Basic concepts of Shuofang County

Shuofang County was one of the northern border counties in the Han Dynasty. Jilusai is an important military stronghold of Shuofang County along the Great Wall in Shanxi Province. It was also an entry and exit pass for peaceful exchanges between the Han and the Huns, so it has been recorded many times in historical records.

Shuofang County was established during the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. In 127 BC (the second year of Yuanshuo), Emperor Wu sent Wei Qing and Li Xi to lead troops to attack the Xiongnu. They sent troops from Yunzhong (Yunzhong County), west to Gaoque, and then west to Fuli (now northern Gansu), and recovered South of Hetao was the jurisdiction of the original Qin Dynasty (commonly known as "New Qinzhong"), and Shuofang County and Wuyuan County were set up in the valley south of Yinshan Mountain. The next year, he sent Colonel Su Jian to lead 100,000 people to build the Great Wall at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and build Shuofang County and its subordinate counties. Shuofang County is located directly north of Chang'an City (today's Xi'an City), the capital of the Han Dynasty, so it takes the meaning of "the city is beyond Shuofang" in the Book of Songs ("Mao Shi. Xiaoya. Chuche": The emperor ordered me, the city is beyond Shuofang) Hehe Nanzhong, Xiang Yu Xiang (sound). The Western Han Dynasty Mao Changzhuan said: Shuofang is in the north. Hehe, Xiangxiang, was named Shuofang County. It governs ten counties including Sanfeng, Shuofang, Xiudu, Linhe, Hudao, Yuhun (Yuanyinyu), Qusou, Woye, Guangmu, and Linrong. Among them, it has been found that the site of Shuofang County is in today's Etuoke. In the northwest of the banner, the seat of Woye County is in Lanchengzi, Wuhai City.