What was the result of Emperor Wudi's attack on Xiongnu in the north?

The continuous blows of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for more than forty years have caused considerable harm to the Huns. "I lost Qilian Mountain, which made my six animals uninterested; Losing my Yanzhishan makes my wife colorless. "

First of all, in terms of land, the places where Xiongnu lived and multiplied for generations, such as Hetao, Yinshan and Hexi, were successively occupied by the Han army and moved to the real people's border, making them completely Chinese. Moreover, these places are rich in aquatic plants and are the most suitable places for nomadism. After losing them, Xiongnu could only escape from Mobei, but Mobei was bitter and cold, and the environment was extremely bad. Under the restriction of this natural environment, the survival of Xiongnu became a problem, so it was "throwing me in Qilian Mountain, making my six animals not sweet;" Losing my Yanzhishan makes my married wife colorless ",

Secondly, in terms of population, the Bank of China once said that Khan "Xiongnu cannot be one of the counties of Han" (Historical Records? 6? 1 biography of Xiongnu), it can be seen that even in its heyday, the population of Xiongnu did not exceed 2 million, and under the uninterrupted attack of Emperor Wu for decades, the loss of its population can be imagined. In the battle of Henan, the Han army beheaded and captured more than 30 thousand Huns; In the battle of Hexi, nearly 90 thousand Huns were killed and surrendered; In the battle of Mobei, the Han army killed nearly 90 thousand Huns; In the battle of the Western Regions, the Han army wiped out at least 30,000 enemy troops. In this way, during the 37 years from the second year of Yuan Shuo to the third year of Zheng He, the Huns were directly annihilated by at least 240,000. For the Huns with a population of only over one million, this blow is not heavy.

Third, in terms of property, livestock is their most important, even the only property, because Huns live by nomadism. Under the attack of Emperor Wu for decades, the loss of Xiongnu livestock was also amazing. For example, Wei Qing took the north, chased Aries and Loufan, and "got more than one million cattle and sheep", and attacked the right king, and got "tens of millions of livestock". In addition to this direct plunder, during the war, Huns often moved their people to the north to avoid the sword soldiers. For example, when Li Guangli attacked the Huns from the north in the fourth year of Tianhan, the Huns "learned that they were more tired than Wu Yu Shuibei", and in the third year of Zhenghe, Li Guangli attacked for the last time. "Khan went out and sent his troops to Shuibei where Zhao Xin lived. Left drive its people to spend more than six or seven hundred miles in my water and live in its mountains "(all of the above are" Hanshu "? 6? 1 Biography of Xiongnu), in this long-distance migration process, it is inevitable that a large number of livestock will die because of long-distance running, squeezing and collision, and if it is in the livestock breeding season, it will also lead to abortion of female livestock. Such a huge loss, I'm afraid the fragile economy of Xiongnu can't bear it.

From this point of view, the war between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Hungary dealt a great blow to the Huns. 6? 1 Huns said, "Han soldiers have been fighting for more than 20 years, and Huns are lazy? This is really not empty talk.

As can be seen from the above analysis, in the war between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Hungary, the Han army did achieve great results, which dealt a heavy blow to the Huns, connecting Henan, Hexi and other places, forcing the Huns to flee far away. Since then, there has been no Wang Ting in the desert, which made the Huns turn from prosperity to decline, laying the groundwork for the complete demise of the Huns in the future.