Although this war had a great influence on China, and even directly shook the ruling foundation of the Han Dynasty, there is no doubt that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty almost attacked the Huns militarily, bringing at least 400 years of peace to later generations.
From the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms Period and the early Wei and Jin Dynasties, the threat of the surrounding ethnic minorities to the Central Plains dynasty was not strong, and the Central Plains was seriously weakened until the rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Jin Dynasty, and the nomadic people slowly recovered.
But this is all in the future. Curiously, before the Han dynasty, the pre-Qin dynasty was the Qin dynasty, and the Xiongnu seemed not so strong. Why did they suddenly become stronger in the Han Dynasty?
First, before the Han Dynasty, the pre-Qin to the Qin Dynasty was an era of great changes in China's history. The rapid social progress has formed a generation gap with the northern grassland nationalities.
Rome was not built in a day, and the Xiongnu in the north certainly did not appear overnight. In fact, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty was deeply threatened by the grassland people. For example, after the famous allusion "war drama", the dog Rong in the northwest directly attacked the capital of Zhou Dynasty, forcing it to die a natural death and moving eastward, and finally opened the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Since then, in fact, the threat of grassland nationalities to the Central Plains has always existed. However, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, from the Qin State in the northwest to the Jin State in the Central Plains and the Yan State in the northeast, these vassal States facing the threat of grassland were very powerful countries themselves, and their military strength was also very strong. At this time, the grassland nationalities in the north are still in the tribal era, and the relationship between them is not close, so it is easy to be divided up by princes.
It is on this basis that the phenomenon of grassland nationalities in various vassal countries pressing their borders has been severely hit. Later, after the three tribes were divided into Jin, King Wuling of Zhao rode and shot in unison, directly turning his army into a nomadic cavalry, and it was well equipped. Huns can't beat him naturally.
Fundamentally speaking, it is actually because the Central Plains dynasty was obviously different from the grasslands at that time. Generation difference? , this kind? Generation difference? Not only in weapons, but also in system and population. In short, it is the scientific and technological strength of the Central Plains Dynasty, and its social organization ability far exceeds that of the northern grassland nationalities, so it is not afraid of them. It's like Britain in colonial times hitting India at that time, which is completely different from one level.