<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Weiqing: Why rise as a slave rider? Is it dependent on the identity of a foreign relative or on the real skill? </h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Weiqing: In addition to defeating the Xiongnu, what other excellent qualities are there? How good is he? </h1>
Since the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, the northern border counties of the Han Dynasty have been constantly invaded by the armed invasion of the Xiongnu slave owners and nobles. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, due to the successive years of wars at the end of the Qin Dynasty, production was seriously damaged, the people were displaced, and the national strength was very weak, and there was no strength to deal with the Xiongnu. In the seventh year of the Han Dynasty (200 BC), the Xiongnu besieged Jinyang (present-day Taiyuan, Shanxi), and Han Gaozu led 300,000 troops to meet the battle. He was besieged by Mao Dundan on Mount Baideng (present-day Datongdong, Shanxi) for seven days, and almost completely destroyed the army, which is the famous "Siege of Baideng". After using Chen Ping's secret strategy, he took advantage of the fog and attacked with a strong crossbow to break out of the siege, and after that, the Xiongnu always harassed and had to use the "peace and affinity" policy in exchange for peace on the border, which lasted for fifty or sixty years.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the social economy was gradually restored and developed, "the capital, the despised, the hui, and the geng were all full, and the treasury was full of money", the han's national strength became strong, and with the material conditions to deal with the challenge of the Xiongnu, it began to take active military action, Emperor Wu Yuanguang in the second year (183 BC), ordered the imperial master Han Anguo as a general to protect the army, together with Li Guang, Gongsun He, Wang Hui, and Li Xi, with 300,000 elite soldiers ambushed in the valley next to Mayi (northeast of present-day Shuo County, Shanxi), and secretly made the merchant Nie Weng Yi try to lure Shan Yu into Mayi. When Shan Yu led his army more than a hundred miles away from Mayi, he captured The History of Yanmen, learned where the Han army was, and immediately withdrew, resulting in nothing from the Han soldiers, which was the "strategy of Mayi". From then on, the Han Dynasty openly broke with the Xiongnu and began a large-scale war against the Xiongnu.
In the Han war against the Xiongnu, the first to emerge was Wei Qing. Wei Qing(?) – 106 BC), Hedong Pingyang (present-day southwest of Linfen, Shanxi), a man whose father Zheng Ji was a pingyang county official, was sent to the Marquis of Pingyang's family as an errand boy, had an affair with the Hou family's maid Wei Mi, gave birth to Wei Qing, because his half-sister Wei Zifu was fortunate to be blessed with Emperor Wu, so he assumed the surname Wei, he was originally a slave of the Hou family, when he was a teenager, he returned to his biological father Zheng Ji's family, his father told him to herd sheep, and his mother's children treated him as slaves, and when he was older, he returned to the Hou family of Pingyang, as a slave, and then because Wei Zifu entered the palace, he also served in Jianzhang Palace, at that time, Empress Chen Ajiao, She was the daughter of Emperor Wu of Han's aunt Princess Dachang, childless, jealous of Wei Zifu's luck and pregnancy, so Princess Dachang sent someone to arrest Wei Qing and prepare to kill her.
Fortunately, Wei Qing's close friend Gongsun Ao and several brave men kidnapped Wei Qing, so that he could not die, Emperor Wu knew about this, not only did not blame Gongsun Ao, but instead appointed Wei Qing as the jianzhang supervisor, shizhong and Taizhong doctor, within a few days, he was rewarded with thousands of gold, from 129 BC to 119 BC, Wei Qing went out on seven expeditions and achieved major victories. He was worthy of being an outstanding general in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and some people commented on him at that time: "Compared with the ancient name of the future, it is not inferior."
In the fifth year of Emperor Wu's reign (130 BC), the Xiongnu invaded Shanggu (上谷, in present-day Huailai County, Hebei Province), worshiped Wei Qing as a general on horseback, went out of the valley, and attacked the Xiongnu, which was Wei Qing's first expedition, and the banner was victorious, until the Xiongnu sacrificed to the heavens, and the place where the chiefs gathered - Longcheng. He beheaded more than 700 people, was rewarded by Emperor Wu of Han, and was given the title of Marquis of Guannei.
In the second year of Emperor Wu's reign, in 127 BC, the Xiongnu invaded Shanggu and Yuyang, killing more than a thousand officials and defeating the Han general. Emperor Wu ordered Wei Qing and others to go to Gaoque (高阙, in present-day Hangjinhou Banner, Inner Mongolia) and as far as Longxi (present-day Lintao, Gansu), recovering the land south of the Yellow River.
