Chapter 37 3. Guanshi counterattack

Liu Che settled the Southwest Yi and got rid of Chen Ajiao.Immediately afterwards, the Huns also came to join in the fun. In 129 BC, it was only four years since Mayi failed to bury the Xiongnu last time.Since the last time they turned against each other, Han Xiong has turned his face deeply, but it is not thorough enough.The two sides still maintain trade relations, and the customs city on the Han-Hungary border is still booming. The Xiongnu cannot do without Guanshi, because the silk products and many other items owned by the Han Dynasty were impossible for their immediate nation to manufacture.The Han Dynasty still opened the customs market to the Xiongnu, and lured them with material goods to temporarily stabilize them.Compared with the robbery, the profit of Guanshi is really negligible.So, the Huns, who hadn't had a robbery addiction for a long time, suddenly felt itchy all over their hands and feet, and decided to take advantage of the winter to come out and do something big.

The Huns attacked this time with old-fashioned tactics and came in a surprise attack.Direction, Shanggu County.When the Xiongnu army rushed into Shanggu and the news of burning, killing and looting came back to Chang'an, Liu Che became angry. I failed to beat you last time, but this time you actually came to the door on your own initiative.Therefore, Liu Che decided that he must teach these robbers a good lesson. Liu Che acted quickly and organized and mobilized four cavalry troops.The leader of the first division, General Wei Qing, led the army from Shanggu County; the leader of the second division, Gongsun Ao, the general of cavalry, led the team from Dai County; the leader of the third division, General Gongsun He, led the army from Yunzhong County Departure; the leader of the fourth detachment, Li Guang, General Xiaoqi, set off from Yanmen County.

The heads of these four armies each command more than 10,000 troops.Their respective directions, border off the city.Liu Che's goal is to wipe out the Xiongnu garrison near Guan City. I've had enough, let's fight. Of the four generals of the Han Dynasty, I must focus on one person, Gongsun He.Because, if you don't know Gongsun He, you don't know the background of the Han Dynasty team. Gongsun He, courtesy name Zishu, was born in Yiqu (now Ning County, Gansu Province) in Beidi, the Nth generation immigrant of Huns.The history of the Gongsunhe family's fortune is only three generations.First of all, Gongsun He's grandfather, Gongsun Kunxie, was the prefect of Longxi in the time of Emperor Jing. He once participated as a general in redressing the rebellion between Wu and Chu, and was awarded Pingquhou for his meritorious service.

As a son of a high-ranking official, Gongsun He became a knight since he was a child.As soon as he debuted, he fell in love with Liu Che.When Liu Che was the crown prince, Gongsun He was a servant under Liu Che's family.When Liu Che became the emperor, he was promoted to be the Minister of Communications (a servant).Soon, he married Jun Ru, sister of Liu Che's concubine Wei Zifu. Now, it is difficult for Gongsun He to think about not developing. Among the four generals, except for Li Guang, the other three were all young generals, and none of them had ever confronted the Xiongnu head-on.Now we finally understand that the reason why Liu Che let Wei Qing and others fight is not just for the sake of relatives.He even hopes that with his young courage, he can cultivate a group of hardcore generals belonging to the Han Dynasty.

The lack of capable generals in the Han Dynasty has been the biggest pain in the hearts of the people of the Han Dynasty since the time of Liu Heng.The so-called great generals are all built up bit by bit with military exploits by fighting hard and recklessly.Once the general is successful, the bones will wither, not afraid of the bones withering, if the bones wither, the general will also fall. Now, the opportunity is in front of Wei Qing and others. Whether the future is bright or dark, you have to rely on your own strength. In fact, relying on strength alone cannot complete the transformation from an unknown junior to a general.He must have one more condition, a good luck.

Precisely, among the four, Wei Qing is the most powerful and the luckiest.As soon as Wei Qing's soldiers and horses arrived in Guan City, they let go of their hands and feet and went to work hard. War and fighting are the same, whoever has a hard fist and a strong temper usually wins half the battle.Besides, a person who wants to fight but has never fought before, the yearning and excitement for fighting is something that Li Guang, a man who has been in the field for a long time, can't describe. We have reason to believe that Wei Qing came here with a passion for fighting.He seemed to want to prove to the world that the riding slave who was once bullied by his half-brother and Liu Xing was not a coward.The best market to show heroes is the battlefield.Let the battlefield witness everything.

