The loss of me in qilian mountains has made my six animals restless. The loss of my mountain has left my married wife colorless.
This is a folk song of the Xiongnu during the Western Han Dynasty, which translates to mean: how can our livestock breed without our Qilian Mountains. The loss of our Yanzhi Mountain has left our women without rouge.
The hatred and despair in the song are impressive, and the person who makes the Huns so hateful and desperate, can you imagine that it will be a young man in his 20s?
His name was Huo Fuyi, and he was the most respected person of all the warriors, and he was also the goal he had to pursue all his life.
At the age of 18, he led eight hundred cavalry deep into the desert, twice won the whole army, and was crowned the champion Hou.
At the age of 19, he served as a general on horseback, commanded two battles in Hexi, annihilated and surrendered nearly 100,000 Xiongnu in Hexi, captured Xiongnu to sacrifice to The Tianjin people, and directly took Qilian Mountain.
At the age of 21, he and Wei Qing each led 50,000 cavalry to engage the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wangbu, broke the Xiongnu army, and captured the Xiongnu Tuntou King, the Han King, and eighty-three generals, Xiangguo, Danghu, and Du wei.
At the age of 24, Huo Went died of illness, and Emperor Wu of Han gave him the nickname "Jing Huan", buried Mao Ling, and built a tomb modeled on the shape of Qilian Mountain.
A dazzling and brilliant pearl in the history of the Chinese nation, his life was short and great, Sima Qian in just a few years, the horse life, made immortal merits, so why do posterity so highly respect this young man?
First, the great achievement of sealing the wolf and being invincible
During the Western Han Dynasty, the nomadic Xiongnu wantonly slaughtered and looted in the north of the Han Dynasty, making the border chickens and dogs restless, and the Western Han government repeatedly encircled and suppressed, but it was never completely resolved, until the emergence of Huo's disease, which made the Xiongnu's living force destroyed. The Han Dynasty completely controlled the Hexi Corridor.
Regarding the sealing of the wolf Juxu, the book of Han records the original text as follows:
The general of the Hun Horse went to the sick and led the division to lead the general to obtain the meat allowed soldiers, about light money, the great curtain, involved in the acquisition of Shan Yu Zhangqu, to jiebei Cheqi, to the left general Shuang, to get the qi drum, the history of the difficult marquis, Ji Gonglu, the king of Tuntou, the king of Han and other three people, the general, Xiang Guo, The danghu, the capital lieutenant eighty-three people, the wolf Juxu Mountain, Zen Yu Guyan, landing on the Hanhai.
The simple explanation is that huo went to the north of the desert and returned from victory, climbed the wolf juxu mountain, built an altar, held a sacrifice ceremony, and told the heavens that in the battle against the Xiongnu, we had achieved fame. He attacked more than 2,000 miles, annihilated more than 70,000 enemies with fifteen thousand losses, captured three Xiongnu princes, and 83 generals. To win in such a difficult situation, it is no wonder to tell God what a will and determination it is.
Second, the determination and will to make meritorious contributions and serve the country and the people
Huo Went ill young and famous, but never fell into a short period of fame and fortune, there are many famous generals in ancient times, but in order to eliminate foreign troubles, there are not many who put life and death aside, Emperor Wu of Han once built a luxurious mansion for Huo Toyi, but Huo Went sick flatly refused, saying: "The Xiongnu are not destroyed, why should they be home?" This kind of firm determination and will, this kind of shocking classic quote, is enough to make future generations admire.
Third, classic and practical, flexible and changeable tactical tactics
In the early period of the Western Han Dynasty, in the Han-Hungarian War, the Xiongnu always concentrated their forces, suddenly attacked, came and went like the wind, making it difficult for the Han army to organize a counterattack, Huo went to the disease to understand the situation in depth, in view of the characteristics of the Xiongnu operation, organized tens of thousands of cavalry with a small number of long-distance attacks, directly pounded the royal court, and directly attacked the key parts of the head.
He passed down many classic tactical tactics and tactics, which provided great help to future generations in dealing with the Huns:
The first is the lightning tactic, leading the light horse to suddenly appear in front of the enemy at the fastest speed, and striking the enemy with the tactics of surprise attack.
The second is the tactic of roundabout encirclement. Abandoning the support horse team, the large distance detoured forward, crossed the mountain and the river, and directly pounded the old lair of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King.
The third is guerrilla tactics. Starting from the weakest part of the enemy's strength, if you can expand the results of the battle, you can fight, and if you can't, you will quickly withdraw, do not entangle with the enemy, and do not make inaction and sacrifice.