Picture- Battle in the south of the desert Han army deployed
In 123 BC, the general Wei Qing led six generals, middle, front, back, left, right, and strong crossbows, with more than 100,000 cavalry, set out from Dingxiang County and set out in a mighty battle with the Huns. After General Wei Qing led 30,000 cavalry, the rest of the troops were as follows:
Bespectre Heqihou Gongsun Ao as the lieutenant general, leading 20,000 cavalry. Gongsun Ao is Wei Qing's best brother and has a fateful friendship. He was just named a marquis a year ago, and Wei Qing still hopes that he will make more military achievements.
Bespected Xihou Zhao Xin as the former general, led 10,000 cavalry, scattered a large number of cavalry, and opened the way for the Han army. Zhao Xin was a surrendered general of the Huns. Wei Qing went on expeditions many times in recent years, and he used Zhao Xin to open the way.
Responsible for the doctor Li Guang as the queen general and led 10,000 cavalry. Emperor Wu transferred Li Guang from right Peiping to Chang'an , and promoted it to the doctor of the nine ministers with the greatest military power. Li Guang was the only one among the seven generals who had not been granted a title of marquis, and this time he worked hard.
Reign of Nanqiu Hou Taipu Gongsun He as the left general and led ten thousand cavalry. Gongsun He was the least of the generals who wanted to fight, but Emperor Wu always had high hopes for him.
Respect the Hou Weiwei of Pingling Su Jian as the right general and led 10,000 cavalry.
Responsible for Guannei Hou Zuo Nei Shi Li Ju as the powerful crossbow general, leading 10,000 cavalry to protect the general.
Shanggu Prefect Hao Xian led thousands of cavalry in his headquarters and followed Gongsun Ao. A year ago, Hao Xian was just a lieutenant, and he had many military achievements when he defeated the Right Xian King, but the number of marquis was limited, so Wei Qing recommended him as the prefect of Shanggu.
The east-west span is large in the south of the desert, and there are many plump grasslands. The Huns can not only herd horses, but also are a transit place for invading the Great Wall every year. If the Huns could not control the southern desert, they would not only lose the pastures, but also breaking into the south of the Great Wall.
The general guards Qing stationed his troops outside the Dingxiang Great Wall. The other armies were Gongsun Ao as the main general and attacked in different directions. Unlike the previous few troops, Wei Qing planned to give his military achievements to his generals this time, but he was worried that he would lose his troops and lose his generals, so he ordered all troops to go out to the frontier for no more than a hundred miles, and agreed to return in half a month.
Half a month later, all the people came back one after another, each with their own achievements, beheading about thousands of levels, and the war losses were almost the same. Gongsun Ao has the largest number of troops and killed the most enemies. However, the opponent was the small tribes of the Huns in the south of the desert, and the army of Shanyu and Zuoxianwang did not go south.
If the troops are withdrawn, no one in the Han army can be granted the title of marquis. Wei Qing used to go to war to behead and capture the Huns. Now he has made great achievements and has changed his goal to make his generals make achievements and be promoted to the title of the generals for their merits.
A month later, Wei Qing ordered the generals to go north again. This time, the range was no longer specified for a hundred miles, but stopped the sand and returned. That is, he retreated when he saw the desert, which was equivalent to fighting all the way to the desert (Gobi Desert).
This time, the army went deep into the Huns in the southern desert, conquered many small tribes, beheaded and captured more than 10,000 people, and the war was not seriously damaged. After the war, he rewarded merits and rewarded him. The Marquis of the Cavalry, Gongsun Aoyi, granted 8,000 households and a total fief of 9,500 households. Hao Xian, the prefect of Youbeiping, was granted the title of Zhonglihou, with a fief of 1,100 households. The captain Zhang Qian made contributions to the Han army to find water and plants, and was named Bowang Marquis, with an unknown fief.
, and other generals did not win much, and Gongsun He, who Emperor Wu had high hopes, also gained little. Originally, after planning, the Han army planned to use the former general Zhao Xin's army and the left general Gongsun He's army to restrain the Shanyu who came to reinforce. Gongsun Ao's central army rushed forward, and Li Guang, Su Jian and others behind were enough to severely damage the Shanyu.
