Emperor Xuan of Han was another emperor after Emperor Wu, and the era he presided over became the most powerful period in the history of the two Han Dynasties, but his brilliant deeds were covered by Emperor Wu, so the attention to him was not high. Emperor Xuan's martial arts mainly had three points: first, to complete the strategy of the Western Regions; second, the Rebellion of the Pingxi Qiang; and third, to surrender to the Southern Xiongnu.
In fact, the exploration of the western region began from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Loulan, Cheshi, and Dawan in the Western Regions all submitted to the Han Empire. Only during the zhao emperor's period, the state turned to the policy of people's livelihood and stopped the pace of external expansion. Loulan, who had once surrendered to the Han Dynasty, fell to the Xiongnu, and the king of Loulan, An Gui, often colluded with the Xiongnu to rob and kill the Han mission. King Loulan did not expect that an unknown Han courtier, Fu Jiezi, would design his life, and the kingdom of Loulan would be regained control by the Han Empire and renamed Yanshan.
After cleaning up lou languo, Guizi became the next target. At that time, the Han army garrisoned Tuntian in Luntai, and Lai Dan, the prince of the Han Dynasty who was loyal to the Han Dynasty, served as a lieutenant of Tuntian. Since the wheel platform is not far from Guizi, Guizi regards it as a thorn in the flesh of the eye, and the noble guyi instigates the king of Guizi to send someone to stab Laidan to death. Therefore, the Han envoy to Wusun, Chang Hui, went to Emperor Shangshu and volunteered to lead a crusade against Guizi. Chang Hui adopted the strategy of "using Yi to control Yi" and recruited 50,000 allied troops from pro-Han countries such as Wusun, Yanqi, and Gumo to attack Guizi in three ways. King Guizi saw that the army was oppressive, so he had to submit to weakness and hand over the culprit who assassinated Lai Dan. Chang Hui ordered him to be beheaded and displayed in public, and then withdrew his troops.
Like Lou Lan, Cheshiguo was located in the throat passage into the Western Regions. In 67 BC, the Xiongnu supported Wugui to inherit the throne of Cheshi, and Cheshi fell to the Xiongnu and made enemies of the Han. A battle against the Cheshi is inevitable. Similarly, an unknown general of the Western Tunken Dynasty took on the heavy responsibility of crusading against the Che division, his name was Zheng Ji. Zheng Ji led the Tuntian Han army of 1,500 people, plus the troops of the requisitioned Qu Plough and other countries, a total of only a few thousand soldiers and horses killed the Benche Division. Before the Cheshi could react, the coalition forces had already approached the capital City of Jiaohe, and Zheng Ji led the coalition forces to attack Jiaohe City with a single blow, and the Cheshi Wang Wugui had to surrender.
When the Xiongnu got the news, they pounced on the Cheshi in a murderous spirit. Wu Gui, the king of Cheshi, was greedy and afraid of death, and even did not want the throne, so he ran to the kingdom of Wusun to take refuge. The Xiongnu also made Tu mo the king of Cheshi, and Tu Mo was afraid of Zheng Ji's retaliation, so the whole country moved east and ran away again. The originally lively capital city of Jiaohe became an empty city, and Zheng Ji led three hundred Han troops to garrison Tuntian here. The Xiongnu gathered men and horses on the border in an attempt to eliminate Zheng Ji's Tuntian forces, and the situation was extremely critical. At this time, the Shache state suddenly rebelled, and the situation in the western region took a sharp turn for the worse.
Shache Wang Wannian was originally the Prince of Wusun, and his mother was Liu Xieyou, a Han princess who married Wusun. Since the old king of Shache was childless under his knees, he regarded Wannian as his own son, and naturally passed the throne to him as a matter of course. Who knew that this guy was a ridiculous and tyrannical person, the old king's brother Hu Tuzheng launched a coup d'état and killed for ten thousand years, even the Han envoy Xi Chongguo was also killed. At this time, another hero appeared on the scene, his name was Feng Fengshi, who was both literate and martial, and had courage and knowledge.
In 65 BC, Feng Fengshi was ordered to escort the emissaries of Dawan back to China. Halfway to the road, hearing of the Shache rebellion, he immediately made a decision, using the symbol of the emperor's power in his hand as a relic, recruiting troops from the countries of the Western Regions that did not participate in the rebellion, and gathering more than 15,000 soldiers and horses, Feng Fengshi led this mixed army to quickly kill the State of Benshache, and the King of Shache committed suicide in defeat.
Another major battlefield during the Xuan Emperor period was the Western Qiang War, which broke out from 61 BC to 6o BC. The Qiang were a large family, mainly distributed in the western and southwestern parts of the Han Empire. Tribes are called "species" and chiefs are called "howe". In 62 BC, Emperor Xuan sent Guanglu Dafu Yiqu Anguo as an envoy to Western Qiang. The chieftain of XianzhiQiang asked to return to the Huangshui Valley, and Yiqu Anguo agreed to his request.
However, he did not expect that Xianzhi Qiang had already reached an alliance agreement with the Xiongnu in private, preparing to launch an attack on Shanshan and Dunhuang. Emperor Xuan, who received the news, could only choose to solve the problem by force. The seventy-five-year-old veteran general Zhao Chong Guomao volunteered himself and asked to be the commander of the expedition. Deeply moved, Emperor Xuan agreed to his request, appointed him commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, and led 10,000 elite cavalry to cross the Yellow River in the west and arrive at the Western Regions Capital. At this time, Xianzhi Qiang had begun to launch a fierce attack on the capital, and Zhao Chongguo ordered the fortified wall to clear the field, hold the city, and shoot the enemy with a strong crossbow.
Zhao Chongguo's strategic intention was to adopt a strategy of dividing and disintegrating the enemy and concentrating on attacking the strongest Xianzhi Qiang tribe. To this end, he also deliberately released a prisoner named Diaoku who was imprisoned in the Capital Prison, who was the younger brother of the Qiang people and the leader of the Kai tribe. Although these two tribes were closely related to the Xianzhi Qiang, they did not rise up against the Han. Zhao Chongguo asked Diaoku to bring a message to the tribal leader, do not follow the first Zero Qiang, otherwise it will be self-destruction. Those small tribes heeded the advice and chose to watch the fire from the other side and not participate in the rebellion of the First Zero Qiang.
Xian zero Qiang could not get support, and could not attack the capital, and morale began to decline. Zhao Chong guo seized the opportunity and launched a surprise attack, first zero Qiang
Caught off guard, he fled backwards, panicking and trying to cross the water and retreat to the other side. The Han army covered up in time, and countless people fell into the water and drowned countless people, and those who did not have time to cross the river all abandoned their weapons and surrendered. In this battle, the Han army won a complete victory at a very small cost, and not only did the Xianzhi Qiang suffer heavy losses, but also more than 100,000 cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock that they regarded as a source of food.
Under the blows of the Han army, xianzhi Qiang had to retreat into the barren mountainous areas, starving, and a large number of Qiang people surrendered to the Han army. There are only a very small number of diehards left, and there is no threat to the Han army. Zhao Chongguo went to the emperor and asked Banshi to return to the dynasty.