Introduction : Huo Qubing Everyone is familiar with this person. The Western Han Dynasty The God of War who made significant contributions to the Xiongnu battles during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Historically, it was said that Huo Qubing was terrifying, which meant that Huo Qubing had terrifying combat capabilities. So how terrifying was Huo Qubing? When Huo Qubing was 18 years old, he dared to lead 800 cavalrymen to fight hundreds of miles into the hinterland of enemy territory. He also defeated the weak and defeated the strong, killing enemies several times his size, and even captured the grandfather of the Xiongnu Chanyu at that time.
Huo Qubing's "terrifying" deeds
When Huo Qubing was 18 years old, he led 800 cavalry on a long-distance raid alone, directly arriving at the hinterland of the Huns hundreds of miles away from the Han Dynasty military camp, and encountered enemies here who were many times more powerful than himself. However, Huo Qubing did not panic at all. Instead, he successfully killed more than 2,000 Xiongnu soldiers and even captured Xiongnu Shanyu Yi Zhixie's grandfather Ruohou Chan, uncle Luo Gubi and other Xiongnu nobles. In the end, he successfully returned to his military camp with these prisoners. Due to his heroic performance this time, Huo Qubing was named the Champion Marquis by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in recognition of his courage to champion the three armies. I have to say that other people's 18-year-olds are really too strong.
When Huo Qubing was 19 years old, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named him a hussar general. This was just a military position lower than that of a general, equivalent to the first rank. In the same year, Huo Qubing led 10,000 troops to participate in the Battle of Hexi. In this battle, Huo Qubing killed King Zhelan and King Luhou of the Xiongnu, and then captured Prince Hunxie, Xiangguo, Captain and others, beheading a total of 8,960 Xiongnu soldiers. Moreover, they also obtained the most important props used by the Huns to worship the Heaven and the Golden Man. This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that Huo Qubing himself suffered almost no damage.
Then Huo Qubing went deep into the Qilian Mountains (today's border of northeastern Qinghai Province and western Gansu Province, China). Here Huo Qubing captured the five kings of the Xiongnu, the five queen mothers, and a total of 2,500 people, killing three of them. Two hundred people. You must know that Huo Qubing's strength at this time is still the previous 10,000, and this is Huo Qubing's second battle. In this battle, Huo Qubing himself only lost about three-tenths of his strength. And after that, Huo Qubing surrendered King Hunxie of the Xiongnu, and all 40,000 people led by King Hunxie surrendered to the Han Dynasty. After this battle, the Han army controlled the Hexi region . At that time, the strength of the Xiongnu was greatly reduced. There was a saying among the Xiongnu army: "If we lose the Qilian Mountains, our livestock will not be able to rest; if we lose the Yanzhi Mountain, we will be married." Women have no color. "
When Huo Qubing was 21 years old, he participated in the Battle of Mobei. In this battle, Huo Qubing led 50,000 cavalry to the north for more than 2,000 miles, and finally fought with the Huns. They defeated the Xiongnu army and captured the Xiongnu Tuntou King and others. Later, he went to Langjuxu Mountain (in today's Mongolia) and offered sacrifices to heaven and conferred rites here. This is the origin of "Fenglangjuxu". Huo Qubing then pursued the Xiongnu to Beihai (today's Lake Baikal, Russia). Here, the army led by Huo Qubing beheaded 74,433 people, and he himself lost less than three-tenths. As a result, Huo Qubing was awarded the title of Grand Sima, and his status was exactly the same as that of his uncle, Wei Qing.
After reading this, I believe you can already imagine how terrifying Huo Qubing is, right? You must know that all these things were completed before Huo Qubing was 22 years old, and the first battle was even when he was 18 years old. And every time he fought alone, defeating more with less, which also proved Huo Qubing's great military talent. Unfortunately, Huo Qubing passed away soon after, at the age of only 24.
