Chapter 6 It's different when people walk off the lights and turn off the road
In the autumn of the third year of Wude, Chai Shao did another good thing. Princess Pingyang became pregnant again. She gave birth to her second son Chai Lingwu in the summer of Wude. Not long after, King Li Shimin of Qin destroyed Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong. Seeing that the world was basically pacified, Liu Heita, Hebei, was in trouble again. His troops were very fierce. He killed the Tang army and lost their troops and retreated step by step. It was not until the spring of the fifth year of Wude that Li Shimin defeated him in the battle of Mingshui. During this period of nearly two years, Chai Shao followed Li Shimin to fight and made many military achievements. Princess Pingyang lived in Chang'an and gradually became silent.
In June of the fifth year of Wude, Liu Heita borrowed the Turkic troops and horses to raise an uprising again. His old subordinates Dong Kangmai and Cao Zhan raised an army in Xianyu. In August, the Turks sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the Tang Dynasty. Jie Li Khan personally led 150,000 cavalry to break through Yanmen Pass and invaded the hinterland of Hedong. At the same time, Dong Cao and the other two captured Jingxing Pass, and then divided the troops into two groups. Dong Kangmai attacked Weize Pass, the "gateway of the Three Jins", and Cao Zhan went south to attack Liaozhou, trying to establish connection with the Turkic army. The Tang army was already in short supply of combat power and was facing an enemy from both sides. The Tang Dynasty was in a state of storm.
When she heard that the war was in critical condition, Princess Pingyang could not stay at home, so she asked Li Yuan for a fight. Li Yuan could not argue with her and had to agree. Princess Pingyang summoned thousands of veterans of the Detachment of Women on the same day and went on a night to support Liaozhou and Weize Pass.
When passing by Liaozhou City, Princess Pingyang deliberately created a momentum of a large army to support, which not only stabilized the hearts of the army and the people in the city, but also gave up Cao Zhan's idea of continuing to siege the city. Cao Zhan also saw that Princess Pingyang's troops were all cavalry, and most of them were infantry, so he was afraid that they would be attacked, so he urgently ordered the entire army to retreat along the original route.
After Liaozhou rescued the siege, Princess Pingyang quickly arrived at Weize Pass. It was autumn harvest. Princess Pingyang took advantage of Dong Kangmai's division of troops to collect grain and led the elite cavalry to launch a sudden attack and killed Dong Kangmai in the chaos. Cao Zhan, who was unaware of the situation, just led his army to meet Dong Kangmai. Princess Pingyang drove away the defeated soldiers and came to kill him. Cao Zhan's foothold was not stable, and suddenly the defeated soldiers rushed to the battlefield. His men and horses collapsed without fighting.
However, the battlefield was dangerous and impermanent. Princess Pingyang was unfortunately injured by a hawk while chasing Cao Zhan. Several months later, Princess Pingyang, who was only 27 years old, finally died due to the worsening of her injuries.
Under the supervision of Li Yuan, Ouyang Xun naturally sighed and said nothing but sighed. However, he used nothing but a few words to describe Princess Pingyang as a model for women. Instead, he emphasized that she was the only exception in history and an extraordinary case! His intention was self-evident. It is thought that it was also influenced by the patriarchal thought in the feudal era. Otherwise, how could the Taichang Temple memorial be before the funeral?
In view of this, the truth of history is obvious. All the achievements of Princess Pingyang Zhao after the founding of the Tang Dynasty have been artificially modified and erased.
Actually, this is a very common thing.
Since ancient times, many people who study history have put aside the official history, searched for and studied the evidence, and then used anatomical logical thinking to compare with the official history, and thus discovered the truth of history.
What is the premise of "learning from history"?
Of course it is real and reliable historical materials.
If a soul who travels through time and into an ancient celebrity uses false historical records as a reference, it will inevitably harm itself.
However, for Li Yao, this kind of thing was originally expected by her.
Because she knew that the only person who liked to do such things and could do this was the later emperor of the ages - Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Shimin, who had the bad habit of observing history and changing history.
There is one kind of behavior that can cause people to fall into an extremely uncomfortable vicious cycle, that is, lying.
Because lies are easily found by people, a lie often needs to use more lies to cover up these loopholes, and every lie is like this afterwards.
However, interests are a breeding ground for lies. Everyone hates lies, but everyone will inevitably not lie, because no matter how small a lie is, even a kind lie, it is all about seeking benefits for oneself or others.
After all, history is written by the winner. Li Shimin took the throne of emperor, so he naturally needed lies to cover up the truth, and it was even more impossible to admit that he was lying.
Sima Guang, the author of "Zizhi Tongjian", once said: "Although Jiancheng and Yuan Ji were stubborn and foolish, since he was killed by Emperor Taizong, the historians could not without the words of refuting and falsely slandering, and now they will not be fully accepted."
Most historians in later generations agree with this statement.
In order to belittle the image of his father and brother, Li Shimin whitewasted the court coup that killed his brother to fight for the throne and forced his father to abdicate into a feat of "saving the country and benefiting the people", and thus he compiled the real historical records. Therefore, the "Numbers for Entrepreneurship in the Tang Dynasty" were missing, and the old and new Tang books were full of loopholes and contradictory records; in order to create his perfect image of the emperor, Li Shimin also eliminated the great military achievements of his sister after the founding of the country, and even turned some of the necessary contributions into his own.
However, although Li Yao felt unfair for Princess Pingyang Zhao, as a person who had nominally "dead", she did not want to be involved in the bloody power struggle of the feudal dynasty, and did not want to be at all.
After all, there are very few people who have changed history but have no name left in history. The original owner of this body is at least famous and has no idea what is better than the evaluations of Prince Yin Jiancheng and King Chao Yuanji in history books.
What's more, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, launched the "Zhenguan Governance", destroyed the Eastern Turks, pacified Xueyantuo, severely damaged Goguryeo, set up the four towns of Anxi, expanded the border for thousands of miles, and the name of "Tiankhan" was powerful all over the world. It can be said that Li Jiancheng, who was not cruel enough and smart enough, actually lost no wrongly.
Moreover, as a soul from an advanced civilized society in later generations, Li Yao not only lacks a sense of belonging to this era, but also does not feel like he has the original owner's identity as his body.
Just as there are no two identical leaves in the world, there will be no two identical people.
Li Yao only got a body and did not inherit any memories or emotions of the original owner. She didn't know where Princess Pingyang Zhao's soul went. Maybe she was already scattered. Maybe she traveled to a certain time and space like her, or maybe she had exchanged her body...
In any case, the original Princess Pingyang was gone in this time and space. Li Yao could only say goodbye to her and take care of her.
In fact, Li Yao still has a lot of aggrievance and resentment in his heart.
She was originally a pure man who was even more straighter than steel bars, but now she has become a married woman in ancient times. When she thought of her body not only having such a thing as a man, but also having two babies, she had goose bumps all over her body.
In short, Li Yao would not continue the life that Princess Pingyang Zhao Li Zhaoyue should have ended.
Chapter completed!