In 90 BC, the general Li Guangli attacked the Xiongnu in four ways, three of which won. Ma Tong, on the northern road of the western front, did not encounter the Xiongnu, and led his army back from Zhangye County, and the south road became the king and his subjects. The fighting on the Eastern Front was quite fierce, and the general Li Guangli and the imperial master Shang Qiucheng sent troops to personally sweep the battlefield and pursue the scattered troops, which took more than half a month and also planned to withdraw their troops.
At this time, Xiao Huangmen (eunuchs) arrived with the edict of Emperor Wu of Han, causing Li Guangli shangqiu to make a quick decision and immediately rush back to Chang'an. There was also a team of Yulin army, headed by Yulin generals who came to serve as generals, who were actually supervising the army. Before the Little Yellow Gate had left, a doorman from Li Guangli's mansion fled in a hurry covered in dust, and it turned out that the chancellor Liu Quyan (Li Guangli's own family) had an accident, and the General's Mansion was also surrounded by Yulin Huben, and this doorman was just outside running errands, so he rushed to report the news day and night.
Li Guangli did not leave on the pretext of clearing the battlefield, and asked Shang Qiu Cheng to go back with Xiao Huangmen first and act cheaply. However, Li Guangli kept most of Shang Qiucheng's army, a total of 100,000 cavalry, in case of change.
Before Shang Qiucheng arrived in Chang'an, accurate news reached Lady Fan's city, and the chancellor Liu Quyi and his wife and children paraded through the streets to show the public, Liu Quyi was beheaded in Dongshi, and his wives were all on Huayang Street, including Li Guangli's daughter and nephew. And Li Guangli's wives and children were all imprisoned.
Li Guangli was worried in his heart, and his mind showed the situation of meeting Liu Quya for the last time. It was March, and Li Guangli sent troops to attack the Xiongnu, and Liu Quyu set up a banquet and personally sent it to Weiqiao. Linyu Guangli stepped back and instructed Liu Quyao: "May the prince ask the lord to make king Changyi the prince as soon as possible, and in the future, the king of Changyi (Li Guangli's nephew) will have the throne, and the prince will be crowned king and will be rich and noble for a long time." Liu Qu ya heard the promise, and the two cherished goodbye.
Seeing that Li Guangli had been pondering for a long time, his personal attendant Hu Yafu offered advice: "If the general returns here, will he not suffer together?" If there is a great merit in this trip, the Lord does not dare to neglect the hearts of the army, and will certainly pardon the general and the family. ”
Li Guangli nodded, and ordered the 100,000-strong army to go north one after another, and the sword pointed at the fox deer Gu Shan Yu.
Next to a small hill next to the Punu Water, in a large tent. Fox Deer Gu Shan Summoned King Zuo Xian to consult with the kings of all sizes, and some people felt that they should retreat to Longcheng and wait for an opportunity to counterattack; some said that earlier, Yuanzhong had already been transported to Zhao Xincheng, and it was better to retreat to Zhao Xincheng. Seeing Li Ling silently, The Fox Deer Girl remembered her father's dying words, "You can ask Li Ling about the war", so she took a bowl of wine and first saluted Li Ling, and then asked about the plan.
Li Ling was extremely hesitant in his heart and did not want to offer a plan, but the fox deer girl was so courteous that she offered a fierce strategy as soon as she was excited. Li Ling believed that Li Guangli had experienced hundreds of battles and had a strong army, and with the mentality of burning jade and stones, it was far from enough for the Xiongnu to retreat to Longcheng or Zhao Xincheng.
Zhi Ju Shui! The Xiongnu kings heard this word and fried the pot one by one, since the Han-Hungarian War, the Xiongnu had never retreated so far, before Shan Yu had retreated at most to the north of Anhou Water, and King Zuo Xian had retreated to the north of Yuwu Water at most.
Li Ling demanded that Shan Yu and Zuo Xian retreat north of the Zhiju River (Selenge River) together with King Zuoxian, and concentrate their forces on waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. Fox Deer Gu Shan Yu forcefully rejected the public opinion, believing that Li Ling was right.
