140 BC-117 BC)
A famous general of the Western Han Dynasty. He was a native of Pingyang, east of the river (now southwest of Linfen, Shanxi). Nephew of Wei Qing, a famous general of the Han Dynasty. He was good at riding and shooting. In the sixth year of Yuan Shuo (123 BC), Huo Zaoyi was appointed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as a lieutenant of the Ticket Yao School, and accompanied Wei Qing to attack the Xiong Nu in the south of the Desert (south of the present-day Great Desert on the Mongolian Plateau), wiping out more than 2,000 people with 800 people, and was awarded the title of Champion Marquis. In the second year of Yuanhao (121 BC), he was appointed Hussar General. In the spring and summer, he led his troops to attack the Xiongnu who occupied the area of Heshi (present-day Heshi Corridor and Huangshui Basin) twice and annihilated more than 40,000 people. In the fall of the same year, he was ordered to welcome the Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and in the emergency situation when some of the surrendered people mutinied, he led his troops to enter into the Hun army, killed the mutineers, and stabilized the situation, so that the Huns were able to return to the Han Dynasty with more than 40,000 people. From then on, the Han Dynasty took control of the Hexi region and opened the road to the western region. In the summer of the fourth year, he and Wei Qing each led 50,000 riders to attack Xiong Nu across the Desert (present-day Mongolian Plateau Desert). After defeating King Zuo Xian's troops, Huo Zaiwei pursued the attack, penetrating more than 2,000 miles and wiping out more than 70,000 men. Later, he was promoted to the post of Grand Secretary-Ma, holding the same military power as Wei Qing. He was flexible in the use of military force, emphasized on strategy, did not stick to the ancient methods, was brave and bold, and won every battle, gaining the trust of Emperor Wu. He died in the sixth year of Yuanhao (117 BC).
Heroes don't ask about their origins
Huo Zaiwei was born into a legendary family. He was the offspring of Wei Shaoye, a slave girl in Princess Pingyang's residence, and Huo Zhongru, a petty official in Pingyang County, who didn't dare to admit that he had fornicated with the princess's slave girl, so Huo Zaizi had to be born as an illegitimate child. With a father who dared not admit his illegitimacy and a mother who was a slave girl, it seemed that Huo Zaiwei would never have a future, but a miracle finally came to him.
Around the time when Huo was just a year old, his aunt Wei Zifu entered Emperor Wu's harem and was soon made a wife, second only to the Empress. Huo Ziwei's uncles, Wei Changjun and Wei Qing, were also promoted to the rank of minister. The Wei family changed its fate - at this time, I am afraid that no one thought that it was not only Wei Qing and Huo Zaizi who changed their fate, but also the attack and defense between Han and Xiong for many years.
Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was a very successful emperor in Chinese history, and at that time, the Han Dynasty, the borders were unstable, and suffered from the Xiongnu people from time to time. As a nomadic people, the Xiongnu almost took the agricultural Han Dynasty as their own treasury, burning, killing and plundering everything. In the face of such a situation, the countries within the Great Wall have been unable to fundamentally change the situation since the Qin Dynasty, with very few victories, and more often than not, they can only hope to buy a temporary relative peace with a large number of relatives as well as "dowry" property.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to change this situation, and he soon found someone around him who shared his vision, Wei Zifu's younger brother, Wei Qing.
Yuan Guang five years (130 BC), Wei Qing worship Che Cavalry General, and the other three generals each led an army out of the plug. In the course of this expedition, the four armies out of the three big defeat, especially outrageous is the veteran general Li Guang was captured by the Xiong Nu, it is difficult to escape back. On the contrary, Wei Qing, the "riding slave" who led the army for the first time, attacked Longcheng out of Shanggu and beheaded 700 enemies, becoming the real "Flying General of Longcheng". Wei Qing's military genius impressed Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and he has been on many expeditions since then, with many successes.
Out of the blue
At the same time that Wei Qing was building his career, Huo Daizi also grew up, under the influence of his uncle, he has been skilled in horseback riding and archery since he was a child, although he was young, but he did not care to stay in Chang'an City to indulge in sex and enjoy the elders' shade like other princes and grandchildren do. He longed for the day when he could kill the enemy and make a success of it.
In the sixth year of Yuan Shuo (123 BC), the battle of Desert South was fought. Huo Daizi, who was not yet eighteen years old, volunteered to fight in the battle, and Emperor Wu appointed him as the Hussar Colonel to accompany the army.
