Since ancient times, there are many talents in the land of China, there is a general, maybe you are not familiar with his name and deeds, but a sentence he shouted out that year has become a famous saying for more than two thousand years, who is this person? He was the Western Han Dynasty general Chen Tang.
Chen Tang, a native of Shandong during the Han and Yuan Emperor period, although the family was not rich, but this person liked to read poetry and wrote beautiful poetry, but he did not have any discipline, so many readers were not friendly to him, but Chen Tang was good at making friends, he made friends with Zhang Bo, the Marquis of Fuping, by chance, and won the favor of Zhang Bo with his own good writing, and soon, when Emperor Yuan was seeking talent, through the recommendation of Zhang Bo, the Marquis of Fuping, Chen Tang was able to advance to the throne. However, one thing caused Chen Tang to fall into prison, when Chen Tang was not yet granted a specific official position, his father died of illness, but Chen Tang did not go home to mourn because of his dedication to the official position, and the Han Dynasty selection was based on filial piety as the main way, known as filial piety to establish the country, this move was exposed, which triggered the anger of Emperor Yuan, Chen Tang was imprisoned in prison to await trial, and the Marquis of Fuping, who recommended him, was also reprimanded for knighthood.
Just when Chen Tang thought that he was going to die in prison, there was a problem in the frontier of the Han regime, the Xiongnu problem had plagued the entire Han Empire from the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, at this time the Xiongnu killed the emissaries sent by the Han Empire, since ancient times the two countries had not yet cut off the envoys, the Xiongnu's treacherous behavior angered the entire imperial court, at this time Chen Tang thought about it, he felt that he had already done so, either to go to the Western Regions to build Qigong to wash away the charges, or he could only live a lifetime of silence and no name, the latter was something he could not stand, so he took the initiative to write, Requested an envoy to the Western Regions to settle the matter.
In the third year of Emperor Jianzhao of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Yuan ordered Gan Yanshou and Chen Tang to send envoys to the Western Regions. The two of them made a lot of analysis in the face of the situation at that time, thought of a lot of countermeasures, according to Gan Yanshou's idea is to do things according to the rules, step by step to solve, but Chen Tang is not, he is a person who wants to take shortcuts and want to be promoted, he offered to unite with the small tribes around the xiongnu who were often bullied by the Xiongnu, such as Wusun, Dawan, Yueshi, etc., to besiege the Zhizhi at that time in the city, these small countries and the Xiongnu already had a feud with the Xiongnu, plus the Xiongnu have a lot of materials to plunder, they will definitely agree to join forces with the Han, then this battle will definitely be won.
Gan Yanshou was more cautious and absolutely loyal to the emperor, although he felt that this move was feasible, but he should ask Emperor Yuan, and Chen Tang thought that this would inevitably delay the fighter, so he adopted the extreme method of correction, under the pretext that he was under the emperor's orders, united with the small countries in the western region, and jointly killed Zhi Zhidanyu. Gan Yanshou, who had been rushed over by Xiaoxi, found that it was a foregone conclusion and could not help but stomp his feet and shout, intending to expose Chen Tang's behavior, at this time Chen Tang's eyes were fast, and Gan Yanshou was put under house arrest and blackmailed, forcing Gan Yanshou to follow him and send troops together. Now it seems that Chen Tang is indeed a talent who is good at flexibly using tactics and not sticking to rigid rules.
Soon under the joint attack of the Han Empire soldiers and the countries of the Western Regions, Zhi Zhidan was beheaded, and the Xiongnu were once again beaten to death, this battle stabilized the Han Empire's rule in the Western Regions, in exchange for the Han Empire for two or three hundred years without invasion, and Chen Tang, a well-read and colorful reader, became a general and a later official to the Marquis of Guannei.
After winning the war, Chen Tangcai wrote to the imperial court and described in detail what he had done after coming to the Western Regions, and the last sentence he said to Emperor Yuan was: "Those who commit crimes against strong Han will be punished from afar!" This has become the most passionate sentence for future generations to defend the country's frontiers.