Huo Quai, less than 20 years old, does not read the art of war, how can he become a military genius?
Huo Quai, although the life of this strong man is short, it is extremely bright. He was born in the first year of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty (140 BC), and like Wei Qing, he was also an illegitimate child.
His biological mother, Wei Shao'er, had an affair with Huo Zhongru, a small official in Pingyang County, and later married Chen Zhang. Huo Qubing has been good at riding and archery since he was a child, and was deeply loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and was appointed as a close minister, and prepared to train into a famous general to resist the Hungarians.
In the sixth year of Yuan Shuo (123 BC), Huo Quai, who was only eighteen years old, was appointed by Emperor Wu as the captain of Yao, and accompanied the general Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu. Wei Qing gave him 800 hussars and asked him to go deep into the rear of the Xiongnu and attack the enemy's logistics with cameras.
Huo Quzhi's combat style is unique, he never sticks to the traditional art of war, but wins quickly. His tactics are fast and do not rely on food and logistics, and the warriors must defeat the enemy in battle in order to obtain supplies from the spoils of war.
He named this tactic "Eagle Strike" and made his deputy Zhao Ponu serve as the Eagle Strike Sima. Huo Quai's war horse is extremely fast, faster than the flying eagle in the sky, it can run thousands of miles, and it will hit with one blow, so that the enemy has nowhere to escape.
If Wei Qing's army is compared to a cannon, then Huo Quai's 800 horsemen are a hidden weapon, although small and sharp, it can kill people invisibly. In addition, Huo Qubing attached great importance to the role of intelligence, and many of his generals surrendered from the Xiongnu, such as Zhao Ponu, although he was a Biansai Han, but he wandered in the Xiongnu region as a child, and later returned to the Han army.
There are also generals such as Gao Buzhi and Fuduo, all of whom are leading the way from the Xiongnu surrender. Huo Quzhi's success probably stems from his unique tactics and ability to use intelligence.
In the depths of the grassland, Yi Zhi Xian Dan Yu carefully deployed a reserve force, led by Xiang Guo, with a total of more than 5,000 people, in order to be prepared. However, he focused too much on Wei Qing and ignored a more dangerous threat.
As a result, this safest reserve turned out to be the prey of Huo Quai. Huo Quzhi stood excitedly on the slope of the hill, looking at the endless Hun tents in the valley, and he announced loudly: "This is a piece of fat, let's rush in together and enjoy it!"
However, Huo Quai, who only had 800 people, wanted to eat the Xiongnu of 5,000 people, which was undoubtedly wishful thinking. However, Huo Quzhi said with a smile: "Even if you can't swallow it, you can take a bite hard, eat as much as you can, and pack the rest."
As a result, 800 elite cavalry rushed down from the hillside, and with astonishing speed and momentum, the Huns mistakenly thought that Shan Yu had arrived, and hurriedly came out to meet them. However, by the time they found out the truth, it was already too late.
Huo Quzhi's sword had already pierced their throats, and when they woke up again, they were already by the Nai He Bridge. The soul of war lies in swiftness and suddenness, Huo Quzhi mastered this, is this because of his character, born a military wizard?
As a result, most of the Huns were killed by 800 cavalry before they could get on their horses, and there were countless casualties. Seeing this, the Xiongnu's Xiangguo and Danghu immediately surrendered. Yi Zhixian's uncle Luo Gubi thought he was brave and refused to surrender, but when he challenged Huo Quai, he was cut off his horse with a sword and captured alive.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Huns began to scatter and flee. Huo Quai's number of soldiers and horses was small, and he couldn't take care of the others, so he could only chase and fight one fiercely, and finally wiped them out.
The soldiers cut off the head of the general, interrogated the captive, and learned that he was the property of Yi Zhixian's cousin, the Marquis of Yuruo.
Although he could not personally cut off the head of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, Huo Qubing succeeded in getting his grandfather to the western sky, and the Han army rejoiced. In this battle, Huo Qubing led 800 elites deep into the enemy territory, successfully defeated the enemy army ten times his size, and beheaded 2,028 people, including many Xiongnu** and Shan Yu's elders.
This victory was a shocking victory, and it was the best of the three armies. After Wei Qing learned about it, the stone in his heart finally landed, and he was immersed in joy all night, even happier than he had won the battle.
Good boy, you can really fight, you can fight better than my uncle and me, you are the pride of our family!Huo Qubing brought back ivory when he first played, and the speed of progress was even faster than that of Wei Qing back then!
It seems that another relative general star is about to rise. In the Weiyang Palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty held Mo Nan's good news and woke up with a smile in his sleep. For the imperial power, the relatives are both easy and assured, plus the super ability to fight, the merit is high and does not shock the lord, it is simply an artifact that any emperor dreams of, and there are two of them, Liu Che is really the green smoke on the ancestral grave, and the fortune is the head, it is difficult to go down in history!