On the battlefield, Huo Zaiwei, with his blood and valor and 800 cavalry, ran hundreds of miles in the vast desert to find the enemy's traces, and the result of his original "long-distance running" encounters were successful in the first battle, chopping the enemy more than 2,000 people, the Xiong Nu monarch's two uncles, one killed and one was captured alive. The two uncles of the Xiong Nu monarch were killed and captured alive, while Huo Daizi and the others returned in one piece. Emperor Wu immediately named him "Champion Marquis", praising his bravery.
Huo Zaiwei's first battle, with such eye-catching results, announced to the world that the Han family's most dazzling generation of famous generals came out of the blue.
The God of War is invincible
In the spring of the second year of Yuanhao (121 BC), Huo Zaiwei was appointed as a hussar general, and he led 10,000 elite troops alone on an expedition to Xiong Nu. This was the Great Battle of Hexi.
The 19-year-old commander-in-chief, Huo Zaiwei, lived up to his name and fought a beautiful battle of great detours in a lightning run through a thousand miles of desert. In six days he turned to fight the five tribes of the Xiongnu, advancing fiercely all the way, and fought a hard life-and-death battle with the Xiongnu Luhou and the king of the folded orchids in the Gaolan Mountains. In this battle, Huo Zaiwei won miserably, with only 3,000 of his 10,000 elite troops remaining. The Huns suffered heavy losses - King Lu Hou and King Zuilan were both killed in battle, Prince Hunxie and his ministers and lieutenants were captured, 8,960 enemies were beheaded, and the Hun Huotu Sacrifice of the Heavenly Gold Man became a trophy of the Han army. After this battle of blood and fire, no one in the Han Dynasty ever questioned the ability of the young Huo Daizi's military command, and he became a generation of military role models in the Han Army, the embodiment of the spirit of martial arts.
In the summer of the same year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decided to pursue the battle to recover the western part of the river.
In this battle, Huo Zaizi became the commander of the Han army, while Li Guang and others, who had been veterans for many years, only acted as his countermeasures. What is laughable is that Gongsun Ao and other "old horses" that often run in the desert were not as good as the Chang'an Prince Huo Zaiwei two years ago, and actually lost their way in the desert and did not play the role of assisting as they should have. The veteran general Li Guang's troops were surrounded by King Zuo Xian of Xiong Nu. Huo Zaizi then once again marched alone and again won a great victory. Just in the Qilian Mountains, Huo Zaizi's ministry beheaded the enemy more than 30,000 people, captured five Xiong Nu princes as well as Xiong Nu big and small Yuchi, Xiong Nu princes fifty-nine people, Xiangguo general when the household lieutenant *** counted sixty-three people.
After this battle, the Xiong Nu had to retreat to the north of the Yanzhi Mountains, and the Han Dynasty recovered the plains of the west of the river. Once on the head of the Han Dynasty to do whatever they want, so that the Han Dynasty people countless broken homes and deaths of the Xiong Nu finally also sang a dirge: "the death of my Qilian Mountains, so that my six animals do not rest; lost my Yanzhi Mountain, so that my women have no color."
From then on, the Han army's military might was greatly boosted, and the nineteen-year-old Huo Zaiwei became a war god that made the Xiongnu people afraid of fear.
The thing that really made Huo Zaiwei a god was the "Surrender of Heshi", which took place in the fall.
After two great battles in the west of the river, the Xiong Nu monarchs wanted to deal with the Hunxie King, who had been defeated again and again, and when the news leaked out, the Hunxie King and the King of Huotu wanted to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Not knowing the authenticity of the surrender of the two Xiongnu kings, Emperor Wu of Han sent Huo Daizi to the Yellow River to accept the surrender. When Huo sent his troops to the Yellow River to accept the surrender, there was a mutiny among the Xiong Nu's surrendered troops. In the face of such a situation, Huo Zaiwei rushed into the Xiongnu camp with only a few soldiers and ordered the king of Hunxie to kill the mutineers. We can never guess what was going through the mind of King Hunxie at that moment. At that moment, he had the opportunity to take Huo Zai Deng as a hostage or to kill him to avenge his death, and as long as he did so, Shan Yu would not only not kill him, but also reward him. In the end, however, the King of Hunxie gave up. The aura of this young man, who dared to risk his own life without fear of death, subdued him. Huo Zaiwei's power not only calmed the king, but also the 40,000 Xiongnu people, who did not continue the mutiny.
