The Life of Characters in Wei Qing's Works

Wei Qing's mother's name is Wei's wife. He has a son and three daughters with her husband: the eldest son (Wei Changjun) is Wei's eldest son, the eldest daughter (Wei Junru in Hanshu and Historical Records), the second daughter and the third daughter Wei Zifu. Ai, the guardian, had an affair with the county magistrate who came to Pingyang to handle affairs, and gave birth to Wei Qing. Because of the hard life, Wei Qing was sent to the home of her biological father, Ji Zheng. But when Wei Qing was allowed to herd sheep, the son of the Zheng family did not treat Wei Qing as a brother, but treated him as a slave. Wei Qing was a little older and didn't want to be enslaved by the Zheng family, so he returned to his mother and became a slave of Princess Pingyang.

On one occasion, Wei Qing followed others to Ganquan Palace. A prisoner saw him and said, "this is the face of a noble person, and an official is an official." Wei Qing said with a smile, "As the son of a slave, I just want not to be scolded. I am very lucky. How can I talk about meritorious service? " In the spring of the second year of Jianyuan (BC 139), Wei Zifu, the third sister of Wei Qing, was taken a fancy to by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who was visiting Pingyang House on Bashang.

In the third year of Jianyuan (BC 138), Wei Zifu, who was left out in the cold for more than a year after entering the palace, was lucky to get pregnant again, which caused the jealousy of Empress Chen. His mother, Princess Tao of Guantao, sent someone to arrest Wei Qing who worked in (later Zhang Jian Palace) with the intention of killing him. Colleague Gong Sun Ao led people to save Wei Qing after hearing the news. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious when he learned about it. He immediately appointed Wei Qing as Zhang Jian's supervisor and assistant, appointed Wei Zifu as his wife and Wei Changjun as his assistant. Within a few days, Wei Qing was sentenced as much as her daughter. Wei Ru married his servant GongSunHe, and Xiao Wei married Zhan Shizhen, a descendant of Chen Ping. Gongsun ao is honored for this. Wei Qing was later appointed as a doctor of Taizhong, with a salary of several thousand stones, and was in charge of the discussion of state affairs.

During the nearly ten years from 138 BC to 129 BC, Wei Qing, as a supervisor and assistant, followed the emperor around and heard about the state affairs with him. Later, he became a doctor of Taizhong, indicating that his talents won the trust of Emperor Wu, which laid a good foundation for the Xiongnu of the Seven Commandments in the future, and even served as the general of Fu, who participated in politics and seized the cardinal in the imperial palace. In the sixth year of Yuanguang (BC 129), the Huns marched south to Shanggu (now Huailai County, Hebei Province). Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Wei Qing as a chariot general and led ten thousand cavalry to meet the Huns. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent four men to attack. General Wei Qing rode out of the valley, General Gongsun Ao rode from Daixian (governing Daixian, now Datong, Shanxi, Yuxian, Hebei), General Gongsun He rode without pomp from the cloud (now northeast of Togtoh, Inner Mongolia), and General Li Guang sent his troops from Yanmen. The four generals each received ten thousand cavalry.

Wei Qing's first expedition, bold and calm, went deep into danger, and went straight to Dragon City, a sacred place for the Huns to worship heaven. He captured 700 people and won. The other three roads, two roads failed, all the way failed. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that only Wei Qing won, and named Wei Qing as the Hou of Shanhaiguan. The Battle of Longcheng was the first victory over Xiongnu since the early Han Dynasty, which laid a good foundation for the later Han Dynasty to further counterattack.

In the autumn of the first year of Yuanshuo (BC 128), Wei Qing went out of Yanmen to be a general riding a horse, led 30,000 cavalry, marched in and beheaded thousands of people.

In the second year of yuanshuo (BC 127), the Huns invaded Shanggu and Yuyang on a large scale, first attacking western Liaoning, killing the satrap of western Liaoning, and then defeating Han Anguo, commander of Yuyang, and plundering more than 2,000 people. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Xi to attack from Dai Jun, and Wei Qing led an army to attack Huns-occupied Henan (Hetao area of the Yellow River). He took the tactic of "circuitous attack", went west to the rear of Xiongnu army, quickly captured Gaoque (now Hangjinhou Banner in Inner Mongolia), and cut off the contact between Xiongnu Aries King and Loufan Wang Tong Khan Wang Ting stationed in Henan. Then, Wei Qing led his troops south and entered the west of Longxian County, forming a siege of Aries King and Loufan King. The Han army captured thousands of enemy troops alive, seized millions of livestock and took control of the Hetao area.

Because this area is rich in aquatic plants and the situation is sinister, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built Shuofang City here, and set up Shuofang County and Wuyuan County, where 100,000 people immigrated from the mainland to settle down, and also repaired the frontier fortress and fortifications along the river built by Meng Tian in the Qin Dynasty. Tarquin's direct threat to Chang 'an was alleviated, and a forward base was established to further counter the Huns.

In this battle, the Han army was fully armed and made a comeback. Wei Qing made great contributions and was named Changping Hou, with 3,800 food cities. Su Jian and Zhang Cigong took Wei, a captain, as a general, and made Ping and Ji as Hou.

In the summer of the third year of Yuanshuo (BC126th), tens of thousands of cavalry attacked Dai Jun, killed the friends of the satrap, and captured more than a thousand people. In the autumn of the same year, he entered the wild goose gate and killed more than a thousand people. In the fourth year of Yuan Shuo (BC125th year), the Xiongnu made 30,000 riders invade Dai Jun, Dingxiang and Shang Jun.

