In addition to Wei Qing and Huo's illness, Li Guang should be one of the most famous generals in the Han Dynasty, and Li Guang is often mentioned in the poetry and song of later generations, one is to praise him for his bravery, and the other is to regret that his fate is too bad and he is not allowed to be a marquis in his lifetime.
The phrase "Sincerely, the golden stone is open" comes from Li Guang, who when he was patrolling at night, he saw movement in the grass, vaguely like a tiger swooping in. Li Guangguang bent his bow and shot an arrow in shock, and an arrow hit. After dawn, the soldiers were surprised to find that the arrow had been shot into a large rock. However, Li Guang bent his bow and shot an arrow more than a dozen times, but he failed to shoot into the stone.
Afterwards, people went to ask the teacher Yang Xiong, and Yang Xiong said this sentence: "Sincerely, the golden stone is open."
This incident also shows li Guang's bravery in the state of emergency, and even the stones can be shot through. Li Guang fought, and indeed he was not afraid of death, brave and fierce, often taking the lead in the battle and taking the lead in desperate efforts.
Wei Qing, Huo Fuyi, and Li Guang all became famous at a young age, Wei Qing went out for the first time, the Han army divided into four roads, the other three roads were defeated, only Wei Qing won a great victory on this road, and was named the Marquis of Guannei. Huo was only 18 years old when he first went out on the battlefield, and he won the championship and was named the champion Hou.
When Li Guang was young, he served at the side of Emperor Wen of Han and accompanied Emperor Wen on several hunts, and his first expedition was in the fourteenth year of Emperor Wen of Han, when the Xiongnu invaded Xiaoguan on a large scale, and Li Guang joined the army to suppress the rebellion, killing many Xiongnu leaders. However, afterwards, Li Guang was only given the title of Hanzhong Lang, and did not have the title of Marquis of The First World War like Wei Qing and Huo Zhiyi.
However, Emperor Wen of Han was very optimistic about Li Guang, and bluntly said that if Li Guangsheng was in the era of Gaozu, at least he would be given the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households.
The untimely birth was one of the important reasons why Li Guang failed to be enfeoffed in his lifetime. He was not born in the era of Gao Zu, could not fight with Gao Zu, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing were not strong in dealing with the Xiongnu, they only wanted to seek peace, let the people rest and recuperate, and did not want to start a large-scale war. It was hard to survive until the ambitious Emperor Wu ascended the throne, bent on suppressing the Rebellion against the Xiongnu, but at this time Li Guang was old, and Emperor Wu had young generals such as Wei Qing by his side. Although Emperor Wu heard that Li Guang was a rare general and asked him to lead his troops to fight, Emperor Wu repeatedly lost battles against Li Guang.
Another big reason is that Li Guang is on the wrong side.
During the Jing Emperor's reign, during the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, Li Guang followed Zhou Yafu on a campaign to bravely capture the rebel flag, which was not a small contribution. Normally speaking, there should also be a reward, but Li Guang received not the reward of Emperor Jing, but the king of Liang. At that time, King Liang had already turned his face to Zhou Yafu, and he personally gave Li Guang the seal of general, with the intention of wooing Li Guang, and Li Guang actually took it.
From Li Guang's point of view, he may have felt that the King of Liang was deeply loved by Empress Dowager Dou, and That Emperor Jing had personally said that he would pass the throne to the King of Liang after a hundred years, and that the King of Liang would be the Crown Prince. The crown prince was co-opted, and Li Guang was naturally pleased.
However, Emperor Jing had never actually thought of passing the throne to King Liang, and Li Guang's move was undoubtedly to punch Emperor Jing in the face in public. However, due to the problems of King Liang and Empress Dou, Emperor Jing could not turn his face, so after Li Guang and Zhou Yafu returned from the expedition, Li Guang was not rewarded and was transferred to be a taishou.
