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Scope: 劉敬叔孫通列傳 Request type: Paragraph
Condition 1: Contains text "今臣往徒見羸瘠老弱此必欲見短伏奇兵以爭利" Matched:1.
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劉敬叔孫通列傳

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漢七年,韓王信反,高帝自往擊之。至晉陽,聞信與匈奴欲共擊漢,上大怒,使人使匈奴。匈奴匿其壯士肥牛馬,但見老弱及羸畜。使者十輩來,皆言匈奴可擊。上使劉敬復往使匈奴,還報曰:「兩國相擊,此宜夸矜見所長。今臣往,徒見羸瘠老弱,此必欲見短,伏奇兵以爭利。愚以為匈奴不可擊也。」是時漢兵已踰句注,二十餘萬兵已業行。上怒,罵劉敬曰:「齊虜!以口舌得官,今乃妄言沮吾軍。」械系敬廣武。遂往,至平城,匈奴果出奇兵圍高帝白登,七日然後得解。高帝至廣武,赦敬,曰:「吾不用公言,以困平城。吾皆已斬前使十輩言可擊者矣。」乃封敬二千戶,為關內侯,號為建信侯。

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