This warrior survived the death of Qin Shi Huang, survived the death of eight emperors, and finally ascended the throne as a generation of emperors
There is a Saying in China that winning first is not a win, and laughing at the end is the winner. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Yi lived for 73 years, survived three generations of monarchs of the Cao family, and finally unified the mountains and rivers, ending the rise of the Three Kingdoms and clearing the way for his son Sima Zhao to ascend the throne.
And this person was even more powerful, lived for 102 years, survived the death of Qin Shi Huang, survived the death of eight emperors, and finally ascended the throne and became a generation of emperors, this person is the "King of South Vietnam" Zhao Tuo.
Qin Shi Huang's ambition was to give the land of Baiyue to Zhao Tuo
After Yingzheng swept Liuhe into the first emperor, his ambitions soared, and he always wanted to capture the land of Baiyue in the south, and later Qin Shi Huang sent Tu Sui as the main general and Zhao Tuo as the deputy general, leading 500,000 troops to conquer Lingnan and other Baiyue regions. However, the Qin Dynasty army did not continue the undefeated trend of the previous period in the Central Plains, and after arriving in Lingnan, it was met with the strong resistance of the local army, and the Qin army failed one after another, and the main general Tu Sui was killed in the battle.
After Tu Sui's death, Qin Shi Huang gave up the idea of conquering Baiyue, and immediately ordered the army to stick to its headquarters, guard the original territory, and beware of the attack of the Baiyue Army, Qin Shi Huang also appointed Ren Hu to garrison Nanhai County, and appointed Hu As the county sheriff of Nanhai County, ruling all the powers of Nanhai County, including military power, equivalent to the "Tu Emperor" of Nanhai County, and Zhao Tuo served as the strategically important Longchuan County, becoming the county commander of Longchuan County.
Zhao Tuo suggested that Ren Hu use the method of "sticks and candy" to pacify the Baiyue region, while organizing the army to confront the local Baiyue military and civilians, while trying to appease the Baiyue military and civilians, publicizing the superiority of the Qin Dynasty, and eventually the Baiyue area was gradually conquered and incorporated into the territory of the Qin Dynasty. However, shortly after the conquest of Baiyue, Qin Shi Huang died and Hu Hai succeeded to the throne, but Hu Hai had not yet stabilized the throne, and there were frequent uprisings in various places, and eventually the Qin state was overthrown. Then the Central Plains region carried out a situation of mass hegemony, but at this time, the Baiyue region was calm under the rule of Zhao Tuo and Ren Hu, and the war in the Central Plains did not burn here at all.
After Ren Huo's death, he handed over Nanhai Commandery to Zhao Tuo before his death, and instructed Zhao Tuo to rely on geographical advantages to prevent the rebel army from attacking. After Zhao Tuo took over, he began to expand his power, using the South Vietnamese region as a base area, gradually containing the important areas of Sanjiang and Wuling, and firmly defending the South Vietnamese region. Later, Zhao Tuo began to show his military talents, annexing Guilin and Xiang County, and then leading the army to conquer Changsha, and further expanding south Vietnam's territory under Zhao Tuo's conquest.
Zhao Tuo survived the death of eight emperors and eventually became emperor
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo knew that Baiyue, who lived in a remote corner, was not an opponent of the Han Dynasty, and chose to submit to the Han Dynasty, while Zhao Tuo took the opportunity to learn the advanced agricultural technology and policies of the Han Dynasty, and South Vietnam, which was originally a desolate land, ushered in a prosperous scene in more than a decade.
Although Zhao Tuo stubbornly adhered to South Vietnam and became a hegemon, because Zhao Tuo submitted to the Han Dynasty, he could not be called emperor, but could only be called "King Wu of Nanyue", and later Zhao Tuo and the Han Dynasty quarreled, officially ascended the throne, and used the title of emperor, called "Emperor Wu of Nanyue".
In the 4th year of the founding of Emperor Wu of Han, Zhao Tuo died at the age of 102, ruling the Baiyue region for up to 81 years, Zhao Tuo survived a total of eight emperors, two emperors of the Qin Dynasty (Qin Shi Huang and Hu Hai), and six emperors before Emperor Wu of Han (Liu Bang of Han Gaozu, Liu Ying of Han Hui, Liu Gong of the Former Han Dynasty, Liu Hong, Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty, Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Qi of the Han Jing Emperor).
Zhao Tuo died at the age of 102
Zhao Tuo even survived his own son, when he passed the throne, his son had already gone one step ahead of him, he could only pass the throne to his grandson, but his grandson was also very old when he took the throne, so he only reigned for 15 years and died, in 111 BC, the State of Nanyue was finally destroyed by the Han Dynasty.