It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Liu Bang and his descendants can say that this has reached the extreme. In the face of the humiliation of the Huns, Liu Bang didn't take it personally and made unnecessary resistance. Instead, he chose to follow Lou Jing's advice, serve his life and strive for peace with women.

It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge: the pro-Xiongnu policy of the Han Dynasty

Liu Bang's successors, from the emperor Han Hui to the emperor Han Jing, all inherited Gao Zu's legacy, continued to paralyze the Xiongnu by relatives and friends, and at the same time preserved their own strength and made great achievements. Finally, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a blockbuster, forcing the Huns to the north of the desert in the Han Sea.

It is a man's courage to rashly attack a strong enemy when his strength is weak, and it is a heroic act to serve his own life and accumulate wealth. The later Tang dynasty inherited the strategy of the Han dynasty, so it could stabilize the border and surrender the tribe; Later, the Ming Dynasty perished under the stubborn nationalism and China's accession to the country, foreign attacks and internal and external troubles.

First, the siege of Deng Bai, the shame of Liu Bang

During the Warring States Period, the Xiongnu tribe was very weak and was constantly invaded by the Yueshi Kingdom and the Donghu tribe. It was not until Mao Dun came to power that Xiongnu became stronger from weak. Mao Dun is a cruel man. In order to train an army that was absolutely loyal to himself, he killed those who did not obey him with a Yao Ming (whistling arrow). After Mao Dun killed his father and proclaimed himself emperor, he defeated Donghu and Yueshi successively and unified the whole grassland. After Mao Dun became powerful, he constantly attacked the border of the Han Dynasty, often killing the chiefs of the Han Dynasty and plundering the population. Later, he openly accepted the rebellious Han Wangxin and made an alliance with him to attack the Han Dynasty.

in the face of modu chanyu's provocation, Liu bang was very angry and immediately fought back. The Western Han army at the front defeated the Xiongnu army one after another, and the Xiongnu army retreated northward. In the face of successive good news, Liu Bang was so excited that he planned to lead the main force to annihilate the Xiongnu. He sent ten envoys to inspect the front. Nine envoys came back and said that the Xiongnu army was only vulnerable to the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. It's just the last time Lou Jing felt cheated, as if there was an ambush. But Liu Bang didn't listen, so he decided to attack the whole army and put Lou Jing in prison.

Facts have proved that Liu Bang was indeed caught, and the Xiongnu army was old, weak and sick, but that was just an illusion created by modu chanyu. He deliberately hid the main force in the rear, and then led the Han army to a preset trap with down archers, and annihilated it when the Han army was tired. This tactic of deliberately showing weakness and luring the enemy deeper is a classic tactic of nomadic people. Morton and Skeeter used exactly the same tactics against Ju Lushi, Darius and Parthia used against Rome.

Sure enough, after Liu Bang arrived near Pingcheng, Deng Bai, he was lying in ambush on all sides. The modu chanyu army had surrounded a regiment of the Han army, but the Han army repeatedly broke through to no avail. For the Han army, the most dangerous thing is not the impact of tarquin, but tarquin's use of mobile advantage to cut off the logistics of the Han army and starve the Han army to death. The Han army encountered difficulties encountered by both Persians and Romans. For the huge infantry regiment, the worst situation is that it is constantly harassed by nomadic cavalry and cut off supplies. That's how Ju Lushi died.

According to historical records, Liu Bang sent Chen Ping to bribe Mao Dun's wife, and Mao Dun withdrew his troops under his wife's pillow, but this is obviously illogical. Morton can even kill his beloved wife and father. How can he be controlled by women? More likely, Morton agreed to panic in the Han army with Han Wangxin and Wang Huang, but they haven't arrived yet, so Morton suspected that they might defect and attack themselves with the Han army. On the other hand, the number of Han troops is also large, and Deng Bai is too close to the border of the Han Dynasty. If you storm, it will definitely do more harm than good.

after comprehensive consideration, modu chanyu gave up destroying Liu bang. Liu Bangcai survived. After Deng Bai, Liu Bang never underestimated the Huns.

