"Taiping Guangji" also recorded an interesting story about Princess Danyang, which makes people feel the warmth and humor of the Tang people. Princess Pingyang's husband Chai Shao has a younger brother who is outstanding.

Nicknamed "Wall Dragon", he is like the thief Chu Liuxiang in Gu Long's novel, and the dragon sees the head but not the end. Tang Taizong wanted to test his true kung fu, so he asked Chai Gongzi to steal Princess Danyang's gold pillowcase.

Chai Gongzi immediately sneaked into the princess's bedroom, stretched out his "three hands", and he smeared the plaster on the princess's face.

The sleeping princess subconsciously raised her head, he quickly exchanged another pillow for the princess's treasure, and when the princess noticed it in the morning, the gilt pillowcase was already in the hands of Tang Taizong,

Tang Taizong was shocked and frightened when he saw his empty magic skills, so he sent him to other places as an official, and he was not allowed to return to the capital for life. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the gate valve family system dominated the world.

Xue Wanche's father was Xue Shixiong, the general of the Sui Dynasty's left imperial guard, and Xue Shixiong served as the Taishou of Zhuo County (now southwest of Beijing) at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and he had four sons.

Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanche, and Xue Wanbei were all strong in martial arts, and later became heroes of the Tang Dynasty.

In the thirteenth year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty (617 AD),

Dou Jiande's army and Xue Shixiong's Sui army clashed in Hejian (now Hebei), the Sui army was suddenly attacked, and when the fog was foggy, it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and us, so that the army could not be defeated, Xue Shixiong led dozens of his own soldiers to flee back to Zhuo County, ashamed.

Death from illness. Xue Wanche followed his brother Xue Wanjun to live in Youzhou, the Xue brothers were brave, and Luo Yi, the guard of Zhuo County, who was on one side, appreciated them very much, and his blue eyes were great, and later, Luo Yi returned to the Tang Dynasty.

The Xue brothers also became subjects of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Gaozu named Xue Wandu as the Shangzhu State and the Duke of Yong'an County, and Xue Wanche as the general of the Che Cavalry and the Duke of Wu'an County, which shows that the Li Tang royal family attaches great importance to the Xue brothers.

A.D. 618. Dou Jiande's 100,000 army came straight to Fanyang, Luo Yi was ordered to block it, and the Tang army was small and had almost no chance of winning. Thanks to Xue Wanjun's advice, when Dou Jiande's army crossed the river halfway,

The thunder attacked and defeated Dou Jiande's army, and Dou Jiande suffered a loss. Unwillingly, in 620 AD, he led 200,000 troops to come violently, surrounded Youzhou City, and Youzhou City was in danger.

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were in danger, went out of the city from the tunnel, went around behind the enemy and attacked, beheading 1,200 ranks, and once again thwarted Dou Jiande's grand plan. Li Shimin swept away Liu Heimin.

Xue Wanjun served as the second right protector and was deeply trusted by Li Shimin. After entering the dynasty, Xue Wanjun was still Li Shimin's subordinate, and Xue Wanche served as the deputy protector of the East Palace of the crown prince Li Jiancheng.

Li Shimin, the king of Qin, had a high level of merit and a large number of talents, and it was almost inevitable that he would seize the crown.

The crown prince Li Jiancheng deliberately framed this admired younger brother, he wanted to fall to death with a fierce horse, but failed, and poisoned the wine in an attempt to kill Li Shimin.

Li Shimin couldn't bear it anymore, and finally launched the Xuanwumen Mutiny, killing the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qi Li Yuanji.

Xue Wanche is the Savior's heart. led the guards of the East Palace to desperately attack the Xuanwu Gate, and the Yunlu general Jing Junhong and the Neifu Zhonglang general Lu Shiheng who were stationed at the Xuanwu Gate both died in the hands of the prince's army. In the midst of a fierce war,

Wei Chi Jingde rushed to the scene with the heads of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and signaled to everyone that the prince army saw that the lord was dead.

Immediately lost morale. Scattered in a hurry, Xue Wanche led dozens of cavalry to flee to Zhongnan Mountain, in order to avoid Li Shimin's pursuit.

