According to records in the Han Dynasty, there is a high mountain near Ersicheng of Dayuan Kingdom. Wild horses are born in the mountains and fly too fast to be caught. The people of Dawan put the five-colored mare at the foot of the mountain during the Spring Festival Gala. After mating with the mare, a bloody BMW was born.
When the bloody horse sweats, its shoulders are as red as blood, its ribs are like wings, and it travels thousands of miles in a day. In the Battle of Deng and Bai in the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, led an army of 300,000 and was besieged by Tarkan. The brave Tarkan left a deep impression on Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty. At that time, the bloody BMW was Tarkan's important mount.
In the autumn of the fourth year of Ding Yuan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a Dunhuang prisoner named "Profiteer" captured a bloody BMW locally and presented it to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was ecstatic after getting the horse and called it "Tianma". He sang it and said: "Too many tributes have been given to the horse, which is covered with red sweat and foam. All the glory and thousands of miles are friends with the dragon."
About this magical sweat-blood car There is also a touching legend about BMW: a long time ago, in the vast desert of the Western Region, a knight and his BMW were trapped in this desolate sea. Since the water supply had long been cut off, the knight's lips had already cracked like dry tree bark, and he could no longer walk.
And the knight’s beloved BMW was also at the end of its game, lacking the domineering and arrogance of galloping on the battlefield. The knight looked around. The desert as wide as the sea seemed endless, but the source of water was still not found.
The traveler looked back at his loyal horse, struggling painfully in his heart. Suddenly, he took out a dagger and stared at the BMW for a long time. BMW seemed to understand the owner's thoughts, and his eyes were filled with sadness and tears. But it didn't resist, didn't run away, and didn't panic. It just stretched out its dry tongue and licked the back of its owner's hand.
It is willing to sacrifice itself for its master. However, the dagger fell heavily and was quickly pulled out, and then BMW was stunned when a stream of red blood poured out of the veins, because the blood was flowing out of the knight's arm.
The knight put his arm to BMW's mouth, "Drink, man!" BMW licked the owner's wrist, then looked up for a while, then picked up the knight and galloped away. Finally , they found an oasis and were out of danger. Later, the knight discovered that whenever the BMW ran fast, a stream of bloody sweat would ooze from its body. From then on, the horse's offspring would have bloody sweat dripping from their shoulder blades after running wildly.
This is the bloody legend of the origin of BMW. Of course, this is just a folk legend, and its authenticity is still open to question, but this legend reflects people's recognition and respect for the previous relationship between man and horse, and also reflects people's love for sweaty BMWs.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty probably loved bloody BMWs more than any ordinary person. He doesn't want one or a few bloody BMWs, but thousands of bloody BMWs. He knows that relying solely on the current bloody BMWs cannot change the quality of domestically produced horses. In order to capture a large number of "blood horses", China's Western Han Dynasty had two bloody battles with the Dawan Kingdom in the Western Regions at that time.
At first, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent more than 100 people to the Kingdom of Dayuan with a horse made of pure gold, hoping to exchange a heavy gift for a Dayuan horse stallion. After the delegation arrived at the Second City, the capital of the Dawan Kingdom, King Dawan may have been eager for horses, or he was unwilling to exchange Dawan horses for the golden horses of the Han Dynasty due to military considerations. On the way back home, the golden horse was robbed in Dawan and the Han envoy was killed. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and decided to seize the bloody BMW by force.
In 109 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che appointed Li Guangli as the general of the Second Division. He led more than 6,000 troops and sent 20,000 captives and juvenile delinquents from various counties to embark on an expedition to Dawan. As the autumn harvest was just before departure, a rare locust plague occurred in Kanto.
The army assembled in Dunhuang began the journey without sufficient supplies. As for the rations, they were collected from various countries in the Western Regions along the way. Anyone who refuses to hand over food will be regarded as an ally of Dawan and his city and clan will be destroyed. When Li Guangli led his troops to the border of Dawan, it was already early winter.
