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Chapter 113 The Empire's Twin Pillars - Wei Qing

[What kind of person was the first person to lead an expedition against the Xiongnu, the great general who defeated them and terrified them? Wei Qing, Emperor Wu of Han, History of the Han Dynasty]

[He was born a slave, but rose rapidly to become the first person in the Han Dynasty's expedition to the Xiongnu. He won seven battles and recovered the Hetao area, which marked the beginning of the Han Dynasty's war against the Xiongnu and turned defeat into victory.]

[He also left behind the eternal legend of "Ya Zhang resigned from Fengque, and the Iron Cavalry circled Longcheng". Together with the God of War Huo Qubing, he opened up thousands of miles of territory for the Han Dynasty, forcing the Xiongnu to flee far away and leaving no royal court south of the desert.]

[Although he was a high-ranking official, he was able to avoid showing off his personal power. The captains carried his sedan chair, the imperial guards bowed their heads to him, and the emperor even came down the steps to greet him.]

[In this video, let us follow the chronological order and walk into history to see the legendary life of Changping Hou Weiqing. ]

——"Great General Wei Qing!!!"

Early Han Dynasty.

When the founding entrepreneurial team of the Han Dynasty saw this, they couldn't help feeling disappointed.

They thought that after talking about Xiao He, he would talk about them, but in the end he jumped directly to Emperor Wu of Han.

Originally they jumped to Emperor Wu of Han, as they still held out a glimmer of hope. After all, he was the greatest emperor of all time, so there was nothing wrong with them talking about him first, and then they could just jump back.

But looking at the current situation, it is estimated that they will not jump back. If they guessed correctly, the next person to be mentioned should be that young boy Huo Qubing.

Ugh.

The entrepreneurial team all sighed in their hearts.

Are they so shameless?

……

[From his birth in 154 BC to his death in 106 BC, Grand Marshal Wei Qing was 49 years old. Wei Qing's life was full of ups and downs and legends. People only know that he was the Grand Marshal of the Han Dynasty, the highest-level military commander.]

——"That's not right. The highest level should be Emperor Wu of Han."

——"Actually, what you said is correct, but nominally, the position of Grand Marshal is the highest military commander."

【But they didn't know that he was once the son of a slave and suffered all kinds of humiliation. Wei Qing used his actions to perfectly interpret what it means that kings, princes, generals and ministers are not of the same species.】

[To understand Wei Qing's path to fame, we have to start from the beginning.]

[Wei Qing was actually an illegitimate child. When his mother Wei Ai was a servant in the mansion of Pingyang Marquis, she had an affair with a man named Zheng Ji, and gave birth to Wei Qing. Therefore, Wei Qing and the future Empress Wei Zifu of the Han Dynasty were actually half-siblings.]

[A few years later, due to financial difficulties, Wei Qing was sent by his mother to the home of his biological father, Zheng Ji, but his father made the young Wei Qing herd sheep in the wild all day long.]

[The other children of the Zheng family never regarded Wei Qing as a brother because of his humble origins. They thought they could live a good life under the protection of their father, but they did not expect that the Zheng family would treat them like slaves and animals.]

Han Dynasty.

Huo Qubing's rage suddenly rose.

He knew nothing about these things. His uncle himself would not talk about these things, and no one else was blind enough to tell him about these things. So until now, he only knew that his uncle used to be a horse slave, and he didn't expect that he actually had such an experience.

Damn Zheng family!

Huo Qubing secretly decided in his heart that after watching the video, he would go and find out whether the Zheng family still existed. If there were still people alive, he would make them feel the humiliation that his uncle had suffered.

[When he was in his teens, Wei Qing, unwilling to endure the enslavement of the Zheng family, returned to his mother and became a groom for Princess Pingyang.]

[The tragic experience in his childhood made Wei Qing's only hope in life was to avoid being whipped, but fate played tricks on him. No one expected that this groom, who was a servant, would marry his master in the future.]

——"Hiss~ Isn't this a cool plot from a novel?"

——"It sounds a bit exciting. What's going on?"

[This also makes the relationship between Wei Qing and Emperor Wu of Han very interesting. Emperor Wu of Han married Wei Qing's sister, and Wei Qing married Emperor Wu of Han's sister. The two sides were each other's brothers-in-law, which is very interesting.]

[In 139 BC, Wei Qing's third sister, Wei Zifu, was spotted by Emperor Wu of Han who was visiting Princess Pingyang's home and was allowed to enter the palace.]

[A year later, Wei Zifu became pregnant with Emperor Wu's first child, which aroused the jealousy of Empress Chen Ajiao, who then sent people to capture Wei Qing.]

[He wanted to threaten Wei Zifu with Wei Qing's personal safety. Fortunately, Wei Qing's colleague Gongsun Ao arrived in time and saved Wei Qing from being killed. When Emperor Wu of Han learned about this, he was furious and immediately made Wei Zifu his wife.]

