When Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu, did his grandfather Li Guang die?

Already dead, Li Guang died in 119 BC, and Li Ling fell in 99 BC. As for how old he is, I don't know, the date of his birth is unknown. But he died 74 years ago, 25 years later.

And he already had a wife when he surrendered, but when he killed the Li family in the history books, it was not mentioned that he had a son. I think maybe 20 to 30. I don't know how long they lived at that time.

I can only guess.

Li Ling himself was a Huns.

Li Ling's father is Li Danghu, he is Li Guang's eldest son, and his real identity is a Xiongnu orphan brought by Li Guang on the battlefield; The most inferior military attache of the Huns was named in the household, so Li Guang gave the child a non-Han name: Danghu.

Li Danghu served as a lang official by the side of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Li Danghu died before Li Guang died, and his widow was Li Ling.

After Li Danghu's death, Li Guang's second son Li Jiao succeeded him as Langguan, and later became the Taishou of the Daijun, and also died before Li Guang's death.

Li Guang's third son, Li Kang, succeeded his father and became a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and was named the Marquis of Guannei for his merits.

Because during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Wei Huo family was favored, in fact, it was Li Guang's military exploits, which were occupied by Wei Qinghuo's illness, so Li Guangwei shocked the Huns, but he was not crowned a marquis in his life, and was finally killed by Wei Qing.

Li dared to avenge his father and injured Wei Qing, Wei Qing knew that it was his fault that he robbed Li Guang of his exploits and killed Li Guang, so he didn't say anything; But Huo Qubing took the opportunity to shoot Li Kang to death during a hunt; In order to conceal this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that it was killed by a deer; Thinking about Li Kang, a dignified general, how could he die from the antlers?

In fact, Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi's records are likely to be watery.

Li Guang died in 119 BC, and Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu in 99 BC.

Li Ling (?) —74 BC), the character Shaoqing, a native of Chengji, Longxi (now Jingningnan, Gansu). General of the Western Han Dynasty and grandson of Li Guang.

He led the army to fight against the Xiongnu, was defeated and surrendered to the Xiongnu, and the Han Dynasty razed its three tribes, causing it to completely sever relations with the Han Dynasty. His life is full of contradictions between national and family hatred, so his evaluation has always been controversial.

In the autumn of the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty (99 BC), Li Ling was forced to surrender to the Xiongnu.

Therefore, it is difficult to say how old Li Ling was at that time, but Li Guang must have died Li Guang[1](?).119 BC), a native of Chengji, Longxi (now Jingning County, Pingliang City, Gansu Province).

There is such a very controversial thing in history, that is, Li Ling's surrender to the Xiongnu. Many people are wondering if he is a real avatar or a fake avatar, now let's analyze this matter.

First of all, Li Ling is a person, his personal personality is relatively proud and impetuous, so he is a little self-conscious, and he can't see what his real strength is, although he is Li Guang's grandson, but not everyone is Li Guang, even if he has blood ability, it is impossible to say that he has completely inherited Li Guang's ability. Therefore, he did not have the ability to take 5,000 elite soldiers to kill the Huns, so he should be a guard seriously and learn how to fight and lead soldiers. There are also some traitors at that time, although the Xiongnu had already planned to retreat at that time, but later he found that Li Ning had no resources at all, so the Xiongnu concentrated their forces for a fierce attack, and he could only choose to surrender after he was cornered.

Also, as mentioned earlier, he only brought 5,000 elite soldiers, you must know that the Xiongnu had a total of 110,000 people before and after, and no matter how you talk about it, he will not regret winning these 110,000 people. There are also some contradictions in their army, at that time, there was a person in the army who saw that Li Ling was not willing to do backup, and even wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to ask for a postponement of the expedition, he put Li Ling in a desperate situation, if someone was willing to take it at that time, in fact, it would not be convenient for Li Ling to surrender. In fact, for his surrender, I think that if a person is in a desperate situation, he can only mutiny, which can only be his most tragic choice.

1.was captured Ji Zao, Jing Pants also married Shan Yu's sister and had a family.

2.Gongsun Ao misreported that Li Ling trained the Xiongnu, which led to the extermination of his family and the three clans, and the manuscript could not be dismantled.

He surrendered when he was desperate. He wanted to surrender and find an opportunity to return to the Han Dynasty.

The reasons for Li Ling's surrender to the Xiongnu are as follows:

1. Li Ling is too arrogant and impetuous, does not measure himself, and cannot see his true strength. Although he is Li Guang's grandson, he can't learn Li Guang's ability. He didn't have the ability to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to destroy the Huns, so he should seriously be Li Guangli's rearguard and follow Li Guangli to learn how to lead troops to fight.

2. The betrayal of a traitor. The Xiongnu were about to retreat, only to find that Li Ling had no backup at all, so the Xiongnu immediately concentrated their forces to attack, and the desperate Li Ling could only surrender.

3. Insufficient troops. Li Ling brought only 5,000 elite soldiers, and the Xiongnu had a total of 110,000 people before and after, no matter how you look at Li Ling, he was not the opponent of the Xiongnu.

4, Lu Bode doesn't look down on Li Ling, a hairy young general. Lu Bode's refusal to be a backup, and the letter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty requesting a postponement of the expedition, put Li Ling in a desperate situation. If someone can go to meet Li Ling, so that the Xiongnu have a sense of fear, the Xiongnu withdraw their troops, and Li Ling will not defect and surrender.