The surrender at Hexi ended smoothly, but today we can only try to imagine with admiration that at that time when the situation was confusing and dangerous, how that nineteen-year-old boy stood in the enemy's tent and subdued 40,000 soldiers and 8,000 mutineers outside the tent with just one expression and one gesture.
On the map of the Han Dynasty, there are four counties, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang. The Hexi Corridor was formally incorporated into the Han Dynasty. This is the first time in the history of China to face the surrender of foreign invaders, not only for the suffering of the Xiongnu hundred years of Han Dynasty people to raise their eyebrows, but also from now on to make the Han Dynasty people have the confidence of being a strong man.
Beating the Wolves
In the fourth year of the Yuanhao era (119 BC), in order to completely destroy the main force of the Xiong Nu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty initiated the "War of the Desert North" on a scale never seen before.
By this time, Huo Zaiwei had undisputedly become the trump card of the Han army. Emperor Wu trusted Huo's ability, and in the pre-planning of the war, he had originally arranged for Huo to fight Shan Yu, but due to an intelligence error, the matchup became Wei Qing's, and Huo failed to meet his most eager opponent, and instead ran into the Ministry of Zuo Xian Wang.
However, this battle could well be considered the pinnacle of Huo Zaiwei's career. In the process of searching for the main force of the Xiongnu in the deep desert, Huo led a raid of more than 2,000 miles, and with a loss of 15,000, he annihilated the enemy of more than 70,000 people, captured three Xiongnu princes, as well as generals and phasers when the Household Lieutenant eighty-three people. About the desire to run into the Xiongnu monarch, "lone wolf" Huo Zaiwei chased all the way to the present day Mongolia Kent Mountain area. It was here that Huo made a pause and led his army to perform the ceremony of sacrificing heaven and earth - the heavenly sealing ceremony was held at Wolf Juxu Mountain, and the earthly Zen ceremony was held at Gouyan Mountain. This is a ceremony and a determination.
After sealing Wolf Juxu, Huo Zaiwei continued to lead his army to pursue the Xiongnu, and fought all the way to Hanhai (present-day Lake Berga in Russia) before returning to the army. What an achievement it was to start from Chang'an and run all the way to Belga Lake, winning a great victory along the way in an almost completely unfamiliar environment!
After this battle, "the Huns were far away, and there was no royal court in the south of the desert". Huo Zaiwei and his "sealing the wolf Juxu", from now on, has become the highest pursuit of the Chinese soldiers of all generations, the lifelong struggle of the dream. And this year's Huo Zaiwei, only twenty-two years old.
Even after his death, he still smells the fragrance of chivalry
After accomplishing such an unparalleled feat, Huo Zaizi also reached the peak of his life: Hussar General of the Grand Secretary of the Qin Dynasty. However, only two years later, in the sixth year of Yuanhari (117 BC), the 24-year-old Hussar General Huo died.
Emperor Wu of Han was very saddened by Huo's death. He mobilized an army of iron armor and lined up in a formation along Chang'an all the way to Huo Zaiwei's grave in Maoling. He also ordered that Huo's grave be made to look like the Qilian Mountains, to show off his extraordinary success in overcoming the Xiongnu.
Huo Zaiwei was posthumously awarded the title of Marquis of Jinghuan.
Huo Zaiwei, who was born a slave and grew up in Qilian Mountain, never indulged in wealth and luxury, and put the safety of his country and his career before anything else. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once built a luxurious mansion for Huo Zaiwei, but Huo Zaiwei refused to accept it, saying, "The Xiong Nu has not yet been destroyed, so why is the home for?" This short eight words, because from the mouth of Huo Zaiwei and the words, shocking, engraved in the successive generations of the family to protect the country in the heart of the generals.
Huo Zaiwei was a man of few words and never spoke empty words. Emperor Wu once wanted to personally teach him Sun Wu's art of war, he replied, "War should be improvised, and the times change, the ancient art of war is no longer appropriate."
When Huo Zhongru was unwilling to be the father of Huo Zaodong in the womb, Wei Shao'er never told him about his birth. After he had made unparalleled achievements, he finally learned the cause and effect. Right after he became a hussar general, he came to Pingyang (present-day Linfen, Shanxi) and knelt down to his father, Huo Zhongru, who had deserted him that year, and said, "Going to be sick did not know that he was the son of a lord in the early days, and did not fulfill his filial duties." Huo Zhongru was too ashamed to respond, and replied, "The old minister has been entrusted with the general, and this is the power of heaven." Afterwards, Huo Zhaizi bought a house for Huo Zhongru, who had never done his father's duty for a day, and brought Huo Guang, the son of his stepmother, to Chang'an to cultivate his talent.
