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Li Ling fought two battles in his life, both of which were lost in the same place

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Li Ling fought two battles in his life, both of which were lost in the same place

【Author's Profile】Shi Zhonghua, with a Taoist mood, does Confucian things. Love life, love code words.

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Li Ling was the grandson of the Fei general Li Guang. As a general, he was very eager to make military merit and fulfill his grandfather Li Guang's wish to be a marquis.

In the era when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was exhausted, it was very difficult to fight without a war. However, Li Ling only fought two battles, and these two battles made him suffer the humiliation of his life. What's even stranger is that both battles were lost in the same place, Junji Mountain. Du Niang said that the Junji Mountain was about south of the source of the Tula River and the Orkhon River in the present-day Mongolian People's Republic.

Li Ling fought two battles in his life, both of which were lost in the same place

In 99 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the general Li Guangli (李廣利) to attack the Xiongnu in order to make him more meritorious enough to be a marquis. In order to allow Li Guangli to successfully defeat the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of Han naturally appointed many generals who had experienced the killing field or generals to assist him, including Li Guang's grandson Li Ling. However, Li Ling despised Li Guangli very much, because Li Guangli was reused by Emperor Wu of Han only by nepotism. Therefore, Li Ling was determined to emulate Huo's illness and requested to take the initiative to attack. Emperor Wu of Han strengthened his ambitions and made Lu Bode his backup reinforcement. In fact, Emperor Wu of Han's real intention was to let Li Ling use as bait to reduce Li Guangli's pressure. And the capital that Li Ling relied on to ask for war was the Danyang soldiers who later became famous in the world.

Li Ling led five thousand brave soldiers to embark on a journey to find the main force of the Xiongnu. His luck was indeed much better than that of his grandfather Li Guang, who did not get lost and did meet the main Xiongnu force. The two armies intersected, and a great war was inevitable. However, after a battle, five thousand dead soldiers actually killed an enemy several times that of them.

Li Ling fought two battles in his life, both of which were lost in the same place

The Xiongnu were greatly amazed, so they mobilized all the troops and horses, a total of 80,000 horses, and vowed to snipe the Han army led by Li Ling to the death. Because Li Lingjun hid many female dependents in the middle, the storage of arrows carried was limited. Although danyang soldiers were good at divine shooting, they ran out of arrows and exhausted their strength, making it difficult to oppose the main force of the Xiongnu.

Li Ling's troops, fighting and retreating, came to The Junji Mountain to make a final fight with the main xiongnu force. After a bloody battle, there were five thousand people, and only about four hundred people remained. And Lu Bode, who served as a backup, was ashamed to serve as a reinforcement for the juniors, and even sat idly by. Cornered, Li Ling was forced to surrender, determined to surrender, become an undercover agent of the Han Dynasty in the Xiongnu, and wait for the opportunity to return to his homeland.

Unfortunately, Emperor Wu of Han was so indignant at his surrender that he ordered the arrest of Li Shimanmen. Later, Emperor Wu of Han misheard people's words, thinking that Li Ling was training Xiongnu soldiers, so he beheaded Li Ling's family. When Li Ling was exhausted, he no longer had hope for the Han Dynasty.

Li Ling fought two battles in his life, both of which were lost in the same place

Later, the Xiongnu soldiers came out and pointed directly to Shanggu, Wuyuan and other places to brutally kill the Han people. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han sent Li Guangli to attack the Xiongnu and unify an army of 70,000 people. At that time, shang qiu cheng, the imperial master, commanded 30,000 people to assist. Faced with such a movement of the Han army, Shan Yu exerted his main force and sent Li Ling to lead the army to meet the enemy. This is also a test for Li Ling alone. Because the place of Li Ling's battle was the Junji Mountain where he had been defeated and surrendered.

Facing The Junji Mountain, Li Ling was full of emotions. With his wisdom, how could he not know the intentions of the Xiongnu Shan Yu? He has the style of Li Guangzhi, knows the art of war, and is very familiar with Junji Mountain. His opponent, Shang Qiucheng, was nothing more than a royal master and was not good at fighting. Although they were similar in strength, they were all 30,000 people.

Li Ling fought two battles in his life, both of which were lost in the same place

However, Li Ling's army was the main force of the Xiongnu, and Shang Qiucheng's army was a tired division. Li Ling sat on the convenience of the geographical advantage, and he was waiting for work at leisure, and it was said that he should be able to win this battle and clear himself of suspicion. However, as a result of the battle, Li Ling was once again defeated. This can be a big surprise.

In fact, this is Li Ling's patriotic feelings at work, although Li Ling surrendered, he is not a traitor, he does not want to see the scene of the Han army being brutally killed by him, he would rather be defeated than be suspected. He gambled with the lives of 30,000 Xiongnu to prove that he was worthy of Han, and that Han was ashamed of the Li family and ashamed of him.

After that, Li Ling faced Shan Yu's suspicions and led his men away.

Li Ling fought two battles in his life, both of which were lost in the same place

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