Chapter 10 2. Li Guang: Turned out

After Zhou Yafu's death, the political arena of the Han Dynasty appeared surprisingly calm.Liu Qi didn't see Zhou's family petitioning, nor did he see ministers complaining for him.It turns out that some people are more troublesome to die than to live.It's better to die, once and for all, how clean. However, looking back, Liu Qi has been busy in the past few years.Liu Bi was settled, Liu Rong was killed, and Zhou Yafu was trampled to death.Now, there is another old problem on the border of the Han Dynasty that he needs to deal with: the Huns have come to rob again. Since Liu Qi ascended the throne, although the ghosts of the Huns have been active on the border of the Han Dynasty, there has been no spectacular scene of entering the border during the period of Emperor Xiaowen.There are two reasons why Liu Qi was able to enjoy such a generous treatment from the Huns: one is that the Huns were not as good as the previous generation, and their strength is not what it used to be; practical work.

So, even though Liu Heng threw Liu Qi the mess that Liu Bi was equivalent to Wang, Liu Qi got a relatively stable border.The merits and demerits are balanced, and it is finally evened out. In fact, if you look into it seriously, the reason why the Xiongnu didn't have big bandits is that Liu Qi himself did some work.First of all, he advocated peace and continued to form friendship with the Huns.He even did something that the previous leaders of the country could not do: send the princess to marry the Xiongnu Shanyu. A princess is a small matter, but sincerity matters a lot.Since Liu Bang tricked the Xiongnu into marrying the princess, Liu Qi finally gave the Xiongnu Shanyu a real thing.In addition, Liu Qi opened the city and communicated with the Huns, which slightly stabilized the mood of the Huns.

The absence of big robbers does not mean that there are no small robbers.Every winter and spring has always been the peak season for the Huns to rob.There is no way, the weather is cold, so I must find something to move my body.It is better to die in battle than to freeze to death.Let's go, brothers. 148 BC, Spring, February.At this time, it was only four years since Liu Qi married the princess to the Xiongnu Shanyu, and they couldn't sit still like worms in their buttocks.That year, the Xiongnu sneaked into the country of Yan to attack and rob.Four years later, in 144 BC, the Xiongnu suddenly changed the traditional robbery season, dispatched in June, entered Yanmen, broke Wuquan, and went straight to Shangjun to rob the war horses of the Han Dynasty.

We know that the reason why the Xiongnu dared to rob and make trouble was because he had a chilling cavalry.Chao Cuo said that using barbarians to control barbarians is not just for fun.Therefore, under the leadership of Chao Cuo's thought, the Han Dynasty began to raise war horses and established its own royal cavalry.The horse farms in the Han Dynasty were mainly distributed in the northwest border, with a total of 36, with a total of 300,000 horses, and 30,000 people who raised and guarded the horses alone. Horse, the sharp weapon of the country.Keeping the horses is to keep the foundation of the country.The person in charge of the security and defense of Shangjun was none other than Li Guang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty.

Li Guang, born in a family of generals, was also from Chengji, Longxi (Lintao County, Gansu).Li Guangrong's revolutionary family history and bloody man's character can be traced back to his ancestor Li Xin. Li Xin, a general of the Qin State, is famous for his bravery and bravery in the Qin army.At that time, the Qin army broke through the country of Yan, and the king of Yan retreated to Liaodong.However, Li Xin led thousands of soldiers in pursuit of King Yan.The King of Yan was forced to offer the head of Prince Pill, but Li Xin still pursued him relentlessly, finally defeated the Yan army, and made great contributions to destroying the Yan State.

On the back of being brave and daring to fight is frivolity and recklessness.Back then, Li Xin promised King Qin Yingzheng that an army of 200,000 troops would be enough to destroy Chu.As a result, the army was dispatched, and was beaten to the ground by Xiang Yu's grandfather Xiang Yan. All the military exploits accumulated in the first half of his life were canceled overnight, and he was only exchanged for his reputation as a hero and frivolous. Marx said that there are always striking similarities in history.Many years later, Li Xin's bravery was not inferior to Li Guang's; Li Guang's performance in Li Xin's tragedy was not inferior to that of his ancestors.