He cherished Xue Wanche's bravery, and repeatedly sent people to explain his meaning to Xue Wanche, Xue Wanche saw that Li Shimin ignored his previous suspicions, and finally "came out of the war" and became the general of the right leading army under Li Shimin.

In 628 A.D. (the second year of Zhenguan of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty),

The imperial court planned to wipe out the Liang Shidu that was dependent on the Turks, appointing Chai Shao as the commander-in-chief, Xue Wanche as the deputy general, Xue Wanjun also went out with the army, and the Turks sent troops to help when they heard the news, and the two sides met head-on in Shuofang, which was dozens of miles away from the Liang division.

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche rose up to their might, killed the Turkic generals, and greatly frustrated the spirit of the Turkic cavalry. The Tang army drove straight in,

Until Shuofang City, Liang Shi has been operating Shuofang for more than ten years, the city defense is strong, if the Tang army wants to attack, it is not easy to take, so some people built yì to postpone the attack on Shuofang City, Xue Wanjun held his own opinion,

"The city of Shuofang is lifeless, and the drums are silent, which is a sign of ruin, and our army maintains strong pressure on the enemy,

will be able to occupy Shuofang City", as Xue Wanjun expected, Liang Shidu's cousin Liang Luoren judged the situation, killed Liang Shidu, and dedicated the city to the Tang army, and the Tang army effortlessly,

Shun lì put an end to the 12-year operation of the Liang division in Shuofang, pulled out this longest-standing separatist force, Xue Wanjun was promoted to the general of the left tunwei for his merits, and Xue Wanche was promoted to the general of the right tunwei.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan (630 AD), Xue Wanche followed Li Jing to break the Eastern * Turks and captured Jieli Khan.

The territory of the Tang Dynasty was extended to the north of Lake Baikal, and more than 100,000 Turkic tribes were attached.

In the eighth year of Zhenguan (634 AD), Tuyuhun was brazen, and Tang Taizong sent Li Jing, Xue Wanche and others to attack Tuyuhun. Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were the vanguard of the army, leading a hundred cavalry to open the way in front.

They encountered thousands of Tuyuhun cavalry on the road, Xue Wanche rushed into the enemy formation on a single horse, galloping vertically and horizontally, invincible, and when he returned, he told the generals,

"Thieves are easy to deal with", everyone rushed to kill with him, beheading thousands of enemies, Xue Wanche's people and horses were all stained red with blood, and he made a great achievement. In the ensuing Battle of Chishuiyuan (near present-day Qinghai Lake),

Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were besieged by Tuyuhun's superior forces, and their horses were killed, so they could only fight hard with the Tuyuhun cavalry on foot, and six or seven out of ten of their soldiers had been killed, and the shape was extremely dangerous.

When He Li heard the news, he led hundreds of cavalry into the encirclement, broke through a bloody road, and rescued Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche from the Ghost Gate. At the insistence of Che Bi Ho Li,

The Tang army took advantage of the victory to pursue, smashed the enemy's lair, beheaded thousands of levels, captured 200,000 camels, horses, cattle and sheep, and pursued them all the way to Heyuan (now about the ancient Zonglie Canal), although Murong Fuyun, the Khan of Tuyuhun escaped. But he was desperate and hanged himself in despair.

The good news came that Tang Taizong sent envoys to reward the three armies in Dadou Valley (now Qilian Shanbiandukou), and Xue Wanjun assumed his status as a Han general. Unexpectedly, he took revenge and stole the exploits of Qi He Li, Qi He Li was furious, and was ready to cut off Xue Wanjun's head to vent his anger.

The crowd tried to dissuade them. It did not lead to bloodshed. After Tang Taizong learned the truth, he was very angry, he wanted to deprive Xue Wanjun of his official position to Qi Bi He Li, but Qi Qi He Li said a big truth,

"If Xue Wanjun is severely punished because of me, I am afraid that Fan will think that the emperor will pay attention to Hu and ignore the man, which will only encourage the wind of false accusations of Fan Generals, Yi Di is ignorant, and will think that Han generals will be like Xue Wanjun,

Doubts arise about the imperial court. This is not something that is conducive to the peace of the country", Tang Taizong was moved by Qi Bi He Li's open-mindedness, forgave Xue Wanjun for his momentary confusion, and dealt with Xue Wanjun lightly.

