Who were the most heroic and invincible emperors and generals of ancient times? The answers vary! Among them, Li Shimin and Huo Quzhi are known as the top stars in the God of War with their outstanding achievements and distinctive characteristics.
Looking back on the battle history of Li Shimin and Huo Quai, it is all amazing! They have repeatedly overcome tough opponents, showing a unique and superior combat strategy and personal style.
Huo Quai, he is the pride of long-distance travel! He traveled through the heart of the Xiongnu countless times, imprinting his footprints on the Shu steppe and the Gobi Desert. What's even more rare is that he seems to have a talent for navigation and never loses his way! In contrast, only a few people such as Gongsun He, Li Guang, and Zhang Qian can be compared with him.
Although Zhang Qian has a very high intuition about the direction of the terrain, he is still lost in the desert. And Huo Qu's disease is like a fish in water, and he can swim with ease! This astonishing battlefield acumen is unmatched.
Li Shimin, a generation of wise emperors, although he never went to the desert in person, showed his outstanding command ability by eliminating Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, and thwarting Liu Heimin and many other battles. He held his ground, gradually demoralizing the enemy, and his last lethal tactic was remarkable. It is a testament to victory as his only pursuit.
During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the emperors competed for hegemony and famous generals came out one after another. The young and promising Tuoba Tao, his military talent is not inferior to Huo Quzhi and Li Shimin, and even more powerful.
Tuoba Tao, who ascended to the throne of the Northern Wei Dynasty at a young age, was only 16 years old at the time, but he dared to turn the tide and go to the front line to fight fiercely with the powerful steppe overlord Rouran. Delve deeper into the history of the steppe nomadic cavalry, and you will find that Rouran is also extremely powerful, once at the top of the list.
With Rouran's strength and status, it is not difficult to imagine their might! The Xiongnu in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Han Dynasty in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty in the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty in the Eastern Han Dynasty, etc., the struggle between them and the overlord of the grassland was extremely tragic.
Despite this, Huo Quzhi, Wei Qing and others led the Han soldiers and successfully smashed all this and drove the Xiongnu out of Monan. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty paid a heavy price in the expansion of the territory, hundreds of thousands of troops were killed, and the general Li Guangli rebelled and surrendered, but his spirit of the Northern Expedition was extremely firm, and finally ushered in the unprecedented prosperity of the Han Dynasty. However, even in the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were still weak, and eventually the north and south were the two parts, and the grassland was occupied by the powerful Xianbei people.
The Xiongnu have always been defeated by the Xianbei people, and often suffer the doom of total annihilation. The Xianbei cavalry can be said to be the strongest team in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and they have established many countries. For example, the Northern Wei Dynasty, which laid a solid foundation for the Sui and Tang dynasties, was founded by the Xianbei Tuoba Department. It was because of the Xianbei rise to prominence in the north that they eventually formed a rule over the entire Mongolian steppe and established powerful tribes.