During a sortie against the Xiongnu, Huo Qubing carried several truckloads of meat from his uncle, who was Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
But what everyone didn't expect was that these meat-eating Huo Qubing basically didn't eat a bite, but all of them stinked.
Why didn't Huo Quzhi eat it? Did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty condemn himself after he found out?
Huo Quzhi, like his uncle Wei Qing, were both famous generals of the Han Dynasty, and the two made great contributions in the war against the Xiongnu, but later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved Huo Qubing even more.
Of course, it's not that Wei Qing didn't play well, but that there was a problem with his tactics, simply put, it was more bulky, because there were more defensive equipment.
Wei Qing's tactics can be said to be, the enemy attacks and we defend, the enemy retreats and we attack.
At first, many victories were achieved with this tactic, and over time, the Huns understood his style of play, so they came up with countermeasures.
Luring the enemy deep, this is the response that the Hun generals thought of.
The cavalry did run fast, but the rear baggage action was not so fast, and once the battle line was stretched too long, the Han army would be completely cut in two.
At that time, they were fighting against the Xiongnu in the desert, and even if there was no map, they could accurately judge the position of the Han army, so they often divided the Han army into two and finally surrounded and annihilated it.
And Wei Qing and them, as long as the Huns run a little farther, they will be confused, after all, this is where people often live.
So Wei Qing later fought against the Huns, and the number of enemies destroyed was not as many as before, and once he lost a cavalry unit of 3,000 people, and the leading general was unfortunately martyred, of course, there was a spineless surrender.
Looking at the battle report on the table, Emperor Wu of Han fell into deep thought, and he also realized that Wei Qing's style of play was gradually becoming unpopular, and now he urgently needed a new excellent general to lead the troops into battle.
The discerning Emperor Wu of Han noticed the illness of the new star Huo Qu, and after some careful consideration, Emperor Wu of Han decided to let him lead his troops to give it a try to see how the effect was.
Huo Quzhi began to practice martial arts when he was a child, and his best skill was horseback archery, and after his aunt Wei Zifu was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the status of the whole family has been qualitatively improved.
At the beginning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reused Wei Qing, after all, Huo Quzhi was still a little young at that time, but that still couldn't resist Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's love for him.
In addition to doing it to the official, Emperor Wu of Han also taught him the art of war in person, but in the end he was politely refused, and Emperor Wu of Han was happier when he saw this.
Because Huo Quzhi's ideas are very active, he believes that an era has an era of play, and if you want to completely defeat a strong enemy, you must innovate other good methods.
When Wei Qing was ordered to attack the Huns, many times Huo Qubing also followed him into battle to kill the enemy.
In the battle of Dingxiangbei, although the losses of the Han army were relatively large, Huo Qubing led hundreds of people under his command to make great contributions, and it was precisely because of this self-shining military exploit that it "flashed" to the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
In addition, he loved this child, so Emperor Wu of Han decided to take on the task.
After fighting so many battles with his uncle Wei Qing, Huo Qubing had already realized the problem, the aforementioned 3,000 cavalry were completely annihilated, just because the battle line was too long, how to win regardless of the head and feet?
Another factor in this situation is that the enemy was not immediately annihilated.
When the enemy comes to defend, it is true that they can be the smallest**, but they can come and go as much as they want, at most they can defuse the enemy's offensive, and it is difficult to quickly annihilate the enemy, so it is easy to go deep into the hinterland when pursuing.
So every time he marched and fought, Huo Qubing would seriously think about this problem, if he wanted to avoid the battle line being too long and being divided into two, the most effective way was to annihilate it as soon as possible.
At the beginning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not give Huo Qu too many soldiers, it is said that there were less than a thousand people, but they were all elite. So there was the aforementioned Battle of Dingxiangbei, which was the first time that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Huo Qubing to lead his troops.
If he hadn't turned the tide in time, the main force of the Han army could be said to be either dead or wounded, and it was his new tactics that cut through the long dark sky of the Huns.
Huo Quzhi's new tactic is actually "blitzkrieg", and when it comes to this tactic, many people should think of Guderian, a famous German general in World War II.
Poland was destroyed by his blitzkrieg, as was the Soviet Union, which lost half of its life, and Moscow would have been occupied by the Germans if it hadn't snowed heavily.
Because at that time, there was only the last line of defense left, and it was possible to drive straight into it after taking it, but as a result, there was a heavy snowfall, and the German army was almost useless.
Blitzkrieg can be summed up in one sentence, concentrating the main forces, and then using the fastest speed to surprise the enemy.
Guderian used bombers, tanks, etc., and Huo Qubing used cavalry.
The people sent by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to Huo Qubing were all cavalry, and they did not carry those defenses, and when they saw the enemy, they directly charged and attacked.
In this way, the tens of thousands of troops of the Huns were beaten into a pot of porridge by Huo Quai, and he also killed an enemy general in the chaos, and Shan Yu's uncle was captured alive.
Huo Qubing fought bravely, and every time he ran at the front with a gun, the enemy was terrified when he saw this.
As the saying goes, "offense is the best defense", instead of passive defense, it is better to take the initiative to attack, both horizontal and vertical, why not pick up the ** and resist desperately? There may be a glimmer of life
In addition to not bringing heavy things, Huo Qubing also brought relatively little food, and he had to go into battle to kill the enemy when he started a war, who could take care of these, so what should I do if there is no food? Eat the Huns.
They are nomadic people, coupled with the living environment and other reasons, so they generally eat meat, mainly pigs and sheep, etc., they can eat it, and the Han army can still eat it.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became worried when he learned the true situation, because he was afraid that these pigs would be unhealthy, and everyone would eat them and affect their health.
So when he fought later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specially added some good meat and vegetables to Huo Quai, and specially told them: "Eat less Hun food, how good our own is." ”
The things sent by the emperor are most likely all kinds of good meat, and there is no doubt about the safety issue.
In a battle to lead the troops, Huo Qubing encountered the enemy's weaker troops, while Wei Qing on the other side encountered the main force.
After Huo Qubing cleaned up this side, he hurriedly went to reinforce Wei Qing, in order to arrive as soon as possible and annihilate the enemy army, so Huo Qubing could only abandon the meat sent by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
After helping his uncle Wei Qing break the main force of the Huns, Huo Qu ordered people to find abandoned meat, no matter how it was given by the emperor, it was a pity that the meat, vegetables, etc. have stinky.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't blame him when he learned about it, and it was reasonable that the war was tight, of course, the most important thing was to win a big battle.
It's a pity that he is so talented, but his life is forever fixed at the age of 24, but this does not affect his title of "Chinese God of War". ”