In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan (639 AD), Tang Taizong sent Hou Junji to lead tens of thousands of troops on the grounds that Gaochang State cut off the Western Regions tribute, and Xue Wanjun served as the vanguard.

All the way was like a bamboo, and a triumphant song was played, and the king of Gaochang, Ju Zhisheng, was forced to surrender under the powerful offensive of the Tang army. Ju's Gaochang has since become a historical term, and the Tang Dynasty has set up the Anxi Protectorate in the old place of Gaochang.

To the south of the Tianshan Mountains, the four military towns of Qiuci (present-day Kucha, Xinjiang), Shule (present-day Kashgar, Xinjiang), Khotan (in present-day Hotan, Xinjiang), and Yanqi (in present-day Yanqi, Xinjiang) were all under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.

The seat of the Anxi Prefecture was moved to Qiuzi, and the Western Turkic lands north of the Tianshan Mountains were also placed under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Prefecture.

Xue Wanjun was crowned Duke of Lu for his military exploits in the pacification of Gaochang, and soon he was impeached by the courtiers, saying that he had an affair with a Gaochang woman, and Tang Taizong was ready to investigate the matter.

Wei Zheng advised. "The monarch envoy is courteous, and the minister is loyal, now let Xue Wanjun confront a woman who has died in the country, even if the matter is true, it is just a trivial matter, if it is just a rumor, it will have a very bad impact", Tang Taizong listened to his words and no longer paid attention to this matter.

Tang Taizong visited Furong Garden, Xue Wanjun was imprisoned because of "Qing Palace", he was so angry that he died of sorrow, Tang Taizong was very sad, and Xue Wanjun was buried in Zhaoling to show his grace. Later, Tang Taizong rewarded his ministers with tapir skins at the banquet,

When he called Xue Wanche, he shouted "Xue Wanjun", Tang Taizong felt something, "Xue Wanjun is my old minister, and now he suddenly calls his name, could it be that the deceased has knowledge underground and wants to get this reward",

asked people to burn a tapir skin and "send" it to Xue Wanjun, and everyone present sighed at the affection and nature of a generation of emperors.

Due to the Tang Dynasty's resettlement of the surrendered Eastern Turkic tribes in the Monan region,

It caused the strong dissatisfaction of Xue Yantuo (one of the Tiele tribes), and in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo invaded the Li Simo tribe living in Monan, Li Simo could not resist it, and frequently complained to the central government. In 641 AD, Xue Wanche, as a deputy general, followed Xu Shichang to crusade against Xue Yantuo.

The 6,000 cavalry of the Tang army and the 200,000 Xue Yantuo army fought fiercely in the area of Nuozhenshui (in present-day Ulanchabu City, Inner Mongolia).

Here, the Tang army taught Xue Yantuo's army the ingenious tactics, they were in a group of five, four of them charged in front, and one person guarded the war horse in the back, if their own personnel died in battle,

The watchmen took the horses away and did not let them fall into the hands of the enemy. When the battle was first engaged, Xue Yantuo's army was like a rain of arrows, and many of the Tang army's horses were shot to death.

The momentum is like a rainbow, and he fights to the death with Xue Yantuo's army. Under the instruction of Xu Shixian, Xue Wanche led hundreds of cavalry to go around behind enemy lines, captured all the horsemen and war horses, and cut off the rear route of Xue Yantuo's army.

The Tang army beheaded 3,000 people, captured more than 50,000 enemies, captured 15,000 horses, and achieved a brilliant victory.

In 646 AD, the Tang army swept away Xue Yantuo, and the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded to the north and south of the desert of Lake Baikal. Xue Wanche was renamed the general of the Left Guard because of his outstanding military achievements, and one of his sons was named a county marquis.

The emperor married his sister Princess Danyang to Xue Wanche, crowned Xue Wanche as the commander of the horse, and later promoted to the governor of Daizhou and the general of the right military guard.

"Today's famous generals, there are only three people, Xu Shichang, Li Daozong, and Xue Wanche, even if Xu Shiyun and Li Daozong can't win a big victory, they won't be defeated, and Xue Wanche will definitely be defeated if he is not a big victory."

In the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong appointed Xue Wanche as the head of the Qingqiu Road march, led 30,000 partial divisions to conquer the Goryeo Kingdom, and the army went to sea by building a boat to cross the Yalu River (now Yalu River).