Facts have proved that Wei Qing has the potential to fight.His troops were like lunatics, chasing and biting the Huns when they saw them.The Huns have seen savages and horizontal ones, but they have never seen crazy ones.Facing Wei Qing's cavalry, they had no choice but to use the strengths of the Huns and run wildly. The Huns ran wildly in front, and Wei Qing chased after him.After this pursuit, they reached Dragon City. Dragon City, the famous castle of the Huns.The Huns worshiped the Dragon God in Longcheng, hence the name Longcheng.Its location is near the Heshuo Qaidam Lake on the west side of the Orkhon River in the present-day Mongolian People's Republic.

Wei Qing's battle, in the words of Mr. Lu Xun, was called beating a dog in the water.The Xiongnu were beheaded by the Wei Qing cavalry, about 700 people. Seven hundred heads seemed like a small number to Wei Qing.However, for Wei Qing's dead brother Gongsun Ao, this number is simply a large number. Among the three young generals, he lost the worst. The 7,000 cavalry were swallowed up by the Huns like meat buns beating dogs.Gongsun He was slightly better than his brother Gongsun Ao, and his soldiers were not lost, but he was in vain, so he made a trip for nothing. Gongsun Ao was not the worst, the most humiliating loser turned out to be veteran Li Guang.Li Guangna's cavalry was gone, but he was captured alive by the Huns.

This time, I really lost face. Li Guang was fierce and fearless, and the Huns knew this.Because they knew it, they were already prepared.At the same time, the leaders of the Xiongnu also told their subordinates that they must defeat Li Guang and capture him alive to come to see me. There is only one reason why the Huns can release such words, and there are many people. Of course, war is not a group fight, and a large number of people does not necessarily mean victory.However, the probability of winning with more people is higher than the probability of winning with fewer people.Especially, when holding a knife on an open grassland and cutting each other face to face, the number of people is particularly important.

Therefore, in this war between Li Guang and the Huns, in a word, the more people beat the less. We know that Li Guangfei's name as General was all based on his skill and boldness.In the past, a small team of his dared to chase the Hun spies, and ran into the Hun troops on the way, so he repeatedly bluffed and frightened them away. However, now that the Huns have learned their skills, they certainly cannot be fooled by you a second time in the same place.Sure enough, the Huns, relying on their numbers and strength, first disabled Li Guang's army, and then captured Li Guang alive. Li Guang was captured alive, all because of his love of adventure.In the past, a small detachment was enough to scare off a Hun army.Now people don't follow his style anymore.