Almost every general who came out in troubled times has two brushes.Liu Bang's three former generals: Han Xin, good at generals, he boasted that it would be no problem to lead an army of one million to fight; Dare to fight hard, even if there are only 300 people, dare to fight the battle of 5,000 people. However, Li Guang's skill is that he is good at shooting and daring to fight. In his view, there is no war that cannot be fought, and there is no Hun that cannot be shot. Li Guang was about fourteen years old when he debuted.In the fourteenth year of Emperor Xiao's reign, the Xiongnu invaded the frontier. Li Guang enlisted as a son of a good family and joined the army to attack the Xiongnu.During that expedition, Li Guang relied on the archery skills passed down from his ancestors to behead Qiduo Huns, and gained a lot of limelight.So from then on, he was promoted all the way, first he was worshiped as a doctor, with a rank of six hundred stones, and then he was worshiped as a cavalry servant, with a rank of eight hundred stones.Xiaojing ascended the throne, and worshiped him as a knight general, with a rank of Qianshi.When Wu and Chu rebelled, Li Guang was worshiped as the captain of Xiaoqi again, with a rank of two thousand stones.

That year, Li Guangnian was about twenty-six. At that time, the biggest official in the Han Dynasty, that is, the prime minister, had a salary cap of two thousand stones a year.Corruption and bribery are not counted, except for wages, other normal income is Marquis Shiyi.Therefore, Li Guang's next goal is to be knighted for this sake. However, throughout his life, no matter how hard he fought, he was still not enshrined as a marquis, and became one of the most sympathetic figures in the history of the Han Dynasty. Wang Bo, one of the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty, shouted a sentence in "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng": Feng Tang is old, Li Guang is hard to seal.Since then, Li Guang and Feng Tang of the same dynasty have almost become the common confidants of frustrated literati through the ages and a historical lesson to vent their anger.

Before Liu Heng was alive, he once sighed: "It's a pity that Li Guangsheng was not at the right time. If he was born in the era of Gaozu, Wanhuhou would not be a problem for him at all." Seriously study Liu Heng's words, only the second half of what he said is correct.Because, when Liu Heng said that Li Guangsheng was out of season, he was really talking nonsense.The Huns are currently at a time when they need Li Guang the most.That being the case, why did Li Guang struggle for forty or fifty years, but he didn't even get a small Marquis?Li Guang is hard to seal, isn't it too unreasonable?

The fact is that when God is unreasonable, there is naturally another side of him who is unreasonable.Li Guang is difficult to seal, but it is not all a mystery.The shattering of his dream of becoming a marquis showed an ominous sign when he participated in rehabilitating the Wu-Chu Allied Forces at the age of twenty-six! Looking back at the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Liu Bi's defeat stemmed from being trampled by Zhou Yafu in the First Battle of Changyi City.In fact, in that battle, Li Guang was also one of those who stepped on Liu Bi the hardest.Li Guang killed the enemy and captured the flag, and led his army all the way to the outside of Liangcheng to protect the home and country for Liang Wang Liu Wu.

