Chapter 20: Pingyang Spreads Its Wings
Tang Army Commander’s Account!
Li Shimin served tea and water in front of the horse, and a flattering smile appeared on his face.
"Sit! Sister, you are here!"
Luo Shixin is tall and thin, and his physique is not strong, but his bones are still larger than women. Princess Pingyang wears Luo Shixin's clothes, which is not suitable, but she tied her hair up with ponytails and dressed up as a man, but she looked heroic and did not feel any discomfort in her outfit.
Princess Pingyang was tense and motionless. She ignored Li Shimin's favor and said coldly: "How dare Pingyang bother the great hero of the Tang Dynasty, His Highness the King of Qin, General Tiance, Taiwei, Situ, Shangshu Ling, Daxingtai, Yizhou Daxingtai Shangshu Ling, Yongzhou Governor, Liangzhou General, Wuhou General, and Li Shimin, the Shangzhu Kingdom."
The reforms were imminent in the early Tang Dynasty, and the system of the three provinces and six ministries was not yet perfected, and the official positions were relatively chaotic. Li Shimin made countless contributions in the battles in the south and north. He said that he had many titles as food for official positions, and he was both prime minister, three dukes and commander of the three armies, and everything was available.
Princess Pingyang read it out word by word with a stern face, which directly forced Li Shimin to be helpless and raised her hand to surrender.
"Okay, okay! Shimin was wrong, and he shouldn't avoid his sister. I can't tell you that I can leave Chang'an first." Li Yuan recalled Li Shimin. After the father and son secretly discussed the situation in Hebei, Li Shimin learned that Princess Pingyang had gone to the Qin Palace, and didn't know how to face this sister, and he didn't go back home, so he went back to Hebei directly.
On the way back to Chang'an, Li Shimin was thinking about how to avoid it, but Princess Pingyang saw through his trick and came directly to the door. The army was here, and she couldn't avoid it even if she wanted to.
Princess Pingyang then let go of her tense face and sighed: "Tell me, is his death an accident or is there a special factor?"
Li Shimin opened his mouth and hesitated a little.
Princess Pingyang said, "Tell me, you don't need to hide it. You need to check it out. I just don't want to be so troublesome!"
"It was an accident, and there was no sight on the battlefield, but..." Li Shimin said: "Brother-in-law, I still made a hurry. Seeing that General Shixin took over the great achievements, he personally came to me to ask for the task of dealing with Liu Heita's remnants. He thought that using his brother-in-law's talent would be more than enough to deal with Liu Shishan and others, but he didn't expect an accident."
Princess Pingyang first heard Luo Shixin's name, with a strange look of shame. She has always been very erratic in dealing with people. Knowing that Li Shimin was deliberately avoiding her, she rushed over to force Li Shimin to see her overnight. Unexpectedly, in order to get closer, Luo Shixin suddenly became scared when crossing the wooden bridge. She fell into the river with frightened and implicated her mount. Because she was too surprised, her mouth and nose were filled with water, and when she shut up in a hurry, she held the thing in her mouth... She really wanted to bite it down at that time.
I thought it was a passerby and no longer met, but I didn't expect to find the token in my pocket while I was wearing clothes. I knew that the man was Luo Shixin, the Duke of Tan.
Hearing the back, she shook her head and smiled bitterly: "It's true... Chai Shao, Chai Shao, you are really a man."
When Princess Pingyang was very young, she married Chai Shao, who had only met by the matchmaker's words. She had no feelings, but she had been trying her best to be a good wife. Until that day, they who settled in Chang'an received a secret letter from Li Yuan, which said that they were going to rebel and asked them to meet in Jinyang to avoid being implicated.
After reading the letter, Chai Shao immediately consulted with Princess Pingyang and said, "I want to go to wipe out the world with your father, and I can't take you away. But what should you do if I leave alone?"
Princess Pingyang could not see through Chai Shao’s meaning. She was reasonable and let Chai Shao run away alone and stayed by herself.
Princess Pingyang, a woman, did not sit back and waited for death, sold her property directly, disguised herself as a man to start from scratch, joined forces with the bandits who killed people without blinking, and surrendered them, and forced her to form an army of 70,000, gaining a foothold in Guanzhong, and establishing a achievements that made civil and military geniuses like Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin ashamed.
Chai Shao left Princess Pingyang alone and fled alone, which was a heart-wrenching illness. As a result, Princess Pingyang was not killed, but instead made a world of success and made achievements that he could look up to. It was so direct that he could not breathe, and he felt that he could not deserve Pingyang.
In order to be comparable to Pingyang, Chai Shao served Li Tang with twelve points of energy. He was indeed very capable, and his talent and martial arts were a temporary choice. He made outstanding achievements, but compared with Pingyang, he was really a bit of a big deal.
After years of hard work, he still failed to achieve his wish. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty was about to unify, the chances of making contributions were fewer and fewer. Chai Shao began to make a quick move, especially when he was stimulated by Luo Shixin's great achievements, he chose to attack the city overnight, and was unlucky that he could shoot the ravage arrow.
"Sister!" Li Shimin didn't know what to say.
"I'm fine!" Princess Pingyang said: "Chai Shao's death has nothing to do with you. Don't feel guilty, it's his choice to have today." Princess Pingyang was originally not in love with Chai Shao because of the matchmaker's words. Chai Shao's righteous and righteous abandonment of his wife caused a crack between them. Later, he relapsed from his humility and regarded Pingyang as his opponent. All the friendship was left with only verbal couples.
"Today, I will not only ask for someone from you, but also ask for someone."
"Who?" Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed and thought to himself: "It's not Luo Shixin!" Why Princess Pingyang was wearing Luo Shixin's clothes? There were already 100,000 in his heart. It was just hard to ask.
"Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili!" Princess Pingyang issued three names.
When Li Shimin heard that it was not Luo Shixin, hesitated and said, "Sister wants them, are you thinking?" These three people were the right-hand men who Princess Pingyang relied on in Guanzhong. After removing the military burden, he became a member of Li Shimin.
Princess Pingyang said proudly: "My Li family has been in the military for generations, and the children of the Li family have also learned military tactics and cavalry since childhood. I didn't want to give up at the beginning. Now I have no scruples anymore, why can't I show what I have learned on the battlefield like you men?"
Li Shimin was overjoyed, "Sister has such ambition and ambition, and he will be his brother's natural support. Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili was originally his sister's old subordinate, and he could not help her. However, these people were really embarrassing and useful. The younger brother's command was twenty-three generals and hundreds of generals, and they were above the three, regardless of their talents and martial arts. If they were necessary, they could be sent."
Princess Pingyang blinked and said, "Are you really willing to bear it?"
Li Shimin said generously: "It's all a family, what's the point of not wanting to give up?"
Princess Pingyang also said proudly: "Sister, you have a love, I'm not polite if you really need it. Forget it now, which of your generals is not a proud person, so I don't bother to spend time (to adjust) the teachings. Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi and Qiu Shili, who use it well, may not be inferior to your generals."
Li Shimin looked at Princess Pingyang with high fighting spirit and seemed to see a phoenix about to spread its wings.
Chapter completed!