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Chapter 170 The Slave Stands Up and Sings, Wei Qing Goes Out to Conquer the Huns

"Slave, I didn't expect Wei Qing to have such an experience?"

"It shouldn't be easy to become a general from a despised slave."

"Hey... from him, I seem to see my own figure."

The First Emperor Yingzheng sighed.

He thought of the days when he was a proton.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the first period of great turmoil in Chinese history.

There are constant wars between countries, and the kings of the two countries who were drinking and chatting one moment are likely to draw their swords at each other the next moment.

In this era background, a strange diplomatic phenomenon appeared, which is "proton diplomatic relations".

As strong as the eternal emperor Yingzheng who swept the six countries, as well as the two generations of Qin monarchs before him had the experience of protons.

Proton swaps existed long before the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, mostly between Dongyi and Jingman tribes.

The usual strategy of the Central Plains regime to deal with the "four barbarians" is to "use the barbarians to control the barbarians", divide, provoke, and defeat all ethnic groups outside the country.

Barbarians, generally referred to as the surrounding ethnic minorities far away from the Central Plains, "using barbarians to control barbarians", specifically, is to use minority nationalities to deal with minority nationalities, relying on the submissive minority nationalities, especially their upper-level figures, to complete the central government's rule over all ethnic groups.

However, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, proton relations became popular in the Central Plains countries. Generally, the sons and grandsons of the princes sent by the weak countries were sent to the strong countries as hostages to seek peace between the two countries.

Not only among the princes, but even the Zhou royal family also had "Zhou Zheng cross-talk" incidents, and hostage diplomacy was still very popular in the Warring States period.

In the final analysis, diplomacy serves politics and the military. Since then, it has continued in successive dynasties, and it once existed as a system.

Most of the protons are arranged in the country of a powerful country, which is convenient for supervision. Although the basic life of the protons is guaranteed, the relationship between the two countries will inevitably deteriorate, and their lives are in danger at any time.

During that time, Ying Zheng was just like Wei Qing.

Frightened every day.

I don't know how my own destiny will develop.

This is also a kind of helplessness.

Wei Qing as a slave and Ying Zheng as a proton, although they are different in form, are both tragic.

Fortunately, both of them have survived, and they will have great achievements in the future, playing their own world.

"Looking at it this way, this Wei Qing is quite to my liking."

"I want to see how legendary he is."

Ying Zheng has already become interested in this famous marshal who was born as a slave.

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Wu Zhou.

Empress Wu Zetian had just finished her morning court when she saw the video of Wei Qing taking stock.

It's just that the current empress doesn't look very well.

"Hehe... This Zheng Ji is really a dog."

"Seeing that Master Wei's mother is still charming and beautiful, I started to think about it."

"This woman is also blind, she can fall in love with this kind of dog man."

"After giving birth, this dog man is not responsible at all, is he still a human being?"

"My own children don't want to be responsible, what's the matter?"

"Wei Qing is also his own flesh and blood, and the same blood flows in his body, but what about him? Is he treating Wei Qing like this? Treating Wei Qing like a slave?"

"This kind of person is in vain to be a father!"

The more Wu Zetian said, the more excited she became.

"People nowadays have too many opinions on women."

"So I want to prove that even the empress is qualified to manage the affairs of the world!"

"Women are not necessarily inferior to men!"

"As for those heartless people in the world, let me die!"

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"Hey...Wei Qing is indeed a great talent of a generation!"

"I really envy Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. With such an outstanding talent as Wei Qinghuo Qubing, why not worry about things failing!"

"Wei Qing can become the supreme commander of the three armies from a slave. This difficulty is not small. This difficulty is also a little bit less difficult than the difficulty of father's ascension to the throne."

Emperor Yongle Zhu Di was emotional again.

"If I had such talents under my command, my Daming would be even stronger than it is now."

"It's a pity that Wei Qing is not in my dynasty."

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After all, Wei Qing's life was full of ups and downs. He was unloved and cared for since he was a child, and he came from a poor family background.

Wei Qing's mother was a maid in Pingyang Mansion, and she had four children before she gave birth to Wei Qing.

But Wei Qing was born after having an affair with Wei Qing's father.

Of course, for such a servant, Pingyang Mansion will naturally not pursue anything, because Wei Qing's mother is really incapable of raising so many children.

So Wei Qing was handed over to his father, but Wei Qing's father also had a family, so Wei Qing was not welcomed. Wei Qing, who was only five or six years old, had to herd sheep for his father.

At the same time, he was bullied by other brothers.

It wasn't until Wei Qing grew up and had his own opinions and abilities that he chose to return to his mother's side, but her mother's life was not good, and she was still a servant.

Therefore, Wei Qing had no choice but to choose to be a servant of Princess Pingyang, and his life improved, but it was still unsatisfactory.

The change of Wei Qing's fate is tantamount to the fact that his sister Wei Zifu was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and entered the palace.