The teenage general Huo Zaiwei is not a perfect person, he once shot Li Dang, but also once under the severe. However, he was still the god of the army, and all the soldiers aspired to be his subordinates and follow him to kill the enemy. In his life, he led four official campaigns against Xiong Nu, and all of them returned with great victories, destroying 110,000 enemies and subduing 40,000, opening up new frontiers and expanding territories, and his achievements were even more spectacular than those of his uncle Wei Qing. For the whole world military history and Chinese history, Huo Daizi is the legend of a thousand years.
The tomb of Huo Zaiwei still stands next to the Mausoleum, and the stone statue in front of the tomb, "Horse treading on Xiongnu", symbolizes the immortal achievements he made for the country. Thousands of years later, the world still think of the young general Huo Daizi's great style, for his spirit and wisdom and courage and fell, for his that do not love luxury to protect the family and defense of the country's ambition and blood boiling.
Evaluations
In the East Han Dynasty, Ying Shao commented on General Duliao in his book "Generalizing Customs. In his review of General Huangfu Ji, he said, "Emperor Xiaowu, in his edict to the Hussar General Huo Daizi, said, "If the Xiongnu are not exterminated, what is the home for? Go to the sick foreign relatives at the end of the genus, all martial artists, can still resist section Hong Yi; and the rule of pure Confucianism in the family, why only negative." At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was dominated by the relatives and eunuchs, the Qingliu scholar Ying Shao was quite disdainful of the relatives, so much so that he spoke of the end of the relatives and praised Huo Zaodi. But Huangfu was a famous general and minister, and he had a good performance in the party confinement disaster, and he still thought that his behavior was not as good as that of Huo Zaodi.
(Song) He Laifei's "Huo Zaodi's Theory"
The "material" of the world is not strong, the "material" is not strong, the "material" is not strong, the "material" is not strong, the "material" is not strong, the "material" is not strong, the "material" is not strong, the "material" is not strong, and the "material" is not strong, the "material" is not strong. The world has no strong material, can be practiced wisdom, then all material, wisdom have to be too big for people, are the reason why the sky is private by the also. There is nothing in the world that is more divine than war, and there is nothing in the world that is more skillful than war. To its God, so warm and respectful letter thick Shengde of the gentleman can not know; to its skill also, and Jie evil deceitful unruly villain often have to do alone. The first thing I'd like to say is that I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it.
Previously, Han Wu had something to do with the Xiong Nu, and his family's generals were in the lower part of the city. And Wei Qing started in the * Li, go to the disease in the pride of the child, turn the war for miles, no direction not to, the prestige of work and martyrdom shocked in the world, although the ancient famous generals are not to be over it. Two people can, not out of habit? Also heaven's capital. Is to Han Wu want to teach to go to the sick to Sun, Wu's book, is said: "Gu strategy such as ear, do not seek to learn the ancient art of war." Believe it or not, the military can not be law transmission also. In the past, people did not say anything, and go to the sick hair. This is enough to know that he is aware of the military carry on.