After Liu Bang fled from Deng Bai, he immediately released Lou Jing and killed the first nine blind messengers. After this battle, Liu Bang thoroughly knew the horror of the Huns and asked Lou Jing how to deal with them. Lou Jingshui proposed an affinity policy.

Lou Jing said: At the beginning of the world, people were poor and everyone was tired. They really can't stand the war, so they can never use force against the Huns. In addition, modu chanyu killed his father and married his mother without any sense of shame, so he can't use righteousness. The only way is to look to the future, not to seek rash surrender, but to rely on children and grandchildren.

Lou Jing suggested that Liu Bang marry his princess Lv Yuan, a royal princess, and give him a generous dowry. He was very happy to make him a queen, and his son was the future Attila. Your Majesty often sends people to visit him in Xiongnu to remind him of the feelings between the two generations. In the long run, it will be able to tame it. After all, this is justified by the opposition of grandchildren and grandfathers.

after listening to Liu bang's words, he was overjoyed and prepared to let the crown princess get married. Finally, he gave up because of Lv Hou's obstruction, which made a fake princess get married.

As far as the effect is concerned, Lou Jing's goal has not been achieved. Marrying a princess of the past Han Dynasty is not necessarily a queen, nor is her son Attila, nor will Attila approach the Han Dynasty because of one or two women. However, the democratic policy still played a role. Although he failed to make the Huns obey the Han Dynasty, he paralyzed the Huns, made him think that the Han Dynasty was weak, relaxed his vigilance against the Han Dynasty, and made it possible for the Han Dynasty to recharge.

After Liu Bang, whenever Xiongnu plundered the border, the Han Dynasty sent princesses to make friends with them, and Xiongnu, who often received gifts from the Han Dynasty, immediately withdrew. From the Emperor Han Hui to the Emperor Han Jing, the Huns only plundered the border and population at most, and had no ambition. A few large-scale military operations were also conquered by the sugar-coated shells of the Han Dynasty, which failed to cause a fatal blow to the Han Dynasty. Lou Jing is right about one thing: Huns are short-sighted, and using beautiful women is enough to confuse them and make them misjudge the situation.

Finally, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in power, the Han Dynasty showed its real strength and made a blockbuster, driving the Xiongnu to the bitter and cold land north of the dry sea desert. The Han dynasty also continued to use the pro-democracy policy to win over western countries to contain the Huns. The pro-democracy movement can be said to support half of the diplomacy of the Han dynasty. These selfless and forced women let the whole country win in this cruel competition.

the late Tang and Qing dynasties carried forward the policy of being close to the people in the Han dynasty, and the Tang dynasty relied on being close to the people to stabilize the frontier and win the support of the Hu people. The Qing dynasty used Mongolian marriage to control Mongolian nobles, thus firmly controlling Mongolian grasslands for the first time, making Mongolian nobles a staunch supporter of the Qing dynasty. If military conquest is a big stick, affinity is the best carrot, and carrot sticks can subdue the surrounding tribes.

On the other hand, after the Ming Dynasty, when the force was far inferior to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was a great shame to be stubborn when going to China. Reconciliation cannot be reconciled, and it is impossible to beat others. In the end, the mountains and rivers were broken under the internal and external troubles, and the emperor and daughter of their own family became slaves of different nationalities. Isn't this fate more humiliating than a moment of intimacy?

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, was besieged by Xiongnu troops in Dengbaishan for seven days and seven nights on his way to attack Wangxin of Han Dynasty. Later, at the suggestion of counselor Chen Ping, she was freed by bribing her wife.

after Liu bang returned to the imperial court, he committed several crimes. Liu Bang was very unhappy and asked Liu Jing what he could do.

