Li Ling is negative Han, or Han is negative Li
Agni Han Cavalry (34 years old) Original: Leisure and Happiness In 99 BC, the Han-Hun War broke out again. Li Ling, the commander of the cavalry, took the initiative to ask Ying to fight, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty refused Li Ling's request because of the lack of horses.
However, Li Ling was determined to attack the Xiongnu base camp with 5,000 infantry. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that Li Ling was so persistent, so he had to let him meet this inevitable decisive battle. Li Ling's 5,000 infantry encountered a fierce attack in the desert by 80,000 cavalry led by Xiongnu Shan Yu himself.
The Han army continued to retreat in battle, killing thousands of enemies, but in the end, it was outnumbered and betrayed by traitors, which led to the exhaustion of arrows and the destruction of hope when retreating near the border fortress.
At this critical juncture of life and death, Li Ling looked at the soldiers surrounding him in the big tent, and could only sigh helplessly: "The army is defeated, and he is dead!" ”
Outside the tent, the night wind howled, like a desolate elegy, lingering throughout the canyon; The oil lamps in the tent swayed, dim as beans, reflecting pale faces. Most of these people are destined not to see the rising sun tomorrow, and Guanshan is behind them, not thousands of miles away, but only a hundred and ten miles, and the cavalry can reach it in an instant, but now it has become a ...... at the end of the worldThere was a long silence ......Finally, a soldier said tremblingly: "I have sent knights to the fortress a few days ago to ask for reinforcements, perhaps reinforcements are already on the way, and the general does not need to worry." ”
Li Ling looked at the military official with strange eyes and sneered, "What's the use of this? Everyone understood what he meant, and they all closed their mouths with sorrowful faces.
Silence, a suffocating silence ......Finally, another military officer had the courage to persuade Li Ling: "The general is brave and fearless, if the destiny of heaven is difficult to disobey, why not temporarily wronged and escape in the future?" ”
He pointed out a way out for Li Ling: even if the army is defeated, it does not have to be killed. For example, a year before Li Ling's expedition, the defeated Marquis of Xunye, Zhao Ponu, fled back ten years after being captured by the Xiongnu, and the emperor not only did not condemn him, but treated him very favorably.
The general may also have a chance to escape. However, when Li Ling heard this, he suddenly became angry, and he said sharply: "Shut up! If I die in battle, I am not a strong man. ”
After some heated discussions, all the personnel finally reached a consensus, so all the people gathered, distributed two liters of dry food and a piece of ice and snow to each person, and then arranged the combat mission.
Each section needs to be dispersed to break through and attack from all sides. And it was agreed that if they could successfully break through the siege, they would meet at the Juyansai barrier when the army left the fortress. Subsequently, Li Ling ordered the banner of the Han army to be cut down, all the burdens removed, and all the valuable treasures in the general were dug and buried to prevent them from being acquired by the Huns.
When everything was ready, in the middle of the night, the drums were beaten, but strangely the war drums did not sound. I suspect that at this time, the Han army may be in a state of scattered flight, everyone is in a hurry to flee, and no one cares about beating the drums of war.
But Li Ling still didn't give up, he and Han Yannian jumped on their war horses, led more than a dozen strong men, and with the cover of night, broke out of the valley mouth like a gust of wind, and quickly fled south.
This operation startled Shan Yu at first, but he soon discovered that the Han army did not want to fight for their lives, but wanted to flee for their lives. So he ordered the army to divide the way to intercept the fleeing soldiers, and he personally led 10,000 main cavalry to chase Li Ling and his party.
He wants to catch big fish, and he doesn't want to pay attention to those small shrimp and crabs. As a result, it was precisely because Li Ling and his horses attracted Shan Yu's main force that more than 400 of the other nearly 1,000 foot soldiers who fled in all directions successfully escaped back to the Senei, and reported in detail the defeat of Li Ling.
If I were Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, I would definitely promote all these 400 people who were not disabled to lieutenants or military marquises. Because these soldiers have experienced the baptism of blood and fire, they have survived successfully after the survival of the fittest under the siege and interception of more than 100,000 Hun cavalry.
They have legendary combat experience, one-in-a-thousand-mile physical fitness, and a calm and brave veteran demeanor, which are the supreme treasures of the entire Han army. If I become Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, I will definitely make good use of them and train them well, and maybe there will be a few more generals like Li Ling and Zhao Chongguo.
However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not do this, but let the defeated soldiers be promoted to become rich, which is obviously discordant. However, fortunately, these 400 people were not punished in the end, and they have been sticking to the Juyan Biansai, and their stories and experiences have been handed down.
If Li Ling and his party were willing to break through among the foot soldiers, they might be able to escape, but in that case, it would obviously not be cost-effective for more than a dozen people to replace more than 400 people.
Therefore, Li Ling and the others chose to gallop on horseback, hoping that luck and speed would be on their side. However, their luck was not good, and that night, the moon hung high in the wilderness, and the snow was reflected as if it were day.
The Hun cavalry soon spotted their tracks and gave them a frenzied pursuit. With a thousand enemies, this was a chase that was too disparity, and along the way, Han cavalry continued to fall with arrows, and soon only three or four people remained, they were covered with arrow wounds and blood-stained battle robes.
