The Han who forged the edict to kill the Xiongnu Shan Yu would be pardoned by the emperor and rewarded
In the years of the Han-Hungarian War, a large number of heroic and famous generals emerged, who made outstanding contributions to the peace and stability of the motherland. In addition to the well-known generals such as Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi, Han Anguo, Dou Xian and Dou Gu, there is also a heroic Han army general worthy of our memory.
He once sent an edict to the Western Regions to kill the Xiongnu Shan Yu, but the emperor forgave his crime and rewarded him with a hundred taels. This heroic general is Chen Tang who shouted out "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away".
Chen Tang's early life was very rough, he was very fond of reading since he was a child, and he was very knowledgeable, but due to the poverty of his family, he often borrowed money and begged for a living. In order to seek a better life, he chose to seek an official position in Chang'an.
At that time, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty issued an edict asking the ministers of the princes to recommend talents to the imperial court, and Zhang Bo recommended Chen Tang to the imperial court.
Chen Tang, a talented man, was punished for failing to mourn his father during his tenure at the imperial court, but his talents were eventually appreciated by others. As a result, Chen Tang was able to make a comeback and took the initiative to ask the imperial court to send him to other countries to deal with foreign affairs.
As a result, he was appointed as the deputy lieutenant of the Western Regions and went to the Western Regions with Gan Yanshou. When he arrived in the Western Regions, the situation for the Xiongnu changed. The Southern Xiongnu were vassals to the Han Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, but Zhizhi Danyu took this opportunity to expand his territory and conquered the three kingdoms of Huwei, Jiankun, and Dingling.
At this time, Zhi Zhi Dan Yu ran into the Han army escorting Hu Han Xie Shan Yu home, and felt very bitter about the Han Dynasty's lack of help, which laid a hidden danger for the contradiction between Zhi Zhi Shan Yu and the Han Dynasty.
In 45 BC, Xiongnu Shan Yuzhi asked the Han Dynasty to be annexed, hoping to return his son to the Han Dynasty. However, in response to this request, Kuang Heng and other important officials of the imperial court believed that although the Xiongnu's request was reasonable, it was enough to send the son of Xiongnu Shan Yu to the border area, and there was no need to send him to the land of the Xiongnu.
However, Gu Ji has a different view. He believes that the Han Dynasty has always treated the Xiongnu very favorably, and if the son of the Xiongnu Shan Yu is sent back to the border, it is equivalent to the Han Dynasty abandoning Zhi Zhi Shan Yu and making him lose his intention to belong.
Therefore, Gu Ji took the initiative to express to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty that he was willing to personally send the son of Xiongnu Shan Yu to the royal court of the Xiongnu. At this critical moment, Gu Ji's brave and wise decision not only safeguarded the interests of the Han Dynasty, but also succeeded in making Zhizhi Shan Yu continue to belong to the Han Dynasty, making an important contribution to the peaceful coexistence of the Han and Hungary.
The picture above is marked as Kangju Guo Gu Ji sent Zhi Zhi Shan Yu's son to the Xiongnu royal court, but Zhi Zhi Shan Yu killed Gu Ji. Zhi Zhishan Yu was dissatisfied with the preferential treatment given by the Han Dynasty to Hu Han Shan Yu and fled to Kangju State.
King Kangju married his daughter to Zhizhi Danyu, and Zhizhi Danyu relied on the strength of Kangju to run rampant in the Western Regions, attacking Wusun many times, killing the people of Wusun and plundering the wealth of Wusun.
Wusun Guo dared to be angry about this, but did not dare to speak. Kang Juguo forced other Western Regions countries to submit to him, and the entire Western Regions was made by Zhi Zhishan Yu and Kang Juguo. Although the Han Dynasty demanded that Zhi Zhi Shan Yu return Gu Ji's body three times, Zhi Zhi Shan Yu not only ignored the imperial court's request, but also humiliated the Han envoys.
In 36 BC, Chen Tang went to the Western Regions. Regarding the relationship between the Western Regions and the Xiongnu at that time, Chen Tang made an accurate judgment. He believes that the current Zhizhi Shan Yu is well-known in the Western Regions, and Kang Juguo has advice for him.
If Zhi Zhishan obtained Wusun, Dawan and other countries in the Western Regions, he would be able to further expand his territory and attack the Yueshi and other countries in the Western Regions. In the long run, Zhizhi Shan Yu will become a hidden danger in the Western Regions.
