Emperor Wu's three generals were all favored by women

The general Wei Qing ,骠骠骠骠 general H ZhiYi (贰師將軍) and the second general Li Guangli (李廣利) were known as the "Three Generals of Emperor Wu". They were born very humble, because of women to get the opportunity to lead the battle, but also can rise to foreign countries, open up thousands of miles, and make great achievements, which is a good story.

1. Uncle of the Great Han Dynasty, recaptured Hetao and removed the springboard of the Southern Xiongnu

Wei Qing is the younger brother of Wei Zifu. When he was a child, he worked as a shepherd boy for others, and when he became an adult, he became a riding slave of the Princess of Pingyang, and was good at riding and shooting. Later, Wei Zifu was favored by Emperor Wu of Han and was given the title of lady (later empress), and Wei Qing was able to enter the palace and become the grand master of Taizhong.

In the sixth year of Yuan Guang (129 BC), Wei Qing was made a general of the Che Riders, and for the first time he led his troops on a campaign, won the victory, and was awarded the title of Marquis of Guannei.

Wei Qing's signature credit was the recovery of the Loop. The Hetao region, which was occupied by the Xiongnu since the end of the Qin Dynasty, became a springboard for its southward invasion of the Han Dynasty. In the eyes of the Han Dynasty monarchs, the Xiongnu iron horse in Hetao was always a sharp sword hanging overhead. In the second year of Yuan Shuo (127 BC), Emperor Wu of Han sent Wei Qing to attack the Hetao Xiongnu. Wei Qing sent troops from Yunzhong Commandery (云中郡) west to Longxi (present-day northern Gansu), detouring back behind the Xiongnu, cutting off Hetao from the Xiongnu court (near present-day Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia), and then reflexively attacking the Xiongnu from behind, defeating the Xiongnu army in the Hetao region in one fell swoop. Occupied the Loop. In this battle, the enemy's first rank and captured thousands of prisoners, more than a million livestock, and at the same time drove out the Xiongnu vassals Aries and Lou Fu Wang (both steppe tribes).

The change of ownership of Hetao not only removed the springboard for the Xiongnu to go south, but also used this as a forward base for the Han army to continuously recover several cities south of the Yin Mountains, and the Xiongnu were driven to the north of the Yin Mountains, and the strategic buffer zone north of Guanzhong advanced thousands of miles to the north.

In the fifth year of Yuan Shuo (124 BC), Wei Qing led 30,000 cavalry to attack the Xiongnu Right Xian King, and won a great victory. Emperor Wu made Wei Qing a general, and all the generals of the Han army came under his command.

In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (119 BC), Wei Qing and H went to the sick two roads together to send troops, far away from the desert north, ploughing the court to sweep the caves, directly fighting the Xiongnu far away, and from then on "there was no royal court in the south of the desert".

2, the young god of war, chiseled through the Hexi Corridor, the Great Han got a way out to the west

H's sick mother was the younger sister of Empress Wei Zifu of Emperor Wu of Han. His uncle was the Han general Wei Qing. At the age of eighteen, he was awarded the title of Champion Hou with military merit.

H to go sick is the most able to fight the Han Dynasty generals. And the work that makes him stand in the annals of history is to "open up Hexi".

In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (121 BC), in the spring, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the general H to ride Wan out of Longxi and attack the Hun Evil King and The Hutu King's troops, who occupied the eastern part of the Hexi (present-day Hexi Corridor and Huangshui River Valley). H went to the sick and led the army to fight in the five kingdoms of Hexi, and almost gave birth to the son of Shan Yu. He also crossed the Yanzhi Mountains, fought for six days, and for nearly a thousand miles, fought fiercely with the Xiongnu army under the Gaolan Mountain (present-day southern Lanzhou), beheading the Xiongnu King Of Folding Lan and the Prince of Lu, annihilating their elites, and capturing the Hun Evil Prince and Xiang Guo, Du Wei and other Xiongnu dignitaries. In this battle, the Han army beheaded a total of 8,960 ranks and captured the Sacrifice Heavenly Golden Man of King Xiu Tu.

In the summer of the same year, Gongsun Ao, the Marquis of Heqi, led an army from Beidi Commandery (北地郡, in modern Huan County, Gansu) to march separately. Gongsun Ao got lost and was late. H went deep into the sick lone army, and the merit of this battle was: "Involved in Junqi, Jijuyan, Suizhen Xiaoyueshi, attacking Qilian Mountain, Shan Huan, Chief Tu Wang, and Xiang guo and Du Wei 2,500 people who descended in the middle." Beheaded and taken prisoner of 320,000 people, five kings, fifty-nine queen mothers, Shan Yufu, and princes, and sixty-three Xiangguo, generals, pawns, and lieutenants..."

