Since ancient times, BMW is like a beauty, attracting all kinds of heroes to compete. And the famous "sweat and blood BMW" has triggered a bloody war, what is going on?
Introduction to Dawan
During the Han Dynasty, Central Asia, which is adjacent to the mainland, was lined with many small countries. However, with the birth of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the cattle rushed to destroy the Xiongnu, and at the same time, the great war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu also allowed the han dynasty's power to gradually penetrate into the western region, and also let the influence of the Han Dynasty in Central Asia rise, so the relationship between these small countries and the Han Dynasty also began to gradually warm up. Among the major countries of these small countries is the protagonist we want to talk about today, Dawan.
Dawan is an ancient country in Central Asia with a long history. It is also quite influential among the Central Asian countries, and the people can farm or graze. Rich in rice, wheat, wine, and most importantly, BMW, of which the sweat and blood BMW is the most prestigious. This is related to the geographical environment of Dawan, which is at the hub of communication between China and the West, and when Zhang Qian first sent a mission to the Western Regions, he visited Dawan, and Dawan also sent emissaries to the Han Dynasty, and the two countries established diplomatic relations. Later, when Zhang Qian was on a mission to the Western Regions again, he visited Dawan again, and Dawan also sent emissaries to visit the Great Han, and since then the two countries have had friendly diplomatic relations. But why did the two countries end up fighting each other, and even Dawan was destroyed?
The Great Wan destroyed the country
This is closely related to Emperor Wu of Han. As we all know, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was very belligerent in his life, and even the history books used the phrase "poor soldiers and martial arts" to describe his life's belligerence. According to the Book of Han, in 14 BC, Emperor Wudi of Han sent people to exchange thousands of gold and golden horses for dawan's sweat and blood BMW, and the result was?
Dawan was unwilling to exchange with the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of Han became angry, and directly ordered Li Guangli to be a general and lead his army to Dawan thousands of miles away to recruit them. However, because the road is really far away, coupled with the unfamiliarity of life, not only was dawan beaten to death, but the nearby Yucheng king was also killed by dawan to kill the han dynasty envoys, and robbed the property of the Han dynasty envoy team. Dawan's move directly caused Emperor Wu of Han's anger to rise in a straight line.
In 101 BC, under the orders of Emperor Wu of Han, Li Guangli again went out to conquer Dawan, and this time Li Guangli successfully arrived in Dawan, and also besieged the capital of Dawan for more than forty days, forcing The ministers of Dawan to kill the king of Dawan in order to survive, and then took the initiative to surrender Kaicheng, and Dawan has since fallen.
Later, the Han Dynasty re-established dawan as the king, and also took dawan's sweat and blood BMW, and took the son of dawan king to Chang'an as a proton, and the two countries have since formed an alliance state. However, just because of the sweat and blood BMW, Did Emperor Wudi of Han destroy Dawan not far away? Do you not hesitate to spend time and effort, send troops twice, and the charm of the sweat and blood BMW is really so big?
In fact, in fact, the war between the Han Dynasty and Dawan, sweat and blood BMW is not the root cause, the most practical reason is because the Western Han and Xiongnu in the western region of the war is related, and Dawan as a dependent of the Xiongnu, but also has good horses, fueling the arrogance of the Xiongnu, which is very unfavorable to the Han Dynasty's control of the western region and the expansion of its power in the western region. Therefore, the submission of Dawan was an important step in the Xiongnu's power in the Western Regions, and it was an extremely important part of the Western Han Dynasty's efforts to win over the countries of the Western Regions, isolate the Xiongnu, and dredge up and secure the Han Dynasty's trade routes to the countries of the Western Regions.