Ichise Chanyu
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| Chanyu | |
Domain and influence of the Eastern Huns
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| Reign | c. 126–114 BC |
| Predecessor | Gunchen Chanyu |
| Successor | Uwei Chanyu |
| Dynasty | Maodun |
| Father | Laoshang Chanyu |
Ichise Chanyu (aka Yizhixie Chinese: 伊稚邪; r. 126–114 BC), whose full title is unknown, was a Chanyu of the Xiongnu (sometimes described as Huns), the successor to Gunchen Chanyu (單于, 軍臣). Ichise Chanyu reigned during the reign of the Han emperor Wudi Liu Che 武帝 劉徹 (r. 141–87 BC), after Wudi broke the heqin 和親 peace and kinship treaty with the Xiongnu.
Ichise Chanyu reigned during one of the most aggressive periods in the Chinese history, and one of the many troubled periods in the Hunnic history. To come to the throne, the Eastern Luli-Prince Ichise, a younger brother of Shanuy Gunchen, had to stage a coup against the next in line to the throne, the Eastern Jükü-Prince (Wise Prince, 屠耆) Yui bi. Yui bi faced Ichise in a battle, was defeated, and fled and submitted to China, where the Chinese Court of Emperor Wu-Di gave him a princely title She-an-heu; in few months after that Yui bi died. A few years before Ichise Chanyu's enthronement, in 133 BC, the Chinese captured Ordos, which the Huns held for the previous 80 years from the time of the Shanuy Touman, after a decade-long occupation by the Zhao state. The loss was a heavy blow for the Huns, and the war flared up. Just as Ichise Shanuy ascended the throne, in the summer the Huns with several tens of thousands cavalry raided Dai-gun (Dai province), killed regional governor Gun Ji, and captured up to 1,000 people; in the autumn the Huns also raided Yai-myn, and also captured up to 1,000 people.
The next year, 125 BC, the Huns in 3 groups, each with 30,000 cavalry, again raided Chinese provinces. The Western Jükü-Prince, incensed that Chinese Court took away Ordos and built Shuofang (朔方城), a few times attacked the borders of China; and when entered the Ordos, plundered Shuofang, and killed and captured a multitude of officials and people.
In the spring of 124 BC the Chinese Court appointed Wei Qing (卫青) a Supreme Commander, and assigned him a 100,000 cavalry. Wei Qing set out against the Huns from the Shuofang. The Chinese army at night surrounded the intoxicated Western Jükü-Prince. The Western Jükü-Prince fled. The Chinese took prisoner up to 15,000 of both sexes and up to ten lower Princes from Jükü-Prince wing. In the autumn the Huns retaliated with 10,000 cavalry, killed District Chief Chu Yan, and captured up to 1,000 people.
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