In the past two months, I followed Huo Qubing to fight against the Huns, although I did not go to the battlefield with him, but I also saw the grandeur of ancient wars.

In the era of cold weapons, Huo Quai's cavalry was like a German tank during World War II, sweeping across the desert and invincible, beating the Huns, the ancestors of the cavalry.

The fight against the Xiongnu was a foreign war of the Chinese nation, a war to defend the homeland and defend the country, and I dare not agree with this view that some people in later generations commented that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless in military force and distorted this history into Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's war of aggression against Vietnam to expand the territory of Western Xinjiang.

Since the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu, a nomadic people in the northern desert, almost regarded the Han Dynasty, which was mainly agrarian, as a logistical support for their own needs.

In the early days of the Han Dynasty, the frontier was unstable, and the Huns came to harass from time to time, burning, killing and looting.

As nomads, they did not need to carry extra grain and grass, they had bows and arrows on their bodies, and healthy horses under their feet.

He who flies in the sky and runs on the ground shoots when he draws his bow and chases after his horse. The cavalry came and went without a trace, and ran away after grabbing.

In the face of this situation, China within the Great Wall was powerless to fundamentally change, and there were very few times for victory. I had to rely on affinity and a large amount of dowry property to buy a relatively temporary peace.

After Emperor Wu of Han, who was extremely victorious in martial arts, boarded the plane, he decided to change the situation, and he saw Wei Qing, who was like-minded with him, that is, Huo Quai's uncle.

In the fifth year of Yuanguang, Wei Qing worshiped the general of the chariot cavalry, and the other three generals each led an army to set off.

The four-way army was out of the jam, and the other three were defeated. On the contrary, Wei Qing, who led his troops out of the fortress for the first time, went out of the upper valley and smashed Dragon City directly, killing 700 enemies.

There is a well-known poem in later generations that describes this battle, "But make the dragon city fly and do not teach Hu Ma to do Yin Mountain." Among them, Longcheng refers to Wei Qing.

Wei Qing's outstanding military talent impressed Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Wei Qing's nephew Huo Qubing was even better than the blue.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attached no one to Huo Quai's illness in the court, which also caused dissatisfaction among some people, the most famous of which was Sima Qian.

Sima Qian's "Historical Records" is a passing mention of Huo Quzhi's outstanding military exploits, and only describes it through Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's rich reward for Huo Quzhi. Sima Qian was dissatisfied with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in Bailiangtai's special expedition to Hexi for Huo Quai's sacrifice to the heavens.

On this day, I was learning embroidery in the house with Rui'er, and I thought of the last time I made a bet with Huo Quai, the bet he asked for was a purse.

It's a pity that I don't know how to embroider at all, although I won him, I can go with him. But he still secretly asked Rui'er for advice, wanting to learn to make a purse for him.

"No, no, the stitch is wrong here!" Rui'er snatched my purse.

"Wrong again?" I rubbed my fingers, and after a long time, my fingers had been pricked by myself countless times, and the tears were about to fall from the pain, or wrong.

Rui'er looked at my work, cried and laughed, and said, "Lan'er, you did a good job of needlework before!" How is it that after speaking, your work has regressed so much? ”

"Really?"

"It's not like your stitches at all!"

Rui'er pulled out the drawer, took out a delicate purse, and said, "Look, this is what you did before." Look at this needle, this pattern, where is it like your current craft! ”

I took the purse in Rui'er's hand, the small purse was embroidered with a water lotus, and two small fish were dragging in the water waves, which was lively and lively, and had the style of a work of art.