Han Yannian shouted angrily, turned his horse's head and rushed straight to nearly 10,000 Hu horses, this move shocked the Huns, they forgot to shoot arrows for a while, Han Yannian took the opportunity to rush into the formation, waved a short knife, and killed the two, but was pierced into the body by dozens of spears, and died heroically.
It is a pity that the names of the Han family's father and son are Qianqiu and Yannian respectively, but they both died early, this may be fate! Then, Shan Yu ordered Hu Qi to continue shooting, knocking down the last few soldiers around Li Ling, and his war horse was also hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, dying and wailing.
On the battlefield, Li Ling was the only one left, and despair arose. However, the Huns did not immediately attack Li Ling, because this was Shan Yu's death order, and he must capture Li Ling, an opponent he respected and hated, alive.
Li Ling raised his short knife, killed the Huns at the front, snatched his spear, opened the bow left and right, and the swords and spears danced together, starting a fierce battle with the Huns. Li Ling killed more than a dozen Huns, but more and more enemies surrounded him, his spear was broken, his knife was cut off, and finally he fell into the snow, his eyes empty and lifeless.
The surrounding Huns shouted in stiff Chinese: "Li Ling descends!" Li Ling put the broken knife on his neck in despair, gritted his teeth twice, but never wiped it down.
What's even more distressing is that his right hand, which has always been firm, is starting to weaken a little at this moment, and he can almost not even hold the handle of the knife. Heroic shortness of breath, alas, heroic shortness of breath! Li Ling kept blaming himself in his heart.
He discovers that he is not as strong as he imagined, and that his heart is so fragile that he can't really face the bloody reality. At this time, Shan Yu came over, praised him for his kind words, and even promised to divide the country with him, in short, to persuade him to surrender.
Life and death, the most difficult choice question that has caused countless philosophers a headache, was placed in front of Li Ling. How he wished that he didn't have to answer this question and let the heavens decide, but he had no choice but to let him choose by himself, and God would also choose by himself.
It doesn't get any more painful than that. After a long time, Li Ling finally said a sentence: "The minister has no face to report to His Majesty!" "Strangely, Li Ling promised to divide the single soldiers, but in the end it evolved into facing the single soldiers alone, but he still accepted the task.
Although the Han Dynasty never sent reinforcements, even in this place close to Hanse, Li Ling did this, and he had a clear conscience.
Why did he say, "Shameless to your majesty!" Because he decided to surrender, of course, the people who surrendered did not meet Emperor Wu of Han. According to Li Ling's own words, he did not regret death, but "it is better to establish a festival than to die sincerely, and it is better to repay virtue than to destroy his name, so he wants to do something and repay his kindness to the lord of the country." ”
And give the example of the ancients and say: "In the past, Fan Li did not die and the shame of Huiji, Cao Wei did not die and the humiliation of three defeats, and the revenge of Goujian, the shame of the Lu country, and the heart of the people, and admired this ear." ”
I wonder why Li Ling had to bear the unbearable weight of this life, and let go of the most precious dignity of a soldier, endure humiliation and steal his life, and secretly do great things, to repay the favor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who ruthlessly abandoned him.
Didn't he understand that there was no point in him doing this? At that time, except for Sima Qian, who would believe in his hard work, and who would believe that he could succeed. Anyway, Liu Che would never believe it.
Perhaps, this is just a pretext for Li Ling's greed for life and fear of death! Or perhaps, this is another unwilling gamble by Li Ling! After all, he has lived in the shadow of his grandfather's suicide and his uncle's murder since he was a child, and he has been committed to making contributions all his life, revitalizing his family, and realizing his long-cherished wish of being a marquis of the Li family in Longxi for a hundred years.
Personally, I think it should be both. Human nature is complex, and loyalty, treachery, good and evil are not so clear. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to die only once, and this sentence could not be more appropriate here.
In the dozens of days of battle of Li Ling's iron-blooded army, what the author has not explained is: the Han Dynasty had nearly 100,000 troops in Hexi, why did they not receive the news of Li Ling's defeat and flee south and rescue?
The Great Wall of Han has a complete beacon warning system, has the news not been delivered? Or did the Han army not receive an order to go out of the fortress for rescue? Why? Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty simply wanted Li Ling to "die in battle", he needed Li Ling, a "pawn", to achieve his political goals.
Li Ling's heroic performance made Emperor Wu of Han feel threatened, and he needed Li Ling's death to protect his reputation and face. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took a series of measures, including recalling Li Ling's old mother and wife as hostages, and sending ministers to see Xiang Xiang to ensure Li Ling's death.
But Li Ling couldn't die, and he fought thousands of miles and killed more than 10,000 enemies, which made Emperor Wu of Han feel angry and disappointed. In the end, Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu, which made Emperor Wu of Han feel even more angry and humiliated.
He was furious at Li Ling's tenacity and the Xiongnu's gains, he needed a perfect outcome, and Li Ling's death was part of his plan.
According to Chen Mengjia's "Han Ju Yan Kao", the place where Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu was only 180 miles away from the barrier.