123 BC, Weiyang Palace. In the grand hall, China gave birth to the biggest "teacher" in history, Emperor Wu of han. On that day, Emperor Wu of Han pushed away all work and entertainment, but talked about the art of war in the palace. His students, on the other hand, were only one, and this person was The nephew of Emperor Wu of Han and the son of Wei Zifu's sister Wei Shao'er, Huo Fuyi.
It is said that the emperor himself explaining the "Art of War of Sun Tzu" should be a great grace. However, the young Huo Wentai showed a bored and interested appearance, and his mind flew out of the cloud of nine clouds.
Looking at his nephew's absent-minded appearance, Emperor Wu of Han, as an uncle, was furious: "I taught you the art of war, why don't you learn it?" I still expect you to lead the troops to fight the Huns!" For the emperor's anger, Huo Fuyi did not seem to be afraid, but instead grinned: "As long as you fight a war, you only need to adapt to the situation, and you don't need to learn the ancient art of war at all!" "In front of the solipsistic Emperor Wudi of Han, no one has dared to speak to him so arrogantly. So after listening to the little nephew's words, how would Emperor Wu of Han react? This is not recorded in the history books. But what is certain is that Emperor Wu of Han did not punish and alienate Huo for this. Instead, Emperor Wu of Han appointed Huo Toyi as a lieutenant of Yao Yao and asked him to accompany his uncle Wei Qing on the Xiongnu expedition, and he might have said, "Let the war and the Huns teach this boy who does not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth!" Young people just need to be trained. ”
However, what Emperor Wu of Han did not expect was that Huo Fuyi did not learn a lesson in the first battle of his life. It was the Huns who were taught the lesson. Arriving at the southern front, huo, who was less than 17 years old, took the initiative to ask for it, hoping to lead the headquarters of 800 cavalry to break away from the large army and directly attack the rear of the Huns.
Wei Qing thought about it again and again, and finally agreed to Huo's request to go sick. Although the future is dangerous, it is true that Huo should be allowed to go through the disease. As a result, Huo went ill with 800 warriors and went deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu.
In a dangerous environment, Huo Wentai's disease penetrated hundreds of miles like lightning, and easily touched the rear of the Huns. Subsequently, Huo Wentai ordered the soldiers to attack in an all-round way, and before the panicked Huns could react, they became ghosts under the swords of the Han Dynasty cavalry. In this battle, Huo went ill and beheaded the 2028 class, including senior officials such as Xiangguo and Danghu, as well as Yi Zhishan Yu's grandfather relatives, Who was born in Ruohou, and also captured Shan Yu's uncle Luo Gubi.
In this battle, Wei Qing's main han army failed to achieve outstanding results, while Huo Fuyi made a splash in this "mediocre" battle and won the army. After returning to Chang'an, Emperor Wu of Han finally understood the reason for Huo's "arrogance" - Huo went ill as an unborn genius. A true genius of war, even if he does not learn the art of war, he is very powerful. Therefore, emperor Wu of Han, who was overjoyed, made Huo Fuyi the Champion Hou and had 2,500 households.
Emperor Wu of Han's principle of employing people has always been very bold, and he saw the extraordinary potential from Huo Qiyi. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han decided to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, so he entrusted an important task to Huo, that is, to pacify Hexi.
Hexi, also known as the Hexi Corridor, is a long narrow passage that connects the Central Plains with the Western Regions. As long as Hexi was captured, it would be able to cut off the Xiongnu from the Qinghai Qiang people and directly release the influence of the Han Dynasty in the western region. Capturing Hexi was like cutting off the right arm of the Xiongnu.
The Battle of Hexi was the first time that Huo Wentai led a large army alone, when he was only 19 years old, equivalent to a freshman student now. The Battle of Hexi was the key to determining the outcome of the Han-Hungarian War. As an ordinary person, I am afraid that I have long been overwhelmed by such a strong pressure, and I am frightened and helpless. But how is Huo's disease an ordinary person?
In the past battles against the Xiongnu, the Han army mainly adopted the tactics of steady fighting. Even when entering the hinterland of the Xiongnu, the Han army was cautious and step-by-step, lest it be attacked by the Xiongnu. In the decisive battle, the Han army generally surrounded itself with chariots, and used this as a position to consume the opponent with a strong crossbow. Once the Huns' offensive was blocked, the cavalry hiding in the chariot formation poured out and eventually crushed the opponent.
