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Years · 2nd century BC

133 BC

Year of the monkey biçin yıl

1 entry in China.

Map of East Asia in 133 BC: the Xiongnu under Junchen with the Ordos and the Hexi corridor, their subjects from the Tarim to the Wuhuan, the Yuezhi on the Ili, the Han, and the march of the chanyu towards Mayi, where three hundred thousand Han lie in ambush, and his withdrawal — 133 BC: The Han hide three hundred thousand men around the frontier town of Mayi and offer the town to the chanyu Junchen. He comes over the border with a hundred thousand horse, sees the cattle grazing unattended a hundred li short of the town, learns of the ambush from a captured officer and turns back. The heqin settlement ends, and sixty years of open war begin. Modern map; the road of the chanyu is drawn, and the borders in the steppe are approximate.

Who ruled

Han dynasty Emperor Wu of Han 141 BC–87 BC
Xiongnu Junchen Chanyu 161 BC–126 BC

And beyond the steppe

China Western Han Emperor Wu 141 BC–87 BC

China

The Han hide 300,000 men around Mayi and offer the town to Junchen; he turns back short of it and the heqin settlement ends

Mayi ambush · Junchen Chanyu · Heqin · Xiongnu