The Battle of Mobei (Part I)
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In the spring of the 4th year of Motokashi (BC119), a comet appeared in the northeast sky; In the summer, long stars appear in the northwest sky. This is a sign of war ...
Sure enough, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che immediately convened a military meeting to discuss the final Armageddie between Han and Hungary. Liu Che said, "According to the idea of Zhao Xin, who ate the kickback of the Han Dynasty and fled back to the Xiongnu, I thought that if I moved to Mobei, the Han Dynasty would not dare to attack on a large scale?" This time, we simply hit the Huns' Mobei lair."
Liu Che's words were unanimously supported by all the generals present. So the last battle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's counterattack against the Xiongnu - the decisive battle of Mobei kicked off!
In this operation, Liu Che sent two combat corps: Wei Qing and Huo Qubing each led 50,000 cavalry to the battle! Huo Qubing set out from Dingxiang County and attacked the Xiongnu Shan Yu main force; Wei Qing set out from Daijun, and his goal was King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu.
It is necessary to clarify: Liu Che equipped his army with an all-horse lineup. The so-called corn horse is a horse that eats millet. As compared to herbivorous horses, millet horses are more robust. Liu Che also ordered the requisition of all private horses owned by officials, totaling 40,000. At the same time, Liu Che equipped the army with hundreds of thousands of infantry and served as a logistics support force.
Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, issued a death order: this expedition, strive for a decisive battle! Strive to complete the battle and completely solve the scourge of the Huns!
Plans can't keep up with the changes. Before the two armies were about to set off, Liu Che suddenly made a major adjustment. The reason for his adjustment was due to the reliable information he received from the Xiongnu captives: the Xiongnu Shan Yu had moved again, and the direction was to the east.
The reason why Yi Zhi Xian Shan Yu moved was to listen to Zhao Xin's words. Zhao Xin believes that "the Han army came to strive for a decisive battle. If it comes, it will be beaten. We also set up troops in formation, just wait for them" Yi Zhixian obeyed Zhao Xin's trick and waited for work. Move all the baggage to the rear, and line up all the elite troops in Mobei. Armageddon is on the horizon!
As a matter of fact, any beautiful theory of war throughout the ages cannot stand the test of actual combat. Soon, someone will tell Zhao Xin that his idea is not valid.
Liu Che was overjoyed: Since the Huns all want to fight a decisive battle, it will be easy to do, and the best way is to fight hard! So he decided: Huo Qubing changed out of Dai County, Wei Qing went out of Dingxiang County, and Wei Qing's main force would deal with the Xiongnu Yizhi Shan Yu!
Wei Qing was about to set off, but at this time, there was a person who relied on him in vain, saying that this time he would definitely go out to fight with him no matter what. This person is Li Guang.
Li Guang was not originally placed on the list of expeditions for only one reason: he was old. But Li Guang refused to accept the old age. He joined the army at the age of 14 and is in his 60s this year. For him, the most golden time of his life was dedicated to the great cause of fighting the Huns. For more than 40 years, how many times have I escaped death, and what else can't be crossed? Moreover, this battle of Mobei was the moment of the final decisive battle between Han and Hungary. How many Armageddons can a general who has made war his life's work experience in his lifetime? Therefore, Li Guang is determined to participate in this decisive battle of Mobei, which is not only a decisive battle against the Huns, but also a decisive battle against himself!
It's just that Li Guang insisted on fighting, which made Wei Qing very difficult. Because not letting Li Guang go to war is not Wei Qing's intention, but the emperor's intention. Liu Che thinks: Li Guang is not only old, but also very bad. For many years, he has repeatedly fought battles, either returning with his life, or with more people going out and fewer people coming back. This is the final battle, how can you let Li Guang's bad luck spoil a good thing, right?
So what to do? Li Guang has fought wars for decades and has never been afraid of death. Besides, he is a military general of the Three Dynasties, and it is really unreasonable to not let him go out to fight?
After thinking about it, Wei Qing still agreed to let Li Guang follow him on the expedition. But there is one condition: Li Guang cannot play as a striker. On this point, Wei Qing and Liu Che's opinions are unprecedentedly unified: Li Guang can't play as a striker, completely out of security considerations. Because Li Guang is too aggressive, if he is allowed to play as a striker, it may be bad.
