In China's ancient foreign wars, the famous soldiers were Wei Qing.

Apart from Wei Qing, who are the famous soldiers in China's ancient foreign wars?

1, Li Mu

Perhaps because Historical Records was written by Han people, many records of famous soldiers in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period seem to have been diluted. In fact, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Li Mu was a figure that could never be ignored. During the Warring States Period, he was the most successful general of Zhao against Qin, and Lian Po and Zhao She were not as good as him. But today we are talking about foreign wars. There is no need to go into the battle of Qin.

Li Mu's great achievements were recorded in A Record of Xiongnu, before which Zhao had been threatened by Xiongnu. Zhao was defeated by Xiongnu many times, so that he rode and shot arrows in his clothes, knowing shame and then being brave. Zhao Jun learned from Xiongnu in equipment and tactics, and established cavalry units that shocked the six countries. But riding and shooting are not Han Chinese's strong points. How Ren Zhao's cavalry galloped across the Central Plains was defeated in the Xiongnu War. After all, using cavalry against Xiongnu was undoubtedly an attack on their own shortcomings for the Han Chinese who were still naive in cavalry tactics at that time. This situation was not changed until Li Mu defended the Great Wall. It turned out that Li Mu was sent to northern Xinjiang as a result of intrigue between Zhao and Qin. But thanks to the intrigue of Qin, because of the arrival of Li Mu, China has the first successful example of peasants defeating nomads.

Li Mu really only fought with Xiongnu once, but only this time, he fought with Xiongnu for almost ten years and didn't dare to go south. In this battle, Li Mu gave full play to the wisdom of Sun Tzu's Art of War. At first, he lost five wars in a row, abandoned countless cattle and sheep, lured the main force of Xiongnu from the grassland they were good at to the periphery of the Great Wall where the Han people were good at, fought a decisive battle, and paralyzed his opponent by showing weakness to the enemy. Then rush out, gather troops in the middle of the night, attack the Xiongnu camp at night, and kill the Xiongnu knight riding in his sleep. At the same time, heavy chariots surrounded the exit of Xiongnu camp and shot Xiongnu fugitives with arrows as dense as locusts. In this campaign, the main force of Xiongnu was almost completely annihilated, and it was difficult to recover for several years. More importantly, this war is a classic example of the coordinated operation of the Han army, which provides a model for the Han regime to fight against the Huns in the future.

2. Meng Tian

There were many wars in the Qin Dynasty, and Meng Tian was one of them. When Qin Shihuang swept Liuhe, Meng Tian was just a junior in Qin Jun. It was only in the later period that the meritorious service of eliminating Yan and Qi was established, but at that time it was only a lieutenant. But in the face of the first world war with Xiongnu, Qin Shihuang chose him to lead the army. I think there are about two reasons. First, Meng Tian, a young man who has been guarding the northern border for many years, is extremely familiar with the tactics of Xiongnu, which is unmatched by veterans who have fought in the Central Plains for many years. Secondly, Meng Tian is the most offensive and field general in the Qin army. Other generals in the Qin Dynasty fought hard in the Central Plains for a long time and had little field experience with Xiongnu on the Saibei grassland. And Meng Tian also lived up to expectations, and he set the Hetao in World War I. Beat the Huns to pieces. Jia Yi once praised that "Hu people dare not go south to herd horses". It is a praise for the meritorious service in the Hetao campaign. Later, there was chaos in the Central Plains, and the Huns dared not go deep into the Han territory, which had a lot to do with this war.

The record of Meng Tian's conquest of Hetao in history is very short, but we believe that this must be a different tactic from the Han Dynasty's counterattack against Xiongnu. Because the Qin Dynasty did not have as many war horses as the Han Dynasty, the number of cavalry was far less than that of the Han Dynasty. This is doomed to Qin's attack is mainly based on the combination of stepping chariots. Historical records show that the Qin dynasty used chariots to open the way, with arrows like locusts, and then defeated the Huns. It can be seen that this is a tactic based on reloading chariots. Qin's heavy chariots are tall, loaded with all kinds of arrows and fired like rain. The film Hero clearly reproduces this process. Its effect is the same as that of today's tanks, so how can the Huns with one arm not collapse? The Han Dynasty fought back against the Huns for twenty years, and it was not until the Battle of Mobei that the threat of the Huns was lifted. The state of Qin, only after this World War I, hit the Huns hard. Of course, the two cannot be equated. The Xiongnu-controlled area in Qin Dynasty was only one-third as big as that in Han Dynasty, and its strength was far weaker than that in Iraq's naive and evil times.

3. Wei Qing

Wei Qing was not the general who wiped out the Huns the most, but he did make the greatest contribution in the Sino-Hungarian War. The first victory of the Han Dynasty over the Huns was won by Wei Qing. Although the Battle of Dragon City only destroyed 700 enemies, it shattered the myth that Xiongnu was invincible advocated by many lords and ministers of the Han Dynasty, and made the soldiers of the Han Dynasty establish a firm belief in winning the Xiongnu.

