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The Han Dynasty is a famous dynasty in ancient times on the mainland, whether it is a TV series or a movie work, the Han Dynasty is shown to be strong, but the early Han Dynasty was not smooth sailing, especially the Xiongnu in the north, which can be called the nightmare of the Han Dynasty. As early as the Warring States period, the war between the Central Plains and the Xiongnu began, and at the beginning it was the Zhao State, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, who fought with it, and later Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms to build the Great Wall, which avoided the scourge of the Xiongnu for a short time.
However, by the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the xiongnu's national strength was getting stronger and stronger, and the Han who had just unified the whole country was simply unable to look north, so in the early days, they basically adopted a marriage policy, marrying the princess far away from the desert to stabilize the Xiongnu. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after two generations of recuperation, the entire Central Plains gradually regained its vitality, and the national strength became stronger and stronger. The young Emperor Wu of Han was very indignant at the attitude of his ancestors, and the Great Han Dynasty needed to marry a princess to the Xiongnu in order to seek peace.
In his heart, he saw this as an act of shame, so he was determined to change this situation before he ascended to the throne. Later, the young emperor ascended the throne, and the great war between the Han and the Xiongnu was in full swing. When the two armies are fighting, the fortress cities and pools can be said to be in contention, and several of them are particularly important. The first to bear the brunt of the war was the Hexi Fortress, which was located at the junction of the western region of the Central Plains, with thousands of miles of fertile land, cattle and sheep everywhere, and was also an important source of materials for the Xiongnu tribes.
As early as the last year of the Qin Dynasty, the increasingly powerful Xiongnu occupied the entire Hexi Corridor to absorb materials, but the Xiongnu were nomadic people in the north, and the efficiency of material acquisition was far less than that of the Central Plains, and the greedy Xiongnu also repeatedly committed crimes in the south, burning and looting the Central Plains, causing serious harm to the people. In the early Han Dynasty, the policy towards the Xiongnu was more of a hidden tolerance and affinity, which further encouraged the arrogance of the Xiongnu, and the scope of aggression spread to the vicinity of Guanzhong in the interior. Emperor Wu of Han could not bear this.
There was a famous figure named Zhang Qian, who fled back to Han China after 13 years of captivity by the Xiongnu, while reporting to Emperor Wu of Han the valuable information he had obtained in the north over the years, in which he highlighted the Hexi Corridor. Zhang Qian stressed that the Hexi Corridor was the lifeline of the Xiongnu people, and as long as the whole area could be recovered, it was only a matter of time before the Xiongnu were defeated, and he also reported to Emperor Wu of Han that there were many small countries near the corridor.
The troops needed to defeat all these small countries before they could march, otherwise there might be serious consequences, and based on the detailed information brought back by Zhang Qian, the young Emperor Wu of Han quickly made up his mind and decided to send his own army into the Hexi Corridor. Even in the long history of China, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty was definitely a monarch of great talent and greatness, and his success was inseparable from the two generals under him--- Weiqing and Huo Went ill. Both of them were unborn military wizards, and the commander in charge of the Battle of the Hexi Corridor was the latter.
Huo went to fame as a young man, and at the age of seventeen, he paid homage to the great general of the Hun Horse, and the Battle of hexi Corridor with the Xiongnu was his masterpiece. In 121 BC, the general Huo Quyi officially led his troops to the Hexi Corridor, and the First Battle of Hexi began. In this battle, the troops led by Huo Quyi were so heroic that they actually crossed the connection belt between the Qiang and the Xiongnu, directly attacked the rear of the Xiongnu, and quickly defeated the large troops of the Xiongnu, which made him famous at once, and also made the morale of the Han army high, after all, the Xiongnu have always been known for being able to fight good battles, and the Previous Han Dynasty has not been so tough to fight with the Xiongnu, and this battle undoubtedly showed the self-confidence of the nation.
Emperor Wu of Han, who had tasted the victory, naturally would not give up easily, and soon ordered Huo to attack the Hexi Corridor again, this time Huo Wentai was even more courageous, and even directly hit the Xiongnu's nest, annihilating more than 100,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop, occupying most of the Hexi region, and capturing the Qilian Mountains, the sacred place of the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu finally surrendered. The territory of the Han Dynasty was greatly expanded, the Silk Road began, and Huo Wentai was also sealed with wolves, ushering in the peak of his life.
At this time, the Hexi Corridor was almost completely ruled by the Han Dynasty, but it was also a difficult problem to obtain land governance, first, the local tradition of the Xiongnu was still maintained, and it was not easy to rule quickly, but although the Xiongnu had surrendered, the nation still existed, and if it was not handled well, it might cause other troubles in the future. In order to consolidate such a huge victory, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty set up four important towns in the Hexi Corridor to consolidate local rule, and these four names are magnificent and still used today, they are Dunhuang, Wuwei, Zhangye, and Jiuquan.
Zhangye represents the Han Dynasty's opening of its wings and soaring into the sky, and also represents the breaking of the arm of the Xiongnu. Jiuquan was related to Huo's illness, and it was rumored that once Huo went ill and led his soldiers to face running out of ammunition and food, but he arranged not to take the emperor's imperial gift, and the morale of the whole army was immediately high, and the enemy city was captured. It is also said that there was a river in the city that stretched out of the city, and the soldiers drank the spring water and boosted their morale and defeated the Huns.
Dunhuang symbolizes the majesty and inviolability of the Han Dynasty, the overall weather is magnificent and grand, and all countries in the western region need to submit to our strong Han, and later it has become a place where civilizations meet between various countries. And Wuwei is as its name suggests, showing the strength of the Han Dynasty's military might, even if it is a brave and good warrior Xiongnu army, it is still vulnerable in front of our Han army, the sacred place in my heart is still conquered, and the land of Wuwei is commemorated here.
The young Huo Went to the disease made such a great contribution, but unfortunately he died of illness a few years later, only 23 years old, which is really a natural envy of talents, but his achievements are shocking to the present, and it is the lifelong pursuit of future generations of soldiers. The recovery of the Hexi Corridor for the Han Dynasty not only avoided the scourge of the Xiongnu, but more importantly, it was the place where the Eastern and Western cultures met, and the famous Silk Road extended from here, and it was from this time that the Han Dynasty became a real strong man, and no one dared to underestimate it.
The Silk Road made the Han dynasty at that time well known to the world, and the people of all countries remembered that there was such a country rich in silk, and the national strength was incomparably strong. Even today, the New China's Belt and Road Policy still relies on the Silk Road, which is the foundation laid two thousand years ago, but it has benefited so far, it is conceivable that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a generation of Ming Emperors, and Huo Fuyi is a model of soldiers.
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