After Li Guang was captured by the Huns, he didn't pretend to be cool or stupid, but pretended to be hurt.The Huns had no choice but to put Li Guang, who was pretending to be injured, into a net pocket, and leisurely pulled them back to meet the leader with two horses.However, what the Xiongnu soldiers did not expect was that they were once again fooled by Li Guang. Because Li Guang found out that he pretended to be injured, the Huns were still on guard.So, another idea popped up in his mind, he might as well pretend to be dead.Sure enough, Li Guang pretended to be dead, and the Huns were really deceived. The leader said that it must be born and not die.Now that the person is dead, he can only drag it back to the job.As a result, the Huns relaxed their vigilance, and no one cared about the dead Li Guang. Li Guang was dragged for more than ten miles, opened his eyes to observe the surroundings, and found an excellent escape opportunity.Beside him, there is a Hun soldier, straddling a good horse, carrying a good bow, with a relaxed expression.God really opened his eyes, and sent such a recruit to take care of me, Li Guang. Suddenly, Li Guang Xianyu turned over, jumped up, and rushed straight to the Huns soldier.The Xiongnu soldier was like a ghost in the daytime. Before he understood what was going on, Li Guang snatched the arrow and horse, and was pushed to the ground. Seeing Li Guangce galloping wildly, all the Xiongnu soldiers exclaimed: Chase, the parachutist is still alive. Hundreds of Xiongnu cavalry, like a pack of wolves, charged straight at Li Guang, a trapped beast.In fact, Li Guang's title of flying general can stand the test of chasing troops.The Huns wanted to capture alive, not dead bodies, because the leaders had spoken first. Therefore, they all dared not shoot arrows.Now, Li Guang could take advantage of it.So, while running, Li Guang shot back at the Huns.Close one, shoot one, close two, shoot a pair.Arrows are never in vain, and arrows kill. Li Guang ran for dozens of miles, and finally threw off the pursuers.At this time, he saw his brothers who were left behind.I had no choice but to pick up the remnant army along the way, return to Chang'an, and report the battle situation to Liu Che. Needless to say, what kind of fate is waiting for him in Chang'an.Sure enough, the four troops returned to Chang'an respectively. After listening to the report, Liu Che immediately pointed at Li Guangguang and shouted: Take it. At the same time, Gongsun Ao was also taken down.If they lose, they have to plead guilty, and Liu Che has already prepared a way out for them: cut.However, neither Li Guang nor Gongsun Ao died. The reason is that they settled Liu Che with money. In the Han Dynasty, those convicted of capital crimes had three options: one was to pay for the crime with their lives; the other was to redeem their lives with money; the third was to accept the castration.Of these three, the middle one is the most humane.Money, if you don't bring it with you, you don't take it with you when you die.Keep your life alive, not afraid that you won't be able to earn it. However, this money is not a small sum.How much money can be redeemed, 600,000 yuan.Six hundred thousand yuan is not a problem for Li Guang and Gongsun Ao.However, for someone later who was also convicted of death, it was a huge problem. That person is Sima Qian, the author of "Historical Records".Li Ling, Li Guang's grandson, was defeated and surrendered. Sima Qian said something fair for Li Ling, which angered Liu Che, so he was thrown into death row, ready to be pulled out and beheaded.Sima Qian raised his whole family and tried to sell everything, but he couldn't make up the terrible six hundred thousand yuan. They are all officials, why both Li Guang and Gongsun Ao have money, why don't you have money, Sima Qian? In fact, the reason is very simple, Li Guang's family background is rich, Gongsun Ao has many friends, and both of them have some sponsors.However, Sima Qian's job is to do historical research.Its profession is not popular, and its funds are not much, so there is no way for anyone who wants to get some money.In the end, he could only accept the castration. Sima Qian is not afraid of death, it is not Sima Qian who is afraid of death.The reason why he chose castration was because he knew that there was one thing more important than his penis under the crotch of his trousers.This thing is "Historical Records". "Historical Records" is Sima Qian's most powerful weapon against Liu Che. You can destroy my body, but you can never destroy my spirit and dreams.You want to make my life worse than death, but I want to tell you that with my mutilated body and lofty fighting spirit, I will crush your ridicule and will to power. In fact, Sima Qian won. Liu Che also won inexplicably.Sima Qian created the "Historical Records", which is the swan song of the ages and has no rhyme, but Liu Che has created a great historian.This is something. In this attack on the Huns, the most profitable person was Wei Qing.With 700 heads, Wei Qing was bestowed Marquis of Guannei by Liu Che.This Guannei Hou has a good reputation and no real income, but he is also a Hou after all. The title of marquis came second, and Wei Qing's reputation rose to prominence, which established his position in the army from then on.What's even more rare is that Wei Qing's tail didn't curl up.He is low-key, easy-going, and friendly.At the same time, he is very good at making good social relations.Whether it is a high-ranking scholar-bureaucrat, or a lowly soldier, or a dignitary in the palace, there is no one who does not show courtesy. So, after the fight with the Xiongnu, Wei Qing's popularity index soared, becoming the most popular person at the end of the year. However, this