Above: The Han Dynasty's military fortress in the Western Regions sent troops on an expedition to the Western Regions. In addition to analyzing the situation in the Western Regions, Chen Tang also analyzed how to solve the problem of Zhizhi Danyu.
He realized that although Zhizhi Danyu's territory was far from the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu's defenses were not strong and did not have advanced **. Therefore, he proposed to unite the Han officers and soldiers of Tuntian in the Western Regions and friendly countries such as Wusun to attack Zhizhi Shan Yu's lair together.
Gan Yanshou agreed with Chen Tang's plan very much, and was ready to go to the imperial court to request troops. However, Chen Tang believed that such a major event as sending troops would easily cause controversy in the imperial court, and the emperor might not approve it.
Therefore, he insisted on personally leading the army to attack the Xiongnu. However, Gan Yanshou opposed Chen Tang's decision because he was unwell at the time and could not stop Chen Tang's actions. Therefore, Chen Tang seized this opportunity and mobilized the armies of the Western Regions and the Tuntian troops of the Cheshi Kingdom, and finally successfully launched an expedition.
Above, Chen Tang, a native of Yuzhi County, Beidi County (now Qingcheng County, Gansu Province). He successfully led 40,000 Han troops and the Western Regions multinational coalition army, and established a sizable army.
When attacking Zhizhi Shan Yu according to their own ideas, the Han army was divided into two routes. The Third Colonel of the Han Army on the North Road, under the personal command of Chen Tang, set out from Wensu State and arrived at the border of Kangju State through Wusun.
There, King Kangju led thousands of cavalry, killed and captured more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians of Wusun and the king, and looted a large amount of property. Faced with this situation, Chen Tang did not hesitate to lead the Han army to take the initiative to attack Kangju.
As a result, the Kangju army was beheaded more than 460 people and forced to return the Great Wusun King and the people of Wusun to the Han army.
1.* Chen Tang led the Han army deep into the Kangju country and arrived at 60 miles from Shan Yu City and stationed there. During this period, the Han army found the Kangju nobles Tu Mo and Kai Mou, and led by Kai Mou himself, set up camp 30 miles away from Shan Yu City.
Shan Yu's envoy came to see the Han army, expressing Shan Yu's willingness to join the Han Dynasty. However, because he was wronged in Kangju, Shan Yu did not dare to alarm the Han army, so Shan Yu's army did not dare to go to the city to meet the Han army.
However, Chen Tang reproached Shan Yu's envoys, emphasizing that the Han army was coming for Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, and that there had been no princely generals who had been ordered to meet the Han army. Why did Shan Yu lose his etiquette towards guests?
It is hoped that Shan Yu can properly arrange the grain and grass of the Han army. 2.* Chen Tang led the Han army deep into the Kangju country and arrived at 60 miles from the city of Shan and stationed there. During this period, the Han army found the Kangju nobles Tu Mo and Kai Mou, led by Kai Mou himself, and set up camp 30 miles away from Shan Yu City.
Shan Yu's envoy came to see the Han army, expressing Shan Yu's willingness to join the Han Dynasty. However, because Shan Yu was wronged in Kangju and did not dare to alarm the Han army, Shan Yu's army did not dare to go to the city to meet the Han army.
However, Chen Tang reproached Shan Yu's envoys, emphasizing that the Han army had come from afar for Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, and that no princely general had been ordered to meet the Han army until now. Why did Shan Yu lose his etiquette towards guests?
It is hoped that Shan Yu can properly arrange the grain and grass of the Han army. 3.* Chen Tang led the Han army deep into the Kangju country and arrived at 60 miles from Shan Yu City and stationed there. During this period, the Han army found the Kangju nobles Tu Mo and Kai Mou, and led by Kai Mou himself, set up camp 30 miles away from Shan Yu City.
Shan Yu's envoy came to see the Han army, expressing Shan Yu's willingness to join the Han Dynasty. However, because Shan Yu was wronged in Kangju and did not dare to alarm the Han army, Shan Yu's army did not dare to go to the city to meet the Han army.
However, Chen Tang reproached Shan Yu's envoys, emphasizing that the Han army had come for Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, and that the princely generals who had not yet been Shan Yu had been ordered to meet the Han army. Why did Shan Yu lose his etiquette towards guests?
It is hoped that Shan Yu can properly arrange the grain and grass of the Han army.
Above, the Han army, led by the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, approached the city of Shan Yu step by step. Suddenly, the Xiongnu army sent more than 100 cavalry to carry out a fierce attack, and the Han army temporarily repelled the enemy with the power of their bows and crossbows.
