Huo Qubing, a blazing annals of history, a name that shines for thousands of years, a rare genius in history. He was named "Champion Marquis" at the age of 17, commanded two battles in Hexi at the age of 19, annihilated and surrendered nearly 100,000 Xiongnu in Hexi. He died in 117 BC at the age of twenty-four, and was buried in Maoling, where he was honored as Marquis of Jinghuan.
After the Battle of Mobei, Emperor Wu set up two great simas, one Huo Qubing and one Wei Qing. It is nothing more than letting these two powerful families balance each other, which is conducive to the stability of the dynasty.
In 119 BC, Li Dan committed suicide because his father Li Guang had lost his way during the Battle of Mobei, broke into the home of the great general Wei Qing, and beat Wei Qing to vent his anger. Wei Qing calmed down and suppressed the matter.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, and the matter eventually reached Huo Qubing, who was furious, vowing to find an opportunity to teach Li Dare to be angry for his uncle. In 118 BC, Emperor Wu, Huo Qubing and Li Dan hunted in Shanglinyuan, and taking advantage of the gap when Li Dang picked up prey for Emperor Wu, Huo Qubing shot him to death with an arrow.
In 117 BC, Huo Qu died of illness at the age of 24. The cause of Huo's death is not mentioned in the Chronicle; The Western Han historian Chu Shaosun, in a book called "Chronology of the Marquis Since the Founding of Yan", said that his brother died of illness; In the TV series "Hanwu the Great", it is said that he fought for many years and was infected with the plague and died.
You must know that Huo Qubing was only 24 years old when he died, just in the prime of life, and he has been fighting for many years, his body should be very strong, and the theory of death from illness seems a little untenable. And the plague seems to be even more unreliable, the battle of Mobei took place in 119 BC, Huo Qubing died in 117 BC, imagine what epidemic incubation period is more than two years?
Based on the historical background at the time, the following possibilities may be inferred:
First, Emperor Wu put him to death. Huo Qu's illness was fierce and difficult to control, and he easily dared to kill Li Dao, who was already the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households at that time. You know, although it was "Li Guang was difficult to seal", and finally failed to seal the marquis, but "General Fei" was too famous at that time, not to mention a lifetime of fighting, no merit and hard work, Emperor Wu also regretted that he could not be crowned marquis, and the impact of shooting Li Dan was quite bad, and he would not be able to make any more moths in the future. The Lord Father once commented on it: The knife sharpened too fast and too sharp. Although it is easy to use, it is easy to break. Believe it!
Moreover, the original intention of naming Huo as the Great Sima was to use it to balance the Wei clan, but judging from this matter, it turned out that the nephew and uncle were still monolithic, which was taboo in Emperor Wu. So from the above point of view, it may be that Emperor Wu removed Huo.
Second, since Zun Huo suppressed Wei, then Wei must be very uncomfortable. Don't forget that the biggest boss in the family is Princess Pingyang, the emperor's own sister. If you don't make me comfortable, I can find a wrong seam to kill you."
And in the matter of shooting Li Dao, although Emperor Wu has already taken up a shield, but the government and the public are shaken, how can he hide it? Perhaps this incident just gave Pingyang an excuse and took the opportunity to eliminate Wei's fierce enemy.
The third is retaliation by the Li family. Li Guang's death is not worth it, Li Dare was shot again, can the Li clan swallow this breath? Therefore, it may have been killed by the Li clan.
The above three possibilities are all based on the death of Li Dang, because the strong Huo Qu died of illness only one year after shooting Li Dang? The history books are vague, no wonder posterity thinks about it.
In any case, Huo Qu's shooting of Li Dan was a great tragedy for Emperor Wu's dynasty. This incident caused Emperor Wu to directly and indirectly lose two generals who could fight in battle, so that later there was a situation in which "there were no generals in Shu and Liao Hua was the vanguard", Li Ling was defeated and captured, and even waste like Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, became the commander of Wei and Huo.