In the beginning, this tactic was very effective. But over time, the Huns became accustomed to this tactic. Once the Han army entered the desert, they hid far away, avoiding its sharp edge. Because they understood that although the Han army could invade the Xiongnu, it would never be able to occupy their territory. The only way to subdue the Huns was to kill as many Huns as possible. That is to say, once the Battle did not find the Huns, the Han army was defeated. Because of the attack on the Huns, the logistical pressure was very high. Even if you don't lose the battle, you will lose money. If it did not return many times, the Han Dynasty could be dragged down.
It was precisely because the Xiongnu changed their tactics that after 123 BC, the Han army achieved few results, and even Wei Qing did not have a good way. But the emergence of Hodg's disease changed that. Because Huo went to work out a new tactic against the Huns, blitzkrieg.
In 121 BC, Huo Fuyi led 40,000 cavalry into Hexi. In just six days, the Han army "overtook wuxuan, begged for Pu, waded through the fox slaves, and traveled through the five kingdoms", trekking more than a thousand miles, capturing the enemy's head 8960 ranks, killing 2 kings, and capturing the prince of hun evil.
Mobility has always been the magic weapon of the Huns. However, they never expected that under the leadership of Huo Goyi, the Han army could actually be faster and more fierce than themselves. At the same time, the Huns couldn't understand how Huo Zhiyi found them, and they were obviously well hidden.
However, Huo's disease did not give the Huns time to learn from their experience. Just a few months later, Huo went to fight the Second Battle of Hexi. As usual, Huo went ill to shake off the bulky heavy troops, and once again rushed thousands of miles, the elite Han Dynasty knights detoured thousands of miles, and then the iron wall joined the dragon, beating the Huns dizzy and scattered.
In this battle, Huo Wentai beheaded 30,200 ranks, 2,500 people surrendered from Shan Huan, the chief Tu Wang, Xiang Guo, and Du Wei, captured 5 Xiongnu clan kings and 69 other nobles, and 63 officials below the Xiang State.
After the Battle of Hexi, the Hun and Hutu tribes entrenched in the Hexi region were forced to surrender. The Hexi Corridor was also divided into jiuquan, Zhangye, Dunhuang, and Wuwei counties by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, dividing the Xiongnu forces into two.
In order to solve the Xiongnu problem once and for all, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty launched a large-scale Battle of Mobei. Huo Fuyi and Wei Qing each led 50,000 cavalry, aiming directly at the main force of the Xiongnu Shan Yu. In this battle, Huo Quyi took on the task of capturing the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and most of the elite generals were concentrated in his hands.
In this battle, Huo Went sickly threw away the heavy cart like a light car, and even threw away the delicacies given to him by Emperor Wu of Han himself. Subsequently, he set out from Right Beiping, ran thousands of miles, and finally found the Huns. But unfortunately, what Huo went to the disease encountered was not Shan Yu, but the Right Sage King.
In this battle, Huo went ill and "involved in the acquisition of Zhangqu, in order to compare cheqi, turned to attack the left general, won the drum, and involved in the marquis." Ji Gonglu won 3 people, including the King of Tuntou and the King of Han, and 83 generals, Xiangguo, Danghu, and Du Wei, and won a total of 70,443 enemy heads. The Right Sage King, on the other hand, was almost spared by himself. "If it weren't for an intelligence error, so that the Xiongnu alone encountered Huo's disease, I am afraid that the Xiongnu would have perished."
After the war, Huo went ill to "seal the wolf juxu mountain, Zen Yu Guyan, and ascend to the Han Sea", and engraved the han army's great divine power on the rock, and has been passed down through the generations ever since.
After the Battle of Mobei, Huo Fuyi and Wei Qing were added by Emperor Wu of han as "Great Sima " and became the most powerful head of the imperial court. Unfortunately, however, the life of Hodgome disease is as short as a meteor. In 117 BC, Huo died of illness at the age of 24. Emperor Wu of Han was deeply saddened by his early death and built a grand mausoleum for him, symbolizing Qilian Mountain. The soldiers who sent him to the funeral were all dressed in Xuan armor and lined up from Chang'an to Maoling. Even more impressive is the quaint sculpture in front of Huo's tomb, the "Horse Huns". He experienced many bloody battles before and after, and the number of Huns who died at his hands alone reached 110,000, which was really a veritable Horse Hun.
After Huo's death, Emperor Wu of Han could no longer find a general as bold and heroic as him. No other Han Dynasty general dared to be like him, throwing off a large army and risking into the dangerous hinterland of the Xiongnu. In addition, no Han Dynasty general could achieve a victory as brilliant as Huo's disease. It can only be said that genius is genius, and genius can never be copied.