Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty for more than seventy years, he has been humiliated by the Xiongnu, Liu Bang has a siege of Baideng, and Lü Hou has received a harassment letter from the Xiongnu Shan Yu, which makes the young Emperor Wu of Han very angry, why the Han Dynasty has repeatedly lost battles against the Xiongnu, he is determined to change this situation.
In the second year of Yuan Guang, Emperor Wu of Han followed the advice of Wang Hui of Daxing and adopted the "strategy of Mayi" to lure the Xiongnu and set up an ambush in advance, but unfortunately, Tiangong was not beautiful, and made a big joke for Emperor Wu of Han, and this battle against the Xiongnu was also fruitless.
Although this defeat did not change Emperor Wudi's determination to fight against the Xiongnu, in the sixth year of Yuan Guang, Emperor Wudi personally appointed a four-way army to attack the Xiongnu.
The four men and horses were the che general Wei Qing, the riding general Gongsun Ao, the light car general Gongsun He, and the Xiao riding general Li Guang, who led 10,000 horses to attack the Xiongnu from Shanggu, Dai County, Yunzhong, and Yanmen respectively.
In this battle against the Xiongnu, the final result was that Gongsun He did not even find the Hair of the Xiongnu, Gongsun Ao encountered the main force of the Xiongnu, ten thousand horses were broken seven thousand, Li Guang was even more miserable, not only lost the battle, but also captured by the Xiongnu, which was simply a great shame. And the luckiest one inside was Wei Qing.
Wei Qing went out on this expedition and directly attacked Longcheng, killing hundreds of Xiongnu.
Emperor Wu of Han's battle against the Xiongnu this time can be said to have returned with a crushing defeat, Gongsun He was lost, Gongsun Ao and Li Guang both suffered defeat, and Wei Qing was the only fig leaf, but only killed hundreds of Xiongnu.
However, when they returned from the battle, the treatment of the four people was very different. Gongsun He did nothing wrong, which was equivalent to taking the 10,000-strong army out for a walk and touring the Xiongnu brigade. Gongsun Ao and Li Guang were directly imprisoned by Emperor Wu of Han for losing the battle, and were later released after paying bail, but they were also demoted to commoners. One of the most fortunate was Wei Qing, who was made the Marquis of Guannei by Emperor Wu of Han.
This is a bit incomprehensible, in the Han Dynasty, in addition to the surname of Liu, people with foreign surnames are the highest treatment, and although Wei Qing has made military merit this time, he has only killed hundreds of people, just by virtue of this Wei Qing can be crowned marquis, Han Wudi is not a little too much, and it will certainly make people dissatisfied, but Emperor Wudi of Han still did so.
Then Wei Qing's first battle against the Xiongnu only killed hundreds of Xiongnu, so why was he crowned marquis by Emperor Wu of Han? These two reasons should be the most important.
First, Wei Qing was a related household, and was enfeoffed by the grace of Wei Zifu
Wei Qing is a related household, which is understandable, this is not to say that Wei Qing has no military talent, but military ability and personal connections are equally important. Ever since Emperor Wu of Han met Wei Zifu at the home of Princess Pingyang, Wei Zifu had won the favor of Emperor Wu of Han alone.
And Wei Qing naturally followed the blessings, in fact, not only Wei Qing, Wei Qing's brothers and sisters were all soaring because of Wei Zifu's favor. Moreover, when Wei Qing was fighting against the Xiongnu, Wei Zifu was already pregnant because of the favor of Emperor Wu of Han, and Wei Qing did have military talent, and he would definitely be used by Emperor Wu of Han.
And Emperor Wu of Han and Wei Qing both understood in their hearts that if they wanted to be crowned marquis, they must show military merit, which was the only condition for being able to be crowned marquis, fortunately, in the battle against the Xiongnu, Wei Qing did not fail in his mission and fought the only victory, but this was enough to give Emperor Wu of Han a reason to be a marquis.
Second, although Wei Qing only killed a few hundred people, he completely changed the situation in which the Han Dynasty repeatedly defeated the Xiongnu
The beginning of the article also said that since the founding of the Han Dynasty for more than seventy years, the Xiongnu have been repeatedly defeated and humiliated, and this time although Gongsun Ao and Li Guang both lost the battle, and Li Guang was even captured, Wei Qing won the battle, which was a milestone event in The Sino-Hungarian relationship and was of extremely important significance.
This battle also shows that the army of the Han Dynasty can win the Xiongnu, and this matter is also a great shock to the Xiongnu, in the past, the Xiongnu took the initiative to harass the border of the Han Dynasty, burn and loot, and the Army of the Han Dynasty was also passive to fight, the war was always on the border of the Han Dynasty, the Han army never crossed the border, directly pounded the hinterland of the Xiongnu, that is to say, this time the Han-Hungarian war, the Han Dynasty army is passive into active, which is a symbolic signal for the Han-Hungarian relationship, indicating that in the future, the Han army is definitely not passive combat, Instead, it took the initiative to attack, which was also in line with the strategy of Emperor Wu of Han against the Xiongnu.
Therefore, although Wei Qing won a small victory before the army, he greatly encouraged the army of the Han Dynasty, defeated the myth of the invincibility of the Xiongnu, and took the initiative of the Han-Hungarian war in his own hands, so it was reasonable for Emperor Wu of Han to make Wei Qing marquis.
This battle also affirmed Wei Qing's military talent, and he also told others that he could be appreciated and reused by Emperor Wu of Han, not only by relying on the relationship of his sister Wei Zifu.
Wei Qing also told us a truth, that is, to play iron also need to be hard, there is no ability to rely only on the relationship to get to the position, after all, it will not last. Wei Qing belongs to the kind of person who has both relationships and abilities, and you say that people are angry and not angry. Compared with the two, many of the wine sacks and rice bags that rely on the relationship can only end in a hasty end!