Chen Tang then commanded the Han army to launch a siege battle, digging trenches, repairing fortifications according to the professional combat model, using shields as defenses, and firing crossbow arrows at the enemy troops on the city walls.
There was a wooden city outside the Tucheng of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and the Xiongnu soldiers in the wooden city echoed with the enemy troops in the Tucheng and tried to surround the Han army. The Han army managed to light the fuel grass and burned down the wooden city.
Hundreds of Hun cavalry tried to rush out, but were beheaded by the Han army. When Zhi Zhishan Yu learned of the arrival of the Han army, he was very surprised, and he suspected that Kangju had betrayed him and became an internal agent of the Han Dynasty.
Wearing armor, Zhi Zhishan personally climbed the tower to encourage the Xiongnu soldiers to resist the Han army, but the Han army's crossbow arrow accurately hit him in the nose. Dozens of Zhizhi Danyu's wives were killed by the Han army.
The Xiongnu Mucheng was broken by the Han army, and the Xiongnu soldiers in the Mucheng retreated to Tucheng to continue to resist. However, the Kangju army sent more than 10,000 people to attack the Han army, which ended in failure.
After dawn, the main force of the Han army surrounded the Tucheng of the Xiongnu Shan Yu. Shan Yu hid in the inner room, and finally died of his injuries, and the military marquis ** Du Xun cut off Shan Yu's head.
In this battle, the Han army and the coalition forces of the 15 countries in the Western Regions killed more than 1,500 Xiongnu, forced more than 1,000 Xiongnu soldiers to surrender, and captured more than 400 Xiongnu alive, and the Han army achieved a complete victory.
Above: After the war of the 36 Kingdoms of the Western Regions (Han Dynasty), Chen Tang expressed his confidence and determination to the imperial court, firmly believing that his war was just. Now, the Southern Xiongnu have surrendered to the Han Dynasty, but Zhizhi Shan Yu has not really surrendered.
Zhi Zhishan wantonly plundered the people of the Western Regions and committed many crimes. Chen Tang led the righteous Han army to defeat Zhizhi Danyu, successfully defeated the enemy, and cut off Zhizhi Danyu's head and placed it in the Xiongnu mansion to warn the enemies of the Han Dynasty.
The enemies of the Han Dynasty, whenever and wherever they invaded the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty would punish them mercilessly. From Huo Quai's Feng Wolf Juxu, to the submission of the Southern Xiongnu to the Han Dynasty, and then to Chen Tang's Han army to kill Zhi Zhishan Yu, the strength of the Han army in the Han-Hungarian War has reached an unprecedented height.
The matter between Kuang Heng and Chen Tang attracted the attention of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty. Chen Tangjiao's dispatch of troops caused Kuang Heng to worry about the authority of the imperial court. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, after listening to Kuang Heng's advice, fell into a situation of hesitation.
However, Liu Xiang's view is very different from Kuang Heng's. He believed that Chen Tang's crimes should be pardoned and rewarded. The reason is that Chen Tang led an expedition to the Western Regions, occupied Kangju, defeated the Xiongnu, and beheaded the head of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, making great contributions to the Han Dynasty.
These objective facts were favorable to the Han Dynasty. After listening to Liu Xiang's advice, Emperor Yuan of Han decided to pardon Chen Tang's crimes and reward him. This decision was not only conducive to the stability of the Han Dynasty, but also reflected the open-mindedness and wisdom of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Zheng (74 BC - 33 BC), that is, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty personally issued an edict to reward Chen Tang. The edict emphasized several important points: first, Zhi Zhishan Yu once killed the envoys of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty had always been unwilling to do so, but he never used the army.
Second, Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou took this opportunity to organize an army in the name of the emperor, successfully eliminated more than 1,000 Xiongnu people, and cut off the head of Zhi Zhishan Yu.
Although they broke the law, Chen Tang did not use the country's food and financial resources to achieve victory, and his fame spread throughout the world. The borders were secured.
Despite Chen Tang's mistakes, Emperor Yuan of Han chose to forgive him and no longer hold him accountable. In the end, Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty canonized Chen Tang as the Marquis of Guannei and rewarded him with **100 catties.
Chen Tang was given the title of Marquis of Guannei, 300 households, **100 catties, in recognition of his merits. "Book of Han") Contributor: Sun Yi Editor: Lilith Reference: The text of "Book of Han" was created by the team of History University Hall, the pictures come from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author.