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Huo Qubing was an illegitimate son from the love affair between Wei Shaoer (衛少兒), the daughter of a lowly maid from the household of Princess Pingyang (Emperor Wu's older sister), and Huo Zhongru (霍仲孺), a low-ranking civil servant employed there at the time. [3]
The battle was swift and decisive, as the Worthy Prince's forces were no match for Huo's elite cavalry. The Huo's army quickly encircled and overran their enemy, killing 70,443 men and capturing three Xiongnu lords and 83 nobles. Huo Qubing's forces suffered a 20% casualty rate but were quickly resupplied locally from their capture.
The tomb of Huo Zaiwei, buried on the east side of the Maoling Mausoleum, is the tomb of Huo Qubing, the Champion Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty, who was a general of the Western Han's Grand Secretary Hussar. The Maoling Mausoleum was an important monument in ancient China, but the original magnificent and luxurious ground architecture has ...
In 121 BC, the Xiongnu suffered another setback when Huo Qubing led a force of light cavalry westward out of Longxi and within six days fought his way through five Xiongnu kingdoms. The Xiongnu Hunye king was forced to surrender with 40,000 men.
During this campaign, Huo Qubing's elite troops had set off from Dai to link up with Lu Bode's forces in Yucheng, after which they advanced further and engaged the Tuqi King of the Left [c] and his army. [56] Huo Qubing's army encircled and overran their enemy, killing around 70,000 Xiongnu, [41] including the Tuqi King of the Left. [57]
Xiutu' kingdom, west of Wuwei, was attacked by Huo Qubing in 121 BCE.. Xiutu (Chinese: 休屠王; pinyin: Xiūtú Wáng, also rendered as Hsiu-tu, lit."The king who puts an end to massacres") was a king in the Hexi Corridor of the Gansu region, west of Wuwei, during the 2nd century BCE.
English: Tomb of Huo Qubing in 1914, Shaanxi, China, by Victor Segalen (1878–1919) Date: 1 January 1914: Source: Author: Victor Segalen (1878–1919), photographed ...
In the year 121, Huo Qubing went and led his warriors to capture the Qilian Mountains, and the power of the Xiongnu and Yuezhi was greatly reduced in the Qilian Mountains, from then on the Yuezhi in the Qilian Mountains and the Huangshui valley were subservient to the Han. Since then, Han Chinese have also settled in this area. [2]