In 129 BC, the 57-year-old Li Guangbing was defeated and captured. Emperor Wu of Han was furious and sentenced him to death. Li Guang looked up at the sky and sighed, he was not willing to die! Who knows, the prisoner Gongsun Ao said mysteriously, "You pay for it, I have a way!" ”
Gongsun Ao's situation was not much better, leading 7,000 troops and destroying the entire army. Also sentenced to death!
This battle is very fierce!
Li Guang took 10,000 soldiers and rushed to Yanmen Pass to attack the Xiongnu. Unexpectedly, because the enemy soldiers were afraid of Li Guang, they probed the intelligence in advance, concentrated the main force, and ambushed Li Guang.
There were many Xiongnu soldiers, and although Li Guang desperately resisted, he was still knocked unconscious!
"Capturing Li Guang" is enough for the Xiongnu soldiers to show off for a lifetime. They were careful and desperate, and they also wanted to send Li Guang to the royal court! But how can it be escorted?
A petty officer thought of a good way: tie a net with rope, hang between two horses, and drive Li Guang, who was seriously injured, to the camp!
Unfortunately, they are shallow in knowledge, who is Li Guang? Seriously injured, also full of combat effectiveness!
The "Records of History" records: Traveling more than ten miles, Guangxiang died,...... Soaring up to hur horses... Get rid of it for a reason.
He secretly opened his eyes and caught a glimpse of a fast horse, riding a Hun boy.
Taking advantage of the enemy's lack of preparation, he leapt forward, stepped onto the war horse, and then grabbed the bow and arrow, and pushed along the way, and the little boy fell off the horse in the blink of an eye.
Li Guang quickly turned the horse's head and sped south. The Huns were horrified and chased after them!
Li Guang fled and retreated, running out of dozens of miles in one breath. Seeing that he had run back to Yanmen Pass, the Xiongnu were discouraged and had to go back to be punished.
At this point, the Xiongnu called Li Guang a "flying general" and ran away when they saw him.
And Li Guang, who escaped the disaster, had a hard time!
Emperor Wu of Han sent 4 men, his brother-in-law Gongsun He, who did not meet the Xiongnu at all; Gongsun Ao led 7,000 troops, only 1 of whom lived; Li Guangbing was defeated and captured alive; only his brother-in-law Wei Qing, who beheaded the enemy 700, frustrated the Xiongnu's vigor.
Soon, Wei Qing was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Guannei. Li Guang and Gongsun Ao, according to military law, should be beheaded!
Li Guang fought for decades and was killed by the Xiongnu, which is considered a hero, but can be killed by the emperor and humiliated!
He sighed day by day, very unwillingly. But Gongsun Ao in the next cell was not in a hurry at all!
He quietly said to Li Guang, "Having money can make ghosts grind!" You pay for it, I keep you out alive! ”
Li Guang dismissed:
First, he did not believe, that is, he was fooled through, and the emperor could not spare him;
Second, he has no money! His money was distributed to his soldiers.
Gongsun Ao was anxious, "Your Majesty has decreed that in times of crisis, pay for it, and you can atone for your sins and avoid death!" ”
When Li Guang heard this, he was excited, and immediately let people bring words, sell fields and houses, and finally escaped death and was reduced to a civilian.
After being idle at home, Li Guang was full of ambitions and had nowhere to release, drinking and shooting arrows at home all day. Powerful and noble invited, he did not bother to make friends.
How could the shrewd Emperor Wu of Han spare such a talent? Soon, he was on the battlefield again.
However, the aura of the "Flying General" above his head also became the beginning of his bad luck.
In 121 BC, 65-year-old Li Guang, with 4,000 soldiers, pursued the Xiongnu.
Because the main force Zhang Qian missed the time, Li Guang's vanguard became a lone army. The Xiongnu King Zuoxian led 40,000 troops and surrounded them.
Seeing that the soldiers were afraid, he ordered his son Li Gan, with dozens of cavalry, to rush out to fight!
Everyone looked at each other, and unexpectedly, Li Dare was also a young hero, and he rushed out on a fast horse, fought for a long time, and came back triumphantly, laughing and saying, "The Huns, they didn't fight at all!" ”
Suddenly, the military's heart is set!
Li Guang ordered that he form a circle and stand outward. And set up a large yellow crossbow, killed several Xiongnu leaders in a row, and the enemy temporarily retreated.
It was not until the next day that Zhang Qian led his troops to arrive, and the Xiongnu saw this and left in sorrow.
For this reason, posterity left a famous sentence for thousands of years: but make the dragon city fly in, do not teach Humadu Yin Mountain.
The Xiongnu gathered 10 times the strength of the troops, and did not eliminate the serious problem in their hearts. For the country, it is a great fortune; but for Li Guang, there are really words of suffering!
In order to avoid him, the enemy did not meet him for several years. There is no battle, what meritorious service?
His subordinates, his descendants, have been enfeoffed, but it is lamentable that "Li Guang is difficult to seal"!
According to historical records, he was not reconciled, so he asked Wang Shuo for advice: I tasted to defend Longxi, Qiang tasted rebellion, I lured and surrendered, more than 800 people surrendered, and I deceived and killed them on the same day.
He sighed that it was probably once that 800 enemy troops were lured down, but they did not believe what they said, and they were killed on the same day.
Poor man, he didn't love money, he didn't want his life, and he couldn't even fulfill this wish!
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Later generations commented that Li Guang was conceited, narrow-minded, doting on his subordinates, and that he was brave enough to be a prince and could not be crowned a marquis, which was purely self-inflicted.
However, after Li Guang committed suicide in shame and anger, the whole country mourned. Even when Emperor Wu of Han died, he was only dressed in white and was not so sad.
The "Chronicle of General Li" records: "The people hear it, know it or not, and no old or strong people are drooling." ”
It can be seen that Li Guang's success is not in his fame, but in his heart!
