To say that the dynasty with the highest quality of famous generals in ancient times is undoubtedly the Han and Tang Dynasties, the great names of Han Xin, Wei Qing, Huo Zhiyi, Li Jing and other people are all shining in ancient times, but to say which surname has the highest number and quality, it is undoubtedly the surname of Li, and even the surname of Li can be very proud to say that they can sell Li Shimin, still let other surnames be out of reach, to know that the famous flying general Li Guang, can only barely be on the list, then who are the top ten famous generals surnamed Li?
Tenth place, Fei General Li Guang.
Li Guang is a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, perennial guarding the frontier to defend the Xiongnu, known as the "Flying General", the most profound impression left on posterity is "Li Guang is difficult to seal", in fact, in terms of battle results alone, among the many famous generals surnamed Li, he is indeed not very brilliant, in the Han Wudi period many times to fight the Xiongnu, no victory, in the Battle of Mobei because of the lost choice of suicide, the reason why on the list is too big, has been listed in the Tang Dynasty Wucheng Wang Temple sixty-four generals and Song Wu Temple seventy-two generals.
Ninth place, Li Rusong.
A famous general in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the son of the famous Ming general Li Chengliang, participated in two battles of the "Three Great Expeditions of the Wanli Calendar", successively quelling the Ningxia Rebellion of the Mongols, and entering the War of Resistance against the Uighurs, helping Korea to agree to the invasion of the Japanese Toyotomi Hideyoshi regime, and finally died in the battle against the Mongol tribes.
Eighth place, Li Yu.
Li Yu was one of the famous generals relied on by the imperial court in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, he was the son of Li Sheng, the king of Xiping County, and the highest moment of his military career was the rebellion against Wu Yuanji, Li Yuxue attacked CaiZhou at night, captured Wu Yuanji, and pacified Huaixi, which was also a classic example of ancient military surprise attacks, and also quelled Li Shidao's rebellion, and died of illness at the age of forty-nine.
Seventh place, Li Xiaogong.
The representative of Li Tangzong's famous generals, in the process of Li Tang's reunification, immediately made great military achievements, successively destroyed Xiao Qiao, quelled the rebellion of the Auxiliary Gong, and laid down half of the Tang Dynasty, and was a person who could compete with Li Shimin for his battle achievements, and the reason why he ranked relatively backward was mainly because his battle achievements mostly relied on Li Jing and others, but he still could not deny Li Xiaogong's personal ability, and he was successively selected as sixty-four generals of the Tang Wu Temple and seventy-two generals of the Song Wu Temple.
Sixth place, Li Sheng.
A famous general in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, a young man who followed Wang Zhongsi in his conquest of Tubo, won the title of "Ten Thousand Enemies". He successively quelled the rebellion of the three towns of Heshuo, after the Jingyuan Mutiny, led the army to serve the king, and then recaptured Chang'an, quelled the rebellion of Zhu Zhu, and later the main town defended the frontier to defend Tubo, and was selected as one of the seventy-two generals of the Song Wu Temple. He made great contributions to maintaining the unity of the Tang Dynasty.
Fifth place, Lee Kwang-bi.
One of the main generals of the Tang Dynasty to quell the "Anshi Rebellion", was recommended by Guo Ziyi to participate in the pacification of the Anshi rebels, the pacification of the "Anshi Rebellion", Li Guangbi's battle merits were pushed to the first, and Guo Ziyi was on a par with Guo Ziyi, who had the military merit of recreating the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately he was rumored by the eunuchs Cheng Yuanzhen and Yu Zhao'enjin, and finally died of illness.
Fourth place, Li Wenzhong.
Founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, on military merit is second only to Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, he is the nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang, at the age of nineteen began to unite the army, in the process of the unification of the Ming Dynasty made military achievements, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty followed Chang Yuchun's northern expedition to Mongolia, approaching Shangdu, driving away the Yuan Shun Emperor, on the way back to the army too much to cause anxiety, to relieve the Datong crisis, after many expeditions to the Northern Yuan, Hongwu led the army to conquer Daning, Gaozhou, beheaded the Zong king Duoduo Lost Li, King Lu, etc., but unfortunately died of illness at the age of 46.
Third place, Li Mu.
One of the four famous generals in the Warring States period, the last pillar of the Zhao State, there is a saying that "Li Mu died, Zhao Guo died", the most famous battle record is the Battle of Zhao Breaking the Xiongnu and the Battle of Fei, in the Battle of the Xiongnu, created a classic example of the infantry regiment annihilating the cavalry corps, and the Battle of Fei is also a famous siege and annihilation war in ancient times, but also defeated the powerful Qin army, but unfortunately in the end, the Zhao State did not believe in rumors, and finally self-destructed the Great Wall and killed Li Mu, and then the Zhao State became history.
Second place, Lee Ji.
One of the "Twenty-Four Heroes of Lingyange", formerly known as Xu Shijie, that is, Xu Maogong in the Yanyi, after the Tang Dynasty and Li Jing were called Erli, after surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, followed Li Shimin to defeat Song Jingang, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, followed by Li Xiaogong and Li Jing to quell the rebellion of the Auxiliary Gong, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, participated in the Tang War of destroying the Eastern Turks, led the army to eliminate Xue Yantuo, participated in Li Shimin's pro-conquest of Goguryeo, served as the commander of Tang Gaozong to eliminate Goguryeo, and after his death Li Zhi ordered to follow wei Qinghuo's practice of going to the disease, The tomb built was modeled after Yin Shan and Tie Shan, in recognition of his merits, and another person with the same treatment was Li Jing, who was one of the Ten Philosophers of the Wu Temple.
First place, Li Jing.
Known as the "God of War of the Tang Dynasty", this is a person who can compete with Li Shimin in battle, made great military achievements in the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and the expansion of territory, after surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, followed Li Shimin to conquest Wang Shichong, and was later sent by Li Yuan to the south to assist Li Xiaogong, responsible for the command of the campaign, successively pacified Xiao Milling and Auxiliary Gong qi, recruited Lingnan, Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, successively served as the commander to eliminate the Eastern Turks and Tuguhun, one of the Ten Philosophers of the Wumiao Temple, the real ancient top general.
In fact, the surname Li can be said to be a famous general like a cloud, especially in the Tang Dynasty, among the ten famous generals in the upper ten, the Li Tang regime occupies six places, in addition, the Tang Dynasty's Li name will also have such as Li Shentong, Li Daozong, Li Siye, etc., other dynasties also have such as Li Xin (Qin Dynasty general, Li Guang's ancestor), the Eastern Han Dynasty founding generals Li Zhong and Li Tong, the Three Kingdoms period Cao Wei famous general Li Dian, the Ming Dynasty's Li Chengliang and the Southern Ming Li Dingguo, etc., these famous generals will be rare in ancient times, whether it is quantity or quality, Obviously, it is not comparable to other surnames, there are Li Jing and Li Ji alone, not counting Li Shimin as an emperor, other people such as Li Mu, Li Wenzhong, Li Guangbi, Li Sheng, etc., are also the first-class top generals in ancient times, and other famous generals can have this strength? Is it true that as the sentence says, the Li family dares to call the second, and no one dares to call the first?