The Construction Process of the Great Wall in Han Dynasty

In 127 BC (the second year of yuanshuo), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched the battle of desert south and sent two armies to explore the Huns in the north. One route Li Xi led Daixian County to attract the main force of Xiongnu to the east, and the other route Wei Qing led to raid the right part of Xiongnu in the cloud to the west. After Wei Qing led the troops out of the cloud, he swept westward along the Yellow River until Longxi. Occupied the strategically important Hetao area. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also adopted Zhu's suggestion and established Shuofang County in Hetao area, where 654.38 million immigrants lived. He also ordered Su Jian to mobilize 654.38 million people to build Shuofang City and restore old Li Changcheng.

Battle of Hexi

In BC 12 1 year (the second year of yuanshou), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched the battle of Hexi, sent Huo Qubing for a second surprise attack, wiped out more than 40,000 Huns, received more than 40,000 people who had defected, defeated the right-wing forces of Xiongnu, and seized another strategic place-Hexi Corridor. Since then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still emigrated to set up a county and built a fortress, and in BC 12654.

Battle of Mobei

BC 1 19 (the fourth year of Yuanshou), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once again launched the battle of Mobei, sending general Wei Qing to lead fifty thousand cavalry out of Dingxiang, and general Huo Qubing, a title of generals in ancient times, led fifty thousand cavalry out of Dai Jun. Wei Qing defeated Xiongnu Zuo Wang Xian and went straight to Mobei. He built an altar to worship heaven in Wolf Mountain (now Mount Kent in Mongolia), opened a memorial place in Gu Yan Mountain (the mountain on the west side of Wolf Mountain), and also in the Han Sea (now Lake Baikal in Russia). The war forced most Huns to retreat from eastern Inner Mongolia. "It was the post-Huns who fled far away, but there was no Wang Ting in Munan". Subsequently, the Western Han Dynasty moved the Wuhuan people to the border area as a barrier to defend the Huns, and began to restore and utilize the Great Wall of Wan Li.

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65438 BC+065438 BC+065438 BC+0 BC (the sixth year of Ding Yuan), according to Records of the Historian and Biography of Dawan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Zhao Ponu to break the Xiongnu and add Zhangye and Dunhuang counties to the Hexi Corridor. "So Jiuquan Pavilion was named Yumen." According to Zhang Hanqian Biography, in BC 108 (the third year of Yuanfeng), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Wang Hui to "break the ancient teacher and take the king of Loulan". Jiuquan column pavilion barrier to Yumen. "According to these two historical records, it can be concluded that the construction age of this section of the Great Wall should be between11BC and 108 BC, and it is the second section of the Great Wall in Hexi built in the Han Dynasty.

In BC 10 1 year (the fourth year of Tai Chu), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guangli, a general of the Second Division, to attack Dawan, and built the Great Wall from Yumen in the west of Dunhuang to Yanze (also known as "Puchanghai", now Lop Nur, Xinjiang). "Historical Records Biography" contains: "Dunhuang is located in Jiuquan; In the west to salt water, there are often pavilions. " This is the third section of the Hexi Great Wall built in the Han Dynasty. The Great Wall of Hexi in the Western Han Dynasty was established with the establishment of four counties in Hexi, which is of great significance for promoting the transformation of this area into an agricultural area, for the forces of the Western Han Dynasty to enter the western regions, and for opening up and protecting the Silk Road, the main artery of communication between China and the West.