841. Prisoners of war on both sides of Tang and Tibet

As for the situation of prisoners of war on both sides of Tang and Tibet, in comparison, the number of captured Tibetans was relatively small, and the situation was slightly better. With the exception of a few who were executed, most of them were exiled to the Jiangnan region. At the end of the war, the imperial court either stayed in the interior or repatriated according to his will. In the 14th year of Yuan He, in 819 AD, the Tibetan envoys discussed the establishment of Tibetan and other envoys to the Tang Dynasty, just when the two sides turned against each other, and the subordinates had a proposal to kill the Tibetan envoys, Tang Xianzong categorically vetoed it, and clearly distinguished its right from wrong, saying: "Its country is untrustworthy, what is its crime?" "Still released. Tang Xianzong's move is really a wise move!

There are many sympathizers for the Tibetan prisoners in the Tang Dynasty, and Han Yu also linked his life experience of being relegated to Chaozhou because of his book performance, and the fate of the Tibetan prisoners, and wrote a poem "Wuguanxi Feng Peiliu Tubo", "The people of Errong are not miserable, and Hunan is close to the whole life." I have no hope of returning to my sin, and I will go straight to Chang'an Road for 8000. ”

However, the situation of the captured Tang people was somewhat worse. In 787, the Tubo led the Qiang and Hun tribes to plunder 10,000 men and women in Huangyang, Wushan, and Huating, and carried them out of the fortress to let them go east to leave the country. The robbed people, "who had been bound face to face, each with a piece of wood from his own collar to his toes, and three bundles of wool ropes, and a hair rope to tie them to their hair." They all fell to the ground at night, tied with a hair rope, and covered them with wool (felt), and the guards lay on them, in case they died. After they were taken captive to Tibet, the skilled ones were divided into craftsmen, the literate ones were given preferential treatment, and the common people were only slaves.

As for the Tang Dynasty envoys who were abducted by the Pingliang Alliance, such as Cui Hanheng and Lü Wen, after arriving in Tibet, they either escaped to Buddhism or died of old age in the snowy region. At the beginning of the 8th century, Tang and Fan reconciled and returned. When the emperor rewarded the envoys of Wufan, some people not only did not receive this honor, but entered the prison cell of the Tang Dynasty again! This is even worse, falling into the well, the sky is above, where do you say to be reasonable? Lang Lang Qiankun, where is the blue sky? It must be "Qionglou Yuyu, the height is not cold." "A companion is like a tiger!" "Say you can do it, you can do it; Say you can't, you can't. No, it doesn't. "The wrath of thunder, the power of tigers and wolves, you will bear it; Otherwise,!

One of the people who suffered from this ordeal was Lüwen. When Tubo robbed the alliance in Pingliang, Lü Wen was stabbed and rescued Cui Hanheng, the secretary of the military department, but he was injured and taken into Tibet. Escape in the Tibetan land. Later, after going through hardships and returning to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court imprisoned him for his "Xi Tubo affair". It was not until Tang Shunzong ascended the throne in 805 AD that he was released.

At the same time as Lu Wen, it was even more unfortunate than Yan Huaizhi. He was originally a general of Jingyuan, participated in the Pingliang League with Hunxian, was plundered into Tibet, lived there for more than ten years, fled into South Asia, was plundered and sold into slavery, and then took the opportunity to escape. After more than ten countries, to Tianzhu and Champa countries, they returned across the sea. After coming to Wenzhou (present-day Wenzhou, Zhejiang) in 798, he was taken to Chang'an, the capital of Beijing. Emperor Dezong was known for staying in Tibet for too long and not letting him go out, "in the battle of prisoners". Emperor Shunzong was released along with Lü Wen. When he returned to his hometown, it was "no parents, and his wife was married to someone else." It is these heart-wrenching and touching facts that made the great poet Bai Juyi write the famous poem "The Binding of Rong People". His poem said: "Tie the Rong people, bind the Rong people, the ears pierce the face and drive into Qin." The Son of Heaven was merciful and couldn't bear to kill, and edicted the migration of Wu and Yue to the east and west. The little envoy in yellow issued his name and led him out of Chang'an to take the delivery. The body was created by gold and barren, and he helped the sick to travel every day. Hungry and thirsty for morning meals, cups and plates, and lying on a stained bed at night. Suddenly, the river remembers the river, and the hands are lowered and the song is whimpered in unison. One of them is a captive who speaks to all captives, and I suffer a lot if you don't suffer much. The companion passerby was angry because he wanted to say that he was angry. Since Yunxiang runs through the cool plains, it has declined in the middle of the calendar. Forty years in the middle of the fall, wearing a fur fur tie with a wool belt. Only Xu Zhengshuo served Hanyi, and the whole scarf was used for tears. Vowed to secretly plan to return to his hometown, so that his wife would not know. Secretly thinking about the strength of the remnants, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to the old age. The bird did not fly, so he escaped and fled to death. Day and night through the desert, clouds and moons, black wind and sand. The cold grass is sparse in the green mound, and the night ice is thin when the Yellow River is smuggled. Suddenly, I heard the sound of the drums of the Han army, and walked out of the road to greet him again. The ranger did not listen to the Chinese language, and the general was bound to be a fansheng. Equipped with the southeast low wetland, there will be no air defense. Reading this, swallowing the voice and looking up to the sky, suffering is hard to spend the last years. The well in Liangyuan Township was not seen, and Hudi's wife and children gave up the donation. Wufan was imprisoned to think of the Han land, and Guihan was robbed as a captive. I knew that I would return with such regrets, and the two places would rather be like a bitter place. The people of Binding, the people of Binding, I am suffering among them. Since ancient times, this injustice should not have been found, and the Chinese heart and Chinese Tubo body. ”