Yi Zhi Shan Yu was annoyed that the Hun Evil King had failed miserably many times, and wanted to summon him to Shan Yu's court and then kill him. The Hun Evil King received the news and joined forces with King Xiu Tu and others to plan the surrender of han. Emperor Wu was worried that the Xiongnu would surrender, so he ordered H to lead a large army to meet the Hun Evil King. When the Han army crossed the Yellow River in the west and arrived near the camp of the Hun Evil King, some of the Hun Evil King's men were unwilling to surrender and planned to flee. H went ill and led his troops into the Xiongnu army, met with the Hun Evil King, and beheaded 8,000 soldiers who tried to flee. H went to the sick first sent the Hun Evil King alone to the camp of his own army, and then led tens of thousands of his men (known as 100,000 people) to han. The Han court placed the Xiongnu tribes in the five northern counties, and established a "vassal state" south of the Yellow River according to Xiongnu customs.

The Battle of Hexi had a huge impact on both the Han and Xiongnu sides: for the Xiongnu, after the loss of the Hetao, Hexi was its only grain-producing area, which also produced war horses and rouge. When the Xiongnu heard that Hexi had fallen into mourning, they sang a song: "If I die in Qilian Mountain, I will not rest for my six animals; and I will lose my Yanzhi Mountain, so that my women will have no color." ”

For the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu forces that swept through the Hexi Corridor were of great significance: First, they acquired the origin of military horses. At that time, military horses were extremely important strategic resources, and the Great Han Dynasty, which was founded in agriculture, had excellent war horses, which were like tiger wings; second, the Xiongnu forces withdrew from the strategic route, and the Han Dynasty successively set up the four counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang, opening the western gate to the edge of the western region.

In the spring of the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (119 BC), the then twenty-one-year-old H went ill and the general Wei Qing each led 50,000 cavalry, out of Dai Commandery and Dingxiang County, deep into the desert north, sweeping the court of the Xiongnu king. h Went to the sick army to march north for more than 2,000 miles, crossed the Lihou Mountain, crossed the Bow Lu River, engaged the Xiongnu Zuoxian King's army, broke the Xiongnu army, and took advantage of the victory to pursue and kill the Wolf Juxu Mountain (in present-day Mongolia), held a heavenly ceremony at the Wolf Juxu Mountain, held a sacrifice ceremony at the Guyan Mountain (north of the Present-day Kent Mountain in Mongolia), and the soldiers were forced to the North Sea (present-day Lake Baikal, Russia). Since then, feng wolf Juxu has become the highest honor of all generations of military generals.

3. General of the Second Division, two conquests of Dawan, yang guowei in the western region

Li Guangli is also a national uncle. He was the elder brother of Emperor Wu of Han, the "Lady Li who fell into the country". Although Li Guangli was not a changsheng general, he still made great contributions to the Han Dynasty and even the later Chinese nation.

Zhang Qian returned from the Western Regions to report to Emperor Wu: Dawan had a BMW. Emperor Wu loved horses and sent people to Dawan with thousands of gold and golden horses to ask for them. Dawan did not lack the products of the Han Dynasty, and it was expected that the Han army would not travel thousands of miles to grab horses, so it did not agree to the request of the Han envoys. The Han envoy was furious, exploded in court, and hammered the golden horse away. The nobles of the Great Wan State instigated the killing of the Han envoys and stole the property.

Emperor Wu was furious. Yao Dinghan, who had sent envoys to Dawan, said to the emperor: "The Wan's soldiers are weak, and the Sincere Han soldiers are only three thousand, and if they are shot with a strong crossbow, they will break through the Wan." Emperor Wu had sent Zhao Baonu, the Marquis of Huanye, to attack Loulan in the Western Regions, and as soon as the seven hundred cavalry arrived, he took the king of Loulan back, so he felt that it was not difficult to break the Great Wan. At this time, Emperor Wu of Han, who was planning to give Lady Li's family a marquis, made Li Guangli the general Ofe wan.

In the first year of the Taichu Dynasty (104 BC), Li Guangli led 6,000 cavalry of the "dependent state" (xiongnu cavalry of the Han Dynasty) and tens of thousands of county-based evil soldiers to launch a western expedition. The destination of this trip was the second division city of the Great Wanguo, so the commander was called "General of the Second Division".