The military can not, and people can not learn. The military has not been out of the law, and the law can not be exhausted in the military. The first thing that I want to do is to make sure that I have a good idea of what I'm doing and what I want to do. However, the law of the gained and passed on, its coarse also. The law that is passed on is also crude, and since it is not used in the military, one cannot be specialized in it. The law of the law is not obtained and passed on, and it is marvelous. The law has a fixed theory, but the army is not in shape. Within a day, between a burst, clutching and taking, the change is infinite, a shift heel, instantaneous eyes, and military shape easy to carry out. Keep a certain book, and should be infinite enemy, the number of victories and defeats hostile. It is the ancient good for the military, not to the law for the defense, but to the law for the use. Often the law and the law, and the law and the law will be away from the law. Shun seeks in the ancient, and against the application of the present; up to take from the people, and down to change in their own. When people die, I live; when people lose, I win. If I see them as clumsy, I will become a workman; if I see them as foolish, I will become wise. If I win and do not speak to people, they will not know why. This is to go to the disease of not seeking deep learning, and self-concerned about the strategy of how also. The "return to the division do not pursue", Cao Gong so defeat Zhang Xiu also, Huangfu Song committed and broke the kingdom. The "poor enemy do not force", Zhao Chongguo so slow first zero also, Tang Taizong committed the surrender of Xue Rengao. "Hundreds of miles and the one who fights for the profit is a general", Sun Bin kills Pang Juan, Zhao Xie breaks the Qin army, and Jia Yan breaks the rebel Qiang. "Strong and avoided", Zhou Yafu so not to hit the sharpness of Wu army, Guangwu committed and broke Xun and Yi, Shi Le committed and defeated Ji Tan. "If the army is small, but its strength is divided, it will be defeated", so Brandon Bu overthrew the army of Chu, and Cao Gong used it to reject Yuan Shao and behead Yan Liang. The "enemy and easy to general" is the danger, so the riding robber lost the Yan division, the Qin emperor used it, will be Bai Qi and break Zhao Kuo. Xue Gong advised Brandon Bu to use three plans, knowing that he would abandon the upper and middle parts of the army and use the lower parts. Jia Daan advised Zhang Xiu to use his elite troops to chase the retreating army and lose, and to use the defeated army to strike the victorious pawns and win. Song Wu first expected Qiao Qiao to take me by surprise, and then attacked what he did not expect. Li Guangbi temporarily out of the field, suddenly and return, that is, surrendered Siming's two generals. All of this is not what the book can teach, but what the book can teach. However, the good with it, the tricky as it is. This fruit does not care about the ancestor of its Ou Yu and specialize in also. Zhao Kuo's ability to read his father's book in detail, and Lin Xiangru said in vain to be able to read but do not know to change. Therefore, its on the military, although the father of luxury is not difficult, but luxury is not thought to be able to, and against the knowledge that it will defeat the Zhao army, to the book of the unhelpful to bracket. And the marvelous in me, not only not the book can not be transmitted, but also not my heart can be set against the day of the battle is not yet.
Previously, the military for the book, as Sun Wu. Wu's can teach people to be ready, it is not possible, although the Wu also have no prophecy, but only the people of the self-seeking also. Therefore, it said: "the victory of the military, not first pass." Also said: "the change of odd and positive, can not win the poor." Also said: "People know the shape of my victory, but do not know the shape of my victory. Therefore, its victory is not repeated, but should be shaped in the infinite." Good learning martial arts, because of this and seek their own, is the so-called strategy. Go to the disease of not seeking deep scholars, also care about this only. Contempt! Execution of Sun, Wu's legacy, to Cheng people's empty words, seeking to be in line with its so teach, but not to seek its unteachable, is because of the good people, but also has been delusional.
As for Zhao Yun, Yue Fei have quoted Huo Zaiwei's famous words to let the Emperor given the beautiful house, but also to see the mutual recognition between the famous generals and famous generals, afraid of more precious than Comrade Wang Lang's comments more persuasive. As for the Tang poetry and Song lyrics in Wei Huo, Han family generals, sealing the wolf Juxu is even more with the old allusions.
General Qi Ji effect of the new book preface (Wang Shizhen): "I blame the Han Emperor Wu Di, under the North Korea, dike Dian Yue, sweeping Ou, Min, South Vietnam, not in a whirlwind and if the product. The most difficult Xiong Nu ear, and the general, hussar generals to ride light desert, a number of ambition. This is not all out of God's luck, not to the lack of extinction? And Taishigong biography, since the halo was sealed outdoors, skimmed and not loaded. Means that his people to article high world, displeasing odd number, do not want to make the warrior to see the long ear. And read to the emperor wants to Sun. Wu military law to teach Hussar, refused to accept, said: 'not to learn ancient military law, Gu Fangliu how.' Then and know Hussar General, General of the micro also. He was long on skill but short on law, that is, not all out of heaven's fortune, in the future generations why see."