After doing Taishou, Li Guang did not reflect on what was wrong with him, why his merit was so high, others were rewarded, he did not, or try to find a way to fight with the Xiongnu every day. At that time, Emperor Jing did not want to fight with the Xiongnu, and the war was a matter of labor and wealth, and there was a good chance that it could not be fought, and Li Guang's style of play could easily escalate into a national contradiction.
So Li Guang was repeatedly transferred, but no matter which term he was in, Li Guang fought fiercely and took the initiative to attack the Xiongnu.
Such a brave and courageous courtier, but does not listen to the call, no emperor can like it.
Not only was Li Guang's style of play not useless, at least his prestige was spread throughout the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu did not dare to provoke this guy who fought and did not die.
It was not until Emperor Wu succeeded to the throne that this apparent peace with the Xiongnu was broken. Logically, Li Guang should also come out.
Emperor Wu first listened to the advice of his courtiers and transferred Li Guang from Shangjun Taishou to weiyang Palace Janissaries, and Cheng did not know how to serve as the chief of the Janissaries of Changle Palace at that time. According to Cheng Buzhi, Li Guang led the soldiers loosely, acted simply, did not have a strict queue, and official documents and so on could also save the province, but Li Guang treated the soldiers very well, and the soldiers were like brothers, so the soldiers were willing to fight for his lives, and there would be no accidents if there were no accidents in peacetime.
And Cheng did not know how to govern the army very strictly, and there were strict rules for guarding at night, military affairs and other things, and such an army would not be in danger. However, the soldiers all felt that it was better to follow Li Guang, and it was more difficult to follow Cheng.
With the support of soldiers and the recommendation of courtiers, Li Guang was always difficult to stand out in emperor Wu's dynasty.
The time when Wei Qing became famous in the First World War and was named the Marquis of Guannei, the four teams advanced together, and Li Guang was one of the leading generals. But Li Guang's luck was too bad, and he was not only defeated, but also captured alive by the Xiongnu.
After capturing Li Guang alive, the Xiongnu cavalry placed him between two cavalrymen and dragged him with a net. Li Guang was killed, and when the Xiongnu slowly let down their guard, they suddenly got up and snatched a Xiongnu horse, and then fled back to the Han Dynasty.
However, the Han Dynasty considered him defeated and captured, regarded him as a disgrace, and sent him to prison to prepare for beheading. This time, Li Guangshan spent all his family wealth to buy a life, but he was deposed as a commoner.
Fighting in the army again, or following Wei Qing, this time all units were rewarded according to the standards, but only Li Guang's troops did not meet the standards and did not have a reward.
At the time of Li Guang's last battle, he was already old, and when he heard that Emperor Wudi of Han was going to send troops to the Xiongnu, he strongly asked Emperor Wudi of Han to let him go on the expedition as well. Emperor Wu of Han could not refuse, so he had to instruct Wei Qing not to let Li Guang be the forward, and said that Li Guang was unlucky and repeatedly sent troops to return without success.
But Li Guang did not listen to the advice, he felt that Wei Qing did not let him be a striker, he was deliberately suppressing and retaliating against him. So he didn't wait for Wei Qing and set off first. However, he got lost again, and ended up behind Wei Qing. Wei Qing fought with the Xiongnu and ran away, Wei Qing met Li Guang on the way back, so he asked Li Guang about getting lost and wanted to report to Tianzi.
Li Guang also felt that Wei Qing had made a mistake in combat, and this was to block his sword, so he killed himself in anger.
Until Li Guang died, he was unable to be crowned marquis.
Li Guang once asked Xiang Shi if his friends and subordinates who had fought with him were all enfeoffed, but only he was not allowed to be enfeoffed, whether he did not have the luck of being a marquis in his fate. Xiang Shi asked Li Guangke what he had done with remorse? Li Guang said that he had taken more than 800 prisoners, but after they surrendered, he killed them all, and only this one thing he regretted.
Xiang Shi said, "There is nothing greater than killing a man who has surrendered, and this is why a general cannot be enfeoffed." ”
Li Guang became famous at a young age, known as the Flying General, and fought all his life, but he always had merits and deeds, and could not be rewarded, which was also lamentable.