The Mobei Campaign: The Han Drive the Xiongnu Northward (119 BCE)

119 BCE · Moğolistan Bozkırı · military

The generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing crossed the Gobi Desert with a force of 100,000 cavalry and decisively routed the Xiongnu; the Xiongnu Chanyu fled to the northern steppe.

The Xiongnu threat of many long years was broken. | The beginning of China's dominance over Central Asia in the true sense.

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The generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing crossed the Gobi Desert with a force of 100,000 cavalry and decisively routed the Xiongnu; the Xiongnu Chanyu fled to the northern steppe.
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119 BCE
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