A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

The battles at Yumen Pass and Yanmen Pass were the first to break out.

As they had expected, Emperor Wu of Han dispatched Wei Lu and Wei happy to the two battlefields respectively.

A month later, the other five battlefields also broke out simultaneously.

War raged across the entire northern border of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of Han flew into a rage in the court, determined to make the Xiongnu pay the price.

And those two traitors, the Qiang and the Wiman Joseon, are asking for it!

A number of outstanding young generals have emerged during the wars with the Xiongnu in recent years.

These generals were led by Wei Qing and Wei Zhen, and included Gongsun He, Gongsun Ao, Lu Bode, Han Shuo, and others.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty is currently at a time when it has a large army and many generals, and soon another exceptional talent will shine.

Emperor Wu of Han appointed Wei Zhen as general, leading 20,000 troops to Yan, where he recruited 100,000 soldiers on the spot and defeated the Xiongnu army that was attacking Yan.

Yan was the fiefdom of the Wei family, so it was most appropriate for Wei Zhen to go there.

The land of Youyan is full of generous and tragic heroes. There is no need for too many troops from the central government. They can be recruited locally to quickly form a huge fighting force.

The Xiongnu launched a seven-pronged attack on the Han Dynasty, putting immense pressure on the Han army.

Wei Qing was appointed general, leading 5 elite troops to Yunzhong Commandery and Shuofang Commandery.

The fifth army of the Han Dynasty, led by Li Guang and Gongsun He, went to Longxi Commandery to deal with the Xiongnu and the Qiang people respectively. After defeating the Xiongnu, they invaded the Western Qiang and established a commandery there.

The final force, led by Lu Bode, attacked Wiman Joseon directly from Liaodong, destroying the Wiman Joseon regime and establishing the Four Commanderies of Han.

In this battle, the Han Dynasty deployed its elite troops, and the Xiongnu, relying on their cavalry advantage, were able to escape from the Han Dynasty's attacks.

The northern grasslands were far too cold, making them extremely unfriendly to the Han Dynasty's cavalry.

But what are you, Wiman Joseon and the Qiang people? How dare you attack my great Han?

Do you know how to write the word "death"? Do you know how many eyes the Horse King has?

Emperor Wu of Han was stationed in Chang'an, awaiting news from various battlefields.

After several days of fighting, the Han Dynasty had determined that the Yan region where Wei Zhen was located was one of the key areas to be attacked.

Longxi Commandery, where Li Guang was stationed, was also a key area for attack.

Unlike previous wars, both the attacks on Yanmen Pass and Yumen Pass were feints.

With Wei Zhen in Yan, the stronghold that the Wei family had managed for nearly a century, Emperor Wu of Han absolutely did not believe that the Xiongnu could win.

Absolutely not.

However, Longxi Commandery was in great danger, with over 100,000 Qiang troops, 200,000 Xiongnu troops from the west, and 100,000 servants conscripted from the Western Regions.

The army numbers nearly 50.

The Han army consisted of 20 troops under the command of Li Guang and Gongsun He, including 10 central troops and 10 border troops.

The disparity in troop strength is enormous.

Although Li Guang was quite skilled in martial arts, he was still inferior to the Wei family and could not achieve the same feats of defeating a larger force as the Wei family.

After all, that's a difference of over 20 troops.

Because the imperial court's support arrived late, by the time he got there, he was already at a disadvantage. In addition, his troops were outnumbered, making the battle extremely difficult.

However, the Han Dynasty simply cannot spare the troops to support him at present.

They can only spare the resources to support Longxi County after the battles at Yanmen Pass or Yumen Pass are over.

However, there were 300,000 enemy troops at Yanmen Pass and 300,000 enemy troops at Yumen Pass. The armies in these two places were mainly defensive and did not engage the Han army in direct combat. They were just trying to delay the enemy, so it was very difficult to achieve a quick victory.

To prevent the fall of Longxi Commandery and the subsequent pincer attack on Yumen Pass, and to prevent the Xiongnu army from advancing directly towards the undefended Chang'an after breaching Longxi Commandery, Wei happy detached most of the troops from Yumen Pass and sent them to Longxi Commandery to support Li Guang.

