"There is nothing to say about diplomacy, a piece of writing that has been passed down through the ages, no matter what the reason was at the time, but it did affect the development of later generations."

"As soon as the war stopped, the Xiongnu also began to recuperate, and at this time, the superiority of agricultural culture over nomadic culture was reflected."

"As we all know, the economic recovery of agricultural civilization after the war was very fast, and the Xiongnu said that it was more a country than a tribal alliance."

As the saying goes, "There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests", nomads are prone to division after the war. ”

"Although the Xiongnu also continued to negotiate with the multi-ethnic groups in the Western Regions, the means were basically military threats, so that the connection between the Western Regions and the Western Han Dynasty continued to strengthen, and the living space of the Xiongnu was endlessly compressed."

"During the same period, the Xiongnu suffered from wars, territories, and natural disasters, resulting in a continuous reduction in population and means of production, and the increasingly difficult situation stimulated internal strife, resulting in frequent changes and complete political chaos."

In order to stabilize the hegemonic rule, the Xiongnu launched one civil war after another around the struggle for the throne, and the Western Han Dynasty became the "fisherman" of the Xiongnu civil war. ”

"In 58 B.C., the invincible Xiongnu Empire was divided into five parts, Hu Han Evil Shan Yu, Tu Qi Shan Yu, Hu Jieshan Yu, Che Li Shan Yu, and Wu Shan Yu have become self-reliant, this period is called the Five Shan Yu Contention Period."

"The struggle between the major Dan Yu continued, the Xiongnu also changed from the initial unified empire to the southern and northern Xiongnu, the unified Xiongnu was extremely powerful, but the divided Xiongnu were very weak, the Southern Xiongnu finally surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and the Northern Xiongnu also disappeared in the long river of history during the Wuhu Rebellion."

"From the basic end of the war between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty to the final disappearance of the Xiongnu, although hundreds of years have passed, or Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not destroy the Xiongnu, but the final decline of the Xiongnu Liu Che can be said to be indispensable."

"If he hadn't crushed the backbone of the Xiongnu through four wars, the united Xiongnu would not have had contradictions within themselves because of a little profit, let alone be divided into five or two, and they would still be the largest force in East Asia."

"A butterfly fanning its wings may cause a hurricane, on the road to the demise of the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's iron-blooded means is the butterfly that caused the demise of the Xiongnu, even if the national strength of the Han Dynasty was exhausted, but it left its own legend and played the majesty of the Han people."

"Some people say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is eloquent and strategic, and some people say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a tyrant in another situation, and the people's livelihood and national strength accumulated in the prosperous era of Wenjing have been wiped out by him, or is that sentence straight and straightforward, and everyone can comment on it!"

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought in all directions throughout his life, expanding his territory, and repelling the Xiongnu, which was a great country."

"Conquest will require a lot of finance, and the interests of the people will conflict, for two reasons: the rise of a large country expands its territory, and the stability of a small country is for the benefit of the people."

"Is it the territory that is important or the prosperity of the people that is important?"

Cao Cao: Dictators tend to have the same view, but how many look at small countries?

Wu Zetian: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "respected Confucianism", in fact, his thinking was Legalist, and his success was because of Law, not Confucianism.

Bao Zheng: Qin Shi Huang's book-burning pit Confucianism and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's exclusive Confucianism are essentially the same.

Fan Zhongyan: The empress is not wrong, in essence, both of them are Legalist thoughts, but the popularization of Confucianism is easier for them to rule, and it is easier for the common people to accept, and everyone can see what the consequences of the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty are like.

"Throughout the ages, there has been an endless stream of evaluations of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, everyone has their own opinions, I think he is a wise hero, an emperor through the ages, although he did some wrong things in his later years, but no one is perfect, and he also made an edict against himself."

Yongzheng: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made unprecedented achievements, but in his later years, the reckless military and witchcraft left a negative stain on him, but then he dared to face his own mistakes, which is also a good deed.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's poor army is still a little different from Tang Taizong, one is really too arrogant, the other can be said to have its own reasons, and another reason is that no one is available."

"In the process of the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, only the first stage can be said to have completely won the war."

"Because the generals at that time were Wei Qing, Huo Quzhi and Li Guang, and the abilities of these three people were very strong, it was easy to win the war when they fought with the Xiongnu under the leadership of these three people."

"But later, after the end of the Mobei War, Li Guang killed himself, Huo Qu died of illness not long after, and Wei Qing was no longer able to fight on the battlefield because of old age."

"At that time, the Han Dynasty could be said to lack these capable generals, and the military strength of an army without generals would be greatly reduced."

"When the Han Dynasty fought a war with the Xiongnu later, the appointed generals were not as talented as these three people."

"The gap between the generals of the army was also the reason why the Han army could not win the war."

"Because these army generals did not understand the specific situation of the Xiongnu in detail and clearly, they only fought blindly, so they could not win the war themselves."

"In addition, in his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty repeatedly urged the generals of the army to wage wars continuously because he did not grasp the form clearly."

"This kind of blind waging war will only make more soldiers die on the battlefield."

"You must know that when the Han Dynasty was at war with the Xiongnu, the commander was actually Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

"When there was a war with the Xiongnu, in fact, every war was completed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty himself."

"But as more and more wars were lost, Emperor Wu of Han's self-confidence and judgment also suffered a big blow."

So in the late period, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty actually didn't have that kind of calm mentality. ”

"Judgment will also be weakened a lot, so that it will not be possible to analyze the battle situation in detail."

"The previous war was to prevent the Xiongnu from harassing the north, and once this account was calculated, the Han Dynasty made money by fighting the Xiongnu."

"But after this, the Huns no longer have the strength to harass you in the north, but you have to keep persistently chasing and fighting the Huns, then at this time, the Huns occupy the right time, place and people."

"When one victory after another was transmitted to Chang'an, when the territory of the Han Dynasty became larger and larger, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to become fluttering."

"He actually ignored the heavy burden brought to the country by years of war, and insisted on expanding the border to the outside world."

"After all the family wealth left by the emperors of the early Han Dynasty was exhausted, he used forceful means to exploit the people."

"In order to realize their great cause, the people of the Han Dynasty paid an extremely huge price."