The English word highlight refers to exciting moments. In sports competitions, whenever an athlete performs very well, there are countless flashes and lenses aimed at him, and this moment is called the "highlight moment".
Eastern Han Dynasty: Duan Xi Zhan Qiang
The war broke out in 160 AD, and the eunuchs and foreign relatives at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty had already died in name only in 189 AD.
Between the second year of Yanxi and the second year of Jianning (that is, 159-169 AD), the Eastern Han Dynasty continuously used troops against the Qiang people for more than ten years, and the famous general Duan Xi (jiǒng) fought with the ancient Qiang people one hundred and eighty times, killing countless enemies, while the Eastern Han army only killed more than 400 people, and finally conquered the Western Qiang and destroyed the Eastern Qiang.
Ancient Qiang warriors! It can be said that the Qiang was long independent of the Central Plains civilization, but with such wars and intermarriage, it gradually integrated into the big family of China
Qiang is a very ancient people, and it is recorded in the "Records of History" that "Yu Xing was in the Western Qiang", indicating that it existed as early as the Dayu period. In the Shang Dynasty oracle bones, it is recorded that the Qiang people also existed in Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi, which are equivalent to today. In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is recorded that the Qiang people were after emperor Yan, and it is also said that the Qiang people were the ancestors of the Jiang surname.
Tang Dynasty: Zhang Zhongwu Zhan Xi
War broke out in 847 AD, and by 887 the Tang Dynasty had gradually lost effective control of the country.
Zhang Zhongwu himself was a general of the clan town, with outstanding military and administrative talents. In May of the first year of the Great Middle Age (847 AD), Zhang Zhongwu sent troops to conquer xibu and kill the remnants of the Uighurs.
The "Xi people" is a branch of the ancient northern Eastern Hu, which is said to be a descendant of Xi Zhong of the Xia Dynasty, who is famous for building chariots, xiao yong and good at war, and is said to be one of the troubles of the Tang Dynasty's confidants
Zhang Zhongwu led the Tang army to destroy the Xi people in the north, captured their chiefs, removed 200,000 tents, dismissed the tribal settlements, and eliminated the remnants of the Uighurs who had taken refuge in the Xi area, killed more than 300 Uighur leaders, captured all cattle and sheep, and more than 70,000 animals, all of which were brought back to the Beijing Division.
Song Dynasty: Bloody Battle of Diaoyu City
The war began in 1259 and lasted until 1279, when the southern Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians held the Diaoyu City for 20 years. If you count the early battles, it is as long as 36 years.
Why did you retreat to Yashan before the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty? Instead of choosing a Diaoyu City that the Yuan Army can't conquer? (Chongqing Hechuan Diaoyu City is now a 4A-level scenic spot, a national key cultural protection unit)
In 1258, the Mongol Great Khan Mongols personally led an army into Sichuan, in February 1259, the Mongol army to diaoyu city, Möngke sent people to surrender, the Song army killed the Mongol emissaries, Möngke began to attack diaoyu city, the diaoyu city lord Wang Jian and the deputy general Zhang Jiu stubbornly resisted, the Mongol general Wang Dechen was killed, Möngke died under the diaoyu city (one said plague, one said killed) The Mongol army retreated.
Ming Dynasty: Southern Ming attacked Burma
War broke out in 1659, and three years later, in 1662, the Southern Ming Dynasty officially collapsed.
After the Ming dynasty was destroyed by the Qing, Li Dingguo insisted on resisting the Qing. Shortly after entering Burma, Li Dingguo sent Bai Wen, the king of Gongchang, to enter Burma, hoping to welcome back yongli (Ming Zhaozong Zhu Youluo). The Southern Ming army in the Yonghui and Mozheng areas of Burma was blocked by the Burmese army, and more than a hundred elite cavalry of the Ming army rushed into the Burmese vanguard, and the Burmese army could not resist the enemy, and the position was chaotic. The Southern Ming army took the opportunity to cross the river and counterattacked in an all-round way, and the Burmese army was defeated.
The Ming Dynasty inherited the Yuan Dynasty's rule over Burma and had several "Xuanwei Divisions", which were under the jurisdiction of the Yunnan Chengzheng Envoy Division. But later it swayed left and right after its annexation to the Qing Dynasty
Li Dingguo's friend, Gao Wengui the Marquis of Guangchang, and Wu Zisheng, the Marquis of Huairen, also led the Southern Ming army into Burma to meet and defeat the Burmese army yu Manmo. His subordinate Bai Wenxuan led the Southern Ming army to attack the Burmese capital of Awa in 1660. This was followed by the killing of the Yongli Emperor in Kunming in 1662.
Qing Dynasty: Zuo Zongtang conquered the Western Regions
War broke out in 1876 and Qing rule ended in 1912.
Agubai made trouble in Xinjiang, the imperial court was not unaware, not not angry, but at that time it was really unable to spare his hands to clean up this foreign hooligan ~ ~ until the second year of Guangxu, that is, in 1876, the Qing Dynasty swore an oath in Suzhou (now Jiuquan) ~ Zuo Zongtang ordered the Xiang army general Liu Jintang to camp and lead the army into Xinjiang ~ A year later, Zuo Zongtang recovered the territory of Xinjiang except Ili from Agubai, and Agubai committed suicide.
As many as 20 conquests of the Western Regions in history! The Han, Wei, Jin, and Sui and Tang dynasties all exercised direct jurisdiction over the region, but ties weakened during the Song and Ming dynasties until the Qing Dynasty regained effective control of Xinjiang and other places
From October of the same year, the Qing army first captured the four cities in the eastern part of southern Xinjiang, and then took advantage of the internal turmoil of the enemy to rush into the western four cities, and The son of Agubai, Burke Huri, fled into the territory of Tsarist Russia at that time. The following year, the Qing army conquered Hotan and completed the reconquest of the western region ~ After 1883, Xinjiang completed its localization and there was no possibility of separation. It can be said that Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Xinjiang made the weak Late Qing raise his eyebrows fiercely!