At that time, Li Guangzhi's reluctance to die really moved Liu Wu.However, Li Guang, who was famous for his fame, forgot his surname when he was overjoyed.He actually made a big mistake: he privately accepted the general seal bestowed on him by Liang Wang Liu Wu. Who is Li Guang's boss?Zhou Yafu.Who is Zhou Yafu's boss?emperor. In this way, the situation is very clear, Li Guang is the emperor's man.The King of Liang still wants the title of the emperor, so why should the King of Liang give the seal to General Li Guang?What's even worse is that Li Guang accepted Liang Wang's general seal.Doesn't he know that this is against the rules? It seems that some people didn't beat him back to his original form, he really thought he could fly into the sky.Sure enough, Li Guang, who had made great contributions, did not receive any rewards after returning to the court.Deprivation of the right to reward is actually the greatest punishment.Li Guang, you are going crazy for wanting to be a general.Then you go on dreaming. Therefore, Liu Qi just moved him to be the prefect of Shanggu at the same level. It was fine for Liu Qi to bully Li Guang, but the Huns also came to join in the fun.When Li Guangcai was appointed as the prefect of Shanggu, the Xiongnu came to the gate every day to provoke him.Without saying a word, Li Guang pulled his brother up and started fighting with the Xiongnu.You know, fighting the Huns seems to have become Li Guang's favorite sport.If I don't fight for a day, my hands will itch. After fighting Li Guang so many times, the Huns suddenly realized: I have seen someone who is not afraid of death, but I have never seen someone who is not afraid of death.In the past, the Xiongnu were frightened by Zhi Zhi, but now they are frightened by Li Guang. The story of Li Guangai's fight with the enemy immediately attracted the attention of Gongsun Kunxie, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Tianguo).He came to Liu Qi's office, cried and said: Li Guang, this fellow, is so strong in force that he is addicted to fighting the Huns.However, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.It would be a pity if it happened to him.Therefore, Your Majesty, please change his position and let him rest. Liu Qi immediately approved Gongsun Kunxie's request: move Li Guang to be the prefect of Shangjun. Relatively speaking, Shanggu County is the front and Shangjun is the rear.To raise war horses in the rear, Li Guang's main task is to protect the horse farm and prevent the Huns from robbing.However, for the Huns, Li Guang is the queen bee and the war horse is honey.The lure of honey far outweighs the threat of the queen bee. Thus, the previous scene appeared: the Huns were caught by surprise, and they raided long distances on a hot day in June, entered Li Guang's territory, and robbed them. At that time, the Huns robbed the war horses, and the Han Dynasty suffered heavy losses, with 2,000 people killed in the battle alone.The loss of two thousand soldiers is not because our army is incompetent, but because the Huns are too cunning.In fact, the feasible way to deal with the cunning Huns is to deal with them with cunning. In fact, Li Guang did it. The reason why Li Guang played tricky stories with the Xiongnu was that one of the eunuchs sent by Liu Qi had an accident.This eunuch, Liu Qi said, was sent to learn from Li Guang about the anti-Hungarian military.In my opinion, learning is false, and supervision and inspection are true.Marching and fighting is the bounden duty of a soldier.Flattering horses, bringing tea and water to the emperor, that is the eunuch's old profession.What kind of military law does a eunuch who is impotent both physically and mentally learn?Even learning is for nothing. Facts have proved that what I said below is correct. One day, Mr. Eunuch became very playful and led dozens of entourages to hunt on horseback.Unexpectedly, they encountered three Hun scouts on foot on the way, so they fought against them.Unexpectedly, dozens of attendants were all shot dead by the opponent's arrows, and only the eunuch fled back to Li Guang's barracks. Those with many people cannot defeat those with few people.It seems that it's not just something about martial arts novels.However, after listening to the eunuch's statement, Li Guang said: It is normal for so many people to die. The eunuch looked at Li Guang suspiciously.I saw Li Guang calmly said: "These three Huns soldiers must be masters of carving on the grassland."And there is probably only one person who can really deal with this master. Of course, this person refers to Li Guang. So Li Guang immediately led a hundred cavalry to chase after the three master archers of the Xiongnu.After chasing for dozens of miles, I finally caught up.However, Li