History is a mirror and a profound textbook. --Liao Mosha
In 118 BC, in the Hunting Garden of Ganquan Palace in Chunhua County, a huge and lively royal hunting activity was underway. Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty was in a particularly good mood that day, and after nearly 30 years of hard work, the Great Han Dynasty was prosperous and prosperous, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, with plenty of food and clothing.
What made Liu Che most happy was that the year before, under the leadership of the great general Wei Qing, his Great Han Tiger Wolf Division had beaten the Xiongnu who had been endangering the border for many years and driven them into the barren land of the desert north, completely solving this huge problem that made him angry. At this point, "the Xiongnu are far away, and there is no royal court in the south of the desert."
On that day, in order to reward the brave and fierce resistance to the Xiongnu, he specially brought Li Guang's younger son Li Gan, the Marquis of Guannei, and huo to participate in the hunt together with the general Huo Qi.
Liu Che was fully immersed in the hunt, turning a deaf ear to other things that were about to happen around him. But Hodg seems to be very worried. In the blink of an eye, most of the hunting time had passed, but his dock was empty and fruitless.
In an instant, Huo went to the sick and opened his bow and arrow, and with all his strength he shot an arrow, and he finally struck.
But his off-string arrow did not shoot at the prey, but went straight to Li Gan. When Li Darede sensed that danger was coming, it was too late, and he was pierced through the chest by Huo's accurate arrow method, and a generation of famous generals fell down violently.
Then, why did Huo Goyi dare to shoot Li Guang's son in public in front of Liu Che?
This has to start with Li Guang.
The "flying general" Li Guang is famous in history, he started from a guard attendant, fought on the front line against the Xiongnu for many years, was brave and fierce, and governed the army well. In his lifetime, he fought dozens of battles with the Xiongnu and rarely lost. "But to make the Dragon City fly will be, not to teach Humadu Yin Mountain" is the highest praise for him. Li Guang is the nightmare in the hearts of the Xiongnu, an insurmountable mountain in the eyes of the Xiongnu.
In 119 BC, Emperor Wu of Han decided to strike the Xiongnu again and launched the Battle of Mobei. He sent Wei Qing and Huo to lead 100,000 Han troops and made an expedition to the Xiongnu headquarters in two ways. After hearing the news, Li Guang, who was more than a year old, took the initiative to participate in the war several times, but was rejected by Wei Qing. At Li Guang's bitter request, Wei Qing finally agreed to let him serve as a pioneer.
After the army entered the territory of the Xiongnu, Wei Qing learned from the mouths of the captives the location of the Xiongnu king's court, and decided to bring his own elite troops to directly attack the Xiongnu's old lair. Li Guang was ordered to lead his troops to attack from the east road, contain the rest of the Xiongnu forces, and cover the main forces of the Han army.
But Li Guang did not approve of Wei Qing's deployment, and he did not want the opportunity to make meritorious achievements disappear from his eyes. "Guang has been fighting against the Xiongnu since the beginning of the war, and now it is a good single, willing to be in the front, first die alone", he put forward his views to Wei Qing. However, as the commander of the Han army, Wei Qing was willing to do great things, so he categorically refused Li Guang's request.
Helpless, Li Guang had to obey the order to set off from the East Road. However, the East Road is not only a long way away, but also lacks water and grass, so it is not suitable for large troops to march. After Li Guang had trekked in a strange environment for several days, the generals got lost and wandered around in the vast Gobi, delaying the appointment with Wei Qingshi.
Wei Qingchang on this side drove straight in, and fought several fierce battles with the Xiongnu Shan Yu, causing him to lose his armor, chasing him to Yan Mountain, and setting fire to Xincheng, but he also failed to achieve the goal of capturing Shan Yu.
Wei Qing's class turned around and met Li Guang in the south of the country. Wei Qing confronted Li Guang and asked Li Guang why he failed to meet the teacher as scheduled, but Li Guang, who was honest, did not answer and turned away.
After returning to the base camp, Wei Qing sent someone to bring Li Guang wine, meat and other food, and on the pretext of reporting the war situation to Emperor Wu of Han, he once again asked Li Guang's men to go to the shogunate to listen to the questioning, and hinted that Li Guang would blame his subordinates.
However, Li Guang, who had always been a lily soldier, rejected Wei Qing's "kindness" and indignantly said, "The lieutenants are not guilty!" But I lost my own way, and I went to the shogunate myself and said to go! So he prepared to personally go to Wei Qing to explain the situation.
At this time, it was late, and after inspecting the camp, Li Guang quickly returned to the military tent and saw the subordinate officers who had followed him for many years, and his grief and indignation overflowed into words, "Guangguang has fought with the Xiongnu for more than seventy years since the beginning of the war, and this time he had the honor of fighting with the Xiongnu with the great general, but he was sent to the East Road by the great general, causing the army to get lost, is it not providence!" Guang guang is over sixty this year, how can he be humiliated by the sword and pen official again! After saying this, Li Guang drew his sword and killed himself.
After Li Guang's death, "the world knows and does not know, and the old and strong are weeping."
His only surviving son, Li Gan, was in Huo's sick army at this time, and after hearing the news of his father's suicide, he believed that his father's death was related to Wei Qing's persecution, so he found Wei Qing's theory and injured Wei Qing.
Wei Qing originally felt guilty about Li Guang's death, and being injured by Li Dare was not a thing worth showing off. Therefore, Wei Qing quietly concealed the matter.
However, this matter was still known to Huo Toyi, so a year later, the aforementioned incident occurred, and Huo Wentyi took advantage of the hunting opportunity to kill Li Gan in anger.
Huo Wentai dared to shoot his beloved general in front of Emperor Wu of Han, and the consequences could be imagined. However, what made people puzzled was that Emperor Wu of Han said to his entourage: "Zhonglang shot Li Dare and the widows to hunt, and were killed by the resistance of the frightened deer." Bury Li Dare with thick and compassionate to his family. Inside the garden, it shall not be passed on to the outside world. Offenders are chopped. ”
That is to say, after Huo went to the disease and shot Li Gan, he was not punished in the slightest, and was lightly described by Emperor Wu of Han as "killed by the resistance of the frightened deer".
Why did Emperor Wudi of Han do this? It was obvious that he was too fond of Huo's illness and intended to shield him.
But a year later, at the age of 24, Huo died of illness, and the cause of his death is said in the history books to have died of illness. However, the more widely circulated folk sayings include illness and death, contracting plague in the Xiongnu, etc., and it is not known whether his death was related to the shooting of Li Dare.