In the end, Liu Che appointed: Li Guang as the former general, Gongsun He as the left general, Zhao Shiqi as the right general, and Cao Xiang as the rear general, all under the control of the general Wei Qing. Let Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi set off from the east of Weiqing's main force and make an appointment to rendezvous.
Li Guang immediately expressed his dissatisfaction with this arrangement. He believes that this is his last chance to make meritorious contributions, turn things around, and gain merit and marquis. So, Li Guang asked Wei Qing again, "I joined the war, the purpose is to play as a striker." You're suddenly moving me to full-back, and it's really uncomfortable. I joined the war against Hungary at the age of sixteen, and I waited so many years for this opportunity. I am willing to act as a striker, even if I fight for this old life, I will capture Shan Yu back to see the general."
Wei Qing is also a soldier, and of course he understands Li Guang's feelings. It was precisely because he understood that he could not agree even more. It must be known that this decisive battle is important to Li Guang himself, and even more important to the Han world! According to Li Guang's character, it is quite inappropriate to deal with such an important war and put him in the forward position. So in the end, Wei Qing still rejected Li Guang's request.
As soon as he heard that there was no play in playing forwards, Li Guang immediately became angry. Immediately afterwards, he discovered another big secret: that Gongsun Ao was arranged by Wei Qing to play forward together?
As long as you are not stupid, you can see that Wei Qing has left the opportunity to Gongsun Ao, the friend of life and death. In the Battle of Hexi two years ago, Gongsun Ao was deposed as a concubine because he got lost. He also needs a chance to turn the tables too much.
After doing it for a long time, it turned out that the striker's indicator was robbed by Gongsun Ao? Li Guang was even more depressed, and he couldn't vent his anger. He left Wei Qing's general tent in a huff.
The army departed. Wei Qing's army went out of the fortress for more than a thousand miles, crossed the vast desert, and finally found the Xiongnu Shan Yu. At this time, Yi Zhi Xian Shan Yu had already set up a formation, and he was impatient to wait.
The Han army was exhausted from thousands of miles of travel, and for the Xiongnu, this was the best time for a decisive battle. In fact, what worries Wei Qing the most is not this matter. What he was worried about was that Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi's troops had not arrived for a long time... It seems that Li Guang is lost in the desert again?
However, the war could not wait. Wei Qing ordered to use Wugang chariots (i.e., ironclad cars) to form a strong position. Surrounded on all sides, the Han army all hid in this iron array. Immediately afterwards, Wei Qing sent 5,000 cavalry to attack.
The Xiongnu dispatched more than 10,000 cavalry to fight against the Han army. When the two sides cut the sky and fought happily, a scene happened in the desert that made the Hun Yizhi Xian Shan unexpected: the desert was windy, and then it was really dark.
Taking advantage of the black wind and sand, Wei Qing ordered the iron array to be opened, and the Han army was divided into left and right wings to surround the Xiongnu.
Yi Zhi slanted to find out that he had been fooled: Wei Qing's five thousand cavalry was just a decoy. If you continue to fight now, you can only end up in a dead end. The only way out is to slip away... So, Yi Zhixian only rode six mules and horses, led hundreds of brothers, and broke through to the northwest and fled.
The Han army and the Xiongnu soldiers slashed each other until dusk. At this time, the Hun soldiers found that the boss was gone, and they had no intention of fighting, and they broke up one after another. And from the mouth of the Xiongnu prisoner captured by the left colonel of the Han army, Wei Qing learned that Yi Zhi Xian Shan Yu had already slipped away.
Wei Qing decided to send light cavalry to chase after him overnight, and he led a large army to walk behind. After chasing more than 200 miles in one night, he did not find the shadow of Yi Zhixian. Wei Qing chased all the way to Zhao Xincheng in Yanshan Mountain. Before the war, Zhao Xin had sent people to bring all the grain into the city. This time, Zhao Xin's strategy of waiting for work did not succeed, and even the old nest was found by Wei Qing!
The Han army stayed in Zhao Xincheng for a full day. After eating and drinking, pack all the food in Zhao Xincheng, then burn the city, and go home... In this battle, Wei Qing beheaded and captured more than 19,000 Huns.
