sit back and wait for her turn to die, instead she did something that shocked even Li Yuan. She made the decision to return to the Li family estate in E County (present-day Tuxian County, Shaanxi Province), sold the estate property and began to recruit and buy horses to establish their own armed forces.

At that time, the world of the Sui Dynasty was already in great chaos, and there were as many rebel armies as there were hairs on the ground. In Shaanxi, Princess Pingyang widely established a united front in the area, uniting all the rebel leaders that could be united, and successively integrated Li Shentong and He Panren, who were much stronger than her, and the ministries of some small forces, such as Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, and Qiu Shili, etc. In the end, she was able to establish her own army, which was the first one in the area. By the end of the day, all the volunteers near Chang'an City threw themselves under Princess Pingyang's tent, and the Sui Dynasty sent troops to attack E County, which was defeated by her every time.

And Princess Pingyang ruled the army strictly, and did not commit any crime to the people, and when Li Yuan marched into Guanzhong, Princess Pingyang's men had reached 70,000 people. I have to say, at that time in the chaotic world, I guess Li Yuan himself did not think of his own daughter has such a skill, for their own hard in Guanzhong established a base.

Leading the army alone, ? The mother of the army?

When Li Yuan crossed the Yellow River and advanced toward Guanzhong, he ordered Chai Shao to go to Qinling to meet Princess Pingyang, and at the same time ordered the two of them to lead an army together to the north to besiege Chang'an City. But I don't know how Chai Shao felt at the time, his wife so righteous and mighty, whether he would regret when a person to escape, perhaps it is also Princess Pingyang for Chai Shao to make an example of the so-called ? She was so brave after knowing the shame of her wife, and later she made Chai Shao's success.

Chai Shao stills

Before the Battle of Chang'an, Li Yuan granted Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao the right to set up their own offices. each to set up their own shogunate? which meant that they could each command their own troops and have their own direct troops, and Princess Pingyang's troops were called the ? The name of Princess Pingyang's troop was called "Niangcun" (娘子军). This was the first army in Chinese history to have a formal organization and number. But don't get me wrong, the Maiden Scouts were not an army full of women, in those days, after all, the number of women going to war was very few, and the Maiden Scouts were proclaiming Princess Ping Yang's fame.

Guarding the Niangzi Pass and achieving a thousand years of fame

After the Battle of Chang'an, there was no record of Princess Pingyang in the history books, until six years later when records of her death suddenly appeared again. But this is very much in keeping with the ancient Chinese history books, which generally chose to ignore the feats of women.

However, we can infer something about Princess Pingyang from the six years of Tang military campaigns. Not long after the Battle of Chang'an, Li Yuanji, the fourth son of Li Yuan, lost his lair Taiyuan, which later took Li Shimin two years to recover, and Chai Shao was involved in many of the battles that the Tang Dynasty fought to pacify its vassals around the world. From this we can deduce that it may be that Princess Pingyang later joined Chai Shao in the wars of the Tang Dynasty to pacify the world, and all these feats were credited to Chai Shao according to Chinese tradition.

Statue of Princess Pingyang

Later, the Tang army defeated Liu Wuzhou and recaptured the base camp in Shanxi, while Princess Pingyang was responsible for guarding Shanxi against the enemy's attack, and her station was Yangquan Reize Pass in Shanxi. It can be seen that Li Yuan's trust in Princess Pingyang and the recognition of her talent, otherwise, the important task of guarding the base camp would not have been handed over to her.

Princess Pingyang in the resident built the city building, this place was later known as the ninth gate of the Great Wall of China, is the gateway to Shanxi, because Princess Pingyang stationed here, so later people will be called ? Niangzi Pass?

Later, when Princess Pingyang died, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were so saddened that they held a soldier's funeral for her, which was a kind of recognition of her military talent and status.

Shanxi Niangzi Pass

Princess Pingyang although in history did not leave a real name, but as a woman in ancient times is really a special existence, she was able to conquer the head of the people's army alone, in his father has not yet entered the Guanzhong before the establishment of the base, but also able to guard the dangerous border alone, is really worthy of the female heroine, heroine. The Niangzi Pass, which has stood for thousands of years, is the best memorial to the deeds of Princess Pingyang.