"Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away" is a very popular saying at the moment. It has a history of more than 2,000 years. At that time, this sentence was called: "Anyone who openly offends the powerful Han will be punished no matter how far away!" In 45 BC), the Xiongnu, who had had nothing to do with the Han Dynasty for a long time, were shocked - Gu Ji, the envoy sent by the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu Zhizhi Chanyu, was killed by the enemy.
What is the origin of this Chanyu Zhizhi who dared to kill Han envoys without permission? Ten years ago, a great schism occurred within the Xiongnu. In order to compete for the succession to the throne, there was a situation where five Shan Yu Lin Li were competing. Huhanxie Chanyu, who married Wang Zhaojun, won the "Five Chanyu Competition". But the split situation did not end. In the end, Hu Hanxie's brother Zhizhi Shanyu led his troops to separate the country and defeated Hu Hanxie. Hu Hanxie had no choice but to move south and annex the Han Dynasty. The two Chanyus, Huhanxie and Zhizhi, were the southern and northern Xiongnu at that time.
At that time, Zhizhi Shanyu knew that he could not compete with the Han Dynasty, so he sent his son to Chang'an as a hostage to express his attachment to the Han Dynasty. However, over time, he felt that the Han Dynasty was partial and helped Hu Hanxie but not him, and he gradually became resentful.
He ran all the way west to Kangju
Zhizhi Shanyu furiously killed the Han envoys, and the relationship with the Han Dynasty was completely concluded. If you can't fight, you can only run away. He escaped far enough, running all the way west to Kangju (approximately between Lake Balkhash and the Aral Sea in present-day Kazakhstan).
Zhizhi Shanyu wanted to run so far, even if the Han Dynasty wanted to take revenge, he would not be able to come here. In the beginning, it was indeed as he wished. The Han Dynasty sent people several times to collect the bodies of Gu Ji and others, but to no avail. Shanyu Zhizhi even provocatively sent people to the Western Regions Protectorate to write to the Western Han Dynasty: I am not living well now and want to submit to the Han. Please hurry up and send someone to pick me up. The subtext is: I am high and far away, if you have the ability, you can come here to deal with me!
Even if he is far away, he will be killed
It was at this time that the famous general Chen Tang appeared. In 36 BC (the third year of Jianzhao), Chen Tang was appointed as the deputy captain of the Western Regions Protectorate, and went on an envoy to the Western Regions together with Gan Yanshou, the Western Regions Protector.
On the way to the Western Regions as an envoy, Chen Tang suggested to Gan Yanshou: We cannot sit back and watch the Xiongnu grow bigger here. We mobilize soldiers from Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions to attack and destroy the Zhizhi. Gan Yanshou agreed, but insisted on reporting to the court first. After Chen Tang repeatedly tried to persuade him to no avail, he took advantage of Gan Yanshou's illness and used the Han Emperor's edict to recruit more than 40,000 soldiers from various countries in the Western Regions and soldiers from the Han Dynasty stationed in the Cheshi Kingdom. They were divided into six teams and set off immediately.
Zhizhi Shanyu understood that the other party was coming to settle a score with him, and he had no choice but to bite the bullet and defend. The next day, the Han army defeated more than 10,000 Kangju cavalry who were rescuing from the outside, and quickly broke through the city. Zhizhi Shanyu was also killed in the chaos. In this battle, the Han army killed more than 1,500 enemy troops and captured more than 1,000 people. Chen Tang and Gan Yanshou then reported their victory to the court: "Zhizhi Chanyu did cruelty to the people, and the great evil was brought to heaven. I, Yanshou and Tang, will carry out righteous soldiers and carry out heaven's punishment. It is thanks to your majesty's spirit that Yin and Yang respond together. If the weather is wise, the enemy will be defeated by trapping him. It is advisable to hang his head among the barbarian mansions on the street to show that those who attack the strong Han will be killed no matter how far away they are."
Anyone who offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is. This famous saying comes from this letter. This statement has been passed down and has been generalized into "Those who offend China will be punished no matter how far away", becoming the most familiar aspirational statement. Lookout
"Even if they are far away, they will be killed" is the norm in the Western Han Dynasty
"South Vietnam killed the Han envoys and slaughtered them into nine counties. King Wan killed the Han envoys and hung his head on the North Tower. North Korea killed the Han envoys. , Immediately destroy the Xiongnu." This is what Su Wu said when facing the Xiongnu surrender. At that time, the Xiongnu interrogated the Han envoys in front of Su Wu, chopped Yu Chang directly, and threatened Zhang Sheng with a sword to make him surrender, hoping to persuade Su Wu to surrender. Unexpectedly, he was choked back by Su Wu's words. From then on, the Han envoys could only be exiled but did not dare to harm them.
This is because nothing Su Wu said was false. "Those who offend the powerful Han will be punished no matter how far away" is almost the norm in the foreign relations of the Han Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Yuanding reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (113 BC), disagreements occurred within the South Vietnamese regime. King Zhao Xing and Queen Mother Chu advocated paying homage to the Han Emperor and vassaling the Western Han Dynasty; but Prime Minister Lu Jia opposed it. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent 2,000 people to kill Lu Jia. The next year, Lu Jia simply launched a coup, killing the king, the queen mother and the Han envoys, and installed Zhao Jiande as king. In the autumn of that year, Emperor Wu sent five armies to directly destroy South Vietnam, and established nine counties including Nanhai and Dan'er, which were included in the Han territory.
Dawan was a well-known producing area of ??fine horses at that time. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard about this, he sent an envoy, Cha Ling, with 200,000 taels of gold and a pure gold horse to exchange for the sweat-blooded BMW. The king of Dawan actually killed the Han envoys and robbed the gold and silver. So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent his brother-in-law Li Guangli to fight directly with almost 100,000 prisoners and gangsters (evil boys from the county), plus some cavalry from the vassal states in the Western Regions. The Dawan nobles beheaded the king and sent envoys with his head to sue the Han for peace. The Han army readily accepted the offer and took away thousands of fine horses. At the same time, they also appointed a pro-Han King of Dayuan.
In the early Western Han Dynasty, Wei Man, a Yan native, overthrew the local political power in North Korea, proclaimed himself king, and established Wei's North Korea. Originally, Wei's North Korea took the initiative to become a vassal of the Han Dynasty, but during the reign of Emperor Wu, it began to have conflicts with the Western Han Dynasty. It also sent troops to raid Liaodong and killed the Han envoy She He. In the autumn of that year, Emperor Wu sent 50,000 troops to destroy Wei's North Korea, and established four counties, Lelang, Lintun, Xuantu and Zhenfan, under its jurisdiction.