In the spring of 119 BC, the Han court mobilized 140,000 elite warriors and 100,000 infantry from all over the country, and at the same time brought together the great general Wei Qing, the hussar general Huo Quyi, the former general Li Guang, the school lieutenant Gongsun Ao, the right general Zhao Shiqi, the rear general Cao Xiang, the school lieutenant Li Gan, and almost all the famous generals in the country, Chen Bing, and the imperial court ordered hundreds of thousands of troops to attack in full, which was the famous Battle of Mobei!
The Battle of Mobei was aimed at completely sweeping away the threat of the Xiongnu, so the famous generals of the Han army led by Wei Qing and Huo Zhiyi participated almost entirely.
At the beginning of the battle, Wei Qing and Huo Fuyi each led 50,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry into two routes deep into the north of the desert.
Wei Qing ordered the former general Li Guang and the right general Zhao Zhiqi to encircle the Xiongnu from the east road, and personally led the elite warriors to ride out of sai for more than a thousand miles, and encountered the Xiongnu Shan Yu's main force, just at this time the desert blew strong winds, and more than 10,000 people on both sides fought together.
In the end, Wei Qing defeated the Xiongnu, at this time, the Han army left colonel captured the prisoners, ZhiYi Zhi Shan Yu had escaped, urgently reported to Wei Qing, Wei Qing learned of it and led the main force to continue to pursue the Xiongnu Shan Yu, along the way successively crushed several Xiongnu troops, and finally the main xiongnu force was completely destroyed.
Achieved a brilliant victory in defeating nearly 50,000 Xiongnu and won the first major victory in the Battle of Mobei!
On the other way, after Huo Wentai led his army out of Dai County, he went north for more than 2,000 miles, crossed the Lihou Mountain, crossed the Bow Lu River, and the supply of grain and grass equipment was continuous.
The Han army marched north and encountered the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang's troops, and Huo Quyi immediately commanded the Han army to launch an extremely fierce attack on the Xiongnu.
Because Huo's commanders were all the elite fighters of the Han army who had been preferentially selected to fight deeply, the Xiongnu army was quickly defeated.
The Han army captured 3 Wang Jue, a total of 83 people, and defeated hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops.
King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu led his cronies to abandon the army and fled, Huo went to the sick and waved his army to pursue and kill, to the wolf Juxu Mountain to sacrifice the heavens on the mountain, and then to sacrifice the land on the Guyan Mountain, and returned victoriously, which is the historical allusion to the wolf Juxu!
The Tang Dynasty poet Lu Lun even praised it in poetry: "The black geese in the moon fly high, and they escape at night alone!" ”
It refers to this battle, and the Han army has won two full victories since then!
The Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu in this battle, opening up trade routes to the Tarim Basin and Central Asia, and once again ensuring the Han Dynasty's control over the Silk Road.
At the same time, the Hexi Corridor was also included in the territory, which had a very significant impact on the pattern of the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, so that it ended the Century-Old War between the Western Han And the Xiongnu.
The Northern Xiongnu perished, and the Southern Xiongnu were subordinated to the vassals.
Since then, there have been no More Hun footprints south of the desert!.