The emperor escaped by bribing women to rescue him. What happened?

This incident is the "Siege of Baideng" in history. Liu Bang led the army to attack the Huns and suppressed the rebellion of King Xin of Han. However, he underestimated the enemy and rushed in, and was besieged by the Huns army for seven days on Baideng Mountain. Later, Chen Ping He came up with a way to bribe Shanyu Yan and was able to get out of trouble. After that, the Han Dynasty went on the defensive against the Xiongnu.

1. Winning the First Battle

In the winter of 200 BC (the seventh year of Han Emperor Gaozu), Han Emperor Liu Bang personally led an army to conquer the Huns and suppress the rebellion of King Xin of Han. The main counselors accompanying him were Chen Ping and Lou Jing, and the generals included Fan Kuai, Xia Houying, Zhou Bo and others.

After the Han army entered Taiyuan County, they won consecutive victories, especially in the battle of Tongtang (now Qinxian County, Shanxi Province), where they won a complete victory, causing Han Wangxin's army to suffer heavy casualties. His general Wang Xi Killed by the Han army, Han Wangxin fled to the Huns. Maodun Shanyu sent the left and right kings each with more than 10,000 cavalry, and Han Wangxin's subordinate Wang Huang and others stationed troops from the south of Guangwu (Yangmingbao Town, southwest of Dai County, Shanxi Province) to Jinyang, in an attempt to block the Han army's northward advance. . The Han army pursued the victory and defeated the coalition forces of Han Wangxin and the Xiongnu in Jinyang. They took advantage of the victory and pursued to Lishi (today's Lishi District, Luliang City, Shanxi Province), and defeated the coalition forces of Han Wangxin and the Xiongnu again. The Xiongnu once again gathered troops in the northwest of Loufan and were defeated by the Han cavalry.

2. Underestimating the enemy's aggressive advance and being besieged on Baishan Mountain

Due to the Han army's successive victories, the thought of being paralyzed and underestimating the enemy arose. After Liu Bang arrived in Jinyang, he heard that the Xiongnu troops were stationed in Daigu, so he first sent people to investigate the actual situation of Maodun. But Maodun hid his elite soldiers, fat cattle and horses, etc., only showing old and weak soldiers and thin livestock. More than ten groups of envoys sent came back and said that the Huns could attack. Only Liu Jing (Lou Jing) believed that the Huns were deliberately showing weakness and should not fall into the trap. As a result, Liu Bang cursed Liu Jing as a coward and imprisoned him to prepare for punishment after his triumphant return.

Liu Bang led his light cavalry to Pingcheng (now Datong City, Shanxi Province) first, but the Han army had not yet arrived. As a result, Liu Bang fell into the trap and was besieged by Maodun Chanyu with an army of 400,000 on Baishan Mountain. The Han army had no food and no reinforcements, and several attempts to break through failed. Seven days later, the food was almost gone, and we were starving and cold.

3. Bribe the Chanyu family and get out of trouble safely

At the critical moment, Chen Ping came up with a plan. His wife and concubines loved him very much and stayed with her day and night, so they bribed the Yan family. Liu Bang adopted Chen Ping's strategy and sent envoys to go down the mountain in the mist and presented many gold, silver and jewels to the Yan family. The Yan family accepted the money and treasures from the Han envoys, and indeed made suggestions to Shan Yu.

Analyzing the pros and cons, it is simply that hundreds of thousands of reinforcements from the Han army will arrive. The emperor of the Han Dynasty is trapped in the mountains. How can the Han people give up? They will definitely try their best to save him. I am afraid that the Huns will be attacked from both sides. Besides, even if they are defeated and their city is captured, they may not be able to live long due to the unsuitable climate and soil. The Han Emperor was besieged for seven days, but there was no panic in the army. It must be that the gods were helping him? After a reasonable analysis, Mao Dun nodded frequently.

Modun Shanyu originally agreed with Wang Huang and Zhao Li, the subordinates of King Xin of Han, on a date for the meeting, but their troops did not arrive on time. Modun Shanyu suspected that they had colluded with the Han army, so he adopted Following Yan's suggestion, he opened a corner of the encirclement and allowed the Han army to withdraw.

On that day, there was heavy fog. The Han army drew their bows and loaded their arrows, and slowly walked out from the corner where the siege had been lifted. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, also learned his lesson and no longer underestimated the Huns and advanced rashly. He also released Liu Jing and promoted him.