You can't say that! Shang Shu ordered Cui Hao to get up and said, "Who knows about the old things in the Western Regions?" Wang Mang was killed that year, and Li Chong lost contact with the mainland. The Xiongnu took advantage of the weakness to enter, slightly in the Western Regions, and the taxes were re-engraved, and the countries were overwhelmed and asked the Eastern Han Dynasty to restore the jurisdiction of the capital. ”

"The Shache organization on the southern road resisted the Xiongnu and protected more than 1,000 wives of the guards of the former capital who lived in the Western Regions. Soon, the Han Dynasty established the Shache King as the Grand Governor of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, and more than 50 countries belonged to the Shache Commander. Later, Shache, Shanshan, Cheshi, Yanqi and other countries sent people to Luoyang to ask for the protection of the capital, and Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, did not promise because the world was initially decided, and the Xiongnu did not obey. Therefore, Shanshan, Cheshi, and Qiuzi reattached themselves to the Xiongnu, and Shache and Khotan competed with each other, and the war was endless. ”

In the sixteenth year of Yongping of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhao ordered Dou Gu to conquer the Xiongnu in the north, take the land of Yiwulu (now Hamidong, Xinjiang), set up Yihe Duwei, and sent people to Luoyang in the Khotanese countries, and set up the capital protection in the following year, and restored the Western Regions that had been cut off from the interior for 50 years. However, the Han capital was set up for only two years, and when Emperor Zhang succeeded to the throne, he abandoned Yiwu Tuntian and entered the Xiongnu! ”

Cui Haolang said: "The Western Regions went back and forth, swaying left and right between the Han and the Xiongnu, and it was indeed when the Han and Emperor were in the Han Dynasty, Dou Xian defeated the Northern Xiongnu, went out of the fortress for more than 3,000 miles, recaptured the Yiwu land, and Ban Chaoding the Western Regions. The Han Dynasty then took Ban Chao as the protector of the Western Regions, stationed in Qiuzi, and set up the Wuji Lieutenant again in Gaochangbi in the front of the Che Division, and added the Wu Marquis to the rear of the Che Division, completely restoring the jurisdiction of the Han in the Western Regions! ”

"But based on these, how can it be said that the merits of Dou Xian and Ban Chao, or the contributions they made to the Han Dynasty are greater than those of Wei Qing and Huo Quai?"

Ran Min has also heard about these things.

To say that Dou Xian and Ban Chao's exploits are greater than Wei Qing and Huo Qu's illness, it is simply nonsense and nonsense!

In that year, Dou Xiantong led the army of the Han Dynasty, broke the Northern Xiongnu in Jiluo Mountain and Jinwei Mountain, climbed Yanran Mountain, "carved stone Legong", chased the north Danyu, and forced it to move. His prestige shook the north and south of the desert, and his contribution should not be denied.

In fact, he caused one of the most important migrations of peoples in the history of the world.

The Far Walk of the Northern Xiongnu on the northern grassland caused a huge power vacuum, and soon the Xianbei people of Donghu took advantage of the situation to enter and became the new masters of the grassland, under the pressure of Xianbei, the Southern Xiongnu and other Hu people moved into the territory of the Han Dynasty one after another, becoming the distant source of the "Wuhu Rebellion" in the future.

The westward migration of the Northern Xiongnu caused a chain reaction that turned the Western world upside down, eventually leading to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Dou Xian is like the legendary butterfly, the flap of his wings inadvertently contributes to the storm in a distant land—a storm that pours on Europe nearly three hundred years later.

From this point of view, it seems that Dou Xian's influence is greater.

And Ban Chao's greatest merit should be to govern the Western Regions well and make the countries of the Western Regions closer to the Han Dynasty.

As far as Ran Min knew, during Ban Chao's tenure as the protector of the Western Regions, he came as far as the Tiaozhi (Arab countries) to establish relations with the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Ban Chao also sent Gan Ying as an envoy to Daqin (Roman Empire), but he was blocked by the wind and waves, and "returned to the West Sea", which did not achieve the expected goal. Ban Chao served for eleven years and left the Western Regions due to old illness. The incompetence of the successor protector caused the "back of the Western Regions".

In the first year of Yongchu, the Han Dynasty "edicted the capital to protect". The Xiongnu took the opportunity to accept the countries, and for a time the northwest border was very troublesome.

Later, Zhang Jue, the Taishou of Dunhuang, and Chen Zhong, the Shangshu, suggested reopening the Western Regions to "shock the Huns". The imperial court accepted their opinions and sent Ban Chaozi Ban Yong as the "Long History of the Western Regions" and stationed in "Liuzhong" (southeast of Gaochangbi).

The kingdoms of Qiuzi, Shule, Khotan, and Shache immediately came to annex them, and the broken relationship between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Regions was restored, and since then, the Western Regions have always been part of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Wusun and Dawan to the west of the Green Mountains no longer belong to the Han Dynasty.

The topic initiated by this Goguryeo envoy made everyone present debate.

Who has the greater merits of Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi or Dou Xian and Ban Chao?

Ban Chao has been put aside, and the rest is that Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi and Dou Xian have been pushed to the cusp, and everyone has expressed their opinions and spoke freely.

Speaking of the highest honor of military generals in ancient times, one is "Feng Wolf Juxu", which was founded by the champion Hou Xihan Huo Qubing in the battle of Mobei against the Xiongnu.

The other is "Yan Ran Le Shi", coincidentally, this is another champion, Hou Donghan Dou Xian, was also founded when he was crusading against the Xiongnu. The achievements of the two champions have become the highest honor for military generals.