At that time, Chen Ajiao, the queen of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, had never been able to bear children, so many people criticized Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

As the sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Princess Pingyang was naturally very anxious.

Therefore, taking advantage of Emperor Wu of Han's visit to Pingyang Mansion, he recommended many beauties to him.

Among the many women, there are many ladies, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally chose Wei Zifu.

Although Wei Zifu was just a maid in the Pingyang Mansion at this time, the emperor took a fancy to him and naturally sent him to the palace.

However, after entering, there was no news for more than a year. It was not until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty planned to reduce the maids and servants in the palace that he saw Wei Zifu again.

This time Wei Zifu was loyal and pregnant, and was valued and favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

However, it aroused the dissatisfaction of Chen Ajiao, who was still the queen at the time. In order to avenge Wei Zifu, Chen Ajiao even sent someone to murder Wei Qing.

Fortunately, he was captured by his colleague Gongsun Ao, so he survived.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty learned of this, in order to ensure the safety of Wei Zifu and his family, Wei Zifu was named his wife, and Wei Qing was named a servant.

With the birth of Wei Zifu's first child, Wei Zifu's status also rose, and he was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, especially Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved Princess Wei Zhang very much, so the reward gradually benefited Wei Qing.

Later, Wei Qing's rise actually had a lot to do with Emperor Wudi's system of internal and external courts.

In order to strengthen the centralization of power and reduce the power of the prime minister, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set out to establish the system of internal and external courts.

As a servant, Wei Qing was very close to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He was reused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He often went in and out with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and participated in political decision-making.

In order to cultivate his cronies, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a relationship with Wei Zifu. Wei Qing's official position was repeatedly promoted and he became a doctor of the Taizhong.

And at this time, Wei Qing's military talent gradually emerged, and he began to develop in the military field.

Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty realized the importance of cultivating his party members, he gave great rewards to the Wei family, and several of Wei Qing's sisters were married to dignitaries in the dynasty.

Why Wei Qing was able to gradually transform from a servant to a general is actually related to his work.

When he was a slave in Pingyang Mansion, he was a riding slave, that is, in charge of horses and other affairs, so Wei Qing's riding skills were very good.

In addition, as a person close to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he often went hunting with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gradually discovered Wei Qing's military talent.

Therefore, in 129 BC, he was named General of Chariots and Cavalry, leading troops to attack the Huns.

And this was the beginning of Wei Qing's self-display. Facing the invasion of the Huns, Wei Qing won repeatedly, and his titles became more and more noble.

In addition, the sister Wei Zifu gave birth to the first son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Wei family became more and more noble.

And his nephew Huo Qubing was equally good. As the double walls of the Han Dynasty, the two were trusted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to wipe out the Xiongnu.

In the fifth year of Yuanguang, the Xiongnu sent troops to the south to point directly at Shanggu, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Wei Qing as the general of chariots and cavalry.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dispatched four groups to attack: General Wei Qing of Chariot and Cavalry sent troops from Shanggu, General Gongsun Ao of Cavalry from Daijun, General Gongsun He of Light Chariot from Yunzhong, and General Li Guang of Xiaocavalry sent troops from Yanmen.

The generals of the four routes each led [-] cavalry to meet the Xiongnu.

Wei Qing made the first expedition, resolutely and calmly, went deep into the dangerous situation, and went straight to Longcheng, the holy place for the Huns to worship heaven. In the battle of Longcheng, more than 700 people were captured and won the victory.

In the other three routes, two routes failed, and one route returned without success.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that only Wei Qing had returned victoriously, so he naturally loved Wei Qing even more, so he made Wei Qing the Marquis of Guannei.

The Battle of Dragon City was the first victory against the Huns since the early Han Dynasty, which laid a good foundation for the further counterattack of the Han Dynasty.

In the autumn of the first year of Yuanshuo, Wei Qing went out of Yanmen as a chariot general, led [-] cavalry, drove in and beheaded thousands of people.

In the second year of Yuanshuo, the Xiongnu invaded Shanggu and Yuyang on a large scale. They first broke through the west of Liaoxi, killed the prefect of Liaoxi, and then defeated Han Anguo, the general of Yuyang, and looted more than 2000 people.

Emperor Wu sent Li Xi to attack from Daijun, and Wei Qing led a large army to attack the Henan area where the Huns were entrenched. Using the tactics of "roundabout and side attack", they went west to the rear of the Xiongnu army, quickly captured Gaoque, and cut off the Aries King of the Xiongnu who was stationed in Henan. , King Loufan and Shanyu Wang Ting.

Afterwards, Wei Qing led fine cavalry again, flying troops southward to the west of Longxian County, forming a siege to King Aries and King Loufan.

The Han army captured thousands of enemy soldiers alive, seized millions of livestock, and controlled the Hetao area.

Because of the fertile water and grass in this area and the dangerous situation, Emperor Wu built Shuofang City here, set up Shuofang County and Wuyuan County, and moved 10 people from the interior to settle there. .

