Preface
Since ancient times, it has been "accompanying the king like accompanying the tiger", doing things by the emperor's side, whether it is his closest person or an ordinary official, no one is not carrying his head, for fear of accidentally touching the dragon scales, or attracting the emperor's suspicion, and he will be beheaded.
Therefore, those who can do things by the emperor's side are very shrewd, and even the emperor's family has to be very cautious, and prudence in words and deeds is the way to accompany the king.
Also in that era of heroes from ancient times, there were some heroic young men, Huo Quzhi was one of them, and he was loved by Emperor Liu Che.
Huo Qubing attacked the Huns in the north and made great contributions, Liu Che once sent him 10 carts of meat in order to reward the soldiers, but Huo Qubing and the soldiers did not eat a bite, and finally until the meat was all rotten and smelly, everyone was puzzled by this.
But it wasn't until 26 years later that I knew how clever and witty Huo Qubing was back then?
1. Hero Shonenro
"The Huns have not been destroyed, how can they be home?" This sentence is from Huo Quai, this heroic young man, his life is very short, but it is full of legend.
God is jealous of talent, he unfortunately fell at the age of 24, and he can no longer gallop on the field, and what kind of heroic story is there behind this young man?
When Huo Quzhi was young, his identity was very humble, because he was just a child born to a slave girl and a small official in the Pingyang Marquis Mansion.
Therefore, Huo Qubing was at the bottom of society at that time, belonging to the slave class, and would also be despised by the aristocracy and the upper class.
But fortunately, his aunt, Wei Zifu, was loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che and was named a concubine.
As a result, Huo Quzhi's identity and status have also been improved, and after Wei Zifu was named queen, Huo Quzhi's body also began to shine with a halo.
Because Huo Qubing was very studious and motivated since he was a child, and at that time his uncle Wei Qing was a general under Emperor Wu of Han and was greatly appreciated by the emperor, and Huo Qubing also Xi martial arts since childhood, so he was favored by Wei Qing.
Later, Huo Qubing also came to the palace to visit his aunt - Wei Fuzi, because he was very intelligent since he was a child, he was valued by Emperor Liu Che, and often taught him to read and write, or taught him some art of war.
The emperor loved Huo Qubing very much like his own son. Although Huo Quzhi had a prominent identity at this time, he did not have the wealth in front of him at all and abandoned his Xi, but was more diligent.
Due to his very strong personality and a very high talent in Xi martial arts, in 123 BC, Huo Qubing was named Captain Yao and began to lead troops to fight with his uncle and attack the Xiongnu in the north.
Since then, he has officially embarked on a military career, Huo Quai's first entry into the battlefield, but he is very brave, not only showing the heroism of a young man, but also becoming a god-of-war existence that terrifies the Huns.
Moreover, Huo Qubing has always been brave in leading troops to fight, leading soldiers to pursue the Huns for dozens of miles, but he is also very strategic and does not love war.
2. The Battle of Hexi
In the Battle of Monan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to send Gongsun He, Su Jian, Zhao Xin and others to fight, with Wei Qing as the commander to attack the Xiongnu. Wei Qing divided the team into two major troops, Su Jian and Zhao Xin, with a total of more than 3,000 soldiers and horses.
At that time, there were tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops led by Yi Zhi Xiandanyu, and the disparity in strength was very great, and in the face of such a huge team of the Xiongnu army, the outcome was naturally self-evident.
After the battle between the two armies, Su Jian only led a part of the elite cavalry to break through and run back to the barracks, and Zhao Xin was originally a general who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and he saw that our army was invincible, and he was more greedy for life and afraid of death.
Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately defected in front of the battle and led the remaining more than 800 people to surrender to the Huns, although Su Jian broke out of it in order to save his life, but this was an act of desertion, affecting morale and violating military discipline.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty then pardoned Su Jian's position and demoted him to a concubine, this time the Xiongnu fought a great victory, and when they were celebrating proudly, they did not expect that our army was rushing towards the Xiongnu.
Although the Huns won the battle at this time, it was the time when morale was high, but they did not expect that Huo Qubing would bring 800 cavalry to pursue the Huns, and the Huns were defenseless for a while, but at this time the morale was also high and resisted desperately.
In the end, he was defeated by Huo Quai's bravery, was beheaded and slashed, killed thousands of people, killed Shan Yu's relatives, and made great contributions, so he was named the champion Hou by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which means that Huo Quai's contribution is above the whole army.