He relied on his 30,000 troops to fight the enemy.

After receiving reinforcements from Yumen Pass, Li Guang was able to fight the Xiongnu to a draw despite being at a disadvantage, thanks to his bravery.

The war lasted for three months. After Wei Lu won at Yanmen Pass, he divided his troops into two routes, one of which was led by his deputy general to support Shanggu County and Yuyang County.

He led another force to Longxi County, took control of the battlefield, and then had Li Guang hold off the Qiang people, setting a trap for the Xiongnu. Before the Xiongnu knew he was coming, he wiped out tens of thousands of Xiongnu elite cavalry.

After forcing the Xiongnu to retreat, Li Guang and Gongsun He were sent to sweep away the Western Qiang.

Wei Zhong, who was sent to the Western Regions again, used his silver tongue to persuade the countries of Dayuan and others who were willing to submit to the Han Dynasty to grit their teeth and send out tens of thousands of troops. Most of their troops had been withdrawn by the Xiongnu. Wei Zhong led them to launch a surprise attack on the Xiongnu from the rear, catching them off guard.

They never expected that someone in the Western Regions, which they considered their backyard and blood bank, would dare to betray them!

The soldiers from the Western Regions were a bunch of useless fools; the Xiongnu cavalry could take on five men at once.

The Xiongnu commander quickly dispatched 5 cavalry to attack the Western Regions coalition forces behind them.

No matter how fast he reacted, the Xiongnu's defenses were still breached due to the surprise attack by the Western Regions allied forces.

Wei happy seized this brief opening and personally led his troops into the Xiongnu's central army. Working in perfect coordination with Wei Zhong, they launched a pincer attack and inflicted a major defeat on the Western Xiongnu.

Just then, battle reports from other battlefields arrived, including news of the Han Dynasty's victory from Wei Qing's own battlefield. The Xiongnu army at Yumen Pass was unable to withstand the attack alone and had no choice but to retreat.

The Western Regions army was welcomed into Yumen Pass. Looking at this towering border pass, which surpassed any city in the Western Regions, the kingdoms of the Western Regions finally gained a substantial understanding of the power of the Han Dynasty.

They were glad they had made the right choice!

Upon learning of the scale of the Xiongnu's attack and the Han Dynasty's great victory, they were overjoyed. They immediately dispatched an envoy to Chang'an, hoping that the Han Dynasty would station troops in the Western Regions to deal with the evil Xiongnu.

After defeating the army of Wiman Joseon, Lu Bode led his troops directly into Wiman Joseon.

With its forces wiped out, Wiman Joseon was powerless to resist Lu Bode's attack and was easily annihilated by him.

Following Emperor Wu of Han's orders, Lu Bode established the Han Dynasty's prefectures and counties here: Lelang Prefecture, Xuantu Prefecture, Zhenfan Prefecture, and Lintun Prefecture.

Military households relocated from the frontier were given large amounts of land here.

They distributed the women here to them as wives, and at the same time, they allowed the major families to establish strongholds here to collect ginseng.

After this battle, both the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu suffered heavy losses.

However, the Han Dynasty, as an agrarian dynasty, had enough resources to recover quickly.

However, this "blood-replenishing package" of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions was reduced to half due to the intervention of the Han Dynasty, making it difficult to replenish blood.

In particular, Emperor Wu of Han directly dispatched Wei Zhong to lead troops to the Western Regions.

The military funds were raised by some countries in the Western Regions to cover the expenses of this army.

This army helped them defend against the Xiongnu.

Of course, it was impossible for the Han army to take the lead alone. In order to defeat the Xiongnu and relieve them of the oppression and exploitation they had suffered for so many years, several countries, led by Dayuan, handed over their military forces to Wei Zhong as commander.

Actually, it's no different for them.

Even without the Han army here, their army would be under the command of the Xiongnu.

It's just a different person.

It's not a big problem, since their armies aren't under their control anyway.

This is the tragedy of a weak nation.