During the Qin and Han dynasties, the area around the Inner Mongolia River Loop was called Henan Land, where the land was fertile, suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry, and it was close to the capital Chang'an, the Han Dynasty always regarded the recovery of Henan as the "foundation of destroying Hu", and had long wanted to take Henan land, after Wei Qing recovered the land, Emperor Wu of Han accepted the suggestion of his father and established Shuofang County, (the seat of governance in present-day Inner Mongolia and northwest of Linger), to control the Hexi region. After recovering Henan and relieving the Xiongnu from their direct threat to Chang'an, Emperor Wu enfeoffed Wei Qing as the Marquis of Changping.
In the spring of the fifth year of Emperor Wu's reign (124 BC), the Xiongnu Right Xian repeatedly harassed Shuofang, and in order to ensure Shuofang's safety, Emperor Wu ordered Wei Qing to lead 30,000 cavalry out of Gaoyu and restrain Su Jian, Li Frustrated, Gongsun He, and Li Caiju out of Shuofang; Li Xi and Zhang Cigong went out of Right Beiping (present-day Lingpai Bainan, Liaoning) to jointly attack the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu Right Sage King thought that the Han soldiers were far away from him and could not reach him for a while, who knew that Wei Qing and others had marched hundreds of miles and took advantage of the darkness to surround the Right Xian King. The Right Xian King was horrified, and alone with his concubine and hundreds of cavalry broke through the siege and fled north by night, this surprise attack captured more than ten people of the Right Xian King, with a population of more than 15,000 people and hundreds of thousands of livestock, and Emperor Wu of Han immediately sent emissaries to the border and rushed to the border to worship Wei Qing as a great general in the army.
In the spring of the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (119 BC), Emperor Wu of Han and the generals met and decided to expedition to northern Mobei, ordering the general Wei Qing and the hussar general Huo Quyi to borrow 50,000 cavalry each, and send troops in two routes, east and west, with a huge number of infantry behind the cavalry, hundreds of thousands of vehicles transporting grain and heavy food, Wei Qing commanded the Western Route Army with Li Guang as the former general, Gongsun He as the left general, and went to eat him as the right general, and Marquis Xiang of Pingyang as the rear general, starting from Dingxiang.
At that time, Shan Yu listened to the strategy of surrendering the general Zhao Xin, transported most of the grain and grass to the north of the desert, and only led the elite troops to defend the north of the desert, so as to wait for the Han soldiers to sit and collect the Han soldiers. Wei Qing went out of the fortress for more than a thousand miles, saw Shan Yu waiting in a strict position, ordered the use of Wugang car self-ring as a battalion, to defend as an attack, and ordered five thousand light horses to attack the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu also sent troops to fight with ten thousand horses, at that time the Japanese general was gone, suddenly the wind was fierce, the sand and gravel hit the surface, and the two armies did not see each other on the other side. Wei Qing also ordered the left and right flanks to surround Shan Yu, and Shan Yu saw that the Han soldiers were many generals, and they could not win the battle, so they took advantage of the twilight breakthrough and fled to the northwest. At that time, it was late, the two armies were fighting, each with casualties, the Han army knew from the mouth of the prisoners that Shan Yu had already fled, Wei Qing ordered light horses to chase after it overnight, Wei Qing also led his men and horses to follow, chased for more than two hundred miles, the east was already dawn, reached the Binyan Mountain Zhao Xin City, got a large amount of grain and grass from the Xiongnu, rested for a day, and won the class division. At the same time, Huo also set off from the East Road and won a complete victory.
Emperor Wu of han dared to use Wei Qing, who was born in a humble background and was young and young, and could be said to be a good person, "the world is the one who knows people from this," and the "General Commentary" also says: "Although he was born a slave, he was good at riding and shooting, and his ability was excellent, he met the soldiers and doctors with courtesy, and he had grace with the soldiers, and the joy of the people was used, and there were generals, so every time he made a contribution." Although Wei Qing worked hard and made great achievements, he did not give credit to himself. In the fifth year of Yuan Shuo, he was worshipped as a great general for his merits, and Emperor Wu of Han wanted to make his three sons Hou, and he repeatedly resigned.
Wei Qing's promotion from a slave to a great general of the Great Sima Was certainly related to his sister's success with Emperor Wu, but mainly by his personal talent and merit. The "Chronicle of History" also says that Wei Qing "is also a foreign relative, but he can make self-improvement with materials." "In the fifth year of Emperor Wu's reign (108 BC), Wei Qing died, and he fought for the stability and unification of the Han Dynasty for a lifetime, and Emperor Wu of The Han Dynasty buried him in Maoling (present-day Xingping County, Shaanxi), and raised a tomb like Lushan in xiongnu territory in recognition of his outstanding military feats.