Then the question is, why do Huns give prisoners such preferential treatment uncharacteristically? Personally, I think there are four reasons:
These privileged criminals are capable people, not mediocre people. Although the Huns lagged behind the Han Dynasty in culture, they were by no means fools. They know who can be used and who can be kept. For example, Zhang Qian, Su Wu, Li Ling, Wei Lv and others were also outstanding in the Han Dynasty. Huns will naturally pay enough attention to them. After all, they also need development, and talents are an important factor in development. Huns need these people to join in order to strengthen their own strength and then fight against the Han Dynasty. Although the Huns at that time never mentioned it? Control foreigners like foreigners? This slogan, but their practice is no different from this sentence. They tend to use the Han people to control the Han people, so they will reuse the Han Dynasty to surrender. What does this have to do with the famous traitors in the Western Han Dynasty? The Bank of China said that he was originally from the Han Dynasty, but he took refuge in the Huns. He not only took refuge in Xiongnu, but also made suggestions for Xiongnu and tried his best to fight against Han. The Huns have always attached great importance to this kind of person, and the theory of bank of China has gained a very high position in the Huns because of its performance again and again. Xiongnu also needed development, and the culture of Han Dynasty was far superior to Xiongnu. Therefore, the Huns need to introduce the culture of the Han Dynasty to upgrade their own culture, so as to enhance their productivity and enhance their combat capability. Perhaps this is not particularly important, but I think it is worth mentioning that the Huns have always been soldiers of the whole people. One of the main disadvantages of this way of fighting is that there are few people. Therefore, the Huns are kind to prisoners and have the consideration of increasing the population. Therefore, to sum up, the Huns need the participation of Han Chinese to strengthen their own strength. Everything they did in the final analysis was to fight against the Han dynasty, so don't? Do Huns treat prisoners well? Blinded by this statement, we should be familiar with history and understand the historical background of each phenomenon or event. Only in this way can we be targeted on the road of reading history.
Finally, let's see how well these people were treated by the Huns. I think only we can't think of what they can't do. Sometimes not only will they not be killed, but they will also be given a lot of property, even wives, so that they can live normally on the grassland like Huns, marry and have children, and enjoy themselves. In addition to being far away from home, the living environment is not as good as that of the Central Plains, and other conditions are not worse than those of the Han Dynasty.
For example, Zhang Qian, Su Wu, Li Ling, Lv Wei and others, although some of these people surrendered to the Huns, they all have one thing in common, that is, they were not killed by the Huns. Zhang Qian even married the Huns and had children, while Li Ling and Lu Wei were crowned kings by the Huns, and their status was very noble. Su Wu was a little miserable, but he was not killed. Moreover, when he was herding sheep in Beihai, Xiongnu.