We often say that two countries are at war and do not cut each other, but sometimes, not killing does not mean that you are let go, and seizure is also a routine operation. When The Western Han Dynasty Emperor Wudi was ah, the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu relations were bad, but the two sides intended to improve relations, the rulers of both sides wanted to restore normal diplomatic relations, which required sending diplomats to visit and talk, the normal situation is not dangerous, but there are accidents, Su Wu is encountered an accident, and finally stranded in foreign countries for 19 years, from middle age to old age, spent in the ice and snow of Lake Baikal, let's take a look at his legendary experience.
Members and missions of the mission, led by deputy ministerial level
Foreign visit to Xiongnu diplomacy
The head of the delegation was General Su Wu (deputy director of the Central Guard Bureau at the deputy ministerial level).
He is 41 years old, rich and powerful, has rich political experience, has worked at the side of the leader (emperor) for many years, and his loyalty and reliability are beyond doubt. There is no doubt that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chose Su Wu as the head of the delegation after careful consideration.
delegation
The deputy regimental commander was Zhang Sheng, the deputy commander of the regiment
The main members are the fake official Chang Hui, as well as more than 100 recruited scouts (investigators), as can be seen from the composition of the visiting personnel, mainly military armed security personnel. This is because the envoys to the Xiongnu are far away, it is not impossible to be robbed by people halfway by force, and it is necessary to escort the Xiongnu envoys, and a strong military team is necessary.
In addition to escorting the Xiongnu emissaries and meeting Shan Yu to send gifts, Su Wu also had the task of inquiring into the news, to see if the attitude of the Xiongnu upper echelons was friendly to the Han Dynasty, and to understand the Xiongnu policy towards the Han Dynasty.
Emperor
The deputy Zhang Sheng was innocently implicated in the Xiongnu conspiracy against Su Wu
Originally the task was done very well,
If you eat hot pot and sing songs without accidents, you can quickly return to the Han Dynasty
At this time, a big thing happened, and Su Wu was involved. At that time, the Xiongnu King and Yu Chang and more than seventy other people wanted to rob the Xiongnu mother and surrender to the Han Dynasty, the mastermind Yu Chang surrendered to the Xiongnu a few years ago, and Zhang Sheng and Yu Chang had a very good relationship.
Yu Chang thought about coming to the inside and outside to seek Zhang Sheng's assistance, in order to persuade Zhang Sheng, Yu Chang's reason was that Emperor Wu of Han was very resentful of Wei Lu (Wei Lu was a traitor who surrendered to the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty) I went to kill Wei Lu, Zhang Sheng listened, felt good, and provided Yu Chang with activity funds (with goods and Chang)
Waiting for a slow wait, Yu Chang and others waited for an opportunity, one day, Shan Yu went out hunting, only Shan Yu's mother Fu Shi and a few other people were at home, when preparing for the action, the secrecy work was not done well, someone denounced their plot, and the final result was that only Yu Chang was captured alive and the others were hacked to death.
Sure enough, Yu Chang confessed Zhang Sheng, and at this point, Su Wu really didn't know anything, being implicated was purely a senseless disaster, Zhang Sheng knew that he couldn't hide and quickly reported to Su Wu.
Su Wu said: When things have reached this point, they will definitely implicate me and die of humiliation, sorry for the country! He was about to draw his sword and kill himself, but he was stopped by his men.
Shan Yu was very angry, and he was eager to slaughter all the Han Dynasty mission personnel, fortunately, the people next to him persuaded Shan Yu that it would not be better for Su Wu to surrender.
Shan Yu asked Wei Lu to summon Su Wu to be tried, and Su Wu told the rest of the delegation: Losing integrity has insulted the mission of the state, and what face is alive. After pulling out the saber and stabbing at the body, the others were stunned, quickly hugged Su Wu, and only after the doctor's emergency rescue did they retrieve a life. Su Wu regarded death as a homecoming, and his unwillingness to be humiliated touched the Xiongnu Shan Yu. Shan Yu let people take care of Su Wu and arrested Zhang Sheng.
Guard the law
Persuade Su Wu to surrender and not be moved
The first move is death threats
Shan Yu held a trial meeting to try these rebels such as Yu Chang Zhang Sheng and others, Shan Yu sentenced Yu Chang to death on the spot, and immediately executed it, slashing Yu Chang with a sword, trying to threaten Su Wu with the fear of death and force Su Wu to surrender, but Su Wu was not moved. Instead, Su Wu's deputy, Zhang Sheng, deputy head of the delegation, was frightened to see Yu Chang killed, and quickly fell to his knees and surrendered, saving his life.
The second trick is to persuade the temptation of wealth
Wei Lu took himself as an example to talk about the benefits of surrender, wei Lu said: Mr. Su, I was also a general of the Han Dynasty, and I was given preferential treatment to me, and I was given the status of a king, not only to people, but also to give money (tens of thousands of people, horses and animals), and become a prince of one side. As long as you surrender today, your good life will be like mine, rich and noble, throwing your life in vain in this vast grass field, and no one knows where you die.