Both the Emperor and the Second Division General underestimated the difficulty of the conquest. Book of Han. The Tale of the Western Regions says: "The kingdom of Dawan (around present-day Uzbekistan) went to Chang'an for 12,550 miles. "After the army leaves the Jade Gate, it will cross the desert of today's southern Xinjiang from east to west." When the small countries of the Road guarded the fortified city, they refused to give food. "The army can only attack the city one by one, and if it can't be attacked for a few days, it will have to attack the city in front of it hungry." It was not easy to come to the Yucheng City of the Great Wan Kingdom, and the soldiers were "hungry and tired". General Yi Shi consulted with the left and right: "Even if Yu Chengdu can't take it, what else can we talk about taking the royal city?" "Withdrew with the rest. It took two years to bring it back. By Dunhuang, the soldiers lost 78 out of 10. He wrote to the emperor: "There is a shortage of food in the road, and the soldiers are afraid of hunger if they are not afraid of fighting." There were too few people to defeat Dawan, and he hoped to temporarily strike the troops and fight again until the troops were replenished. The Son of Heaven was furious when he heard the news, and sent an emissary to stop at the Jade Gate Pass: "If the army dares to enter, behead them." "The remnants of the army had to stay in Dunhuang.

The imperial court pardoned the prisoners and re-added the evil young and the vassal cavalry. More than a year later, the 60,000-strong army was sent to Dunhuang again, and those who brought their own dry food to participate in the war with the army were not counted. In addition, 100,000 cattle, 30,000 horses, tens of thousands of donkeys and camels carrying grain, and many weapons and crossbows. The whole country was harassed and turbulent, and more than fifty lieutenant officers were conscripted. There are no wells in the city of Dawan, and the water is drawn from outside the city. The Han army sent craftsmen to control the water to accompany the army to eliminate its water source. In the rear, the Han court sent 180,000 more soldiers to Jiuquan and zhangye to garrison; the two counties of Juyan and Xiutu were newly placed to guard Jiuquan; Dafa sent grain for the expeditionary army, and the cars and people were connected to Dunhuang; and the two "Bole" were used as lieutenants to drive horses, preparing to select good horses after the attack on Dawan.

Along the way, the countries really felt the power of the Heavenly Dynasty, and the army could not help but greet the Wang Shi and give food to the army. Feared, the Dawan nobles murdered the king and offered the first rank to the Han army, saying that all horses were arbitrarily selected and food was provided to the Han army. The Han army selected dozens of BMWs and more than 3,000 stallions and mares of lower middle age; it established a nobleman who was friendly to the Han Dynasty, Cai Ming, as the king of Dawan and returned with a covenant.

The general of the Second Division ordered the lieutenants of Sudu to pursue Yu chengwang, who had killed han officers, as far away as KangjuGuo. Kangju heard that the Han army had broken dawan and handed over Yucheng Wang to the Han army. Li Guang's division triumphantly returned to the east, and when the small countries along the way heard that Dawan had been destroyed, they all sent their sons to pay tribute to the Han Dynasty with a large army, to meet the Heavenly Son, and to stay in Chang'an as hostages. Tianzi made Li Guangli the Marquis of Haixi. The rest of the meritorious soldiers were each rewarded.

After the Han people took control of the Western Regions, they began to emigrate here in large numbers, and the imperial court also set up the Western Regions Capital Protectorate to administer the countries west of The Jade Gate. From then on, this large territory was incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Yi, the author of the "Twenty-Second Chronicle of History", felt that Wei Qing, H went ill, and Li Guangli "either as slaves, or as advocates for excellence, and in vain to be favored, and later they all became famous generals with great merits, and this reason is also incomprehensible." The so-called "incomprehensible reason" is not without reason from today's point of view: First, the feudal blood aristocratic tradition formed since the Zhou Dynasty has long since collapsed by the beginning of the Han Dynasty, while the high-ranking officials and famous families of successive generations have not yet been formed. "When the right" marriage is both difficult and unnecessary. Therefore, the concubines of the early Han Dynasty were more humble. That is, for example, Emperor Wu's mother, Empress Wang, also married The Prince of Jin as a wife, and then entered the imperial palace and gave birth to Liu Che (that is, Emperor Wu of Han); secondly, Emperor Wu had many "things" in the Dynasty, and the "super events" of Fuhetao, Tonghexi, and Dingxi were repeated, and there would be extraordinary descendants. The times make heroes, and this is also true!