Princess Pingyangzhao was a legitimate daughter of Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, and had earlier married Chai Shao to settle in Chang'an. When Li Yuan raised his troops in rebellion, Chai Shao abandoned his wife and rushed to Taiyuan to join the army.
Li Xiuning instead returned to the Li family manor in the suburban county of Chang'an, selling her property to relieve disaster victims and recruit troops.
From then on, she seemed to play with cheat codes enabled, leading a force of several hundred people to continuously swallow up surrounding rebel armies. The largest among them was He Panren, a Sogdian merchant who commanded tens of thousands of men at the time.
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