Xuanhuan: Why did you come to the Emperor Group?

Chapter 23 Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the Western Regions, honorably called the Silk Road
Emperor Qin Huang: "Well, this is a merit, not a fault."

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty: "It must be a merit. Our descendants have played the blood of the Han nationality. Why is it still a fault? It must be a merit!"

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang: "Indeed, after the founding of Liu Bang, the siege of Baideng caused the emperors of the Han Dynasty to send money to women for peace. But what? The Huns still harass the border of the Han Dynasty every year and slaughter their people!"

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang: "It is also because of this that Liu Che completely played the blood of the Han people, so that there are no Huns in the north!"

Chen Xuan: "So this is an achievement. Next, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will open the Western Regions!"

Chen Xuan: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has a very different concept of governing the country from his father and grandparents, that is, to be proactive, instead of Xiao Gui, Cao Sui, and Huang Lao's following. This aggressive spirit is most manifested in dealing with the Xiongnu issue. obvious."

Chen Xuan: "Since the pre-Qin period, the Huns have been the northern threat to the regime of the Central Plains. During the Warring States period, the Yan State had the Great Wall to defend against the Huns. Zhao Wuling King Hu Fu rode and shot to deal with the Huns. Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall and Meng Tian garrisoned the frontier fortresses. The iron cavalry went south."

Chen Xuan: "In the early years of Liu Bang's accession to the throne, he tried to fight against the Xiongnu by force, but was besieged by the Huns in Baideng Mountain... and was almost captured. Later, he adopted Lou Jing's peace strategy..."

Chen Xuan: "In the second year after Liu Bang's death, the Hun Maodun Shanyu once provoked and said that he wanted to marry the widowed Empress Dowager Lv. The Empress Dowager Lu swallowed her anger and wrote a book herself, saying that Shanyu had heard it well, but Aijia was actually ugly and ugly. , I have prepared a beautiful princess of the Han family for you. During the Wenjing period, it was also the time to rest in peace, recuperate, and continue to make peace with the Xiongnu."

Eternal Emperor Qin Huang: "Liu Bang! Is this how you became emperor? You are so weak!! You bastard!!!"

Liu Bang, who was in the big man, watched the news sent by Brother Zheng in the chat group, and trembled all over...

Hastily said: "Brother Zheng, there is no way. The Great Han was built on the ruins of the Great Qin. The civil strife in Zhuxia has been too long, and too many young and middle-aged people have died. They don't have much energy to deal with the Xiongnu. They have to rest and recuperate..."

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang: "We agree with this...Our Ming Dynasty was also built on the ruins, even poorer than the great Han. The Meng Yuan occupied Zhuxia for nearly a hundred years and took away all the treasures of the Xia. Now the Ming Dynasty is so poor that it has to rest and recuperate. ..."

Empress Wu Zhao of the Wu Zhou Dynasty: "If the army is strong and horses are strong, why are you afraid of the Huns? Although Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty began to send money and women to seek peace, it has been so many years of recuperation that he was able to support Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to go to the Huns many times and even open the Silk Road."

Chen Xuan: "That's right. After Han Wudi came to the throne, relying on the accumulation of 60 years since the founding of the country, after full preparations, he used Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and other outstanding generals to fight against the Xiongnu. It was against this background that Zhang Qian went to Da Yueshi as an envoy. "

Empress Wu Zhao of the Wu Zhou Dynasty: "According to records, during the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian's mission to the Da Yue clan was originally a military diplomatic act. The Da Yue clan nomadicly lived in the Hexi Corridor and the Tianshan Mountains. The Huns and the Da Yue clan conquered each other. During the period of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, the Dayue clan was defeated, the king was killed by the Huns, and his head was made into a drinking vessel by the Huns, and the Yuezhi people were forced to flee westward. Such information was known by the people of the Han Dynasty, so they sent Zhang Qian to the west to communicate with him. Da Yuezhi took joint action to "break off the right arm of the Huns."

Chen Xuan: "That's why, it is rumored that wherever Zhang Qian goes, Liu Che will fight there! Liu Che sent Zhang Qian to negotiate for a full year, but he still couldn't figure it out, so he had to return..."

Chen Xuan: "After returning, Zhang Qian accompanied Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu. Because he knew the geography of mountains and rivers and the location of water plants in the Xiongnu area, he made great contributions to the victory of the Han army and was granted the title of Marquis of Bowang.

Chen Xuan: "Although Zhang Qian's first trip to the Western Regions did not form an alliance with the Da Yuezhi, he accidentally reported the political, economic, geographical, cultural, and customs of the countries in the Western Regions to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which aroused the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu's interest in running the Western Regions."

According to records, when Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions for the first time, Liu Che also launched a series of attacks on the Huns, among which the three battles in 127, 121, and 119 BC were decisive!

In 127 BC, Wei Qing defeated the Xiongnu and took control of Hetao.

In 121 BC, the Xiongnu split up under the attack of Huo Qubing, King Hunxie descended to the Han Dynasty, and the Hexi Corridor was completely controlled by the Han Dynasty!

In 119 BC, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing went their separate ways to attack the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu was defeated and fled far away, thus further driving the Xiongnu to Mobei.

After these three large-scale counterattacks, the Han Dynasty has taken the initiative in the struggle against the Xiongnu, and the road to the Western Regions is basically unblocked. This is Zhang Qian's second mission to the Western Regions. The friendly exchanges between the big men created the necessary conditions.

However, the Han's counterattack only wiped out the Xiongnu's power in Monan and the Hexi Corridor. The countries in the Western Regions are still controlled by the Huns, which still threatens the security of the Han's northwest border.

In order to completely eradicate the power of the Xiongnu, and also for the ambition of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to expand the territory, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions again in the same year when he launched the third strike against the Huns. .

This time the mission was huge, with three hundred entourages, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and "tens of thousands" of coins and silk.But this time Zhang Qian still failed to achieve the expected goal. When they arrived in Wusun, the political situation in Wusun was unstable due to the struggle for the throne, and the domestic nobles were afraid of the Huns. Therefore, the Western Han Dynasty wanted to form an alliance with Wusun to attack the Xiongnu. Falling short again...

However, during his stay in Wusun, Zhang Qian sent deputy envoys to Dawan, Kangju, Da Yuezhi, Daxia, Anxi, Shendu, and Khotan in Central Asia, West Asia, and South Asia to make extensive contacts.In 115 B.C., when Zhang Qian returned to China, Wusun sent a guide and interpreter to see him off, and sent envoys to Chang'an to witness the prosperity of the Han people. After returning to report, the prestige of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions was greatly improved.

Soon, the deputy envoys sent by Zhang Qian also returned to the country one after another, and brought back many envoys from the countries they had visited.

Since then, the traffic between China and the West has officially opened...

Chen Xuan: "And the channel of trade and cultural exchange between the East and the West opened up by Zhang Qian is called the 'Silk Road'! This is why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is called the first emperor to open up the Western Regions!"

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty: "No wonder our descendants are said to be militaristic. How much manpower, financial resources, and material resources will be spent?"

One Emperor through the ages·Qin Huang: "Even so, he succeeded. He opened up the Silk Road and attacked the Xiongnu in the north, causing the Huns to cease to exist. Why isn't such an emperor called the One Emperor through the ages?"

(End of this chapter)