In the spring of the fifth year of Yuan Shuo (BC 124), the court ordered Wei Qing, a general of chariots and horses, to lead 30,000 cavalry to send troops from Gaoque. Wei Jian was appointed as a guerrilla general, Zuo Wenshi and Li Jue as a strong crossbow general, servant shot Gong Sunhe as a riding general, and the title was a good general. Are riding Wei Qing's subordinates, together with troops from the north. The imperial court also ordered Li Xi, Zhang Hou, the second minister and the great general to send troops from right Beiping. They all went to attack the Huns. Xiongnu's right Wang Xian faced Wei Qing and other soldiers, thinking that the Han army could not get here, and began to drink. In the evening, the Han army came and surrounded the right king; Especially Wang Xian was frightened and ran away overnight. He crossed the finish line alone with one of his concubines and hundreds of well-trained cavalry to the north. Guo Cheng, a Qingqi captain, chased hundreds of miles and failed to catch up. The Han army captured more than ten people, men and women 1.5 million people, and tens of millions of livestock.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty received the battle report, and sent a special envoy to worship Wei Qing as a general in the army, sealing six thousand food cities (eight thousand seven hundred in Hanshu), and all the generals were under his command. Wei Qing's three sons were made princes by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The eldest son Wei Heng is Hou Yichun, the second son Wei Anhou and the youngest son Hou Fagan, all of whom eat 1300 households. Emperor Wu later raised Gong, Han Shuo, Gong Sunhe, Cai Li, Li Shuo, Zhao Buyu, Gong Nu, Li Ju, Li Xi and Dou Ruyi. People who fought alongside Wei Qing.

In the sixth year of Yuanshuo (BC 123), in the spring and summer, Wei Qing led 100,000 cavalry to attack the Huns twice. Destroy more than ten thousand Xiongnu troops.

In February, Gongsun Ao was the middle general, Gongsun He was the left general, Zhao Xin was the former general, Su Jian was the right general, Li Guang was the later general, and Li Ju was the strong crossbow general, divided into six armies, all under the command of General Wei Qing, and marched hundreds of miles north from Dingxiang. After the war, the whole army returned to Dingxiang to rest, and went out again a month later, capturing more than 10 thousand Xiongnu troops. Zhang Qian went to war with the general, and named Zhang Qian as the prince of Bo. Wei Qing's nephew Huo Qubing led an 800-horse attack alone, captured Hun Khan's uncle and Guo Xiang alive, beheaded Khan's grandfather and other 2028 people, and won the title. It is not good for a general to reward his daughter.

In the spring of the fourth year of Yuanshou (BC 1 19), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took140,000 military forces and 500,000 foot soldiers as logistics supply corps, and gave Wei Qing and Huo Qubing more than1000,000 men, 50,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry and 50,000 transport materials to attack the Huns on the Long March across the desert.

The Han army originally planned that Huo Qubing would choose a good soldier to attack Khan, and Wei Qing would attack the left. Later, it was learned from the captured Xiongnu soldiers that there was an oblique Khan in the east, and the two armies switched routes, from Huo Qubing to Dai Jun in the east and from Wei Qing to Dingxiang in the west.

And Wei Qing's army in more than one thousand miles away, met with the huns khan as the main force. Wei Qing ordered former general Li Guang and right general Zhao Hebing to flank from the right. Gong Sunhe, the left general who directed and performed, and Cao Xiang, the later general, confronted Shan Yu head-on. Wei Qing ordered WU GANG's vehicles to form a circular camp, and ordered five thousand cavalry to gallop against the Huns. The Huns also had about 10,000 cavalry galloping in. It happened that the sun was about to set, the wind was blowing, and sand and stones hit people in the face. The two armies could not see each other, so the Han army ordered the left and right wings to gallop forward and outflank Khan. Khan saw that there were many troops in the Han Dynasty, and the military forces were still very strong. If they fight, it will be bad for the Huns. So, in the evening, Khan rode a carriage pulled by six mules, and together with hundreds of strong cavalry, went straight through the encirclement of the Han army and galloped to the northwest. At this time, it was dusk, and the Han army wrestled with the Huns, with roughly the same number of casualties. The left captain of the Han army caught the Xiongnu prisoner and said that Khan had left before dark, so the Han army sent light cavalry to pursue him overnight, followed by the general's army. Xiongnu soldiers scattered. By dawn, the Han army had traveled more than 200 miles, but failed to catch up with Khan, captured and killed more than 19,000 enemy soldiers, and arrived at Zhao Xincheng in Geyan Mountain to obtain the food accumulated by the Xiongnu for the army to eat. The Han army stayed for a day and returned, burning all the food left in the city before returning. When the army returned to the camp, he met Li, who lost his way and lost his future support.

In the battle of Mobei, the main force of Xiongnu was defeated in the desert south, and gradually migrated to the northwest. For more than ten years, no soldier went south. The loss of the Han army was also great, with 6.5438+0.4 million returning to 30,000 horses. The military forces of the Han army lost hundreds of thousands, not including the land and water transportation costs of weapons, armor and other things, so the money and taxes of all treasuries are still insufficient to supply the soldiers' expenses. In order to raise military expenses, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the title of military commander.

In recognition of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's meritorious military service, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named them Fu, who replaced Qiu in managing daily military and political affairs. In the fifth year of Yuanfeng (BC 106), Wei Qing died of illness. In order to commemorate his great achievements, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built a mausoleum in the shape of Yinshan Mountain in the northeast of Maoling, "like the rise of Lushan Mountain". Posthumous title is "fierce", taking the meaning of "making meritorious service with martial arts, respecting morality and industry" in the Auxiliary Death Law.