However, neither the former General's headquarters nor the left General's headquarters found the main force of the Huns. Gongsun He breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhao Xin still wanted to make a contribution. Zhao Xin sent someone to inform the right general Su Jian that since Shanyu did not come to help, we might as well join forces and go to the left of the Huns to break through. If you can cut off some people, you won’t be in vain, at least you will have more than the number of households.
However, Zhao Xin and Su Jian underestimated the enemy a little. The two of them brought only more than 3,000 cavalry as their vanguards and went deep into the left side of the Huns.
After several years of tempering, Wei Qing's battle formed a fixed routine. Each army was equipped with a large number of ox carts and mule carts, equipment of endless bows and crossbows and and other weapons, as well as army rations. During combat, light cavalry will open the way. When encountering small groups of enemy troops, they will clear or drive them away. When encountering the opponent's main force, they will retreat to the vicinity of the chariot and form a chariot formation. The chariot formation of ten thousand people cannot be defeated by the opponent's 100,000 cavalry, and the weapons and food in the chariot formation can support a certain period of time.
Zhao Xin and Su Jian combined with nearly 20,000 cavalry. The two left most of their troops in the back team to protect the convoy, but the main general led more than 3,000 light cavalry to advance. Even if they encounter the main force of Zuo Xianwang, the Han cavalry can still evacuate from the battlefield calmly, and Zhao Xin and Su Jian are convinced of this.
However, Yizhixie Shanyu led tens of thousands of cavalrymen and had already set up an encirclement. The left general Gongsun He did not meet the main force of the Shanyu, because Yizhixie Shanyu went from Longcheng to Shanyu Courtyard and went south from the left. Yizhixie Shanyu was the King of Zuoguli for more than 30 years. He had been using troops in the left land of the Xiongnu for a long time. For him, he was able to fight on the left land.
As expected, the two sides fought for a day, Zhao Xin led 800 cavalry to surrender to Shanyu, Su Jian's entire army was wiped out, and he fled back alone.
However, Su Jian did not meet the back team, but fled back to Weiqing Camp. Zhao Xin and Su Jian’s back team heard that the troops in front were defeated, Zhao Xin surrendered, and Su Jian disappeared, like five thunderstorms. Su Jianmin was basically all Han , and immediately organized the orderly withdrawal of troops. Zhao Xin's troops were dominated by the Huns, and someone immediately jumped out and wanted to lead his army to follow Zhao Xin to surrender to Shanyu. Fortunately, the Han army knight Meng Yi killed the Xiongnu who led the runaway on the war horse. The rest did not dare to act rashly, so the team retreated. Meng Yi was later awarded the title of , Guanneihou and 4, with a fief of 200 households.
After Zhao Xin surrendered, all the troops left in the Han area fled north one after another. Zhao Xin established a cavalry of thousands of people in the Huns, and most of them were familiar with the Han army's tactics.
Yi Zhixie Shanyu named Zhao Xin the second king, and married his sister to build a city and live in his residence. Zhao Xin suggested that Shanyu withdraw his troops from the south of the desert, focus on managing the north, lure the Han soldiers into the depths, and take advantage of their fatigue and attack them, and they will surely win. After his plan, the Shanyu moved all the people and animals to the north of the desert.
Su Jian, who fled back to the camp, was dismissed from his post and was dismissed from office. He took money to atone for his sins and avoided his death. Soon, Li Guang's son, Dai County Prefect , Li Jiao , died of an injury and Emperor Wu appointed Su Jian as Dai County Prefect. Although Su Jianren escaped, he suffered multiple traumas and died of illness in the prefect of the 3rd County.
If the war ends here, the Han army will drive the Huns out of the southern desert in a battle, and from then on there will be no royal court in the southern desert, and the record will be quite good. Moreover, Wei Qing's nephew, Huo Qubing, led 800 cavalry to advance, beheaded the 2028 level, and was named the Champion Marquis with a fief of 1,600 households. (We will talk about Huo Qubing's War next article)
In the Battle of South Desert, the tactical arrangements of the General Wei Qing were questioned by many civil and military ministers in the court and the country. First of all, Gongsun He was ridiculed. Everyone knew that he had no desire to fight, but he was in an important position in every battle, but he was not punished after the war. Li Guang was good at charging into battle, but he was appointed as the queen general, and he was almost useless. Gongsun Ao was a powerful general, but he was appointed as the Lieutenant General to command several armies in front, back, left and right directions. Obviously, he was not willing to do anything. Zhao Xin and Su Jian underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. Gongsun Ao had certain responsibility. Why didn’t the general command himself? I'm afraid it's also to make a lot of military achievements for the trustworthy.
