Wei Qing and Huo Qubing Defeated the Hun

   Wei Qing and Huo Qubing Defeated the Hun

  Wei Qing and Huo Qubing (the nephew of Wei Qing) were the eminent generals who resisted the attacks of the Huns. They were skilled in tactics and famed for their bravery. As the Han cavalry became more and more powerful, Han Wudi made up his mind to counterattack the Huns. In 129 BC, Wei Qing battled with the Huns for the first time, and won the victory. In 128 BC, he led his soldiers to kill or seize thousands of Huns. In 127 BC, the first Great War with the Huns broke out. With an army of about 40,000 cavalry, Wei Qing defeated the Huns and the fertile Hetao Irrigation Area of , was brought under the dominion of the Han Dynasty. After three years, this famous general made a sneak-raid against the Youxian King of Huns, sweeping to victory. In 123 BC, Huo Qubing joined the war and gained the victory by killing more than 2,Sexy silk pajamas,000 Huns. In 121 BC, the second Great War led by Huo Qubing, the Han military fought against the Huns and fully controlled the Hexi Corridor, which cut through the Silk Road to the Western Regions. In order to wholly smash the main force of the Huns, Wudi launched the third Great War in 119 BC. The army led by Wei Qing fought against the Huns until Ulan Bator (in Mongolia), while the army led by Huo Qubing chased the Huns as far as Langjuxu Mountains (the present Kentei Mountains in Mongolia). The Huns suffered a severe defeat in this battle and migrated to Mobei (in Mongolian Plateau). The military threat of the Hun to the Han Dynasty was abolished.