Hu Ma's North Wind Roars at Hanguan: the Hundred Years' War between Han and Hungary
by Lotus Yue
About This Novel
The Xiongnu, a people on horseback who traveled across the deserts of the north and south with iron hooves, a grassland kingdom known as the "Land of Hundreds of Barbarians", although they did not leave any written records for themselves, they are a race well-known in the Central Plains and even Europe. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Xiongnu were the most powerful nomadic people in the north of the Central Plains. They lived in pursuit of water and grass. In order to meet the needs of production and life, they repeatedly invaded the northern border of the Han Dynasty. They were the mortal enemies of the Han Dynasty. Since the siege of Baideng in 200 BC, the Han and Hungarians have been engaged in a war of peace and war for more than a hundred years. Why did the Han Empire, with a population of more than 30 million, have to pay a huge price of "waste at home and halved household registration" in order to defeat the Xiongnu, a nomadic nation with a population of only 2 million even at its peak? Why was Rome, a small city-state at about the same time, able to expand its power to the three continents of Europe, Africa and Asia? Not only was it not brought down by war, but it became extremely prosperous? Why was it that during the periods of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the Han army was invincible? However, in his later years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched several campaigns to attack the Huns in the north that were even larger in scale than those during the Wei and Huo periods, but they either returned without success or were severely defeated? This book takes the Hundred Years War between Han and Hungary, which took place between the Han Emperor Liu Bang and Han Xuan Emperor Liu Xun, as an entry point. It focuses on reflecting on the profound impact of the highly centralized political system and the national development model that emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce on the rise and fall of the Western Han Dynasty. It also makes a horizontal comparison with the ancient Rome that developed at the same time, and strives to restore the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the Han-Hungary War that are closer to historical reality.
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Official(5)Scraped 7d ago
Learn more about the Han Dynasty, especially the war between the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, the history of the Xiongnu, the vacillation of the Western Regions between the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and reflections on the tribute trade established by the Han Dynasty and reflections on the war.
The sentence "Hukou halved" is very inductive. The author must first lay down the basic skills before writing.
The previous preface is basically nonsense and lacks basic historical knowledge.
Indeed, looking at those things that we once looked at with unequal eyes with a more equal and peaceful perspective will definitely gain something. And this harvest may be much better than what you had before.
The preface at the beginning of the chapter first talks about the author's own views on war, which I think makes sense. In short, it would be very bad if war was brought to today's era. After all, today's society advocates world peace.
I believe that everyone who studies history has mentioned one or two sentences about the Xiongnu. Everyone has a general impression of the Xiongnu. On this basis, this book has popularized many deeds about the Xiongnu. This book is worth recommending.
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Official(5)Scraped 7d ago
Learn more about the Han Dynasty, especially the war between the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, the history of the Xiongnu, the vacillation of the Western Regions between the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, and reflections on the tribute trade established by the Han Dynasty and reflections on the war.
The sentence "Hukou halved" is very inductive. The author must first lay down the basic skills before writing.
The previous preface is basically nonsense and lacks basic historical knowledge.
Indeed, looking at those things that we once looked at with unequal eyes with a more equal and peaceful perspective will definitely gain something. And this harvest may be much better than what you had before.
The preface at the beginning of the chapter first talks about the author's own views on war, which I think makes sense. In short, it would be very bad if war was brought to today's era. After all, today's society advocates world peace.
I believe that everyone who studies history has mentioned one or two sentences about the Xiongnu. Everyone has a general impression of the Xiongnu. On this basis, this book has popularized many deeds about the Xiongnu. This book is worth recommending.
