The first one is: According to legend, Helan of Xianbei nationality once lived here, hence the name.
The second type: Helan Mountain is located outside the Great Wall. In ancient times, it was mostly a nomadic area of Mongols. Because it looks like a horse, in Mongolian, the pronunciation of the horse is Helan, so the local Han people call it Helan Mountain.
Helan Mountain has always enjoyed a high reputation in ancient China, not only because of its beautiful and spectacular appearance, but also because of its unique geographical location, which has led to countless wars here since Qin and Han Dynasties. The bones at the foot of Helan Mountain are covered with snow. War mountains? It was in this series of wars that our reputation came into being.
Why did China have to win Helan Mountain in ancient times?
In ancient China, the position of Helan Mountain just separated nomadic people from Han people and other agricultural people, and became the dividing line between the two living customs. It is precisely for this reason that it has become an area with frequent conflicts between agriculture and animal husbandry, which is controlled alternately, so most of the wars between the Central Plains dynasty and nomadic people in past dynasties have been launched here.
In addition, because the terrain of Helan Mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is a buffer zone leading to the Great Wall. When Helan Mountain is captured, the Great Wall can be captured at any time, and the territory can easily advance 1000 Li. Such a key position has naturally become a strategic place for the ancient Central Plains dynasty and the grassland people to compete with each other.
Throughout the dynasties, the Helan Mountain War continued.
According to historical records, the Battle of Helan Mountain dates back to the Qin Dynasty in 272 BC, where the Qin Empire and Yi Qurong waged an earth-shattering war. After the fierce fighting, Yi Qurong fled north under the crushing of Qin chariots. At this point, the centuries-long war between the Qin Empire and the Xiongnu began.
It was not until the Han Dynasty, more than one hundred years later, that the Han army commanded by Wei Qing launched a war with the Huns, which was the first time that the Han regime extended to Helan Mountain. In this great war, Wei Qing defeated the Huns with his talented military command ability, and reported the siege of the white horse of Emperor Gaozu. 2 1 year later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Lian County in the northern part of Helan Mountain, which belonged to Beidi County, and Helan Mountain entered the period of Han rule. However, this is only the opening song of Helan Mountain as a war mountain range. In the following 700 years, nomadic people and Han nationality fought frequently here, and Helan Mountain was stained with blood all the year round.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, disputes resumed.
In a blink of an eye, Helan Mountain was occupied by Turks, Tubo and other ethnic groups in the troubled times at the end of Sui Dynasty. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks even set off from Helan Mountain and hit 90 miles outside Chang 'an. Colorful flags were flying all over the sky, which almost overthrew the newly established Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, at that time, Emperor Taizong kept calm and skillfully scared off the enemy.
In 630 AD, when the snow in Helan Mountain had not melted, Li Shimin's too-sectarian god of war, Li Jing, launched a surprise attack in snowy and foggy weather, captured all the Turkic Geely Khan's father and son and took them back to Chang 'an. At this point, East Turkistan declared its demise.
In 646 ad, Emperor Taizong once again ordered Tang Jun to attack Helan Mountain, and the United Uighurs belonged to the branch of Turkic? Xue Yantuo? Capture and recover the Helan Mountain area in one fell swoop.
After more than 200 years, the Tang Empire collapsed, and Helan Mountain also ushered in its own glorious period. The Tangut, which made great contributions to the suppression of the Huang Chao Uprising in the Tang Dynasty, continues to grow and develop here. During the reign of Li Yuanhao, the Tangut regime was finally established in Helan Mountain. 1038, Li Yuanhao officially proclaimed himself emperor and accepted the title? Summer? , its capital? Xing Qingfu? Yinchuan, Ningxia, now located in the northwest of China, was later called Yinchuan? Xixia? Dynasty.
The establishment of Xixia is the most glorious period of Helan Mountain, a mountain with thousands of years of war disputes. Li Yuanhao knows the importance of Helan Mountain to himself. In order to build this natural barrier, he stationed one-tenth of the country's military forces here, ambushed many cavalry in the mountains, and hoarded a lot of food and ammunition, building the whole Helan Mountain into a big arsenal of Xixia Dynasty to protect the country and defend the country.
Unfortunately 1205, the western defense line that Xixia painstakingly managed for hundreds of years was trampled by Mongolian iron hoofs. 1August 227, the Mongolian army completely captured Yinchuan. Since then, Helan Mountain has entered Mongolian rule, and the glory left by Tangut people in Helan Mountain has declined since then.
Helanshan people in integration of defense and civilian technologies.
After Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Mongolian rule and established the Ming Dynasty, its territory shrank compared with that of the Yuan Dynasty, and Helan Mountain became the boundary mountain between the Ming Dynasty and the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang planned the whole Ningxia region including Helan Mountain as? Jiubian Town? Defend the border.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, nomadic people in Mobei often fought fiercely with the Ming army in Helan Mountain, especially in 1449, when Ming Yingzong personally led the army in Vara, but Vara was captured alive, which left a heavy lesson for the Ming Dynasty.
So, after that, the Ming Dynasty built the Great Wall along Helan Mountain to defend the northwest frontier of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, a complete and strict defense system has been established in this area, such as Jiangjun Town, Forbidden City, Qianhu and Tunpu, which makes the people in Helan Mountain area, which has been in constant war all the year round, develop the custom of being half army and half people, and the folk customs are extremely tough.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, even though the nomadic people in the north gradually declined and dared not set foot on Helan Mountain again, people here were not idle. As long as the order is given, the whole village will attack and fight, and they will suddenly become brave soldiers from ordinary farmers. The peasant rebels from Li Zicheng came here and were flatly rejected by the people of Helan Mountain. Just a small village was besieged by tens of thousands of troops for eight days.
After this war, the reputation of the people of Helan Mountain for being brave and good at fighting has also spread all over the world. After the Qing dynasty entered the customs, the iron hoof almost traveled all over the country, but only the people of Helan Mountain were recruited and caressed. During the Qing dynasty, the Mongols and the Qing army never trampled on this land, and Helan Mountain put down the Millennium war.