At this time, Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi, the two generals who played the guard, finally had news. Wei Qing immediately ordered to prepare some wine and food with the army commander Shi and greet Li Guang for himself.
It is a greeting, but it is a question. But when Changshi asked Li Guang why and how he got lost, Li Guang shut up and didn't say a word. Chang Shi had nothing to do with Li Guang, so he had to go back and report to Wei Qing. Wei Qing said, "It's okay if he doesn't come, you can just call all his staff for interrogation," so Changshi returned to Li Guang again, ready to take a roll call. At this time, Li Guang suddenly spoke, "Don't name names." The troops are lost, it's all my fault, I'll go with you to accept the general's questioning," Li Guang said. But no one expected: this lonely hero has forced himself to the end of his life!
Li Guang walked into Wei Qing's commander's mansion, and everyone was surprised to find that this battle-hardened general had gray hair, and the hero's body couldn't hide the loneliness and desolation in his eyes...
Everyone looked at Li Guang silently. At this time, Li Guang slowly turned around and said to his subordinate brothers with infinite sadness, "I participated in the war against Hungary at the age of sixteen and experienced more than 70 battles. This time, I was very lucky to be able to follow the general on the expedition. But I didn't expect the general to let me play as a striker, and I lost my way. All this is providential! I'm over 60 years old this year, and I can't stand the fact that the military judges will come to interrogate me." As soon as Li Guang's words fell, he suddenly drew his sword and killed himself!
After the news of Li Guang's suicide broke, all his subordinates wept bitterly. When the news spread farther, the people of the world, whether old or strong, wept and mourned for it...
Yes, the decisive battle is over, and the hero is on the curtain call. If there is an afterlife, I will still be the legend of immortality: the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, and the Long March people have not returned. But to make the dragon city fly, do not teach Hu Ma to Yin Mountain!
Zhao Shiqi, the right general who played the guard with Li Guang, bought back his life with money and was demoted to a concubine.
Now let's track down the cause of Li Guang's death. According to Sima Qian, it means that "the army has no guide", that is, the army has no guide.
This is strange: the troops are going out to fight, and they are not traveling at their own expense, so why not be worthy of a guide? Doesn't that make sense? However, Sima Qian has always spoken for Li Guang's family. So I doubted the authenticity of what he said, so I quickly flipped through the "Book of Han", but was surprised to find that Ban Gu did not say that there was no guide, but only that he was lost.
So things came to this point, and it seemed to be a puzzle. Even if Wei Qing thinks about Gongsun Ao and transfers Li Guang to play as a guard, judging from his characteristics, he should not not be equipped with a guide for Li Guang. How can you get lost if you have a guide? So is there a guide at all? If so, what did the guide do?
I believe that there are only these questions: God knows, the earth knows, and Li Guangzhi knows!
Li Guang is dead, and I don't want to toss him. I only have one mystery of my own: Wei Qing must have given Li Guang a guide; And the guide may have been secretly killed by Li Guang! Li Guang got lost, and it is estimated that he set up his own bureau. The reason why he made this decision was only for one: to take revenge on Wei Qing!
There are three bases for the above riddle: 1 After Wei Qing learned about Li Guang's news, he immediately sent someone to send wine and condolences, and asked the reason for getting lost by the way. If Wei Qing is not equipped with a guide, do you still need to ask if you are lost? You can guess it; 2 After Wei Qing sent someone to ask, why did Li Guang refuse to speak? Isn't there a deception? 3 When Wei Qing wanted to summon Li Guang's subordinates to question, why did Li Guang get anxious? Or even suicide?
According to the above inference, the guide was killed by Li Guang's people. Then Li Guang committed suicide, completely taking the initiative to take responsibility and evade accountability, so as to keep his reputation for a lifetime... Is this the truth about Li Guang's suicide?
Of course, Wei Qing is also responsible for Li Guang's death. Because he really wants to make his life and death brother Gongsun Ao come out, he accounts for Li Guang's index of playing as a striker...
In this battle, the Hun Yizhi was beaten by Wei Qing and rode away, and the king of the right valley thought that the boss was dead, so he set himself up as a single Yu. But more than ten days later, the news came: Yi Zhi Xian Shan Yu is still alive! Helpless, the king of the right valley had no choice but to abandon his name.