The General History of the Chinese Military, A Military History of the Western Han Dynasty (by Chen Wutong)
Huo Zaizi was not a general who was long on the theory of military science, and he wasn't even interested in it. According to the Historical Records of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the intention of teaching him the Art of War and Wu Qi's Art of War, but Huo Zaiwei said, "I am not interested in learning about the ancient art of war, but I am interested in the strategy." Huo Zaodi was not a general who loved his soldiers as his own children and could share their pain with his men. On the contrary, he was known in history for not caring about the hunger and cold of his soldiers. When he went to war, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent his officials to send dozens of carts of food to the army, but when he led the army to return, "the heavy carts of meat and sorghum were discarded, and the soldiers were hungry". Sometimes soldiers lack of food, and even due to hunger and can not raise their hands, but Huo Zaiwei still "wear domains step bow", kicking the ball fitness. Obviously, Huo was not a perfect military man. However, he was able to do invincible, military success far beyond those familiar with the art of war and battle-hardened veterans, which is the reason, mainly the following three aspects:
First, Huo has a super ordinary heroic spirit. Sima Qian said that he was "bold and courageous", i.e., he did not avoid difficulties and dangers, and was brave and courageous in carrying heavy burdens. From his combat record, we can see that Huo Zaizi had two major characteristics in fighting, one is daring to take risks, and the other is fierce and tenacious. The former means that he dared to go deep into the army alone, and was often at the front of the charge. For example, when he was a lieutenant of Yao, he only led 800 cavalrymen and separated from the army, chased hundreds of miles and fought with an enemy several times stronger than himself (Huo Zaiqi beheaded 2,028 people in this battle. (Huo Zaizi killed 2,028 people, which was three times as many as his own soldiers, and the number of Xiongnu soldiers he fought at that time must have been more than that). For example, in the fall of the second year of Yuanhao, Huo Zaiwei sent his soldiers to welcome the Hun King of Huns who wanted to surrender to Han. The Xiongnu army "saw the Han army and many of them wanted not to surrender. The situation was very chaotic. Huo Zaiwei made a prompt decision and took the lead to "gallop into" the Xiong Nu army, and "got to meet with King Hunxie, and beheaded eight of the people who wanted to die". The situation was under control. From this, we can see that the "Book of Han - Huo Zaiwei biography" recorded Huo Zaiwei combat "often with the strong horse first its army" is not false. The latter is to say that Huo Daizi dare to fight hard, bad war. Such as the first expedition to the west of the river in the second year of the Yuan hunting, Huo Zaiwei only rate of cavalry 10,000 people, the lone army drove straight in. Through the hardships and dangers, "six days of fighting, over the Yanzhi mountain more than a thousand miles". Kill thousands of enemies. On the way back to the enemy with cavalry and "short troops" in Gaolan mountain fierce battle, although the victory back to the dynasty, but the Han army "division rate of reduction of seven," the loss of more than half. This is the first time I've ever seen the world's most popular movie, and I'm sure it's been a long time coming.
Secondly, Huo Zaiwei is not just a man of courage, but a general who is both brave and resourceful, capable of winning a thousand miles. The previous quote Huo Zaiwei "not to learn the ancient art of war" language is not without bias, but from this can also be seen in his will of the road, which is not adhere to the customary routine, pay attention to the pre-war "strategy" that is, planning, but also pay attention to the battlefield according to the actual and improvise. Huo is very good at using cavalry group in the desert, grassland area mobile warfare, he can command cavalry for short-range surprise attack. He can also command the cavalry to carry out long-distance, large-scale frontal attack, you can use the cavalry to play sports, you can also use the cavalry to play the encounter, showing good tactical skills and superb battle command art.
Once again, the cavalry led by Huo Zaiwei, whether it is the 800 people of the "light and courageous cavalry", or an army of 10,000 people or 50,000 people, are all excellent soldiers carefully selected. For example, during the battle of Desert North, "those who dared to fight y belonged to the Hussars". They were not only strong in martial arts, but also brave in battle, together with excellent equipment, so Huo Zaiwei's troops were probably one of the elites of the Han army, and their fighting power was much stronger than that of "all the generals of the generals of the soldiers and horses". In addition, under the command of Huo Zaiwei, also gathered some surrendered to the Han Dynasty Xiongnu lieutenants, they know the Xiongnu Road, can guide the Han army to drive straight into the direction of not lost, but also to help the Han army to take food in the enemy, so that they can be lightly loaded, "absolute desert", and give full play to its mobility, flexibility, speed, capture the opportunity to create opportunities for war.
Huo Zaiwei was personally trained and promoted by Emperor Wu of Han. He seemed to favor Huo Zaiwei more than all his ministers. There is certainly no lack of nepotism and personal feelings, but the most fundamental reason is because Huo Zaiwei has a strong spirit of loyalty to the king and the country and the vigor to do something. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for Huo Zaiwei to build a beautiful residence and asked him to go to see when, Huo Zaiwei said "Xiongnu not yet extinguished. No home for also" of the ancient famous words. In a sense, Huo Zaiwei is precisely because of the noble character of forgetting his family for the sake of the country, so that he was able to repeatedly build a strange persuasion.