Picture-Wei Qing recovered Hetao
After the war, if we regained the Hetao region and defeated the Youxian King in the two wars, General Wei Qing basically balanced the foreign relatives group and the family group. In this battle in Monan, there were four people Yifeng and Fenghou, Gongsun Ao, Hao Xian, and Huo Qubing were all Wei Qing's confidants, and Zhang Qian was the one who won over by Wei Qing. These people were generally from humble origins and the family group looked down on him, so of course they were striking around Wei Qing.
Picture-Wei Qing defeated the Right King
The clan group believes that except for Huo Qubing, the other three people were granted or granted titles to the Legal Marquis, which is not worthy of their name, especially the Marquis of Bowang Zhang Qian.In every battle between the Han army, many surrendered Huns had explored their way. Is Zhang Qian more familiar with the desert terrain than the Huns? Obviously not, it was just that Emperor Wu wanted to promote Zhang Qian, and Wei Qing met his preferences and pulled Zhang Qian into the group of foreign relatives.
Among the people who questioned the general's use of troops, the main ones were from the aristocratic clans. The literary include Le'an Hou Censor, Li Cai , Right Nei Shi Ji An , Lelang Zhou Ba, etc., the martial artist had the Antou Hou Zhang Cigong , the Shenzhe Hou Li Shuo, the doctor's order Li Guang, etc. Except for Ji An, the rest of these people have all experienced fighting with Wei Qing, and Li Cai, Zhang Cigong and Li Shuo also followed Wei Qing to be granted marquis. In Wei Qing's view, it was because of his selflessness that Li Cai, Zhang Cigong and Li Shuo were able to be granted titles to the marquis, but now he has revenged his grudges and fought back. However, the perspective of the aristocratic clans is completely different. They can die for the emperor in battle. What is the humble relative of the foreigner?
Ji An was arrogant and served as the prince to wash his horse. He accompanied him around Liu Che (the prince's reign). Later, he was promoted to the title of Chief Commander, Donghai Prefect, and Right Inner Historian. In the early days of Emperor Wu, the relatives of the foreigners, Tian Fu, were appointed as prime minister, and all the nine ministers and below had to pay homage, but Ji An never bowed and just bowed. Prime Minister Gongsun Hong was born in a commoner. In order to curry favor with Ji An, he often asked him to speak first and then agree with his views. Ji An believed that Gongsun Hong flattered and accused him of his faults in person. Gongsun Hong admitted his mistakes and instead said that Ji An was a wise minister. Wei Qing was appointed as the general, and was above the Three Dukes. He had to bow his head and bow down from the Three Dukes, but Ji An bowed his head and refused to bow. In Wei Qing's view, civil officials like Ji An are far less threatening than military generals, so they are temporarily enduring it. A few years later, after Huo Qubing was surrendered to the Huns, Ji An sarcastically made a statement, which annoyed Huo Qubing and was exiled from the Right Inner Historian (the second rank of official position) to the prefect of Huaiyang (the third rank of official position) and died in office.
Zhou Ba was one of the representative figures of Confucian at that time. His official position was not high, but many of his disciples served in the court. Zhou Ba believed that Su Jian was defeated and fled back to be executed, but General Wei Qing covered up his crime. Since Su Jiansuo was the prefect of the county, he died soon due to injury, which was not much different from death in battle. Of course, Zhou Ba did not mention this matter, and Wei Qing did not make things difficult for him.
The other people all hold military power, and Wei Qing will eradicate them one by one.
When the Youxian King was defeated, the captain Li Shuo was granted the title of Marquis of She and his fief was 1,300 households. Wei Qing happened to catch a handle, and Li Shuo, the lord of the throne, was demoted to the people for his crimes, and faded out of the historical stage from then on. In the following years, Zhang Cigong was given a title, Li Cai committed suicide on charges, and Li Guang committed suicide on his way back.
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