It's crazy! In 36 BC, Chen Tang, a small envoy to the Western Regions, dared to send troops to attack the Xiongnu, without paying attention to the emperor at all.
His friend Gan Yanshou couldn't see it and wanted to dissuade it, but Chen Tang had already planned it, and Gan Yanshou couldn't change it, so he could only do it together.
If we look at history, the characters who were able to defeat the Xiongnu before the Han Dynasty were all top warriors at the level of the God of War. Chen Tang, a small envoy, a weak scholar with no chicken power, dared to openly challenge the Xiongnu, and it was still a correction.
If this had wiped out the family foundation of the Great Han Dynasty, wouldn't he have become a sinner for eternity?
Don't worry, although Chen Tang came from a poor family, he has been smart and clever since childhood, and he is bold and careful, and what is particularly valuable is that he never plays cards according to common sense, and likes to beat the teacher to death.
Therefore, Chen Tang should be a military wizard who is good at scheming.
But in the eyes of those who did not know him, it was too presumptuous to send troops, and it was a mortal end.
Then the question also comes, why is Chen Tang full of confidence and dares to correct the army? What did he find? And how to defeat the Huns so that they did not dare to invade for 300 years?
01. Envoy to the Western Regions
As mentioned earlier, Chen Tang is a literati, although his family is poor, he loves to read poetry books since he was a child, and his writing is also very good. However, in terms of personality, he does not have the elegant atmosphere of a literati, on the contrary, he has a strong aura, and since he was a child, he likes to take the sword to the side and does not take the usual path.
In ancient times, the literati had a kind of ambition called "not to eat the food that comes from the mouth", but he wanted to go out and beg. In ancient times, filial piety was emphasized, but after his father died, he did not even look at it.
In short, everything is against the worldly etiquette, so many readers know about it and call him a man without discipline.
Although he relied on his profound knowledge to gain the appreciation of Zhang Bo, the Marquis of Fuping, he recommended him to become an official in the dynasty.
But being an official made him uncomfortable for Chen Tang, and he really couldn't stand all kinds of red tape. It happened that at this time, the Xiongnu were killing the envoys of the Han Dynasty, so Chen Tang took the initiative to write a letter requesting an envoy to the Western Regions, hoping to use his eloquence to persuade the Western Regions to jointly resist the enemy.
The emperor saw that he was warm and sincere, so he agreed to his request. In this way, Chen Tang took the mission of the country and embarked on the road of envoy to the Western Regions with his friend Gan Yanshou, and it was this mission that made him a god in a war.
02. Correction of the dispatch of troops
Chen Tang was a bold and meticulous person, and in the process of going on a mission, he had to observe every place carefully, and often communicated with villagers everywhere.
In the process of communication and investigation, he unexpectedly thought of a way to defeat the Huns in one fell swoop.
After the original inspection, Chen Tang learned that the overlord of the Xiongnu was zhizhi Shan Yu. This person is fierce and fierce, often bullying many small countries around him, but only for the Western Regions.
It seems that Zhi Zhidan Yu was very clever, he knew that the Western Han Dynasty would win over the Western Regions, so he took the lead and joined it into the camp of the Xiongnu.
It was a pity that Chen Tang did not play cards according to common sense, and since he could not cooperate with the Western Regions, he simply cooperated with those small countries that were bullied by the Xiongnu.
As long as these small soldiers divided into three routes and constantly harassed and eroded the territory around the Huns, it would not be long before a group of hungry wolves could force the tiger to death. Of course, the premise is not to be tough, but to act opportunistically, to fight if you can, and to run if you can't fight.
In short, they linked up from all sides to exhaust the strength of the Xiongnu and eventually annihilate them in one fell swoop.
However, in order to increase the chance of victory, the Western Han Dynasty could not sit still, and must organize a large army to form a fourth way to cooperate with the actions of other small countries.
However, Emperor Xiaoyuan favored the eunuchs, and the government was already in chaos, and even if there was a good strategy to retreat from the enemy, I was afraid that it would be stirred up by the eunuchs.
Therefore, Chen Tang decided to simply not do anything and send troops.
Although his friend Gan Yanshou came forward to stop it, Chen Tangcai did not care about the consequences and thought that what was beneficial to him and the country should be done.
03. World War I fame
Sure enough, although the Xiongnu were strong, they could not stand the difficulty of the little ghosts, and they were still many small ghosts.
It wasn't long before the major areas controlled by the Huns were occupied. And Chen Tang even brought the Western Han Army to the city, ready to duel between male and female.
In fact, Chen Tang knew that this battle would be won, because he had long discovered that the capital city of Zhi Zhidan yu was divided into two layers, the inner layer was Tucheng and the outer layer was Mucheng.
Whoever looks at such a structure will laugh, what is wood most afraid of? It must be fire. So Chen Tang effortlessly forced Zhi Zhidan yu to retreat to Tucheng with a big fire.
As for Tucheng, it is even simpler, the height of Tucheng is less than 2 zhang, that is, the height of four or five meters, which is simply a pediatric for the Han army that is familiar with siege warfare.
Eventually, the Han army invaded the capital, and Zhi Zhidan was killed during the firefight, and was subsequently removed from the head by a fierce general.
However, some people will think that there is nonsense here, and no matter how stupid the Huns are, they cannot build a wooden city in the outer city. No, this battle is really recorded in the "Hanshu Chen Tang Biography", and there is not a single lie.
Of course, if the ancients were telling a lie, then we don't know.
04. Raise our country's prestige
After this battle, the Xiongnu suffered an unprecedented catastrophe, Zhi Zhidanyu was killed, the capital was destroyed, the army was scattered, and other small Groups of Xiongnu tribes were also frightened and frightened, and they all showed their goodwill to the Western Han Dynasty.
But Chen Tang did not think so, he felt that just killing Shan Yu was not enough to play a deterrent role, and he should hang his head up to let these Xiongnu people know a truth, that is, "those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished from afar." ”
Don't dare to think! Ancient warlords wanted to make a name for themselves in the world, and asked which one was not experienced in a hundred battles and died nine times, such as Bai Qi, Han Xin, Li Jing, and Yue Fei at the level of the God of War.
However, Chen Tang relied on the only battle in his life to become famous in history, which made foreign enemies feel frightened and did not dare to invade China for more than 300 years.
And that phrase "although it is far away, it will be cursed" not only promotes the prestige of our country, but also becomes a kind of shadow, which is deeply imprinted in the bone marrow of the Xiongnu.
Reference: The Biography of Chen Tang in the Book of Han