Why are Alexander and Huo Qubing so powerful?

There are many powerful people in the world, and in most cases, the times make heroes.

Alexander the Great (356- 323 BC), king of ancient Macedonia, Alexander the Great, was a famous strategist and politician in the ancient history of the world. He is resourceful. During his short 65,438+03 years as king of Macedonia, he first established his dominant position in all Greece, and then destroyed the Persian Empire. On the vast land across Europe and Asia, a huge empire with Babylon as its capital was established, starting from Greece and Macedonia in the west, east to the Indus Valley, south to the first waterfall of the Nile, and north to Shashui. Created unprecedented brilliant achievements. Although Alexander's crusade to the east brought some harm to the conquered areas, it also promoted cultural exchanges and economic development between the East and the West, which had a great impact on the development of human society. After Alexander's death, the Alexander Empire fell apart.

Huo Qubing (BC 140- BC 165438+ 07 BC), a native of Pingyang, Hedong (now southwest of Linfen, Shanxi), was an outstanding strategist, patriotic general, national hero, official and general in ancient times.

Huo Qubing is the nephew of the famous Wei Qing. Good at riding and shooting, flexible in combat, paying attention to strategy, brave and decisive, good at long-distance surprise attack, quick surprise attack and big circuitous interspersed operations. At the age of seventeen, he led 800 Xiao Qi soldiers into enemy-occupied areas for hundreds of miles, killed Xiongnu soldiers and fled everywhere. In Hexi World War II, Huo Qubing defeated Xiongnu, captured Xiongnu worshippers and captured Qilian Mountain. In the battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing named the wolf a professional and returned home in triumph. In the sixth year of Yuanshou, Huo Qubing died at the age of 23. The sad Emperor Wudi dispatched armored troops from five border counties to form a line from Chang 'an to Maoling. The mausoleum built for Huo Qubing looks like Qilian Mountain, which combines the two principles of bravery and land expansion, and is named Jinghuanhou.