"If you listen to me today, we will become brothers and share the wealth, if you don't listen to me, one day you will regret it, and it will be difficult to find me again." 」
Su Wu listened to Wei Lu's words, broke his mouth and scolded, thinking: "I have never seen such a brazen and shameless person", you are a son of man, you are a dog traitor and a face that barks wildly in front of me, you, as a courtier of the Han Dynasty, disregard the favor of the imperial court, do not keep your word, betray the motherland and the people, and are willing to be a lackey of the enemy country.
Since you have become a vassal of the Xiongnu kingdom, the Xiongnu only trust you, you should uphold justice justly, I did not participate in the rebellion of Chang Hui and others, why did you judge me? When South Vietnam killed the emissaries of my Han Dynasty, South Vietnam was destroyed, and the King of Dawan killed the emissaries of my Han Dynasty, and the King of Dawan was killed by the soldiers sent by our Han Dynasty, and his head was still hanging under the northern gate of my Han Palace.
Now that only the Huns have not been destroyed, do you want to kill me to provoke a war between the two countries and then sit back and watch the Huns be destroyed? Wei Lu was scolded by Su Wu to the point of bloodshed.
The means of recruitment and surrender are endless and varied
Man, the more you don't get it, the more you want it. The Xiongnu only saw that Su Wu's backbone was so hard, and the more they wanted to surrender Su Wu, the more they came up with various tricks to make Su Wu surrender.
The first trick is to shut down and not give food
。 Shan Yu put Su Wu in an empty cellar and locked it up, there was no food or drink, he chewed the hair, thirsty and swallowed the snow, just like this, Su Wu's vitality was really tenacious, after many days did not die, the Xiongnu people thought that this was blessed by the gods, so they released Su Wu and exiled him in another place.
The second trick, self-destruction, exiled to the North Sea
。 Exile Su wu to the vicinity of the deserted North Sea (Lake Baikal), let him graze there, and there is a condition, as long as it is achieved, you will be released, what condition? Isn't it nonsense that as long as the ram gives birth to you, it seems that suwu will stay on the shores of Lake Baikal for the rest of his life.
The North Sea is deserted, the birds do not, life is bitter, the Xiongnu do not give food, Su Wu can only dig up the grass seeds stored by wild rats to fill the hunger. If you don't say that the nobles have their own heavenly help, so after a few years, Shan Yu's younger brother Yu Jing Wang came to the North Sea to hunt, Su Wu is also a technical talent, a craft at a critical moment, can weave nets, can correct the bow and crossbow, which makes the Yu Jing King who likes to hunt like to like to like to hunt.
Give Su Wu grain, clothing, tents, horses and livestock, this life is better, but such a good life did not last long, a few years later, Yu Jing Wang fell ill and died, Su Wu's hard days came again, but the cattle and sheep were stolen by the people of The Ding Ling tribe, Ding Ling Wang was Wei Lu, obviously, this is Wei Lu saw Su Wu's life well, his eyes were red, let his subordinates steal Su Wu's cattle and sheep, Su Wu's days have not been sent.
Although his life was very bitter, Su Wu did not have the Festival in his hand for a moment, and the Festival, as a certificate for sending envoys to the Xiongnu, was a relic of Su Wu on behalf of the Han Dynasty, no matter how difficult it was, Su Wu did not lose the Festival, and the patriotism in his heart was not forgotten for a moment.
Later, Su Wu's old friend Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu and was ordered by Shan Yu to persuade Su Wu to surrender, but Su Wu still did not change his ambitions in the slightest, Li Ling was ashamed and embarrassed, and left Su Wu with dozens of cattle and sheep to improve his life before leaving, so Su Wu herded sheep in Beihai for nineteen years, maybe such a life would be a lifetime, but things still turned around.
Su Wu returned to Han, there is no danger
Emperor Zhao of Han
In 81 BC, during the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han, the Xiongnu made peace with the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty proposed that the Xiongnu release Su Wu and others, but the Xiongnu lied that Su Wu was dead. After the Han Dynasty emissaries arrived at the Xiongnu, Su Wu's old subordinate Chang Hui secretly met with the Han emissaries and said that Su Wu was not dead, and that he was herding sheep in the North Sea, and also came up with an idea, leaving the Xiongnu speechless.
When the envoys of the Han Dynasty met Shan Yu, they said: I, the Great Han Tianzi, was hunting in Shanglin Garden, and shot a big goose, and a letter was tied to it, saying that Su Wu was still alive, in the North Sea. Shan Yu was shocked and could not refute it, but could only say that Su Wu was indeed still alive, so Su Wu was lucky enough to return to the Han Dynasty.
Su Wu was still in his prime when he set out, but when he returned, he had white hair and sideburns, and 19 years had passed, and when the entire delegation was sent out, there were more than 100 people, but when he returned, there were only 8 people, and the others either died or surrendered. Su Wu returned to The Capital Division, and Emperor Zhao of Han ordered Su Wu to offer sacrifices and pay homage to Emperor Wu's mausoleum temple.
Su Wu was promoted to Foreign Minister
(Canonical State).
During the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han, Su Wu was made the Marquis of Guannei at the age of 81, and was listed as one of the eleven meritorious servants of the Qilin Pavilion and received supreme honors.
All this is what Su Wu deserves, and this is also to reward those staunch patriots and tell people that patriotism will not suffer losses, su Wu, as a model among patriots, has been praised and promoted by people for thousands of years, and it can be said that people like Su Wu are the backbone of the Chinese nation and our spiritual coordinates.
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