In history, the Xiongnu have been harassing the northern frontier of our country, and every famous general who fought against the Xiongnu is like thunder, and this time we want to talk about Li Mu, a famous general in the Warring States period who first resisted the Xiongnu.
After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu always threatened the development of the Western Han Dynasty. Until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was the former general Wei Qing, and then there was the great Sima Huo who fell ill, and the two together became the main heroes of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu. In particular, the young hero Huo went ill, and the first conquest of the Xiongnu actually brought only 800 horses, but achieved a great destruction of the Xiongnu, captured the Xiongnu sacrifice Tianjin people, and directly took the proud battle record of Qilian Mountain.
As early as the Warring States period before Huo's illness, the State of Zhao also had a general known as the Xiongnu nemesis. What is even more rare and valuable is that this general created the classic example of the total annihilation of the Xiongnu cavalry regiment with an infantry corps, that is, the far-reaching tactic of "riding with infantry".
Regarding the birth age of this Xiongnu nemesis, Li Mu, there is no exact record in history. Throughout the Warring States period, it should be accurate to say that in the late Warring States period, Li Mu and Lian Po of the Zhao State, together with Bai Qi and Wang Qi of the Qin State, were called the four famous generals of the Warring States by posterity. Among the Seven Warring States at that time, the Qin, Zhao, and Yan states not only had to face the wars of several other countries, but also had to resist the harassment of the Xiongnu in the north.
In particular, the State of Zhao, between the Qin and Yan states, was often burned and plundered by Xiongnu cavalry. At that time, Li Mu of the Zhao state considered the disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, and decided to use defense to paralyze the Xiongnu army. For the soldiers under his command, Li Mu was really good at wine and good meat, so that they could eat and drink well. And it was forbidden for any soldiers to meet the invading Hun cavalry, and in this way, every time the Xiongnu shouted to kill and came to the city where Li Mu was stationed, they ate the closed door almost every time.
After several years of such a life, the Xiongnu not only labeled Li Mu as cowardly and cowardly, but also gradually lost the vigor to attack the Zhao state. However, the soldiers who had eaten and drunk enough under their hands also felt that the lord general Li Mu was too cowardly, and some people even told Li Mu's behavior to Zhao Guojun. In the face of King Zhao's reprimand, Li Mu continued to live a life of wine and meat through the intestines, and the Xiongnu lived in their hearts.
King Zhao, who was in a fit of rage, immediately asked other generals to replace Li Mu. Unexpectedly, when the Xiongnu attacked again, these hastily contested generals were severely damaged by the Huns. At this time, King Zhao finally understood the importance of Li Mu. Hurry up and take care of Maolu, sincerely invited. After Li Mu returned to his garrison, he still implemented the policy of paralyzing the Xiongnu. And selected the weakest momentum of the enemy, our strongest momentum of the two wings to encircle the Xiongnu, and finally scattered all 100,000 Hun cavalry. For more than a decade after that, the State of Zhao completely relieved the threat of invasion by the Hu people in the north. Tai Shi Gong's "Records of History" records that after Li Mu's great victory:
"Alone in running. Later, more than ten years old, the Xiongnu did not dare to approach zhao border city. ”
Throughout the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Li Mu achieved the impressive battle of annihilating 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry through the coordinated operation of infantry, cavalry and other arms. This battle not only seriously injured the Northern Xiongnu, but also provided a reference for later generations of Wei Qing and Huo to fight against the Xiongnu.
Finally, throughout Li Mu's life, he had made great achievements in the early stage of fighting against the Xiongnu, and in the later stage, he led zhao to fight with the powerful Qin army, but still did not suffer defeat. However, in 229 BC, Wang Qi, who had learned from Li Mu's great power, decided to adopt a counter-plan against the Zhao state. The faint-hearted Zhao Guojun secretly set up a trap to capture Li Mu and kill him. As a result, with the unjust death of a generation of famous generals Li Mu, the entire Zhao state also fell under the iron horse of Qin Shi Huang.
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