Chapter 1,198 Review of the Han Dynasty’s Destruction of the Huns

Zhong E was dumbfounded again: "Does the Duke have any backup plans?"

Su You said: "Actually, Liang Yongneng's attack was just to ensure that all the millet and wheat north of Shizhou in Xixia could be harvested normally, so that the people could carry the grain and transfer it to Xingqing Mansion to implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness."

"Now that the goal has been achieved, Wulang, you have indeed crossed the Wuding River, entered the Xia Kingdom for two hundred miles, and even occupied two of our cities. However, twenty days have passed now, and you have already lost more than half of your food and fodder.

, the severe winter has arrived, and there is still a lack of equipment to attack the city."

"And I have finished harvesting the millet, and the army and the people have retreated to Lingzhou together. At the same time, I have assembled the guard force of Xingqing Mansion, totaling 500,000 people."

"Now I'm waiting for you. I'm waiting for you to come to Lingzhou City on a cold winter day and fight me in the ice and snow!"

"By the way, Xu Zhigao, your transport department will be responsible for sending the winter clothes to Shizhou? How many days are you going to let Wu Lang wait in Shizhou?"

Zhong E threw the baton on the ground: "The Duke of Guo has gone too far to bully others. If the Xia people had the ability of the Duke of Guo, why would they be defeated again and again by the Duke of Guo? This is not fair!"

Su You waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't be angry, I really don't know how to fight."

"Okay, okay, even if the Xia people don't follow this strategy, their troops are still scattered everywhere and there is no time to fight against Wulang's sharpness. Wulang, you lead 40,000 light cavalry, destroy the city and stronghold all the way, and capture Xia, Yin, Xing,

Ling, is it okay?"

"Now that I am Bingchang, I see that the situation is not good. Ignoring the ancestral temple and the mausoleum, I leave Xingqing Mansion with the support of the ministers, cross the Yellow River, and hunt Qilian in the west. Then I send a message to all the states and order all the ministries to resist King Qin."

"So there was a war going on all over Xixia, but Xiaowu only had 40,000 people, and he was still thousands of miles away from the Song Dynasty. What are you going to do now?"

"Even if you capture Bingchang, what will happen if the Liang family takes the young emperor's grandson to the Western Regions and makes him a new king?"

"Don't tell me it's impossible. The Xia people are originally a nomadic people. They only established their capital after they obtained Xingling."

"The Lord of Liao can control the alms bowl at all times, but the Lord of Xia cannot? How difficult is it to restore his nomadic nature?"

"They are different in nature from my Chinese people. The Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty and later Shu. As long as the capital city was captured, the king had nowhere to go and the various places could decide. But how can this method be used to deal with the Xia people?"

Zhong Ji expressed his dissatisfaction: "Back then, Emperor Wu sent Wei Huo to conquer the Huns and they were successful. Why can't we do it today?!"

Su You said: "Let's not talk about whether Wei Huo's achievements were a fluke. Let me ask you whether there are Huo Qubing and Zhao Ponu who are the Hun generals under you? Are there any rural leaders who can help you find Wang Ting?

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"Can the armaments and tactics of the Huns back then be compared with those of the Xia people today? Do they have the iron kite, the scorpion armor, the Qingfeng sword, and the whirlwind cannon now?"

"Even if you are as brave as Huo Qianqi, you can only seal the wolf and live in Xu. What happens after that? 'Return'! Still can't stay behind!"

Xu Xi raised his hand and said, "The Duke seems not to have much respect for the achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?"

Su You shook his head: "You can't say that. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty interrupted the rise of the Huns and saved our clan from danger."

"At the same time, we hollowed out the Western Region, swept across Monan, and planned the best territory in China."

"These are his great achievements, but he was so happy about them that he opened up new territories but neglected to consolidate control. In the end, he went too far and entered Mobei lightly. Li Guangli lost more than 100,000 troops and ruined the good start that Wei Huo had made."

Xu Xi handed over his hand: "The Xiongnu were driven to the north, and there was a river in the river. They controlled the western regions and left Monan without a royal court. Even if it is a great success, it has not established a great situation. What is a ruin?"

Su You smiled: "Really? Then we can make a calculation."

"The "Historical Records" records that during the time of Moton of the Xiongnu, the Shanyu sent 400,000 elite soldiers to surround the Emperor of Gao in Baideng. The west was full of white horses, the east was full of green partridges, the north was full of black horses, and the south was full of geldings."

"The "Book of Han" records that the number was more than 300,000. At the same time, "Book of Han·Biography of the Xiongnu" also records that 'every three to six Xiongnu sent out one soldier'."

"Based on these records, we roughly estimate that at that time, the Xiongnu were at their peak, and together with the surrounding small vassal countries, the total population should be around 2.5 million. Does the imperial court agree with this?"

Xu Xi's current official position was also added. Lu Huiqing had just arrived in Shaanxi and wanted to change the treaty between Tibetan and Han soldiers. The veteran generals disagreed, but Zhao Xu thought it made sense, so he asked Lu Huiqing to try it out.

Lu Huiqing then sent Xu Xi to paint the classics. After the completion of the work, Xu Xi was appointed by Zhao Xu as the Zhilong Tuge Pavilion, known as the imperial edict, and also served as the imperial censor Zhongcheng.

Xu Xi nodded, feeling that the number Su You had deduced was roughly the same.

Su You continued: "By the time of Emperor Wu, the Han Dynasty had become powerful and began to use troops against the Xiongnu."

"The first battle is in Henan. Everyone in the hall has read poetry and books and is familiar with local affairs. You don't need me to say more, right?"