Due to the lack of acclimatization and lack of food, countless people died of starvation, disease, and were swallowed up by the desert. More than half of the 20,000-strong army was lost, and the horses were killed or injured. The first siege of Grand Bay did not have the desired effect. Under the counterattack of the Dawan army, the Han army was routed eastward. The Dawan cavalry pursued them all the way, and there were Han army corpses everywhere. In the end, only a few hundred people, including Li Guangli, fled back to Dunhuang.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard the news, he was furious. He sent envoys to guard Yumen Pass and announced: "Whoever dares to enter the pass will be killed." Li Guangli was too frightened to enter Yumen Pass, so he had to garrison Dunhuang. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Sang Hongyang to be in charge of military supplies and mobilized 200,000 troops to go to the Western Regions. At the same time, 100,000 army horses, 100,000 oxen, and 100,000 camels were mobilized to transport supplies, and 500,000 sheep were transported to Dunhuang as meat for the army.
This expedition learned the lessons of the last time. Instead of taking the old road that passed through Loulan, we bypassed Yanzebei and arrived at Luntai. The Luntai State, which refused to provide military supplies, massacred the city. The food that could be taken away from the city was the Han army's soft food and all their money, and the remaining houses and properties were burned down. The Luntai disappeared from history.
The news that Taiwan was razed by the Han army spread like wildfire among the countries in the Western Regions, and all countries along the way were very afraid. The food and drinking water needed by the Han army were actively supplied. Under the pressure of the Han army, the princes and nobles of Dawan could no longer hold on. They secretly sent someone to contact Li Guangli and expressed their willingness to give Tianma.
Li Guangli made it clear that not only the Tianma must be sacrificed, but King Dayuan and King Yucheng must also be executed. The next day, the two were tied up in the Han camp by the rebels. The Han army beheaded two kings under the city of Dayuan, asked for food from Dayuan, and appointed Meicai, who was closely related to the Han Dynasty, as the new king of Dayuan. Then they embarked on their return journey with thousands of selected Dayuan horses. However, after a long journey, when we arrived at Yumen Pass, there were only more than 1,000 blood horses left.
This war brought the prestige of the Han Dynasty to a new commanding height. Western countries have been afraid to move for decades. Later, Ban Chao made his way to the Western Regions and was able to subdue a country with just a few men and horses. Even the envoys of the Han Dynasty could depose their monarch at any time and send armies from several countries to attack hostile countries. No country dares to disobey.
Blood horses entered China from the Han Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty and flourished for thousands of years, but finally disappeared. However, thousands of years later, the "bloody BMW" that had disappeared from the sight of the Chinese for thousands of years has become a symbol of Turkmenistan and China - another Central Asian country not far from Uzbekistan, where the ancient Yuan Dynasty was located. ——Witness of friendship. Perhaps this is the true value of a sweaty BMW.
The poet Li Bai once wrote a poem "Song of the Pegasus", from which we can deeply feel the charm and style of the "sweat-blooded BMW":
The Pegasus emerges from the moon cave, with tiger wings on its back bone. Hush Qingyun, green hair, blue veins, right to go out. Teng Kunlun, the western pole of the calendar, has no legs. The rooster crows, swallow after swallow, and the immortal walks in a daze. Pegasus shouts, flying dragons run, eyes light up, eyes light up.
Like a shooting star, its tail is thirsty and its mouth is stained red with sweat. Once accompanied Long Nie Tianqu, Jinluo illuminated the imperial capital. Who dares to sell Baiyushan in the 9th District of Fleeing Edge? Looking back, I laugh, but I feel silly. Tianma ran away, fell in love with Junxuan, jumped, frightened, and corrected Fuyun.
Wanli is wandering around, looking at the door from afar. Who would enjoy the sunshine without the cold wind? In the white clouds and blue sky, the mountains are far away from Cui Wei. The car was full of salt and it was too late. Cape Happy blows the legacy of the Middle Way, but tries its best to discard it. May Tian Zifang grieve for me.
Although there are jade mountains and rivers, they cannot satisfy hunger. The frost in May withers the cinnamon branches, and the injustice destroys the eyebrows. Please redeem yourself, it's like dancing in Yaochi.