Zhuang Zhi is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. - Yue Fei.As a famous emperor in the history of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a great man in his life, and defeating the Xiongnu was the greatest achievement in his life, but few people know that in the late period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he suffered a great defeat in the face of the Xiongnu, and the army of the Han Dynasty was wiped out.
According to this situation, the Han Dynasty is very likely to lose a large area of territory, but the result is that the Xiongnu at this time gave up continuing the invasion, and the overall strength is still decliningWhy did the Han Dynasty lose the war, but the Xiongnu gradually declined?
One of the main reasons for the fall of the Qin Dynasty was that a large number of civilians were recruited to build the Great Wall, which eventually caused panic among the people.
Peasant uprisings continued to appear, and the so-called exterminator Qin YeDidn't Qin Shi Huang know that building the Great Wall was time-consuming and laborious? But he had no choice, because in the face of an enemy like the Xiongnu, even Qin Shi Huang, who had a strong annihilation of the Six Kingdoms, had to take defensive measures.
In fact, as early as the Warring States Period, the Xiongnu had risen, and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States had different scales of the Great Wall in the north, but the grasslands at that time were not peaceful, and the major forces fought in turns, even within the Xiongnu, there were disputes, and the tribes continued to fight.
The so-called general trend of the world will be united for a long time, just after the Qin State worked hard for many years, and finally completed the unification in the era of Qin Shi Huang, the various tribes of the Xiongnu also united and became a force that the Qin Dynasty had to fear.
Many people have said that the reason why Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were able to defeat the Qin Dynasty was because the regular army of the Qin Dynasty was basically defending against the Xiongnu in the north, and the soldiers who fought against them were slave soldiers.
Although there are a lot of arguments about this matter, but Liu Bang's results speak for themselves, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang also launched an attack on the Xiongnu, but the result was that Liu Bang almost died on the battlefield, in order to survive, Liu Bang opened a policy of peace and proximity, while paying tribute to the Xiongnu, while recuperating, the Xiongnu are naturally not fools, they are also waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to take the Central Plains in one fell swoop.
After years of development, the Han Dynasty came to the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and after the accumulation of the two emperors of Wenjing, the Han Dynasty had the basis for war with the XiongnuAfter the Xiongnu succeeded to the throne, they also ushered in their heyday, and a major war between the two sides was about to break out.
The battle with the Xiongnu during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was one of the largest battles in the history of the Han Dynasty.
Because in the Han Dynasty, there were two super generals: Wei Qing and Huo Quai.
Wei Qing was the first person in the history of the Han Dynasty who could fight the Xiongnu on a frontal battlefield, and Huo Qubing was even more terrifying, he defeated the Xiongnu in the way that the Xiongnu were best at.
After many battles, the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu to the point of abandoning their armor, not only recovering large areas of land, but also forcing them to recuperate in the harsh northern desert regionCould it be that the battle between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu ended like this?
Although the Han Dynasty won the victory, it did not completely eliminate the Xiongnu, giving them an opportunity to take advantage of, coupled with the death of Huo Qubing and Wei Qing's not being reused, the Xiongnu once again saw an opportunity.
Only from the combat effectiveness of the army, the Han Dynasty at that time was not as strong as the Xiongnu, although there were horses and iron upgrades, but the Huns who grew up on horseback since childhood, still maintained the advantage of personal combat effectiveness, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to achieve victory in the early days, more relied on Wei Qing and Huo Qubing two generals, when they left, the Xiongnu were naturally fearless.
In the face of the Xiongnu this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty confidently sent Zhao Ponu to fight, but unfortunately, he was not Wei Qing and Huo Qubing after allIn this battle against the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty army was completely annihilated, and this defeat was full of anger, especially Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was dealt a very big blow.
So he sent Li Guangli again to try to turn the situation around, but the result was that Li Guangli was surrounded by the Xiongnu and chose to surrender after heavy losses.
This defeat can be said to destroy all the Warring States in the early stage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the land recovered by the Han Dynasty before is not only facing the danger of losing again, but also the Central Plains region is in danger, and the most terrible thing is that the Han Dynasty has not been able to take out enough troops and generals to fight against the Xiongnu at this time.
But at this time, the Huns stopped attackingAnd according to the report of the spies, the Huns are getting worse and worse, and they are even about to be unable to live, why is this?
In the early years of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to defeat the Xiongnu, on the one hand, because of the excellence of the generals, on the other hand, the strength of the logistics supply.
But even so, after the victory of the Han Dynasty, the treasury became very empty, and the population of the Han Dynasty also dropped a lot, and the Han Dynasty became full of holes at this time, which was one of the reasons for the defeat of Zhao Ponu and Li Guangli.
Since the Han Dynasty has fallen to this kind of ending, the Xiongnu are naturally no better
As a nomadic people, the Xiongnu did not have much storage capacity, and even if there were more cattle and sheep, a natural disaster could completely destroy them.
Coupled with the continuous migration caused by years of war, the situation of the Xiongnu at this time was precarious, and there were even cases of people starving to death.
It can be said that the Xiongnu after the victory did not say that they continued to fight, and it was very difficult to even survive, the Han Dynasty belonged to the plain area, even if it encountered a food crisis, it could survive through wild vegetables and wild fruits, but in the steppe, if the number of cattle and sheep was not enough, it could almost only wait to starve to death.
In addition, the Xiongnu were also destroyed in their own hands, and the Xiongnu were able to defeat the Han Dynasty because they became united internally under strong external pressure, which is also the reason why the Xiongnu were able to return as kings after being defeated.
However, after the defeat of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu fell into a situation of struggle for power and profit, and the seemingly powerful Xiongnu was already very chaotic at this time.
In fact, the essence of the war, the competition is still the national strength, only the strength of the national strength can ensure the victory of the war, although in the late Han Emperor Wudi, the Xiongnu won the victory at the war level, but they had no way to maintain their own victory, and they were "consumed" by the Han Dynasty.
It's like two countries fighting, one country can keep losing and continue to fight, and the other country won, but it doesn't have the ability to start a second battle.
In the history of our country, the invasion of the northern nomadic peoples has never stopped, from the earliest Xiongnu, to the later Mongolia, Houjin, etc., the grassland forces have been constantly updated, but in the end they were defeated by us one by one, which is the support of national strength.
The characteristics of the nomadic people determine their strong personal combat effectiveness and fierce style, but it also determines the characteristics of their poor ability to fight protracted wars, and most importantly, the internal friction of the nomads is the fundamental reason why they can never be strong, even the Mongols cannot avoid it.