Zhao Tuo was a Qin dynasty Chinese general and first emperor of Nanyue.
14 Facts About Zhao Tuo
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Zhao Tuo participated in the conquest of the Baiyue peoples of Guangdong, Guangxi and Northern Vietnam.
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Zhao Tuo was born around in Zhending in the state of Zhao.
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Zhao Tuo immediately closed off the roads at Hengpu, Yangshan, and Huangqi.
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Zhao Tuo retaliated by proclaiming himself Emperor Wu of Nanyue and attacking the neighboring kingdom of Changsha, taking a few border towns.
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Zhao Tuo began to menace the neighboring kingdoms of Minyue, Western Ou, and Luo.
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Zhao Tuo's cousins were appointed to high offices at the Han court.
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Zhao Tuo withdrew the army stationed in Changsha on the Han-Nanyue border.
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Unsuccessful on the battlefield against the supernatural crossbow, Zhao Tuo asked for a truce and sent his son Zhong Shi, to submit to King An Duong to serve him.
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Zhao Tuo stole the turtle claw, rendering the crossbow useless, then returned to his father, who thereupon launched new attack on Au Lac and this time defeated King An Duong.
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Zhao Tuo subsequently incorporated the regions into his Nanyue domain, but left the indigenous chiefs in control of the population with the royal court in Co Loa.
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Zhao Tuo posted two legates to supervise the Au Lac lords, one in the Red River Delta, which was named Jiaozhi, and one in the Ma and Ca River, which was named Jiuzhen.
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Zhao Tuo died in 137 BC and was succeeded by his grandson, Zhao Mo.
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Zhao Tuo's memorial is in Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County, Guangdong.