To speak of this great general, let's first talk about the merits of General Mengtian. Meng Tian (?–210 BC), surnamed Ji (姬), of the Meng clan (孟氏), courtesy name Tian (天), was a native of the State of Qi (present-day Mengyin County, Shandong Province), and a famous general of the Qin Dynasty. Meng Tian was born into a family of generational celebrities. His grandfather Meng Xiao and father Meng Wu were both famous generals in the Qin State, deeply influenced by the family environment, and had great ambitions since childhood.
In the 32nd year of Qin Shi Huang, Meng Tian was ordered to lead an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu in the north, and the following year to recover Henan, repelling the Xiongnu for more than 700 miles, and tunbing shangjun (present-day southeast of Yulin, Shaanxi). Drawing on the experience of dangerous defense during the Warring States period, Meng Tian built a city fortress from Yuzhong (now part of Gansu) along the Yellow River to Yinshan Mountain, connecting more than 5,000 miles of the old Great Wall of Yan, Zhao, and Qin, and building a straight road from Jiuyuan (northwest of present-day Baotou, Inner Mongolia) in the north to Yunyang (northwest of present-day Chunhua, Shaanxi) in the south, forming a long defensive line in the north of the Qin Dynasty. The Xiongnu were intimidated by the Mongol army and did not dare to attack. This is the so-called "but the Xiongnu more than seven hundred miles, the Hu people do not dare to go south and herd horses."
Next, the youngest general in history, he is the official Hou Huo's disease.
Huo Fuyi (140 BC – 117 BC), han Chinese, a native of Pingyang, Hedong (present-day southwest of Linfen, Shanxi), was a famous general and military figure of the Western Han Dynasty, and a general of the Grand Sima Horse, and a marquis of champion. Huo Fuyi is the nephew of the famous general Wei Qing, good at riding and shooting, flexible in the use of troops, paying attention to strategy, not informal, brave and decisive, good at long-distance raids, blitzkrieg and big detours, big interspersed combat.
In the sixth year of Yuan Shuo (123 BC), the seventeen-year-old Huo Wentai was appointed by Emperor Wu of Han as a lieutenant of Huo Yao (hence Huo Goyi, also known as Huo Biaoyao), accompanied Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu in southern Mo (south of the great desert of the present-day Mongolian plateau), and led 800 horsemen to go hundreds of miles into enemy territory in his first conquest, killing the Xiongnu soldiers in all directions and fleeing, and was made a champion hou by Emperor Wu of Han.
In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (121 BC), Emperor Wu of Han appointed the nineteen-year-old Huo Quyi as a general of the Hun Horse, and in the spring and summer, he led his troops to attack the Hun Evil King and The HuTu King's troops in the area occupied by Hexi (present-day Hexi Corridor and Huangshui Valley), annihilating more than 40,000 enemy troops. Capturing 5 Xiongnu kings and more than 120 people, including the Queen Mother, Shan Yufu, princes, Xiangguo, and generals, in the autumn of the same year, they were ordered to greet the Hun Evil King who led the people to surrender to han, and at the critical juncture of some of the rebellions, led his troops into the Xiongnu army, killed the rebels, stabilized the situation, and the Hun Evil King was able to lead more than 40,000 people back to Han. Since then, the Han Dynasty has controlled the Hexi region, laying the foundation for opening up the western region. The Xiongnu lamented this: "Lose me to the Qilian Mountains, so that my six animals will not rest; The loss of my mountain has left my married wife colorless. ''
In the spring of the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (119 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wei Qing and Huo Fuyi (then 22 years old) to lead 50,000 cavalry each, and "the infantry turned hundreds of thousands of troops" "Respectively, they left Dingxiang and Dai County, went deep into the north of the desert, and sought to annihilate the main force of the Xiongnu. Huo Wentai led his army north for more than 2,000 miles, crossed the Lihou Mountain, crossed the Bow Lu River, engaged the Xiongnu Zuoxian King's troops, annihilated 70,400 enemies, captured 3 Xiongnu Tuntou Wang, Han Wang, and 83 generals, Xiangguo, Danghu, and Duwei, and took advantage of the victory to pursue and kill them to Wolf Juxu Mountain (in present-day Mongolia), held a heavenly ceremony at Wolf Juxu Mountain (present-day Kent Mountain in Mongolia), held a sacrifice ceremony at Guyan Mountain (north of present-day Kent Mountain in Mongolia), and the soldiers were forced to the Hanhai (desert alias or lake Baikal in present-day Russia). After this battle, the Xiongnu were swept away by the Han army in the south of the desert, and the Xiongnu fled to the north of the desert, "The Xiongnu are far away, and the south of the desert has no royal court".
In the sixth year of the Yuan Hunt, Huo Wentong died of illness at the age of 23 (imaginary age) and 22 years old. Emperor Wu was very sad, and dispatched the ironclad armies of the five border counties to line up from Chang'an to Maoling, giving Huo the image of Qilian Mountain outside the tomb of Huo Zhixiu, merging the two principles of yongwu and expanding the land, and posthumously honoring him as the Marquis of Jinghuan.
This is the life experience of the youngest general in history, Huo Zhiyi, who pursued the Xiongnu for thousands of miles, and compared with him, the Qin general Mengtian was more than seven hundred miles away from him.