The opening chapter of "The Champion" takes the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty as the entry point, which coincides with the ending of the "Emperor" broadcast earlier.

In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, numerous uprisings broke out in various places, among which the Chu-Han conflict was the largest.

The battle for power between Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and Liu Bang, the king of Han, ended with Liu Bang winning and Xiang Yu committing suicide in Wujiang.

Although this part of the content will be explained in a few episodes, it must be fun to eat Xiang Yu's knife at the beginning of the episode, right?

Possessing outstanding military righteousness and extraordinary wisdom, in the end, due to lack of foresight and strategy, he made omissions in managing his subordinates and making decisions, and therefore lost the Chu-Han War.

Speaking of which, this part of the plot can be linked with the story of "Farewell My Concubine". After all, the allusions such as "Farewell My Concubine" and "Besieged on All Sides" come from this.

After Liu Bang, the king of Han, proclaimed himself emperor, he established a new dynasty called Han.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty learned the lessons of the demise of the Qin Dynasty. It adopted a policy of light corvee and low taxation, and a policy of rest and recuperation. Then it went through the rule of Wenjing. Therefore, by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty had entered a period of unprecedented prosperity.

However, since the early Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu had been harassing the territory of the Han Dynasty. In the early Han Dynasty, the policy of recuperation and recuperation was implemented, so the Han Dynasty could only lower its profile and make peace with the Xiongnu.

However, during the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, due to the ambition of a certain eunuch Zhong Xing who was unwilling to dowry but was forced into the marriage team, the Xiongnu relied on Zhong Xing's guidance to rampage across large areas of the Han Dynasty, burning, killing, and looting.

There is a saying that the Xiongnu could even drive directly from the northern county to Chang'an!

However, although the Huns were very arrogant, in the final analysis they were just organized bandits. After all, the Huns could not be considered a complete country.

Therefore, when the Xiongnu invaded Han territory, it was inevitable that they would lose. However, at that time, the Han Dynasty did not have the strength to go out and continue to pursue the Xiongnu.

Probably the Xiongnu could harass the Han Dynasty, but it was impossible to conquer the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty could repel the Xiongnu, but it was impossible to take advantage of the victory and win it in one fell swoop.

After all this, it was actually the Han people below who suffered the most.

Especially the Han people on the border had to face the risk of Huns invasion, burning, killing and looting at any time.

The Xiongnu have been causing trouble at the border many times over the years. In the final analysis, they are still testing the bottom line of the Han Dynasty. If the Han Dynasty is indifferent, the Xiongnu will become bolder, and then it will not be as simple as a small fight on the border.

But the early Han Dynasty was still in the recuperation stage, so we couldn't mess up the country just to fight the Xiongnu, right?

The Han Dynasty kept holding back until after the Wenjing Reign and when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the Han Dynasty finally switched from defense to offense.

As the protagonist of "Champion Hou", Huo Qubing can finally appear at this time.

Huo Qubing was the illegitimate son of a petty official and a slave girl from the Hou family. When he was young, he never knew who his biological father was. It was not until he became a hussar general that he recognized his biological father.

When he was a boy, Huo Qubing won the heart of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because of his "good riding and shooting skills".

Although Huo Qubing's mother was a female slave and his biological father was unknown until he became famous, their family was promoted following Wei Zifu who was made empress, so Huo Qubing had the opportunity to show his face to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

When talking about Wei Zifu, we have to mention her younger brother Wei Qing.

Wei Qing is Huo Qubing's uncle. Because Wei Zifu was favored by Emperor Wu and was named queen, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were promoted together as relatives.

Huo Qubing was still young at that time and had just lived a high-society life in advance, while Wei Qing was promoted to the position of general and became famous because he brought the Han army back with a great victory despite the original three-way defeat.

During this period, Wei Qing won several military exploits and was promoted to general.

At this time, the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu had actually won many decisive battles in the battle. The war entered a fierce stage. The purpose of the Han army was to annihilate the remaining military power of the Xiongnu, and then seize more territorial ownership and control. right.

The year after Wei Qing was appointed as the general to attack the Xiongnu, Huo Qubing was eighteen years old. He was appointed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as the Lieutenant of Jiayao. He followed Wei Qing as the general to attack the Xiongnu, and won the "Guodang" in the first battle. 's record.

Excessive means that the number of people killed far exceeds the number of people lost on one's own side.

Originally, Wei Qing just asked Huo Qubing to take 800 Qingqi to explore around. After all, there were only 800 people. He never thought about what Huo Qubing could bring back.

This time also coincided with the stalemate between the Han army and the Xiongnu. Zhao Xin, who had defected to the Han army from the Xiongnu side, defected back to the Xiongnu side, which resulted in the failure to achieve the preset strategic results.

Due to the constant pressure from Huo Qubing, who was very excited about going to the battlefield for the first time, Wei Qing finally chose to give Huo Qubing 800 men, and repeatedly told Huo Qubing to wander around and come back immediately.

As a result, Huo Qubing didn't listen to a word he said. He led the 800 people directly to the Xiongnu's rear base camp, cooked them in a pot, and brought back a prisoner of war: Shan Yu's uncle.

The key to Huo Qubing becoming a god in this battle is that Huo Qubing must use his super insight to lead 800 men to a long-distance raid to the weak point of the Huns' deployment, insert into the Huns' rear and attack, and behead more people than the 800 light cavalry he led. of two thousand people.

In fact, as long as there is a slight mistake in such a high-risk operation, he may lead those 800 people to die together.

This was only Huo Qubing's first time commanding an army, and he was able to win the title of champion among the three armies, and was named the 'Champion Marquis' by the overjoyed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

It was also this battle that brought great psychological trauma to the Huns, and cast a heavy psychological shadow on their subsequent battles.

Huo Qubing also began his legendary life from this battle.

From the Battle of Dingbeixiang to the Battle of Hexi and then to the Battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing only used these three battles to establish the myth of the undefeated God of War.

During the Battle of Hexi, the 1000-year-old Huo Qubing led ten thousand cavalry out of Longxi and captured Xiutu King's City in one fell swoop. He then fought non-stop for six days, during which he traveled more than kilometers and defeated five Xiongnu tribes.

When summer came, it was originally arranged that Huo Qubing and Gongsun Ao would separate and march towards the Xiongnu, but because Gongsun Ao got lost, the two armies failed to meet up on time.

Huo Qubing chose to attack decisively, and went deep into the enemy camp alone, annihilating more than 30,000 enemy soldiers, forcing King Hunxian of the Xiongnu to surrender to the Han Dynasty.

From then on, the Hexi Corridor was completely controlled by the Han Dynasty.

Huo Qubing seemed to win every battle very easily, but in fact it was not the case. If there were another general, he might be lost on the march like Gongsun Ao.

Because before the Hexi Corridor was opened, no dynasty from the Central Plains had ever truly controlled this area. Therefore, at the time of the war, Huo Qubing could be said to be a complete stranger to this area.

The Hexi Corridor is easy to defend but difficult to attack. A little carelessness may lead to the annihilation of the entire army, because it is easy to set up an ambush in this area. Once an ambush is encountered, it will be difficult to demonstrate the high mobility of the cavalry.

But who is Huo Qubing? In the Battle of Hexi, he set up ambushes to encircle and annihilate the Huns every time, and he was successful every time.

To be able to successfully set up an ambush during a surprise attack thousands of miles away requires not only innate talent, but also strong battlefield judgment and military wisdom.

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