In a fierce battle with tens of thousands of Goryeo infantry and cavalry in Daxing City, the Tang army beheaded the husband and grandson of the Goryeo general, and soon arrived at Bo Shan City (now northeast of Dandong, Liaoning), and defeated tens of thousands of Goryeo defenders under Bo Cheng City.

The whole country of Goryeo was shaken, and 30,000 reinforcements rushed to confront the Tang army, but they were defeated by the Tang army and fled desperately. Under the constant harassment of the Tang army, the grain harvest in Goryeo was poor, the people's livelihood withered, and they fell into the panic that the building was about to collapse.

Although Xue Wanche has been victorious, the weakness of his personal character is not tolerated by the generals, some people have written that he is arrogant and arrogant, "he can't be angry", Tang Taizong remembered his merits, and just gave him advice and burned the letters he submitted.

The deputy general Pei Xingfang reported that Xue Wanche had a grudge against the imperial court, and Xu Shichang thought that the situation was serious, and asked Tang Taizong to punish Xue Wanche.

"Xue Wanche is a high-ranking official, a great general, and the husband of the princess, but he has grievances, and his crime should be killed", Tang Taizong is an old emperor, of course he doesn't want Xue Wanche's life, he will remove Xue Wanche from the official position,

Not long after, Xue Wanche was pardoned and returned. In the second year of Tang Gaozong Yonghui, Xue Wanche was awarded the history of Ningzhou Thorn, after entering the court, he had a close relationship with Fang Yiai, and often hunted together.

Fang Yiai is the son of the deceased Zhenguan Prime Minister Fang Xuanling, and the husband of Princess Gaoyang, the daughter of Tang Taizong, during the relationship, Xue Wanche was unconsciously involved in the conspiracy of Fang Yiai, and the two discussed that once the country changed, they should help Jing King Li Yuanjing ascend to the emperor's throne. After this matter was revealed,

Tang Gaozong showed no mercy and wiped out all the imperial relatives and relatives involved in the case, Fang Yiai, Xue Wanche, Chai Lingwu and others were beheaded, and Wu Wang Li Ke, Princess Gaoyang, Princess Baling and others were forced to commit suicide at home.

Xue Wanche's wife, Princess Danyang, had passed away at this time, otherwise, she would never have escaped the fate of death. When Xue Wanche was about to be executed, he sighed gloomily at the impermanence of fate, "I am a good athlete,

It is not worth it to die for the country, but to be implicated by a coward and die in the Yellow Spring", he undressed and said to the prisoner, "Come and kill me", and the executioner was terrified by his majesty, and his hands trembled.

With a knife down, he couldn't die, Xue Wanche shouted loudly, "Why don't you use force", the executioner was terrified, and cut it three times in a row before cutting off Xue Wanche's head.

The crime of rebellion, Zhulian Nine Clans, Xue Wanche's second brother Xue Wanshu, successively served as the general of the right leading army, Liang Jungong, and the head of the Changwudao march, at this time has died, Xue Wanche's younger brother Xue Wanbei is known for filial piety, and has been vigorously commended by Tang Taizong, he has followed Tang Taizong to conquer Goryeo,

At the critical juncture when Qibi He Li was besieged and seriously injured, he single-handedly broke into the battle formation of thousands of troops and horses, rescued Qibi He Li, and he later followed Ashina Sheer to attack Qiuzi,

He was a general of the Left Guard at the time, of course, he was exiled to Jiaozhou (northwest of present-day Hanoi City, Vietnam) by the imperial court, and lived in the wilderness, which is a pity.

Xue Wanche "prepared for the deep march, bravely crowned Rongyi",

But he still can't escape the fate of the powerful, his rise is also vigorous, and his death is also sudden, from the hot moxibustion hand to the cold moon and desolate grave, staged scene after scene of the tragedy of the family being broken and the wife separated, this cycle of blood and fire,

Accompanied by almost every palace struggle, the eldest grandson Wuji, who overthrew Xue Wanche, was uprooted by Tang Gaozong and thrown into a desperate situation.

A qiē is indeed as the ancients sighed, "Gong is not long; The name is not long in the future", "Win and become earth; lose, and they all become dirt." (To be continued.) )