Taishi ling Sima Qian admired Li Ling's personality, and risked his life to defend Li Ling when the civil and military officials saw the wind and made the rudder, saying: "The tomb affairs are filial piety, and the soldiers are faithful, and they often disregard the urgency of martyrdom of the country. Its original animal accumulation is also the wind of a national soldier... Turning thousands of miles, exhausting the road, the soldier Zhang Empty, the white blade, the northern head fighting for the enemy, the death force of the people, although the ancient famous generals are not but also. Although the body is defeated, its destruction is enough to be violent in the world. If he does not die, he should be able to repay hanye with due diligence. ”
As a result, Sima Qian was punished by the palace, and Emperor Wu of Han listened to the rumors and sentenced Li Ling's family to clan punishment, in fact, it was Li Xu, who had already surrendered to the Xiongnu, who had already surrendered to the Xiongnu, and Li Ling was angry when he learned of this, and asked the emissaries who came to the Xiongnu: "I am a Han general who has five thousand pawns to rampage against the Xiongnu, and I am defeated by death, so why should I fail the Han and curse my family?" ”
Originally, Li Ling's soldiers were defeated and captured, but they always had their hearts set on Han, and the death of the whole family discouraged Li Ling, and instead surrendered to the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu single-handedly weighed Li Ling, which can be said to have fulfilled his wishes, and promised his daughter Li Ling, in order to win, but Li Ling hated that the whole family was involved by Li Xu and killed Li Xu to avenge, this matter made Shan Yu's mother hate, she wanted to kill Li Ling, Shan Yu sent Li Ling to the north, let him train troops there.
What was Huo Guang doing at that time? Huo Guang was Huo Guang's half-brother, huo Went sick and his biological father Huo Zhongru recognized, brought Huo Guang to Chang'an, and with the help of Huo Guang, Huo Guang held various positions in the palace, after Huo Guang's death, Huo Guang served around Emperor Wu of Han, before and after entering and leaving the palace for more than twenty years, but never committed a crime, it can be seen that Huo Guang does have high ability, but also knows the way of handling things in the palace.
Huo Guang and Li Ling were good friends, but when Li Ling had an accident, what ability did Huo Guang have to speak for Huo Guang? As soon as he opened his mouth, his political career would end, and such an ending would be very unfavorable to Huo Guang, and Li Ling would not change much.
After Huo Guang avoided the scourge of the witches, Emperor Wu of Han trusted Huo Guang very much, and asked the palace painter to paint the "Diagram of the Princes of the Zhou GongFucheng Dynasty", which was rewarded to Huo Guang, which meant that it was already very obvious, in 87 BC, Emperor Wu of Han clearly designated Huo Guang as the Grand Sima and the Great General before his death.
Huo Guang not only won the trust of Emperor Wu of Han, but also won the trust of Emperor Zhao, Liu Fuling, and his power was extremely high, so Huo Guang sent people to the Xiongnu to meet Li Ling, at that time Li Ling was wearing Xiongnu costumes and wearing Xiongnu hairstyles, although Li Ling's deceased Ren Lizheng said that the Han Dynasty had announced amnesty, And Emperor Han Zhao was young, assisted by Huo Guang and Shangguan Jie, Li Ling even if he was moved, but did not agree.
Li Ling just asked, "Are Huo Gong and Lord Shangguan okay?" Ren Lizheng then said, "They all ask Shaoqing to go back to their hometown, and the rich and noble don't have to worry." But even though Li Ling missed his hometown, but the whole family was killed, and the villagers were ashamed of him, Li Lington felt sad and said: "It is easy for me to go back, but I am afraid of being humiliated again, and I have no choice!" ”
The Han Dynasty hurt Li Ling's heart and let his loyalty flow east, Li Ling did not want to go back to listen to the gossip of others, and the Xiongnu Shan took him in at the time of his difficulties and treated him kindly, how could Li Ling betray his faith? Thus it is said, "The great husband cannot be capricious and disgraced again." ”
Therefore, Li Ling refused to return to the Han Dynasty, and remained in the Xiongnu thereafter, eventually dying of illness in 74 BC. Huo Guang's power grew higher and higher, becoming the first powerful minister in history to abolish the emperor, but despite this, Huo Guang's abolition of Liu He was still beneficial to the development of the Han Dynasty.