Chapter 618: The Great Han Iron Horse

After Tian Youyi received his daughter's complaint, he was actually not angry, but a little relieved.

This is because Tian Youyi also noticed some delicate relationship between his daughter Tian Xin'er and Huo Xiaotian before, he knew that the daughter was not left, and when the daughter was older, she would eventually fly away, but Tian Youyi didn't want his daughter to fly away with a man like Huo Xiaotian.

This is not to say how bad and scummy Huo Xiaotian is, but because Huo Xiaotian is already married, and he still hasn't figured out Huo Xiaotian's origin, every time he asks Huo Xiaotian where his ancestral home is, what famous people are in his ancestors, etc., Huo Xiaotian always dodges and never answers directly.

This made Detian Youyi a little more wary of Huo Xiaotian.

However, it's no wonder Huo Xiaotian, he is from the earth, he is not a Sumeimir star at all, Huo Xiaotian's ancestors are from the mountain [Harmony] and the west of [Harmony] Fen, and later in the Ming Dynasty, he immigrated from the big locust tree to the east of the mountain [Harmony], and later has been living in the east of the mountain [Harmony].

If there are any celebrities on Huo Xiaotian's ancestors, it is definitely countless, although the surname Huo is not a big surname in the Celestial Empire, and it is not even ranked in the top 100 in the hundred surnames, only after more than 140, the total population of the surname Huo is only about one million, accounting for less than one thousandth of the total population, but there are many celebrities from the Huo family.

The most famous Huo Qu's disease, I think everyone on this earth knows, when he went out on an expedition at the age of seventeen, when he went to war for the first time, he only brought 800 cavalry, traveled hundreds of miles over a long distance, killed thousands of Huns, and won a big victory. A large number of livestock and domestic animals were captured. He was named the champion by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

That's where the word champion comes from. The meaning of the champion Hou is that the Hou Ye who is the champion of all armies.

As a result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was impressed by the young Huo Quai.

At that time, the Huns were still quite strong, and the Xiongnu and the Han Empire at that time were a bit like the relationship between Lao Maozi and us now.

Although we are a little richer, we are always relatively weak in terms of military strength, otherwise. Our Han Dynasty will not make peace with the Xiongnu.

However, our Han Empire was very fortunate to meet Wei Qing and Huo Quai, two super generals, who were able to be transferred.

At that time, Chang'an, the capital of the Han Empire, was always threatened by the Huns, because the Huns were nomadic people, especially good at long-distance travel, and they had an innate advantage in fighting with agricultural peoples.

That is. The farming people have to farm, and their wives and children live in fixed houses. Nomads, on the other hand, live by water and grass.

If the farming people want to fight the nomads, they will run away on horseback, and you can't catch up, if you insist on chasing and go deep into the desert and grassland, they will slip you infinitely on the grassland, like walking a dog, and when they have slipped you almost and eaten the same food, they will come back and scratch you.

You can't catch up, you can't walk, and you end up trapped inside.

Therefore, under the circumstances at that time, our Han Empire was still a headache for the Huns, especially Chang'an, the capital of the Han Empire, which was threatened by the Huns at all times.

Friends who have played the Romance of the Three Kingdoms know that west of Chang'an, is the Qiang people, and further west to the north, that is the boundary of the Xiongnu, and most of the west of Chang'an is plains and deserts, there is no danger to defend, the Huns want to come when they want, when they come, they don't greet you at all, just like visiting their own back garden.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that this was not good, on the side of the couch, how could he allow others to snore?

So, in the second year of Yuanjia, that is, in March 121 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally made up his mind to send troops to purge the Huns in the Hexi Corridor.

But who will be sent?

The ministers of the court expressed their opinions, some said that the veteran Li Guang should be sent, and some said that so-and-so should be allowed to go, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not satisfied, and finally the ministers of the court were a little confused, this is not good, that is not good, the emperor said, who do you want to go?

At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said a name that surprised everyone: "Huo Quai!" ”

As soon as they heard this name, the courtiers were stunned, Huo Quai? Who is Huo Qu's disease?

What does Huo Quzhi do?

Oh, by the way, I remembered that the young man who followed his uncle Wei Qing on the expedition a year ago was only sixteen years old and won a small victory, and then the emperor looked at his uncle [Wei Qing] and his aunt [Empress Wei Zifu] in front of him, and gave him a little hairy boy who was a champion Hou.

Thinking that it was this child, the courtiers disagreed, and they all had sad faces, spittle, and explained the stakes to the emperor, "Your Majesty, can you let Huo go sick, as the saying goes, there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm, this battle is related to the national [defense] and international [harmony] of our Han Empire, if we win, if we lose, our Han Empire can't afford to lose this person, so that the Roman Empire in the west of our house laughs at us!" ”

Among them, there is Huo Quai's uncle Wei Qing, Wei Qing also thinks that such an important thing should not let Huo Quai, he said this, in fact, he does not have an opinion on his nephew, but he has his own deep considerations, he thinks that Huo Quzhi is still young, if it is too leaky, it may not be a good thing, it will be jealous, there are so many old foxes in the officialdom, and Huo Quzhi is still so young, so that a child is so smooth from the beginning, which is not conducive to his growth.

Moreover, this battle is not an ordinary battle, it is related to the safety of the capital of the Han Empire, if once defeated, the Huns drive straight in, I am afraid that the capital will face a greater challenge, he believes that his nephew is not enough to take on such a heavy responsibility.

However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty after all, why is the first word that comes to mind when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is mentioned in later generations?

The reason is here, he tried his best to defy public opinion, insisted on using Huo Quai, and gave him 10,000 elite iron horsemen, let him go to Hexi, Hexi at that time included today's Gan [He] Su [Harmony] Province of Wu [Harmony] Wei, Zhang [Harmony] Ye, Jiu [Harmony] Spring area, that is, a large area west of Chang'an.

Huo Quzhi happily accepted the order and set out with 10,000 iron horsemen, this was the first time he independently led the troops to the expedition, so, a lot of fish... No, many people pinched a cold sweat for him.

As a result, it doesn't matter if this expedition is made, who knows that this nineteen-year-old young man is so ferocious, after this 10,000 iron horsemen set out on the expedition, he rushed all the way and beat hard, God blocked and killed God, Buddha blocked and killed Buddha, and he actually killed the Huns and threw away their armor, crying dad and calling mother, however, Huo Quai's war was ruthless enough, and it was useless to call grandma, as long as you saw the Huns, you would be three seven twenty-one, and one arrow would be left behind.

All the way to the west, through the Wusheling Mountains, across the Hunu River, chasing the Huns for more than 1,000 miles, killing the Huns Luhu King, Zhelan King, even the prince of the Hun evil king and Xiangguo were captured, this battle, Huo Qubing annihilated more than 9,000 enemies, the loss was only a few hundred people, creating the most fruitful victory in the history of the Han Empire. (To be continued.) )