[The seventeen-year-old Wei Qing also turned a disaster into a blessing, and was appointed as the Palace Attendant. Although the Palace Attendant was only a casual position assigned by the emperor, he could enter and leave the Forbidden Palace and accompany Emperor Wu of Han all year round.]

[Emperor Wu of Han loved Wei Qing so much that he rewarded him with thousands of gold coins several times in a few days. Wei Qing naturally lived up to Emperor Wu of Han's trust and it took less than ten years.]

[At the age of 26, he was promoted to the position of Taizhong Daifu and participated in government affairs as Emperor Wu of Han.]

[In 129 BC, the Xiongnu army marched southwards, heading straight for Shanggu. Emperor Wu of Han did not indulge the Xiongnu, and appointed Wei Qing as the General of Chariots and Cavalry to march out of Shanggu, Gongsun Ao to march out of Daijun, Gongsun He to march out of Yunzhong, and Li Guang to march out of Yanmen.]

——"This also shows Liu Che's great talent and strategy. He would not dare to let a former horse slave go to the battlefield to lead troops to fight. Ordinary emperors would not even dare to think about it, but he not only thought about it, but also boldly used him."

——"There is really nothing to say about this. When it comes to identifying and employing people, Liu Che was really great before his old age."

——"Not only before his old age, except for a certain period of time, even when he was dying, he had no problem in identifying and employing people. Just look at the ministers he entrusted with his care, all of them were top-notch people."

[The four men each led 10,000 cavalrymen and divided their troops into four groups to launch a major counterattack against the Xiongnu. As a result, Gongsun Ao was instantly defeated as soon as they engaged the Xiongnu, and Li Guang was captured alive by the Xiongnu. Gongsun He did not even dare to fight and returned empty-handed.]

——"Ah? Is Li Guang so lame? What's the nonsense about 'Feng Tang is easy to grow old, but Li Guang is hard to be granted a title'? It's his own fault that he can't be granted a title of nobility."

——"Li Guang, Marquis of Lost, was invincible when defending a city, but he would inevitably get lost when attacking the Xiongnu. In the end, Emperor Wu of Han couldn't stand it anymore, so in the last battle against the Xiongnu, he stuffed him into the team of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, hoping that he would gain merit and be made a marquis. Unfortunately, he didn't get his wish."

[Only Wei Qing, who fired at full force all the way, faced the powerful Xiongnu cavalry. In his first attack on the Xiongnu, Wei Qing did not choose to defend, but seized the opportunity to attack the Xiongnu's sacred place for offering sacrifices to heaven - Longcheng.]

[More than 700 Xiongnu were captured, laying a foundation for the Han Dynasty's future counterattack. This was also the first victory of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu in more than a hundred years. Wei Qing was also named Guannei Hou for his merits.]

【Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che launched a full-scale counterattack against the Xiongnu from then on. One year later, Emperor Wu of Han, who was not satisfied with the fight, appointed Wei Qing as the General of Chariots and Cavalry and led 30,000 cavalry out of Yanmen Pass. Wei Qing drove straight into the pass and killed thousands of Xiongnu, winning the second victory against the Xiongnu.】

[In 127 BC, the Xiongnu invaded again and looted more than 2000 people. The 28-year-old Wei led the army and directly attacked the Hetao area where the main force of the Xiongnu was entrenched. ]

[He adopted the tactic of flanking and attacking the Xiongnu from behind, quickly occupied Gaoque, cut off the connection between the Xiongnu tribes in the Hetao area and the Xiongnu Chanyu, and then led his elite troops to the south, encircled and annihilated thousands of Xiongnu in one fell swoop, captured countless cattle and sheep, and completely controlled the Hetao area.]

[In this battle, the Han army returned intact, and Wei Qing was named Marquis of Changping. The Han Dynasty was able to build Shuofang City and establish fortifications here, which not only put an end to the threat of Xiongnu cavalry to Chang'an, but also established a forward base for further counterattacks against the Xiongnu.]

[Three years later, Wei Qing led 30,000 cavalry to attack the Xiongnu for the fourth time. However, the Xiongnu Right Wise King looked down on Wei Qing and thought that the Han army could not possibly reach this place.]

[So they drank in the military camp, but that night Wei Qing led his army to attack. In this battle, they captured more than 15,000 Xiongnu alive and hundreds of thousands of livestock. When Emperor Wu of Han heard the news, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.]

[He immediately issued an imperial decree to appoint Wei Qing as the general, commanding all the generals, and his status was even higher than that of the prime minister.]

[In 123 BC, Wei Qing led cavalrymen to attack the Xiongnu twice in spring and summer. What was different from the previous attacks was that this time, Wei Qing also brought his nephew, Huo Qubing, with him, wanting him to see the world.]

[Unexpectedly, the person who needed to see the world was Wei Qing himself. Huo Qubing gave him a big surprise with only 800 people. At the same time, in this battle, the Han army annihilated 20,000 Xiongnu.]

[In 119 BC, Emperor Wu of Han spent all his family's wealth to provide war horses and infantrymen as a logistics supply corps. He ordered Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to lead cavalrymen each, and more than infantrymen and troops to transport supplies. They were divided into two groups and launched the famous Battle of Mobei against the Xiongnu.]