The fundamental reason for Huo Zhaoyi's victory
1. is that the national power to raise and utilize. From Gaozu to Jingdi, the Han Dynasty has long been accumulating reserves, and the treasury is full, which is one of the prerequisites for Emperor Wu's change from peacemaking to conquest. After Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he changed the previous compromise policy of tolerating and seeking peace, gave up the "peace and kinship", and took tough offensive combat actions to eliminate the Xiong Nu's infestation completely. After a dozen battles with the Xiongnu, the threat of the Xiongnu was basically resolved, and the Han Dynasty also recovered the Hetao region occupied by the Xiongnu, and opened up official fields in the border areas, repairing the Great Wall, and cantonment of troops amounted to 100,000 people. The border appeared a thriving peace and prosperity.
2. It is the establishment and persistent implementation of the strategic idea of active attack. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it was always faced with the military threat of the formidable Xiong Nu. Although the policy of "peace" had been practiced since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the countless gifts of property could not satisfy the greed of the Xiongnu nobles. During the reign of Emperor Wen, the Xiongnu made two major invasions of Chang'an, the capital was in danger and the court was in a state of panic. When Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he changed the previous policy of tolerance and peace, gave up the "peace", and took strong offensive combat actions to eliminate the Xiongnu's intrusion completely.
3. It was the correct use and play of tactical large-regiment raiding operations:
1) The construction and use of cavalry. The period of Emperor Wu was an important stage in the history of China's military system when the major transition from the use of vehicles and horsemen to the use of cavalry as the main body of combat was accomplished. The large-scale use of cavalry groups, rapid mobility, and long-distance raids were one of the main reasons for the Han army's victory over the Xiongnu in the early period. The development of the Han cavalry can be roughly divided into phases as the boundary of the Han Emperor Wu Di, before the cavalry and cavalry, and thereafter by the cavalry completely replaced the cavalry, and then became the main force of the Han army.
2) The use of surprise attack tactics. Huo Daizi's combat strategy can be said to be a revolution in the tactical concepts of the Han army. His battle can be described as roundabout and deep, penetrating and encircling, completing the roundabout and penetration at the fastest speed, and practicing the encirclement of Xiongnu, and carrying out destructive strikes on it from the weakest link. Twice the Battle of Heshi, its troops and horses to give up provisions and supplies, lightly loaded and fast, on the spot, while the Xiongnu foothold is not yet stabilized the opportunity to quickly launch the main force of the decisive battle. In one fell swoop, it will be completely wiped out, cut off the right arm of the Xiongnu. The so-called local food is to loot the rear of the Xiongnu, in order to supplement the military supplies. This strategy not only solved its own supply problem, but also maximized the production capacity of the Xiongnu. The economy of the Xiongnu was greatly destroyed, thus enabling the Han Dynasty to establish an absolute advantage over the Xiongnu economically and militarily.
The plague of Xiongnu was the nightmare of the Qin and Han Dynasties in ancient China. But after three campaigns in the south of the desert, the west of the river, and the north of the desert, the scourge of the Xiongnu finally disappeared from Chinese history. This time, the Han Dynasty pushed northward to the edge of the desert and occupied all of the Hexi Corridor and parts of Qinghai and Xinjiang, setting up the Western Regions Capital. For the first time, the Han people's living space was extended on a large scale, and almost all of the marginal bases of the Xiongnu and Hu were captured.
Later generations of admiration and love of General Huo Zaiwei complex, not only the nostalgia and grief for the young hero, more importantly, the essence of the content is actually the spirit of martial arts to promote and aspire to. So Huo to fight the battle is the most stirring in the history of the war of the Han Dynasty, his victory has been not only a few foreign wars, but also become a symbol of the spirit of the monument, the entire Han Dynasty for the pride of the whole nation, which inspires and calls on the Han sons and daughters of the generation, his words, "Xiong Nu is not extinguished, how to home for! His words "the Huns are not destroyed, why the family!" are more powerful words to let countless temperament of the blood of the Han people. Because of this, Huo became an ancient scholar and generals *** with the idol, people compete to sing him, venerate him, love him, from ancient times to the present extends for thousands of years.