Liu bang approached the Huns. If Liu Jing says, can he really defeat the enemy without fighting?

Liu Jing analyzed from his point of view that it is impossible for modu chanyu Khan to unify the Xiongnu tribes by force and kill his father, and to serve righteousness with virtue. If we use force, the Han army will fight for years, and the soldiers will be in chaos. It is unrealistic to conquer the Huns by force. Therefore, it is best to take a long-term view and let the descendants of Maodun Khan submit to the Han Dynasty.

To realize this idea, it is best to be friendly. The object of affinity must be big princess of Liu Bang, that is, the daughters of Liu Bang and Lu Housheng. Big princess married in the past and gave the Huns a generous gift, so big princess was married by Li Yu, and big princess's son was the prince, who would inherit Khan in the future. Such modu chanyu is the son-in-law of the emperor, and the next single is the nephew of the emperor. Where did you hear that your grandson dared to compete with his grandfather? This will allow the Huns to surrender without fighting.

and if you didn't marry big princess in the past and only chose other royal women, you won't be able to achieve this trick, and it won't do you any good.

For the sake of national stability, Liu Bang is going to let big princess marry the Huns. But Lv Hou has only one daughter. When she heard the news, she cried day and night. In this way, Liu Bang did not give big princess to his relatives after all.

Liu bang found a maid-in-waiting in the name of big princess, married Morton Khan, and sent Liu Jing to marry the Huns.

after the two sides became close to each other, modu chanyu only stopped the intrusion slightly.

Later, Prince Lu Wan rebelled and led his cronies to surrender to the Huns, becoming Khan's helper.

modu chanyu was able to suppress the Han dynasty by force, not only because he had 3, troops riding and shooting, but also because of the help of surrenders, such as Han Wangxin and Lu Wan.

after Liu bang's death, modu chanyu didn't stop the invasion because of intimacy, but wrote to Empress Lu and molested Empress Lu. Lv Hou was very angry and wanted to send troops to attack the Huns. Finally, I gave up under the persuasion of Kibo.

After Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he took the initiative to relive intimate things. Emperor China gave Modu Chandan some property, and the relationship between the two countries eased slightly.

after modu chanyu's death, he was always alone in succession. Emperor China sent a royal princess to marry him. But eunuch Zhong Xing said that because he didn't want to go to Xiongnu, he was coerced and surrendered to Khan when he arrived in Xiongnu.

BOC said that after the surrender, it gave Khan many ideas to suppress the Han Dynasty. Let the lobbying of the Han Dynasty be completely useless in the Huns. This also made the Han Dynasty very passive. Even if women and property were given, they were still threatened by the Huns.

The end result is that the Han Dynasty kept sending women to kiss, and the Huns tore the covenant if they wanted to. Until Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the policy of being close to the people was still implemented in the Han Dynasty, but the Xiongnu reduced its aggression.

Liu Jing gave Liu Bang advice and love from the beginning. To achieve the effect of defeating the enemy without fighting, we must make no mistakes everywhere. Liu Jing himself said that he "doesn't talk about benevolence and righteousness", and the ethics of Huns is not strong, so it is not uncommon for sons to marry their fathers' concubines and brothers to exchange women. How can we ensure that big princess will be valued?

After Liu Bang's death, although the pro-princess was regarded as the first wife, it was not recorded which pro-daughter Khan's mother was. Even if Liu Bang married big princess in the past, if big princess had no children, or the children born would not inherit the throne, the plan would not succeed.

The affinity of previous dynasties before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was due to the strong Xiongnu soldiers, so it was very difficult for the Han Dynasty to expedition to Xiongnu. However, the years of intimacy in the Han Dynasty also had an impact. The Han Dynasty used sugar-coated shells to disintegrate the Huns' aggression step by step and open up mutual markets, so that both countries could enjoy the benefits of peace, and the Han Dynasty could also recuperate and accumulate strength.