The next day, Emperor Wu issued an edict: "Plagiarize Yao Lieutenant Huo Quai, behead the enemy and capture the number of enemy chieftains ranked first in the whole army, bravely crowned the three armies, and the merit also crowned the three armies, and it was the champion of 1,600 households to seal the disease."
Huo Quai's first war marquis, and only eighteen years old, I checked the history books, so far, only this case has been found. This is the ambition of the youth, this is the ambition of the youth!
The so-called heroes don't care about their low background, let alone their age, they set up a career at the age of eighteen that others may not be able to achieve in eight lifetimes. This is what is said on the Internet, debut is the peak, the starting point is the king, and one more sentence, if you don't accept it, you can't do it.
Two years later, in the spring of the second year of the Han Yuan Hunt (121 BC), Huo Qubing was again promoted to hussar general, leading 10,000 elite cavalry from Longxi County to advance to the Hexi region.
It was a journey full of honor, and although Huo Quai's troops were only 10,000, he was fearless. The Hexi Corridor was inhabited by a number of Xiongnu kings, and although the Xiongnu sent a son to oversee these tribes, they lacked unified command and orders, and often fought on their own, which gave Huo Qubing an excellent opportunity to defeat them one by one.
After the army led by Huo Qubing set out from Longxi County, he galloped all the way non-stop, crossed the Wuer Mountain (now Quwu Mountain at the southeast end of Jingyuan County, Gansu), crossed the Yellow River, attacked the Supu Department (the famous Xiongnu clan, often married with Shan Yu), waded through the Hunu River (now Shiyang River, Wuwei City, Gansu), fought for more than 1,000 miles in six days, defeated the five kingdoms of the Xiongnu, and defeated the small kings of Hexi like a devastating and decaying state.
These tribes were originally the "peripheral organizations" and "coercion elements" of the Xiongnu, so after Huo Qubing interspersed and divided and surrounded these tribes, he easily forced them to surrender, and promised not to rob them of their property and people after returning to obedience.
This was done in order to lighten the burden, and to advance quickly in the following battles, so that the other recalcitrant Xiongnu regular troops could never make an organized and planned counterattack.
The second is to isolate the son of the "Minister of the Imperial Mission" Yi Zhixian. It seems that Huo Quzhi is not only a military genius, but also very politically minded. In order to divide and disintegrate the Xiongnu Hexi tribes, he was willing to give up the number of prisoners, an important certificate of military exploits, which is really not like what a twenty-year-old general did.
In addition, I guess that before setting out on the expedition, Huo Qubing must have sought out Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, who had sent an envoy to the Western Regions through the Hexi Corridor, and asked him in detail about the topography, climate, and tribes of Hexi, so that he could have a target and achieve victory so quickly.
Suddenly, Yi Zhixian's son became a loner, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately pulled his legs and ran, but fortunately he ran fast, only a little bit short, Huo Quai's cavalry captured him, which was a pity.
Subsequently, Huo Qubing showed his skills in the Hexi region, went north and then south, and killed back and forth in the north and south of Yanzhi Mountain (now Dahuang Mountain, Shandan County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province), chasing the two kings of Hun Evil Xiu Tu and fleeing in all directions.
Eventually, they were in a desperate situation in the Gaolan Mountains (southeast of present-day Linxia County, Gansu Province), because further southeast they were the Yellow River, and on the other side of the river was the Han Dynasty's Longxi County.
At this point, they had no way back but to fight back here. In any case, the 10,000 cavalry of the Han army had been fighting for 2,000 miles in a row, and they were tired of men and horses, and this may be their best chance to turn the tables.
Picture: Gaolan Mountain Huo Qubing Statue Huo Qubing looked at the scene in front of him, his heart was full of anticipation, he was tired of endless chasing. He knew that only by going deep into the enemy's territory could he fight a quick battle, and he urgently needed a decisive battle to deal the heaviest blow to the recalcitrant Huns.
Huo Quzhi was full of confidence in this battle, and his Han army Yao battalion was good at rushing and fierce fighting, and would never back down because of exhaustion. Sure enough, the soldiers of the Han army were also excited, and along the way, the Huns retreated without a fight, only caring about escaping, and the number of beheadings was far lower than their expectations, which made everyone feel very disappointed.
However, now the big war is finally coming, and the towering Gaolan Mountain, which is shining with golden light, is the stepping stone for them to change their fate and move towards the light. Brothers, the time for battle has come, let's kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions!
Huo Quzhi created a miracle by himself. His sword was sheathed, and he roared to the sky, announcing another victory. He led the Han army, with a very small **, killed 13,000 Xiongnu, captured a large number of enemies and baggage, and even captured the holy relic of the Xiu Tu Department "Sacrifice to the Heavenly Golden Man".
This record surpassed Wei Qing's Henan victory, and Huo Qubing became the new god of war. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy about this, he held the "little golden man" in his hand, celebrated with Wei Qing, and ordered Huo Qubing to add 2,000 fiefdoms.
However, despite the phased victory of the Hexi Campaign, the remnants of the Xiongnu still numbered nearly 100,000, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty knew that the complete occupation of the Hexi Corridor would require a greater war.