Xin Dynasty [9-23 AD]

Xin Dynasty [9-23 AD]
At one time, two daughters of Lady Wang Zhaojun were invited by Wang Mang to visit the Han court, and Hunnic king promptly sent over one of the Lady Wang's daughters to the Han Court. This girl stayed in Han court for one whole year. After Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and named his dynasty Xin, namely, new, he would re-cast the seals bearing his new dynastic names and sent those seals to the Hunnic kings in exchange for the old seals conferred by Han Emperors. Later, the Huns found out about the trick and rebelled against the Wang Mang's Xin Dynasty.
 
Wang Mang would fail to quell the Hunnic rebellions. He called upon the two sons of the brother of Lady Wang Zhaojun and sent them to the Huns frequently as 'ambassadors of friendship'. The two sons of the brother of Lady Wang Zhaojun would often contact the husband of the elder daughter of Lady Wang Zhaojun to broker peace.
 
Wang Mang, however, continued his tricks and he at one time placed into custody the husband of the elder daughter of Lady Wang Zhaojun as a hostage, intending to support him as the new Hunnic king. During Wang Mang's reign, the Hun-Han relationship was the worst. Subsequent turmoils and rebellions which overthrew Xin Dynasty would allow the Huns to re-take control of parts of Chinese Turkistan.
 
It would be in AD 73 that Eastern Dynasty dispatched major campaigns against the Huns. General Dou Xian and Geng ZHong defeated the Huns in and beyong Jiuquan on the Silk Road, further defeated Hunnic King Huyan-wang to the north of Tianshan Mountain, and took over Yiwu [Hami] and established the post of "yihe duwei" [i.e., farming captain]. As an offshoot of the campaign, in AD 73 [16th year of Mingdi's Yongping Era], Ban Chao was dispatched along the southern side of Tianshan Mountain for recovering Chinese control over the Western Territories.
 

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