"The Xiongnu have not perished, so why should they be at home?"
"Gong defended the isolated city with a single soldier, and when the Xiongnu tens of thousands of people ... He is loyal and brave, and is not ashamed of the big man. ”
"It is advisable to hang the head between the barbarian mansions on the street, so as to show the thousands of miles; those who commit crimes against the strong will be punished from afar."
Reading such sentences in the history books of the Han Dynasty is always very proud. Throughout the history of the Han Dynasty, the figure of the Xiongnu has almost never disappeared, and in the early years of the Han Dynasty, even Gaozu Liu Bang was besieged by the Xiongnu; but by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu cavalry no longer had an absolute advantage on the battlefield.
Emperor Wu of han reigned for 54 years and fought against the Xiongnu for a long time. The generals of that period also sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, and Huo's disease was undoubtedly one of the most dazzling. Huo Wentyi was an illegitimate son, but Emperor Wu of Han employed people in an eclectic manner, not to mention that Huo's aunt created the legendary Empress Wei Zifu.
Of course, Huo's military talent was not taught by his aunt. When Huo Zifu was born, Wei Zifu was still only a singer in the princess's palace; when he was 1 year old, Wei Zifu was brought into the palace by Emperor Wu of Han; when Wei Zifu became a noble empress, Huo Zifu was only a 12-year-old child.
At the age of 17, Huo Zhiyi, who was named a lieutenant of Yao By Emperor Wu of Han, followed his uncle Wei Qing on a desert expedition for the first time, and this teenager seemed to be born for the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and beheaded 2028 enemies at the first time, and arrested the uncles of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, did not leave any face for the Xiongnu, and was crowned marquis in the First World War.
In some ways, Emperor Wu of Han was more in tune with Huo. Emperor Wudi of Han pinned his ideals on Huo Quyi, because Emperor Wudi of Han himself was the first emperor in history to propose that the Xiongnu submit to the Central Plains Dynasty, and Huo Wentyi was a staunch supporter of his decision, not to mention huo's ability to go to the disease, "destroy the ugliness of the crowd, eliminate the desert", And Emperor Wudi of Han did not like Huo to go to the disease is to see the ghost.
At the same time, Emperor Wudi of Han was also the first person in history to send an army directly to the hinterland of the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu at that time, Shan Yu Yixia, refused to submit to the Han Dynasty no matter what, and Emperor Wudi of Han decided to teach him a lesson. In 119 BC, Wei Qing took 50,000 cavalry, Huo Wentai also brought 50,000 cavalry, and tens of thousands of infantry and horses, and went straight to the north of the desert, vowing to wipe out the main force of the Xiongnu.
Huo Fuyi still continued the previous style in this battle, and he was particularly proficient in rapid maneuvering, long-distance attacks, light horseback, roundabout depth, rapid interspersed encirclement, unexpectedly beating the Xiongnu powerless to resist, and incidentally taking the Grain of the Huns to eat himself. In the Battle of Mobei, the Xiongnu were wiped out by about 90,000, of which about 70,000 were destroyed by the Huozhi disease branch.
The Han army won a complete victory, and the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang's troops were powerless in front of the iron horses led by Huo Zhiyi. As the victorious party, Huo Wentai held a ceremony to sacrifice heaven and earth, returned triumphantly, and once again won the reward of Emperor Wu of Han. With this battle, the later four counties of Hexi were born, and the Hexi Corridor was included in the scope of Huaxia for the first time.
On the basis of the original Longxi County and Beidi County, the Han Dynasty set up 4 new counties, the names of these 4 counties are still used today, reading very domineering, is there your hometown? Or is there anything you sound very kind to? Let's take a look!
The first is Jiuquan (郡), set in 121 BC. Today's Jiuquan City is located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor between the Arjin Mountains, Qilian Mountains and Ma mane Mountains, and the geographical history of Jiuquan records that there are springs under the city, and its water is like wine"; and Dongfang Shuo's "Divine Anomaly" also says that "there is jade in the northwest wilderness, and jiuquan is annotated..... Take a bottle, a bottle of rebirth, rest with the heavens, and when there is no dry time. ”
However, another more widely known theory is that Huo went ill to fight away the Xiongnu and poured the wine of the celebration into the local spring to drink with many soldiers, which was named Jiuquan. No matter what the truth is, it does not affect the love of Jiuquan people for Huo's disease, and today Jiuquan is an important cultural tourism city and the cradle of modern spaceflight.
The second is Wuwei (郡), set up in 121 BC. The historical Wuwei was once the home of the Xiongnu Xiongnu King Xiutu and the Hun Evil King, one of these two kings was killed, and the other surrendered to the Han Dynasty with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and Huo Wentai personally greeted them. "Wuwei" means that the martial arts military power of the Han Dynasty reached its peak, as the fortress of the ancient Silk Road, there are many places of interest and monuments in the territory of Wuwei City today.
The third is Zhangye (郡), set up in 111 BC. Zhangye is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, and in ancient times there was another name called Ganzhou, which is also the origin of the word "Gan" in today's Gansu Province. The name Zhangye is a bit difficult to read, and it is easy to understand the explanation of "Zhang Guo's arm to pass through the western region".
Emperor Wu of han was hoping to fight the road to the Western Regions, Zhang Zhonghua Zhiye (腋). Today's Zhangye City is a prefecture-level city in Gansu Province, and Li Bai once left a poem that reads, "Junwei Zhangye is close to Jiuquan, and I channel three colors and nine thousand miles." Moreover, Zhangye has flat terrain, fertile land and rich in melons and fruits, and the desert oasis scene presented makes it have the reputation of "plugging the jiangnan", and the southern charm and the style of the plug are both.
The last one is the Dunhuang (county) that everyone is very familiar with, which was set up in 88 BC. The Han Dynasty Dunhuang Commandery was west of present-day Dunhuang, at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. The word "Dunhuang" has a grand meaning, "Dunhuang Grottoes", "Dunhuang Murals" is now more famous in the world, and the history books record that since the Han Dynasty, Dunhuang has "rich people's goods" and the Central Plains are not much different, and it is truly a place where humanities gather and culture flourish.
These 4 place names bear witness to the determination of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to open up the Hexi Corridor in those years, and also witness the outstanding battle achievements established by the god of war Huo Fuyi in the desert north, and the historical significance behind them can be described as majestic and domineering.