This is also the first time he showed his edge, so that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy, and soon after the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Huo Qubing to Hexi, and the battle with the Xiongnu in Hexi is also the famous "Battle of Hexi" in history.
In the two battles in Hexi, the Xiongnu were repulsed, invincible, and in the battle of Yanzhi Mountain, more than 8,000 enemy troops were captured.
In the summer of the same year, Gongsun Ao was sent to support Huo Quai, but Gongsun Ao was late for some reasons, but the fighter plane could not be delayed, so Huo Qubing was in danger and fought alone.
After crossing Juyan, he arrived directly at Qilian Mountain, captured the king of chieftain, and the strategy of "capturing the thief and capturing the king first" was very effective, when the people at the bottom saw that the leader had been captured, they also surrendered, nearly 2,500 people surrendered, and more than 30,000 Huns were eliminated.
A painful blow to the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard this, learned that Huo Qubing had made a great contribution, and added 5,400 households to Huo Quai's food, this battle not only made Huo Quai's reputation famous, but also overshadowed the aura of his uncle Wei Qing when he was in the limelight.
It is precisely because the Han Dynasty had Huo Quai, a general, that the Xiongnu were so jealous. And Huo Qubing helped Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che stabilize the country, it stands to reason that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty should sit back and relax, but this is not the case.
Although Huo Qubing grew up beside Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing had a great reputation at this time, and he also held military power, held heavy troops, and had a high prestige in the army, so he had to make Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suspicious.
3. Ten carts of meat are left to rot
In 119 A.D., the "Battle of Mobei" made Huo Quai's reputation more and more resounding, and Wei Qing and Huo Qubing at that time were ordered to lead the army into the hinterland of the Xiongnu, wanting to annihilate the main force of the Xiongnu.
In this battle, Huo Qubing led his army to attack north, killing 70,000 enemy troops and capturing 3 Xiongnu leaders. Forced the Xiongnu back to the North Sea.
It greatly defeated the power of the Xiongnu, not only expanded the territory of the Han Dynasty, but also played a great deterrent role for the Xiongnu, and they could no longer go south to invade the Han.
After the victory of this battle, Huo Qubing became famous, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty praised Huo Qubing even more, and even threatened to build a mansion for him personally, in order to reward the soldiers who fought the war, and also knew that there was a lot of famine in the border area, and it was also to fill the stomachs of the soldiers, so he sent ten carts of meat to comfort the soldiers.
But after Huo Qubing received the ten carts of meat, he did not distribute him to the soldiers, but sent it back to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as it was.
These ten carts of meat were sent back to the capital, and they were allowed to rot and deteriorate, and the soldiers did not eat a bite, causing the soldiers in the army to complain, and it was really "the fat that flew to the mouth." ”
It turned out that at this time, he had already seen the suspicion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and if he distributed all this meat to the soldiers, it would definitely make the soldiers more loyal to Huo Quzhi.
But Huo Qubing saw the emperor's suspicion behind this, suspecting that he would support his troops and try to rebel, so Huo Qubing was unwilling to take such a risk and let the soldiers eat meat.
Even if the meat is rotten and stinky, you have to prove your innocence, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty This is a temptation for Huo Quai, so Huo Quai's approach is naturally very satisfactory to the emperor.
However, it was such an extremely intelligent young man, and finally his life came to an end at the age of 24, because of the perennial conquest and the plague, this young man who terrified the enemy ended his legendary life.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also very sad, and it was Huo Quai's move that dispelled the emperor's doubts, and later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once dreamed that he was attacked by thousands of wooden people, which was a bad dream in people's minds at the time.
Jiang Chong had a dislike with the crown prince, and was afraid that after the death of Emperor Wu of Han, he would die soon, so he lied to Emperor Wu of Han that someone was practicing witchcraft, so he started a turmoil and killed many people.
As a result, both the crown prince and Empress Wei died in this turmoil, and even Wei Qing, a general who had made great achievements, was also affected by the family, but the Huo family survived because of Huo Qu's illness back then.
epilogue
Huo Quzhi, a person who is bent on fighting on the battlefield, has never thought of seizing power and usurping the throne, but just wants to keep the world peaceful, this is the heroic spirit of the young man, and the bearing of the world, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is in a high position, but for those who have heavy troops, he has to take precautions, even if he watched Huo Qubing grow up with his own eyes, he also had doubts.
But fate makes people, it can only be jealous of talents, and the heroic boy fell, although Huo Quai's life was very short, but in this boy we saw his wisdom and bravery, and his ambition to defend his home and country.