Not only did it remove the direct threat of the Huns cavalry to Chang'an, but it also established a forward base for further counterattacks against the Huns.

In this battle, the Han army returned with full armor. Wei Qing made great contributions and was named Marquis of Changping, with four thousand households in the city.

Su Jian and Zhang Cigong served as school lieutenants from Weiqing for their meritorious service, and they were granted the titles of Marquis of Pingling and Marquis of Antou.

In the spring of the fifth year of Yuanshuo, the imperial court ordered Wei Qing, a general of chariots and cavalry, to lead [-] cavalry to send troops from Gaoque.

He ordered Weiwei Su Jian to be the guerrilla general, Zuo Neishi Li Ju to be the general of the crossbow, Sun He, the grand servant, to be the general of the cavalry, and Li Cai, the prime minister of the country, to be the general of the light chariot.

The imperial court also ordered Dali Xi and Zhang Cigong, the Marquis of the shore, to be generals, and to send troops from Youbeiping.

They all went to attack the Huns.

King Youxian of the Xiongnu was facing Wei Qing and other soldiers, thinking that the Han army could not reach here, so he started drinking.

In the evening, the Han army came and surrounded Youxian King. Youxian King was shocked and fled overnight.

Guo Cheng, captain of the Qingqi school, and others chased for hundreds of miles, but failed to catch up.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty received the battle report and sent a special envoy to the army with the seal to worship Wei Qing as a general.

In the spring of the fourth year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used 14 horses and 50 infantry as a logistics supply corps, and granted Wei Qing and Huo Qubing each led [-] cavalry, infantry and more than [-] troops for transporting supplies. The troops were divided into two groups and marched across the desert. Attack the Huns.

The original plan of the Han army was that Huo Qubing would first select elite soldiers to attack Shan Yu's main force, and Wei Qing would attack Zuo Xianwang.

Later, it was learned from the captured Xiongnu soldiers that Yizhixie Shanyu was in the east, and the two armies switched out of the Serbian route, Huo Qubing went east to Daijun, and Wei Qing went west to Dingxiang.

However, Wei Qing's army traveled more than 1000 miles, but encountered the main force of the Xiongnu Shanyu.

Wei Qing ordered the former general Li Guang and the right general Zhao Shiqi to merge the two armies and outflank from the right.

He led the left general Gongsun He and the rear general Cao Xiang to confront Shan Yu's main force from the front.

Wei Qing ordered Wugang chariots to form a circular camp, and ordered [-] cavalry to gallop on horseback to resist the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu also came with about [-] cavalry galloping.

It happened that the sun was about to set, and a strong wind blew, and the sand and stones hit people's faces, and the two armies could not see each other. The Han army ordered the left and right wings to rush forward and outflank Shanyu.

Shan Yu saw that there were many troops in the Han Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses were still very strong. If there was a war, it would be bad for the Xiongnu.

Therefore, in the evening, Shan Yu rode a cart pulled by six mules, together with about a few hundred strong cavalry, broke through the encirclement of the Han army, and galloped northwest.

At this time, it was already dusk, and the Han army and the Huns scuffled each other, killing roughly the same number of people.

Captain Zuo of the Han Army captured the Xiongnu prisoners and said that Shan Yu had left before dark, so the Han Army sent light cavalry to pursue them overnight, and the general's army followed behind.

The Xiongnu soldiers fled in all directions.Until dawn, the Han army had traveled more than [-] li without chasing Shanyu, captured and beheaded more than [-] enemy soldiers, and arrived at Zhaoxin City in Yanyan Mountain, where they obtained the food accumulated by the Xiongnu for the army. edible.

The Han army stayed for a day and returned, burning all the remaining food in the city before returning.When the army returned to camp, they encountered Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi, who were lost and lost their future support.

The Battle of Mobei defeated the main force of the Xiongnu in Monan, and gradually migrated to the northwest, and there was no power to go south for more than ten years.

The Han army also lost a lot, and only more than 14 of the [-] horses that went out returned.

The soldiers and horses of the Han army lost 10,000+, and the cost of water and land transportation of weapons, armour, etc. was not included, so all the money in the treasury and tax revenue were still not enough to support the soldiers.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the Martial Arts Jue to raise military expenses.

In order to commend Wei Qing and Huo Qubing for their military exploits, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conferred the titles of Great General of the Great Sima and General of the Hussars of the Great Sima, respectively, to jointly manage daily military and political affairs and replace them as Taiwei.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave Wei Qing a chance, and Wei Qing also let him know Wei Qing's military talent.

It can be said that Wei Qing was inseparable from the fact that the great Han Dynasty was so powerful during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

It was Wei Qing's bravery and skill in fighting that made the Han army invincible and invincible.

Only when the army is strong can society be stable.

The society is stable, and the development of the country is more prosperous and stable.

(End of this chapter)