Yuan Jia Cao Cao, sealed the wolf Juxu, won the Canghuang Beigu. As a national hero against the Xiongnu, Huo Zhiyi has always been the object of praise by literati and lyricists.
And the reason why Huo Fu disease has such a big reputation, one of the key points is that he faced the Xiongnu, took the initiative to attack, and swept away the previous decline, which can be described as heroic and repeatedly victorious, so why can Huo Go disease crush the nomads on horseback on horseback on the cavalry? However, the famous "Flying General" Li Guang clearly fell on this.
In fact, there are many reasons, let's analyze them one by one.
First, the attention and support of the monarch.
In the early years, Huo Wentai accompanied his uncle Wei Qing on the battlefield, and at this time, the Han Wudi Emperor Liu Che was the year of ambition, coupled with Huo's status as a foreign relative. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han vigorously supported all the military activities of Wei Qing and Huo.
As we all know, fighting a war is not only based on the bravery of the soldiers on both sides, logistics support is the key, imagine the 100,000 troops who have eaten enough and wear warm clothes can be compared with the 100,000 troops who are hungry and frozen? Obviously, it was impossible, and the Han Wudi Emperor Liu Che vigorously supported this operation, taking advantage of the entire Han Dynasty's national strength to provide logistical support for this and boost the morale of the army, can the nomadic people be compared?
So logistics is one of the big reasons.
Second, the escalation of tactics.
As nomads on horseback, it is no exaggeration to say that they can eat and drink Lhasa on horseback, as Chao mistakenly said, the Xiongnu cavalry '' dangerous road, and galloping and shooting, the Chinese riding and also', archery on the back of a bumpy galloping horse is a very high skill, it takes many years of experience to train into such a mobile unit.
In the early days of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, fighting against the Xiongnu was a competition in bow and arrow skills on horseback, although the cavalry battles at that time were like this, but most of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty were far inferior to the Xiongnu in their ability to use bows and arrows on horseback, and only a few Hu people who surrendered, and Li Guang, who had grown up in the northern border counties for generations and were familiar with animal husbandry, could compete with the Xiongnu in riding and shooting.
But these people alone are not enough, and it is no wonder that they fail to compare their own shortcomings with the strengths of others. Later, Wei Qinghuo went to the disease to sum up the experience of failure, and found a way to avoid the weakness of this part of the Han army's riding and shooting, so he invented a new cavalry tactic according to the tactics of the infantry, that is, to charge quickly and then engage in hand-to-hand combat, to minimize the role of the bow and arrow. Since the invention of this tactic, the Han Dynasty's war against the Xiongnu has been more than more than defeated.
Third, priority is given to weapons and equipment.
Due to the previous defeats, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty learned a lesson, starting from many aspects such as warhorses, armor, and weapons, comprehensively enhancing the military strength of the army, relying on the accumulated capital of emperors Wen and Jing on the one hand, keeping a large number of warhorses in captivity, and stepping up the training of soldiers on the other hand. In addition, it is to greatly improve the smelting technology and forge sophisticated equipment.
And one of the decisive factors is the popularity of iron armor, as mentioned above, the Han Dynasty army took close hand-to-hand combat to deal with the Xiongnu's bow and arrow, and the cavalry wearing armor was like a torrent of steel, no one on the battlefield could stop it, the good protection of the armor offset the advantages of the opponent's bow and arrow, reducing the casualty rate during the charge, and at the same time, when it came to physical melee combat, it was also able to resist other melee weapons, first standing in an invincible position, bringing a lot of advantages to the Han Dynasty army.
With the support of the emperor, and at the same time with sophisticated equipment and complete logistical support, coupled with changes in tactics, to build on strengths and avoid weaknesses, this is the reason why Huo Zhiyi was able to defeat the nomads.