Fan Chunchun said: "In the second year of Yuanshuo, Emperor Wu, the Huns invaded Shanggu and Yuyang. General Wei Qing went out of Shanggu and went to Fucheng, capturing 700 Hu Shou captives."

Lu Huiqing nodded: "Gongsun He came out of the clouds and gained nothing. Gongsun Ao came out of Daijun and was defeated by Hu with more than 7,000 people. Li Guang went out from Yanmen and was defeated by Hu. The Xiongnu was born in Guang, and the queen of Guang was defeated.

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Bi Zhongyou continued to add: "Then the Xiongnu invaded the bandits. "Historical Records" records that more than 5,000 people were killed. So the Han Dynasty general Wei Qing rode 30,000 people out of Yanmen, and Li Xi came out of Dai County to attack Hu. He won the first prize.

Capture thousands of people.”

"In the second year of Yuanshuo, Wei Qing returned from the west of Yunzhong to Longxi, attacked Hu Zhiloufan, and the Aries King came to Henan, and captured thousands of Hu's captives, and more than a million cattle and sheep."

Su You said: "This is the famous Battle of Henan, and it can be regarded as the beginning of Emperor Wu's strategy against the Huns."

"From the perspective of the exchange of troops, the loss ratio between the Han army and the Xiongnu was two to one. In fact, it cannot be regarded as a great victory."

Lu Huiqing said: "But this battle is of great significance, 'so the Han then took the land of Henan, built Shuofang, and restored the fortress built by Meng Tian during the Qin Dynasty, because the river was solid.'"

Zhong E agreed: "Emperor Wu established Shuofang and Wuyuan counties, built Shuofang city, and immigrated more than 100,000 people to farm. This battle occupied the place where the Huns invaded the Central Plains where they gathered their troops, and eliminated their direct threat to Chang'an.

And built a centralized fortress for the Han army."

Su You said: "During this process, although 'the Han also gave up the Yang land in Shipi County in the upper valley to the Hu', overall, the exchange was very cost-effective."

"Later, the Huns were unwilling to accept the capture of Hetao, and sent troops to harass Shuofang many times. Only in the fifth year of Yuan Shuo did the second Han-Hungarian war occur, when Emperor Wu counterattacked."

Fan Chunchun said: "In the fifth year of Yuan Shuo, Wei Qing was appointed as the general of chariots and cavalry, and led his troops out of Shuo Fang and into Monan to attack King Xian of the Xiongnu. Li Xi and others sent troops to Beiping on the right to attack Chanyu and King Xian of Zuo to coordinate Wei Qing's main force.

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Zhong E admired Wei Huo very much: "In this battle, Wei Qing traveled 500 miles from the fortress and successfully attacked Youxian Wang's court, forcing him to flee north in embarrassment. The Han army captured more than 10,000 enemies and returned in triumph."

Lu Huiqing nodded: "The significance of this battle is to further consolidate the key areas of Shuofang, completely eliminate the threat of the Xiongnu to Chang'an, and cut off the left and right sides of the Xiongnu."

Xu Xi said: "In February and April of the following year, the general sent troops out of Dingxiang again, and continued to annihilate more than 10,000 Xiongnu troops, forcing the main force of the Xiongnu to retreat to Mobei, far away from the Han territory."

Su You said: "This battle, let's call it the Battle of Monan. Even if the Han army was completely victorious, the main force of the Xiongnu was only wiped out 20,000. But Shuofang was consolidated and the Hetao was cleared. Still.

Very cost effective.”

"At that time, the Western Region was still under the control of the Xiongnu. In the second year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu sent Huo Qubing and led thousands of fine cavalry out of Longxi, crossed Wushaoling, and attacked Hexi in order to clear out the Western Region and connect other countries. This started the third Han-Hungarian war.

battle."

Zhong'e said: "This is Huo Piaoqi's famous work. He drove thousands of miles and defeated five small kings of the Xiongnu in six days. Then he crossed Yanzhi, turned thousands of miles, and fought fiercely with the Xiongnu at the foot of Gaolan Mountain. He was victorious in every battle and annihilated them.

We had nine thousand enemies, killed several famous kings, captured Prince Hunxie and the Prime Minister, and returned with many captains."

"In the summer of the same year, Huo Qubing once again united his army to attack. Zhang Qian, Li Guang and others led partial divisions to attack Youbeiping at the same time to cope with Huo Qubing's actions."

"This time, Huo Qubing led tens of thousands of his elite cavalry out of Beidi County, detouring north of Hexi, with a circuitous depth of two thousand miles, and far out behind the enemy lines."

"Moving northwest to southeast, the autumn wind swept across the fallen leaves, and the weak water between the Qilian Mountains and the Heli Mountains broke through the Xiongnu in the west of the Heli River."

"The results of this battle were brilliant. More than 30,000 enemies were killed, and five famous Xiongnu kings were captured; the queen mother, princes, prime ministers, generals and more than 100 people were captured."

"The Hunxie King on the right side of the Xiongnu surrendered 40,000 people and occupied Hexi. The Han court established four counties of Wuwei, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Dunhuang, and immigrated to the border to guard the production."

Xu Xi said: "This battle can be called the Battle of Hexi. It opened the way for the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions and fully realized the intention of 'cutting off the right arm of the Huns'."

Su You said: "More importantly, this battle was a strategic turning point in the struggle between Han and Hungary for hegemony, completing the transformation of strength and weakness."

"At this point, the Han Dynasty has completely gained the initiative over the Xiongnu war situation, right?"

Everyone nodded.
Chapter completed!