So how is Dou Xian's exploits in the battle against the Huns better than Wei and Huo, after all, "Feng Wolf Juxu" and "Yan Ran Leshi" are called together, is Dou Xian worthy of this title?

Wenchen didn't talk about the arguments, and even the generals participated.

Ran Ke drank a few glasses of wine, then got up and said with a big grin: "I think that among the famous generals of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are neck and neck, tied for the first, and Dou Xian is second!" ”

"Ran Ke, what do you think? Let's talk about it. Ran Min expressed great interest in this cousin's ability to express such an opinion.

"Your Majesty, you ordered the minister to read more books and learn more about some subsets of scriptures and history, and the minister has already done so. The ministers have a certain understanding of the deeds of these famous generals of the Han Dynasty! ”

Ran Ke said loudly: "If you want to talk about contributions, the words of military generals should be achievements!" Although Dou Xian is a powerful minister, he has also made great contributions to the Eastern Han Dynasty! Let's talk about Wei Qing's record first, Wei Qing attacked Longcheng, recovered Heshuo, attacked Gaoque, and went out of Dingxiang twice, and fought Mobei, especially in the battle of Mobei, the lone army and Shan Yu were tough with the main force, and defeated the strong with the weak, if Li Guang was not lost, it is estimated that Shan Yu would become a prisoner under the ranks! ”

It seems that Ran Ke has really studied Wei Qing's life and deeds, and even knows everything about what major battles Wei Qing has commanded, so he has really worked hard.

"And what about Huo Qu's illness? Huo Qubing twice attacked Monan with Wei Qing and twice attacked Hexi (more than 40,000 enemies were annihilated. Captured 5 Xiongnu kings and more than 120 people, including the queen mother, Shan Yu, princes, Xiangguo, generals, etc.), when the evil king returned to the Han Dynasty, the battle of Mobei was the most enjoyable. ”

"In this battle, Huo Qu was sick to nourish the war, drove thousands of miles, captured Zhangqu alive, killed the king of Beicheqi, captured the king of Tuntou, the king of Han, and other three people, and eighty-three people, including generals, Xiangguo, danghu, and Duwei, beheaded more than 70,000 people, chased and killed to the wolf Juxu Mountain, sealed the wolf Juxu, and then chased all the way to Lake Baikal before he would stop!"

Ran Ke snorted and said, "Compared with the records of Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, Dou Xian's records are obviously a little dwarfed!" As we all know, Dou Xian fought against the Northern Xiongnu twice. ”

"For the first time, Dou Xian led more than 10,000 elite horsemen to break the Northern Huns in Jiluo Mountain, Beidan Yu fled, Dou Xian pursued deep into the Hanhai Desert for 3,000 miles, killed more than 13,000 people, captured countless prisoners, and then climbed Yanran Mountain, Yanran Le Shi."

"The second time, Dou Xian sent troops to attack again, out of the fortress for 5,000 miles to attack Jinwei Mountain, broke the main force of the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu, beheaded more than 5,000 people below the king, captured Beidan Yu Queen Mother, Beidan fled in a hurry, and did not know what to do."

"Not to mention anything else, judging from the number of heads won and their influence, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are obviously greater than Dou Xian's."

Some of the people present expressed their approval and applauded, while others expressed disbelief and booed.

Wei Liao, the "fan brother" who regarded Dou Xian as an idol, got up and said: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to agree with what Ran Ke said!" I think Dou Xian's influence is much greater than that of Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi! ”

"What did you say?"

Ran Ke blew his beard and glared: "You must know that back then, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were so sick that the Huns bowed down and were terrified!" There is even such a folk song among the Huns, 'Losing my Qilian Mountain will make my six animals not rest.' Losing my Yanzhi (rouge) mountain, so that my women have no color! 'Can you say that Wei Huo and the others are not more influential than Dou Xian? ”

Wei Liao pursed his lips and said, "It's all your prejudice!" See for yourself! ”

"And what do you say?"

"Wei Huo fought against the Xiongnu, the strength of the Xiongnu was greatly weakened, and Mo Nan was completely lost, while the Western Han Dynasty basically eliminated the border troubles and opened up the Silk Road, laying the foundation for the Western Han Dynasty to incorporate the Western Regions into the territory." Wei Liao raised his head and said, "But Dou Xian's influence is even greater!" ”

"Dou Xian's war against the Northern Xiongnu was not beneficial to the Han Dynasty, but his influence was not small. According to the scholars who returned from studying in Western Europe, the Northern Xiongnu left the Mongolian steppe and moved to the area of Lake Balkhash, and then westward to the Danube River in Europe, until they reached the city of Rome! From this point of view, isn't Dou Xian extremely glorious? His influence is even greater! ”

Hearing this, Ran Ke couldn't help but say angrily: "It's prejudice for you to say this!" Dou Xian's record is not bad at first glance, and he can be compared with Wei Huo, but the actual main combat power is the Southern Huns! ”

"The Southern Xiongnu were very hard at that time, and they were also very brave in the battle, and the Han army basically followed and pursued. Moreover, Dou Xian was afraid that the Southern Xiongnu would work too hard and beat the Northern Xiongnu away, so he hurriedly sent someone to retain and comfort the Northern Xiongnu Shan Yu. Not to mention the second time, the Northern Huns were all ambushed by the Southern Huns and were seriously injured, and basically had no combat power, Dou Xian took the opportunity to pick peaches! ”

"In short, Dou Xian's record seems to be brilliant, but it can't stand scrutiny, and it can't be compared with Wei Huo's record!"

Wei Liao and Ran Ke were originally such a good pair of "friends", but now they are chattering and arguing because of their respective idols, it is really a boat of friendship that has capsized!