attack was only the first battle of Liu Che's fighting career.Of course Liu Che couldn't give up, and the Huns were even less willing to give up.In the autumn of 129 BC, the Xiongnu invaded the Han territory again. This time, the Huns were provocative and stirred up the water.Because there are only a few thousand of them.They robbed along the border and succeeded repeatedly.They rob like addicts to drugs. After they rob, they leave, they rob again, they leave again, and they rob again. Among the many looted areas, Shuyuyang was the worst.Yuyang is today's Miyun County, Beijing.Of course Liu Che couldn't just sit idly by and ignore Yuyang, he had to send an army to guard Yuyang. So, who to send?Liu Che immediately thought of someone. This person is the bad guy Han Anguo. It was indeed not easy for Han Anguo to become a prime minister from a small official in Liang State to the central government.However, since the last time I was on a business trip with Liu Che and fell off the car, I almost became a useless person. First, Liu Che dismissed him as prime minister on the grounds that he could not work.Later, when his condition improved, Liu Che dismissed him as a lieutenant.Another year later, I changed his job again, Wei Wei.Now, Liu Che decided to change jobs for him again, and moved Wei Wei Han Anguo to be an infantry general and sent him to Beijing to defend the frontier of the motherland. For a long time, Han Anguo has always been a friendly faction.Now that the times have changed, the relationship between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu is in dire straits, and he, a peacemaker, has to bite the bullet and fight.The reason why Liu Che sent Han Anguo to garrison the border has two meanings: First of all, Han Anguo is out of breath.The position of the prime minister is easy to come down, but difficult to come up.Once down, it is even more difficult to go up again.Therefore, dispatching Han Anguo to the border does indeed have the meaning of dispatching; Secondly, even though Han Anguo was a peacemaker before, he thought he was afraid of fighting.In fact, he is capable of both literary and military skills, and he can be regarded as an all-rounder.Therefore, Han Anguo stationed at the border, and he also intended to accept orders in the face of danger. To sum up the above two points: If Han Anguo has made great contributions in defending the border, his future career may be bright.If you don't do a good job, don't blame others for being rude. Facts have proved that Han Anguo lived up to the title of bad man he got in the second half of his life.He had only been in Yuyang for a year before he met a bad guy. 128 BC, autumn.The Huns became ruthless again and sent two teams of cavalry to attack the border again.They slashed into Liaoxi County, killed the prefect of Liaoxi, and captured 2,000 people.Immediately afterwards, they became addicted to drugs and continued to advance, reaching Yuyang. Yuyang is the site that Han Anguo is responsible for guarding.It is more than enough to ask Han Anguo to deal with Tian Fu's political hooligans.However, when Han Anguo heard that the Huns were rushing towards him aggressively, he became anxious. He was anxious, not because he didn't dare to fight, but because he didn't have time to fight.He didn't have time to fight, and it was all his fault when he got to the bottom of it.Why did Han Anguo make a mistake?In fact, the reason why he made a mistake was because he believed the words of a bad man. This poor man was a captive of the Huns. The thing is like this: After Han Anguo came to Yuyang, he sharpened his sword, but he didn't expect that the Huns were not stupid and kept avoiding him.So, Han Anguo took the initiative to send people out for reconnaissance and caught a Hun.He was questioned at the first trial, and he was told that the Huns had already run very far away. When Han Anguo heard this, he was secretly delighted.So, he wrote to Liu Che, saying that it was the busy farming season, and asked to stop the army.Part of the troops went back to work, leaving 700 people is enough. Liu Che approved.However, Han Anguo fell for it.Just over a month after he withdrew his troops, the Huns came like wolves chasing sheep. The Huns all ran to the house, and Han Anguo had to lead seven hundred soldiers in uniform to go into battle.However, Han Anguo's soldiers are not iron soldiers, and they don't know how to subdue the dragon with eighteen palms.These 700 people are holding on, and they only have to die.So, after Han Anguo fought with the Huns for a while, he saw that he couldn't stand it, and immediately led his troops back to the city to defend. Since the Huns have come all the way, they are determined to enter the city.So, the Huns cavalry lined up and lined up to the tank soldiers, ready to hit the city. Just in an emergency, what Han Anguo didn't expect was that his savior came.At this time, Yan Bing heard the news and came to rescue Han Anguo.When the Xiongnu saw the Han army coming to rescue them, they had no choice but to end up hastily. They turned to the next stop, Yanmen County.However, the Huns cavalry rushed into the territory of Yanmen County, and they haven't killed enough.At this time, the Han army also came. At that time, Wei Qing led 30,000 soldiers from Yanmen County, and General Li Xi set out from Dai County.The Han army attacked from two directions, closing the door and beating dogs.In the past, the Huns were beaten by more people; now, it is their turn to be beaten by more people. Wei Qing lived up to the expectations of the crowd and used the crazy beating spirit of a madman to behead thousands of people. In this war, in the words of a child, the good guys drove off the bad guys, and the world restored a brief peace.