The Xiongnu retreated north, and Li Guangli's army was indeed in hot pursuit, and Longcheng was an empty city. The Han army marched north along the Anhou River, far away from finding Shan Yu's broken rear cavalry, but always could not catch up with the main Xiongnu force, obviously Shan Yu did not want to give up the opportunity to counterattack the Han army, and seemed to have been leading the Han army to a specific location.
The Han army marched along both sides of the Anhou River, originally thinking that Shan Yu would retreat to the Yuwu River Basin, but did not expect to chase all the way to ZhijuShui. Shan Yu had been letting the Han army riding sentry see the Xiongnu brigade,perhaps worried that Li Guangli had not followed, and there must be an ambush behind him.
Li Guangli came to the side of the Zhiju River and ordered the lieutenant of the escort army to lead 20,000 cavalry across the Zhiju River, but still did not see the main Xiongnu force. Li Guangli again issued an order to march, and a day later the 20,000 Han army finally encountered 20,000 Xiongnu cavalry.
In the big tent alone, only Li Ling thought that the time had not yet come, and other Han generals, including Wei Lu, believed that the Han army had no combat effectiveness. The Xiongnu kings felt that the Han army had abandoned most of the weight, and the crossbow arrows they feared the most were almost exhausted, and it was already the end of the strong crossbow.
Therefore, The Fox Deer Gu Shan Yu sent Zuo Xian Wang and Zuo Da General to unify 20,000 horses, planning to drag the Han army, and then Shan Yu led 50,000 elite horses to join the battle group and eat 20,000 Han troops in one fell swoop. The two armies killed from morning to night, but they did not expect that the Xiongnu general Zuo was killed, and many people were killed and wounded. It turned out that the Han army gathered the arrows and hid them in the cart where the dried beef was placed, and even the sentry was allowed to carry only two arrows, which was not suspected by the Xiongnu.
Fox Deer Gu Was full of regrets, hated not listening to Li Ling, and of course did not dare to join the battle group again.
Although the Han army won, it never went north to such a place, plus it was known that Li Guangli's family had an accident, and morale was not high, and even the Xiongnu general Duan Du also questioned Li Guangli in person whether he was a labor expedition and had overdone the head.
When Shi Shi, the commander in charge of supervising the army, saw that Li Guangli had no intention of collecting troops, he found a secret discussion with Lieutenant Du, imprisoned Li Guangli, seized military power, and returned to China.
Although He was a Xiongnu general, he still had great respect for Li Guangli, but he only had a straight personality and raised objections, and the supervising commander Shi Hui was mistaken, thinking that Lieutenant Du Du was at odds with Li Guangli. Who expected that Lieutenant Xuan Du snorted coldly, turned his back and told Li Guangli about this matter, so Changshi was beheaded, but the military was a little unstable.
Li Guangli was afraid that the recurrence would become chaotic, so he had to order the class master.
The Xiongnu had indeed made preparations, and a reinforcement army sent by the Right Xian King was waiting for Li Guangli's army on the southeast side of Yanran Mountain. Fox Deer Gu Shan Yu personally led 50,000 fine horses and pursued them all the way south.
Li Guangli did not think so, ordered the large army to set up a tent, and then the north and south marched into battle, and after an afternoon of mixed fighting, the two sides were sleepy and tired, and each of them collected troops.
There was no great victory in Li Guangli's imagination in this battle, because in the melee, some of the Xiongnu surrendered to Shan Yu, and even a military Sima who was close to Li Guangli surrendered to the Xiongnu, and now everyone knows that Li Guangli's return to Chang'an is likely to be a disaster.
The next day, Li Guangli ordered his army and horses to march south slowly, with the aim of breaking through the blockade of the reinforcements of the Right Xian King and entering PunuShui. The southernmost vanguard army seemed to be smooth, breaking through the encirclement, but the Han army was greeted by countless pits with spikes. It turned out that this blocking army knew that its strength was limited, so it dug many pits several feet deep, placed spikes in them, and spread sheepskin at the mouth of the pit and covered it with sand.
Shan Yu attacked with his division in the rear, and hundreds of Han troops in front fell into the pit, screaming one after another, and the army was in a state of confusion and scattered to escape. Li Guangli looked at these attendants around him who had followed him for many years, and knew that the damaged soldiers would return to their deaths, so he was heartbroken and led the crowd to surrender.