-Huo Qubing, a famous Western Han Dynasty.
Huo Qubing (former 140- former 1 17), a famous soldier in the Western Han Dynasty, was born in Pingyang, Hedong (now Linfen, Shanxi), and was the nephew of Wei Qing, a general who was good at riding and shooting. 17 years old, assistant to Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. In the same year, he went to Xiongnu with Wei Qing, served as the captain of whoring Yao, led 800 elite riders to drive hundreds of miles, raided the rear of Xiongnu, killed 2,028 Xiongnu soldiers, captured Xiongnu Prime Minister and Minister of Housing, killed Xiongnu Khan's grandfather and father Ji, and won the title of champion.
In the spring of the second year of Yuanshou (12 1 years ago), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Huo Qubing as the general of a title of generals in ancient times, and led 10,000 cavalry out of Longxi to attack the Xiongnu Right King Xian Department. Break the five kingdoms of Xiongnu in six days. Then he crossed Yanqi Mountain for more than 1000 miles and fought against Xiongnu at the foot of Gaolan Mountain, killing nearly 9,000 people, killing Xiongnu King Lv Hou and Zhelan King, and capturing Xiongnu Evil Kings Guo Xiang and Dewey alive. In the summer of the same year, Huo Qubing led tens of thousands of elite riders out of Beidi County, crossed the Juyan Sea, fought fiercely with Xiongnu at the foot of Qilian Mountain, annihilated more than 30,000 people, captured Attila 5 people alive, and the Queen Mother, Khan E Shi, Prince, Prime Minister, General, etc. 120 people, surrendered 40,000 Huns to the evil king, and all occupied the Hexi Corridor. Xiongnu lamented: "The loss of Qilian Mountain made my six animals unhappy;" Losing my mountain makes my married wife colorless. "
In the spring of the fourth year of Yuanshou (before 1 19), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to leave Dingxiang and Dai Jun with 50,000 cavalry respectively, and went deep into Mobei to find the main force of Xiongnu. Huo Qubing led the army into the north for more than 2,000 miles, crossed the back hill, crossed the river, engaged with the left part of Xiongnu, wiped out 70,400 enemies, captured three Xiongnu Tuntou kings, Hanwang and 83 generals alive, and attacked wolves in Xushan (now Mongolia) and Gu Yan. Xushan was the place where the worship ceremony was held. After World War I, "Huns fled far away, and there was no Wang Ting in the desert south". Huo Qubing's prestige surpassed that of Wei Qing because of his meritorious service to Fu Yougong, and many Wei Qing departments took refuge in Huo Qubing.
In the sixth year of Yuanshou (1 17), Huo Qubing died in Chang 'an at the age of 23. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specially ordered the tomb to be buried with him and built his own tomb into the towering shape of Qilian Mountain. Large-scale original stone carvings such as Walking Xiongnu were displayed in front of the tomb to commend his great achievements in expedition to Xiongnu, and he was named Huan Hou. On the day of burial, the surrendered Xiongnu soldiers dressed in black armor lined up in dozens of military formations on both sides of the road from Chang 'an to Maoling, in order to attend the funeral for Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing led the army to attack the Huns four times in his life, and all of them came back with great victory, annihilated more than 40,000 Huns 1 10000, surrendered more than 40,000 Huns, and opened the land of Hexi and Jiuquan, thus eliminating the threat of the Huns to the Han Dynasty. He fought bravely and was a military genius. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once advised him to learn Sun Wu's art of war. He replied, "Why do you want to detain Gufa, because you have to plan at any time?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a luxurious mansion for him and rewarded him with meritorious military service, but he said, "Huns are immortals and have no home." Huo Qubing is highly respected by later generations. Li Bai's "Hu Nobody" has a poem saying: "The wind blows and the seaweed withers, but the tendons are dry and thin, and the horse is proud. Han Jiabing, 300,000, is the general and leader of Huo Piao Yao. The meteor is inserted in the white waist, and the sword flower and autumn lotus are light out of the box. When the snow went down, the soldiers shone brilliantly, and the arrows of Yutong and Lu shot shining armor like yellow sand. Both the dragon and the tiger return, and too white to enter the moon can destroy the enemy. The enemy can be destroyed, and the head can be destroyed. Hanging in the sky, with beard and purple plug buried. Hu is a nobody, Han Daochang. "