"Qin Shi Mingyue Han Shi Guan, the Long March people have not returned." But make the Dragon City fly will be, not called Humadu Yin Mountain! The Tang Dynasty poet Wang Changling once praised the famous "Dragon City Flying General" in the poem "Biansai" in the Western Han Dynasty, saying that as long as he was still there, I was afraid that the Huns would no longer have the courage to invade our border!
So who is the Dragon City Flying General here? And what "capital" makes Wang Changling so praised? That's right, it's "General Of Han Zhifei" Li Guang!
Li Guang, a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty and also a famous general of the Qin Dynasty, li Xin, has been brave in martial arts and good at shooting since childhood, and Xiao Yong is good at war! During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, li Guangsheng was promoted to the rank of general of the Cavalry Lang and served as the Taishou of the Border Counties in various parts of the north; during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he attacked the Xiongnu with a cavalry general, but was wounded and captured, and then pretended to die and then took the opportunity to take Humachi back. After returning to the Han Dynasty, he was appointed as the Right Beiping Taishou, and the Xiongnu were afraid of obedience, and praised him as a "flying general", and did not dare to attack for several years. In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the veteran general Li Guang attacked the Xiongnu with the general Wei Qing, but he lost his way and missed the opportunity to fight, and later committed suicide because he could not bear the humiliation.
Li Guang successively served as the Taishou of the Seven Counties of the Frontier Territory, and for more than forty years before and after, he experienced more than seventy wars in his life and resisted the southern invasion of the Xiongnu, with great merit. The Huns feared it, called it "General Of Han Zhifei", and the town guarded the border for decades, and the Huns did not dare to attack!
But it is such a famous general of the Han Dynasty, why is it difficult to be crowned? Even in later generations, there are words and phrases such as "Feng Tang is easy to be old, Li Guang is difficult to seal". So in the end, Li Guang's bad luck? Or was it the prejudice of Emperor Wu of Han? As a result, such a famous general could not be crowned marquis until his death? Even many of Li Guang's subordinates were enfeoffed, but Li Guang never succeeded.
In fact, it is said that there are both Li Guang's own reasons and the reasons of Emperor Wu of Han. First of all, Li Guang himself has a great contribution, which we can see, but at the same time, his problems are not small.
Li Guang himself was extremely sympathetic to the soldiers, eating and living with them, which led to harmony between the generals, but it was precisely this that Li Guang's army was not strict and could not unify military discipline, which led to a certain degree of loose discipline. This led to the fact that when the two emperors of Wenjing were in the past, he was always unable to be crowned marquis because of some small problems, such as drinking alcohol in the army.
Coupled with the fact that Emperor Wen of Han and Emperor Jing of Han were not particularly belligerent, so that although Li Guang was very popular at that time, he was always passive defensive, although he fought well, he did not have the qualifications to be a marquis: military merit was not enough!
According to the "Records of History" and "Book of Han", a total of 26 people were enfeoffed for military merit during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The criteria for his title are as follows: hunting down the enemy king, xiang, general, fu clan, etc.; beheading the enemy above a thousand levels; making a major contribution to victory in battle; and the son can be crowned marquis if the father makes a major contribution in battle.
By the time of the belligerent Emperor Wu of Han, Li Guang himself was old, and his tactical thinking was fixed, aging, and not flexible. Coupled with the fact that he had his own cultivated team at that time, Wei Qing and Huo Went ill, Li Guang himself was not favored (Emperor Wu of Han himself was heavy on foreign relatives and light on subjects).
In fact, Emperor Wu of Han also gave Li Guang the opportunity to lead an army to attack the Xiongnu in order to make meritorious achievements. However, in the five active attacks, Li Guang did not encounter the enemy returning empty-handed on three occasions, and the second time almost all ended in the total annihilation of the army. With such a result, who will crown him?
The key Li Guang in the Han WuDi period, because he was a veteran general, the temper is not good, when following the general Wei Qing to attack the Xiongnu, he did not look up to this young Wei Qing, plus later because of his own mistakes, caused the army to miss the fighter, Wei Qing punished him, did not expect Li Guang to feel extremely humiliated, and finally committed suicide by being humiliated.
In the "Chronicle of General Li", It is recorded that Li Guang once complained to Wang Shuo, a Xiangshi soldier: "Since the northern attack on the Xiongnu, I have participated in it, but the other generals are ranked as the third duke, but I have not been crowned marquis. Wang Shuo unceremoniously dialed him: "You think, have you done anything wrong?" Li Guang said: "The thing I regret the most is that I killed eight hundred people who have surrendered." Wang Shuo said, "The calamity is greater than the killing has fallen, so this and the general are not allowed to be knights." ”。 It can be seen that killing and surrendering is also a big taboo for soldiers, after all, it is disgraceful, not to mention eight hundred people, so it is extremely difficult to be enfeoffed.
However, li Guang's family ended up really bad, and Li Guang's son Li Dare could say that Xiao Yong was good at war, and even later he was given the title of marquis because of his outstanding merits. However, because Li Dang had heard that his father had committed suicide after he was humiliated, he directly found Wei Qing and beat him up, and later Huo Wentai was dissatisfied with Li Dang's actions and directly shot him on the school grounds, the key is that because of the favor of Emperor Wu of Han, Huo Wentyi was not substantively punished. Li Dare was young and had a great future, but unfortunately, he never had it again.
Li Guang, in his own right, is still very good and has made great contributions to the great Han Dynasty's northern attack on the Xiongnu, and the suffering of Li Guang's family is also lamentable and regrettable. As for the reason why Li Guang was difficult to seal, do you think you blame yourself or Emperor Wu of Han?