Guang immediately ordered his followers to disperse left and right, and let him chase and kill him alone.The so-called high skill and boldness, Li Guang is very confident, and he alone is enough to deal with these three people. Li Guang has an old habit of archery: even if the sky is about to fall, if he is not sure, he will never shoot.As soon as the arrow is released, the opponent will definitely be killed by the arrow, and will never miss. Unfortunately, the three master archers on the grassland of the Xiongnu met an archery champion who was unrivaled in the world.Next, everything was within Li Guang's expectation: kill two and capture one alive.After interrogating the one who was alive, the other party also admitted that they were masters of eagle shooting and came to inquire about the military situation. Hearing what the Xiongnu scouts said, Li Guang expected: The Huns who had just been repelled must have the idea of ​​attacking the war horses of the Han Dynasty again.Since the Xiongnu scouts came on foot, the army must be hiding not far away. Unfortunately, Li Guangzhen was hit by what he said.When Li Guang's kidnapper got on his horse, a terrible scene suddenly appeared on a big mountain in front of him: a large number of Huns and wolves came.At a glance, there are about thousands of riders. Thousands of cavalry were fighting against a hundred cavalry, and an idea flashed into the heads of Li Guang's cavalry: run for your life. However, Li Guang calmly told his subordinates: Don't panic!Now that you're here, let's play. The subordinates are very puzzled: how to play?If you play any more, you will die. Li Guang smiled, do you want to play?That's easier to die. In fact, Li Guang has worked with the Xiongnu for so many years, and he knows everything about the Xiongnu.One hundred people against thousands of cavalry, even if they have wings, as long as the Xiongnu shoot arrows in unison, the winning rate is very high.Now, the reason why these thousands of cavalry stand up on the top of the mountain and form an array is just to wait and see.There is only one reason for them to wait and see: they suspect that Li Guang No. 100 is a lure. Therefore, if one hundred people want to escape from the outside world, there is only one way to go: follow the plan and play to the end. Sure enough, next, Li Guang gave an order that made the Huns depressed: keep going. Therefore, Li Guang's cavalry had to march forward boldly.Walking to a place about two miles away from the Huns, Li Guang gave another order: all get off their horses and unsaddle their saddles immediately! ! The subordinates were even more puzzled, so they just got off their horses and unsaddled their saddles.If the Huns hardened their temper and killed them, wouldn't they all become meatloaf? Li Guang laughed again.He said, "They thought we would escape, but we didn't."Not only did we not escape, but we also untied our saddles to show that we would not leave.Then, they are more sure that there is a ghost. This trick is called, there are no ghosts pretending to be ghosts, and ghosts are used to scare people, all you play is heartbeat. However, the Huns were not frightened.When Li Guang got off his horse and untied his saddle, he suddenly saw a general riding a white horse rushing out of the Huns' cavalry.Needless to say, this is a guy trying to inquire about the situation. At this time, Li Guang immediately put on his saddle and jumped on his horse, leading a dozen or so horsemen to attack head-on, and hit with an arrow.Then, Li Guang got off his horse and unsaddled his saddle again, lay on his back looking at the sky, and let the horse graze.Li Guang's seemingly free and easy scene made the eyes of the thousands of Xiongnu soldiers on the mountain turn green. Even though their heads were smoking with anger, they still did not dare to let their horses cross the boundary. Li Guang was simply too bullying.The Xiongnu waited from sunrise to sunset, and then until midnight, but they still did not see any movement from Li Guang.At this time, the Xiongnu concluded that Li Guang did not deceive others in vain.The reason why he can survive until now must be the courage given to him by the ambush. As a result, the Huns were suspicious and had to withdraw their troops depressed. Unbeknownst to him, the Xiongnu kept watch in the middle of the night, but a hundred people including Li Guang had insomnia all night.The next morning, Li Guang got up, put on his saddle, and mounted his horse.He looked towards the distant mountain, and the Huns had already dispersed.The scenery over there, the sky is very blue, the wind is very quiet, and the birds are very peaceful. Li Guang smiled.He waved triumphantly to the rising sun, and returned to the army singing a triumphant song!