There are many famous generals in the ancient history of the mainland, there are three generations of grandparents and grandchildren are famous generals, and there are also father and son who are famous generals, in addition to this relationship, there are uncles and nephews are a combination of famous generals, the most famous of which are two pairs, one pair is Wei Qing and Huo Qubing during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the other pair is Han Baohu and Li Jing in the Sui and Tang dynasties. In this article, let's take a look at their stories.
1, Wei Qing and Huo Quai
Wei Qing was born as a slave, and later because his sister Wei Zifu was elected to the palace, he was favored by Emperor Wu, and was promoted to Jianzhang Supervisor and Servant, and later moved to Taizhong Doctor. Later, Wei Qing was appointed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as a general to attack the Xiongnu in the north and began his own road of meritorious service.
Wei Qing attacked the Xiongnu seven times in his life, in 129 BC, Wei Qing went out to the Xiongnu for the first time, this time he was appointed as the general of the chariot cavalry, in the case of the defeat of the other three roads, Wei Qing returned from a great victory in the battle of Longcheng, and had to seal the Neihou of Guan.
Hsiao-hsien
After that, Wei Qing attacked the Xiongnu many times, in 127 years before receiving Henan, in 124 years before Wei Qing led 30,000 cavalry to the north to defeat the right Xian King, returned triumphantly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty received a war report, sent an envoy to hold the seal letter, to the army to worship Wei Qing as a general, control the generals.
In 119 BC, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing hit the main force of the Xiongnu in the Mobei War, making it far away from Mobei, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty commended Wei Qing's merits and named him the Great Sima General, and Huo Qubing was in charge of military and political affairs together. In 106 years ago, Wei Qing died of illness, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a tomb in the shape of Yin Mountain in the northeast of Maoling in order to commemorate his brilliant military exploits.
Huo Quzhi is Wei Qing's nephew and a rare genius in the ancient history of the mainland. In 123 BC, the 17-year-old Wei Qing followed his uncle Wei Qing on the expedition as a prostitute Yao lieutenant. Wei Qing didn't expect Huo Qubing to make much merit in this battle, just let him grab a few tongues, but Huo Qubing brought Wei Qing unexpected gains. He led 800 horsemen deep into the desert, copied the Xiongnu's lair, beheaded the captives, and was named the champion by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for his merits.
In 121 BC, the 19-year-old Huo Qubing was named a hussar general by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and attacked the Hexi Corridor twice, captured the Xiongnu people who sacrificed to the heavens and gold, and incorporated the Hexi Corridor into the territory of the Han Dynasty.
Huo Qu's disease
In 119 BC, the largest battle between Han and Hungary broke out in Mobei. In this battle, Huo Quai, who was only 21 years old, and his uncle Wei Qing each led 50,000 cavalry and went deep into Mobei to find and destroy the main force of the Huns. Huo Qubing marched north for more than 2,000 miles, crossed the Gonglu River and engaged the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang, broke the Xiongnu army, captured the Xiongnu Tuntou King, Han Wang and other three people and 83 generals, Xiangguo, Danghu, and Duwei. Then Huo Qu was sick and chased to Wolf Juxu Mountain, and held a sacrifice ceremony in Wolf Juxu Mountain.
After the division of the Mobei War returned to the dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deliberately set up the post of Great Sima in order to commend the merits of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and crowned Wei Qing as the Great Sima General, and Huo Qubing as the Great Sima Hussar General, and the two uncles and nephews were in charge of the Han Dynasty.
2, Han Baohu and Li Jing
Han Baohu was a famous general of the Sui Dynasty and the son of Han Xiong, a general of the Northern Zhou Hussars. Han Baohu was quite courageous when he was young, and he liked to read, and in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, because of his military exploits, he successively served as Xin'an Taishou, Yongzhou Thorn History, Hezhou Thorn History and other positions.
After Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, Han Baohu was appointed as the governor of Luzhou, and in 588 AD, the Sui Dynasty attacked Chen on a large scale, and Han Baohu was appointed as the vanguard of Chen, and he led 500 soldiers to cross the river at night to attack and capture quarrying. Later, when the common people in Jiangnan heard about his prestige and reputation, they all came to the military gate to visit him, day and night. Later, he led his troops to attack Jiankang, the capital of Nanchen, and destroyed Nanchen with He Ruobi and others under the command of Yang Guang, the king of Jin. After returning to the DPRK, Han Baohu was promoted to Shangzhu State.
Han Baohu
In the twelfth year of the emperor's reign (592 AD), Han Baohu died at the age of 55. After Han Baohu died, he became the king of Yama, and the Book of Sui compiled by Wei Zheng and others recorded that on the eve of his death, the old woman next to him saw that the honor guard under his door was very grand, and like the royal palace, the old woman felt strange and asked them. One of them answered, "I have come to meet the king." "Suddenly it was gone. Another person was very sick, and walked to Han Baohu's house in a trance and said, "I want to see the king." The people on the right and left asked, "What king?" He replied, "King Yama." Han Baohu's subordinates wanted to beat him, but Han Baohu stopped them and said, "I have achieved the Shangzhu Kingdom during my lifetime, and I am very satisfied to be the king of Yama after my death." "I got sick and died in a few days.
Li Jing is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty and the god of war of the Tang Army, so it can be said that he is a banner of the Tang Dynasty. Every time his uncle Han Baohu talked to him about military affairs, he clapped his hands and praised him, and stroked him and said: "You are the only person with whom you can discuss the skills of Sun Wu (referring to the famous generals Sun Wu and Wu Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period)." ”，
Li Jing was originally a petty official of the Sui Dynasty, he learned that Li Yuan planned to go to Jiangdu to report to Emperor Yang of Sui after raising troops, but he was caught by Li Yuan and almost killed by Li Yuan, Li Yuan did not kill Li Jing at Li Shimin's insistence, and then Li Jing began to work for the Tang Dynasty.
During the Wude period, Li Jing assisted Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, to pacify the Xiao Milling regime in the south and appease the Lingnan tribes. During the Zhenguan period, Li Jing destroyed two countries at an advanced age.
Li Jing
In the third year of Zhenguan (629), the 59-year-old Li Jing led more than 100,000 Tang troops to the north to conquer the Eastern Turks, he personally led 3,000 cavalry to the camp of the Turkic Chinese army, and unexpectedly hit the Jieli army, captured Yang Zhengdao, the son of Yang Xuan, the king of Sui Qi, and the original Empress Xiao of Sui.
In the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), the 64-year-old Li Jing led a large army to expedition to Tuyuhun. In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Li Jing was renamed the Duke of Weiguo.
In his later years, Li Jing basically did not go out much, and died of illness in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649) at the age of 79. Li Shimin issued an edict, and gave him the title of Situ and the governor of the state, gave him a class sword, a feather bao, and an advocacy, and accompanied him to the burial of Zhaoling, and his nickname was "Jingwu".
In the Ming Dynasty mythological novel "Journey to the West", Li Jing is known as the King of Tota Li. In the Ming Dynasty Xu Zhonglin's novel "Romance of the Gods", the general soldier of Chen Tangguan is also Li Jing.
Han Baohu and Li Jing, the two uncles and nephews, one established the king of Yama after his death, and the other became the king of Tota after his death, and they can be regarded as immortals.
Brief summary:
Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, Han Baohu and Li Jing, the two pairs of uncles and nephews, were among the best among the famous generals in the entire history of the mainland in ancient times, and they also made important contributions to the dynasty in their respective eras. They have also left a good reputation in history.