It can be said that Wei Qing is a general with good character and talent. He is modest and polite, and never takes credit. He is very sympathetic to his soldiers, so he is very popular with his subordinates. Such generals are rare in the history of China. Maybe this has a lot to do with his poor family since childhood. After his death, the dense forest mausoleum built for him by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty may just symbolize his modesty.

Wei Qing's most familiar battle example is the decisive battle in the North Desert. It can be said that this is a battle that gives full play to his wisdom and courage. In the battle, he showed cautious style and extraordinary courage at the critical moment. At that time, all the operational conditions were against him. The expedition of the Han army, the pommel horse fatigue, the Huns getting earlier and earlier, the last battle was defeated, and morale was high. And assembled all the elite troops. For the sake of surprise, Wei Qing let Li Guang attack from the flank. Who wants Li Guangbu's soldiers and horses to get lost and lose contact? This is equivalent to the loss of 3,000 fighters before the Han army started the war. Faced with all kinds of unfavorable conditions, Wei Qing made a strategy of sticking to it, and resisted the impact of tarquin with a solid chariot defense. After a day and a night of hard work, anxious Khan finally took out all his elite. However, when the Yellow Sand started, Wei Qing showed his rare decisive side, seized the fleeting fighter plane, ordered the main force to attack quickly, and launched a surprise attack in the case of the Huns' chaos, which finally defeated the Huns. Khan escaped with only 300 guards. The decisive battle in Mobei wiped out more than 30 thousand Huns and captured tens of thousands of Huns, which was a decisive victory in the Sino-Hungarian War. From then on, the Han Dynasty took the initiative in the Xiongnu War, and the Xiongnu retreated to the north of the desert, unable to launch a southward invasion. Although this record is not as good as the Battle of Wolf Mountain in Huo Qubing. But the war against the Huns in the Han Dynasty was decisive.

4. Huo Qubing

General Huo Qubing can be said to be an idol worshipped by many contemporary young people. When he was a teenager, he rose to the top of the world. At the age of 22, he commanded the battle of wolves in the mountains, which decided the fate of the Sino-Hungarian war, and almost wiped out the Xiongnu left army. He/Kloc-joined the army at the age of 0/8, fought six battles with the Huns, and wiped out the captured enemy150,000, almost twice as much as his uncle Wei Qing. His untimely death made many people lament. In the TV series "The Son of Man", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty shouted "Give me back the number one scholar", and many people sighed in the air and burst into tears.

The record of Huo Qubing's combat process in history is very short, but only from this passage, we can imagine the hardships of the battle and the ingenuity of Huo Qubing. In the first Hexi Campaign, Zhang Qian, a South Route Army, moved slowly, and Li Guang was besieged by himself. Huo Qubing resolutely changed the original battle plan and ventured from the evil king area of Xiongnu. At that time, there were only 10,000 military forces in Huo Qubing, and there were more than 60,000 military forces in Xiongnu Evil King and Hugh Tuwang. Huo Qubing concentrated superior forces to fight annihilation, and quickly rushed ahead before the enemy's main force assembled. Although the Huns constantly dispatched troops, their military forces could only be eaten by the Han army one by one like lambs in the jaws of death. More importantly, this battle completely destroyed the resistance ability of Xiongnu soldiers from the spirit, and made them fear the Han army like a tiger. Later, in the second Hexi Campaign, the Xiongnu army almost lost its resistance, and was chased by Huo Qubing all the way, with a loss of 32,000 people, four times that of the first Hexi Campaign. Later, the evil king of Xiongnu returned to the Han Dynasty, and among his 40,000 military forces, pro-Hungarian forces launched a rebellion. Huo Qubing subdued him with only 10,000 military forces, beheaded 8,000 rebels, and let the evil king of Xiongnu completely defect. This event is of great significance in the history of Sino-Hungarian war. Since then, more and more Xiongnu surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and a large number of Xiongnu herders went south to the Great Wall to ask for attachment, and the Xiongnu forces gradually fell apart. Later, in the Battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing marched all the way, emerged from the left nose in the middle of the night, and attacked at dawn. In one day, 70,000 Huns were wiped out, and almost all the Xiongnu left troops were wiped out. At this point, the Xiongnu left and right Wang Xian's two arms were completely cut off, leaving only Xiongnu Khan hanging in the lonely desert in the north. The power of the river is declining.

There are many criticisms of Huo Qubing today, for example, accusing him of turning a blind eye to the sufferings of soldiers, accusing him of being extravagant, dissolute, corrupt and cold-blooded. In fact, many comments are excessive. When it comes to caring for soldiers and being human, if Huo Qubing really doesn't make sense, how can his subordinates swear to work for him? In the scene of Jiuquan celebration, he shared royal wine with the whole army, and his feelings of sharing joys and sorrows with the soldiers were admirable. The so-called luxury and corruption are the details and habits of life, so why insist! What is important is that he was the general who annihilated the enemy the most in the Sino-Hungarian War. That alone, he is worthy of the title of national hero.

