Huo Fuyi was a particularly famous young hero in the Western Han Dynasty, and also a famous general in his youth. When he was 12 years old, his aunt became the empress, so his status was also very honorable. Later, when he was 17 years old, he officially began to follow his brother-in-law Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu.
His life was very short, basically spent on the battlefield. He had three important battles in his life, and his reputation peaked in two Battles of Hexi. After these two battles, the four important towns in the Hexi region on the east-west communication route were taken over to the Western Han Dynasty.
In recognition, Emperor Wu of Han personally named them Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei, which sounded very domineering and also reflected a warning from the Western Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu, and these four names have been used until today.
Every country in ancient China wanted to expand its territory as much as possible, on the one hand, every emperor had a pursuit of greater power and territory in his heart. On the other hand, this also means that the country is more prosperous. However, the emperor, as the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, was rarely able to personally lead his troops to the battlefield to expand his territory.
Therefore, the matter of leading soldiers to fight fell to the military generals of the imperial court. Each dynasty had a number of warriors who had made great contributions to the expansion of the country's territory, such as in the Western Han Dynasty, this person was Huo Zhiyi. Huo's parents were ordinary people with mediocre status, and his father was a small official.
But then, after Huo was born, his father was transferred to work elsewhere and lost contact. Unexpectedly, huo's ill aunt later received the favor of the emperor and was even later made empress. There is an old Chinese saying that a person can ascend to heaven, so that the status of their family will become noble.
Huo Was only 12 years old when his aunt became empress, so Huo went ill from an early age to have a good teacher to teach him cultural knowledge and martial arts. Moreover, he himself liked to ride horses and shoot arrows, and Emperor Wu of Han, as Huo's uncle, also liked this vigorous young man, so he made him his own close bodyguard.
At that time, the general of the Western Han Dynasty was Wei Qing, and huo was also related to huo. Later, Huo Went ill when he was 17 years old, he took orders and went with Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu. The battle was called the Battle of Dingxiangbei, and in the course of the campaign, Huo Led a team of 800 men and nimbly waited for an opportunity to attack the Xiongnu army.
According to historical records, the small team led by Huo Quyi killed more than 2,000 Xiongnu, including the Xiongnu Xiangguo and many high-ranking officials. This was the first time that Hodge had officially led the army in battle, and his performance was amazing. Through this battle, Huo Zhiyi became famous in the military and became a young hero to be reckoned with.
The second great war of Huo's illness was the Battle of Hexi, and this year Huo went to the age of 19. In the spring and summer of that year, Huo went ill twice to lead his troops to occupy Hexi, which is today's Hexi Corridor area. In this battle in the spring, Huo went ill with about 10,000 soldiers and horses.
In the course of the battle, Huo went ill and captured the princes of the Xiongnu, killed several princes of the Xiongnu, and severely damaged the Xiongnu to a great extent. But for those who surrendered, Hodge adopted a relatively lenient policy. In the summer campaign of the same year, the original plan was for Huo Toyi and Gongsun Ao to attack the Xiongnu on both sides.
However, he did not expect that Gongsun Ao was lost because he was not familiar with the terrain of Gansu. As a result, Huo had to lead the army alone to go deep, and in order not to let the Huns discover, he chose a more circuitous route. Huo went ill and led his troops around Inner Mongolia to reach the Qilian Mountains, giving the Xiongnu an unexpected fatal blow.
In this battle, the western Han army killed more than 30,000 Huns, and also captured 5 princes of the Xiongnu, 63 officials, and 59 princes. And in this battle, the Western Han Dynasty did not lose many troops. Emperor Wu of Han was very happy after receiving the war report, and rewarded Huo with a heavy reward. At this point, the Western Han Dynasty controlled the Hexi region.
On the one hand, it greatly deterred the Huns on the northwestern border, making them dare not invade the Western Han Dynasty. On the other hand, it also laid the foundation for the birth of the Silk Road later. The third major battle in which Huo Wentai participated was the Battle of Mobei, and this year Huo Wentyi was only 21 years old. He and Wei Qing each led 50,000 cavalry, tasked with annihilating the main force of the Xiongnu.
Through this battle, Huo's disease severely damaged the power of the Xiongnu. He chased the Hun army to the area of present-day Mongolia, and even at one point caused the Huns to retreat to what is now Russia. After this battle, Huo's status in the army was greatly improved, and he was basically on an equal footing with the great general Wei Qing.
However, it has to be said that the vitality of the Xiongnu is very tenacious, wei Qing and Huo Fuyi have beaten them like this, but their Shan Yu still refuses to be a vassal of the Western Han. This also annoyed Emperor Wu of Han, so Emperor Wu of Han decided to send Huo to attack the Xiongnu again and strive to annihilate the Xiongnu in one fell swoop.
But from the age of 17 onwards, Hobble has been participating in successive long-distance large-scale wars, and on the one hand, these combat conditions have always been difficult. On the other hand, Huo's illness as a general is also very stressful. Living in such a situation for many years, the young Huo Wentong died of illness, and he was only 24 years old this year.
Three or four major towns
After Huo's death, in order to show his contribution to the country, Emperor Wu of Han allowed him to accompany him to the funeral, which was a particularly great honor at that time. Huo went on a battlefield for more than six years, and during that six years, he drove the Xiongnu, who had been harassing the borders of the Western Han Dynasty, to Mongolia. Huo's disease made great contributions to the Western Han Dynasty's occupation of the Hexi region and the expansion of the Western Han Dynasty's territory.
In the past few years, he laid down four important towns for the Western Han Dynasty that were of great significance to the exchange between the East and the West, namely Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Zhangye, and Wuwei. These names were all given by Emperor Wu of Han himself after the Battle of Hexi, and these four names have been used until now.
4. Summary
The life of Huo Fu was short but very brilliant. Although he was the nephew of the Empress, his status was very honorable. However, with his own efforts, he became a well-known young general in the army in a few years. In the process of marching and fighting, he never gave himself special treatment because of his honorable status.
In the army, Huo zhiyi has always eaten and slept with the soldiers, and has rushed to the forefront in dangerous situations. It was because of this that he was able to receive the praise of Emperor Wu of Han at a young age and the recognition and respect of the soldiers. However, he did not expect that the long-term war would cause him to die young, which was also a great loss for the Western Han Dynasty.