During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a full-scale war broke out between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu. Bloody fighting spread throughout Northeast Asia, with almost all the countries of the western region involved. In order to balance the Xiongnu and cut off their right arm, the brilliant Emperor Wu of Han decided to send envoys to contact the countries of the Western Regions and win them to the side of the Han Dynasty to threaten the Xiongnu flank.
At the beginning, the Han Dynasty chose to contact the Xiongnu's feud, the Dayue people. However, the People of the Great Moon Clan had already moved west, occupied a fertile land, and no longer wanted to contend with the Xiongnu. In desperation, Emperor Wu of Han retreated and set his sights on Wusun, a major country in the Western Regions.
The State of Wusun, whose territory spanned present-day China and Central Asia. The Wusun people originally lived in the Hexi Corridor region, but were later expelled by the Dayue people and forced to migrate to the western region. Legend has it that after Usun was defeated by the Ōtsuki clan, the infant prince of Usun, Hunter Jiaojing, was abandoned in the wilderness.
Surprisingly, however, the baby appeared to be a nobleman descending from heaven and had many visions. The crow flew from the sky and fed and hunted with meat, while the wolf not only did not harm the baby boy, but extended his life with his own milk. When the Xiongnu heard about this, they brought the hunters back to the Huns and raised them.
When Hunter Grew up, the Xiongnu shan yu handed over the Wusun tribes to his command and asked him to help the Xiongnu defeat the Dayue clan. With the help of the Xiongnu, the Wusun people were nomadic in the Ili River Valley and became the largest state in the Western Regions. In the beginning, Wusun was a vassal state of the Xiongnu and an agent of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions. But as Wusun's national strength grew, the ungrateful hunters became increasingly disrespectful to the Xiongnu. In the beginning, Hunters often met with the Xiongnu Shan Yu. But later, he no longer took the Huns seriously.
When the Han Dynasty adventurer Zhang Qian passed through Wusun, he keenly discovered that Wusun and the Xiongnu had fallen out of harmony. In his view, as long as Emperor Wu of Han could impress the hunters with practical interests, he would certainly be able to pull Wusun to the side of the Han Dynasty and achieve the strategic goal of "cutting off the right arm of the Xiongnu".
Listening to Zhang Qian's suggestion, Emperor Wu of Han immediately decided to let him go to Wusun with a large amount of gold in an attempt to establish bilateral relations between Han and Wusun. Arriving in Wusun, Hunter Was shocked by the preciousness of the gifts given by Emperor Wu of Han, and even disregarded his old age to pay homage to Zhang Qian with the gift of seeing the Xiongnu Shan Yu. Although Zhang Qian was well-informed, he had never seen such a greedy and brazen person. The history books record: "Qian Da shame". That is to say, the arrogant behavior of the hunter frightened Zhang Qian.
Subsequently, Hunter Jiaojing selected dozens of good horses and sent envoys to accompany Zhang Qian to Chang'an to inquire about the reality of the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, the Wusun envoys were shocked by the vastness and wealth of the Han Dynasty and could not speak. After returning to China, the envoys tried their best to persuade Hunter Tou to ally with the Han Dynasty. And the greedy hunters of money also gradually tended to the Han Dynasty.
However, there was no impermeable wall in the world, and the news of the hunt and the Secret Song of the Han Dynasty soon reached the ears of the Huns. In response to Wusun's betrayal, the Xiongnu were furious and threatened to send troops to attack. In extreme fear, Hunter Immediately contacted the Han Dynasty and asked to marry a Han Dynasty princess and marry Han as a Kundi.
Emperor Wu of Han pondered again and again, and finally agreed to Hunt Jiaojing's request. He took Xiao Jun, the daughter of Liu Jian, the King of Jiangdu, as a princess of Peace, and made him intimate with Hunter Jiaojing. At that time, Princess Xiaojun was only in her early twenties, and Hunter Jiaojing was already old enough to be her grandfather, so the two were not a good match.
Although Princess Xiaojun was full of pain, she could not disobey the Holy Will, so she had to go west. However, what Princess Xiaojun did not expect was that when she arrived in Wusun, she was only made the Right Lady, and a Xiongnu princess was already made the Left Lady. In ancient times, nomads honored the left. Therefore, the rank of Princess Xiaojun was lower than that of the Xiongnu Princess.
When the Xiongnu heard that Wusun had made peace with the Han Dynasty, they were greatly shocked. So the Xiongnu Shan Yu also sent a princess to make her close to the hunter. Compared with the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were closer and more threatening. In order to curry favor with the Xiongnu, Hunter Jiaojing had to let the Princess of the Han Dynasty condescend. In this way, the princess of the two great countries who hunted the pride of the hunt sat on the throne, and as long as there was a feast, he would let the Han and Hungarian princesses accompany them, so that they would not be majestic.
However, it is worth mentioning that the hunting is only a superficial scenery, the Han princess and the Xiongnu princess each represent the interests of the two countries, and there must be open and secret struggles between the boudoir and the drapery. Hunter Arrogant was afraid of the two great powers, sandwiched between the two princesses, and did not know how to deal with it. In order to relieve the harem crisis, Hunter Jiaojing wrote to Emperor Wu of Han, hoping to marry his grandson, Cen Qi, to Princess Xiaojun.
In the eyes of the Han people who attach importance to ethics, such behavior is quite uncivilized. For the decision to hunt arrogance, Princess Xiaojun vowed to die. Soon, however, Emperor Wu of Han's will reached the Xiongnu. In the emperor's view, Wusun was the key to the destruction of the Xiongnu and must be fought for. Therefore, he said in his will: "From his national customs, he wants to destroy Hu with Wusun." Who called Hunter Pride the "son-in-law" he valued the most?
In this way, Princess Xiaojun married her titular grandson, Cen Qian. After The Hunt's death, Cen Xi succeeded to the throne. The Han Dynasty's relationship with Wusun was further drawn closer, and eventually it became a solid ally. During the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han, the Han Dynasty and Wusun fought together against the Xiongnu and won a total victory, almost completely destroying the Xiongnu state. Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty put a long line to catch big fish, and finally realized the concept of "breaking the right arm of the Xiongnu".