5. Jing Li

From the Han Dynasty, China ushered in the prosperous time of the Tang Dynasty. A group of famous soldiers made a series of great achievements for the empire, such as Pei, Hou and so on. , have had great achievements, go down in history. But the most famous one is General Li Jing, who is almost the most legendary figure in the Tang Dynasty. His story has been compiled into myths and legends, which have been widely read by generations. The story of him and Sinuhong is a household name.

Just like the legendary ranger Excavate, Excavate was once a chivalrous man in history when he was young. Later, he met Li Shimin and joined him in Taiyuan, where he was loyal to his life. The difference is that compared with Li Jing's legendary bold personality, Li Jing in history is an extremely cautious person. According to Tang Shi, Li Jing is usually taciturn and introverted. Every time he has an argument with other generals, he tends to be humble. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he was able to grasp the main points of the matter and state them concisely, so he was very appreciated by Emperor Taizong. Its fighting style is also different from that of Hou, whose boldness of vision is wild. His use of troops was extremely low-key, but in World War I, he often caught the key by surprise, so before each expedition, although he was cautious, he achieved the greatest results.

There are two classic battles of Li Jing, one is the East Turkistan Campaign and the other is the Tuguhun Campaign, both of which show his cautious attitude of using troops and his fighting style of defeating the enemy without fighting. In the East Turkistan Crusade, 300,000 Turks conquered the northern line and fought against Tang Jun, but Li Jing completed one of the greatest circuitous wars in the history of ancient China war. Three thousand fighters attacked Yinshan at night, detoured thousands of miles, and went straight to Turkey's lair. You know, this battle was held in the snowy December. To complete this spectacular Long March, Tang Junbing, composed of Han people, had to face not only the Turkish elite cavalry, but also the unimaginable cold in the Central Plains. However, Tang Jun soldiers prostrated themselves in the snow, and they just accomplished this unimaginable miracle. This battle killed 10,000 people, killed the Turkish army and killed Tang Jun. This war basically lifted the threat of the Turks to the Tang Dynasty, and defeated Kun in World War I, which was a great feat. However, the battle to conquer Tuguhun is different. Tuguhun occupied Qinghai, and the terrain was dangerous. Three conquests failed in the Tang Dynasty. After Li Jing took the lead, he changed the previous strategy of frontal attack. Hundreds of thousands of Tang Jun just crossed the narrow path at the junction of Qinghai and Gansu, attacked from the rear of Tuyuhun, and wiped out Tuyuhun in one fell swoop. Wang Changling, a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, once praised this campaign, saying that "the desert was dusty, the red flag rolled out of Yuanmen, and the former army fought Taohe River in Hebei Province, and it was reported that they were captured alive." This war basically opened the way for China to March into the Western Regions. After that, 200 years later, China's army once again entered the Western Regions.

6. Pei Xingjian

Perhaps because of the existence of Wu Zetian, or because of the need to beautify Emperor Taizong, later generations tend to downplay the history of Tang Gaozong's reign. In fact, although Tang Gaozong is weak, the national strength foundation left by Emperor Taizong is still there. The political civilization of the Tang Dynasty has developed in this era, and the martial arts of Wenzhi is even worse. Pingxi Turkic, the destruction of Korea, the achievements far exceeded the period of Emperor Taizong. A group of famous soldiers constantly expanded their territory and laid the map of China today. General Pei Xingjian is one of the most famous.

Pei Xingjian was born in an aristocratic family, and his Pei family has been an aristocratic family since the Jin Dynasty. From the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, there were 237 generals in the Pei family, which was a military family. Born in such a family, and bearing the honor of the family, General Pei did not disgrace the family, and left a huge legacy in the history of China with brilliant military exploits.

Dramatically, Pei Xingjian's brilliant achievements are due to an unjust case. In the era of Emperor Gaozong, Wu Zetian was framed by Ubbelohde for opposing the establishment of a queen, and should have been imprisoned, but Tang Gaozong cherished his talents and was demoted to the governor of Xizhou (now Turpan, Xinjiang). It is this judgment that rewrote the fate of General Pei's life and made him grow from a mediocre Beijing official to an all-powerful warrior at home and abroad.

The first major battle independently commanded by General Pei was the battle against Western Turkistan. Although there were many conquests in the Tang Dynasty, Tubo also extended its tentacles to the western regions at this time. West Turkic began to turn to Tubo to compete with the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Persia, the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, was wiped out by the big food, which made the diplomacy of the Tang Dynasty worse. Pei Xingjian seized this opportunity, pretending to escort the Prince of Persia back to China, but on the way, he killed a carbine, led a large-scale attack on West Turkistan and annihilated the rebels in one fell swoop. Grab his Khan. This battle is comparable to Li Jing's night attack on Yinshan Mountain. Since then, the western Turks have been forced to move westward to Central Asia, basically giving up their attempt to compete with the Tang Dynasty for the western regions.

Since then, General Pei has devoted his life to fighting against the Turks, suppressing the East Turkistan rebellion and cracking down on the remnants of the Turks. Wherever he went, the Turks were pacified. The powerful Gong Wei conquered the frontier of the Tang Dynasty. Turks dared not harass for decades, and it was not until the later period of Wu Zetian that they invaded China again. General Pei himself died during the March to conquer West Turkistan at the age of 64.