[The Han army originally planned to have Huo Qubing select elite soldiers to fight against the main force of the Xiongnu Chanyu, while Wei Qing was responsible for fighting against Zuo Xian Wang. However, they did not expect the Xiongnu to change their formation temporarily and switch the route out of the border.]

[Wei Qing's army unexpectedly encountered the main force of the Xiongnu Chanyu. Facing a strong enemy, Wei Qing was not afraid of danger. He ordered his former general Li Guang to encircle the enemy from the right wing, while he personally led the troops to withstand the fierce attack of the Xiongnu from the front.]

[In order to deal with the Xiongnu cavalry, Wei Qing ordered his men to use chariots to form a circular camp to surround his troops, and then ordered the archers to shoot at the Xiongnu outside the camp.]

[For a while, the enemy was at a loss. Just as the sun was about to set, a strong wind blew, and for a while, sand and stones covered the sky and visibility was extremely low. Wei Qing seized the opportunity and sent out two cavalry groups to surround the Xiongnu from the flank, directly defeating the Xiongnu Chanyu and forcing him to abandon his army and flee.]

[But after the battle was over, Li Guang arrived late because he got lost.]

——"It's so funny, the congenitally lost holy body."

——"The old man is obviously a famous general defending the city, but he had to send people out to embarrass himself."

——"He wanted to gain merit and be awarded a title, so he kept asking for battle. It was already very difficult for Emperor Liu Che to tolerate his repeated mistakes."

[Huo Qubing drove straight ahead for more than 2,000 miles and defeated the main force of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King in one fell swoop. He sealed the Wolf's Lair and climbed the Hanhai. Since then, the Xiongnu fled far away and there was no king's court south of the desert.]

[However, due to the large scale of this war, the Han Dynasty suffered heavy losses. Even if the remaining balance of the national treasury and tax revenue were used up, it was still not enough to support the frontline soldiers.]

[Emperor Wu of Han had no choice but to set up military merit titles to raise military funds. After the war, Wei Qing was named the Grand Marshal and General, replacing the position of Grand Commandant, and jointly managed military and political affairs with Huo Qubing.]

[Four years later, Princess Pingyang's husband committed suicide out of fear of punishment. In order to strengthen the relationship, Emperor Wu of Han allowed the 106-year-old Wei Qing to marry his sister. In BC, the -year-old Wei Qing died of illness.]

[In order to commemorate his outstanding military achievements, Emperor Wu of Han built a tomb in the shape of Yinshan Mountain in the northeast of Maoling. The tomb was built like Mount Lushan, which was a great honor. At the same time, Wei Qing was among the ancient famous generals who were posthumously honored during the Tang and Song dynasties. ]

[Wei Qing was a man who never showed favoritism or supported his own people throughout his life. The great victory at Longcheng broke the Han Dynasty's undefeated record against the Xiongnu for more than a hundred years. He also recovered the Hetao area, which enabled the Western Han Dynasty to set up the Shuofang and Wuyuan counties south of the Yin Mountains, becoming a bridgehead for defending against the Xiongnu.]

[The surprise attack on Gaoque crushed the Xiongnu's arrogance. The second attack on Dingxiang cultivated the young war god Huo Qubing for the Han Dynasty. The battle in Mobei was a victory of the weak over the strong, making the Xiongnu unable to move south again.]

[Finally, he returned to his hometown with great power and wrote his own legendary life! ]

——"At the age of 28, he has been made a marquis and a prime minister, but at the age of 28, I am still working overtime every day and being treated like a slave."

——"Then why don't you mention that Huo Qubing was enthroned at the age of 22."

——"Forget about Huo Qubing. After all, he died early."

——"The two great walls of the Han Dynasty, China has been around for 5,000 years, and we still can't find the same template."

——"Seven victories in seven battles without a single defeat, the emperor came down the steps to greet him, and the imperial guards bowed their heads. This should be the highest honor for a general in ancient times."

——"Damn it, my blood is boiling. I got up from the bed angrily and threw a few punches. Now I'm stretching my waist."

——"It's just like a life in a cool novel!"

Han Dynasty.

According to common sense, Liu Che should be happy when he saw that his Han Dynasty defeated the Huns and they fled far away.

But when he saw that Wei Qing died at the age of 49, he couldn't be happy at all.

Huo Qubing died young. Although Wei Qing did not die young, compared to himself, who lived to the age of seventy, he did not live very long.

No wonder he became so foolish in his later years. He even killed the crown prince unjustly. He was wondering in his heart why Wei Qing didn't stop him. That was his nephew. Why couldn't his uncle save him? It turned out that he had died a long time ago.

Ugh!

Then I must have been very lonely afterwards.

The people around him passed away one after another, and he himself was getting older, so his suspicion of the prince became more and more serious, so someone forced the prince to death with his tacit consent.

Thinking of this, Liu Che's heart couldn't help but twitch, and he felt so heartbroken that he couldn't control himself.

We must change all this, we must change all this!