"Around 127 BC, perhaps in retaliation for the Han Dynasty's surprise attack on Longcheng, the Xiongnu led the main force to attack Shanggu, Yuyang and other places in the Western Han Dynasty, at this time Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Ren Weiqing led the troops to counterattack."

"Very similar to the tactics of the surprise attack on Dragon City, Wei Qing did not fight a head-on battle with the Xiongnu army, but led 30,000 elite cavalry troops to make a detour to the rear, cutting off the connection between the Hun army and the rear, and finally the King of Lou Fu and the King of Aries were defeated and captured."

"Although the Han army did not achieve an absolute victory in this battle, and there were not many Xiongnu soldiers killed or captured, they recaptured the entire Heshuo region."

"Since then, the Xiongnu not only lost the fertile Heshuo grassland, but the Han Dynasty also solved the problem of the Xiongnu cavalry threatening Chang'an, and also got a springboard for attacking the Xiongnu."

"After the defeat of the Battle of Heshuo, the Xiongnu Shan Yu was not reconciled, on the one hand, they did not want to lose Heshuo, a military and people's livelihood important land, and on the other hand, in order to redeem the myth of the invincibility of the Huns, they launched a war in 124 BC, which was called the Battle of Monan."

"In the later period, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing came on the field, attacked separately, and launched the second battle of the Battle of Heshuo, one to defend the battlefield and the other to attack the Xiongnu's lair."

"Whether it is the Battle of Heshuo or the Battle of Monan, the victory of the two wars is not as significant in impact and significance as the latter compared with the Battle of Hexi, because the Battle of Hexi fundamentally changed the isolated status of the Western Han Dynasty."

"In 121 BC, in order to open up the connection between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Huo Qubing to lead an army to attack Hexi, which is also known as the Battle of Hexi, and it is also a war initiated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

"At that time, the hussar general Huo Qubing led tens of thousands of cavalry of the Western Han Dynasty to fight more than 1,000 miles twice, and fought fiercely with the Xiongnu in Gansu, which was already the hinterland of the Xiongnu, and many tribes of the Xiongnu were defeated, and the captured royal family, soldiers, and people were immeasurable."

"The significance of the Battle of Hexi is not how many Huns were captured, but the capture of the Hexi Corridor, and the Han Dynasty also set up four counties in Gansu: Wuwei, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, and Zhangye."

"This move not only promoted the economic development of the Western Han Dynasty, but also improved the deterrent power of the Western Han Dynasty in the Western Regions, and indirectly disintegrated the close ties between the Western Regions and the Xiongnu."

"Following the Battle of Heshuo, the Battle of Monan, and the Battle of Hexi, the Xiongnu's forces around Chang'an were basically wiped out, and they even had to move to Mobei for the sake of the safety of the royal court, in order to wait for work and turn the tables in adversity."

"It's a pity that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing did not give them this opportunity, and in 119 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to lead the army to attack Mobei and find the Xiongnu court for the last decisive battle."

"Wei Qing led the army and the main force of the Xiongnu for several days of fierce fighting, and finally fought the Xiongnu single Yu only 100 horsemen, Huo Qubing went deep into Mobei and once pursued to the Wolf Mountain, captured and captured tens of thousands of Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu could no longer pose a substantial threat to the Han Dynasty."

"With the death of Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, coupled with the years of war consumption in the Han Dynasty, the country was in ruins, and the Xiongnu side had no strength to fight again, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also launched a small-scale war against the Xiongnu, but basically they were all lost soldiers and returned in vain."

"In this way, the two sides ushered in a period of peace that lasted for more than ten years, the Han Dynasty stopped fighting the world, and the Xiongnu began to recuperate."

"And in this time of fierce fighting, there is another key issue, diplomacy."

"Zhang Qian, this person has also been passed down through the ages, in modern times, as long as you know a little bit about history, who will not know Zhang Qian?"

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to diplomacy on his behalf to show the sincerity of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions."

"The final result was the opening of the ancient Silk Road, which shocked ancient and modern China and foreign countries, but this mission was not for any economic and cultural purpose, but for purely political purposes."

"A lot of people see this as economic exchanges, to promote social development and progress, and that's according to modern thinking, but in ancient times, it was different."

"In the diplomatic relations between countries in ancient times, monarchs and emperors were more inclined to tributary diplomacy, which meant that weak countries submitted to strong countries, and regularly sent envoys to strong countries to send things to express their surrender."

"I was born in an equal country, and I may have a different view, but in feudal society, it is originally a hierarchical order, and it is really difficult for the emperor standing on the top of the pyramid under the world to have this concept."

"Didn't the Xiongnu problem plague the rulers of the early Han Dynasty for many years, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to pack up the army and completely solve this problem when he came to power."

"However, as an emperor with great talents, of course, he will not simply use brute force, although his national strength is strong, but he can save or save, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to unite the countries around the Xiongnu to form an encirclement and directly destroy the Xiongnu, so there is no need to bother."

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is like this, and he did this, Zhang Qian's original purpose was to persuade the Dayue clan to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty to jointly deal with the Xiongnu."

"Zhang Qian went through a lot of hardships, went on a trip to the Western Regions, and after returning to China, he reported to Liu Che with joy that he had completed the task, and his joy was only the joy of completing the task, and no one would have thought that the road he opened up with his life would eventually serve as a lifeline for economic and cultural exchanges between the country and inland countries."

"After the Xiongnu were expelled and all parts of the Western Regions surrendered, rare species from the Western Regions were gradually introduced, or presented to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as tribute."

"A lot of things were introduced to our Central Plains at that time."

"Let's just say that after the surrender of this Dawan Kingdom, the baby's sweat and blood horse was also presented to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as a gift for peace, along with the king's head."

"This BMW is really a good thing, because there were really no good horses in the Central Plains at that time, because we are in the plains after all, and only the nomads who live on horseback breed good horses."

"The introduction of this bloody BMW has directly improved the quality of our horses in the Central Plains, and the combat effectiveness of the army of the Han Dynasty has directly increased by several grades."

"I think the connection between the Western Regions and the Central Plains region has already begun, and as for when the contact began, it is impossible to trace, and I can't get close."

"The opening of the Silk Road was gradually advanced with the pace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's westward expedition."

"That seems to be too elegant."

"In fact, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che ordered that wherever the army hit, there would be no suspense to submit to the Han Dynasty, and then, naturally, the envoys and materials would pass unhindered wherever they went, and in the end, the entire Western Regions were surrendered, and the Silk Road from Chang'an was also run through."

"Therefore, the opening of this Silk Road is actually quite bloody, and this road is covered with the blood and tears of the soldiers of the Han Dynasty and the soldiers of the Western Regions."