Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Yunzhong, the "City of Sadness" in the Han Dynasty

Yunzhong, an ancient place name, Tuoketuo County, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.It has played the same role since the Warring States Period - the wall. Talking about the Warring States period, talking about the sad place, maybe someone will blurt out a place - Changping, Shanxi.In a battle of Changping, 400,000 people were cheated alive.Isn't that sad enough?It's sad enough, but no matter how miserable it is, it's just a matter of one's own family beating one's own family inside the wall.It is sad enough and shameful enough, but people have been sighing and remembering for thousands of years, but they have forgotten that without that wall, those who deceived people and those who were deceived would be cut by foreign sabers.

The name of this wall is Yunzhong. It stands between the dividing line between the civilization of the Central Plains and the nomadic civilization. For the reproduction of the land of the Central Plains, including the endless internal strife of my own family, it has been unknown for thousands of years. ,covered in wounds. This wall was first built by Wang Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period.In 300 BC, King Wuling of Zhao sent troops to destroy the northern Loufan, Zhongshan and other tribes, and set up a fortress in their old place to defend against the invasion of northern nomads.The fort built in Tuoketuo County, Inner Mongolia today is Yunzhong.

Then, King Zhao Wuling sent his troops south to ride and shoot in Hufu. The little country of Zhao galloped and killed in the Central Plains like a mutated beast.About Yunzhong, but almost no one writes down. Because everyone's eyes are fixed on the princes fighting for hegemony, everyone's mouth is talking about various schools of thought, and the fight is lively behind closed doors, but they forget that it is actually very unsafe outside the door.Zhao Guo led a few horses outside the door, and then turned into a lion.So what are the people out there doing who taught us how to ride horses and fight?

There are Donghu and Xiongnu outside the door... with different names, they all fought on horseback and taught us to fight on horseback.Hitler liked to say: Let me kick the fence and the house will collapse.The same is true for them. During the Warring States Period, amidst the hustle and bustle of the princes fighting for hegemony, they have been kicking the wall for decades.And in the cloud, it was one of the places where people got kicked the most. Since King Zhao Wuling set up Yunzhong County, the Huns have been coming continuously.Usually, I come once a year, when I am happy, I come several times a year, when the grass is green and the horse is strong, I come more when there is no food and cooking, and I come here all year round.The sound of kicking the wall is very loud, it can be heard in the Central Plains, but few people take it seriously.

Because everyone is concerned about the things behind the wall, whether the Anti-Qin Alliance succeeded, who ruled the world, whose son took over, and who were the bosses of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.Things at home are still unclear, who cares about the outside world? The historians don't care, I will remember what attracts the most attention, the struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, scheming and tricks, and write down two wonderful strokes.In the cloud, the place where birds don’t lay eggs has been mentioned in one stroke, so whether it is "Historical Records" or "Warring States Policy", the things inside the wall are written eloquently, but the things outside the wall are only a few words that cherish ink like gold: ×× In the year, the Xiongnu invaded Yunzhong, in the year of XX, the Huns slaughtered Yunzhong, in the year of XX...

It's very simple, but it's a lot, just a few strokes, it's a tragic battle, countless casualties, only a few simple figures in the history books.When later generations flipped through it, they glanced at it and didn't feel it. But when you close your eyes, you can feel it, you have to be kicked every year, and it won't feel good to anyone else. You shudder just thinking about it, but you don't shudder in the cloud.Received the Xiongnu's saber, shielded the land of the Central Plains, and those protected by him fought happily and busily, but no one asked. After suffering for many years, the Warring States Period finally came to an end, and then came the Han Dynasty, and the emperors changed in turn, but the wall remained the same.

During the Han Dynasty, life in the cloud was even more difficult. In the Warring States Period, everyone was an enemy. If you came, I would fight, and if you ran away, I would chase. It was different in the early Western Han Dynasty, when we got married. Why is it expensive?But the problem is, this relative never regards you as a relative. Instead, he is always messed up. This is very difficult. After all, it is a "relative". You can't let him grab it, and you can't hurt your peace. You can't do it when he doesn't do it. If he does, it's too late for you to fight back.The military regulations in the early Western Han Dynasty clearly stated that those who dared to provoke the frontier would be beheaded, which had the same meaning as Li Hongzhang's "provocations cannot be self-made".But you are not stupid if you don't provoke others. You pretend to smile and come over, and when you turn around, you will be stabbed.Therefore, there was so much money that there was nowhere to put it, and there was so much food in Wenjing Shengshili, the historians still left careless records: In the year of ××, the Xiongnu invaded Yunzhong, in the year of ××, Tu Yunzhong...

Later, I finally broke up with my relatives. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched a big counterattack, and he took the initiative to attack and fight lively, but if you hit someone, he will come back. When the time comes, the wall to block the knife will still be Yunzhong.Historians prefer to attack more than defend. Of course, those offensive battles that wiped out a large number of enemies should be written in a special way. As for the matter of blocking the knife, go ahead and write a casual note. In the year of ××, in the cloud... Good things can’t be done, but hard work can’t be done. As the front line, it is naturally the base for the army to go out, logistics support, and placement of troops, all of which have to be spread on Yunzhong. What's the matter with you.

Fortunately, the Xiongnu were finally given a rest. No matter how hard they were, how tired and wronged they were, their work was not in vain. But the outside world was clean, and the walls were useless. I don’t want people to see it every day, and I haven’t waited to see it in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The leader swiped a pen: keep it an eyesore, and withdraw it. As a result, a ruin was left on the desolate grasslands of Inner Mongolia, and no one paid homage to it. I really want to write something more about it, but I am helpless, there are too few historical records, and it is not allowed to make up, so I can only write down everything that can be written.A few strokes in the history books: In the year of ××, in the cloud...

Perhaps only when those who ignore this place are placed under the saber of the enemy can they understand the weight of a few strokes. Those who have stayed here for decades, those soldiers who have never even had a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, those who know they are dead but still want to win, who will write down for them?